Naming your blog is the first step in becoming a blogger. How can you find the perfect name? Here are 5 things to keep in mind.
You want to make sure the name you pick is perfect and that it will grow with you (and your family) as you evolve.
At the time, we thought it made perfect sense… right? The only problem was, I didn’t personally have a daughter and the name always left people asking us, “What does it mean?”
It’s not a good thing when people are questioning the name of your blog. There was no pizzazz, recognition or excitement with the name, and I knew that was always going to be a problem for us.
After two years, we completely rebranded and changed the name of our blog to MomGenerations.com. We wanted to have the word mom in our name, and because we (my mom, sister and I) all blogged on MomGenerations.com, we thought the word “generations” just made sense for us. I’ll tell you what, it completely changed everything! Our traffic doubled. Our visibility with brands and companies increased. It was amazing, and all because we simply changed our blog name.
So how can you find the perfect name for your blog?
Here are 5 tips to keep in mind when you’re in the blog naming process:
1. Keep it short and sweet
2. Use keywords
3. Add in your niche or topic
If you’re a mom blogger who specifically writes about food, fitness, fashion, crafting, coupons, deals, etc., then you want to make sure you add words in that will alert readers as to what you blog about.4. A name you can grow with
It’s important to find a name you can absolutely grow with, along with your family. You don’t want to name your blog “Mom and Son,” especially if you are expecting to have more babies. You don’t want to limit yourself and always leave people wondering, “Why did she name it that?”
5. Who? What? Where?
If you’re completely stuck, another tip I love to recommend to new bloggers is to sit down and literally draft out the questions: who? what? where? Answer everything about your blog that you desire and want it to be. Take a look at the words you’ve listed and start to think of ways to turn those words into a blog name. This really helps a ton!
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