Deriving Heuristics from Engaging New Media Practices

Our CM 410 class compiled the following list of "best practices" from their investigation of award-winning blogs:

Visual

• Eye-Catching: colorful, clear, visually organized, clean
• Graphic-centric - use photos and visuals  
• Style: consistency, representative, color scheme

 Verbal

• Good Content: relatable to audience, helpful or useful, easy
• Audience-friendly
• Don't add too many words - use photos and visuals
• Up-to-date

User-Experience / Interactivity

• Social Media connectedness 
• Easy to navigate
• Easy access to most important info
• Readily available contact info
• Quick Response!