Okay, I don’t really know the answer. But that’s why I’m taking this challenge. Over the next several weeks I am taking a 31 day (weekdays only) challenge to improve my blogging.

Why would I want to do that?

Good question. Mainly, I want to improve my writing skills. The discipline of writing regularly will help me. I also want to improve my communication skills. Tragically, it isn’t one of my strong suits; yet, I am eager to improve.

How will I improve?

By following a guide written by Darren Rowse entitled “31 Days to Build a Better Blog.” I purchased the ebook, but now I realize that you can obtain all of the information in the ebook for free on Darren’s website. I’m not doing this by myself; I’ll be joining with many others through the Christian Web Trends blog. I’m not very familiar with the author of that blog; in fact, the first post I read was about this challenge.

Day 1 – Create an “Elevator Pitch” for your blog

The first day’s assignment is to create an “elevator pitch” and I found it challenging. Mostly because this blog hasn’t really had any focus since it was started in January of 2007. In fact, it has even changed names. At the start it was entitled “Rediscover God’s Word” and did have a focus (blogging through the Bible), but that changed when I wanted to blog about more stuff – hence, the current name: Stuff I Like. So, here’s my new elevator pitch:

Here’s my short version (for the tagline in the site header):

musings on the Bible, ministry, and technology

And the long version (for the about page):

My name is Jack Lamb and I blog at “Stuff I Like”. My blog is a place for my thoughts on various things that I like. I am very passionate about knowing and worshiping my God so you will find posts on the Scripture, theology, and ministry. I also enjoy learning about and utilizing new technologies. You can follow me on Twitter for links and helpful quotes. There’s not alot of personal information here, but you can connect through Facebook if you’d like.

What do you think? Does this give you a clear idea of what to expect at my blog?