Initiative#9 : Pitch? Fail. Pitch! Fail. Well, PITCH again.
I pitched my blog to 9 random strangers today. Why you ask?
Well…in addition to doing an Initiative challenge everyday AND writing about it, I’m also taking up Darren Rowse’s 31 Day Blogging Challenge thanks to Holly who emailed me about it at almost the last minute.
In essence I will be doing a blogging task everyday for 31 days to improve my blog. This is a concentrated effort, a sort of blogging boot camp to give myself a headstart into the world of blogging and building communities. I honestly gave a lot of thought to this over the weekend, asking myself if I really wanted to do this. I went into the forum, poked around, saw some things I liked and some I didn’t quite get…overall this challenge gave me a good vibe.
Besides over 300 fantastic WOMEN were doing this. How could I not hop on the bandwagon? 
** Rubs hands gleefully and starts scheming **
And I must say: I’m off to an exciting start. Today’s task was to write an elevator pitch for your blog. I took it one step further and actually pitched it to several strangers over the course of today to further refine mine. Ha I learnt about a different kind of hilarious today.
Having this elevator pitch in mine really helped me to focus more on what my blog was about and how it could enhance a life, meet a need, or solve a problem. The beauty about elevator pitches is that one continues to refine them; every change is a show of subtle growth.
Here’s my short 10 sec elevator pitch:
I’m doing one thing everyday that changes me for 180 days in hopes of demolishing my fears, opening more doors, and finding more nuances in life. And I write about every story, success, and struggle in this blog Initiative180.com
My longer elevator pitch :
This blog Initiative180.com is my playground. Here, I write honestly and candidly about taking the initiative to face my fears and open the doors of opportunity. Inspired by the immortal words of Eleanor Roosevelt, I’m doing one thing everyday that ‘scares’ me…for 180 days.
The operative word here is the ‘doing’ because in essence the doing is scarier and a lot harder than the ‘scary’. Who am I not to take charge of my own life and start improving areas of my life that I’ve long neglected or shoved on to my piling to-do list?
What question,need, or problem is my blog set out to solve?
The reason why we don’t take initiative, the reason why we choose complacency and comfort over the unfamiliar, the reason why we are distant towards strangers and wonder why we don’t have as many friends. I question monotony; why can’t we take just 5 minutes to do something everyday that ‘scares’ us, that’s outside of our comfort zone?
Who is this blog targeted towards?
Anyone who has tasted the poison of regret and the stung of a lost opportunity, anyone who’s taken the initiative to do something outside of their comfort zone and has felt the buzz of accomplishment.
Thanks Darren, STIS, and Blog Frog, and especially Nirvana Mamma for coming up with this awesome blogging challenge!
Comments
Hey there! Visiting you from the SITS challenge day 1 post on Blog Frog! What a great blog – and I love your pitches – makes me feel like I need to work on mine! LOL. I will be back, and I’m now a follower of your blog.
What an amazing idea for a blog! I love the idea, and “tasted the poison of regret” is so eloquent. Your elevator pitch sounds perfect. I can tell from this post there is a ton of thought behind it.
I’m doing the Problogger challenge also, and I had a very hard time with the elevator pitch. I think you did a fantastic job!
Aww you are sweet! Well we’ll be inspiring each other a lot for sure; am going over to your blog RRRIGGGHT NOW !
Thank you! I’m a really private person..to be honest I hate writing for someone else because I’m so afraid of criticism. Thank you for your encouragement. I actually tried my pitch on at least..4 people (and these were the willing listeners..) Am going over to your blog now and checking it out! Thanks again!
I am stopping by from the challenge. Your pitch is great, it definitely makes me want to read more!
thanks michelle! i really appreciate it!
Awesome idea to blog about! Good job on your pitch. Makes me want to read more
Thanks Theresa! Am going over to read yours now
Hey Steph:
I love the concept for your blog! Your elevator pitch is eloquent and your concept is original and intriguing!
I would also like to say thanks for stopping by my blog… I don’t have time to answer your questions right now (I am off to bed) but I will send you a more detailed email tomorrow!
Thanks again for getting in touch and looking forward to reading your blog!
Kristen
Thanks for the kind words about my blog. I love the look of yours, so clean, almost like a newspaper. What style are you going for? What do you think you would like?
To get my button, you just highlight the code and past it onto a html add on in your sidebar.
A few suggestions – you might want to set it up so when you comment on someone’s post, your email is available so they can just email you the response. Also, I think there is a way where you can set up an email alert that notifies the commenter that you replied to the comment they left on your blog.
You are most welcome. I wish you were in Boulder CO. Or wait are you???? I would love to see/talk to you about some of the consumer choices you’ve made. THANK YOU for stopping by !
You sound just like me about a year ago. I was at a turning point in my life where I had to decide if I was going to stay comfortable and never grow, or face my fears and learn to deal with them. I think your blog concept is awesome. I like that you are challenging yourself every day, because you’ll be amazed when one day you look back at the first day of the challenge and find you are a completely different person. I bet you end up more fulfilled and self confident by putting yourself out there. I definitely did. I still have fears, and lots of them. I’m just learning to not let the fear keep me from doing what I love. Oh…and your writing style is lovely. You’re a natural writer. I’ll give you some tweet love tomorrow. I hope I re-motivated you.
Oh thank you. I had such a shitty night & morning but your comment is truly making my day. Yes, you certainly did remotivate me. Thank you thank you thank you.
Bursting with gratitude,
steph
What an awesome idea for a blog! I’m impressed you’re doing two challenge-y things at once. Thank you for your kind comment at my blog!
Thank you Holly! No you are absolutely welcome. Do come back, I definitely welcome any feedback you have.
My cousin recommended this blog and she was totally right keep up the fantastic work!
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