New York Chica

I’ve been blogging off and on since 2006 but I’ve been consistent for the past two years and what a journey it has been. I never thought I would meet other bloggers or even go to events in my favorite city, New York City.

When I first started out, it was meant to be “an online journal.”  Something to keep me from going “insane.” Staying home with kids is not an easy thing to do so writing brought me my sanity, so to speak.

I still have my first blog up and running over at Blogspot.  If you want to check it out, just click on the link: http://nychicachick.blogspot.com/. Reading some of the posts, I realize that I was much more personal than I am here. Maybe I should start getting personal again with ya’ll .  I’ll see.

Now that I am on another level (reviewing products that companies send to me and attending events in NYC), it’s more like building my own community and joining others through social media such as Twitter & Facebook.  It’s a lot of fun meeting my favorite bloggers and learning along the way also.  I can say now my life is no longer “boring.”

Ok, time to start that challenge!  I’m a day behind so I have to make up for it.

My friend (and savior!) Mariana, invited me to do this challenge.  I’ve never done anything like this before so I said, why not.  I know I still have lots to learn about blogging even though I’ve been blogging for over 2 years but I’m ready to take this challenge, make some positive changes and learn everything that I can.

Day 1: Write an Elevator Pitch for Your Blog

According to Problogger & Wikipedia, “An elevator pitch is an overview of an idea for a product, service, or project. The name reflects the fact that an elevator pitch can be delivered in the time span of an elevator ride (for example, thirty seconds or 100-150 words).”

This is my tagline for my blog, which is my “short pitch”: New York Chica…ramblings of a mom surviving her crazy life.

What do you think?  I would love to know what your suggestions are.  I’m thinking of changing things up a bit anyways.

My “long pitch” is what I took from my “about me” page (which I’m going to change b/c I think it needs some updating) – At New York Chica, you will find lots of various topics – From saving money and finding the best deals, to motherhood, marriage, NYC events and almost anything else that is on her mind as well as reviewing products and host giveaways too.

I am hoping that after people read both pitches, they will come and visit everyday . That would make me a very, very happy blogger!

I’m also hoping to take what I learn on this challenge and be a better blogger and bring you, my readers, what you want to see and read.

Do you want to join in? Come and see Mariana and add your link to her site!

I had a few negative comments (& lost some readers too) about using the word “oriental” so I deleted it from the post, “It Only Happens To Me“. The reason why I deleted  it was because I had some negative feedback and I didn’t want people to think that I was being insensitive in any way.

I was not being “racist” (yes, I had a comment that stated that) or meant for it to be negative in any kind of way toward Asians or anyone.  It was just because I believe anyone can do wrong, no matter what race or gender the person is.

I’m sorry but I didn’t know what this lady really had in her mind.  She caught me off guard and I had my defense mechanism on high at the moment.

In my opinion, you never know who will mug you; male or female.  Especially with the way this economy is.  So to have my guard up like that, was very natural to me.

It’s funny how some people can interpret what others say and turn it around to be a negative thing.

That was definitely not my intention.

So if I offended anyone, I apologize but there was no need for negative comments.  I’m a minority (Latina) and I’m very proud of it so I would not judge anyone just because of their race.

Believe me.

So I hope “those” that left negative comments, understand my point and continue to read my blog because I try to write about positive issues, not about anything that is negative.

Yup! I’m getting the itch to switch!

My theme, that is. I’m on a quest to find another template for New York Chica and most likely change the header.

I’m getting tired of the look and I think my blog needs more of a Spring/Summer feel.   Maybe something bright and cheery, I’m not sure yet.

So in the near future, if you see something different here, it’s just me trying out different things.

So stay tuned!

PS. If you have any suggestions, please let me know.
Thanks!

I’ve been going through some changes as you can see.  I still haven’t found the “look” that I want.  Until I get it right, you will see many different themes.  You know, maybe I should consider paying someone to redo my whole blog look.  I just don’t want to pay an arm and a leg for it.  I know I like New York and coffee so it needs to come together somehow.  Hopefully I get the look I really like in the end.

So does anyone have any ideas for me?  I would GREATLY appreciate it.  In the meantime, enjoy the ch-ch-changes