This post is part of a series documenting my efforts to work through the book 31 Days to Build a Better Blog for four of my sites. If you’d like to follow along with my progress, I’d definitely recommend subscribing to my RSS feed. And if you have any feedback, I’d love to hear it! You can find all these posts in the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog category page. Writing list posts Today’s exercise is “write a list...

The first roadblock As soon as I hit publish on my last post, I dove right into 31DBBB and started reading. When I saw that the first task was “develop an elevator pitch” I literally groaned out loud and almost quit on the spot (I told you I suck at setting goals and then following through on them!). I remember this task from reading the book last year. And I hate it. I think my biggest problem with the concept of an elevator pitch...

When ProBlogger came out with the first version of his 31 Days to Build a Better Blog eBook, I snapped it right up . . . and then promptly stopped reading it after a few pages, because my insane job at a startup allowed me almost no time for personal projects. Now that I’m freelancing full time (need a WordPress expert for a project? Contact me!), I’ve set myself the goal of working through the 31DBBB book from start to finish. But...