I always love
doing gift guides for men, mostly because men typically need so much help with their wardrobe.
I will be
doing gift guides from now until Christmas.
I get a little bit of anxiety about
doing gift guides and fancy holiday home decor posts.
Everyone
does the gift guide business, but I wanted to take that frugal approach.
While I told myself that I wasn't going to
do a gift guide this year, I say that every year and every year I change my mind.
So, I actually didn't want
do a gift guide, since I am a bit annoyed by all the gift guides everywhere.
I'll admit, I see bloggers
do gift guides all the time but in a way I feel like they are just a way for them to get clicks on their affiliate links in order to earn money.
Since we have
done the gift guides in the past, we skipped them this year but we have a...
I haven't written a Foodie Friday post in a while so I thought I'd
do a gift guide that's food based!
I also just
did a gift guide on 50 gifts under $ 50 = P
So I decided to
do a gift guide of my favorite loungewear from SimplyBe.
What great idea to
do a gift guide of all personalized items!
I normally
do gift guides on Tuesday, but I want...
whenever
i do gift guides, it's hard not to buy them all for myself, haha!
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Christmas will be here before you know it so we thought we would
do some gift guide posts.
I don't
do gift guides, because I hate shopping for pretty much anything except house stuff.
Not exact matches
They've quickly gained a reputation for high - quality products at reasonable price points, and thanks to our own personal experience with them, they pretty much make their way into the majority of
gift guides we
do.
All print
gift guides have been
done for months now, but there's still time to secure a spot in digital
gift guides.
I've culled the studies that are neither useful nor funny - like the one that confirms women pretend to be happy about
gifts they don't like while men don't, causing fights - to offer you a quick
guide to the science of the season:
I should have
done a photography shoot with my products in July so I could have pitched them to magazines in August to make it into their
gift guides.
Print publications typically start planning their holiday
gift guide in June — pitching early is optimal and don't be nervous to jet a follow - up email to the person in - charge a couple months later if you haven't heard back.
While services may not take first place in
gift guides they
do have a spot.
For example, here's a dead simple
guide to crafting compelling stories for those who don't have the natural
gift of spinning a yarn.
The more we listen to God, and the more we learn about how he
does answer our prayers and
guide our lives, we learn more about what to ask for, how to use his
gifts, and how to trust him through good or bad times.
The more we listen to God, and the more we learn about how he
does answer our prayers and
guide our lives, the more we learn more about what to ask for, how to use his
gifts, and how to trust him through good or bad times.
But don't worry — The
Gift Guide itself will be posted here on November 22.
Indeed, he emphasizes the Eucharist, service to the poor, self -
gift, and self - abandonment more than
do other contemporary
guides to the interior life.
If I selfishly love my frozen yogurt, microbreweries, and Pinterest, or dislike tattoos, noise, slow decision - making, or fill in the blank, more than my brothers and sisters who are different; if I prefer this church, or neighborhood because of the schools, the safety or because the worship resonates with me; if I am committed to my ways of
doing life; if I let me self - comfort, self - enjoyment, self - security, or self - convenience
guide my decision making; I will never experience the
gifts that accompany thriving relationships with people who are different from me.
When one truly
does this they receive the
gift of the Holy Spirit who
guides them into all truth.
Doing that next week when I mean prep Liz @ THe Clean Eating Couple recently posted... Holiday
Gift Guide
I didn't have time to put together my usual
gift guide (you can view my previous
guides here), but I still wanted to offer up some fun suggestions for
gift - giving this holiday season.
I know not everyone loves shopping as much as I
do, so I've put together a gluten free Christmas
gift guide.
I reviewed a few things, but I
did not want my usual influx of holiday
gift guide packages to come to her house, so I skipped my
gift guides, and I skipped my usual Tech Days of Christmas giveaways.
I read on one of the folksy blogs that we have to tell you if we want our products to be listed in a
gift guide, I have been trying to use the contact us link on the folksy support page but it doesn't work, and there is no email address at all on the website.
Do you look at all the craft sellers and designers featured in glossy
gift guides and wonder how they got spotted?
If you just
do one thing, make sure you have great photography — you won't be included without it (and while you're at it, you might as well take some Valentine - themed photos now as well, as prep for those
gift guides will start in the next couple of months!)
Not only have I not joined the craze of holiday
gift guides (not because I don't think they are important, but because I know several peeps have
done a fine job with them already) but I am again reserving my energy to
do something philanthropical with Mommy Niri Cares.
Planning your marketing — Blogging, Tweeting, Facebook, Instagram, plan ahead to save you time Networking — Finding influencers to help get your products noticed and added to
gift guides Time management — working out what can wait till January and what needs to be
done before November!
So I've
done a Christmas
Gift Guide or two in the past, and honestly this year it was hard for me to really get a list together.
Every year I try to
do a Christmas
Gift Guide.
The
Gift Guide section is excellent for those who want to give great baby / kid
gifts, but don't have the time to go to shops or the internet for ideas.
Because really, I'm writing this
gift guide for them, and other moms like me who don't see the fun in buying their own pots and pans.
Speaking of,
did you get a chance to check out my 2017 holiday
gift guide?
After you read this hand selected
Gift Guide you can
do all your holiday shopping right here in a relaxed stress - free atmosphere... no crowds, no heavy shopping bags and no crazy burnt - out salespeople!
Instead of
doing a holiday
gift guide I opted to
do something offline.
Whether you've waited until the last minute or don't know what to get the gamer who has everything, Tech Expert Andrea Smith is here with THE last - minute holiday
gift guide.
For great
do it yourself Christmas
gifts, check out The Ultimate Gift Guide: 360 + Homemade Christmas Gifts and
gifts, check out The Ultimate
Gift Guide: 360 + Homemade Christmas
Gifts and
Gifts and Ideas
For great
do it yourself Christmas
gifts, check out our guide: The Ultimate Gift Guide: 360 + Homemade Christmas Gifts and
gifts, check out our
guide: The Ultimate Gift Guide: 360 + Homemade Christmas Gifts and
guide: The Ultimate
Gift Guide: 360 + Homemade Christmas Gifts and
Guide: 360 + Homemade Christmas
Gifts and
Gifts and Ideas
When you get
done reading my review, please click on over to the full Second Annual Natural Parents Network Holiday
Gift Guide, where you'll find information on 58 products.
And for new and expecting parents, don't forget to check out babyMaternity's
gift guide issue 5 as well, where you'll find great
gift ideas such as these!