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Blog Headers: 20 Great Examples and Best Practices

The header is likely the first thing a new visitor sees on a blog, so it is the first impression — but why is a blog header so much more important, or at least different, than the header of a basic website?

Blog headers need more functionality. Other web designs may differ in terms of their use and therefore, what’s included in the website header and how it’s presented can vary greatly.

With a blog specifically, though, there are best practices that can help the reader navigate through the blog and become better involved.

That’s exactly what this article will do. We’ll help you define what should be a part of a blog header and how to finally implement it , and then we’ll look at twenty awesome examples that do just that.

To determine how a blog header should be designed and what to put into it, we need to ask a few questions about the blog:

What mood needs to be set to attract the correct target audience?

How can the first impression via the header communicate what the blog is all about?

How can the blog’s header give the first impression, “I’m different from the others.”

What pieces of content need to be immediately noticeable to create better action? (clicking on links, subscribing, etc.)

Let’s dig a bit deeper…

What mood needs to be set to attract the correct target audience?

When a visitor first comes into any type of website, the first thing they determine is the blog’s “personality” — and whether or not it’s right for them.

This is essential for blog design, because blogs require the correct target audience to be successful .

For example: with content in the creative industry, a blog design should have a ...

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