We’ve got another FABULOUS interview for you today, this time with Elisa from More to Be!
Who am I? A child of God living by His grace and seeing His redemptive work every single day of my life. When I’m not picking up the house or shuttling around my four children, I’m usually trying to grab an uninterrupted moment with my husband, Stephen. During the school-day hours, I spend my time working as a life coach and writing about living intentionally (elisapulliam.com) or investing time at More to Be (moretobe.com), which is an overflow of my in real life ministry is devoted to impacting teen girls, influencing moms, and inspiring mentors.
How do you balance blogging time & Family Time?
What is your blogging niche? Do you think it is important for bloggers to keep to one or two topics, or do you think it is okay for one person to cover multiple categories on one blog? Why?
I essentially have two niches: life coaching for women and equipping moms and mentors to impact tween, teen, and 20 something girls. While I think that niche blogging is a viable approach, it can sometimes feel restricting and monotonous I’m more than just a coach and ministry leader. I love to craft, organize things, and bake. But these pleasures don’t fit well within my blogs, so I tend to not share posts on those topics. Before I was a niche blogger, I feel like I was all over the map and as a result it was a challenge in building community around my blog.
I definitely think it is more important to have a blogging purpose or mission statement and then bring each post up against that statement in order to strive for clarity and consistency. It is certainly okay to depart from “the main thing” on occasion, but sticking with the focus provides readers with consistency and predictability — something women often crave.
Do you have any pieces of advice for other bloggers?
I have two pieces of advice based on my experience, since even though my current blogs are only a few years old, I’ve been blogging since 2005. That’s a whole other story!
1) Treat your blogging with a professional mindset if you want to go the distance. What do I mean by that? Know why you blogging, what you hope to gain by it, and what you hope to accomplish or give to your readers. Make clear decisions about your time investment, and how that will impact your other priorities and schedule.
2) Don’t compare yourself to others. There’s room in the blogging sphere for all of us. We will all grow at different rates and meet different needs. The comparison trap will lead you off course and put your blog at risk of being scattered.
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