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About a month and a half ago, I told myself that I needed to drive some damn traffic to my new blog. I knew from reading Problogger.net and conducting mini-trials of my own that habitually commenting on other people’s blogs generates traffic. Readers see your “value-added” comments, visit your site, and become avid followers. Fellow bloggers appreciate your meaningful contributions, become fans themselves, and promote your site. Backlinks accumulate and help improve your site’s Google ranking.

Though a highly effective SEO and marketing tactic, let’s face it: commenting can be a little tedious.

A few weeks ago, I posted an article outlining the steps that I followed in outsourcing the design of my professional blog. Check it out in case you haven’t read it yet.

In that post, I described how I compiled a list of blog design service providers, narrowed that list down to a manageable few, solicited request for quotes (RFQs) from those that made the shortlist, evaluated each designer against a set of criteria, and then made a selection based upon “best fit.” I personally chose E.Webscapes to complete the design for this site, but I recommend that you conduct your own evaluation based upon your unique needs and preferences.

Professional blogging represents a great way to automate your cash inflow. Bloggers like Darren Rowse and Steve Pavlina actually earn six-digit incomes annually from blogging! One of the critical elements of any money-making blog is a great design. How do you get one? There are a number blog design specialists such as E.Webscapes Design Studio and Unique Blog Designs who can quickly and effectively churn out a new or redesigned professional blog for you. This post describes the step-by-step process — from concept to rollout — for outsourcing your blog’s custom design by telling you how I did it.