If you have ever wanted to start  food blog of your own and show off your culinary skills, then you’re in luck as StudioPress recently released their Foodie Pro theme for food lovers and lifestyle bloggers alike. Food blogging is an art form, one that I am incapable of but have the utmost admiration for those who bless us with their beautiful culinary creations in the inter-webs. I am usually surfing both food blogs and lifestyle blogs in my downtime recreational Internet use, and would say that the Foodie Pro theme would serve both lifestyle and food bloggers well in their blogging purposes and content needs.

Get more information on the Foodie Pro theme

If you like having your content presented in a clean, crisp and uncluttered manner, having a theme for your blog that does just that is essential. Especially with food blogs, its important to let your creations shine and take center stage. Of course you have to be mindful of your product photography and make sure that any pictures you post are only of the highest quality in order to attract readers and give your content a fighting chance. If you’re looking to create a food blog or lifestyle blog, the Foodie Pro theme is a starting point to success. Remember consistency in posting content as well as involving yourself in social media is the key to achieving, growing and sustaining success for your blog as well as building a brand.

How to create and start blog ?

So if you’ve been contemplating on how to create or start a blog don’t wait any longer! The time is now. If you want to learn a step-by-step way to start a blog, you can also check out my other post on Starting a blog/personal website.

Here’s to your success!

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Download the RunWay WordPress Theme

The Runway WordPress Child Theme is an excellent theme for fashion bloggers however it needs the Genesis Framework in order to fully function. This theme comes with a responsive design so that your blog can be easily viewed by mobile devices such as the iPad, iPhone, Android phones and others. It also has a minimal layout, 8 different color skins, a sticky navigation menu, custom header area, customizable navigation menus and so much more.

Runway WordPress Theme

Remember that your content matters if you want to succeed online and build a brand around your blog. A theme is an excellent starting point towards accomplishing your fashion blogging goals. There are many fashion bloggers out there who have had great opportunities come their way such as brand partnerships, sponsorships, sitting front row at fashion week etc. – and it’s all because they had built a strong presence as a fashion expert through their fashion blogs!!

Some of the Features of the Runway WordPress Theme:

• 2 layout option for posts and pages
• Customizable header section
• Built in featured post/page image
• Customizable menu
• 8 color schemes to change the look of your blog
• Sticky & floating navigation menu
• Fully responsive design ( Mobile device supported )
• Slideshow feature
• Blog & Archive page template
• Custom content columns
• Developed with Genesis Framework

The Runway WordPress theme is amongst the best themes out there for fashion bloggers who want to either start their own fashion blog or if you would like to take your existing blog to the next level.

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Price: $79.00 USD

Download & information

Features of the Hailey Fashion WordPress Theme:

• A mobile responsive layout
• 2 image sliders
• Theme options and color wheel picker
• Custom typography
• Shortcodes ( for buttons, columns, contact forms etc. )
• 1 click auto updates
• language localization and so much more!

If you are interested in creating a fashion blog the Hailey WordPress theme is one that you definitely want to consider as an option. Remember first impressions are everything and  it is what will draw readers to your website as high quality content keeps them coming back for more! Get more information on the theme here

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2. Avada

The Avada is a clean responsive WordPress theme and its no surprise why its a best seller in its league. This fully responsive theme is perfect for blogs or corporate/business websites. Through the Theme Options Panel you can customize your site as you see fit. It also helps that the theme has a flexible layout this will maximize your customization possibilities.

Get more information on the Avada theme

2. Enfold

If you are in search of a clean WordPress theme that is also fully responsive, then you are in luck with the Enfold theme. Its suitable for any app/business site, shop or any other website where you want to showcase your work via a neat portfolio type of site. The theme is founded based on the Avia Framework.

Get more information on the Enfold theme

3. Mentor

If you tend to favor Drupal type of themes the Mentor is a clean, modern, and professional Drupal 7 theme suited for any kind of business or corporate use. It is built on the popular Twitter Bootstrap framework and is a fully responsive WordPress theme packaged with a responsive slider and carousel plugin as well as a lightbox and drag and drop builder interface.

 Get more information on the Mentor theme

4. Balance Theme

Based on the Genesis Framework, the Balance responsive WordPress theme provides a minimal and clean look to your blog/website and allows your content to shine. Included is an email opt-in that is sure to help you grow your brand or business.

Get more information on the Balance theme

5. Eleven40

If you want to create a site that will attract readers no matter what device they are on the Eleven40 theme is sure to stand up to the challenge. The mobile-responsive theme is also build for the Geneisis Framework and includes HTML5

Get more information on the Eleven40 theme

There you have it some of my favorite top 5 WordPress responsive themes that are sure to make your blog/website mobile friendly. Remember an increasing amount of web traffic is coming from mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets etc so make sure your website is well equipped to fit any screen by investing in a responsive theme.

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Without further delay, I present to you the best hand-selected magazine style WordPress themes of 2014:

1. Exquisite

The Exquisite theme is a colorful premium WordPress magazine theme that would work well on a news style website. It is retina ready and has a well organized and attractive mega menu ( similar to the Mashable website).

Get more information on the Exquisite theme

2. Truemag

If you are looking for a customizable magazine style WordPress theme, then Truemag just might be your cup of tea. Not only is it compatible with all mobile devices, but it also supports bbforum along with bbpress. This means that you have the option to build a community based site/blog.

The Truemag theme is also optimized for Adsense and SEO friendly, you can customize and change between boxed or full width layouts; Or change between light and darker color skins and so much more

Get more information on the Truemag theme here

3. Made

Want a theme that is both responsive and powerful? The Made responsive WordPress theme comes loaded with powerful features enough to smoothly handle the demands of even the larger corporate sized magazine websites. You can enable/disable the user based rating system and as your web visitors rate the content it will then show up on the Google search results pages since this theme is also compatible with schema.org.

Get more information on the Made theme here

4. Rush

If you like to keep your readers fully engaged while on your website and you also want a website that looks professional and well organized, then the Rush theme is an exceptional choice. Although it might look complex and advanced, rest  assured it is very easy to handle and customize through its theme options panel. You can use Google web font as well as customize the skins to any color you want.

Get more information on the Rush WordPress theme

There you have it some of the best quality, powerful and SEO friendly WordPress magazine style themes for 2014 hand selected by yours truly. If you think I missed a theme that you like, feel free to add a comment!

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Get more information on the Avada responsive WordPress theme

 User Friendly

The most important aspect of any theme is its user friendliness (if that’s a word) In my opinion and speaking from experience, whether a theme is user friendly or not can make or break its ability to be used by many people or few and far in between. The Avada theme is very easy to install and use from the get go.

Customer support

This is just one of those things that can again make or break the bridge between loving and hating a theme. The Avada customer support team is one of the best there is. Not only are they friendly, but the support team is quick and fast to deliver the answers you are looking for via the theme forum posts and through any tickets opened. I remember one company (they shall remain nameless) who took over 1 month to get back to me about an issue I was having about one of their them. Needless to say I have never bought a theme from them since then.

Features and upgrades

The Avada responsive WordPress theme is chock full of useful quality features and upgrades built-in to the theme itself, this will help you easily customize your theme as well as decrease the number of plugins needed to run your blog/website and thus help you ease of the bloat and sluggishness that installing too many plugins can cause.

In conclusion the Avada responsive WordPress theme is a high quality, well crafted and coded theme that will work well for you whether you are starting a blog, looking to change your website’s overall look or building websites for your clients. You definitely can’t go wrong by choosing this theme for your next blog or project.

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Why?

Because most people who start successful blogs usually follow most – if not all of the steps outlined below in order to get traffic to their new or established blogs.

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How can you as a Blogger Get More Traffic to your Blog?

Even though there are countless ways you can get more traffic to your new blog, one of the most essential things you can do is to establish a NETWORK. The more networks that you have, the higher the chances that your blog content is to be exposed to more people and the higher the likelihood that your site will attract more traffic.

One of the best ways to get more traffic to your blog is to interact with others and what better way to do that than to use some of the most popular social media platforms such as:

• Twitter
• Facebook
• Reddit
• Pinterest

Why do I mention these four websites? Well because by using the above mentioned websites, you will find it easy to share your content with many other people as well as discover and follow other bloggers by using popular highly traffic social media sites in order to get traffic to your blog.

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The following are other effective ways you can use to bring more traffic to your blog.

1. Blog commenting:

Comment on the top blogs in your related niche and try your hardest to be the very first top 5 people to leave a comment. Make sure that you are not spamming other people’s blogs but rather leaving relevant and helpful commentary that add value.

Want to find blogs in your chosen niche or area of interest? Simply type the following into the Google search engine ”your niche +blog” example: ”beauty + blog” into the search engine and once you click search, a list of the top blogs in your niche should come up.

2. Network with others using Facebook and twitter

Facebook: Join groups and like pages that are relevant to your chosen niche. Promote yourself according to Facebook guidelines and policy avoid leaving spam comments but perhaps even contact the admin and request if you could feature your content on their page/group in exchange for a link in your blog or a feature of them on your blog etc.

Twitter: Follow other well known bloggers within your niche and check out their followers, if you like what they have to offer, follow them as well. This is an effective and simple way to increase your Twitter followers and also the more followers you have, the greater the chances that the people on your Twitter feed will read your articles and retweet your content!

3. Video marketing:

Create an informative video and make sure to add a link back to your blog. For example, if you own and run a food and recipes blog, you can create a short video showing people how to make the perfect apple crumble and for further details you can include a link back to the specific post on your blog that would provide more detailed tips on how to perfect the apple crumble. Submit your video to YouTube and make sure to include all the necessary keywords (do not stuff too many keywords, a little goes a long way).

4. Spend time on quality content .

Never assume that the quality traffic will simply drop on your lap without any effort at all from your side.

There are millions of blogs out there and this makes it THAT much more important for you to differentiate yourself in order to stand out from the masses and establish your success. Patience is key here. Remember, it takes time to create quality content, however do not limit your time by spending it entirely on single 500-700 word posts.

Make sure your time is spent creating something of value.

Once in a while, you can write a 1000+  word post for your readers. If you are not a full time blogger, aim to at least try and create in depth posts once or twice in a month. This will establish you as an expert in your blogging niche.

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1. WordPress Bootstrap by 320 Press

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2.  Bootstrap WP by Rachel Baker

Get more information on the Bootstrap WP

Please Note: if you just want the Javascript, CSS, shortcode functions of a Bootstrap theme and want to include it into your own existing theme, you can download this plugin.

Now onto the Fully Developed Bootstrap Based Themes …

1. CrossRoad

CrossRoad is a well designed theme reminiscent of Pinterest with lots of built-in widgets. The theme has schema.org microdata integration, that works in helping out with SEO and click-through rates.

Get more information on the CrossRoad theme

2. Zen

The ZEN Responsive  Theme is a modern WordPress Bootstrap theme  that is well crafted and easy to customize through built in plugins and widgets. It’s clean, versatile and can be used for any kind of website, corporate site, online portfolio, personal blog etc. As a responsive theme the layout is compatible and works on all tablet and mobile devices.

Get more information on the Zen theme

3. Mentor

A clean and responsive Bootstrap WordPress theme that is suitable for corporate and business use. The Mentor theme itself is built on the Twitter Bootstrap framework and is mobile friendly. Great if you are seeking an online presence for your business.

Get more information on the Mentor theme

Get more Bootstrap themes from ThemeForest

At the present time, there are over 32 themes available on Themeforest that work with the Bootstrap Framework. Get more information on the available WordPress Bootstrap themes rated from the highest at Themeforest.com.

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I spent a bit of time searching to find the best quality themes that would make building a website for any app a breeze. So let’s get started, have a look below for the theme compilation ( click on the theme images for more information).

1. Appify (Responsive) – $49

Appify is an app theme that is left-justified but becomes responsive after the window has been resized.

Get more information on the appifyWP theme

2. Grizzly Theme (Responsive) – $40 – Impressive!

If you are looking for a theme with a WOW factor, then the Grizzly app theme is an excellent choice. It works for iPhone, Android and iPad apps. It features options such as embedding, iTunes, QR codes, Google Play button integration, Amazon App Store and so much more. This is easily one of the best WordPress mobile app themes out there to use for the promotion and sale of your app!

Get more information on the Grizzly theme

3. Launch Theme (Responsive) – $35

If you want a clean WordPress theme that is also very simple, then the Launch theme is your best bet for showcasing your app. I forgot to mention its also responsive.

 Get more information on the Launch theme

3. iPhone App Theme from Templatic (Not Responsive)

The iPhone App theme from Templatic has got to be the most straightforward theme you can use to showcase and promote your iPhone app. Did I mention it is visually very easy on the eyes!

 Get more information on the iPhone App theme

5. AppView Theme (Non-responsive) – $40

The AppView theme is pretty yet simple and straightforward. If you want to use it to showcase your app, this theme comes with tons of features including pricing table support and numerous shortcodes you can use to customize the theme to suit your needs.

Get more information on the Appview theme

6. Intuition Theme (Responsive) – $45

A touch and swipe enabled responsive theme.The intuition theme is very easy to setup and use. If you are looking for a theme with a slider, the Intuition theme is well suited.

 Get more information on the Intuition theme

7. My App Theme (Semi-responsive) – $45

MyApp theme is a semi-responsive iPhone app theme.What do I mean by semi-responsive? Well this theme adapts to the iPhone resolution however, it does not do so fluidly in other scenarios and on other devices with different resolutions. Test out a demo before you decide to purchase

 Get more information on the MyApp theme

I hope that the above mentioned app themes are useful in helping you make the decision of how your iPhone app website is going to present itself. In all honesty any WordPress theme can be transform into a theme that showcases your app, however having one that is already customized and suited for selling and showcasing your iPhone or android app saves you some major time and effort since you won’t have to build your own app website from the ground up.

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• 15 Best Ways to Increase your Google Page Rank

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Without further adieu….

The Top 4 WordPress Author Box Plugins

1. Custom About Author

This plugin is very similar to the Social Author Bio plugin and the only difference is it has 4 social profile buttons and rounded corners! You can try it here!

2. Better Author Bio

This is one of the best WordPress author box plugins there is and comes highly recommended. You can use it the way it is and it doesn’t need you to have any coding experience. Simple, clean and neat it allows you to showcase the number of articles an author has written. It contains author social profile links, author blog links and is super easy to install and configure.

3. Social Author Bio

Like others this plugin will automatically add an author box with social icons and a Gravatar with each post. If you are looking for a social profile link heavy plugin, this is the one. You can add up to 15+ social profiles and best of all its stylish and easy to use!

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