Blogs for our site

We've decided we'd like to feature one blogger for each section on our site. Some of our ideas for sections are: college/career, health, beauty, fashion, celebrities, do-it-yourself projects, and feminism. We're trying to find bloggers who already have blogs related to each of these topics. What blogs do you follow? Do you have a favorite blogger? Let us know.

Thanks for the Feedback

Just in the last week, we've received tons of feedback and comments from you. If you have ideas for things teens would want to see in a site like this, please let us know.
We know we have a large pool of people supporting us, and can use all the feedback possible, so definitely keep it coming!
You can either email us or just click the comment link at the bottom of the postings and let us know your thoughts.
We really appreciate it!

Pushing the survey

We just did a little refining on our survey, and are now spending time trying get as many teens as possible online. We're using myspace, facebook, and this blog to draw as many girls to it as we can. So, if you know ANY girls this age, or know anyone who knows any girls this age, please send along the link and ask them to take it. It's really quick (only 10 questions) and will help us out a ton. Thank you! Does anyone have any other ideas for drawing teens to the survey?

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=zoyGy_2b7k5ro11xE_2bCOs3aw_3d_3d

We've made a decision

We've decided that TSS will target girls who are 14 to 18. Obviously, we hope tons of people outside of that group will enjoy the site as well, but we have to aim somewhere and that range make the most sense. They're girls that are in high school, which means they're facing a much more similar set of issues and interests than, say, a 13-year-old middle schooler. So thanks for all of your feedback. It was very helpful.



Next on our to-do list is refining the survey (you've already sent the link to every teen girl you know, right?) to really get at the content specifics that girls want. Feminism has ranked one of the highest interest categories so far (go girls!), but how do we reflect this interest in our content? What does a 16-year-old equate with feminism?

What do you want to see?

We're putting together a list of possible feature ideas for our site. What would you want to see? What do you think is interesting? What do you think are the biggest news items right now for teen girls?
Are you interested in politics? Fashion? Beauty? Relationships? TSS will provide a place for girls to read about all of these things, and take an active role in conversations about what is going on in the world around them.
That being said, what are the most important topics? What do you have something to say about?
Comment and tell us what's on your mind, and what you'd like to read about.

Target Market

We spoke with a marketing expert today who encouraged us to think about who our target market really should be. There's a big difference between what's going on in a 13-year-old's daily life contrasted with an 18-year-old's. I see his point, but I still think it's possible to create a web destination that's relevant and meaningful to all the girls in this group. There are core issues - college, career, relationships, what's going on in the world - that affect everyone. I think the difference is delivering content in various ways so different ages can access it. Am I wrong? Is it just too big to think we can target every girl from middle to high school? Are they too different? Should they be separated?

Intro

Hey everyone,

Since this is my first post, I'll explain how we see this working. As you can see from our profile, we're two grad students at Berkeley's journalism school trying to start an online community/web destination for teenage girls. We hope to launch by next spring, and until then we'll be developing the idea, the site, and everything in between...so we need all the feedback we can get. Especially if you're a teen girl.

We're going to use this blog as sort of a diary, chronicling the making of Teen She Spot. So here goes...

Right now we're trying to decide the scope of the content we want to see on the site. General ideas include relationships, politics, college and career, beauty and fashion, girls making a difference around the world, plus tons of blogs, boards, and space for member-generated content.

What would you like to see on a site? What are you sick of seeing in teen magazines? What do you want more of? We have a survey that we're trying to get tons of girls ages 13-18 to take addressing these questions. Please take it and forward it to any girls you know. Thanks!

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=zoyGy_2b7k5ro11xE_2bCOs3aw_3d_3d

We can't wait to hear from you,

Allie

Introduction to Teen She Spot

Teen She Spot is a place for girls who are interested and interesting. A TSS girl is clever, fun-loving, and ready to save the world one volunteer hour at a time. She cares more about getting into college than who's on the cover of the latest celeb gossip mag, and she isn't afraid to speak up or stand out, even if that means going against the grain. Most of all, she knows that happiness is about more than being a pretty face, even though that's what most magazines seem to tell her. She knows that caring about fashion and beauty DOES NOT mean she doesn't care about making a difference. And she plans to prove it.