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An Experiment: The ’20 Things You Might Not Know About Me’ Blog Tag

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Working by yourself from home can get a tad lonely.

When you say you blog, your in-real-life friends think you’re one of those weird internet people. So you don’t talk about it.

You can’t tell anyone that your business idol retweeted one of your hilarious tweets cause they just wouldn’t understand even though it made your entire day.

You can’t explain why you’ve stayed in your pajamas for two straight days, not showering cause you’ve finally figured out exactly what you want to sell and you’ve been in a creating frenzy. When you’re in the flow, you can’t stop. You just can’t. But, your nine-to-five friend won’t understand.

One of my goals for Blacksburg Belle this year was to build more community aspects—the stuff that connects each of us together. The bloggers, artists, creatives, life coaches, jewelry makers and writers who understand what you’re going through cause they’ve experienced similar things: blogs being hacked, hateful customers, feeling like a fraud, loads of doubt, excitement over that first sale, feeling like you’re gonna vomit when you realize someone actually gave you money for your ebook or necklace, and the need for more and more Instagram likes.

So, I’m starting an experiment today and I’d love to invite you to play.

Introduction time.

Have you heard of BookTube? It’s this really awesome community of people who discuss books on YouTube. I found it a month ago and I can’t get enough. I love reading and discussing books. If you’re not familiar with the BookTube community, it’s okay cause the only reason I’m telling you about it is because they make these fun “tag videos” where each booktuber discusses something specific like their favorite book couples or the worst books they’ve ever read. At the end of the discussion, they tag other booktubers to film a video discussing the topic to add to the conversation.

Basically, it’s just a way to get the community talking about a specific topic at the same time while getting to know each other better. Pretty cool, right?

Well, I’m gonna take that concept and pull it into the creative blogging world.

I’m going to pick a topic related to creative businesses or the people who run those creative businesses, make up some questions about that topic, answer them and then tag other people to answer them on their blogs.

If they accept, they either write their answers or film a video answering the questions, and publish it on their blogs with the tag title. Then, they tag other bloggers they want to see answer the questions.

That way, we’re getting to know each other even better, talking about some of the same topics at the same time and connecting on a more personal level.

If you’re at all confused, you’ll see what I mean shortly. Keep reading. (Who knows…I might’ve tagged you!)

THIS BLOG TAG TOPIC: 20 Things You Might Not Know About Me

I thought it was only fitting that we start by getting to know some of our favorite bloggers and each other much more personally.

Here are the questions and my answers for this topic.

Question 1: How tall are you?

Answer: 5’3”. I’m short. When my husband and I first met, he used to call me shorty cause he’s a foot taller than me. Romantic nickname, right? Not!

Question 2: Do you have a hidden talent? If so, what?

I’m double-jointed. Does that count?

Question 3: What’s your biggest blog-related pet peeve?

Having to “sign in” to comment. I don’t want to jump through hoops to add to your conversation or tell you that I love your post.

Question 4: What’s your biggest non-blog related pet peeve?

People who blow their noses at the table when people are still eating. GROSS. ME. OUT.

Question 5: What’s your favorite song?

Ice, Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice. Cheesy? Yes, but I can’t help but dance every single time I hear it.

Question 6: What’s your favorite Etsy shop that isn’t yours?

Coco and Bubbles—best candles ever. Favorite scent: Lavender + Vanilla.

Question 7: What’s your favorite way to spend your free time when you’re alone?

Reading young adult books.

Question 8: What’s your favorite junk food?

Potato chips of basically any flavor.

Question 9: Do you have a pet or pets? If so, what kind and what are their names?

Three dogs, all lab mixes and their names are Kaya, Max and Dubbya (Yep, like as in the president, George W cause we thought he was a tad mentally slow when he was born. My husband named him and I laughed harder than I have in my entire life when he came up with that name. Obviously, we were meant to be.)

Question 10: What are your number one favorite nonfiction and fiction books?

Fiction: The Time Traveler’s Wife

Nonfiction: Eat, Pray, Love

Question 11: What’s your favorite beauty product or tool?

The bombshell. It’s a curling iron.

Question 12: When were you last embarrassed? What happened?

About a week ago, the police and animal control were outside of our house because we called them when we found a dog roaming around the neighborhood and couldn’t find his home. No tag. It was embarrassing because neighbors were staring like we were in trouble or doing something crazy. Mind your business, people.

Question 13: If you could only drink one beverage (besides water) for the rest of your life, what would it be?

Honest tea. My preciousssss.

Question 14: What’s your favorite movie?

The Little Mermaid.

Question 15: What were you in high school: prom queen, nerd, cheerleader, jock, valedictorian, band geek, loner, artist, prep?

Cheerleader.

Question 16: If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live?

Blacksburg, VA. Go Hokies!

Question 17: PC or Mac?

Mac for life.

Question 18: Last romantic gesture from a crush, date, boy/girlfriend, spouse?

Husband brought me flowers today cause he’s sweet like that.

Question 19: Favorite celebrity?

Chelsea Handler cause she’s hilarious.

Question 20: What blogger do you secretly want to be best friends with?

Kris Carr.

I’m tagging these ten people to do this ’20 Things You Might Not Know About Me’ Blog Tag by answering these same questions in a blog post:

1. Mayi Carles cause she’s one of my bestest friends and I still don’t know all of her answers from these questions.

2. Kris with a K cause I think we’d totally be friends in real life and I wanna know her even better.

3. Jessica Swift cause I can’t get enough of her art. LOVE IT so very much! And, she’s such a bubbly, sweet person. All around awesome.

4. Lisa Lehmann cause I love her personal-ish blog posts. And, she creates the most beautiful jewelry for our world.

5. Sage Grayson cause she’s adorable, smart and so much fun.

6. Bonnie from Going Home to Roost cause we recently connected via creativeLIVE (thank you, Bryan), her course was AMAZING and I’d love to know her better.

7. Meghan from Meghan G Photography cause she recently left her day job to go full-time with her business! Yay Meghan! (And, who doesn’t wanna know their photographer a little bit better before signing a contract to photograph the most romantic day of their life?)

8. Emily from Indieshopography cause she seriously cracks me up on a regular basis. I wanna know how she’d answer some of these questions.

9. Jennifer Kennedy from Create Amazing Online Courses cause she’s super sweet and I loved getting know her when she attended my creativeLIVE course.

10. YOU! Tag, you’re it.

Here’s how you play:

1. Copy and paste the questions below and then answer and turn them into a blog post. Or, record a video answering these questions and upload it to your blog post.

2. At the bottom of your post, tag anywhere from 2-10 bloggers you want to see answer these questions. (I also suggest hitting up your tagged people via social media just to let them know you tagged them to do this tag challenge.)

3. Use the title: 20 Things You Might Not Know About Me Blog Tag. Once you’ve hit publish, leave a comment below with the link to your post.

4. Use the hashtag #20ThingsBlogTag when sharing on social media so we can all find your awesome posts!

As you can see from my answers, your answers can be super short.

If you want an intro to include at the beginning or end of your post, here’s one:

This blog post is a part of the ’20 Things You Might Not Know About Me’ Blog Tag started by April from Blacksburg Belle. She began this blog tag experiment to build community among creatives, help us bloggers to connect more and get to know each other better. This month’s topic is all about sharing just a little too much information about yourself. If you’d like to participate or want more info, check out the beginning post right here.

Let’s get to know each other and build the best community vibe ever.

(Disclaimer: It’s totally cool to NOT participate if I tagged you and you either: don’t want to do it or don’t have the time. You won’t totally crush my feelings.)

Easily copy and paste the questions below OR read when you film your video:

Question 1: How tall are you?

Question 2: Do you have a hidden talent? If so, what?

Question 3: What’s your biggest blog-related pet peeve?

Question 4: What’s your biggest non-blog related pet peeve?

Question 5: What’s your favorite song?

Question 6: What’s your favorite Etsy shop that isn’t yours?

Question 7: What’s your favorite way to spend your free time when you’re alone?

Question 8: What’s your favorite junk food?

Question 9: Do you have a pet or pets? If so, what kind and what are their names?

Question 10: What are your number one favorite nonfiction and fiction books?

Question 11: What’s your favorite beauty product?

Question 12: When were you last embarrassed? What happened?

Question 13: If you could only drink one beverage (besides water) for the rest of your life, what would it be?

Question 14: What’s your favorite movie?

Question 15: What were you in high school: prom queen, nerd, cheerleader, jock, valedictorian, band geek, loner, artist, prep?

Question 16: If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live?

Question 17: PC or Mac?

Question 18: Last romantic gesture from a crush, date, boy/girlfriend, spouse?

Question 19: Favorite celebrity?

Question 20: What blogger do you secretly want be best friends with?

If this goes well, I might make this a monthly thing (while tagging new people and choosing a new topic each time) for the next six months or so to build community.

If it flops, oh well. This could be the first and last. I’m experimenting!

Comments

  1. HOLY SMOKES! How fun is this?

    I’m totally in!!!, April, and I think you know that we are already sister-friends online, in my head.

    If I had an e-wedding, you would be one of my e-bridesmaids 😉

    Ok! Off I go to plan how to get this into my blog calendar right away, and who to tag….I’m thinking Red might get a little tag for sure.

    Squeeeee! for friends!

    xo
    K

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    • I had watched about fifty “tag videos” via booktubers when it dawned on me that it would be so much fun to do with bloggers I know.

      Ha! I love the e-wedding, e-bridesmaid concept. Perfect!

      Yay! So glad you’re gonna give it a go. I was gonna tag Richelle and then I realized that she’s in Tara Gentile’s class right now and I didn’t want to stress her out. But, if you tag her after the course, I bet she’d love to participate. She seems like she down for all things fun. I mean, all the cool kids are doing it…

      YOU ROCK!

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  3. I’m about to jump off of my hiatus (getting ready to dive in, by watching Tara Gentile’s CreativeLIVE event right now), and this seems like the PERFECT way to jump back in. I’m trying to get my mojo back. lol

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  5. Yay! I love this, April!! And, loved your responses as well!!

    Been thinking of revamping my About page…so this is going to tie in just nicely! My wheels are already turning. Will definitely accept your challenge.

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    • Yay! Awesome. Can’t wait to read your post. Make sure to come back and comment when you’ve published it. Leave the link for all of us to read.

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  7. So funny – I recently updated the about me page on one of my blogs so it showed more of the real me (like how much I love my car…. I even have a favourite gear… doesnt everybody???? Its third by the way) I actually love these sorts of questions anyway but this is an awesome chance to get to know bloggers as the people they are, not just the arty biz side. PS – I’m 5 foot 3 too. Shorties of the world unite! Cant wait to play along on both my blogs.

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    • Yay for participation and for being short! Last night when my husband read this post, he said, “You need to change ‘shorty’ to ‘shawty'” cause that’s how he used to pronounce it when calling me by that nickname.

      I love knowing some of the personal stuff about my favorite bloggers, artists, writers, etc. It makes me want to support their businesses even more. So, I thought it’d be fun!

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  9. Hi April ~ I am a newbie blogger and I have been quietly following you for a bit now. You are such an inspiration! I had been thinking about starting a blog for a while now to tell my project life story as a full-time working mom and wife, but had been hesitant to hit publish. This post was just the right kick in the behind for me. My very first blog post is here: http://bookofflores.blogspot.com/. 🙂

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    • Hi Carla! I’m soooooooooo glad I could give you a tiny bit of motivation to publish your first post. I totally understand how that very first one can be quite intimidating.

      I’ve put “Creativity, Inc.” in my ‘shopping basket’ on Amazon and then removed it like five times cause I always put a ton of books in there and then take some out when I see the ginormous total. Ha! But knowing how much someone else loved it will definitely push it over the edge for me next time. I love finding out about other people’s favorite books.

      So cool you were valedictorian!

      Thanks for participating. YOU ROCK! And, I wish you all the very best with your blog. Please keep coming back and letting me know how it’s going.

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      • I would totally recommend Creativity, Inc. I’ve been fortunate to have a successful career in my field of study very early on. On the flip side, it left me thinking, what now? Is this really what I want to do for the rest of my professional life? His book is quite enlightening.

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  10. April, you are so inspirational and you do so much for the blogging community. Thank you! I usually don’t like to put too much of me out in the real world. I love working behind the scene. That’s my introvert self. Now, I’ve taken up your challenge. I hope my fellow bloggers will join the party.

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    • Thank you! That’s really sweet.

      I’m so glad you decided to participate even though it’s outside of your comfort zone. I really enjoyed reading your answers. Such cool cat names!

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    • Yay! Thank you so very much for participating.

      I’m so glad so many people are finding this fun.

      I loved reading your answers and I so agree about the toilet paper thing. Ugh…

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  13. April you have done it again! I have been in a holiday-mode creative-slump for a while (difficult to get motivated in my new tropical environment!) and you have jump-started me with this project. Amazing stuff! Here is my post: http://www.anastasiaparmson.com/20-things-you-might-not-know-about-me/

    I didn’t know enough bloggers so I tagged some huge names in my post, which is a little scary. A lot actually. But I LOOOVE reading everyones answers, this is so much fun!!!

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  23. Hi! You don’t even know me, but came across your site via Beryl Ann Young’s site, and decided to play along. Looks like this comment is already linking my latest entry, so there you go. 😀 thanks for posting this, it was fun, and I’m enjoying clicking through the other people who’ve done it too!

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  27. April,
    Thanks for starting this! I knew I would have a blast reading other blogger’s 20-Things answers, but I had no idea how fun it would be for me to push myself to do it …. until Anastasia Parmson tagged me by name on Instagram, and I decided to go for it!
    Also thanks for all of the inspiration during the summer (since I met you only through the CL class). I am already looking forward to the next one in November… and I am letting everyone I know about it! xx

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