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10 Free Premium Blogger Templates to Outfit Your Blog

Brian — Tue, 25 May 2010 22:57:51 +0000

Getting tired of your current Blogger template? Want to try some new digs on your blog? If you use Blogger as your blogging platform, you’ve probably heard that Blogger doesn’t stand up in design when compared to other platforms such as WordPress. While this may be true in some cases, I’ve never had trouble finding Blogger templates I love.

Here’s what I like about Blogger templates. They are easy to install, the majority are free and there are countless well designed and appealing Blogger Templates just a few clicks away. You just need to know where to look.

Today, I’ve scoured the net to bring you some of my favorite Blogger Templates that are premium templates that cost you nothing.

Clean Elegance (btemplates.com) – 2 Columns, Fixed width, Gray, Right sidebar, White

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Darken (ourbloggertemplates) – 1 sidebar column on the right and 3 sidebar columns at the bottom. You can use the header image as in the sample blog or your own header image.

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Facebook Style (bloggertemplatesblog.com) – Adapted from WordPress, 3 Columns, 2 Sidebars, Blue and White, Fixed Width, Minimalist, SEOptimized

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Guarantee (bloggertemplates.com) – 2 Columns, Fixed Width, Right Sidebar, White.

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Maparaan (bloggertemplatesblog.com) – 2 Columns, Fixed Width, Gray, Right Sidebar.

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Mettalic Shine (bloggertemplatesblog.com) – 2 Columns, Brown, Fixed Width, Right Sidebar.

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Specific (bloggertemplatesblog.com) – 2 Columns, Blue, Fixed Width, Red, Right Sidebar, White.

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Todays News (btemplates.com) – 3 Columns, Adapted from WordPress, Fixed width, Gray, Magazine, Orange, Right sidebar, Rounded corners.

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Tree House (btemplates) – 2 Columns, Adapted from WordPress, Brown, Fixed width, Grunge, Orange, Right sidebar.

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Webnolia (ourbloggertemplates.com) – Minimalist and extremely flexible template with flexible multiple columns (2, 4, 5, 6, or 7 columns). You can change the columns, all background and font colors, and font types without doing any coding.

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Do you have any favorite Free Blogger Templates you’d like to share? Want to show off your new Blogger Template? Feel free to show us what you got.

New EazyCheezy Facebook Page – You’re Invited

Brian — Sat, 01 May 2010 17:36:41 +0000

The time has come to branch off my personal Facebook page and dedicate a Facebook page to Eazy Cheezy to better engage with all the wonderful readers and followers.

The page was launched yesterday and I plan to keep it active, sharing additional links and thoughts not published on the site.

This provides a platform to interact and discuss various topics.

Please feel free to stop by, discuss topics that interest you, share your favorite links and videos and keep tabs on the latest Eazy Cheezy content and updates. I’m always welcome to feedback and your suggestions to help improve the site.

Blogger Link Love – Show Me Your Stuff

Brian — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 03:47:19 +0000

Today, I wanted to give you a platform to promote a quality link or product. After all, there’s nothing like free promotion. Whether it’s a blog article you’re proud of, a new app you just launched or anything else, feel free to tell us more about it.

Providing it’s not spammy, I’ll add it to the post and share it with the readers by including your comments.

Please share the link and keep the description or comments short and to the point. I’ll kick it off with one of the most rewarding posts, which I put quite a bit of time and effort into.

Blog Links to Check Out

2010 Top 10 Free Movie Sites (eazycheezy.net) – In this post, I utilized reader votes and mixed them with my take on the best of the best in Free Movie Sites. There are quite a few quality sites to stream movies available, but which are the best? Here’s where you find out. – Brian Mongold

Please leave your comments below, providing the link and description/comments.

14 Exceptional Sites to Get Free Blog Reviews

Brian — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 01:45:00 +0000

Improving our blogs should be a top priority? Sometimes, the little tweaks and modifications you make can have a significant impact. Regardless of your experience level, it’s a always beneficial to obtain a site review from someone on the outside, looking in.

We’re all guilty of focusing on certain aspects (i.e. content) and at times overlooking others (i.e. design, navigation, usability, etc.). Many bloggers fall in love with their work and at times fail to see our site from our reader’s point of view. The best way to improve your site is to get as many reviews as you can. The more suggestions and opinions, the better. I love honest feedback and have had multiple reviews that have opened my eyes & led me to improving various aspects.

Reviews I’ve had have led to me creating an About Page, better logo, RSS & Twitter Icons, transitioning to a more simple layout, adding a Related Post section, etc. Below are 14 sites and forums you can use to get free site reviews. Each link below provides a direct link to the site review section of the site offering this service. To help you better choose which to utilize, I’ve identified each Google Page Rank & requirements for review.

Social Network & Other Sites
1. Blog Catalog (PR4) – Blogging community full of members who are very willing to review your site & offer suggestions and feedback. You’ll even see some bloggers who post a thread requesting for you to drop your blog URL in for a review.

2. Bloggeries (PR3) – Bloggeries allows you to submit your site to them for a review. They’ll review your content, uniqueness, activity, appearance & navigation. You’ll get a complete review, image from your blog, a “Rated at Bloggeries” Icon for your blog, etc. Review is free, but to get it within 3 days, donate $50.

Forums
3. Digital Point (PR4) – You must be a registered member for 7 days & have an overall red reputation with 10 total posts to post in the Website Review forum.

4. Young Entrepreneur (PR3) – Requires registration to post. Just title your post thread with the name of your site & niche.

5. Site Owners Forum (PR3) – Requires registration to post. Here’s some general guidelines.

6. SEO Refuge (PR2) – Requires registration to post. Check out their Website Review Tips.

7. Warrior Forum (PR4) – Requires registration to post.

8. Site Point (PR7) – Requires registration to post. You must have reviewed 3 sites within 30 days and follow their additional requirements.

9. SEOChat (PR5) – Requires registration to post. Be sure to read their guidelines for posting reviews.

10. Webdigity (PR4) – Registration required. No posting restrictions, but you can read some guidelines here.

11. DaniWeb (PR6) – Requires registration to post. If you want a review, they request you to review someone elses site. Only 1 review request per month.

12. Google Community (PR5) – Requires registration. You must have atleast 50 posts to post your link for review. See their additional guidelines.

13. Site Reference (PR4) – Requires registration. You must review 3 other sites prior to requesting for a site review. Only 1 review at a time & reply to posts within 48 hours. Here’s additional info.

14. Website Babble (PR3) – Registration required. Low post counts won’t be allowed to post messages & the required post total to post new threads is not advertised. Here’s more info.

I don’t recommend just dropping a request for review in each forum and engaging with the community a bit. Even if you choose not to submit your site for review, I’ve found it’s very helpful to read other reviews or perhaps even taking the time to review other sites. Have you had any helpful reviews lately? What kind of advice did you receive? Any other great places to have your site reviewed that I missed?