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Blogging Basics

Create a Logo for Your Blog with LogoJoy ($20 Off Coupon!)

When you’re first starting out with your blog, paying a designer to create a logo is probably out of reach.

There are already expenses like your hosting plan, a domain, a sweet-ass blog theme, and maybe some things like Tailwind to grow your social media accounts.

But, having a professional-looking logo makes your blog look like a BUSINESS.

That’s really important if you’re trying to make money blogging or turn your blog into your job. #goals

I’m still in the “lean startup” stage over here, so I haven’t spent a lot on design for this blog (#spoileralert I know 🙄).

In this post, I’m gonna walk you through creating a pro looking logo online, with no tools other than just your web browser, with LogoJoy!

Create a Blog Logo on LogoJoy

Mmkay, so for this post, I’m going to create a logo right alongside you… I’m gonna make a logo for my first Really Big Thing: a course called Blog SEO Bootcamp.

Eeeeeeeeeeeek.

I’m working on it now, so it won’t be out for a few more months, but I’m super excited about it, and about teaching more of my SEO skillz, yo.

Anyway. Let’s make some logo magic.

AND, using this link, you can save $20 off the Premium logo package!

Step 1: Go to LogoJoy

Head over to LogoJoy . You’ll see this message. Type in your blog name and hit the blue button.

Create a Logo on LogoJoy

Step 2: Pick Logos You Like

LogoJoy asks you to pick at least 5 logos you like so it can get a sense of your style.

Just scroll down and click on the ones you like, even if they’re not exactly what you want your logo to look like. It’s just to get an idea of your overall likes/dislikes.

Create a Logo on LogoJoy

Step 3: Pick Some Colours

Choose as many colours as you like for your new logo!

If you hover over each colour, LogoJoy will tell you a bit about what each colour means when it comes to branding and design.

Certain colours are associated with certain moods or feelings. For example, blue inspires trust, loyalty and stability. Think IBM or Microsoft, right? There’s a reason people pick blue…

Create a Logo on LogoJoy

Click “Continue” when you’re done.

Step 4: Name & Tagline

Add a slogan to go with your biz name if you like.

You don’t have to, but if you want something included in your logo, now’s the time to add it.

For example, instead of just “Blog SEO Bootcamp” for my logo, I could add a tagline of, “SEO 101 for bloggers, all in one place.”

Or something better than that, whatev.

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Create A Blog in 30 Minutes: Step by Step Guide (+ Plugins I Love!)

Have you been wanting to create a blog but not sure how to start? Or haven’t had the time? This step by step guide will walk you through the whoooole process in 30 minutes flat.

I’ve set up (and promptly abandoned lol) many blogs in my time, so I’ve got this down to a routine now. Sit back and relax… well, there’s a bit of clicking involved. What I mean is, follow along and you’ll have your very own blog 30 minutes from now! Let’s go!

Create a Blog in 30 Minutes with Bluehost

 

Okay, first, a few things you should know…

  1. I am partial to WordPress, because it’s what I know. It’s also a pretty popular blogging platform. There are other ones out there like Squarespace and Blogger, so you should check out each option and see what’s best for you. I like WordPress because it’s free, so… you know, that’s cool.
  2. You’ll need to spend a teeeeeny tiny bit of money to set up a professional blog. Yes, you could just setup a WordPress.com blog for free (in which case, you don’t need this tutorial), but that ain’t exactly pro. For one, you’re gonna get blogperson452.wordpress.com as your URL, and you can’t do advanced stuff like install plugins and other cool shit.
  3. There’s gonna be a few terms I throw around like hosting, domain, CSS, themes, plugins… don’t panic, yo. It’s really easy stuff and I’ll explain it. You got this.

 

OKAY LET’S START ALREADY.

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Blog Post Planner: A Free Template to Channel Your Ideas into Awesome Blog Posts

If you’re like me, you sometimes struggle to come up with new ideas to write about. Or, even if you happen to have a decent amount of new ideas, you struggle with getting them down on paper (err… screen) and just writing it all down into some sort of format that makes sense. Fear not, fellow blogger, I got ya covered today.

Free Blog Post Planner Template: Channel Your Ideas into Blog Posts Quickly!

 

I have like 17,000,000 drafts started in WordPress right now, with a title and maybe a one sentence idea of what I wanted to write about so that I’ll remember later when it comes time to actually write a post. I thought that was a good strategy for awhile. And for awhile, it worked.

But I soon realized that my system wasn’t enough to keep me constantly inspired and writing quality shiz for this blog thingy all the time. I felt very accomplished jotting down my headline ideas and rough article ideas, but when the time came to actually write, I was often lost and felt rather meh about it. I spent a lot of time procrastinating (sometimes that can be good because my house is pretty clean now).

There are lots of great blog post planner templates out there to download, so I got some. But I found that a lot of them were kinda what I was already doing – jotting down the gist of your idea, or the headline, and planning those out for the month. But I wasn’t able to find anything that captured all the pieces to think about for each post in a way that was quick and easy to write down, and that still motivated me to actually write the damn post sometime this century.

So I made this template today. Wheeee.

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