Blog Design Basics

For all you out there starting up your own blog, here's a good primer: Blog Design Checklist, posted on Successful Blog.

Really, in designing a blog for your socially responsible business, you want to follow pretty much the same advice we're always preaching here for designing and effective website — i.e., keep it simple and easy to read, well organized, easy to navigate, quick to download, etc. With a blog, even more emphasis goes on readability (not that that should be overlooked on your website!). And in the checklist, they emphasize being able to easily find the author's bio/contact info.