A blog is like a home. It shows personality and passions, displays all the things that decorate life and is a wonderful place to greet friends. So, welcome girlfriend! Here at the Girlfriendology blog, we chat about life as a woman, a girlfriend, an entrepreneur and all the big and little things in life that make it much more fun to experience with a friend. Grab a cup of tea or coffee and make yourself at home!
The Bachelor is over, The Voice is cranking, and the Stars are getting ready to put on their dancing shoes. And the reality is … Pinterest is the hottest American Idol in the world of Social Media.
Reality shows have kicked into full gear with Dancing with the Stars, and so many others in full swing. But even more than those shows and celebrations, we’re more excited about sharing what we know with our friends (that’s what Girlfriends do!).
The reality in the Social Media world is the PINTEREST is the hottest thing in social media. For those of us who are Bloggers, who have Businesses or work on Brands, it is a great way to grow traffic, generate awareness and even create revenue. SO, our BIG reality show of the Spring, is our upcoming Pinterest Webinar – this Thursday night!
We’ll cover:
Why you SHOULD BE ON PINTEREST – Is it REALLY important to your blog, brand or business? (Answer: YES!)
When you SHOULDN’T be on Pinterest – And how to handle that
Design, Copyright and TOS – Terms of Service, how you can protect yourself/biz, what you NEED to know
How to define and execute your own Personal Pinterest Strategy
Who is on Pinterest and who is doing it well? – What can we learn from them?
How to get started on Pinterest – On the right foot (and we will send you an invite if you need one)
How to grow your TRAFFIC and REVENUE with Pinterest – what we all really want to know!
Plus, we’ll provide a CHECKLIST FOR GETTING STARTED on this amazing and HOT Social Media platform! LISTEN TO find out more about our PINTEREST WEBINAR:
My friend TED RUBIN, is all about #RonR. He tweets about it, blogs on it, speaks internationally about it – and I love to tease him – ‘Just who-the-heck is RonR?’
#RonR is Ted’s ‘thing.’ It’s his passion. It’s his mission in life. And it should be all of ours.
RonR is his trademarked mission in life – to share about ‘Return on Relationship(tm)’. (See, I told you it was trademarked!) What’s Return on Relationship?
Ted (a friend of mine from Collective Bias – and a friend to Girlfriendology!) is passionate about thinking first of our relationships – ahead of our business objectives and personal strategies. To him, business is Read More »
Do you Pin? Have an interest in Pinterest? or, like me, are you a Pinning Addict?!
Pinterest is the NEW BIG thing in social media with it’s boards and boards of inspiration and info. In fact, it’s also a cool community with whom you can connect and share great graphics. (JOIN our Pinterest.com/Girlfriendology followers and let us know your pages so we can follow back!)
Are YOU on Pinterest? We’ve just been active for three weeks and already have over 9,000 followers! (Want to know how to do that and use Pinterest for your blog/business?)
(& total followers over 40,000 – although that has some duplication for those who follow all our boards!)
We love girlfriend gifts based on things our girlfriends love, don’t you?! For girlfriend birthdays, bad days, just because days or even Mondays, girlfriends who love COFFEE (and Tea) will love these girlfriend gifts!
A reliable coffee maker is like a reliable friend – right? There for you when you need a little pick up! So, a great girlfriend gift is a reliable coffee maker – or get ‘fancy’ with alatte/espresso machine. (My girlfriend had one of these and I felt like I was staying at a super nice bed and breakfast!) Or just make her day with a Starbucks gift card.
How is a morning commute like my girlfriends? What do friends and freeways have in common?
I work from home, generally, so this morning’s commute to an early social media event threw off my schedule a bit. Instead of walking a few feet to my home office, I drove several miles downtown, in the dark (I’m ready for Spring!), and in the rain.
As I sped along, wanting to get there in plenty of time to chat with my social media buddies, I was conscious of the cars nearby and how the slightest swerve or blind spot, could radically change my life and possibly so many others. I thought about how driving is just one example of having to trust others – having faith that they pay attention to their and my safety, that they focus on the cars around them, the road conditions, the weather and that we all stay in our proper lanes.
We put our faith in strangers everyday, in so many ways. Every time we Read More »
Spending time with girlfriends, brings a smile to your face (too), doesn’t it? Bringing friends together is an amazing thing that knits friendships to a beautiful piece of art … kinda like a girlfriend get-together.
It’s a great week on Girlfriendology … we’re hanging with the girls, so that means life is good – in the land of female friendship! (:
1. If you’re in Cincinnati, we’ll be hanging with some great women this Saturday at ‘A Day for Today’s Woman‘ event. In fact, Girlfriendology founder Debba Haupert is the keynote speaker so JOIN US. It’s gonna be a great girlfriend get-together.
2. Did you know that PINTEREST is a Girlfriend Get-together? It is! It’s a social media community (kinda like Facebook or Twitter – but not! All graphic/visual and SO FUN!). It’s also 80% Read More »
Wine isn’t the only thing that gets better with age. Andy Rooney thinks that women do. And, we may be biased, but think he may be right!
Andy passed away in 2011 (and said this: “I didn’t get old on purpose, it just happened. If you’re lucky, it could happen to you.”) – we’re glad he shared this insight into the wonderful women of forty-plus!
As I grow in age, I value women who are over forty most of all. Here are just a few reasons why: A woman over forty will never wake you in the middle of the night to ask, “What are you thinking?” She doesn’t care what you think.
If a woman over forty doesn’t want to watch the game, she doesn’t Read More »
When was the last time you had the beautiful opportunity to share an experience through someone elses eyes? Maybe it was with a child or maybe it was with a girlfriend as she experienced something brand new.
Sharing great experiences with friends makes us feel younger, more alive, and strengthens the bonds of already tightly cemented friendships. Girlfriend Guru and Guest bloggerJESSICA DRUMMOND shares her thoughts on being inspired by adventure.
My 8-year old daughter absolutely loves Manhattan aka “The City.” We took the train in on Saturday with one of her many little BFF’s and her BFF’s mom to see a children’s improv show by The Story Pirates. (Side note: If you are ever in NYC with kids, see this show. It is incredible.)
NYC is a high-energy city. The creativity (and the traffic) abounds. Some people find it hectic, overwhelming or crowded, but these little girls drank in the energy of the streets like Red Bull. They were completely Read More »
Have you ever had one of those days (or weeks) which just seems to be one knock after another from life, only to have someone step in and turn everything around? Gifted Girlfriend Guru Rachel Awes shares her story of random kindness and her wonderful art depicting that day.
This is a story about the power of a girlfriend’s kindness. This is also an invitation to keep it going. Let’s be on the lookout to see how we can step in and love each other.
I was a bit behind in pulling together holiday cards to send out. Gathering and updating addresses for the dear envelopes. Drawing little berry branches on each. Stuffing with Read More »
What are you doing for SuperBowl Sunday Girlfriend? Do you watch the game? The commercials? Get together with friends and have a few snacks?
It’s the great American holiday of SuperBowl Sunday and we’re celebrating on Girlfriendology with our own SuperBowl of Friendship. Here’s our girl-friendly version of the SuperBowl
Points for Kindness – It’s our game, we get to make the rules! Stop Girlfriendology this week for some girlfriend advice/insights into kindness from our Girlfriend GuruRachel Awes (this Thursday on Girlfriendology).
Touchdown for Being there for Friend – like Aimee was there for Bethany when she was going through Breast Cancer – and spending time on a Harley together makes it even more fun!
The Bachelor is over, The Voice is cranking, and the Stars are getting ready to put on their dancing shoes. And the reality is … Pinterest is the hottest American Idol in the world of Social Media.
