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Back to Work and Back to School! We're talking about our latest #GFweekend Twitter Party on this BlogTalkRadio show! We'll be joined by: We're talking BACK TO SCHOOL ... BRAVE WRITER – Founder JULIE BOGART has awesome homeschooling curriculum for writing and literature. Even if you don’t homeschool, she has great information for moms of students – from how to help them on the SAT/ACT, to how to encourage your kids to learn and grow their passion for knowledge. JOIN US as Julie shares homeschooling/mom insights and some FAB prizes like Back-to-School $50 Giftcards at Amazon and a Kindle! And BACK TO WORK ... THE BAUKE GROUP – Another great Julie will join us, meet JULIE BAUKE, founder of The Bauke Group. She and her team want you to be ‘Career Happy’ and skip to the shower every morning in anticipation of your wonderful career. She’ll offer information for job seekers and those of us who wonder if our career is going in the right direction. JOIN US as Julie will share all kinds of helpful career / job search information and AWESOME prizes like her book, coaching and THREE $50 gift cards at TJMaxx/Marshalls to buy your interview outfit!

What's up for your weekend, girlfriend? For most of us, the weekend usually involves two things (and not necessarily at the same time!) - Laundry & Wine, am I right?! So, we're combining the two (in a good way!) on our #GFweekend Twitter Party - today 8/10 3-4pm ET with our special guests and sponsors: BIZ STAIN FIGHTER and THE WINE SISTERHOOD. We'll talk with the Wine Sisterhood on this BlogTalkRadio. JOIN US! p.s. #GFweekend PRIZES: PRIZES: 1 years supply of your choice of either, Biz Stain Fighter, Oxydol Laundry Detergent or Mean Green Cleaner. Grand Prize –  1 Year Supply of Laundry & Household cleaning products, Biz, Oxydol and Mean Green. 3 Wine Sisterhood Gift Bags & $50 Target Gift Cards – Canvas Wine Sisterhood bag filled with wine gifts and treats

Being fascinated by the world of mom bloggers, TIFFANY NOTH founded Bloggy Moms in November 2009 to be a gathering place and offer community support and resources for every facet of a social media mom's life. Bloggy Moms currently has over 8,000 very active members and a Twitter following of 22,000+ She can be found at A Bloggy Mom and her faith based blog located at TiffanyNoth.com. Tiffany strongly believes in promoting women in blogging, social media and in business. So excited to speak at this great Blogger / Social Media Conference! JOIN ME at Bloggy Conference in Cincinnati, OH – September 27-29. (& get $100 off with code “Girlfriend”!) Here’s the scoop: As an extension of the Bloggy Moms Community, Bloggy Conference is first and foremost designed with community and information as its cornerstone.  Their goal is to provide real and useful information to further your social media longevity, to help you build strong connections, to provide support and resources in your areas of interest.

She's the girlfriend who really knows how to party - in a creative, fun, beautiful way! STACEY SHIRING is the founder of Creative Invites & Events. Listen in for her to share wedding tips, helpful information on partys and fun stories of great get-togethers with friends. Creative Invites and Events provides a fun and easy online and in-person experience to design and purchase one-of-a-kind wedding invitations, baby announcements, holiday cards & personal stationery pieces. Clients of CreativeInvitesAndEvents.com can combine designs, add monograms and embellish with ribbons and backers to match their unique event style.  All designs are submitted by local artists who are required to volunteer to improve the Cincinnati community.  A group, Cincy Dream Days, was started Stacey Shiring, in 2010 and works with the Cincinnati Ronald McDonald House to make exciting days for families staying at the house. Each client knows their purchase power helps stimulate their local economy, artist community and charities.

Ashley Hill, author of 'Celebrating the Journey.' She brings her knowledge, expertise, and compassion to helping junior and high school students and their families to successfully prepare for college. She founded the organization in July 2010 in response to her personal journey to achieving success in her undergraduate biology program. As a result, she was able to graduate in three years. She is dedicated to developing an individualized plan of action for every student and family because no two students are alike. She brings a unique approach to assisting future college students with proven strategies to get desired results which is gaining college admission and acquiring the tools to complete their degree. Hill graduated from Kent State University in 2008 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology. She graduated with a Master of Public Health degree from A.T. Still University in June 2011.

You want to make 'it' happen? LISTEN IN ... Danielle LaPorte is the outspoken author of the forthcoming book The Fire Starter Sessions: A Soulful + Practical Guide for Creating Success on Your Own Terms (from Random House/Crown). A business strategist and inspirational speaker, she's the creator of The Spark Kit: A Digital Experience for Entrepreneurs and co-author of Your Big Beautiful Book Plan. To date, over a million readers have visited DanielleLaPorte.com, lauded as "the best place on-line for kick-@ss spirituality." Danielle has been featured in Elle, Body + Soul, Vogue Australia, Better Homes & Gardens, Globe & Mail, The National Post, The Huffington Post, Entertainment Tonight, USAToday and BusinessWeek.com. She was a news show commentator for CBC, and is a former director of a Washington-DC think tank, where she managed a team of analysts studying global trends for the likes of the Pentagon and the World Bank. JOIN US as we talk with Danielle about making our dreams a reality and her girlfriend advice that we all need to hear.

Fortunately as women, we generally share information and info on being healthy is some of the most valuable. (If you haven’t got your health … it’s sad, right?) Thankfully we’ve got some great girlfriends around her at Girlfriendology who have great girlfriend advice! Meet ALISA VITTI, founder of FLO Living. She’s got great information for women about being hormonally healthy like this personal story on overcoming some big health issues. ALISA VITTI, HHC, AADP founded FLO Living in 2001 to help women recover from menstrual disturbances, fertility challenges, energy and low libido issues in their 20’s, 30’s, and 40’s. Alisa pioneered a nutritional protocol that restores hormonal balance. She received degrees from Johns Hopkins University and the Institute of Integrative Nutrition. Alisa was featured in Dr. Christiane Northrup’s Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom in 2010. She is currently writing her first book due out in March 2013.

Friendship and family - we've got the author who knows them well. Meet MELISSA FAY GREENE - MELISSA FAY GREENE is the author of five award-winning books of nonfiction. She lives in Atlanta and is the mother of nine. Information & photos can be found at www.melissafaygreene.com. Here's her great guest blog about her girlfriend :)

Girlfriend CRYSTAL COLLINS, co-creator of the Marketing Calendar Blueprint, also aka: The Thrifty Mama and part of the Savvy Blogging awesome bloggers, has some great advice for women entrepreneurs – it involves having a business strategy, not just ‘hoping’ our business will happen and become profitable. She asks the (possibly) tough question of women entrepreneurs: ‘What’s Your Business Strategy?’ And JOIN US on BlogTalkRadio.com/Girlfriendology as we talk with Crystal about our Marketing Calendar and Business Strategy!

Health and Wellness Girlfriend guru LISA MCDANIEL BROWN shares her fabulous fitness advice on what to eat before working out. And, on this BlogTalkRadio show, she’ll share great fitness advice like: The Top 5 things you can do today to improve your health today What a health coach is why you may need one What is ‘Sugar Addiction’ and how can we address it? What are Primary foods and Secondary foods, and why are both necessary to have balance and good health? LISA MCDANIEL BROWN is a health and wellness coach at LMBhealth.com. Before coaching, speaking, and blogging, Lisa was a broadcaster, PR/Marketing professional, and event planner with a degree in Communications. Her passion for health and well-being was nurtured from an early age – her father was a physician who specialized in weight control and longevity (and he’s still alive and thriving at age 97). Lisa grew up thinking everyone knew how to eat well and live their best life!

How does a busy mom work full-time and still blog, pin and stay on top of social media? Well, this one does and they all magically combine to give her some great insights that she'll share in today's Girlfriendology BlogTalkRadio show. Jessica Turner blogs on The Mom Creative about motherhood, memory keeping, faith, and frugal living. Every day is a juggling act as she balances working full-time, making memories with her family, photographing the every day and trying to be crafty. She also enjoys connecting with online friends via Facebook, Twitter and her latest addiction, Pinterest. She is proud to be a teacher for Big Picture Classes, an (in)courage contributor and Southwest Airlines' official mommy blogger. Jessica and her husband, Matthew, live in Nashville, Tennessee, with their two young children, Elias and Adeline.

Next Thursday, 3/22, we're sharing How to use PINTEREST for your Blog, Brand or Business including: Why you SHOULD BE ON PINTEREST When you SHOULDN'T be on Pinterest Design, Copyright and TOS Your own personal Pinterest strategy Who is on Pinterest and who is doing it well? How to get started on Pinterest How to grow your TRAFFIC and REVENUE with Pinterest How did we get 40,000+ PINTEREST followers in 5 weeks?! PINTEREST is the 'newest thing' to hit Social Media in a L-O-N-G time! Already at over 21 million+ users, it is kicking some Social Media butt! Plus, we'll provide a CHECKLIST FOR GETTING STARTED on this amazing and HOT Social Media platform! TICKETS: Tiers 1-5 SOLD OUT, get the next tier before the price goes UP! & Join our Affiliate program

We’re still celebrating International Women’s Day. It is a day to celebrate women and our achievements, to acknowledge women who make a difference, and to recognize the challenges so many still face. One women who shared this day with us and inspired so many women is our girlfriend – PATRICIA SANDS, author of ‘The Bridge Club.’ Patricia Sands lives in Toronto, Canada. With a happily blended family of seven children and, at last count, six grandchildren, life is full and time is short. Beginning with her first Kodak Brownie camera at age six, she has told stories all her life through photography. Her award-winning debut novel The Bridge Club was a finalist in the general fiction category for the Foreword Reviews 2010 Book of The Year.

I hate to rub it in, but I just got back from the BEST women and wine event in Napa! (Actually, I SHOULD hate to rub it in, but it was so fun I just HAVE to share!) I attended the First Annual Wine Sisterhood Gathering - a custom blend of wine and women - it was AWESOME! Today we'll chat with MARY ANN VANGRIN, Director of Communications and Social Media for Canopy Management about this event and the fun things that happen when you create 'a custom blend of women and wine' - like we did in Napa last Sunday-Tuesday.   JOIN US!

Need some good 'ole girlfriend advice on de-cluttering? It's almost 'Spring Cleaning' time and we've got just the girlfriend who is going to help us de-clutter (& even have a garage sale with a girlfriend!) DANA WHITE blogs daily as “Nony” at A Slob Comes Clean. Her blog is the completely honest (and never-ending) story of her deslobification process. She shares the truth about cleaning and organization methods that work for a real-life slob. And she’s funny. Check out her series on how to have a successful garage sale and her new e-book, 28 Days to Hope for Your Home. (It’s not for the mildly disorganized!)