I have been thinking about a real niche for my blog, and realized that I’m more like a YNIIDI-type of a girl and finding a specific niche has been difficult for me to focus.
See, originally this blog was only going to be an extension to my store Skimbaco.com, but evolved to something much more personal than that. Mainly because of you my dear reader. According to blog comments and my traffic stats, You wanted to hear more about my crazy life, than just product reviews of children’s products.
Now I have made a decision, and finally changed the blog to a domain it should have been for a long time: www.skimbacolifestyle.com. I hear people asking all the time how to say Skimbaco, and what does it mean. I posted to my new header!
I made the word “Skimbaco” up two years ago.
I went against what everyone teaches you about SEO, I wanted my domain and store name be something unique. This was my only way of knowing my real online success and reach – how fast and how far a word I made up would go. When I came up a word “Skimbaco” there were ZERO google results. Today – I know all the over 22,000 hits are about my store or me.
While skimba=skiing and co=Colorado could mean just it: skiing in Colorado, I would like to explain that it is much more. It is the way to live your life to the fullest, enjoy every minute of it. Our kids were born in three different countries, my husband is a hot helicopter test pilot from Texas, I am a former model & PR girl from Finland, and our life together is roller coaster we enjoy. From skiing in Colorado to shopping in New York, and everything between. We make lemonade out of life’s bitter lemons and take crazy leaps to new adventures.
Please check your feed subscriptions (I know you are there, thank you!), I’m off from my bloggy training wheels now, I have my own domain www.SkimbacoLifestyle.com
PS. One of the reasons I had to do it… I’m going to Blog World Expo in Las Vegas in a few weeks. Just couldn’t print .blogspot.com in my biz cards.. The YNIIDI is also printed in my biz cards – can you think what that means?
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"Skimba" = Finnish for skiing, CO = Colorado.
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Love how you have the pronunciation of it:) I always thought I knew but wasn’t sure;)
I’m so excited you get to go to BlogWorld! Still sad to miss you at BlogHer!
Steph
I was baffled by the name. Hey, it kept it near the front of my mind amidst the 637,233 other thoughts that run through my mind every day.
I thought of Ski MBA Co, and was positively baffled by “Ski Mbaco.”
Very cool story behind the name.
YNI IDI?
Easy! I know you!! It’s a theory we share.
You name it? I’ve done it!
I kind of also like a second interpretation of it:
You need it? I’ll do it!
Because that fits you (and me) both as well.
Jill of all trades – I’ll see you at BWE!! :)
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