February 2012
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Welcome Sister Magazine!
The Blog Brunch Team feels strongly that it’s vital to celebrate the success within our community! Today, we want to raise our glass (or mimosa) to Bruncher’s, Toni and Thea over at Sister Magazine who took the digital magazine world by storm with their first issue!
Featuring some of our favorite subjects; food, fashion and in-depth success stories, Sister Magazine is a must read for bloggers...
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Big Announcement: We're Going Live!
Since the very beginning of Blog Brunch we’ve seen a “big picture!” We get emails everyday from our wonderful Brunchers anxious to hear more about our growing community and the things BB has to offer… so we thought we would remove the veil of secrecy and just plain tell you what the next year holds for Blog Brunch.
Live Brunches: Tweet-Ups are fabulous (and they are not going away), but...
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Recap: Sponsorship and Monetizing
Last week’s Blog Brunch was full of brilliant answers and great insight into the world of Sponsorship and Monetizing. Fresh off the heels of Altitude Design Summit many of the attendees were excited to comment and give their thoughts on a topic that was also hot at Alt Summit.
So let’s get right into the goodness and let you guys see what we enjoyed so much about last...
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Tomorrow is Brunch
Happy Blog Brunch Eve! Blog Brunch will be making a splash tomorrow with our favorite topic yet, Sponsorships and Monetizing! Many of you showed interest in understanding this topic and we cannot wait to dive right in. If this is your first Brunch, we encourage you to read over the following questions, think about your answers and participate in the conversation tomorrow at 10 am PST / 1 PM...
February Blogger of the Month: Amy Anderson of...
Everyday as we scroll through our twitter and reader feeds, we run across amazing blogs that offer a unique vision and direction. When we see these same talented blogger join in the Blog Brunch conversations we are ecstatic! This idea of shining light on some of the amazing bloggers in our community sparked the idea of Blogger of the Month, and we are thrilled to announce Amy of Parker Etc. as...
January 2012
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Blog Brunch This Saturday
Hello Brunchers! If you are like us you wake up every Saturday hoping it’s a Blog Brunch weekend, well the good news is IT’S HERE! Coming off of our amazing week in Salt Lake City at Alt Summit we are thrilled to hop back into Brunches and continue to meet and learn from everyone in our community! Saturday’s Brunch on February 4, 2012 @ 10 AM PST/ 1 PM EST is all about Sponsorship and...
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“In the big scheme of things, the work will come and go, the trends will shift,...”
– Eric Ryan Anderson.
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Alt Summit 2012: The Recap
So many wonderful things can spring from gathering in one place with a lovely group of likeminded creative’s; add some snow, great wine, a little food and you may get something as awe-inspiring as Alt Summit. We had a hunch when we dreamed up Blog Brunch that bloggers like us craved the ability to share their talent and experience with each other, Alt is the proof that bloggers thrive in...
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Blog Brunch Meetup Alt Summit!
We have been waiting so long to get together with Bloggers from all over the world and this week we have that chance at Alt Summit! What better way to get to-know our fellow Blog-Brunchers than over some cocktails after the Wednesday Night “Dinner With” meals?!
We are planning to meet after dinner around 9:30 pm at Squatters. (We’re not able to reserve a section of the bar...
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January Blog Brunch Recap: Collaborations
Hello Everyone! We are absolutely thrilled with how our last Brunch about Collaborations went; here are some of the highlights! For more information, or a full transcript please visit this link.
1. Name what you feel are the key elements of a great collaboration.
Chevronseclairs: Key elements would be organization and consistency
HitchDesign: Being open and receptive to giving and...
January Brunch and Alt Summit Meetup
We are just 2 days away from talking all about Collaboration. This is such an exciting topic for us since that is how Blog Brunch came to be. We cannot wait to hear all of your thoughts, questions, and ideas on what it means to collaborate or begin the process of collaboration. You all have been tweeting up a storm about your excitement on this topic so we know this brunch is going to be full...
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December 2011
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January Brunch: Collaboration
We are so excited to talk about one of our favorite topics this upcoming Blog Brunch,COLLABORATIONS! As you may already know, wonderful things can come for a collaboration; new friends, creative content, even business opportunities! Take Blog Brunch for instance, which is a creative collaboration between the two of us! For our next Brunch on January 7, 2012 @ 10 AM PST/ 1 PM EST we will be...
Happy Holidays!
We wanted to wish you all a Happy Holidays to all our Brunchers who have made Blog Brunch so fun this year. We can’t wait for 2012 and all the fun topics we have to explore. Thank you for all your support this year, cheers to the fun to come!
Happy Holidays!
Katie and Megan
12/3 Brunch Recap
We have been so excited to post our recap of our last Brunch we held on Twitter. Brunch went well with everyone having great information on Twitter and how to be successful using it. It was obvious how important twitter is to creating a strong brand for yourself as well as connecting with followers. We hope all of you who participated had a wonderful time but for those of you who had to miss the...
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And the winner is...
A big congrats to Melanie from Inward Facing Girl for winning the Blog Brunch Giveaway :) From just participating in last weekend’s Brunch, Melanie was entered to win this amazing necklace from one of our extraordinary brunchers, Natalie’s adorable online boutique called Calliope! Melanie will be receiving this sweet Lovebird Necklace soon! Hurray!
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Giveaway with Calliope Boutique
We have been really excited to announce that we are doing a giveaway this month with Blog Brunch. One of our fellow brunchers, Natalie owns an adorable online boutique called Calliope. If you have not checked it out get on over and let us know what your favorite things are in her shop. She was so wonderful to let us give away this Lovebird Necklace over the Brunching weekend.
So how do you win...
November 2011
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Blog Brunch 12/3 Questions - Twitter
Hey Everyone!
We are gearing up for this Saturday’s Brunch and we cannot wait to begin discussing Twitter at 10 AM PST/ 1PM PST. We received so many great suggestions on topics to cover on Twitter so we have tried to everyone’s suggestions in to our questions for this week. Are you all getting excited?
We hope last month many of you learned some new tips and tricks on SEO and are...
December 3rd Blog Brunch
Hi Brunchers!
We are thrilled to announce that Blog Brunch on December 3, 2011 @ 10 AM PST/ 1 PM EST will be the first topic in the category of Social Media focusing on (our favorite SM Platform) TWITTER!
We intend to explore the subject of Twitter and dive into how to make Twitter work for you and your blog! As we speak we are compiling a list of questions to discuss during brunch...
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Stamped
We are always looking for new ways to make our electronic devises work better for our blogs and brand so when we came across Stamped we knew we had found a real gem. Stamped is a great way to connect with people and let people know what you love and suggest. With traveling a lot and going to many new cities what a better way than to hear from other tastemakers what is the best of the best. So...
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We Wanna Know: Your Podcast Picks!
We are suckers for the sweet sounds of the radio while we work and are curious if you had any great recommendations for your favorite podcasts?
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It's the Weekend
Over at Blog Brunch we have been planning for December’s Brunch and we cannot wait to give more information in the coming weeks on topic and questions! Also we have been thinking about Alt. Summit a lot and cannot wait to meet many you brunchers in person!
Hope you have a lovely weekend!
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Prints for your Office
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When working for yourself or on your own in your own home office even if it is after your day job it can be hard to get motivated to keep plugging away at what you love! It always good to have something to give you a little nudge that you can do it. All these prints do just that and should give you just the motivation you need in the moment you need it most.
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November 5th Blog Brunch
We wanted to make sure that anyone who missed Brunch last Saturday would be able to see everything we discussed! There was some killer conversation and great info to improving your SEO for your blog and website. Lots of questions were answered so head over and check out what was said!
http://beta.hashtracking.com/wimpy-1-report/cjeffers-blogbrunch-2011-11-05/
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Tomorrow is Brunch!
Well Hello There,
Happy Blog Brunch Eve Everyone! We are on pins and needles for our second Brunch tomorrow and hope you are too! After we announced our topic of Search Engine Optimization we were flooded with suggestions and questions, and as a result we have a super sized twitter meetup we think you all will enjoy!
Last month we brunched about a topic that we all deal with on a daily...
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SEO For Bloggers
Over at Blog Brunch we are getting ready for a the 2nd Brunch on Saturday! We cannot wait to hear your thoughts and ideas behind SEO and to help you all connect with some new and exciting bloggers. So we know many of you do not know much about SEO and you may be thinking SEO what?! Well no worries because Saturday will help at least get your started if not become a pro by the time we are done.
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October 2011
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Brunching Food
We are dreaming about the upcoming brunch on November 5th and think that crepes seem like the perfect compliment to learning the hard topic of SEO. Do you have a favorite crepe recipe? What would you put inside?
- Megan
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Office Happy
planner | mug | tape | magnets | inspiration | pencils
When spending so much time in an office as a blogger it is key to have things that keep you smiling. We found a few items that can spice up your space and bring a smile to your day.
Is there an item in your “office” that you love? Does it inspire you? Does it make you happy?
Your Tools of the Trade
What are those things that you must have to run your business and blog. Some of your have different ways you do things and different ideas on how you run your business and your blog. We would love to hear the things you must have to do your day to day.
For me as a designer and a blogger there is no way I could do much of anything I do everyday without my tools. This is my list…and maybe...
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Blogger Find Of The Day: Easy Product Photography... →
How to make your products feel fancy for about $12!
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Blogger Find of the Day: Biz Ladies on Bookkeeping
I hate bookkeeping. My almost-all-the-time-right-brain rebels on so many levels and after working at doing it for almost two tax years now I feel like I am beginning to have some level of understanding. When I saw this post on Design Sponge’s Biz Ladies column I may have did a little happy dance. This is very well broken down for us creative minds. It is long but the most important thing...
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How to Choose a Name
I remember when beginning my business Hitch Design Studio and my blog The Fresh Exchange I wasn’t totally thinking. I began The Fresh Exchange with no real purpose other than just posting things I love, which is why many begin blogs. At the time, I never really thought that my blog and company would possibly become tied together. I am not sure why this is other than out of pure ignorance....
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Blogger Find of the Day: Timely →
Ever wondered when the best time to tweet is for your subscribers? Check out Timely to find out when that exact time is.