10 fresh, beautiful, inventive and, hopefully, inspiring blog designs

 Jason Gray Music

Jason Gray’s blog was initially WordPress-based, but it now has a beautiful and original Flash appearance that we just couldn’t pass up.

The Pixel Blog

This exquisite blog belongs to a Web design and marketing company called The Pixel. Amazing graphics in the header and footer, along with a giant tree (the branches of which separate the posts), make this design pure eye-candy.

WorkAwesome

The neat desktop-themed design of WorkAwesome’s blog is definitely worth your attention.

Dustin Curtis

New to York

Abduzeedo

Abduzeedo, which is bookmarked by every Web design fan, was recently redesigned. The highlights are considerably enhanced usability and unique post teasers.

Trent Walton

Tumble 

Biggest Apple

The pure style of Biggest Apple’s website features a gorgeous sketch in the header and some pretty icons all around.

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Step-by-Step instructions on how to blog for a living.

Blogging for a living is a great job if you can land it.  There are different types of blogs.  For most blogging is just a form of a journal or diary online, a way to connect with friends and give updates and can be therapeutic for some.  To blog for a living you must blog about something you know about.  Many sports publications or other types of hobbies or craft magazines have writers who basically submit blogs for them.  Blogging for football would entail blogging about teams, players, current scores and other pertinent info on the sport itself.  To get into blogging for a living you need contacts to start.  Look online for different companies seeking content writers for their products or sports teams or whatever.  Try contacting them through email with a sample of your writing and techniques to see if you can get a possible gig.  The idea is to start somewhere, practice your skills blogging about a particular subject and when your ready try submitting your writings to a company.  Chances are you may get lucky and find a cool part time job blogging for cash and having fun at the same time.It is important to understand SEO to drive traffic to your sites, here are some sites to check out.

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