I hope you had a great weekend!  I have been working on a side project for a while now off and on and the day has finally arrived.  I have been receiving tons of questions about blogging over the last year and I have been trying field the questions, help the bloggers and add value to the community.

With that said, I created a new site – zestyblogconsulting.com to help answer generic blogging questions and provide information on making better informed decisions for your blog moving forward.  The layout of this site includes blog services, tips, detailed posts on the most popular topics and a portfolio showing some of the blogs I have worked with in the past.

Visit Zesty Blog Consulting when you get the chance and if you’re interested, sign up for the free blogging tips newsletter.

Here are some other snapshots of the zesty design.  Let me know what you think of this and whether you feel it is a good idea and will help bloggers.

Quaker Update

I was unsuccessful in making the finals of the Quaker Challenge however I would still like to promote it today as the whole contest is for a great cause.  See below for the details on the finalists.

3 semi-finalists:

• Catherine Mc Cord of weelicious.com playing for  www.stonebarnscenter.org
• Jen Yu of userealbutter.com playing for National Farm to School Program www.farmtoschool.org
• Laura Levy of www.laurasbestrecipes.com playing for www.foodforthepoor.org

“Congratulations to Catherine Mc Cord , Jen Yu and Laura!  Semi-finalists in Quaker’s “Awaken Your Senses Challenge”.  You can help support 3 worthy food charities by casting your vote for your favorite Oatmeal Creation at www.youtube.com/quakertalk. At the end of the week the blogger with the most votes wins, and they will be able to award $10,000 to their favorite food. So what are you waiting for?  Go ahead and vote!

Thanks so much for supporting me – now let’s do our part and ensure one of these charities gets some much needed funding.

Back to the food posts tomorrow!

Take care
zesty

After the great response I received from the last makeover giveaway and the fact that I finally did finish the makeover this week, I thought it was due time to have another and let someone else WIN.

Here are a few of the most recent designs I have completed.

Megan’s Munchies

Broccoli Hut

Simply Savor

Deliciously Fit

Danica’s Daily

Healthy Living Summit

Operation Beautiful

Thinspired

Sarah Snacks

Heather Eats Almond Butter

Whole Body Love

Zesty’s first ever blog giveaway winner was Lara from thinspiredblog.com

Now I realize that not all readers have blogs so if you would like a blog but are timid or unsure how to go about it feel free to enter and I will sit with you and help you get on your way.

Now onto the details

How To Enter:

• New and existing email subscribers will automatically get an entry on draw date. Note that only verified subscribers count (you will receive a verification email). (+1 entry)
• Leave a comment about what you think of this idea. (+1 entry)
• Earn an extra chance to win by linking back to this post on your own blog (if you have one). (+1 entry) (please email me if you link back)

The Rules:

• Please only 1 comment entry / person (please enter a valid email address). Your email will be kept private and never given/sold to third parties.
• The winners will receive 10 hours of Blog Consulting/Design Makeover.

So let me know what you think about this adventure in the comments below! A random generator will be used to pick the winner. Contest will end at 5pm EST Nov 5th, 2009.

Take care