Thursday, October 8, 2009

Mind Body Mama: Contest!

I hear that contests are all the rage in the blogosphere. So I'm going to run one here, just like the cool kids.

Here's the sitch: to go forth on the internet and promote this little blog, I need to define it in three words. For example, if I was describing my colleague Joanne Factor's blog I might say:

Safety in Seattle News (women's self defense; media analysis; feminism)

How would you describe what I'm doing here, gentle readers? If you wanted to recommend it to a friend, how would you tell her what it's about?

I feel pretty deep in it and I've got a case of "I know it when I see it." But marketing depends on being able to define your product. Can you help?

To enter the contest--just post a comment with your three suggested descriptors.

Since I don't have the headache of dealing with hundreds of publicists contacting me to hawk their wares (and won't that be an interesting day), I don't actually have a prize for anybody. But if I end up using your list, I might buy you a cup of Pierce Bros coffee* at the co-hop.

If you're too far away from me--go to your own co-hop and buy yourself a coffee. But be sure to feel my love and gratitude.

*Pierce Bros coffee doesn't give me anything to mention them repeatedly in this blog. I do it because they roast the only coffee worth drinking: fair-trade, organic, local to me, air-roasted. They did donate a pound of coffee to my last professional event, but I think that's because I frightened them when I called the marketing department like a crazed stalker fan.

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6 Comments:

Blogger hinkypinkie said...

how about: Crazed-stalker fan of life?


I'll keep thinking.

October 10, 2009 10:31 AM  
Blogger jender13 said...

three words is so tricky - how about three-word phrases?

empowering mama philosohy
open-hearted reflection
wickedly snarky insight

love jenn

October 12, 2009 3:23 PM  
Blogger Lynne Marie Wanamaker said...

Excellent suggestions so far! I think "snarky" has to be in there somewhere.

October 12, 2009 3:33 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hmmmm....three phrases, that is tough!

I think your blog is about these things:

feminism
parenting / family
life in a small town
LGBT issues
writing
self-defense
fitness
community

That's 8. But they can be combined! By someone more clever than I.

Patti

October 14, 2009 4:56 PM  
Blogger Kara said...

But you ALREADY have it described in three words: mind, body, mama
Right? I can smell the coffee already...

October 19, 2009 10:40 PM  
Blogger Lynne Marie Wanamaker said...

Kara, I wish you lived close enough to come have coffee at the co-op with me!

October 20, 2009 7:35 AM  

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