Resources


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Communications / VoIP

The internet brings great opportunities to do business all with people from all around the world, and fortunately there are also a number of resources to help with the communication that is necessary. The resources here will allow you to communicate inexpensively with others:
    1. Skype - Free calls over the internet to other people on Skype for as long as you like. 
    2. Vonage - Leading provider of VoIP internet broadband telephone services. 
    3. Gizmo - Low cost international calling and free calls to users on Yahoo Messenger, Google Talk, Windows Live users and SIP networks. 
    5. VoipBuster - Free program that uses the latest technology to bring free and high-quality voice communications to people all over the world. 

Data Backup

Anyone that has important of sensitive information on their computer needs to have a system in place for backing up the data. For online entrepreneurs a loss of data could be tragic. These resources will give you a number of options from which you can choose the one that is best for you. Backing up your hard drive can be done quickly, easily, and automatically:
    1. Mozy - Industry-leading solution for online backup. 
    2. Intronis - Online backup solution with remote computer data backup software. 
    3. Carbonite - Unlimited online backup for one flat fee. 
    4. Data Deposit Box - Your source for online backup, and secure online data backup. 
    5. Athena Backup - Automatically backup your home computer files with Athena Backup. 

Invoicing

If you are sending and tracking invoices to customers, you may be able to save some time and make the process more efficient by using a program that is specifically designed for this purpose. These resources can help the organization of your invoicing and they can allow you to have more time to spend on what you do best:
    2. FreshBooks - Online invoicing and time tracking service. 
    4. Blinksale - The easiest way to send invoices online. 
    5. InterlinQ Solutions - Providing a daily job report, time sheets, job tracking, construction reports and mobile billing. 
    6. Bill My Clients - Easy way to create and send invoices and bills to your clients. 
    8. 2nd Site - Secure invoicing service w/ online invoice payment & online employee timesheets.

Financial Management and Accounting

Many online entrepreneurs and small businesses do not have the need to use an accounting system that is as complex as that of a larger business, but every business needs to have organized and accurate financial records. These resources will provide you with everything you need and can easily be used by anyone:
    1. Intacct - Delivers ERP software as a service to small and midsize companies. 
    3. Xero - Slash the hours you spend every week on accounting administration.

Time Management and Project Management

Time management is critical to achieving maximum productivity. In order to improve that time management of your business, try some of these resources. I think you will see that the resulting organization and efficiency will have a noticeable impact on the results of your work:
    2. Vitalist - Web based task manager designed to work with Getting Things Done (GTD). 
    3. Backpack - Personal and small business information management, intranet, and to do list organizer. 
    4. Basecamp - Web-based tool that lets you manage and track projects. 
    5. Goplan - Online project management app. 
    7. Side Job Track - Web-based job tracking, invoicing, reporting & project management software. 
    8. ActiTime - Free Time Tracking Software.

Contact Manager

Online entrepreneurs typically have a very large number of contacts that they need to keep track of. These programs are specifically created to help you effectively manage your contacts. If you could use some improvement in this area, try some of these resources:
    1. Big Contacts - Web Based Contact Manager for 2 to 2000 People. 
    3. BatchBook - Easy-to-use contact management system. 
    5. Oprius - Sales and Contact Management Software for Independent Sales Consultants. 
    7. Zoho - Customer Relationship Management, on demand CRM. 
    9. SugarCRM - Commercial Open Source CRM.

Hiring Freelancers

At some point you may have a need to hire freelancers of some type. Fortunately, there are plenty of resources online to help you find freelancers and identify the right one for your project. All of the websites listed here will allow you to search for freelancers according to your needs:
    1. Elance - Outsourcing to Freelancers. 
    2. Guru - Free service helps you find freelancers, get free quotes, and get your project done. 
    3. SmarterWork - Top small business services marketplace. 
    5. oDesk - Global service marketplace for small and medium sized businesses. 
    7. BizReef - Online Services platform.

Online Reputation Management Tools

Reputation management is a very hot topic online right now. As an entrepreneur, your reputation can have a serious impact on your success and you have a need to monitor your reputation and to make sure that what is being published is true. There are a variety of resources that can help in different ways:
    1. claimID - Free, easy way to manage your online identity. 
    2. Google Alerts - Email updates of the latest relevant Google results. 
    3. Yahoo Alerts - Free, personalized notification service. 
    4. Technorati - Real-time search for user-generated media. 
    5. FindMeOn - Manage your circles of friends, family, colleagues and others. 

Accepting Payment

If you are taking online payments from customers or clients, you will need a way to make that happen. There are a number of different options, and the details of each can vary a good bit. Take a look at these options and see which is best for your situation:
    3. Neteller - Online payment solutions. 
    4. Moneybookers - Cheaper way to send and receive money worldwide. 
    5. iKobo - Pick up your money at over 1000000 Visa ATMs. 
    6. CheckFree - Provides financial electronic commerce services.

Shopping Carts

E-Commerce sites that are selling products to customers will need some type of shopping cart. There are a number of open source options listed below, as well as a number of other options. Hopefully you will find one that is well-suited to your needs:
    1. Zen Cart - Free, user-friendly, open source shopping cart system. 
    4. OpenCart - Open source PHP-based online shopping cart system. 
    5. Ubercart - Open source e-commerce suite. 
    6. X-Cart - Shopping cart software & PHP ecommerce solutions. 
    7. NetSuite - Integrated web-based business software suite. 
    8. ZNode - ASP.NET shopping cart. 
    9. Fortune3 - Ecommerce Shopping cart software. 
    10. Network Solutions - Robust, customizable Ecommerce online shopping cart software. 
    12. Secure Delivery - The best digital download management site on the net! 
    13. Magento - Open Source eCommerce Evolved!

Social Networking

Social networking sites can help entrepreneurs to find potential partners, get advice from other entrepreneurs, network with others around the world, and to simply get some exposure for their profile. Each networking site is a little bit different. You’ll never have the time to use all of them effectively, so find a few that have potential to help you the most and be actively involved:
    1. PartnerUp - Find business partners, opportunities to get involved in businesses. 
    2. Cofoundr - Cofoundr is a private community for entrepreneurs. 
    5. Konnects - Business technology focus groups and networking events. 
    6. LinkedIn - Strengthens and extends your existing network of trusted contacts. 
    7. Ryze - Business Networking. 
    8. StartupNation - Provides real-world business advice to people who want to start a business. 
    9. Startupping - Community resource created for Internet entrepreneurs. 
    11. Ziggs - White pages and free people search for professionals.

Finding Funding

Many entrepreneurs will need some type of funding for their ventures. If this is the case for you, these resources may be helpful. Locating potential funding sources can be a bit easier be taking advantage of the resources that are available:
    2. Fundability - Puts your company in front of qualified and interested investors. 

CPC Revenue

One of the most common ways to make money with a website is through cost per click programs like Google AdSense. While these programs are not a good fit for some sites and for some audiences, they have proven to effective for many:
    4. AdBrite - Webmasters can buy and sell text ads based on their site’s topic area. 
    5. Chitika - The leading merchandising network for bloggers. 
    7. Kanoodle - Distributes results to a large network of other search engines and search box providers. 
    8. Clicksor - Effective online advertising technology. 
    9. Kontera - Advertiser and Publisher Solutions.

CPM Revenue

CPC isn’t the only option for monetizing a website through advertisements. By choosing a CPM program you will be compensated for impressions rather than clicks. Here are some of the choices that are available:
    1. ADSDAQ - A new advertising exchange. 
    2. ValueClick Media - One of the largest and most effective online advertising networks. 
    3. AdDynamix - Full-spectrum interactive provider delivering ad management. 
    4. Morning Falls - Online advertising solutions to advertisers and publishers worldwide. 
    7. Casale Media - World’s fastest growing provider of online media solutions. 
    8. Tribal Fusion - Focused on high quality sites with targeted content and significant reach. 
    10. Adtegrity - Internet Advertising Solutions.

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10 Social Networks for Entrepreneurs

Social networking is obviously very popular online today. Unlike general networking sites like MySpace and Facebook, there are a number of smaller networks that focus on professionals and businesses. These sites can be an excellent place to gain some exposure and to communicate with other entrepreneurs. Here is a quick look at 10 networking sites that should be considered by entrepreneurs.

LinkedIn
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LinkedIn has quickly become the leading social network that specializes in professionals. Many users have their resume posted on their profile and a growing number of employers are using LinkedIn as a recruiting tool. Entrepreneurs who are not looking for jobs can still use LinkedIn as a great resource for meeting other professionals and gaining some exposure for their own work.

PartnerUp
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PartnerUp is dedicated to helping entrepreneurs find joint venture partners, co-founders, executives, and board members. You can either post your opportunity or search the listings placed by other entrepreneurs. There are networking capabilities through forums and an Ask a Question feature.

Konnects
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Konnects focuses on professional networking by giving each member their own profile page. You can join communities, get to know other members, and just generally network with other like-minded professionals.

Ryze
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Ryze has been around for a while but isn’t as well known as some other networking sites. On Ryze you’ll get your own profile page that can be customized, you can add friends, leave messages for others, and join groups.


Biznik
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Biznik’s tagline is “Business networking that doesn’t suck.” Their approach is aimed more at entrepreneurs and business owners than employees looking for a job. There are a number of different communities for major cities in the U.S.

Cofoundr
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Cofoundr is a private community for entrepreneurs. It obviously intends to help members find co-founders, as well as to build teams and network with other entrepreneurs.

StartupNation
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StartupNation is a community site for entrepreneurs that includes networking aspects. The forums are very active with a wide range of topics being discussed. StartupNation also includes a number of articles relevant to entrepreneurs.

Upspring
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Upspring aims to provide businesses with an opportunity to increase exposure and attract more customers. Members can register for free to get a profile page, join groups, and network with others. There are also premium options for a monthly fee.

Fast Pitch
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Fast Pitch claims to be the fastest growing social network for professionals. You can set up your own profile page and network with other professionals.

Xing
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Xing has a large and active community of professionals. You can network in many of the same ways as you can with the other sites listed here.

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100's of Widgets for your blog or website.

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Credits To: Mashable.com

Widgets are a handy, easy and simple way to add some flare to your blog. Whether you’d like to display the number of currently online visitors to your site or simply the weather report for Los Angeles, you can do it with widgets. We’ve assembled a list of 50 useful or simply cool widgets for your pleasure. And remember, the first rule of widgetizing your blog is - don’t overdo it!

MyBlogLog’s Recent Readers - this widget can easily be called a hit amongst blog owners; its popularity even managed to convince Yahoo into buying MyBlogLog. The widget lets you see the avatars of recent visitors to your blog, provided they’re also members of MyBlogLog.

Mashable - get the latest social networking news from this very site.

Flickr Flash Photo Stream Badge - display images from your Flickr profile with a handy Flash photo stream.

Preview Anywhere - see a live preview of outgoing links in a small popup which activates on mouseover. Some find this annoying, while others might find it useful.

Twitter Badge - if your life is so interesting that everyone must know what you’re up to all the time, then a Twitter badge is the ideal counterpart to your blog. It’ll proudly displays your recent tweets.

Digg News - display the latest Digg links on your blog. Themeable and fully customizable.

FEEDJIT - real time traffic data directly in your blog’s sidebar.

LineBuzz - inline comments for your blog. Very handy for blogs with frequent lively discussions.

Flixn - display a stream directly from your webcam, so your blog visitors can always see what you’re up to.
    Flixn
3Jam - lets your visitors send messages to your mobile phone, without them knowing your phone number.

Jaxtr - with Jaxtr, your visitors can actually call you to your mobile phone; again, your number stays private.

LinkedInABox - show off your LinkedIn profile. Perfect for personal blogs.

Box Widget - enable visitors to use box.net’s online storage directly on your web site.

Price of gas - displaying gas prices on your blog might seem unnecessary to some, but it’s cool if you have a traffic/travel related blog.

iBegin Weather Widget - Display weather information in your sidebar. Just like with Price of Gas, works great with travel-related blogs.

ClockLink - display time in various time zones with these nifty Flash clocks.

Film Loops - display the latest loops from your FilmLoops account.

Daily Painters - display paintings from famous painters on your blog.

WhoLinked - show your visitors which sites have recently linked to your web site. Works with all major blog platforms.

Criteo AutoRoll - displays links to blogs similar to your blog.

Bitty Browser - embed a cute, fully functional mini web browser to your blog.

Leafletter - create a mini website and embed it into your blog.
    Leafletter
WikiSeek - search Wikipedia with this simple widget.

FeedCount - show off the number of visitors to your blog with this handy little button.

Technorati Link Count - display the number of links your website has from one of the biggest blog authorities - Technorati.

MyPageRank - another good way to show how “big” your blog is is to show off your Google PageRank.

CheckPageRank - in addition to showing your PageRank, this widget also shows your Alexa ranking.

BlinkxIt - embed a link to related videos directly into your website.

Skype button - display your Skype online/offline status on your blog.

RockYou Horoscope - not something I would personally use, but some people are into horoscope. Hell, most people are into horoscope. Anyway, this widget shows horoscope (doh!) and does it in a nicely designed colorful box.
    Horoscope
del.icio.us Tagometer - display how many times have del.icio.us users saved your page.

del.icio.us Linkrolls - this badge shows your latest bookmarks from del.icio.us.

Timelines - need to create a timeline? Seek no further. This widget makes it really easy.

PollDaddy - PollDaddy lets you create beautiful polls in no time, and display them at your blog.

Vizu - another poll-making widget, compatible with all major blog platforms.

AnswerTips - display definitions from Answers.com for various terms on your blog. The definitions are shown in bubbles which are activated on doubleclick.

AnswerBoxes - give your visitors a chance to enter a term themselves, and get a definition from Answers.com

Now Playing - if you got to share your current playlist contents with the world, Sigamp will do the trick. Works with most popular music players, including Foobar, Winamp, iTunes and others.

BuzzBoost - display headlines from your RSS feed on any website.

LibraryThing - show off the latest books you’ve been reading.

Plaxo Address Book - let your most faithful visitors access their address books direclty from your site.
    Plaxo
AuctionAds - a widget that displays auctioned items on eBay, and gives you a percentage of the price paid when someone buys an item.

aStore - similar to AuctionAds, only for Amazon. Create a mini-store on your site and receive profit when someone buys an item through your store.

Plazes - show your current location on a Plazes map.

Stockalicious - track your portfolio with this widget, and share it with others. Let everyone know how much money you’ve lost.

Yahoo! For Good - create a charity badge and ask for donations for a worthy cause.

Giftspace - your friends never know what to buy you for birthday? Let them know what you really want with this nifty widget.

MixMap - see where are the visitors to your MySpace profile from on a map.
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Google Map Widget - display a searchable Google Map on your website.

Google Video Search - add a video search form and selected videos to your web site.

Odeo player - display an Odeo player for and podcast right there in your sidebar.

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Credits To: TwitterMoms

Widgets

About Widgets

Looking to spice up your Text Boxes? Perhaps by adding popular news items, interesting trivia, a comic strip or clips from your favorite TV show? With widgets, it's easy to add additional features to any Text Box.

Getting Started

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Below is a list of widget providers you may want to check out. We've selected a few example widgets to get you started. Just copy the embed code from any widget below and paste it directly into a Text Box.

Popular News

This widget displays the most viewed, emailed and searched CNN items.
To add the widget to any Text Box, simply click the "Get & Share" button, then choose the "Embed" option. Copy the embed code and paste it directly into your Text Box. Done!
You can also explore additional CNN widgets.

Trivia

This widget displays information about who was born on the current date.
To add the widget to any Text Box, simply click the "Grab It" button, then choose the "Embed" option. Copy the embed code and paste it directly into your Text Box. Done!

Comics

This widget displays the latest Dilbert comic strip.
To add the widget to any Text Box, simply click the "Grab It" button, then choose the "Embed" option. Copy the embed code and paste it directly into your Text Box. Done!

TV Clips

This widget displays clips and highlights from Saturday Night Live.
To add the widget to any Text Box, simply click the "Share" button, then choose the "Embed" option. Copy the embed code and paste it directly into your Text Box. Done!
You can also explore additional NBC widgets.

More Widgets

Need more widget options? Find Them at any of the following sites:
Google Gadgets
Microsoft Gadgets
eBay To Go
Digg 
Tools
Widgetbox
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Snipperoo
Spring
 Widgets
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Credits To: Studio7Designs

Free Font Downloads

Free Fonts and Other Resources: Web Page Publicity
Huge Collection of Free Fonts: Da Font
Nice Selection of Free Fonts: Urban Fonts
Fonts and Other Freebies: Simply The Best Fonts
1001 Free Fonts for Download: 1001 Free Fonts
Over 9000 Free Fonts: Creamundo
A Small List of Free Fonts: Best Free Fonts

Paid Font Sites

A Large Selection of Fonts for Purchase: My Fonts
Quality Fonts for Purchase: Veer
Information and Fonts for Purchase: Fonts
Font Resources and Sales: Font Haus

Stock Photos and Vectors

The Best Stock Photo and Vector Website: iStockphoto
Quality Photos for Purchase: Shutterstock
Stock Photos and Other Pay Downloads: Veer
Quality, Affordable Vectors for Purchase: Vector Stock
Stock Photos With a Great Selection: Jupiter Images
Stock Photos and Photography Network: Stock Vault
Quality Stock Photos: Corbis

Free Photos and Vectors

Submit Vectors or Download Others for Free: Open Source Vector Art
Tons of Great Free Vectors and Photos: Deviant Art
59 Pages of Free Vector Art: Free Vectors
Large Gallery of Free Vectors: Vecteezy
Quality Vector Downloads: Vector 4 Free
Neat Collection of Free Photos From Around the World: Free Stock Photos
Great Collection of Free Vectors and Resources: You The Designer
Great Free Stock Photos: Free Foto
A List of Free Downloads: Bittbox
700 Free Stock Photos: Free Picture Click

Website Templates

A Few High Quality Wordpress Themes: Evan Eckard
Over 2000 Free Web Templates: OSWD
A Small Selection of Nice Templates: Open Source Templates
A Large List of Free Templates: Free CSS Templates
Nice Wordpress Templates for Download: Free CSS Templates
A Combination of Free and Pay Templates: Free Templates Online
Affordable, Quality Templates: Templamatic
Free Blog Templates: Blogging Themes

CSS Galleries

The Best Sites on the Web: CSS Remix
A Frequently Updated Gallery of Sites: CSS Mania
An Organized List of Nice Sites: Most Inspired
CSS Gallery of Quality Sites: CSS Design Yorkshire
A Selection of Only Nature Based Sites: CSS Nature
A Selective List of Well Designed Sites: Web Creme
High Quality CSS Showcase: CSS Tux
Nice CSS Websites: The Designed Tree
A CSS Collection Organized by Category: CSS Elite

Inspiration

A Great Site About Everything Type: I Love Typography
An Incredible Illustrator: Burst of Beaden
A Great Designer and Illustrator: Fully Illustrated
Customizable List of Design Resources: Cork Dump
The Society of Graphic Designers of Canada: GDC
Freelance Advice Blog and Resources: Freelance Switch
Amazing Collection of Logos: Logopond
Stunning Desktop Wallpapers: Desktopography
A Graphic Design Magazine: Computer Arts

Tutorials

The Best Photoshop Tutorials: PSD Tuts
A Talented Photoshop Designer: Abduzeedo
Photoshop Tutorials and Web Design Resources: Web Design Library
Tutorials for Photoshop, Illustrator and More: Tutorial Vault
A Few Neat Illustrator and Photoshop Tutorials: Design Spice
Great Photoshop Tutorials and Downloads: PS Wish
Tutorials for Every Computer Program: Tutorialing

Free Photoshop Downloads

A Couple Free Patterns for Download: Design Spice
Free Photoshop Brushes: Design Fruit
Free Photoshop Actions: Visual Blast
Tons of Free Photoshop Brushes: Brusheezy
A Few Nice Free Photoshop Brushes: Obsidian Dawn
Great Grunge Brushes and Others: Photoshop Brushes
Free Background Patterns for Photoshop: Free BG
Over 150 Free Background Patterns: Squidfingers

Design Blogs

A Frequently Updated Design Blog: Veerle’s Blog
A Design Magazine and Blog: Smashing Magazine
A European Design Blog: Design In Europe
A Unique Nerdy Blog: Design You Trust
The Personal Blog of a Graphic Designer: Larissa Meek
A German Design Blog: David Hellmann
The Blog of a Canadian Geek/Model: Mostly Lisa
A Graphic Design Blog: Bittbox
A Blog About Freelance Graphic Design Advice: Freelance Switch
A Design Blog Full of Resources: You The Designer
A Popular Design Blog: Fazai 38

Colour Palettes

A Flash Site of User Generated Colour Palettes: Adobe Kuler
Using Colours From Photos: Colr
Colours, Palettes and Patterns: COLOURlovers
A Colour Palette Generated From Your Images: Color Palette Generator
See The Results of Your Palette on a Website: Color Spire
Create and Email Colour Palettes: Color Blender

Tips and Tricks

Vector Do’s and Dont’s: iStockphoto
The Web Design Polish: PSD Tuts
Promote Your Design Business: Freelance Switch
How To Increase Web Traffic: You The Designer

Coders

Quality Programming: XHTMLized
Professional Web Slicing: PSD Slicing
XHTML in 24 Hours: We Use Scissors
Affordable, Quality Coding: PSD2HTML
From Design to Code, Quick and Cheap: Front Enders

Designer Geek Merch

Great Nerdy Clothing and Accessories: Veer
Nice T-Shirt Collection: Design Loot
Graphic Design T-Shirts and Accessories: Cafepress
Geek Merchandise For Everyone: Think Geek
Graphic Design T-Shirts: Zazzle
Unique T-Shirt Designs You Can’t Find Anywhere Else: Allmightys
A fantastic resource for finding information on corporate brand identity: Brands of the World
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The Top 10 Blogger Template Resource Sites

Written by Amanda Fazani from Blogger Buster on July 14, 2008
These days, Blogger users are spoiled for choice by the variety of free Blogger templates available to them. What’s more, as blog designers push the boundaries of blog design, the quality of templates just gets better and better!
Whereas not long ago, Blogger templates seemed to all have the same two column layout with no extra functionality, Blogger template designers now add features like navigation menus; tabbed widgets to include much information in a small space; three (and even four) column templates, and even magazine style layouts which previously were only available to those using Wordpress.
In this post, I’ll present the cream of the crop for Blogger templates: the top ten resources where you can find the best quality and variety of free Blogger templates to enhance your blogs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B-Templates

B-templates probably has the largest collection of Blogger templates available online. Featuring a collaboration of templates by many different authors (and many unique designs too), B-Templates organizes templates by layout, style and color.

Top picks

  • Visionary: An adaptation of Justin Tadlocks simple and functional blog template for Blogger, with tabbed navigation in the sidebar. Easily customized to suit your own blogging requirements.
  • Ads Theme: a professional layout with plenty of room for ads and widgets.
  • Made in Spain: To date, this seems the most downloaded Blogger template on the Btemplates site. It features a journal style background, enabling your blog to appear more like the pages of a book than a regular, digital publication!

Jackbook






Jackbook is written by Jacky Supit who specializes in converting Wordpress templates for those using the Blogger platform.
To date, Jackbook has offered some of the most popular Blogger templates available, some of which have even been showcased by Mashable.

Top Picks

  • Rainbow Garden: This is a stunning and elegant Blogger template with a colorful background and three column layout.
  • Lemon Blogger Template: Simply put, this is a fabulous template! The “Lemon” title refers to the color scheme (which is actually a combination of yellow and green). This features many useful functions including navigation and search functions built into the code.
  • Dreamwork Redux: This is a very elegant template with a darker layout and unique widgets in the sidebar. It also includes three columns in the footer section, and built in feed links.

eBlog Templates






eBlog templates features a huge collection of templates for Blogger, many of which are Wordpress conversions. You can also find a great selection of Blogger tutorials here too.

Top Picks

  • Dilectio: This popular template is a conversion of the Wordpress theme developed for Smashing Magazine. It includes a navigation bar in the header, and well styled sidebar sections.
  • Minyx: This is a professional styled theme with a feed icon integrated into the header; built in blog search and stylish sidebar headings.
  • Natural Essence: This is a simple, elegant template with built in widgets for navigation and recent posts/comments.

BlogCrowds

 




BlogCrowds is one of the most established communities for bloggers, and their Blogger template offerings are well worth a look. Here you will find dozens of excellent quality templates to doanload, many of which are not available elsewhere.

Top Picks

  • Hemingway: I have to admit, this is one of my all-time favorite Blogger templates! It features a unique layout on the home page which displays the two most recent posts side by side. On post pages, you will see meta-data for the post in the left hand column. It is one of the most professional Blogger templates I know of and well worth a look.
  • Probama: Here’s a political theme which would certainly suit many of the political bloggers sprouting up in the run up to the US elections… Of course, you could change the header banner to suit your own blog’s theme, though overall this is surely a professional and well designed template.
  • Magic Paper: This is such a beautiful design! Featuring three columns and a parchment style layout for each section, this would certainly suit a blog with ethereal overtones.

GosuBlogger

 





Goasu provides some beautoful templates with excellent functionality. Some of the templates available are Wordpress conversions, but you will find a range of original templates here too.

Top Picks

  • Freedom Wall: This has a lovely wall effect background and stylish header section.
  • Dark World: Simple yet stunning, this dark template has a built in search function and navigation bar.
  • Angelic: This template includes Ajax functionality for an accordion style link list.

Blogger-Templates

 






This is one of the oldest resources for Blogger XML templates, and is among the most popular Blogger powered sites online.

Top Picks

  • Ratatouille: This Disney themed template has many unique features, including the built in movie preview!
  • Colibri: A beautiful floral theme for Blogger with a wide two column layout.
  • DarkSpark: A striking blue on black design with integrated navigation buttons and a stylish header image.

Zona Cerebral

 






Zona Cerebral includes some truly stunning templates for free download. Most are original templates, though recently the trend for Wordpress conversions has ensured some of the best blog designs from across the web are available to Blogger users from this site.

Top Picks

  • Revolution: Yes, this is a Blogger conversion of Brian Gardner’s fabulous theme! Almost all functionality has been retained for this Blogger version. You certainly won’t be disappointed with the download. 
  • Yoghourt: This stunning template is in shades of brown with a seemingly simple layout and excellent features.
  • Clean and Dark: This is a simple template with few images which is optimized for ad integration.

Gisele Jaquenod

 





Gisele offers unique and premade designs which are specifically made for Blogger. Generally speaking, her templates would appeal to a more feminine audience. Many include her recognizable “birdie” logo, though all are presented beautifully.

Top Picks

  • Birdie’s Good Life: Probably the most famous of Gisele’s creations, this epitomizes the style she projects through her template designs.
  • Birdie’s Secret Garden: With three columns and a pastel color scheme, this is a feminine and girly design.
  • Bloggin Out Loud: This template features a more masculine, musical theme and excellent design work in the header section.

Template Godown




Template Godown offers some beautiful Blogger template designs, most of which are Wordpress conversions.

Top Picks

  • Japanese Fleur: This is one of the most beautiful ornamental designs I have ever seen, with a search bar neatly entwined in the foliage of the header section (you really must check this one out to understand what I mean!).
  • Atlantia: A simple theme with integrated navigation bar and RSS icon in the sidebar.
  • Naga Geni: An eastern themed almost monochrome template with a three column layout.

Blogger Themes at Blogging Tips

 




Here at Blogging Tips, you can now download a great selection of my own Blogger XML template designs! Most of these were originally designed for Blogger, though I have also begun to convert Kevin’s Wordpress themes too.

Top Picks

  • BT Dark Green: This is a Wordpress conversion of the original Blogging Tips theme. It features an integrated navigation section and mouseover effects for links in the sidebar.
  • A New day: This pale theme features a wide sidebar and image transparency effects in the header.
  • Butterfly: Of my own designs, this is one of my all-time favorites (and probably the most downloaded). Featuring a striking red on black contrast, this theme is feminine without being overly girly!

Yet more resources to be found…

These ten featured sites offer a great selection of Blogger templates for free download, but are only a small percentage of the complete list of resources available.
Over at Blogger Buster, I maintain a complete list of Blogger template resources (including premium blog designers) which you may also find useful. You may also like to check out a few showcases of Blogger template downloads to see the variety of designs available now for Blogger users:
These days, Blogger templates are available to download from all corners of the world wide web, and as more designers are turning their skills towards this niche of the web design industry, we can only expect the quality of templates to keep on improving!
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