Blog Guidebook Sponsorship Giveaway!

Guess what?! We are tickled pink to be giving away a sponsorship spot (right over there in our sidebar) to one of our lovely readers! Front and center (ok, well not center, maybe front and far right...but you get the idea). We would love to help give your blog, site, or Etsy shop the extra attention it deserves. All you have to do is:

1.) Become a FOLLOWER.

2.) Tell your friends about us! Here are some options (pick one...or even better a few):
• Write a quick post about the Blog Guidebook on your blog, linking to our site (a button might come in handy, and you can find them HERE)
• Tweet about us
• Post about us on Facebook

3.) In the comments section, leave your name and e-mail address. Tell us how you shared the news about The Blog Guidebook (example: "I posted on my blog" or "I tweeted").

Limit one entry per person. Giveaway ends Tuesday, Sept. 14th.

Learn About Blogs of Note

You may or may not have heard of Bloggers' Blogs of Note. It is a pretty cool deal. Blogger (randomly) grabs a blog from the blogosphere (a Blogger blog of course), and they call it a Blog of Note on their site. This means that MANY people are going to see it. The can go from two followers to a thousand in a day...and that is what is amazing.
It's also one of the goals of the Blog Guidebook to help promote little blogs, big blogs, happy blogs and sad blogs - all blogs. That's what we want to do every day here. We hope you'll help us do that. Visit your sisters in the category you are listed in and tell them positive things, we all need feedback! Wander around our categories, find something new!
The Blog Guidebook will soon start a running list of blogs we think you'd love to know about...More on this new feature coming soon.
So you never know...you might one day become a Blog of Note! To find more Blogs of Note check out Blogger's blog Blogs of Note, and to find a history of Blog of Note click here.

This Just In

Due to the overwhelming response to our Upgrade for Free offer last week, we've decided to extend it indefinitely. That means the offer to list your button for free (a $20 value) in the category of your choice, just for posting about us, could end at any moment...so tell your friends and family!

All of the blogs we've been seeing are amazing and we can't wait to read more. Keep on Blogging!

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Don't have a button yet? Need one designed? We're so excited to be teaming up with the very talented Shelly at atomic creative design:

You can get a button of your very own for only $15! You can contact Shelly to get started. Just click the graphic above.

Photo Interest = Pinterest

http://pinterest.com/katriend/products-i-love/

Recently we came across a new site aimed at saving and grouping photos one may have found on the internet. It's called Pinterest and right now it is in Beta (see Glossary for details on Beta). But you can still join; you apply and Pinterest sends you an invitation...it's great for photographers, artists, and regular folks like us.

You get the ability to click on a photo and it saves it to your Pinterest "boards", with the url location, so you know where you found it. It's a great tool for blogging. There have to be many saved photos in folders across the planet that the person forgot where it originally came from. It is SO easy to use...the "Pin It" button goes in your navigational bar on your browser...so it's always handy.
Boards can be named and you save the photos where you like. You can create all sorts of boards, such as White Rooms, Things I Love, Designs, Favorite Hair Styles, Aqua, Travel Pics, and on and on. There are tons of categories to search too.

Pinterest also has a fun blog you can read up on popular Pinners.

Giveaway Parade - featuring Ruby Moon Art

Happy Friday and Three Day Weekend!

Amy at Ruby Moon Art has created the most adorable Halloween bracelet, and she's offered to give it away to one lucky winner on September 27th. You won't need a costume this year Mildred!

Please pop over to Ruby Moon Art and tell her how fabulous this charming bauble is...then come back here and leave a comment below. A winner will be drawn from comments on The Blog Guidebook. Giveaway ends on September 27th at noon.
And don't forget, there is one more day to enter Kristine Lynn's photography giveaway, and the awesome Artful Blogger Magazine giveaway that started yesterday. So many possibilities!