Gingham & Roses Link Up & Social Media Hop {3} #GinghamRoses

Posted on January 19, 2014 by Tenns Reid

Hey everyone! Welcome to the third week of Gingham & Roses Link Up & Social Media Hop. Last week we began pinning blog posts that were linked up. The trend will continue and all posts will be pinned to the on Pinterest to maximize exposure of your shared posts.

Gingham & Roses is growing more and more with each passing week and I couldn’t be happier to share and connect with you all!

Gingham & Roses is a forum to allow bloggers to share, promote, and network. I strongly believe in paying it forward, and one of the ways I can do that is to have a place for my blogging friends to meet. It also always everyone with the opportunity to embrace each other work by visiting and promoting one another’s blogs.

Please visit as many blogs as you can, give some comment love, connect via social media, and last but not least HAVE FUN! That’s what Gingham & Roses is all about.

This week we are joined by a lovely Co-host:

Herschel from Scrugg Bug Corner

Get the word out by sharing Gingham & Roses with all your friends:

Grab the Gingham & Roses button!

First time here? Leave me a comment and let me know!

Open call for Co-hosting! Want to Co-Host Gingham & Roses? Email me at: to find out how!

Thanks so much for linking up with me this week! I hope to see you back next week to share and connect.

xxoo,

On Blogging | Link Parties & Blog Memes

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Tenns Reid

Blog Hops and Link Parties

Blog Hops and Link Parties are an excellent way to connect and share with other bloggers, as well as get exposure. Back when I first started blogging in 2008-2009, there was no such thing as a link party or blog hop. I mainly blogged in the fashion and beauty niche back then, and even dabbled in the food/baking niche. I found it very difficult to connect with others in those niches and share and connect. Twitter had just started up, Facebook Fan Page were new as well, and there was no Instagram, Google +, or Pinterest. I mainly connected with those in my niches via Flickr, ning networks, and Youtube. Since I’ve returned to blogging about 5 months ago, I was pleasantly surprised to see the many ways in which bloggers now connect. Bloggers have maximum exposure giving platforms to utilize such as Pinterest and super quick ways of connecting and sharing through Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. They also have Google +, which is a great resource for SEO and exposure as well. Additionally, we have these great things called link parties (memes, blog hops, etc…). I think they are a great idea, but a few months back I came across a very negative post them, and blogged about it here. I was enthralled with this link party idea and didn’t understand why the blogger was so negative toward them. Apparently, I was out of the loop, not having blogged for several years, in knowing that these things were not new. I’m not sure when the idea of a link party was originated or who did it, but they were definitely on to something. Continue reading →