Easton Ellsworth gives us a thumbs-up in his blogtipping

Hey, cool to be blogtipped today by Easton Ellsworth on Business Blog Wire. I say "we" because the new design of BlogWriteForCEOs is the handiwork of my talented designer Sarah Lewis, with a lot of input from yours truly (her picky client). Thanks Sarah! Thanks Easton! Here's what he wrote:

Blogtipping Victim/Beneficiary #3: BlogWrite for CEOs by Debbie Weil

Compliment 1: Beautiful layout.  Smart design, complimentary colors, sticky-note-looking indented quotes, etc.  I love it!

Compliment 2: Your mug shot and "about"/subscribe info are up top.  Very important!  And I love the calls to action - "Receive posts via email!", "Grab Your Feeds", "Buy the Book," etc.

Compliment 3: You plug your book and your speaking/consulting services in non-annoying ways.  In other words, you talk about corporate blogging and share a relevant paragraph from your book, or a professional experience you've had.  Makes me more interested in those things, without you needing to yell them at me.  Nicely done!

Blogtip: I can't figure out how you pronounce your last name.  Maybe you could explain that near the top of your "About" page. Well, and what's "PGP Key" supposed to mean?  Maybe that's just some code detritus?  There's a wealth of info on that page, and I just think it might need to be re-organized or condensed so as not to overwhelm or confuse.

- Easton Ellsworth's Blogtipping Day (August 1st, 2006)

Comments

[Easton Ellsworth]

Debbie, thanks for the mention and for tipping the hat to Sarah. Great job, Sarah - this blog has an *excellent* design.

[Ellen Weber]

Nice work Easton ... and you speak for many of us about this blog! Thanks Easton and Congrats Debbie Weil!

[Ed Terpening]

I generally only have time to keep up on my blogs via my Blackberry. Your blog as currently designed is--unfortunately--practically unusable on a Blackberry. Have you tried it? If there's a differnent address for mobile, let me know. Working for a financial institution, javascript is disabled which makes use of most Blackberry-based RSS Readers impossible.