Comments on: Are You Neglecting Good Looks in Favor of Great Content? http://menwithpens.ca/are-you-neglecting-good-looks-in-favor-of-great-content/ Tue, 22 May 2012 16:52:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Roy Slater http://menwithpens.ca/are-you-neglecting-good-looks-in-favor-of-great-content/#comment-50134 Roy Slater Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:22:27 +0000 http://menwithpens.ca/are-you-neglecting-good-looks-in-favor-of-great-content#comment-50134 I really think that a nice design on a web page can make a big difference. If the layout is nice then people will be more comfortable reading what you've put on the page. Great work on the article, it was fun to read. I really think that a nice design on a web page can make a big difference. If the layout is nice then people will be more comfortable reading what you’ve put on the page. Great work on the article, it was fun to read.

]]> By: Joe Bulger http://menwithpens.ca/are-you-neglecting-good-looks-in-favor-of-great-content/#comment-35258 Joe Bulger Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:02:19 +0000 http://menwithpens.ca/are-you-neglecting-good-looks-in-favor-of-great-content#comment-35258 Great post! I love the distinctive style of this site by the way. I've tried to create some style distinction on my blog posts. It's not about being radically different. Being a "cut above" is enough to stand out. It's like eating a meal in a tastefully decorated restaurant versus a church basement. Ambiance matters. You phrased it well with your reference to the emperor's clothes. Joe :D Great post! I love the distinctive style of this site by the way.

I’ve tried to create some style distinction on my blog posts. It’s not about being radically different. Being a “cut above” is enough to stand out.

It’s like eating a meal in a tastefully decorated restaurant versus a church basement. Ambiance matters. You phrased it well with your reference to the emperor’s clothes.

Joe :D

]]> By: Phil Simon http://menwithpens.ca/are-you-neglecting-good-looks-in-favor-of-great-content/#comment-32217 Phil Simon Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:35:35 +0000 http://menwithpens.ca/are-you-neglecting-good-looks-in-favor-of-great-content#comment-32217 This is such an important post. I actually posted about this a few months ago: http://www.philsimonsystems.com/2009/11/simon-2-0/ Is my content better now than a year ago. Absolutely. Is my site much more user-friendly and better laid out? It's not even funny. Substance and style both matter. .-= Phil Simon´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.philsimonsystems.com/2010/02/phone-fargo-social-networking/">Social Networking, Downtime, Speaking, and Fargo</a> =-. This is such an important post.

I actually posted about this a few months ago:

http://www.philsimonsystems.com/2009/11/simon-2-0/

Is my content better now than a year ago. Absolutely. Is my site much more user-friendly and better laid out? It’s not even funny.

Substance and style both matter.
.-= Phil Simon´s last blog ..Social Networking, Downtime, Speaking, and Fargo =-.

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