Eggdipdip is written by Suzanne, the mother of 2 ‘free range boys’ who relocated to Scotland after more than a decade in south London. She writes about family life, outdoor fun and juggling parenting with freelance work.
First Impressions
We think you have a great concept for a blog. It’s engaging and inspiring to read; who doesn’t dream of running away to the countryside? We love the fun and affectionate name of your blog and your posts create a good springboard for your writing work.
TOP TIP: Try working in bolder colours that reflect the vibrancy of your countryside surroundings.
Header and Menu Bar
The bunting is a nice clue that this will be a blog about parenting, it’s fun and festive. We also like your simple menu bar, but perhaps this could be expanded? Firstly, we’d recommend putting a link to your home page up there, so people can click back and forth between your pages more easily. This could also help to decrease your ‘bounce’ rate (how quickly someone leaves your blog, after first landing on it).
You have so many fascinating topics around outdoor play: why not dedicate a few pages to these themed posts?
As your blog USP is the life-changing move from London to Scotland, we wondered if you could reflect that more in your overall design… maybe there is a way you could work some of those stunning Scottish landscapes into the header?
TOP TIP: Consider making a vivid new header that better showcases your fab new life in Scotland.
Sidebar
Your side bar is neat, clean and effective. We love the thumbnails with the slider at the top.
TOP TIP: Can you make use of more thumbnails along the side bar, or perhaps create Pinterest-friendly images/buttons (you can do this with a tool like PicMonkey) that link to your pages or most popular posts?
Main Content
You take some AMAZING pictures; have you ever thought about making more of a feature of these on your home page? One suggestion would be to have large thumbnails with each blog post, to really catch your readers’ attention and draw them in.
TOP TIP: Tweak the format of your posts to see if you can display the larger thumbnails on your home page.
Final Thoughts
You have a fun and inspiring blog and it looks like so far you’ve made good use of your blog as a platform for soliciting freelance work (be sure to check the links are working on your Writer for Hire page). We look forward to hearing how your writing career comes along.
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