Author: The Park Wife

A Great Headshot {Plus a Giveaway}

by Linda Richards

As bloggers, we know how important it is to gain our readers’ trust. If they don’t consider us both credible and interesting, they won’t keep coming back to our blog, right?

Establishing our personal brand and our blog’s brand is often an intertwined process because in many cases, a blogger’s blog is the writer’s way to express their own thoughts, feelings and opinions so the personal brand is a part of the blog’s brand. Even for many business blogs like mine, my personal reputation and brand is intertwined with my business.

Let’s look at the most basic definitions of branding from what better place the dictionary:

“Marketing process of creating identity for brand a means of distinguishing one firm’s products or services from another’s and of creating and maintaining an image that encourages confidence in the quality and performance of that firm’s products or services”

Jamie is a professional writer who also has a personal blog. She wanted a headshot that clearly established her personal blog’s branding from her writing business.

How does photography influence my branding?

Whether your blog is personal or for business, the images you choose send a message and influence your branding. This includes the many photos that are needed on the About page, to the photography within each blog post.

A personal blog (or a blog for a sole proprietor business) will be more likely to have plenty of photos of the person who writes the blog. A blog for a business (or even a personal blog that talks about products, food, etc.) needs to have plenty of quality photos that represent their topic.

How do I use photography to establish my brand?

To answer this question, consider your answers to these questions:

Jane's "day job" is working at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. but she also co-created a local chapter of the non-profit Dress for Success. She needed a more light-hearted yet still professional headshot for this role.

What is my brand?
What are my strengths, expertise and limitations?
How do others see my personal brand?
Is this brand right for me?
How can I demonstrate my brand in what I write and how I respond to others?

Jane’s “day job” is working at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. but she also co-created a local chapter of the non-profit Dress for Success. She needed a more light-hearted yet still professional headshot for this role.

For a written product like a blog, establishing how you want to be seen and how you convey that in words is the first step in creating your overall brand. The photography you choose is born from those decisions. Once you know the answers to the above questions, you can begin the process of choosing photography to establish your brand.

Cherise needed some serious shots for business and fun headshots for personal use. This fun picture shows a different side to her personality.

Headshots, portfolio and stock: Oh my!

It starts with a headshot and photography about your life (or blog subject matter). This includes photos in your environment that is reflected in your blog’s overall theme. (check out my guest post on the EvolvedMommy blog for tips on getting the most out of your headshot).

But what about all the photos and images you need for each blog post? Written content needs interesting images to illustrate the message.

Erin's brightly-colored shirt choice complements the vibrancy in her smile.

Are you using photos from your cell phone or quality photos from stock photography sites? If you aren’t a photographer by trade (or lots of good practice), you may consider using photography sites such as Dreamstime iStockPhoto. There are many other sites where you can get inexpensive or even free stock photography to use.

Erin, who wants to be an event planner, needed a professional headshot that was bright and cheerful. It was a serious style that gave her youth credibility.

For photos that are for your About page or images that will be visible frequently, you might consider hiring a photographer to get just the images you want. This is especially important for business blogs when it comes to taking photos of food or products. It’s easy to think that because those items don’t move, that they are easy to photograph and that’s just not the case.

Megan is a young professional who needed a casual, modern image that was age appropriate while conveying a sense of confidence and emerging leadership.

Megan's headshot is a perfect example of an on-location headshot.

A giveaway!

I’m excited to be able to guest post at Arkansas Women Bloggers and want to help all of you establish your brand through photography. That’s why I’m offering a giveaway special!

If you enter, you will be eligible to win my Professional Headshot package for free.

It comes with the following:

30-minute photography session
Headshots and full body poses
10-20 images to choose from
1 image, web ready and high-resolution
2 backgrounds (in studio) or an outdoor location
Up to 2 outfits

All photography sessions on location must be within 30 miles or so of Bentonville, Arkansas. If you live outside that area, I hope you still enter! There are plenty of places up in Northwest Arkansas to have a great photo shoot. While you’re here, you can enjoy shopping, Crystal Bridges or many other fun family activities.

To enter, you have to do two things: 1) like my Linda Richards Photography Facebook page, and 2) leave a comment on this post so that I recognize you from Arkansas Women Bloggers. The drawing will be on Friday, May 16, 2013.

So think about this: what does your photography say about your brand? It may be time to update your image.

Linda Richards is the lead photographer at Linda Richards Photography in Bella Vista, Arkansas. As someone who has worked within a corporate

environment for 17 years, Linda understands the professional and personal photography needs for today’s professional. Linda is a wife to Randy for 19 years and a mom to Dane and Dylan; she also understands the needs for capturing the family’s personality in photos. Linda has lived in NWA since 1998 and enjoys traveling, movies, and spending time with her friends and family in her free time.

Swift Kick in the Bloggy Pants

Sometimes, we need a swift kick in the pants. Most of the consultants and gurus out there providing counsel and support for bloggers do it with a warm and fairly encouraging tone. Debbie Arnold of Dining With Debbie shared a link to with some interesting – and blunt – perspective on things the author wishes all bloggers would do. Like it or not, agree or not, there are some good pointers. Check it out and tell us what you think! http://dukeo.com/10-things-i-wish-all-bloggers-i-read-would-do/

A side note: thank goodness for Debbie – she is our very own sort of Bloggy Gladys Kravitz – not nosy per se, but always peeking through the blinds and keeping an eye on trends in the blogosphere to share with us – we love it! Thanks for this and the other tips, Debbie! The rest of you: see below if you have a tip or two to share!

Tuesday Tips are not intended to reinvent the wheel and may not always be cutting edge to all of you – we just want to share some of the nifty things we run across on the blogosphere. We’re doing that uppity thing – curating – which in our minds is just a fancy interpretation of the mission of AWB to gather, grow and connect: gather you here, grow your voices and your lovely blogs, and connect you with one another and some helpful tips from time to time. If you run across an item you think would be worth posting, send it with subject “Tips” to beth@arkansaswomenbloggers.com. You can follow our “Tools & Tips” board on Pinterest or #AWBTips on Twitter. Share your fab finds and let us know what you think!

How Bloggers Are Changing The World

by Beth Stephens, The Little Magpie

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. ~ Margaret Mead

From the very first time I visited the Arkansas Women Bloggers site in 2010, I knew there was something special about this little community, but I couldn’t quite put my finger on what made it stand out specifically. Yes, it was a pretty and well laid-out site (back then on Blogger!). Yes, it had some nice visuals and content that I enjoyed. Yes, the word on the street about the gals behind the site was that when they held a meet-up, it exuded warmth and openness. However, you could say all of those things about dozens of other blogger communities all over the U.S.

So, as I’ve often shared, in typical Beth-fashion I sent them a note with a harebrained idea for a blog conference – something low key and a little bit different from all the big conferences. Back then, Fawn of Instead of the Dishes was part of the leadership team, and she is still an ex officio member despite deserting Arkansas for Missouri. She drew the short straw and got stuck picking up the phone to call me, and the rest is history. Now, the third annual AWBU (Arkansas Women Bloggers Unplugged) conference is upon us, and it has developed a delightful cult-like following. (You’ve registered, right? The early bird registration rate ends in 2 days!!)

The point of all that is this: the women of Arkansas Women Bloggers are very different, and that same vibe is spreading across the mid-south as our missionaries spread and take the goodness to other states where it continues to grow (case in point: Oklahoma Women Bloggers, oh and Kansas, Texas, and soon Alabama and Mississippi). I think that all boils down to a clear mission, unwavering focus on the path chosen and doing the right thing, knowing that it always pays off. I think there is another common trait in the really good bloggers:

A certain entrepreneurial spirit, a story they feel obligated from their bones to share, a knack for making deep
and sincere connections with others and a little bit of scrappiness.

As it so happens, the qualities above (mission, focus, doing the right thing) all make up one of our very own Arkansas bloggers, Jenny Marrs. I’ve already dedicated ample blog space to listing all the reasons I adore her personally and telling you about her adoption journey, and many of you may have already grown fond of her yourselves when you met her after she led a photography workshop at last year’s AWBU conference at the Ozark Folk Center. She and her family are on a mission to bring their little girl home, they are unwavering in their focus, and along the way I can assure you they always do the right thing.

As a result, not one but two amazing organizations have approached their family with some incredible opportunities. Give1Save1 is featuring their adoption journey and an amazing video as part of a fundraiser all this week, and Arkansas-grown Pure Charity is using their story to launch an adoption fundraising feature of their website this week at the Summit 9 adoption conference.

In summary: Two national organizations dedicated to adoption and philanthropy. A national conference paying heed to a story linking Bentonville, Arkansas and Africa. Thousands of future U.S. families and orphans from developing nations who will be positively affected and who will ultimately become connected as families thanks to the fundraising and awareness tools provided by these two visionary organizations.

That, dear readers, is the power of bloggers. It’s the power, in my opinion, of Arkansas Women Bloggers. It’s the kind of amazing, can’t-possibly-be-true stories that literally happen all the time because of the deep and lasting impact of the relationships developed when a solitary blogger in Arkansas (like The Park Wife) decides to build a community (like Arkansas Women Bloggers) with a focused mission and a commitment to doing the right thing (Gather, Grow, Connect), and when that community grows into a passionate group of bloggers who have those common traits mentioned above:

A certain entrepreneurial spirit, a story they feel obligated from their bones to share, a knack for making deep and sincere connections with others and a little bit of scrappiness.

Thank you for being part of our community and for always being the ones who lift others up.

~ Beth (The Little Magpie)

Want to learn more?

Read more of the story and a few reasons we heart this family: We Only Have What We Give

Visit the Give1Save1 site to see their heartwarming video (you will want to see this!)

See the new adoption portal and learn more about Pure Charity on the Marrs Family page:

Visit Jenny’s blog for more of their story: Blessings And Raindrops

Investing in Community & Neighborhoods {Making the world a better place to be (and blog)}

by Beth Stephens of The Little Magpie

Last time, we talked a little about taking a different lens for Earth Month by living kindly, living happily and living lightly. Did any of you take us up on that challenge?

That conversation really centered around looking internally, and on making the world a better place. Today, I wanted to force us to be a little more outwardly facing, which also seems natural as the weather becomes more consistently nice and we all turn our faces toward the sun and the rest of the world like starved little flowers craving the light after a long winter.

As I thought about the concept of community and of neighborhoods, I thought a little bit about my own neighborhood – the things I love, and the things I would change with a magic wand. I thought about how much the landscape has changed in the nearly nine years since we moved into our crazy old house (“A Good House“) in the historic downtown part of Rogers.

It’s a neighborhood you have to choose, and it isn’t the one most realtors lead newcomers to when a job brings them to northwest Arkansas from Cincinnati or Minneapolis. Like all good things, it takes some seeking out to land here.

When we first moved in, our toddler Sophie seemed like the only kid for miles. Then one day when she was about five, a little boy coasted down the alley on a scooter. He seemed to appear out of thin air. She stared out the window, nose pressed to the glass, at him with a look on her face that read “I don’t know who that is, but I want to play with him.”

We certainly change as adults. We are suddenly set in our ways, cranky, unwilling to go to the work of cultivating a new friend or to take the risk of extending an invitation to others to enter our world… they might decline or find dust on our furniture.

My husband and I often rush in after work, gather our kids around us, make the family comment that “we are done with the world for today” and then pull the blinds to focus internally. It is equally critical, however, that we focus externally. The lemonade stands on the corner and the communal swing in our front yard and the little memorial sign the kids made mourning a giant neighborhood tree that was cut down following a storm… these are all the things that build community.

This week alone, one neighbor continued our ongoing barter system: she cares for my kids as though they are her own grandchildren at no charge, and I occasionally drop off a hot meal or give her my discarded junk (she calls it “merchandise”) for her flea market booth. Another neighbor and I meet for sunrise yoga and a cup of coffee and conversation. Yet another neighbor brought us a dozen fresh eggs from her chickens as an offering when she came to borrow a ladder.

I realized that even though we can be introverted and deeply selfish about creating private time for our little family, we are also building something: it’s called community. It made me flash back to an image I saw on a greeting card as a college student that spoke deeply to me. Trust me, it took some digging on the interwebs, but I found it:

With a little digging, I learned that it is an original 1998 watercolor by artist Karen Kerney (available as a lovely poster for $15 from Syracuse Cultural Workers). While it is fifteen years old, the message rings as true today as it did at its debut, and I think Ms. Kerney nailed it. In essence, we all need to remember to regularly do a little community and neighborhood building.

My family’s next opportunity will be on May Day, when we like to get a little old fashioned and sneak around with some neighborly surprises. (If any neighbors read this… just act surprised.)

There are some seriously fun and intriguing infographics about neighborhoods from the good (bwaha) folks at Good, but here’s one quick teaser: which five states do you think are the most “neighborly?” Hint: Arkansas didn’t make the cut.

We’re all pretty good at being neighborly online and building our “social networks,” but we don’t always know our own neighbors. There is now even a social network FOR neighborhoods, called NextDoor. It’s kind of neat. Here is an interesting article on its premise that is worth a read and a ponder.

Would you believe (and it is pure coincidence that I stumbled on this while writing this post) that THIS Saturday 4/27 there are intriguing plans for a Good Neighborday? Don’t stress that you should plan some perfect party, just jump in by getting together informally or dropping a little hello note for your neighbors.

Mr. Rogers will be so proud.

To Have and Have Not {Foodie Friday}

I am a die-hard Hemingway fan, so you’ll just have to endure another stretch title for this post. The thought, though, is for us to think for a moment in the opposite direction of most Foodie Friday posts: about scarcity, depravation and the absence of food. Sounds awful, doesn’t it?!

Image from The Graphics Fairy

Let’s ease our way into the conversation with just the idea of giving up something you enjoy from time to time: For many, this is the season of Lent. It is observed by different religions in different manners, but I was raised to choose a well-liked item or habit and refrain from it between Ash Wednesday and Easter. Many religious denominations observe this forty day period of “fasting, repentance, moderation and spiritual discipline set aside for reflection.” Whether you are religious or not, I’ve found that this annual period of abstaining gives me better health, focus, clarity and a feeling of spring cleaning my life, in a way.

Likewise, many cultures and religious denominations around the world occasionally participate in a fast or period of abstinence for health, holiday, spiritual or other reasons. It has become more and more commonplace for diets or new year’s resolutions to kick off with a cleanse (our friend Fawn recently blogged about her motivation and experience doing a three day cleanse).

My good friend Srividya who was born in India and now lives in northwest Arkansas recently shared with me the Hindu approach to avoidance of eggs, garlic and other foods. I’m intrigued by the world’s vastly differing approach to food and learning about new ways to season or prepare meals.

That’s Ainsley discovering her affinity for Indian food at Ms. Srividya’s house.
I’ll share the details of the meal over on The Food Adventuress!

If in love absence makes the heart go fonder, the same can be said of food. In the past, my forty days have included abstaining from chocolate, bread (definitely my heart grows fonder on both those counts) and soda (in which case I remember why it is not a healthy habit in general).

Whether you have given up certain types of food in the past for spiritual, health, cultural or other reasons, would you tell us about your experience? What did you discover, what was your approach or what permanent tweaks have you made? What does a healthy relationship with food look like for you?

In having this discussion, it’s also important that we remind ourselves of our great fortune in having such a conversation. The ability to abstain from a food usually indicates its abundance and our own fortune. Food scarcity, food insecurity and utter depravation are also normal throughout the world.

There are countless noble philanthropic organizations throughout our state and nation, but as Arkansas Women Bloggers it’s important to note that Arkansas is home to two phenomenal organizations that combat hunger: Heifer International and the Arkansas Rice Depot. Dozens of charitable organizations across the state such as the Samaritan Center work to ensure that children who may not have access to three meals a day on weekends or school holidays receive support.

Heifer International is Arkansas-based, but globally-focused.

As you consider your own healthy choices, less-than-healthy past choices and developing a life that includes a healthy relationship with food, consider your good fortune in having rather than having not.

Tell us all about your thoughts on this subject in the comments below, please!

Introducing Tuesday Tech Tips

Today, we are pleased to announce Tuesday Tech Tips here on Arkansas Women Bloggers. They’re a cross between Wordless Wednesday photos (i.e. short and sweet) and some of the longer posts we often share.

Also, our goal is not to reinvent the wheel – we just want to share with you some of the nifty things we run across on the interwebs and the blogosphere. We’re going to do that uppity thing – curating – which in our minds is just a fancy way of defining the mission of AWB to gather, grow and connect:

Gather you here, grow your voices and your lovely blogs, and connect you with one another and some helpful tips from time to time. We hope you enjoy!

If you run across an interesting item that you think would be worth including here, just forward it to beth@arkansaswomenbloggers.com (and add “Tips” in the subject if you think of it!) – we’d love to include your finds!

For today, we simply wanted to share the news, keep it short and sweet and tell you that you will also be able to keep up with our “Tools & Tips” board on Pinterest if you like. We’ll also tag anything interesting we find or share on Twitter with #AWBTips. Feel free to share your fab finds and let us know what you think!

Foodie Friday: International Women’s Day

Today is International Women’s Day. Isn’t that cool? If for some reason you haven’t run across it yet, check out today’s Google Doodle:

Source: Google Doodle 3/8/2013

According to an article published yesterday on Yahoo titled “8 Reasons We Celebrate International Women’s Day” (edited for brevity):

International Women’s Day was first celebrated on March 19, 1911 at a time when women were pressing for their right to work, vote, be trained, hold public office and end discrimination. It wasn’t until 1975, during International Women’s Year, that the United Nations began celebrating International Women’s Day on 8 March. This year’s theme commemorates the fight to end violence against women.

The article above includes an excellent infographic on violence against women. Of course, International Women’s Day is also about celebrating, lifting one another up and cheering the accomplishments made by women everywhere. A fun article published in the Perth, Australia news celebrates women from 10 – 111 and brings a little more “international” to our own review of the day.

Source: TheGraphicsFairy.blogspot.com

So what on earth does that have to do with Foodie Friday? (I really like to stretch the themes, don’t I?!)

Simple: it’s cause for celebration, which always involves good food! Today, we challenge you to take a can of preserves (homemade or straight from the shelf) to a female neighbor, invite a young colleague out to lunch, offer a nibble of dark chocolate to the woman you encounter every day who drives you absolutely batty or simply extend the hand of kindness (with or without food in it) to a woman in your life.

Source: TheGraphicsFairy.blogspot.com

Here in Arkansas, we are fortunate to have the Women’s Foundation of Arkansas working every day to elevate woman with the belief that an educated woman can lift an entire family out of poverty. Executive director Lynnette Watts once told me that she believes “as women, we should be lifting one another up rather than feeling threatened when another woman succeeds.” Similarly, I think women can be singularly responsible, if they so choose, for the happiness of their household, neighborhood and community. It’s a lofty aspiration, but I’m up for the challenge. Are you?

We’d love to hear how you will reach out to another woman today with a Foodie Friday spin. After all, it’s the ticket to everyone’s heart, right?

Happy International Women’s Day!

A Challenge & Giveaway that’s ALL YOU!

Hey ladies:

We’ve got an assignment for you, should you choose to be brave enough to accept the challenge. It’s a tough one: we need you to read a magazine. We know, overwhelming.

Not just any magazine, though: we want you to pick up a copy of ALL YOU. We are crushing pretty hard on this great publication. If you were at the Unplugged conference in August, you received this advance copy:

And if you were not at the conference, you can pick it up for well under five bucks at your local Walmart! (Plus, if you subscribe – which you will totally want to do – you’ll receive a $5 Walmart gift card!) Our friends at ALL YOU were the speaker sponsors at the conference for Lela Davidson – author of Blacklisted from the PTA and the forthcoming Who Peed On My Yoga Mat? Check out the links below for a chance to win a copy of Blacklisted plus an Arkansas Women Bloggers t-shirt! (Already got yours at #AWBU? We hope you love our phenomenal sponsors like ALL YOU – who we really want to join us again in 2013 – enough to support them anyway!)

Here are a few things we just had to tell you about ALL YOU:

We love that this magazine pays for itself through giveaways, money-saving tips, deals, more than $50 in coupons in every issue and (gasp!) fashion that is actually affordable.
ALL YOU has a blogger affiliate program that knocks the socks off other similar programs – sign up here!
The magazine is produced by Time Inc, publisher of magazines such as People, Southern Living, Real Simple and Cooking Light. Long story short: their content is top-notch.
ALL YOU has a super cool community called Reality Checkers. You can sign up to become one, too – your feedback might be featured in the magazine, and you’ll have the chance to test products, participate in surveys and more. We can tell you with certainty that the ALL YOU editors truly value and listen to the input from Reality Checkers.
Best of all, ALL YOU loves bloggers, social media and real women – just like us! Trust us – this is one cool brand, y’all.

To win a copy of Blacklisted and a fabulous AWB t-shirt (which you may keep or give away on your blog), simply visit and explore the ALL YOU website and leave us a comment below. Tell us if you are new to the magazine, have read it regularly, what you love about it and how their content resonates with you. Are you going to sign up for their affiliate program or become a Reality Checker? Do you completely love ALL YOU and Time Inc. as much as we do and want to see them at our future events and conferences (hint, hint)? Give us your feedback!

P.S. If you were at the conference, you’ll be getting a personal email soon from the ALL YOU director of PR – their team has been reading all of your blogs and they are very impressed. You may even have the chance to receive giveaways or sample products if you are interested – we think you’ll love hearing from them!

P.P.S. If you missed it, read this previous post about ALL YOU and share your thoughts in the comments!

P.P.P.S. Connect with ALL YOU on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest!

Thank You, Arkansas Storytellers

Healthy Families was honored to sponsor the Arkansas Women Bloggers Unplugged (#AWBU) 2012 conference. The weekend conference provided a time of camaraderie for Arkansas women storytellers, and gave us a peak into the blogging world. We loved what we saw, and the experience gave us a sense of shared mission and enthusiasm. The atmosphere was infused with women power, Arkansas pride and tips and tricks for the modern day storyteller.

The famous (or infamous) live storyteller Mary Gillihan with the Ozark Folk Center spent an evening with the ladies teaching them how to bring the words in their blogs to life. Her entertaining presentation had the audience laughing, singing and nodding their heads in agreement. Mary’s words of wisdom and inspiration were highly valued and respected, and reminded us that no matter our background or income level, we all have amazing stories to tell.

Healthy Families also found a common bond with the women we met – women who care about their families with more love and gusto than one can imagine. When we spoke to the attendees about Healthy Families resources and specific initiatives such as early learning, online promotions were brainstormed, tweeted and posted on individual blogs. For that we thank you.

Thank you for telling Healthy Families’ story in a way that means the most to you.

Thank you for posting the Healthy Families badge on your blog.

Thank you for taking interest in Healthy Families.

Thank you for being your communities’ ambassadors.

Thank you.

This lovely guest post was provided by the team at Healthy Families. We are humbled and honored by their kind words and at this sort of fantastic relationship with a sponsor. Join Arkansas Women Bloggers in one last “virtual round of applause!”

We are ALL about ALL YOU!

Good morning, bloggy friends!

This is a fun post whether you are joining us in the mountains this weekend for the Arkansas Women Bloggers Unplugged conference (we hope!) OR are completely sick and tired of hearing about the darn conference because you can’t be with us (we miss you)!

Have you spotted ALL YOU magazine in your local Walmart? If you haven’t yet picked up a copy (and how can you not when the cover reads “This magazine pays for itself!”), you are in for a treat. ALL YOU is one of our fabulous AWBU sponsors, and we would like to tell you a little bit about the magazine and share some fun challenges that might even provide some great content for your next blog post.

About ALL YOU

ALL YOU is a brand that is trailblazing the smart shopping movement. From the day ALL YOU launched in 2004, it distinguished itself as a content brand that delivered practical, affordable and accessible shopping advice and shopping strategies. The ALL YOU brand has fostered an engaged community of women who celebrate the brand for understanding their needs and serving them. In the pages of the magazine, on the website and via the daily savings blog, ALL YOU offers her savings tools, shopping lists, and an easy-to-use, go-to guide to help her buy anything she finds within the brand. ALL YOU is published monthly by the Time Inc. Lifestyle Group and is sold exclusively on newsstands at Walmart stores nationwide and by subscription. ALL YOU is available on all tablets.

ALL YOU and Bloggers

There are many ways ALL YOU works with bloggers: as sources for stories as well as offering opportunities to test products, write about experiences and conduct blog giveaways. ALL YOU has a community of bloggers with whom the magazine has a close relationship, and these bloggers often post about ALL YOU content or tips. Bloggers can even earn money in the ALL YOU affiliate program!

ALL YOU and You

Here are a few fun things you can do along with us, and they just might fuel your next blog post if you’re up against blogger’s block!

Check out the ALL YOU website – it’s chock full of ways to enjoy life for less, delicious-on-a-dime recipes, special samples and giveaways. We are hooked!
Next, pick up a current issue or read an article below. Post on your blog about the article that speaks most to YOU (with a link back to the ALL YOU website). Trust us – the folks at ALL YOU are listening and love your comments and feedback – this magazine really is ALL about YOU and what matters in your life today.
If you’re joining us for the AWBU conference, you’ll receive the September 21 issue of the magazine and a copy of their Back to School special publication!
Join the ALL YOU affiliate program and earn money on your blog for new subscriptions!
Pick up an extra copy OR pass your issue along to a friend and ask them to check out ALL YOU! Maybe they’ll even subscribe on your blog.

Happy reading, ladies!

ALL YOU Articles for YOU to Enjoy

Shop for School and Save: Earn an A+ in bargain hunting with these top tactics designed to give you the most bang for your buck.
Start the school day right: Help keep mornings stress-free and on schedule with these tips.
Savings Made Easy: Build Your Emergency Fund
Throw a Backyard Bash
28 Ice Cream Dessert Recipes
Affordable Family Favorites
The Easiest Budget Plan Ever
15 Places That Will Give You Free Food: Birthday Freebies
Drugstore Beauty Finds: Summer Essentials $10 and Under!