I hate Mondays, but I’ve been looking forward to this one. Today kicks off day one of Darren Rowse’s 31 Days to Build a Better Blog challenge. There are already 9,200 people signed up. This is a free program that Darren is hosting on his Problogger blog. Interested? You can still sign up here. Over the next 31 days, Darren will be walking everyone through how to improve their blog, with daily lessons and tasks.
My husband has decided to take the challenge with me, even. Which surprised me. He is a brand new blogger, over at Extreme Music Underground. He is having a rough start to getting things going, so I think this will be good for him. The challenge could not have started at a better time. This blog, as well as my parenting/personal blog. are both less than a week old. My daily visitors to each site varies between three and twenty. I have a lot of work to do, and I can’t wait to get started.
Today’s task is to write and elevator pitch for my blogs. An elevator pitch is a short (150-200 words) description of who I am, and what my blog is about. An elevator pitch can help a blogger determine an audience, as well as help him, or her, stay on track. It’s also nice to have something ready when someone asks you what your blog is about.
For Writer at Home, this is what I came up with:
Write at Home is a resource for freelance authors, with an emphasis on work at home moms. It offers information relevant to writers in today’s marketplace. As a freelance writer, and work at home mom myself, I strive to give others the tools and techniques they need to be successful in their careers. I understand the challenges and sense of triumph that comes with this career field, and my goal is to create a community where writers can find solutions, share their success and frustrations, and find the information they need to move ahead in their careers.
For Writer Mom at Home:
Writer Mom at Home is my personal blog. It features personal antidotes, pictures, and commentary on things relevant to moms. I am a mom, a writer, a cook, a struggling housekeeper, and a wife. All of those sides are represented, through recipes, housekeeping tips, parenting advice, and posts about the challenges, and wonders, of marriage. Writer Mom at Home is about me and my daily life, presented in a way that other moms can relate to, laugh with (or at), and learn from.
Obviously, they’re not perfect. I’ll play around with them more later. And before you rush of to Writer Mom at Home, hoping for recipes for tonight’s dinner, there aren’t any recipes yet. Soon, though.
Will you join me in taking Problogger’s 31 Days to Build a Better Blog challenge? I sure hope so. Go check out the first task, then come back and let me know what you think. Please feel free to leave your elevator pitch, along with a link to your blog, in the comments section so that others can see what your site is about.
Are you in?
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