Template Best Practices

By: Friday, June 10, 2011
In terms of content creation and moderation, it's always wise to tell your audience exactly what you want them to do. One of the best ways to do that is to modify and test your templates. Provide calls-to-action that drive traffic to where you want your customers to go or what you want them to do, whether that be signing up for a newsletter, downloading content from your company, or visit your website.

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Call to Action Best Practices

By: Friday, February 18, 2011
Calls to Action (CTAs) are a very important part of your blogging program. A great CTA can help you achieve your goals – whether those goals are to drive traffic to your website, encourage whitepaper downloads, or sign-up for a webinar. The video below focuses on some best practices that will help you when designing and creating CTAs.

Check out this video, so you can begin designing your new call-to-action today!

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Designer: Receiving Template Access

By: Wednesday, February 2, 2011
By default, Administrators and Authors do not have the ability to edit the template design, therefore, all template changes are made through a request to the Product Support team. If you are interested in gaining access to the template editor, you or someone in your company can become a Designer. The Designer role will allow you to further customize the look and feel of your network's template and will provide you with 24-7 access to manage all template modifications.

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Designer: Designing Calls to Action (CTAs)

By: Wednesday, December 22, 2010
As a Designer, you will need to create a Call to Action (CTA) for your blog.  A CTA is an image that entices the reader or viewer to make a decision to take the next step based upon the image.

Here is a list of best practices to keep in mind when designing a CTA:
  • Create Urgency - The reader should understand how easy and immediate their action will be.
  • Use Numbers - Digits help make the action very specific (i.e. prices).
  • Indicate a Specific Action - Tell the reader exactly what you want them to...
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