Social Media Girlfriends – Twitter Followers + Facebook Friends = Real Friends?

September 22, 2011 – 7:05 am

Are your friends nearby or online? Do you have social media girlfriends?

September is a special month around Girlfriendology – it’s International Women’s Friendship Month (aka: #FriendshipMonth) and we’re celebrating with 30 great guest blogs filled with fabulous girlfriend advice and wisdom.

Today we hear from guest blogger BRITT MICHAELIAN (shown below), from ‘Social Media Girlfriends’ as she shares about her girlfriend DABNEY (shown to the right) and their effort to bring girlfriends together online. (And don’t miss Dabney on our BlogTalkRadio show on Friday, September 23, 2-2:30pm ET!)

Over the past few years, as we all have become more active on Read More »

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Miss America, Contests, 9/11 & Encouragement – Just a week in the life of Girlfriendology

September 12, 2011 – 9:33 pm

Ever had a crazy week where you do everything from talk with Miss America, to find frugal deals, to run contests and feature LOTS of great guest bloggers and girlfriend gurus?

(Or, is that just us here at Girlfriendology?!)

We promised you September, aka: International Women’s Friendship Month, would be wild and wonderful here at Girlfriendology! And, we’re staying true to our world.

We started the month with a guest blog and BlogTalkRadio interview with Teresa Scanlan, MISS AMERICA 2011. Teresa was so friendly and poised. It’s hard to believe she’s the youngest Miss America EVER. (Did you know that the Miss America Organization is the largest distributor of women’s scholarships?! I didn’t!) LISTEN IN to her interview. She was really smart, sweet and friendly.

Our September Friendship Month Guest Read More »

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Girlfriends, Tim Gunn, Project Runway and Best-Selling Author, Susan Mallery | BlogTalkRadio

September 8, 2011 – 6:39 am

Three Lessons a Girlfriend Can Learn from Tim Gunn

September is a special month around Girlfriendology – it’s International Women’s Friendship Month (aka: #FriendshipMonth) and we’re celebrating with 30 great guest blogs filled with fabulous girlfriend advice and wisdom. Today we hear from one of our favorite girlfriends, best-selling author SUSAN MALLERY.

Susan has written over a hundred books that women LOVE! She’s been on a BlogTalkRadio show twice before and is our special guest this Friday, September 9th, 2-2:30pm ET. (JOIN US! And if you miss it then, you can always listen anytime on Girlfriendology/Podcasts/BlogTalkRadio.)

And, before we get into her great guest blog on girlfriend advice from Tim Gunn, check out this contest she and Girlfriendology are running Sept. 7-14 to win a ‘Girlfriends’ Day Out’ – shopping spree! Go for it girlfriend!

Now on to the wit and wisdom of our friend, Susan Mallery (and Project Runway fanatic!) and …

Three Lessons a Girlfriend Can Learn from Tim Gunn

1. Be proactively Read More »

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Girlfriend Shopping #Contest | Author & Friend, Susan Mallery | BlogTalkRadio

September 7, 2011 – 6:35 am

Announcing our Girlfriends’ Day Out Contest – partnering with girlfriend and best-selling author, Susan Mallery!

Not only is it International Women’s Friendship Month (aka: #FriendshipMonth) here at Girlfriendology (and we’re celebrating with 30 great guest blogs from amazing women – like Miss America!), but we’re also launching a fun contest with a fun friend to Girlfriendology – New York Times Best-selling Author, SUSAN MALLERY.

Susan has shared her girlfriend advice (how to make friendship a priority and plan a girlfriend party) here on Girlfriendology as well as been on our BlogTalkRadio show previously. AND she’ll be on our BlogTalkRadio show guest this Friday, September 9th 2-2:30pm ET as we talk about being an author, being a girlfriend, Project Runway (and the Girlfriend Lessons learned from Tim Gunn!) and this FAB GIRLFRIEND CONTEST …

WIN a Girlfriends’ Day Out – Read More »

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Girlfriend Virtual Pool Party Prizes & Details – #GFPoolParty Tomorrow! Online!

August 12, 2011 – 3:39 pm

Pool Party with the Girlfriends! Prizes! Fun stuff!

We’re hosting the first that we know of – VIRTUAL POOL PARTY tomorrow (Saturday, August 13th) on Girlfriendology.com, Twitter / @Girlfriendology and Facebook.com/Girlfriendology. From noon-4pm ET, we’ll be tweeting and updating cool girlfriend quotes, questions, conversations, recipes and more – plus giving out LOTS of great girlfriend prizes!

Follow the Twitter #GFPoolParty …

…. and join us on Facebook.com/Girlfriendology to join the conversation and win some great prizes like: Read More »

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Seven Ways to Cheer Up a Girlfriend | Be a Better Friend

July 23, 2011 – 11:10 am

Don’t you love when your friends are there for you? Be a better friend …

We all have great days when we want to shout happiness from a rooftop somewhere. We all have days that are neither wonderful nor terrible. Sometimes we have days that are Just Awful. As bad as it is when we have bad days, it is almost worse when a good friend has a bad day. We feel for them and want to help—but often we don’t know what to do or how to help her.

There are all different kinds of days we’d rather not repeat. Bad days range from the bad-hair-nail-chipped-spilled-the-coffee days to days when we get profoundly bad, unchangeable news. How you help your BFF is going depend on the kind of “bad” day she’s having and on her personality (and yours). Here are seven ideas for Read More »

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Be ‘Girlfriend Recommended’ | Girlfriendology Advertising Sponsorship Opportunities

April 26, 2011 – 8:54 am

Spring / Summer Girlfriendology Advertising and Sponsorship Update

It’s fully Spring here in the Midwest and we’re already gearing up for some exciting times this Summer. I wanted to invite you to be one of the ‘Girlfriend Recommended’ brands we love sharing with our thousands and thousands of girlfriends.

First, a quick update: We’ve now over 25,000 Twitter followers (& we block most men) and 25,000+ female Facebook Fans (as of February 2012). We’re getting 4-6,000 impressions (by women) on each Facebook update + all the Twitter impressions, blogs, newsletters, eBooks, webinars and any other ways we can share girlfriend advice and inspiration.

Now, for the Summer update:

We’re heading on a GIRLFRIEND CRUISE – and have low-cost packages for Read More »

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Mashable, Women’s Friendship & The ‘Well-now-that-you-mentioned-it’ Syndrome

March 31, 2011 – 9:31 am

How do you REALLY feel about your Facebook girlfriends?

Mashable reported/implied this week that we women (no mention of guys and their online friendships) basically don’t really like our Facebook female friends. In fact, from Mashable’s article:

Most women — 83% of respondents in this survey — are annoyed at one time or another by the posts from their Facebook connections. For these respondents, the most off-putting post was some kind of whine; a full 63% said complaining from Facebook friends was their number one pet peeve, with political chatter and bragging coming in a distant second and third.

The respondents also said at least one of their Facebook friends tended to Read More »

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Facebook Friends Hits 15,000 | Special Offer on Girlfriendology 101 eBook

March 23, 2011 – 1:03 pm

Hey Girlfriend! Wow! What an amazing community of girlfriends we’ve grown into on Facebook – now 15,000 sensational ’sisters’ strong!

In celebration of our milestone of hitting 15,000 fabulous female Facebook friends and of our NEW ‘GIRLFRIENDOLOGY 101: Simple Steps to More Fulfilling Friendships‘ eBook, we’re offering a special promotion:

50% off our GIRLFRIENDOLOGY 101 eBook for our fave Facebook friends with PROMO CODE: 15,000. (Expires March 31 at Midnight ET.)

NOTE: Even though this discount has expired, please visit GIRLFRIENDOLOGY 101 for our latest promotion/discount!

And, all Girlfriendology Guides are 2-for-1. So, buy one for you and share one with a friend! Need a girlfriend gift? Buy her GIRLFRIENDOLOGY 101 – and keep one for you!

We’ve received a wonderful response on the eBook and women from Read More »

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Spring, Social Media & Stickers! | Girlfriendology Guides eBooks & More

March 21, 2011 – 9:34 pm

THANKS to our Girlfriends – it was a BIG week at Girlfriendology!

We hit 15,000 Facebook Friends, launched a NEW eBook (and series of offerings of women’s wisdom) and hit over 22,000 followers on Twitter (& we block guys we don’t know!). And … SPRING came!

Again, THANKS to our girlfriends, the message of being supportive friends, of inspiring each other and being there for our gal pals, of encouraging each other to be better friends is getting kinda ‘popular!’ <3 it!

If you haven’t yet joined in on the daily girlfriend sharing on Facebook, please do. LIKE us then join in on the conversation! (We share inspiring, funny, informative links/videos/quotes – ’stuff you’d love to Read More »

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Miss America, Contests, 9/11 & Encouragement – Just a week in the life of Girlfriendology

September 12, 2011 – 9:33 pm

Ever had a crazy week where you do everything from talk with Miss America, to find frugal deals, to run contests and feature LOTS of great guest bloggers and girlfriend gurus?

Our September Friendship Month Guest Read More »

Girlfriends, Tim Gunn, Project Runway and Best-Selling Author, Susan Mallery | BlogTalkRadio

September 8, 2011 – 6:39 am

Three Lessons a Girlfriend Can Learn from Tim Gunn

Three Lessons a Girlfriend Can Learn from Tim Gunn

Girlfriend Shopping #Contest | Author & Friend, Susan Mallery | BlogTalkRadio

September 7, 2011 – 6:35 am

Announcing our Girlfriends’ Day Out Contest – partnering with girlfriend and best-selling author, Susan Mallery!

WIN a Girlfriends’ Day Out – Read More »

Girlfriend Virtual Pool Party Prizes & Details – #GFPoolParty Tomorrow! Online!

August 12, 2011 – 3:39 pm

Pool Party with the Girlfriends! Prizes! Fun stuff!

Follow the Twitter #GFPoolParty …

Be ‘Girlfriend Recommended’ | Girlfriendology Advertising Sponsorship Opportunities

April 26, 2011 – 8:54 am

Spring / Summer Girlfriendology Advertising and Sponsorship Update

Facebook Friends Hits 15,000 | Special Offer on Girlfriendology 101 eBook

March 23, 2011 – 1:03 pm

Hey Girlfriend! Wow! What an amazing community of girlfriends we’ve grown into on Facebook – now 15,000 sensational ’sisters’ strong!

50% off our GIRLFRIENDOLOGY 101 eBook for our fave Facebook friends with PROMO CODE: 15,000. (Expires March 31 at Midnight ET.)

NOTE: Even though this discount has expired, please visit GIRLFRIENDOLOGY 101 for our latest promotion/discount!

Spring, Social Media & Stickers! | Girlfriendology Guides eBooks & More

March 21, 2011 – 9:34 pm

THANKS to our Girlfriends – it was a BIG week at Girlfriendology!

We hit 15,000 Facebook Friends, launched a NEW eBook (and series of offerings of women’s wisdom) and hit over 22,000 followers on Twitter (& we block guys we don’t know!). And … SPRING came!

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