This is Day 1 of 31 Days to Build a Better Blog, a group project 50+ other bloggers are doing together in an effort to help each other become better bloggers. You can read more about it and still sign-up to participate here.
Welcome fellow 31 Days to Build a Better Blog bloggers!
And if you’re not officially signed up & participating in this group blog project, welcome to you too. Even though you won’t benefit as much as you would if you had signed up, bought the 31DBBB e-book, and fully committed to this project, everyone who reads & discusses any of the 31 posts in this series should be able to glean some insight to help them become a better blogger.
Day 1’s lesson and assignment is all about writing an “elevator pitch” for your blog. It’s a great place to start this series because it forces each of us to give our blog an identity.
What is an Elevator Pitch?
“An elevator pitch is an overview of an idea for a product, service, or project. The name reflects the fact that an elevator pitch can be delivered in the time span of an elevator ride (for example, thirty seconds or 100–150 words).” —Wikipedia
Find Your Focus
One of the most common reasons blogs fail is due to lack of focus.
General speaking, people read blogs for one of 3 reasons: to learn, to be inspired, or to be entertained.
This may sound harsh, but if you blog “about life” or “whatever’s on your mind,” unless you’re a celebrity nobody outside your family and close friends is going to read it. The focus of your blog should not be on you, but on how you can help your readers.
Writing your elevator pitch forces you to answer some essential questions:
- Why are you blogging?
- Who are you blogging for?
- What are you blogging about?
My Elevator Pitches
I am not only facilitating this project, but I’m actually going to do all 31 days both for this blog, Christian Web Trends and for my personal blog, LiveIntentionally.org. So, here are my elevator pitches…
Christian Web Trends discusses news & trends in technology to help Christians communicate more effectively.
At LiveIntentionally.org we encourage, challenge, and discuss how to create the life we want for ourselves rather than allowing circumstances and other people to dictate who we are, how we feel, and what we do. We do this by discussing books, inspirational stories, and life lessons.
What do you think?
Discussion
Since this is the first post in this series, go ahead and take a moment to introduce yourself in a comment. Tell us
- your name
- the name of your blog
- the URL of your blog
- the elevator pitch for your blog
- any thoughts or questions about elevator pitches
The Extra Mile
A few other things you can do to take your blog, other bloggers, and this project even further.
- Reply & give other bloggers feedback on their elevator pitches
- Tweet, share, & bookmark this post. (You could win a $25 gift card!)
- Write about your elevator pitch and/or about elevator pitches on your blog.
- Ask & answer questions about blogging but unrelated to elevator pitches in the forums.
288 Comments
Coenradd, I visited your blog and did not see any subscription options. If I overlooked them just let me know. It would be great to have an rss option. I am also writing a faith blog and would like to stay connected.
Hey fellow bloggers.
My name is Lara Williams and the name of my blog is "My Adventure with God…unrehearsed." You can check it out athttp://www.UnrehearsedAdventure.blogspot.com.
"Unrehearsed Adventure" is a place to be inspired. I have experienced victory even in the midst of utter despair and am compelled to write out of my healing. We have a very big God who desires His children to live abundant lives, regardless of circumstance. He is worthy of us walking in power.
what a cool name
Thanks Phillip. I titled it over a year ago and though I love the name it is a little long. If I were to do it again I would probably think of something that is easier to pass by word of mouth.
Thank you, Lara for getting me on board with 31dbbb. I have enjoyed it so far but I have a lot of catching up to do!
Love your blog!
my link did not seem to link. So...www.unrehearsedadventure.blogspot.com.
Kevin, I tried to use the rss link in the large coffee cup on the right hand side of your blog, but the active link takes me to a flickr page. I was able to subscribe using the small link in the top right hand corner. I assumed you want the coffee to be active.
Ok let's try that again. http://en.justapen.wordpress.com/feed/
Ok let's try that again. http://en.justapen.wordpress.com/feed/
Richard, it would be helpful if you had subscription options higher up on the page. I finally found an rss link at the very bottom of the page. It has been a while since I have used blogger, but I could help you do that if you need the help. Let me know.
Cindy, do you have an rss subscription for your blog. I only noticed an e-mail option. An rss is better for readers like myself that want to keep their e-mail inbox empty and have the luxury of reading at their convenience.
Lara, here is your link. I typed it in manually and got there. It appears that in the two links above that there are extra periods in the link. http://unrehearsedadventure.blogspot.com/
Hope that helps.
Thanks Larry. You have experienced my technological handicaps and it was only day 1. I appreciate the help. 🙂
Hey Cindy sounds great. The second pitch doesn't seem to ramble at all, and it's a great follow up to the one liner you have.
Out of curiosity what's the url for your blog?