BLM Girls

tablet//sweatshirt//planner/usb//pillow//camera/notebook

Hi Pretties,
Happy Monday! The weekend here was so cold and rainy and I have a feeling that we could have a white Christmas!!! That would be very cool, or brrr cold! 15 days until Christmas lovelies and today’s gift guide is for the blogger in ya’ life! This year marks 15 months of blogger bliss and yep I still love blogging. But a blogger needs some awesome tools and I’ve included a few for your shopping pleasure! Splurge on this tablet that’s a pc that’s a tablet! My blog is dope, enough said! That blogging planner is nice, love the spiral binding so you can keep all things together. kate spade usb, too cute and a great backup for the backup! Fashion is my passion and this pillow is perfect. The Canon Rebel, a blogger’s dream camera. A blogger finds inspiration everywhere, don’t miss a thing with this handy notebook with a built in pencil!

Another good gift is a trip to a blogging conference. There are so many blogger conferences to choose from, hosted in major cities around the country. Blogger conferences present first and foremost, the chance to meet other bloggers and build meaningful relationships. Second, classes to learn the basics of blogging from selecting a theme to adding social media icons to your blog and some advanced stuff as well such as branding and affiliate marketing. And of course, a chance to meet industry leaders and brands. You can find the movers and shakers in the blogging community and the big brands all under one roof. Not to mention the photo opps, parties, and swag bags! I’m still trying to decide which one to attend next year!

Blogging, line dancing, yoga, fishing, are you gifting for someone that has a passion?

Link parties{here}.

Keep it Pretty,
robincharmagne

Hello Pretties,
Today’s post is a very special OOTD. I’m wearing my new favorite tee-shirt!

BLM Girl! 1//BLM tee-shirt and 2//Leggings-Macy’s

BLM you say? That’s Bloggers Like Me, a wonderful group dedicated to nurturing and developing great bloggers. On Saturday, it was my honor to attend the BLM Experience Atlanta. I was a little hesitant about going to the event (I’m a bit shy) but the cost was amazing, less than $50 bucks and in the A, so yes I had to attend. Our hostess was Kimberly Wright of Keystrokes by Kimberly. Right out of the gate, she challenged us to take two real relationships from the event and grow them. After all, that was the theme for all four events being held simultaneously in Atlanta, Los Angeles, New York and Washington, DC. Our focus for the day was Branding. Kimberly’s style was relaxed and informal, making it really easy to ask questions. We were introduced to various ways to build our brand from registering our blog hashtag to registering an EIN to preparing an elevator pitch! Myself and the other 10 lovely bloggers soaked up the knowledge, feverishly taking notes throughout the day. All this along with a great brunch provided by Gordon Biersch Brewing Company/Midtown. Take a peek!

“You are your brand, your brand is you.” -Kimberly Wright

Yummy brunch with salad, flat-bread tapas, artisan pizza, southwest egg rolls, and sweet chili chicken wings

If that wasn’t enough, we had a guest speaker, Yalanda P. Lattimore, creator of DryerBuzz.com, an online resource for news and information. Like Kimberly, Yalanda was equally candid and open in her presentation. She reminded us that we are storytellers and that with blogging “The more you want to do it for free, the more you’ll want to do it.”

This pretty much describes it, knowledge + humor = a great time

This photo pretty much describes the day- knowledge + humor = a great time

And I can’t leave out the awesome bloggers I had the pleasure of meeting. I enjoyed the fellowship with goal oriented, talented, creative, and driven women. What a group!

Engaged and Excited

This entire experience was quite inspiring. I look forward to refreshing and renewing my blog(1yr. anniversary this month) and growing some new friendships.

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Link parties{here}.

Keep it Pretty,
robincharmagne

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