I started this blog on Saturday March 5, 2011. My second entry was on Tuesday March 8, while I was sipping a latte and trying to come up with a “name” for my blog. I chose Tuesday Café because, well, it was Tuesday and this was coffee.
Since then I’ve posted every Tuesday. This is my 54th post.
Starting in January of this year, I took Kristen Lamb’s Social Media course which covers not only blogging but other Social Media platforms like Facebook and Twitter. I’m learning.
One of the things I’ve learned is that “Tuesday Café” is really a log line, or at least it should be.
According to Kristen Lamb the log line gives you a feel for what the blog is about. The idea is that log lines should be able to grow, as the blogger grows.
So, notice up there where it says Tuesday Café? It’s supposed to say Suzanne Stengl or Suzanne Stengl’s Blog. And the words in smaller font that say:
Suzanne Stengl . . . thoughts on writing, and miscellaneous moments
That’s my “sort of” log line, and I’ve got it reversed. My name should come first. Although when I google my name, I still come up on the first several pages . . .
But, will my blog readers start to think of me as Tuesday Café and never get familiar with Suzanne Stengl? In this second year of my blog, is it time for a change? What if I suddenly become allergic to coffee?
So I may change the “name” of this blog from Tuesday Café to Suzanne Stengl. And if I do, I may change the log line that follows in the little font as well.
In the Social Media class, Kristen Lamb suggested these log lines for me:
Suzanne Stengl’s Blog–Solace By the Sea
Suzanne Stengl’s Blog–A Room in My Heart
Suzanne Stengl’s Blog–Going the Distance
Suzanne Stengl’s Blog–The Secret of Life
Suzanne Stengl’s Blog–To Catch a Falling Star
I like them all. And I like Tuesday Café . . .
What do you think? Care to vote?
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I think you should keep Tuesday Cafe. The other lines sound airy fairy to me. I don’t know what they mean. Your blog comes out on Tuesday…Tuesday Cafe makes sense.
Hi Suzanne,
Sounds like a great course. Was it mostly on blogging or other social media too?
I like Suzanne Stengl’s Tuesday Cafe. 🙂
Lorraine
I also like Tuesday’s Cafe, so why not do – Suzanne Stengl’s Tuesday Cafe?
I had a tough time getting this concept, and went with “stories from the heart” yeah, right – don’t we all write stories from our hearts? So now I’ve got “Life, love, and the pursuit…” (I thought that dot dot dot was so clever. 8) LOL)
Now you’ve pointed out that somehow I need my name linked to it.
Sigh – there’s always something…
8)
Happy First Birthday! I like what you have right now – the Tuesday Cafe with your name under it and the thoughts on writing and misc moments. Plus, I love the image you have at the top with the coffee.It makes me feel like a place you come on Tuesdays to read, write and share a coffee…
Have to weight in with everyone else…I like Tuesday cafe. But Kristen knows waaaay more than me about social media marketing. Why not a happy medium: Suzanne S’s Tuesday Cafe….thoughts on…
I love your Tuesday Cafe logline, Suzanne. I vote you keep it. Maybe add your name before it, as Lorraine suggested, but don’t take away the Tuesday Cafe. I love coming here for coffee. 🙂
Well this is a happy birthday! I’m so glad you like my Tuesday café.
Lorraine – the course is about blogging, Twitter and Facebook. I feel like I’ve just scratched the surface.
Lynne – You don’t need to change a thing. Your NAME is the first thing that catches the eye, and your “log line” in smaller font sets the tone. very nicely done.
And we both like the “dot dot dot”
Kristina – you also have your NAME right up there. Is that one of Kristen’s log lines you chose? I like it. And I like your Tasty Tuesday idea!
I like Tuesday Cafe. It’s inviting. 🙂
Suzanne, happy birthday to your blog. well done.
as for the logline, I would ask if I could envision there ever being a reason why I might post more than once a week or on a day other than tuesday. That’s the only limiting factor for your name.
Personally, I like it. It suits you. And I don’t like the idea of
Louise Behiel’s blog: A journey of a thousand miles”. I prefer my name and my log line.
but that’s just me.
I’m another one throwing down a vote for Suzanne Stengl’s Tuesday Cafe. If you wind up posting more than once a week you can always call it Suzanne Stengl’s Writer’s Cafe (or whatevs.)
My log line has changed many times over the years as has the header (holy cow…don’t make me go back over 6 years and count).
But I would throw your name down first in the header since that is the domain. THink of it as – your blog is your business card. You better have a name on it. 😉
Suzanne I don’t think there’s anything wrong with Tuesday Cafe! I like it. I think you should keep it.
Dara-Lee – I really like my cup of coffee with the “heart” too. I thought it suited Tuesday café and the fact that this is romance.
Sheila – I’m glad you like coming here for virtual coffee!
Louise – as you know, one of the things taught in the course is that we SHOULD blog three times a week, and it just doesn’t work for me. However, having a blog day does.
And I’m with you. I like “Louise Behiel” over “Louise Behiel’s Blog” we already know it’s a blog and so it seems redundant. Plus it dilutes your name.
Your log line suits you. Did you get that from the course?
Thanks Astrid & Roxy & Jenna & Lawna. You are always welcome here for coffee.
Maybe one day I’ll get a cute barista to come in & make lattes with hearts on them ;o)
Tuesday Cafe. I like it a lot.
😉
Hey Liv – thanks for dropping by. And thanks for the vote of confidence. One year ago, I had no idea that name would stick . . .
I vote for Tuesday Cafe.
Amy Jo
Happy Anniversary! If you’re going to keep to your Tuesday schedule, I think “Tuesday Cafe” works best. If you want to expand the frequency of your postings, maybe something such as “Life in the Latte Lane” or “Latte Life”. If you want to get the romance angle in, you could add something like “hot and sweet.” Okay, I’ll stop now. 🙂
Hi Jeanne – I like all your suggestions. In fact, they may become “tabs” on this website/blog.
thank you!
Happy Blog Bday and I cast my vote for Tuesday Cafe, as well! The coffee addict in me finds it very inviting!
Happy blog birthday 🙂
Here’s my two cents. The great thing about loglines is that they can change. The idea is to find one that creates a certain emotion. While Tuesday Cafe might be practical now, could you find something related to coffee and conversation that might grab the reader immediately and not be tied to a specific day?
Marcy
http://www.marcykennedy.com
I vote for Tuesday Cafe! Can you say Suzanne Stengl and her Tuesday Cafe. (Stewart Mclean does this with his Vinyl Cafe!)
Cheers on your 1 year anniversary,
CJ Carmichael
Hi Elaine! I think that coffee is one of the writer’s best prompts.
Thanks for stopping by.
Marcy – That’s definitely something to consider. Thanks for stopping by!
Hi Amy Jo – thanks for your vote!
Hi CJ – oh my, never thought of Vinyl Café. great minds?
THANK YOU EVERYBODY!
This has been a great blog birthday!
Hi Suzanne – Tuesday Cafe is a great blog name… But I think the idea is for your name to become your brand. I’d recommend following Kristen’s suggestion of having your name as the blog title and switching Tuesday Cafe to the log line.
Oh, tough. Solace by the Sea captures me, I think, though. Go with that!
I like Tuesday Cafe –
Hello Ellen! It still amazes me how someone from Australia has come all the way to Canada to be at my blog birthday party :o)
I totally understand what you mean about Name first. At this point, I’m going to wait till I study WordPress, because there I can easily make the switch and put it at the top.
btw, love YOUR log line!
Hi April – Solace by the Sea – love that one too. just because it’s so poetic. Unfortunately for me, I do NOT live by the sea. quite inland and land locked.
but a lot of my characters live by the sea…
I’m coming late, but of all the titles, “Tuesday cafe” seems most “you.” The others might match your fiction, but IMHO they don’t fit your blogging voice.
I do like Suzanne Stengl’s Tuesday Cafe for a title. Either way, as Jane Friedman has said, if you’re consistent in your Internet presence and Google lands on this site when people search for you, that’s what’s most important.
Thank you Jan!
Unable to decide, I am deciding to stay as is for the time being. I can morph to “Suzanne Stengl’s Tuesday Café” easily enough.
I’ve enjoying watching your blog evolve. You kept “Tartitude” while adding your name. And you keep changing your header graphics . . . but they are always “Tartitude” – just with different clothes.
Happy belated blog birthday! I came down here to suggest “Suzanne Stengl’s Tuesday Cafe,” because I like the Tuesday Cafe thing, and as I scrolled to the bottom after reading the others, you beat me to it! And congrats on the one year anniversary!