How did we get here? Now that we have a blog, what's our look?

We talked, laughed and shared ideas for weeks and months. It was time to put all this discussion to work not only for us but for other women. We were women supporting, trusting, engaging, and challenging each other. As we chatted, Susan said, we need a blog!

The blog would give us a way to share with others our conversations, methods and collaboration. Without a "should we?" we were off and running. We needed a name for the blog. Something catchy? Serious? Lighthearted? Professional? We had been saying to each other "you've got this" and it seemed appropriate for us to title the blog "We've Got This". The subtitle "women helping women" was developed to show our readers that we are about collaboration, networking and forward movement through mutual support. That wasn't so hard, but how would be visualize those concepts?

The blog meant technology, we mastered the format and style of the software, but what about a logo or look for our blog and social media, that was beyond our ability as we admitted. Sometimes it can be freeing to say "I can't do that, let's talk to the expert." Through our network we reached out to Dave Yount who we knew had experience with logos and design work. Through discussion and trial and error , yes failure can be a good thing, the logo and look morphed as we shared our thoughts with Dave. In a matter of days we had our "We've Got This-women helping women" logo that speaks to the reader. Thank you Dave for helping us visualize our message! We are delighted with Dave's solution for us. (If you need logo assistance, contact Dave! www.daveyount.net) We hope you like it too.

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