Need Blogging Help?

So even though we might be so completely different in a million different ways, the one thing we have in common is blogging. Sure, we may be viewed as "freaks" and "weirdos" and "mad typists" by non-bloggers, but we all know that blogging is where the cool people hang out and share their thoughts. I mean, look at our most successful famous spokesperson -- celebrity blogger Perez Hilton. Aren't you proud to be a blogger now?

Perez Hilton...A Blogging Ambassador

OK...maybe that was a bad example. But bloggers are awesome and thoughtful and cool and smart and witty! I know I am -- and aren't you?

Blogging is such a personal venture -- you are putting a little bit of yourself out there every day. It is natural to want your blog to represent who you are. But getting Blogger or Wordpress to represent you can be a pain in the patootie. (OK...maybe not if you are on Wordpress, which seems better than Blogger. Oh -- how I rue the day I found Blogger first instead of Wordpress. But enough of my whining.) If you made the same choice I did and found yourself on Blogger, chances are you've been fighting with it ever since to make your blog more yours. Well, today I have two great blogs to help you out.

The first is Sneaky Momma Blog Design created by Jill -- my wonderful, generous, and talented blogging buddy (AKA Sneaky Momma). Jill has a blogging tip blog that is so helpful and packed with tutorials sorted by Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced levels. This is where I learned how to convert my template to three columns, create a button grab box and lots of other fun stuff. And if you head on over there today, you'll find a post on blog etiquette by yours truly! (Although my loyal readers may have already read it as it was a past Writer's Workshop). So if you are a "do it yourselfer" who likes to mess around with your blog like I do, head on over and let Sneaky Momma help you out!

But if you are little afraid of messing around in the scary world of HTML but wish you could get a nice little blog makeover for yourself without spending too much money, Jill also has a wonderful little blog makeover business -- Blogs By Sneaky Momma -- that offer very affordable packages based on your wants and needs. If you check out her own blogs, you'll see what a lovely job she does. She has packages that start as low as $25 and go all the way up to $100 -- with lots of packages in between. Here is what you get for the rock bottom price of $25:

• 1 wallpaper
• choice of preselected fonts
  
• recoloring of text and links
• 1 solid colored background (this one is white)
• a custom header
  
• border to separate backgrounds
• 2 column minima or existing template.

You can also add on to this package by choosing individual items from her Odds and Ends menu. Odds and Ends include things such as:

• Custom signature- $5
• Clickable slideshow (up to 20 awards or buttons)- $10
• 3 column layout-$10 (simple conversion)
• 2 column wide layout- $10 (simple conversion)
• Navigation bar (text only)- $15
• Text sidebar titles (up to ten)- $15
• Framed sidebar photos- $4 each
• Sidebar titles (images)- $4 each
• Post separator- $5
• Button w/grab box- $15
• Header-$25
• Navigation bar w/images- $30

So if you want to makeover your blog but don't want to spend a small fortune, why not talk to Jill about how she can help you out? Her prices are so affordable, and she is a lovely, patient fellow blogger.

For Tips and Tutorials for Do It Yourselfers


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