Silliness, Taglines, and a Mini Vacation…
It’s not like I ever expected to get a job at Apple anyway….
This is my new introductory image on the ‘About’ page.
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Taglines:
You can’t live without them (really!), but they seem mysterious, intangible, and impossible to dream up at times. I’ve been trying to come up with one for my blog, but I’m not so sure about my list so far. After doing some research online, it seems like this is a common problem. Some people even admitted that they’ve been brainstorming on taglines for a YEAR with no luck!Taglines play an important role is setting visitors’expectations about what your blog is about. Vaspers the Grate has a compelling list of 59 blog taglines currently being used; the consensus seems to be that the shorter and more concise, the better.
Tagline Ideas for Nubbytwiglet.com:
1. The Art of Everyday Life
2. Art Imitating Life / Life Imitating Art
3. Art-Official Intelligence4. Art & Advice for the Fashionable….hmmm.
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A Mini Vacation:
In other news, I’m pretty excited about Thanksgiving this year because I’m taking a mini vacation outside of the city. Lee Z and I are heading over to Astoria on the Oregon Coast, which is famous for being the the filming location of Goonies. I’ve been to various beaches so many times along the coastline (I think my coworker Brent and I hit five alone in one day this Summer!), but I have never stopped in Astoria for some reason. The pictures in this post make me giddy.
What are you doing for the extended holiday? Any super amazing plans?
(I usually just sit at home every year, avoiding festivities altogether. I’m probably a total mythical figure at this point to my extended family).
Get in touch: 
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I really actually like “Art-Official Intelligence.” It’s clever, without being overly schmucky.
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I like Art-Official Intelligence or Art Intelliglancings or Proustian Provocateur of Pluperfect Prolix Proclivities Mainly Related to Art and Other Aesthetic Ontologies.
I subscribe to Art Forum and love to make techno music with propagandist intent for universal democracy revolution.
Thanks for linking to my sloppy slippery site of intense blogocombat and personal dismay.
Focus on what differentiates you, then state that in a clever or provocative manner, memorable and unique: voila! a perfect tagline.
One blogger uses “You just stepped in a pile of posts” as his. Funny, memorable, but not differentiating.
I use currently “Psychedelic Trash Talk for New Super Bloggers”. Boring and stupid, but memorable and descriptive. My title tag is “Peoria Illinois web usability, music marketing, and online video.” This helps SEO.
Twittering links is a powerful SEO tool. I am going to Twitter a link to this post, so we both benefit from the SEO magic of Twitter. Also powerful are YouTube, Jaiku, Pownce, Gleamd, Spock, etc.
http://twitter.com/vaspers
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Think of what your blog is trying to accomplish, with your help, then state that in a funny way. Twisting a common expression is a good method.
Clean Art for Muddy Times is one totally worthless tag line that came to me. See, I’m new to this blog so I have no idea what I’m talking about. But I get this fresh, invigorating, carefully defined, sparkling squeaky clean feeling from it. But I’m crazy.
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Tagline for my Str8 Sounds techno noise music: “Ambient sludge and techno deconstructions with Audacity thunderings and inarticulate whisperings”.
My feeble monotonous techno music videos are trembling in fear over here:
http://www.youtube.com/vaspers
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vaspers: Thank you SO much for the feedback and help; this definitely has given me more direction! Your tagline article was by far the best I’ve found.
Cheers!
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Ashe: So far, that’s my favorite also. I was unsure about the effectiveness, but your feedback makes me think it might be the one….
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Nubby: I really like your blog.
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vaspers: Thank you again– without your blog’s wonderful article about taglines, I’d still be wallowing in confusion…
Happy Holidays!
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