1000 Blog Views & a Giveaway

Cue the fanfare !!

Simply Marvelous Hair Care has reached another 1st ! *throws confetti*

We have now reached and surpassed 1000 blog views !! WHOOOOOOOOO-HOO !

Thank you to all of the those who have stopped by the blog and an even larger thank you to those who have subscribed to stay updated !

thankyouthankyouthankyou !

You all are a huge huge huge bottle of awesome sauce !

So, *clears throat*

Since we have reached the 1000 views benchmark, I would like to host our first giveaway ! (This week has been full of firsts! Our first blogger award, our first web button, wow !)

...The prize you ask ?...

Well, I would be creating an original piece of artwork for the lucky winner ! I will be randomly picking a  number between 1-100. The person who guesses or is closest to the number I randomly choose will be the winner!

To enter yourself in the giveaway 

1. Be subscribed to the blog
2. Make sure you follow @_SimplyCare_ on Twitter and tweet "I just entered SimplyCare's FIRST Giveaway" and mention @_SimplyCare_
3. Leave your name and email address in the comment section below along with a number of your choice.

You may only enter one time ! :0)

I am aware that this blog has recieved views outside of the country, but for our first giveaway it will be open to U.S. Residents only. 

This giveaway will be open until January 20, 2012. 

Cheers to another SimplyCare First!!

Please Accept My Apologies : 0 )

HELLOOOOOOOOO Everybody ! 

First off, I would like to apologize for not posting for a whole entire week ! Shame on me ! Shame.Shame.Shame. 

Now, where to started to get you all up to speed........ *taps chin* hmm.

Okay, first things first,

 I would like to say yell “THANK YOU” to my newest followers ! I appreciate it so much, you have no idea !  : )  Also, we are now up to 547 total blog views ! It’s incredible, and in less than two months ! So, thank you again, to my new subbies and to all my viewers ! [ I hope those viewing do choose to subscribe as well though. ;) ] As a result, I think it is high time that I put Google Analytics to use !  It will show me  insights into my website traffic and marketing effectiveness.

Next up are the business side of things;  I have located a couple of located Small Business Association branches, and I plan on paying them a visit. I don’t know why I didn’t think to find a SBA branch near me sooner… SBA also has some online courses and certifications as well, which is OH SO exciting. Lol. I have already taken one *pats self on the back* Yay Me ! So there is one more site that will be added to my weekly stalking  learning list.  I was doing some random twitter searching during this week and I found new folks to follow with a lot of great information on small business, blogging, marketing, etc. I also found some great books that I will be hunting down on Amazon preeeetttyyy soon!

On to the hair side( but if you want to be technical, it’s all about hair. Lol ).

I recently purchased a BOATLOAD of new toys, trinkets, and goodies for mixing and such. I might have possibly went a little overboard. We will see when I do my Haul Blog Post. As of right now, the verdict isn’t in.  Speaking of hair ingredients, I have been putting my mixtures to use and I must say although, one of the ingredients I might be leaving out the next time, so far the results have pleased me. Plus I have gotten positive feedback from the 3-4 people who have tested them out.  I will be making another batch though, with different ingredients, and to serve different purposes. I am pretty positive that this batch will come out even better than the last. Oh, before I forget, I am not so sure if I am a strong lover of Eucalyptus, it is a pretty strong smell ! Possibly in smaller doses I could be a fan though. We shall see !

As for my hair, I finally put my lovely kinky curlies in mini-twists and I LOVE THEM ! They came out so well and I was surprised with the length. I wasn’t aware my hair had grown that much! I still trimmed the ends though, because I have a problem with split ends and Single Strand Knots. Death to SSK’s !!! Ugh, they are the BANE of my existence. I tweeted my mini twists btw, are you following _SimplyCare_ ? 

Go ahead and make that move ! : )  I always tweet when there are new blog posts, random moments in my life and the life of SimplyCare, and  #naturalhair chats too ! Which are Wednesday and Thursday ! It's a quick and easy way to stay up to date with SimplyCare's progress !!

Well, I think you are all up to speed now !  I can assure you that I will not go this long without posting!

Any new news from my readers ? I would love to hear about it !

Happy November !

Happy November everyone ! : )

#TribeThursdays starts in a few minutes, but it will probably  have started by the time this is posted ! Will you be participating ? _SimplyCare_ will be chatting via tweetchat and I hope to see you there !

This week has flew past for me, and I have barely gotten any sleep. I'm pretty sure it's catching up with me now, plus I think I ate some bad food. The beau and I felt kind of odd today. Hopefully it's just because our SleepBank (as my Mother calls it) is overdrawn. lol.

I also think I have nailed down the few product samples that I want to include in my Holiday Sample Package ! YITADEEEEEE

'tis all for now : ) Short, simple and sweet : )

New Twitter Background

Hello all !

So last night or if you want to get technical....really early this morning, I designed a new Twitter background. I love it ! I need to change the width so that my "Thanks for Following" shows up, but other than that I'm really happy with my end results.

Also, @TribeCalledCurl held her first #naturalhair #tweetchat and it was just as great as @HGKWW's chat.  I'm so glad that the #naturalhair chat has been brought back ! I really missed it.

Anywho, check out a screenshot of my twitter background

 Any thoughts ?? Opinions ??

Natural Hair Chat

Today was one of the best #naturalhair chats I've ever participated in ! It was so thought-provoking, informative, and funny all at the same time. It was hosted on Twitter by Hair Gets Kinky When Wet ... check her site out here #HGKWW .


I absolutely loved it ! : )  What's great is that @tribecalledcurl is hosting a tweetchat tommorow at 1pm ! Are you going to tweet with us ? Check that out on her twitter page... #tribecalledcurl . Hope to see you there !


Oh my blog also had a couple of mini milestones ! I now have 5 followers, and I received my first two comments ! woot woot ! Plus, I'm almost to 500 page views ! It would be cool to host a giveaway ! Alas, I have nothing to give away.... lol Regardless, I'm so happy to see that this blog is blossoming the way it is : ) #LookatGod 




Anywhooo, Back to designing I go !  

Friday Funday Recap : )

Hellooooo !!! : ) 


Tomorrow is the EyBeauty Natural Hair Extravaganza !!! Im so excited to see other naturals, meet and greet, network, and buy some products ! I will try to tweet as much as I can about it.. Keep up with my tweets here _SimplyCare_ . 


Also, just some other things I was thinking about today. I was thinking about the type of research that I need to do about product lines and etc... 


- Taken from Evernote-



Research marketing, packing, advertisements, social networking of other body care and hair care lines. 

How do they market a new line or new product. How do they rev up interest. 

Set up a goal chart. Keep thinking BIG..

- when I want to have products by
- when do I want to have samples ready
- who would try my samples 
- feedback sheet    
- we care card ( good ingredients bad ingredients)
-thanks for sampling card/ thanks for purchasing card
- hooking up with bloggers/vloggers to sample, review, host giveaways, shout out SimplyCare and it's products.  

Random Ramblings Thrown Together : )

I have started reading one of the books that my LS dropped off for me and I feel like I am back in school again. The crazier part is that I love it. Lol, I am a total nerd, I love learning, I love school, I love all of it.

Anywhoo, I started off with Small Business Management because I feel that it would be the most relevant to my situation right now. Also, so I would have a grasp of things when I attend the Small Business Seminar in a couple weeks . (happy feet)

On the hair side of things- I participated in the naturalhair chat that took place yesterday evening. I used to do it all the time when they had it on Sundays, but I fell off with it and then I think they stopped having the chat. This chat though was fun plus I was able to connect with more people, follow and gain more followers ! You can follow SimplyCare on Twitter as well to stay updated within 140 characters !!!

Also, a facebook fanpage is also in the works ! I cannot wait though, until I have an actual website alongside my blog and facebook fanpage where everything can be linked and just a mouse click away....

I have entered in to TWO separate contests and I can't wait to find out if I am a lucky winner ! woot woot !

I also potentially have gained a customer for styling and for products ! I necessarrily wasn't looking to style hair, but even before mixtressing I braided and styled hair on the side. Always good to have a side hustle. Lol.  She's also into stock, so that's something else we can delve in to.

I feel like this post is all over the place but so many things happened today....sheesh laweesh !
I also happened across some really good marketing tips and strageties that I can't wait to put into place. PLUS I also created (in my mind) some merchandise that I wouldn't mind selling.

I am so excited about this journey I am on ! So many goals to achieve !

Until next time !!

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