TOP TEN – Mommy Blogs to Watch (and tell your girlfriends about)

October 17, 2008 – 7:30 am

We love to share. That’s what girlfriends do. So, this week it was especially fun to find out great Mommy Blogs to share with you as our TOP TEN blogs to watch. No doubt, you’ve spent time on mommy blogs – they’re amazing snapshots of real life and real families. Read More »

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Women Blog Directory

July 30, 2008 – 2:07 pm

There is a lot of talk lately about women and blogging. Want to find a blog? Start a blog? Read a blog? You go girl! 36 million women are in the blogosphere every week. So, get started … Read More »

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Meet new friends – start a girlfriend group!

July 27, 2008 – 8:40 am

There is a power and energy that comes when women come together. Add to that scenario women with a common goal, interest, skill or passion and you basically can’t stop them! I love that about girlfriend groups!

This spring I had an idea to start a group of local women bloggers. I just thought it would be a great way to meet some other women in the community, to learn together and to just see what would happen. Lucky for me, through a mutual Twitter connection, I was introduced to Shannan – a passionate and experienced blogger and social media guru. (THANKS to Shannan who has really ‘run with the ball’ on this group! I’m so fortunate to have found her or this group might never have happened!) We set the date and location then started spreading the word about this semi-techie, all-fun ‘girlfriend group.’

The first meeting of the Cincinnati Women Bloggers brought together nine women with over a dozen blogs. Our second meeting, which took place yesterday, even more of us met and shared about our blogs, seminars we’ve attended recently (specifically BlogHer and PodCampOhio) and what our goals are for this online communication. Shannan set up a blog about us – CincinnatiWomenBloggers, so now we can share information on future meetings, new postings on our blogs and comments.

As girlfriends do, we introduce each other to our friends. So, meet the Cincinnati Women Bloggers:

Amybeth – Research Goddess
Shannan – Mommy Bits and Mommy Bits Reviews
Cara – CaraReeves.com and Working Moms Against Guilt
Olivia – Just Five Minutes a Day
Susan – Working Moms Against Guilt and Mr and Mrs Get Fit
Jane – Work & Joy
Andrea – Udandi
Julie – Wine Me Dine Me Cincinnati and Ditto Chic
Laura – World’s Best Burger
Loree – Hermits Gone Wild and World’s Best Burger
Maureen – Taking the House by Storm
Barb – Barb Trimble blog

A few of our girlfriends couldn’t join us yesterday but also have great blogs:

Valerie – Cincinnati Locavore
Amy – Amy in Ohio
Michelle – Wine Girl
Krista – KriBaby

Next meet-up: August 23rd, Bean Haus, Main St. Covington 10:00 am. Visit Cincinnati Women Bloggers blog for updates and comments.

Want to meet some women who share your hobby, political passion, life stage (i.e., mommys) or just common interest? Start a girlfriend group! You never know where you’ll meet a new BFF or someone who will teach you something that you need to learn and who will change your life! Go for it, girlfriend!

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Blogging from BlogHer08 – bunches of blogs!

July 19, 2008 – 11:19 am

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Hi girlfriends from San Francisco! I’m here at BlogHer08, a seminar for about 1000 women from the blogosphere. I’m meeting lots of amazing women who have blogs and wanted to share the first batch with you. So, meet some creative, passionate, funny and touching bloggers. Read More »

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TIP TUESDAY #22 – Girlfriends: what’s your favorite internet contest?

May 6, 2008 – 11:34 am

Lately Girlfriendology has been getting some great attention. Publishers and manufacturers are sending books, bags, jewelry, etc. to give away as prizes. In May, we have over 40 prizes to give away in our monthly Girlfriendology Contest. (And, all you have to do is send us a short girlfriend story – this month based on a birthday event/gift between girlfriends.) You can see all the prizes here – so send in your stories to contest (@) girlfriendology (dot)com! (And, your stories will inspire others when shared on our podcast!)

As girlfriends often offer, I’d love your advice on our contest. So, this week’s TIP TUESDAY question is:

What’s your favorite internet contest? Do you enter online contests? Why or why not?(And, what would inspire you to share a girlfriend story?)

What inspired this TIP TUESDAY question was a popular, fun review and contest site. Shannan is a working mom who blogs about her life as happily married, mother of two boys (hence her ‘testosterone jungle’ world!). Her one blog, MommyBits, shares updates and lessons on being a mom. Her other blog, MommyBitsReviews, is a review/contest blog by Shannan and her girlfriend, Kathi. In addition to advice you can trust (come on – if you can’t trust your girlfriends, who can you trust?!), they also have regular contests (like this one for Pizza Hut!).

Check out MommyBitsReviews for contests/reviews on everything from pasta to software, juice to make-up. Then stop back at Girlfriendology for our May Girlfriendology Contest. We have fab books by wonderful women authors ready for prizes. Be a girlfriend and share your girlfriend story!