Anyone have any ideas on what else to do with this blog? http://benracicot.com I would love to get it to the next level... Not to sure how to. Also, do I need to post 10 of these to have full access to the digital point forum?
Why not try to... design... the site? Right now, it's black text, on a white background... with a logo that is black text on a white background. Ascetically, there is nothing special, it looks like every other blog. And then, I have to ask, what exactly is the blog about. I get it that it is your personal blog, but what are you an authority in? I see a post about magazines, conspiracies, film, Google. Quite the broad range of topics. It's going to be difficult for you to build up a reader base with such diversity. I know the feeling, I used to do the exact same thing with my personal site. You should really try to work from within one topic as you explore the other areas that interest you. For example, you could market yourself as an authority in computers, and talk about magazines influence from computers, and how computers affect film making. Or you could even try to market yourself as someone who talks about several topics, but has a keen ability to look from a very analytical perspective. See what I'm getting at here? You need to be Ben Racicot, the guy who ______. Once you figure that out, you might be able to work out some design elements which play off of that. Best of luck with your blog.
In 2012 people are not that dumb anymore. If they see your Advertisements right away, you might lose some valuable traffic in the first 5 seconds. I recommend to come up with content, and helpful information so your visitor not just leaves.
Your blog is really looking good i like the content of your blog and you should add nice header for your blog
I suggest a better theme that wont damage the content so that you see the all the text not half cut off by the width.
Move from Blogger to Wordpress, or find a better Blogger theme. As it stands now it just looks like a header and content, no real "layout"
I don't understand why people use free blog site to create their blog page. Have any guarantee that your hard worked blog site will not be deleted without a moment notice? At blogger you could use adsense and other banner JavaScript but at wordpress you even could not put single affiliate link there. After making lots of free site I lost many site without any notice they delete my site. To make your blog content useful and good you have to do huge amount of research and hard work, I love that work, I don't want you loss your hard work.