What are the first basic steps you need to take towards getting your Blog i360 looking good enough to eat and giving your visitors a remarkable experience?

To do:

1) Get rid of the login and register options on the right hand nav bar (visitors find these confusing and plus they just look average)

2) Insert a new footer with your company contact details (visitors need to know they are dealing with a real company that they can trust)

3) Add an “About” page that tells your visitors who you are, your story (I’ve actually already done this)

4) If, like me, you don’t want a blogroll (or list of links to other sites), remove it. Personally I don’t want to tempt people to leave my site.

5) IMPORTANT: Set up your aweber box in the left hand nav bar - this will allow visitors to sign up for your email blog broadcast. This is how you grow your list - critical in the success of your blog and your business. While your Blog i360 offers your visitors a choice of RSS feeds on the left hand nav bar already, many people do prefer to subscribe to an email newsletter.

Here’s a screen shot of my Juicy Onion blog, after my first post and before I execute my To Do list:

That’s it for now. See you on the other side!

Gina Couper