Elevator Pitches

[Emily Ellsworth]

So, I've just started the 31 Days to Building a Better Blog by ProBlogger. The first thing on his list is to develop an elevator pitch. I was thinking about a "one-liner" I could use, and I came up with:
Solving the problem of what to read next
I like it because it's witty, but for some reason I keep thinking that it's grammatically incorrect. Any thoughts? Also, I'd LOVE to hear your elevator pitches if you have them.

[Karen Zemek]

I went through that series too--lots of suggestions that I still haven't accomplished all of yet. I still have to come up with a good elevator pitch for my blogs. I need to get something short like yours. I like it. Maybe you could even shorten it still to What should I read next?

[Trish Collins]

I did the 31 DBBB, and still have a few things on my list to finish, including an elevator pitch (though I do have one drafted). An elevator pitch isn't necessarily a one-liner, and what you have I would consider more of a tagline. An elevator pitch is something that can be said in thirty seconds and 100-150 words, something that you could say in the course of an elevator ride. I'd suggest you flesh it out a little more. I'd love to see what you come up with!

[Emily Ellsworth]

Right. I have a longer one. That's just the short, one-sentence version of what my blog is.

My longer pitch is as follows:
Emily's Reading Room makes sure you never run out of books to read. I started this blog to share my love of children's and young adult fiction with my community. I try to provide my readers with recommendations for books that they will enjoy and also introduce works that they may not have thought about trying before. It's about getting the most out of the precious reading time you have by cutting through the hype and clutter.

[Trish Collins]

Wow! That sounds great! Well done. :)

[Nicola O.]

My tagline by my profile icon is "Blatherings about romance books and authors I love." I revised it a little on the bookmarks to "Reviews and musings on the Romance Genre," because I wanted something a little less casual for handing around to authors and industry folks.

I'm not sure I need much more than that.

[Emily Ellsworth]

Yeah, I can see why you changed it on your bookmarks. "musings" are much more appealing than "blatherings."

[Nicola O.]

Hee. Well, I have a casual style and I'm OK with "blatherings" once you're there. It's hard to take yourself too seriously when you're writing about the merits of werewolves vs. vampires or pirates vs. Regency rakes.

[t. olmsted]

My tagline is "Who you are is what you read" - which my friend the English professor tells me is incorrect. In fact, he's been practically stalking me with ways I can re-phrase so it is grammatically correct... any day now I'm expecting threatening sentence diagrams to arrive in the mail!

As for an elevator pitch - I have mine in my About section.

Not sure if its something I'll be able to recite at a moment's notice... but I thought it was cheerful!

[t. olmsted]

I like it. I think it's catch-y and implies action - my blog will help you decide what you need to read next. Like I said in my other link - I'm not to worried about grammer. At least not for a tagline.

[shabnam]

i m also doing this 31 days task... my tagline is ....We Let You Download Books Free That You Cant Afford To Buy.....i've put it at my header .....tell me how's it?

[Nicola O.]

Tagline's not bad... I hope the books you're offering are all public domain?

[Zoe Toft]

Hi Shabnam

It's a snappy tagline :-)

2 things I might consider if it were my tagline - whether or not to capitalize every word and also whether to change Cant to Can't

Zoe
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