The conference was fun: I got to see my fun Utah blogging friends, Sheri and Laura. (I used to just roll my eyes when I read other bloggers’ rhapsodies about blogging buddies, but now I aspire to that). I also met someone who I was not at all surprised to learn later was 1st runner up in the Mrs. Utah pageant. She just had that Mrs. Utah glow and charisma. Sometimes I get twitchy around pageant-type women, but before I comment on that, I should probably disclose that Kelly King Anderson and I have something in common. Something about beauty pageants, even.

She won Interview at the Mrs. Utah pageant, and SO DID I. At the Miss Salem Pageant, fourteen short years ago. Can I tell you that I couldn’t have been prouder (I mean, unless I’d won the actual crown) to win Interview. You know, because that’s the thinkin’ part, darlin’.

Kelly was on the panel with Laura and me. Her blog/online magazine, Startup Princess, is a good example of serious branding. ‘Startup Princesses’ are women entrepreneurs, and the more experienced women who mentor them with great advice, encouragement, and support are ‘Fairy Godmothers.’ Kelly even attributes much of her site’s success to the simple fact that she was fortunate/bright enough to not call it something dull like “entreprenuering mentorship for mom entrepreneurs.”

So I’ve been thinking about the branding thing, and, too bad I chose a dull name like What About Mom for this site, although it made sense at the time because of that movie What About Bob?, which totally inspired me with the idea of the normal-seeming guy going insane while Bill Murray starts to look better and better.  

It’s probably too late to change my blog to Mommy Princess or Who’s Going to Clean this Room? Princess. But it’s not too late for my friend Tara to come up with a great brand idea for this super cool website she is going to launch and make a million dollars and take me to Europe with her.

She and I were brainstorming on the phone the other day. I came up with smokin’ ideas like Handy Princess and Princess Handyman, because I’m so original and creative that everything I propose is a copy of Startup Princess. 

Then today as we were driving to Grandma’s house, Sally said, “Mom, you know how you were talking to your friend about needing a good title for a blog for someone who’s really a girly girl but also good with power tools?” And I said, Yes, because it was just the other day and my short-term memory isn’t that bad.

And she said, “I have a great one for you. How about: I’m Cool With A Tool.”

Dick and I could not be prouder that our seven-year old is thinking up domain names in her spare time. Watch for her in Miss Utah 2019. She is gonna OWN Interview.

 
Subscribe to What About Mom