Day #1 of 31 Days to Build a Better Blog : Elevator Pitch

Day #1 of 31 days to build a better blog started with an unknown phrase (for me ), Write an Elevator Pitch !

What is Elevator Pitch?

“An elevator pitch is an overview of an idea for a product, service, or project. The name reflects the fact that an elevator pitch can be delivered in the time span of an elevator ride (for example, thirty seconds or 100–150 words).

The term is typically used in the context of an entrepreneur pitching an idea to a venture capitalist or angel investor to receive funding. Venture capitalists often judge the quality of an idea and team on the basis of the quality of its elevator pitch, and will ask entrepreneurs for the elevator pitches to quickly weed out bad ideas and weak teams.

A variety of other people, including entrepreneurs, project managers, salespeople, evangelists, policy-makers, job seekers, and speed daters commonly use elevator pitches to get their point across quickly.” — Wikipedia

In other words, elevator pitch is a statement is what your blog about, describing your blog in a few words, something like your blog’s tag line. Actually, elevator pitch may also written in your about page, your business card, your conversation with your friend or to answer the question of new visitor.

If someone else ask you, “OK, I have URL of your website and will try to browse it, but could you please tell me what is your blog, uhmm, maybe in a simple word”, you may answer him with your elevator pitch and then describe the overall website in details.

Below are an example of elevator pitch, taken from 31dbbb forum :

ProBlogger helps Bloggers Build Exceptional Blogs
Designer Daily helps designers with design resources and inspiration. Get inspired!
Rough Review is a blog based website dedicated to reviewing, commenting on and picking apart the world around us
Helping guys interact with web and world

Darren provide some insight how to write an elevator pitch as below :

Elevator pitch may contain your passion to help others or fulfill real needs. Something like “Helping others simplify their difficult work”
Elevator pitch defines for your target audience. Elevator pitch is a conversation between you and your reader
Elevator pitch should be clear. Simple word but clear. If you have familiar with Twitter or SMS , you may experience with simplify your word to describing your idea
Elevator pitch should be written in a few words to attract your visitor. If you need to describe your idea or mission in your elevator pitch, make your elevator pitch as part of your about page
Elevator pitch should be intriguing, doesn’t cover at all but visitor remember what is your blog about
Elevator pitch should be energetic but don’t try to make it too hyped
Elevator pitch may also written in a question term to increase visitor attention
Elevator pitch is not a mantra or bible or qur’an (koran). You may change the elevator pitch to suitable with your blog content and condition

So, what is my elevator pitch? Haha, it seems that I could not find a simple words to define what is my blog about but finally I write it as my tag line and meta tags : Spirit of Change : Resources for Tips & Tutorial about Blog, Linux and Open Source