What have YOU been doing for the past six years? | Six Years of Girlfriendology

January 23, 2012 – 11:40 pm

Happy Birthday to us! Happy Birthday to us! Happy Birthday Girlfriendology! Happy Birthday to us!

Six years ago, on January 20th, 2006, Girlfriendology.com was ‘born.’ It started from a response to two girlfriends, Dana and Allison, dealing with cancer, as well as just a need to be around female friends. A little research confirmed – there’s a reason we NEED girlfriends! Female friendship actually makes women healthier, happier, less stressed, live longer and feel more beautiful.

So, I started blogging about female friendship. I was inspired by the amazing women who shared their stories about their girlfriends, who confirmed that our female friendship keep us afloat when we think we’re drowning. Women shared their lives and how their girlfriends had been there for them when they so needed it. We all know that feeling!

Thanks to the women who have helped us grow our online community of women to over Read More »

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2012 Opportunities to Reach Women with Girlfriendology | Advertising, Sponsorship

December 5, 2011 – 4:08 pm

Girlfriendology grows in 2011 – Expands Advertising and Sponsorships in 2012. Great Opportunities for Brands/Businesses to be ‘Girlfriend Recommended.’

2011 has been a challenging year for so many – people and businesses. It’s definitely been a ‘hunker down’ and focus year of moving forward no matter what obstacles or challenges have faced us. I’m happy to say, that I’m predicting that hard work is going to pay off in 2012! (:

I’m thrilled to say that this year the Girlfriendology online community has really grown. (& I’ve even been a speaker on Building Online Community and am working on a book on it.) Numbers wise, we’ve grown to over Read More »

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Welcome to Girlfriendology | The Online Community for Women

November 9, 2011 – 4:54 pm

WELCOME GIRLFRIEND! We’re so glad you’re here at Girlfriendology.com!

What is Girlfriendology? We’re glad you asked (:

Girlfriendology is the online community for women based on female friendship. We love to share all the great things that girlfriends share here – girlfriend advice, inspiration, tips to make your life better, shopping (gotta have some shopping for some ‘retail therapy’ with the ‘girls!), inspiring women and much more. We’re over 50,000 strong & growing - so watch out!

How can you Read More »

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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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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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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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#ValentinesDay – Great day to Love Friends | Girlfriends, #Giveaways, Gifts

February 14, 2011 – 9:42 pm

Happy Valentine’s Day Girlfriends!

It’s not just about romance, it’s about the special people in your life who completely know you and stick by you, who accept you as you are and dream your dreams with you, those amazing people who ‘get you’ and with whom you feel at home and loved.

We’re hoping you had a wonderful Valentine’s Day and that you found some special way of showing your friends how much their friendship means to you.

We celebrated by expressing our love and gratitude to our sponsors and advertisers as well as, of course!, our girlfriends. It’s a day to make the people in our lives feel as special as their friendship is to us.

It’s also a day to take care of our friends who might not enjoy Read More »

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PRESS RELEASE: Girlfriendology grows with Social Media

January 10, 2011 – 3:22 pm

Girlfriendology focuses on the “social” in social media – hits five-year mark

Online community for women grows through social media connections

Cincinnati, OH, January 10, 2011 – In January 2006, Facebook had 5.5 million active users, YouTube had just officially launched and Twitter was months from its first tweet.

At the same time, Debba Haupert had a dream of inspiring women to be better, more supportive friends and started a blog called Girlfriendology. The idea came from the nature of women to need female friendship and be ‘social.’

Since January, 2006, social media sites have exploded in popularity. Facebook now has over 500 million active users, YouTube serves more than two billion Read More »

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Girlfriend Advice for Webpreneurs – Facebook Marketing

December 6, 2010 – 3:25 pm

Do you manage a Facebook community?

if you’re a fellow (fella?!) entrepreneur or ‘webpreneur’ you probably do. If so, or if you have a friend who uses Facebook for their business, I recently shared some ‘girlfriend advice,’ on managing a successful and growing community (like we do on Facebook.com/Girlfriendology) with FeedBlitz.com (Email Marketing and Social Media Automation site/service – like a premium FeedBurner but with customer service and a lot more marketing options).

Like, why do we post a daily girlfriend lunch break video and how do we manage 22k+ Twitter fans and 15k+ female Facebook fans? If you’re a girlfriend with an inquiring mind about social media marketing, check out our guest blog: 9 Tips to Managing a Growing, Successful Facebook Community.

Thanks Feedblitz for the opportunity to be published in your great community!

p.s. Check out our Girlfriendology Guides for our eBook on Building Online Community!

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What have YOU been doing for the past six years? | Six Years of Girlfriendology

January 23, 2012 – 11:40 pm

Happy Birthday to us! Happy Birthday to us! Happy Birthday Girlfriendology! Happy Birthday to us!

2012 Opportunities to Reach Women with Girlfriendology | Advertising, Sponsorship

December 5, 2011 – 4:08 pm

Girlfriendology grows in 2011 – Expands Advertising and Sponsorships in 2012. Great Opportunities for Brands/Businesses to be ‘Girlfriend Recommended.’

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

Be ‘Girlfriend Recommended’ | Girlfriendology Advertising Sponsorship Opportunities

April 26, 2011 – 8:54 am

Spring / Summer Girlfriendology Advertising and Sponsorship Update

#ValentinesDay – Great day to Love Friends | Girlfriends, #Giveaways, Gifts

February 14, 2011 – 9:42 pm

Happy Valentine’s Day Girlfriends!

Girlfriend Advice for Webpreneurs – Facebook Marketing

December 6, 2010 – 3:25 pm

Do you manage a Facebook community?

Thanks Feedblitz for the opportunity to be published in your great community!

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