(This article is also featured on this week at MomSpace)

Do you have a blog? Ever thought of starting one? I did- about two years ago and I can tell you that picking a title can be one of the hardest things – especially when you are trying to summarize your life in 3 words or less.

Let’s start with — WHY START A BLOG?

About two years ago, I quit working full-time to pursue the fiction writing I still have swirling around in my head. Reading books about publishing, I kept reading and hearing: “You have to be able to sell your own books,” “You need your own platform,” and “Start a blog.” Thus, the name of my personal blog “Genesis Moments – A Writer’s Journey.” I was reading a devotional that came to me by email that referred to “genesis moments” as fresh clean starts and I thought it applied beautifully to writing fiction – people, scenes, plots created out of my own imagination. Blog titles are tricky things but this one was just quirky enough and different and I liked it so I kept it.

Deciding a blogger’s focus, brand, voice takes time and some change his or her title after spending a year or two figuring it all out. A blogger may even start different blogs for different purposes of his or her life (i.e. reviews, writings, one place to combine everything). I started DIYFrugal.com separately from my personal blog. There, I post my articles from a local paper where I write a weekly column. There I can house frugal tips and resources and links to sites just about saving money. I call it more of a “business” blog.

There are many sites answering questions on how and when and where to start a blog so I won’t go into all those details here but let’s get back to the start – how do you pick a blog title? Here are a couple of questions to consider:

1) Who are you representing? Are you creating a brand for yourself with your own name (or nickname) or are you creating a team blog that multiple people will contribute to?

2) What are you representing? Is your goal to be a diarist of your own life or are you trying to achieve a specific purpose (i.e. educating others on technology, sales, sales & deals, etc.)

3) How are you going to connect to other online media? If you already own one blog, you may consider creating a similar name with a different extension, to maintain your brand. I also started “GenMom Reviews” in which GenMom is short for Genesis Moments (not “Mom of Gen” as one person suggested.) I also use GenMom and DIYFrugal as my twitter names since they are short and sweet and go with my “brands.”

4) Ever heard the suggestion: “Call your kids names you are willing to scream over and over out the back door to get their attention”? With your blog, can you see your title on a blog button, on a blog banner, said aloud to a famous celebrity during a phone conference when bloggers are asking questions (been there, done that)?

This are just a couple suggestions. If you currently have a blog, how did you pick your title?

Here are some other great posts on this topic:

Seth Godin’s How to Title Stuff
E-How’s How to Choose A Personal Blog Title
Dipping Into the Blogpond’s Top 5 Steps for Choosing a Blog Theme

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