50 Ways to Leave an Impression on Your Blog Readers, Ignite Social Media

50 Ways to Leave an Impression on Your Blog Readers  Ignite Social Media

50 Ways to Make Your Blog Different

1. Have a designer create a memorable logo for your header graphic.
2. Declutter your blog. Visual overload can drive readers away.
3. Choose a vibrant color scheme – just make sure it doesn’t hurt the eyes.
4. Embrace an identity that is NSFW.
5. Answer the questions everyone else is asking.
6. Customize your social media buttons to fit your theme.
7. Create a tagline no one will forget.
8. Write memorable blog post headlines that are more than just keyword optimized titles.
9. Don’t be afraid to try new formats for your posts, like audio and video. See what sticks.
10. Maintain a discussion forum for your blog community.
11. Let your personality shine! No one else can write just like you.
12. Find spectacular images to go with each post, not just “safe” stock photos.
13. Humor is a great tool. Make your readers laugh!
14. Respond to your commenters and let them know you value their thoughts.
15. Put something personal into your posts – anecdotes can drive a point home.
16. Create interactive content, like polls that will get your readers talking.
17. Find an angle to approach your topic that you haven’t seen before in your niche.
18. Link out to other blogs and resources. Those you link to may pay it forward!
19. Ask your readers what they would like to see you write about.
20. Make it easy for readers to close those layer ads that load first.
21. Go with a fluid theme with rounded corners instead of the standard boxy straight lines everywhere.
22. Take a controversial topic and write up both sides of the debate.
23. Take your own photos – so you’re not using the same stock images as everyone else.
24. Re-purpose your old how-to posts by turning them into videos.
25. Use a visually stunning background image.
26. Score the Big Interview with an industry superstar.
27. Make it easy for your readers to subscribe to your content – so they’ll come back for more!
28. Include a lot of negative space in your design.
29. Create the content that makes you the go-to resource in your niche.
30. Incorporate subtle shadow effects into your design.
31. Rotate your header images.
32. Use unique (but legible) fonts throughout your site design.
33. Change up the standard blog layout with something unexpected.
34. Spotlight guest posts from other bloggers in your niche.
35. Replace your stuffy about page with a sexier bio.
36. Highlight up-and-coming blogs that your readers may not know about yet.
37. Customize the design elements in your premium blog theme.
38. Don’t neglect your favicon.
39. Avoid using CAPTCHA for your commenters; this puts people off of commenting.
40. Adjust the number of characters per line in your posts for greater readability.
41. Make your navigation tabs pop.
42. Stay away from fonts like Arial, that everyone uses, or Times New Roman and Comic Sans, which no one likes.
43. Don’t have pop-up ads or subscription boxes.
44. Make sure your URL structure tells people what they’re in for before they click.
45. Provide different options for following your blog: newsletter, RSS feed, Facebook, etc.
46. Skip the Top 10 lists. Pick a different number. (Like 50?)
47. Make light text on a dark background work for you.
48. Shake things up with a caption contest or another way to have fun with your readers.
49. Check for broken links on a regular basis to ensure value for your readers.
50. Always remain authentic and true to yourself.

The Dynamic Run Warm-up, Part 1: Muscle Activation - Posts - TrainingPeaks Blog

The Dynamic Run Warm-up, Part 1: Muscle Activation - Posts - TrainingPeaks Blog:


Except for the rare athlete who has never suffered an injury, most multisport athletes are all too familiar with the pain associated with injuries to skeletal muscles. In fact, over 30% of the injuries treated in sports medicine clinics are muscular injuries. Yet warding off such injuries can be as simple as including a proper warm-up into your training routine.   Continue

Solidoodle 3D Printer, 2nd Generation

Ever wanted to design something, new tri stuff, training wheels, iPhone holder. This is great $500 gets you a 3d printer..

Solidoodle 3D Printer, 2nd Generation

Lazer, Helmets, Illuminate the Night!

Established in 1919, Lazer, with headquarter in Belgium, designs, manufactures and markets its bicycle, motorcycle and leisure helmets in more than 50 countries, over 5 continents.

Lazer, the world oldest helmet manufacturers still in activity, is the result of over 90 years of experience, passion and dedication. Our objective has always been to find an excellent synergy between design, comfort, safety and technology.

Lazer stands for the passion of performance. Many great champions teamed up with Lazer along the years. Among them Paolo Bettini, Miguel Martinez, Axel Merckx, Richard Virenque, Luc van Lierde and Tom Boonen.

We also added the ProTour Cycling Team 'Katusha' with great riders such as Filippo Pozzato, Sergej Ivanov and Robbie McEwen.

Also great mountainbikers like 4 time World Champion Brian Lopes, the Trek World champion Stybar are important testers of our product.

Even in the triathlon world, great athletes like Terenzo Bozzone represent wear and enjoy Lazer

Re-Sizable Youth Hockey Equipment!

The short length of time it takes for kids to grow out of their clothes means parents are spending a lot of money on clothes- even more so when it comes to expensive sports gear. GRO is a set of protective hockey equipment designed to gradually expands as the wearer grows. Simple yet effective functionality that will protect kids (and wallets) for years after purchase!
Now lets get behind this and get it produced. 

OH MY, 2013 Viper!

This is amazing, bringing back what muscle cars should look like and better should do to the pavement.

You can see the full set of pictures here.

Here are some specs: The 2013 SRT Viper is all-new, from front-to-back and top-to-bottom, from the lightweight carbon-fiber roof right down to its road-scorching wheels. It features less weight, stiffer chassis, a more powerful engine, beefed-up close-ratio transmission, more powerful brakes and new electronic technology. It's all wrapped in aggressive exterior styling with gorgeous interior design, materials and appointments to make Viper more comfortable and capable, better riding, more agile and faster accelerating to a higher top speed. Advancements in materials and engineering lead to a new output of 640 horsepower and 600 pound-feet of torque. Watch out!

Galileo, Brilliant!

Plain and Simple, this is brilliant. Support this project on KICKSTARTER!

Galileo Overview

The Galileo is a revolutionary, iOS-controlled robotic iPhone platform with infinite spherical rotation capability. Just swipe your finger on the screen of your iPad or other iOS device and Galileo reacts, orienting your iPhone or iPod Touch accordingly.  With applications in areas of photography, cinematography, social networking, and video conferencing, Galileo gives iOS devices endless possibilities of remote-controlled motion. Capable of infinite 360° pan-and-tilt at speeds up to 200° per second in any orientation, Galileo is an invaluable tool to everyone from an amateur photographer to the professional cinematographer, and vastly improves the experience of video chat for anyone needing to stay connected.

Fat Gripz

Funny Name, I assure you it stops there.

• Fat Gripz are being used by thousands of athletes and military around the world for weight lifting, strength training and powerlifting, including members of the US Special Forces, teams in the NFL/MLB/NHL, top MMA fighters and top bodybuilders
• Thick bar training with Fat Gripz immediately targets your body’s weak links – increasing muscle activation and giving you more strength and mass (see how below)
• Fat Gripz fit virtually all barbells, dumbbells, chin-up bars and cable attachments in seconds – making the bar more than twice as thick
• Made from a military-grade high-density compound, they grip the bar like a clamp and don’t compress – even when deadlifting extreme loads
• Immediate Impact Guarantee: You must feel the impact in your first workout or we'll give you a full and immediate refund – no questions (we’ll even pay for shipping)

$39 Dollars 

Holtkamper Kyte, Beautiful Design, What's Not To Love!

Going camping is sometimes a hassle, not with the HoltKamper. Set it and forget it. Almost like having your house at a campsite.
One-of-a-Kyte.
The Kyte pole-free awning is truly one-of-of-a-kind, worldwide. The pole-free awning 'floats' above the ground, without the need for any loose upright poles to support it. That places all of the awning space at your disposal! All you need to do is tighten the outer ends of the awning: the pole-free awning requires no ropes at all. The suspended carbon mast of the pole-free awning keeps the entire awning taught, even during storms. 
Bert Holtkamp, the Kyte's designer: "At our 'test rock' off the coast of Normandy the Kyte has had some very stormy conditions to contend with during the past few months. The pole-free awning is built in such a way that simply nothing can go wrong with it. The endurance test proves that beyond doubt." When the Kyte is folded in and out, the awning stays connected to the mast. Because of this, positioning the mast is a piece of cake. The carbon fibre makes the mast extremely strong, but at the same time very lightweight. In no time at all you transform a few metres of fabric into a majestic kite.
Sophisticated Roof.
The pole-free awning runs seamlessly into the Roof Extensions, which have been especially designed for the Kyte. These self-bearing roofs shield the windows and the side wall of the main tent against rain and direct sunlight
Control the climate.
The Kyte is equipped with a worldwide patented system for ventilation, insulation and condensation prevention: the Holtkamper Membrane Airco Tent system. Once you've used this system once, you'll never want to do without it. During hot weather (above 30 degrees) you open the roof and the hot air flows out of the tent. At the same time the sun is prevented from reheating the air in the tent: the air under the outer roof escapes straight away as soon as the sun causes the temperature to rise. 

Pedal Lock by Cheng-Tsung Feng & Yu-Ting Cheng » Yanko Design

Pedal Lock by Cheng-Tsung Feng & Yu-Ting Cheng » Yanko Design
As we all start to bike commute more, this will be great, based on this application we have a bicycle lock that deters theft in a very clever way. The pedals double up as wheel clamps and are designed such that breaking the lock (or pedal) will not only be a tough job but also a foolish endeavor. Superb!

SylvanSport, GO!

Sylvan Sport has this great trailer hauls and hold a load of different stuff, from motocross to trash. The  only problem is that you could by a used pick up for the price they are charging. $7500.

This is the most unique camping and travel trailer you'll ever find. The GO was designed from the frame out to be a one-of-a-kind mobile adventure trailer that's even more versatile than a Swiss Army knife. It's lightweight and easy to manage in the parking lot, garage or on the road. Weighing in at 840 lbs, the GO can be pulled by even the smallest cars.

Beyond its beautiful surface you'll find that no design element was left untouched. The tent sets up in minutes and stows cleanly into the roof's storage box. It also comes equipped with a weather-tight gear box that locks to keep your weekend camping essentials secure and ready for whenever you go.


Includes:
• SylvanSport Mobile Adventure Trailer and Tent
• 2 Self inflating mattresses
• Allows the GO to be configured into two twin beds

Mountain Khakis, Cargo Pants

Mountain Khakis, new original cargo pants, are great. The feel of the originals has been brought into these, soft, durable, roomy crotch and pockets to spare.

Ever the chameleon, our Original Cargo collection is perfect for all-things utilitarian and adventure, yet dresses the part for more sophisticated functions, like brunch with the in-laws. Our proprietary 2-ply 8oz cotton canvas breathes easy and moves with you so effortlessly, you’ll forget you have them on. Low-profile snap cargo pockets, back snap patch pockets and a cell phone stash pocket make 5 pockets in all. Inseam action gusset. Triple stitched. “Mud flap” reinforced heel cuffs. Mid-rise, relaxed fit. 2 inseam lengths. Garment washed in 3 colors. Rise Above It with MK

Steady, Ready, Shoot, Gerber Steady

Gerber's, always has their hand on the pulse of what outdoorsman want, the Gerber Steady, allows you to connect your DLSR or point and shoot.

Built for the weekend adventurer, the Gerber Steady combines the utility of a multi-tool and the functionality of a camera tripod. It comes equipped with an adjustable cell phone and screw-in camera mount and two foldable legs that serve as a tripod. The rest of the tool is all Gerber ingenuity – a fine edge blade, a serrated blade, three screwdrivers, a bottle opener, pliers and wire cutters. Steady on down the trail.

More Companies Need To Be Brilliant, Weltunit Is!

Weltunit is a brilliant piece of iPad equipment, not sure why others are not this savoy. 

Looks simple, elegant and just perfect, to improve you could have another angle cut into the board, other than that this is great. 

iDevice support accessories made from laser-cut cardboard.
Ecologically made and semi-durable.

Ever found yourself in front of an unused gadget accessory for which the Gadget doesn’t even exit anymore in your household?

Todays tech-loving people have an average update cycle of a bit more than one year. This holds especially true for those apple branded iDevices. And often your supporting accessories doesn’t fit the new model anymore.

iDevice support accessories made from laser-cut cardboard.
Ecologically made and semi-durable.

Ever found yourself in front of an unused gadget accessory for which the Gadget doesn’t even exit anymore in your household?

Todays tech-loving people have an average update cycle of a bit more than one year. This holds especially true for those apple branded iDevices. And often your supporting accessories doesn’t fit the new model anymore.

Reactor Poseidon

Well the Poseidon went belly up, so not sure what's in a name since this watch looks bullet proof. 

Poseidon takes Reactor toughness to a whole new level with a 1000M depth rating and ISO Professional Diver certification. Dual rotating bezels allow timing of overall dive time and safety stops while the bold dial design is easy to read under any conditions.


STANDARD FEATURES


• Reactor DNA
• Forged, solid 316L stainless steel
• Internal & external rotating bezels
• 10-year lithium power cell
• Bracelets feature wetsuit expander
• 1000M/3300Ft depth tested


LIMITED EDITION FEATURES


• Numbered limited edition of 500 pcs.
• Self-charging auto quartz movement
• Exhibition caseback with logo'd rotor
• Interchangeable bracelet & rubber strap
• Never Dark® dial illumination 


SPECIFICATIONS
• Case diameter: 48mm
• Thickness: 17mm
• Weight: 255 grams
• Width at lug: 34.7mm
• Width at clasp: 22mm