And The Winner Is…
Thank you everyone for helping me find a new tagline. You really are awesome and so much more creative than I will ever be. (But thank you Mike of Exit 78 for saying that I’m creative too 
).
I love all the tag lines you suggested, but my favorites are, in no particular order (I’m not announcing the winner just yet!):
1. MomGrind – Life beyond the spin cycle (by Sal of Everyday Thoughts From Life).
2. MomGrind – Ground to Perfection (by Lance of The Jungle Of Life).
3. MomGrind – Mommyblogger 2.0 (by Kari Rippetoe of The Caffeinated Blog).
4. MomGrind – Normal is just a setting on the dryer (by Lori of SpaceAgeSage).
I am also highly amused by these:
1. MomGrind – A keyword-stuffed blog purely designed to maximize AdSense revenue
MomGrind – Tagline-free since 2008
(Both by Hunter Nuttall).
2. Betsy of Passing Thru‘s “mom phrases” (some which I say more often than I care to admit).
3. Mom Grind: Sass with Class (by Tom Volkar of Delightful Work).
4. MomGrind – More Than Just A Good A** ( by Cath Lawson).
Oh, and Kim Woodbridge: you said “I did look up ‘grind’ in an online dictionary thinking that would spark some ideas. LMAO at this one – “to rotate the hips in an erotic manner.” Ha. Yes. A friend did warn me when I picked this name for my blog. He said that people looking for porn would land here all the time and I was like, what are you talking about YOU DIRTY OLD MAN.
Well, after writing this blog for 8 months, I have to admit that yes, people looking for porn do land here. Although to judge by the bounce rate of keywords such as “moms grinding” and “naked moms”, they don’t stay for too long.
OK. It’s time.
The winner is…
Lance with “Ground To Perfection!”
Lance will receive a $50 Starbucks gift card. Lance, I’ll email you.
However, I need to let you know that after a week of a tagline-free look, I have come to really like the simplicity so will not use the new tagline for now. Once I’m tired of the ultra clean look, which no doubt will happen, because I do tire of things, I’ll use it.
Thanks again everyone. You are awesome.
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Eric Hamm responds:
Posted: November 14th, 2008 at 8:41 am →
Contrats Lance! I agree, Vered, the clean look is quite appealing. Eric.
SpaceAgeSage -- Lori responds:
Posted: November 14th, 2008 at 9:02 am →
Way to go Lance!
Vered, it was nice of you to let us pitch in and help — congrats on a new bouncing baby tagline.
Lori
veena responds:
Posted: November 14th, 2008 at 9:29 am →
oh… you picked that… i liked the normal one better… Anyway congrats lance ….
Suzie responds:
Posted: November 14th, 2008 at 9:33 am →
I won I won…oh wait I didnt win…forget it
Kim Woodbridge responds:
Posted: November 14th, 2008 at 9:34 am →
Thanks for the mention
I guess I was surprised by that definition because I don’t think of grind that way. I think of coffee first and then “the daily grind”. I really like the one you chose. Congrats to Lance.
Lance responds:
Posted: November 14th, 2008 at 9:41 am →
Wow! Thank you Vered!! I’m honored you chose “Ground to Perfection” – and I think it fits you perfectly! You’re awesome! And so were all the choices here – so many creative minds!!
Tabitha (From Single to Married) responds:
Posted: November 14th, 2008 at 9:41 am →
I agree – I like that one the best although the others are great too. People are so creative!
Jannie responds:
Posted: November 14th, 2008 at 9:54 am →
Yes, that’s a great tagline! Congrats, Lance. And to you Vered, for your “new beginnings.”
Betsy Wuebker responds:
Posted: November 14th, 2008 at 9:57 am →
Yay, Lance! Congratulations! This was such a fun exercise, Vered, and everyone had such great ideas. I think we should all rotate our hips in an erotic manner just for Lance, now!
Cath Lawson responds:
Posted: November 14th, 2008 at 10:04 am →
Hi Vered – I think you’re creative too. But I’m glad you chose Lance’s tagline – it’s excellent. And I’m really glad you didn’t choose mine – I think it would have attracted all kinds of weirdo’s to your blog. Thanks for the link.
Kim Woodbridge responds:
Posted: November 14th, 2008 at 10:23 am →
@Cath – I think you’ve had butts on the brain for awhile now
Maya responds:
Posted: November 14th, 2008 at 10:29 am →
Wow, Lance, Congrats!!!!
That was indeed very creative of you Vered. It must have been really interesting for you to see how we all see you ….barring the “grinding” ones, of course.
This was very much fun game, Vered, Thank you!
Writer Dad responds:
Posted: November 14th, 2008 at 11:29 am →
Ground to perfection is AWESOME. Congratulations, Lance. And Vered, the white space does look nice.
Wesley responds:
Posted: November 14th, 2008 at 11:42 am →
*isn’t bothered*
MomGrind responds:
Posted: November 14th, 2008 at 12:38 pm →
@ Betsy: No thanks.
@ Cath: What Kim said.
@ Suzie @ Wesley: Well… you win some, you lose some.
Sal responds:
Posted: November 14th, 2008 at 2:13 pm →
I think that was the most fun I have ever had thinking up tag lines…so many uses of the word grind…
Congrats Lance!
Marelisa responds:
Posted: November 14th, 2008 at 2:59 pm →
Congratulations Lance! So does he get a tiara along with the Starbucks coffee card? Because I’d pay good money to see Lance wearing a tiara
Sal responds:
Posted: November 14th, 2008 at 3:05 pm →
@Marelisa: I second that motion. And he needs to be giving a thumbs up like in the picture at the top!
MomGrind responds:
Posted: November 14th, 2008 at 3:32 pm →
@ Marelisa: Hmm that’s an excellent idea!
Patricia responds:
Posted: November 14th, 2008 at 4:53 pm →
I want to thank all of your commenters Vered, because I just loved coming to your post and reading all the ideas that just poured onto the page….Wow that was amazing…and I like your choices – both – to stay tag less and then to use it when you are ready.
How did you ever make a choice?
Thank you for all the fun ideas!
Lance responds:
Posted: November 14th, 2008 at 4:57 pm →
@Marelisa – re: the tiara — if I end up getting a tiara in the mail…grr…I’ll post a picture!! (that should scare you away!!)…
@Sal – Don’t encourage her! Geez, the next thing I’ll have is a little black dress to go along with the getup…
@Vered – Hmm, excellent idea (according to who??) – Marelisa? there you go encouraging her!
@Betsy – ok, you get everyone to do this grind, and I’ll wear the tiara (and do the thumbs up)…. hey, if one of us is going to make a fool of themselves, everyone might as well – right?
@Everyone – thanks, this was a fun contest – so much creativity and many fun choices!
Wesley responds:
Posted: November 14th, 2008 at 5:13 pm →
Meh, whatever. Mine were better anyway. You’re the one using an inferior tag line, so your loss.
Linda Abbit responds:
Posted: November 14th, 2008 at 5:25 pm →
Congrats Lance!!
And congrats Vered on an awesome new tagline, and for running a fun contest (even if I didn’t enter) and letting us share in it here.
Davina responds:
Posted: November 14th, 2008 at 6:31 pm →
Hi Vered. What a creative bunch! Lance’s creation is perfect. Way to go Lance!
Evelyn Lim responds:
Posted: November 14th, 2008 at 6:56 pm →
Lance is crowned the Queen?? Congratulations!! He should also put on some lipstick for the crowning ceremony since he has confessed to having worn some before!
I’m really amazed at some of the submissions for taglines. You’ve got a highly creative bunch of bloggers here!!
MommyNamedApril responds:
Posted: November 14th, 2008 at 8:18 pm →
congrats to lance!
Mia responds:
Posted: November 14th, 2008 at 8:27 pm →
I think that one is perfectly perfect! Congratulations Lance, and Vered!
Robin responds:
Posted: November 14th, 2008 at 9:08 pm →
I thought lots of the suggestions were so funny, on the other post – I didn’t make one because I couldn’t think of anything. Some people are so creative. Congrats Lance!
Diana Rupert responds:
Posted: November 14th, 2008 at 9:34 pm →
Congrats Lance for winning the prize. Congrats also to you Vered for a successful contest.
Keep it up
MomGrind responds:
Posted: November 14th, 2008 at 9:40 pm →
@ Patricia: This WAS fun.
@ Lance: OK then it’s settled. A little black dress, a tiara, lipstick (per Evelyn’s brilliant suggestion) and dancing. Awesome.
@ Wesley: Oh you’re just jealous.
Jamie | WiredParentPad responds:
Posted: November 14th, 2008 at 9:59 pm →
Leave it to Lance – what doesn’t he do well? I like it as well… congrats on your new tagline!
Bamboo Forest responds:
Posted: November 15th, 2008 at 11:25 am →
Those are all great taglines that you’ve shared. Funny commentary on one of the definitions of, “grind.” Made me laugh.
Congratulations Lance. I do like the tagline you came up with – it has a great ring to it.
Bamboo Forest responds:
Posted: November 15th, 2008 at 11:26 am →
Oh, I do 2nd Marelisa’s notion. I think Lance should wear a tiara for at least a week!
Giyen responds:
Posted: November 15th, 2008 at 11:46 am →
Ground to Perfection is a great tagline! Kudos to Lance!
Jeremy Day responds:
Posted: November 15th, 2008 at 12:09 pm →
Hi Vered,
Oh, I was going to say Ground to Perfection before I read the rest of the article. I like it. Also wanted you to know Im adding you to my new list of personal development blogs.
Cheers,
Jeremy
Stacey / Create a Balance responds:
Posted: November 15th, 2008 at 1:24 pm →
Ground to Perfection is great. Looking forward to seeing the tagline.
Lance — enjoy your lattes.
Lance responds:
Posted: November 15th, 2008 at 2:35 pm →
@Evelyn – I’ve given you too much information….
@Vered – Why don’t I see the brilliance in Evelyn’s suggestion????
MomGrind responds:
Posted: November 15th, 2008 at 10:22 pm →
@ Jeremy: Thank you!
@ Lance: I’d love to see a photo of you wearing lipstick.
Hunter Nuttall responds:
Posted: November 15th, 2008 at 10:30 pm →
I missed the part about Lance wearing lipstick…should I just not ask?
How about a sub-tagline to get rid of the wrong crowd:
MomGrind – Ground to Perfection (but no rotating hips)
Kelly@SHE-POWER responds:
Posted: November 15th, 2008 at 11:05 pm →
Congratulations to Lance and I wish “Life Beyond the Spin Cycle” suited my blog because I’d be begging to use it! ‘m still trying to come up with a tagline I’m happy with.
I like the simple no-tagline look of the blog too, Vered. I think you can get away with it because MomGrind does indicate this is targeted at women, though of course we know there are plenty of cool men who get it too
Kelly
Elli responds:
Posted: November 16th, 2008 at 12:42 am →
I love the dryer setting line. That’s fantastic!
Shalee responds:
Posted: November 16th, 2008 at 5:13 pm →
Congrats to lance and to everyone else! Everyone had such wonderful tag lines! I am glad I entered it made me tap into my creative side again! haha
Contests like that are fantastic! Thanks again Vered!
MomGrind responds:
Posted: November 16th, 2008 at 11:43 pm →
@ Hunter: You probably shouldn’t.
Love the sub-tagline.
@ Kelly: I agree – I can probably get away with no tagline. I’ll give it a try.
Dot responds:
Posted: November 17th, 2008 at 8:49 am →
Congratulations, Lance! I was wondering how you were going to pick, Vered, because they were all so amusing and creative. Having a chance to give something back to you was nice for me as a reader, because you’ve created such a wonderful community here.
MizFit responds:
Posted: November 17th, 2008 at 9:21 am →
love all those.
there are some creative people out there huh?
me? today? not one of them.
as my toddler always says when I ask her to do something:
maybe tomorrow…
MomGrind responds:
Posted: November 17th, 2008 at 11:30 am →
@ Dot: Thank you!
Barbara Swafford - Blogging Without A Blog responds:
Posted: November 17th, 2008 at 9:39 pm →
Hi Vered – Lance’s tag line is perfect for you. Congratulations Lance!
Dot responds:
Posted: November 18th, 2008 at 9:20 am →
When I first saw the photo, I said, “Oh no, she di’int write a post about beauty pageants!
MomGrind responds:
Posted: November 18th, 2008 at 7:14 pm →
@ Dot: Well I just might. I certainly have a lot to say on the subject.
Natural responds:
Posted: November 19th, 2008 at 4:34 am →
hey i like that one too, that would have been my pick. lance has to take all of us for coffee.
Wesley responds:
Posted: November 23rd, 2008 at 2:27 am →
Jealous? Of your inferior tag line? Don’t think so.
And I’m not envious of it either.
Ask...And You Shall Receive | The Jungle of Life responds:
Posted: November 24th, 2008 at 3:56 am →
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