Wow! The Ultimate Blog Party Was HUGE…

by Susan

Ultimate Blog Party 2009
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Were you partying with us this week???

Janice with Jackson and Olivia Susan with Sophia and Julia

What a whirlwind! The blogosphere was rocking this week as Moms everywhere linked up and partied virtually and ‘In Real Life’.

If you’re like most of us, you still didn’t get to visit nearly the number of blogs you wanted to… but don’t worry… the week may be over, but the Ultimate Blog Party 2009 Post with Links lives on forever!!!

So, just keep blog hopping and finding new blogs for as long as you want.

Pamela from Happy Panda will start drawing names and sorting out the hundreds of prizes this weekend and we’ll announce the enormous list of winners on Tuesday.

To be eligible for a prize, make sure you have left a COMMENT on the main UBP 09 Party Post before midnight Eastern tonight.

UBP In Real Life

Thanks to Barbara Jones, we enjoyed live performances from Chris Mann, Leslie Mills and Diane Birch. We live streamed the parties on our Ustream.tv channel and had a blast chatting live with the performers and the guests.

We made #ubp09 a trending topic Twitter on the UBP 09 opening night with our Site Warming party hosted by Resourceful Mom. And on Tuesday night, we joined an unbelievable panel at Girls Night Out (#gno) on Twitter hosted by Jyl and Carissa.

The Ultimate Blog Party 2009 Party Post has thousands of entries in the Mr. Linkies — including hundreds of Facebook and Twitter profile links — and it will live on forever so that you can keep coming back and finding new blogging friends.

As one party-goer said:

“I’m leaving a permanent link on my sidebar to this party post with all the links to the bloggers (and twitterers and facebookers).

What a wealth of new blogs to find and explore and meet!”

Carolyn from Quiet Time with Carolyn

We had fun prizes for our Tweetup and Twitter parties thanks to:

Olive Garden

Olive Garden sponsored the Orlando Tweetup where Janice and 16 of our peeps met and enjoyed an authentic Italian dinner at the Olive Garden.

During our busy party week, Janice was actually in Orlando filming a fun TV spot with Chef Marie from the Olive Garden. And we’re working together with the Olive Garden to bring you culinary tips and more chances to win.

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Stride Rite

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To receive offers and promotions from Nair, visit www.Naircare.com/register.aspx

Thank You Ultimate Blog Party Sponsors:

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Thank you to all of our sponsors, the fabulous folks who donated prizes, our prize coordinator Pamela and to all of you — our friends who partied with us this year and made the Ultimate Blog Party 2009 the biggest blog party ever!

And in case you missed it… take a few minutes, turn up your speakers and enjoy our Ultimate Blog Party 2009 slideshows.

Cupcakes Anyone?

Mom, It’s Your Turn To Party

Thanks again for joining the fun!

Remember… keep on making new blogging friends with the fabulous list of bloggers at the Ultimate Blog Party 2009 permanent party post.



Email Author    |    Website About Susan

Susan is co-founder of 5 Minutes For Mom. Along with her twin sister Janice and their mother Joan, Susan also owns two online toy stores where they love to help other moms find the perfect gift like a Pedal Car or a Rocking Horse for their children to treasure forever. Susan has two sweet little girls and is constantly in awe of her luck in life.

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1 Christine March 27, 2009 at 8:27 pm

Thank you so much for hosting this! This was my first year and I had a blast. Made some new friends along the way, found some fantastic blogs! Just perfect!

Thank YOU Thank YOU Thank YOU and to all the sponsors of UBP09 – Kudos! to you too!!

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2 Kristen M. March 27, 2009 at 9:44 pm

Thanks for another great party.

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3 Kristen March 27, 2009 at 10:26 pm

Thank you for hosting! This has been a great way for me to expand into the blogging community. Cheers!

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4 Arin March 27, 2009 at 11:03 pm

I don’t think I made a comment-I couldn’t check it today because my computer would freeze everytime I would go to the post page saying a script was causing the problem. Is there anyway you can check??

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5 Anne March 28, 2009 at 12:03 am

Thank you guys so much! I had a blast meeting new blogger moms, and of course, winning an incredible prize!!

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6 Dominique March 28, 2009 at 5:28 am

Thanks for hosting such a fab party. I met many new great moms and dads through it :)

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7 Denene March 28, 2009 at 8:28 am

What an incredibly fun time!

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8 Jo March 28, 2009 at 9:26 am

I was brand spankin’ new to the blogging thing when I came across your party and joined in on the fun. Thanks for hosting this! I don’t think my blog would have had as many readers if it wasn’t for the party! It’s really encouraged me to continue writing and developing my blog. And I’ve been introduced to so many wonderful blogs and bloggers as well! Thanks again!

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9 Kari March 28, 2009 at 10:26 am

Awesome!!! The BEST bloggy party EVER! Thanks girl…once again it totally rocked!!! :D

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10 Carrie March 28, 2009 at 10:41 am

Thank you, girls. I had the time of my life — with a record number of comments (it gave me a little thrill each time a new comment came in on my e-mail!). I loved getting to know new bloggers, and will take away at least 2 regular reads from this. Thank you!

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11 Tarasview March 28, 2009 at 10:42 am

thanks to you guys for all the hard work you did to make the party a success! And you are right, I didn’t get to visit nearly as many blogs as I wanted to but I DID find some excellent new ones to add to my google reader :)

Hope you are able to enjoy your weekend- wave to the ocean for me :)

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12 Storm March 28, 2009 at 11:31 am

Another awesome year! Thanks, Janice and Susan, for hosting.

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13 CosmoMama March 28, 2009 at 12:46 pm

I can’t say enough about how much fun I had this week. Even though I didn’t party as much as I had planned (my BFF had a baby, and I got SERIOUSLY sidetracked!), I had a blast reading blogs and receiving comments. This is a fantastical way to network!! Viva la UBP!!! :)

Kathleen

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14 Donna Holmberg March 28, 2009 at 11:58 pm

I had great fun, increased my Twitter count GREATLY, added a bunch of new friends on Facebook, and read more blog posts this week than in the last 6 months (I think).

What a fabulous time it was!

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15 Carebear March 29, 2009 at 3:31 am

That was awesome! Can’t believe how many participants you had! Wish I’d gotten in on the party earlier, but I’m happy to know you’ll leave up Mr. Linky so I can still go meet new bloggers. Thanks!

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16 Colleen March 29, 2009 at 3:08 pm

I barely made a dent in the link list… so I’m just slowly blog hopping my way down the list. There are just too many good blogs to miss… I’ll just be the latecomer to about 1000 parties. Yikes!

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17 Cascia March 29, 2009 at 6:17 pm

I had a lot of fun visiting other blogs at the UBP. I am also looking forward to returning to the list to visit more. It was huge, that’s for sure!

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18 sara l. March 30, 2009 at 11:25 am

This has been SOOOO much fun! You girls really know how to throw a party! Thanks for the good time!
sblilly14(@)yahoo(.)com

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19 Petula March 31, 2009 at 11:25 am

The party was great! Next time I hope to be a little more organized and a lot less overwhelmed with other things so I can participate in more. I met a lot of great bloggers and really enjoyed viewing their blogs.

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