BlogWorldExpo – Debba Haupert, Speaking on ‘Building Online Community’

November 5, 2011 – 11:14 am

Hi from Los Angeles and the BlogWorldExpo – “The First and Only Industry-wide Conference, Tradeshow and Media Event for all New Media.”

Debba Haupert here (founder of Girlfriendology – the greatest online community for women based on female friendship! IMHO!!) and hello friends from BlogWorldExpo – a great conference for bloggers, podcasters, social media folks and everyone interested in learning more about all things internet.

This is my fourth BlogWorld and I love this conference. I always learn from the great sessions and have conversations that change the way I think and do business online. Plus, the BIG bonus, I get to see some friends from years past and meet new friends in the blogosphere.

I was very honored to be selected to speak at this BlogWorld. I spoke on the first day, Thursday (yeah! So I could get it over with and enjoy the rest of the conference!). I spoke on ‘Successful Strategies for Building and Growing Online Communities’ and had a very nice crowd and some great questions/discussions. (THANKS to all who attended!!!!)

I shared a Checklist on Building Online Communities that I wanted to post on our new Blogger Resources page – but it won’t let me post a PDF, so here it is for anyone who’d like to see what we covered and recommend for building online communities:

BWELA Checklist – everyone can have it though

Unfortunately my talk was changed to a 45 minute slot so I was unable to share the Case Studies that I had to share. I’ll post the Case Studies here later today (sorry, have to get over to BlogWorld!).

Again, THANKS to everyone who attended and offered such great feedback! And BIG, HUGE THANKS to BLOGWORLD for allowing me the opportunity to speak at this great conference!

(If you’d like to still learn from this fabulous conference, you can purchase the recordings of the sessions – BlogWorldExpo 2011. Order by 11/5 and save $150 on your Blog World Virtual Ticket! Price goes up to $497 on 11/6!)

Plus!! Had fun giving girlfriends our ‘GFF Girlfriends Forever’ bumper stickers! Want one? See me today at #BWELA or follow the instructions on the link above!

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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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Lovely … Girlfriend Gifts, Girlfriend Gatherings (#BloggyCon), Girlfriend Guru’s

July 11, 2011 – 10:23 pm

It’s a LOVELY week for girlfriends here at Girlfriendology! (:

Why? Because it’s summer (can you tell?!) and there’s girlfriend ’stuff is heating up. Like Lovely Girlfriend Gifts (daily – and lovely – ideas on how to make your girlfriend feel as special as her friendship is to you, you know – great gifts for girlfriends!), Girlfriend Guru’s (do you want to be one?!), Girlfriend advice (like this from Dr. Andrea Bonior, author of ‘The Friendship Fix,’ guest blogger about ‘4 Simple Ways to Improve your Friendships,” and our guest on last week’s BlogTalkRadio Show) and Girlfriend Advice, like this on what to do if your friend is dating the wrong guy – or how to make your friend feel special when she requested ‘no gifts.’ (See, I told you things were heating up!)

p.s. and then there’s that ‘Summer Special!’

More? MORE?! Okay, more from Girlfriendology …

Let’s be honest girlfriend, your Read More »

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Happy Birthday to our friends at #CollectiveBias

May 10, 2011 – 1:56 pm

A friend of mine, whom I met at Blissdom and then got to know better at SobCon – both social media conferences, started a ‘little’ company called ‘Collective Bias.’

Hi name is John Andrews and he had the vision to start a company bringing bloggers and brands together. Grown through friends (bloggers) sharing with other friends (bloggers), Collective Bias is now over a thousands bloggers strong (the majority female but there are some cool guys in the group too) and is celebrating their second birthday.

(Collective Bias has made it possible for me to work with such great brands as The UPS Store, Kroger, Truvia, Con Agra, etc. If you’re a blogger and would like to learn more about Collective Bias check them out online at CollectiveBias.com.)

So, in honor of their second birthday they’re holding a Twitter Party with lots of prizes. Here’s the Scoop!

Details

When: Wednesday, May 11 9-10 pm EST

Where: On Twitter using hashtags #CBBDay and #Dos

Who: Please follow @CollectiveBias for questions, trivia, and prizes. Be sure to watch for our team members to be tweeting during the party too!

Custom Tweetgrid: http://cbi.as/23g5rg

RSVP: Please RSVP for the party to connect with everyone at the party and to be eligible for prizes. RSVP in the linky below using a link to your Twitter profile.

Prizes

5 Hamilton Beach Slow Cookers
2 Elmer’s prize packs valued at $50 each (@elmers)
2 Bradshaw International kitchen utensil prize packs valued at $50 each (@goodcookbrand)
2 $50 MurphyUSA gas card packs (@murphyusa)
4 Truvia prize packs with $25 Starbucks gift card (@Truvia)

To be eligible to win the the prizes listed above please RSVP with your Twitter handle using the linky below

Grand Prize

BlogHer11 Full Conference pass valued at $298 (does not include hotel or airfare)

To be eligible to win the Grand Prize please RSVP with your Twitter handle using the linky below then leave a comment telling us why you would like to go to BlogHer11.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY COLLECTIVE BIAS! Thanks for all the opportunities you’ve given Girlfriendology and for the fun blogger friends I’ve made in the Social Fabric community!

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All you need is LOVE | We Love Friendship, Mother’s Day & Inspiring Women

May 2, 2011 – 10:23 pm

Love, love, love. Love makes the world go around. Love rules. Love is …

… we all have our own definitions for ‘love.’ From relationships to pets, TV shows to favorite foods, we all LOVE a lot of things. We love our non-fat no whip lattes, pedicures, a long bath, a good book, a hug from a great friend … love does rule.

This week we’re looking at love and it’s role in our busy lives. From the love of others (like I experienced at a recent SobCon conference), to the love witnessed in the royal wedding, to the love of a new pet (welcome kitty ‘Kit Kat’!), love makes our days memorable and feeds our souls. But without a doubt – the most wonderful thing to love are the people in our lives who bring out the best in us, who encourage us and who love us in return even with our faults and failures.

So, just for the heck of it, STOP and feel gratitude for Read More »

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Lessons from SobCon – Amazing People, Incredible Conversations & Love

May 2, 2011 – 2:55 pm

When passionate people come together, share opening and genuinely want to encourage and inspire each other, amazing things happen!

Such was the case this past weekend for me in Chicago. I had the honor of attending a conference unlike all the others I go to/speak at.

SobCon stands are “Successful Online Business Conference” and this was their 4th annual conference. (I went two years ago but couldn’t go last year.) It was started by two friends (and now two friends of mine): Liz Strauss (who I believe is the smartest, kindest woman in the business / social media world) and Terry ‘Starbucker’ St. Marie (also brilliant and kind – they make a great team!). (* It actually is a bi-annual conference since they hold a smaller one in CO in the Fall, I just consider the big one, the annual one.)

The conference is limited to 150 passionate people – so you get to have Read More »

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Building Online Community | Build your Brand/Business with Social Media

April 7, 2011 – 8:47 am

What if we all told others what we knew? What would happen if we graciously shared our women’s wisdom?

That’s the basis of our thinking in launching and publishing the Girlfriendology Guides* – online content (eBooks, audio books, webinars) that tells what one woman knows to any other women who also could benefit – basically sharing ‘women’s wisdom.’ (And personally, I love that! That’s what girlfriends do – we share what we know in hope that it will make a friend’s life better, or even benefit a perfect stranger – because we’re all girlfriends really, we just may have not met yet!

Well, in the spirit of sharing what I know with other women, I’ve been doing a lot of speaking on Read More »

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Bloggy Conference – Join us at Social Media and Blogging Conference for Women

April 5, 2011 – 10:26 am

Girlfriendology is proud to be speaking at upcoming social media conference* BLOGGY CONFERENCE.

Girlfriendology founder, Debba Haupert, will be speaking at Bloggy Conference – a social media and blogging conference for women in July, 2011. Here’s the official press release and info: (JOIN US!)

FAMILY FRIENDLY SOCIAL MEDIA AND BLOGGING CONFERENCE

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact Tiffany Noth, Bloggy Conference, 765-580-0053 phone, 765-458-1803 fax tiffany@bloggymoms.com

Mason, OH – April 18, 2011 Bloggy Conference is launching it’s first 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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Girlfriendology / Debba Haupert to speak at BeyondSocial101 Conference

February 16, 2011 – 10:38 am

Come join Debba Haupert, Girlfriendology founder, and ‘Girls in Tech‘ for the Beyond Social 101 Conference!

I’m excited to be speaking at an upcoming (soon!) conference for ‘Girls in Tech’ – the Beyond Social 101 Conference, February 25/26 in Columbus OH. I’ll be sharing the tools and tips to growing an online community – like the fabulous Girlfriendology. (-;

Register for this ‘Beyond Social 101′ / Girls in Tech event!

Join me and other ‘girls in tech’ for this new and exciting conference. Here’s the scoop:

Girls in Tech is launching this networking / learning event to raise the visibility of women in technology. They believe that women in business, as well as individuals who need to re-enter the workforce, need support in building their personal brands and dominating the Internet. AND Girls in Tech wants to Read More »