Lisa Gates
People are inherently curious and social. And what that means to me as a bloggerpreneur is that I'm here to meet the core human needs of information and connection. I keep blogging because beautiful humans keep showing up at Design Your Writing Life for my information and my connection. When it gets really quiet and I can hear my own echo, I know I've gone off the deep end somewhere and not paid attention to my community. I got on my pedestal somewhere and forgot to take off my tiara. People want to know everyday how I'm going to show up for them, and they want to know there's space for them in the conversation. An invitation.
I blog because it is the most direct, authentic forum for me communicate who I am and what I offer in my work as a writer and coach -- or more fun and accurate, a completion catalyst. Even in face-to-face conversation with clients and potential clients, I always refer them to my blog as a way of getting inside the process. They get to see another side, another view and a series of conversations all focused on their interests and my offer as partner in their process. And blogging has built my business far better than any other marketing tool I use.
A straight website has no appeal to me -- just words on the page with no engagement structure. Design Your Writing Life is about building community and relationship (isn't everybody's?) so I wanted to create a compelling collection of thinkers, feelers and do-ers who are passionate about moving great ideas, books, businesses and life projects to completion. And people are showing up!
Blogging well matters. There are a lot of coaches and consultants out there, some with dismal websites that make the profession look bad, honestly. We all need to strive to stand above the flak so we can be of service to each other and the profession. Blogging, writing well, and listening like I have a tuning fork embedded in my ears helps me find a POV that entices people to wonder what I'm writing about today. As a fairly new blogger, I don't always hit the mark, but that's my goal nonetheless. Ever evolving. I am constantly asking myself, "Am I there yet?" Of course, I never am...
Now here's some of the scratchy stuff: I am not into bells and whistles. No AdSense for me. I'm developing some ebooks and teleworkshops, but beyond that I avoid commercialization like the plague. I'm choosing to be patient and let the wildfire of conversation and word of mouth do its job. Of course, MyBlogLog, Digg, StumbleUpon, Delicious, and all of those are incredibly helpful tools. But by far the best tool for blog building is going over and having morning coffee with your favorite bloggers and joining in their conversations and showing up with an offer to be of service, and a unique POV that adds to the conversation.
There is always something to write, to say. If I'm listening, observing, playing, connecting, reading, commenting and participating in a big way, there is always something to write. Writer's block is a convenient box to sit in when we really just want to say, "I don't wanna! I don't feel like it!"
In my work I am always striving to help people hook up core values with actions. So it seems only right that we, as bloggers, should state our core values, our mission, our authentic offer.
My top 5 core values: Fun, inspiration, connection, wild self expression and yep, completion.
Tag: Fine Art of Blogging
People are inherently curious and social. And what that means to me as a bloggerpreneur is that I'm here to meet the core human needs of information and connection. I keep blogging because beautiful humans keep showing up at Design Your Writing Life for my information and my connection. When it gets really quiet and I can hear my own echo, I know I've gone off the deep end somewhere and not paid attention to my community. I got on my pedestal somewhere and forgot to take off my tiara. People want to know everyday how I'm going to show up for them, and they want to know there's space for them in the conversation. An invitation.I blog because it is the most direct, authentic forum for me communicate who I am and what I offer in my work as a writer and coach -- or more fun and accurate, a completion catalyst. Even in face-to-face conversation with clients and potential clients, I always refer them to my blog as a way of getting inside the process. They get to see another side, another view and a series of conversations all focused on their interests and my offer as partner in their process. And blogging has built my business far better than any other marketing tool I use.
A straight website has no appeal to me -- just words on the page with no engagement structure. Design Your Writing Life is about building community and relationship (isn't everybody's?) so I wanted to create a compelling collection of thinkers, feelers and do-ers who are passionate about moving great ideas, books, businesses and life projects to completion. And people are showing up!
Blogging well matters. There are a lot of coaches and consultants out there, some with dismal websites that make the profession look bad, honestly. We all need to strive to stand above the flak so we can be of service to each other and the profession. Blogging, writing well, and listening like I have a tuning fork embedded in my ears helps me find a POV that entices people to wonder what I'm writing about today. As a fairly new blogger, I don't always hit the mark, but that's my goal nonetheless. Ever evolving. I am constantly asking myself, "Am I there yet?" Of course, I never am...
Now here's some of the scratchy stuff: I am not into bells and whistles. No AdSense for me. I'm developing some ebooks and teleworkshops, but beyond that I avoid commercialization like the plague. I'm choosing to be patient and let the wildfire of conversation and word of mouth do its job. Of course, MyBlogLog, Digg, StumbleUpon, Delicious, and all of those are incredibly helpful tools. But by far the best tool for blog building is going over and having morning coffee with your favorite bloggers and joining in their conversations and showing up with an offer to be of service, and a unique POV that adds to the conversation.There is always something to write, to say. If I'm listening, observing, playing, connecting, reading, commenting and participating in a big way, there is always something to write. Writer's block is a convenient box to sit in when we really just want to say, "I don't wanna! I don't feel like it!"
In my work I am always striving to help people hook up core values with actions. So it seems only right that we, as bloggers, should state our core values, our mission, our authentic offer.
My top 5 core values: Fun, inspiration, connection, wild self expression and yep, completion.
Tag: Fine Art of Blogging
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