blogging

Searching for What’s Trending (Bing It On Challenge)

Searching the spring trends Would you like to know my secrets for knowing what’s trendy? I would like to say it’s just “a hunch” but predicting and claiming what is trending right now takes a…

Google Reader is Going Away – This is How to Move to BlogLovin

How to move your Google Reader feed to BlogLovin Google Reader is shutting down on July 1, 2013. If you are following the Skimbaco Lifestyle feed via Google Reader it’s about time to think of…

Travel Insight: 7 Reasons I’m Traveling with My Intel Tablet

Thank goodness spring break is around the corner. My family is going to take a few days to explore the mountains of North Carolina. We’ll be stopping in Asheville for one night, then spending a…

Satu won the Travel Blogging Contest and meet her in Porto!

Chat with Satu of Destination Unknown Join me to congratulate our travel writer Satu Vänskä-Westgarth of Destination Unknown, she won a travel writing contest “3 Things in the City I Love” hosted by Traveldudes, Velvet…

Who are your social media influencers? How they reflect on your life?

This post is sponsored by BlogFrog. What is a social media influencer? Simply said, you are a social media influencer. We all are. Anyone who has a Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest account (or insert…

Interview with Naomi Shapiro of Superdumb Supervillain

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This Friday I’m featuring one of my dear friends, Naomi Shapiro of Superdumb Supervillain. I love Naomi’s sense of humor – she is one of the smartest people I know yet she is known online…

Interview with Jessica Cohen of Found the Marbles

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Today I’d love to introduce you to Jessica Cohen of Look who Found the Marbles, who lives life to the fullest by sharing great human interest stories, and her story how her blog name Look…

Interview with Shana Dieli, the Shanamama

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In this Friday’s interview I’d like to introduce you to Shana Dieli from the blog Shanamama. Shana is a busy mom of three, who shares her love of photography in her blog, and she is…

Ciao from Italy and United {Spring} Colors of Benetton

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Ciao again from Italy! We are in Monte Carlo, Monaco, as I write this, but will probably be back in Italy tomorrow by the time you read this. I am finally getting into this work-play…

Most Popular Posts in 2011 {In Case You Missed}

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Most popular blog posts of 2011 What did Skimbaco Lifestyle readers enjoy reading in 2011? Here is a short overview of some of the most read posts of 2011. MOST POPULAR LIFESTYLE POSTS What is…

Cheap Sally $100K Blogging Gig Let’s YOU to Live Life to the Fullest – Apply Now!

Cheap Sally Blogging Contest

$100,000 Blogging Job You Can Do From Home! If you haven’t heard about Cheap Sally’s Bring Home the Bacon Contest yet, Cheap Sally looking for a guest blogger for the year 2012 and paying $100,000…

Blogging as a Lifestyle Choice

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Blogging as a Lifestyle Choice – or a business? Have you ever wondered if blogging can help you to achieve a certain type of lifestyle or be a business? I think it can be both,…

Are you coming to BlogHer?

Let’s Meet at BlogHer! BlogHer ’11, the largest blogging conference for women, is approaching! As I am planning my trip to San Diego, I would like to know who else is coming! I would like…

Interview with Melanie Nelson
of Blogging Basics 101

I had an opportunity to catch up with Melanie Nelson of Blogging Basics 101. Melanie has done so much for the blogging community by helping bloggers to learn about blogging. If you are new to…

Post with Purpose: Social Media Moms to
Help Children in Japan

On 3/15 Save the Children estimated that as many as 100,000 children may have been displaced in Japan. The British charity said it was concerned that some of the children affected by the disaster may…