March 2011
1 post
3 tags
Calling all Musicians
We want to extend an invitation to all members of CollegeBlender to sign up for one of the many contests going on with BreakoutBand, an online social musical creation platform.
To celebrate the start of NCAA basketball’s Sweet 16, BreakoutBand is calling out students to create songs to show their school spirit and fan love. Favorites will be posted on the BreakoutBand website and published...
December 2010
1 post
Site Updates on CollegeBlender.com
Just wanted to spread the work that a minor site update was made last night that addressed some major bugs on CollegeBlender. First off, the forums are now all working again, both at the “All Schools” level and on individual school subpages.
Another big fix posted last night is that school subpages no longer fail to load. So if you visit your school page at...
September 2010
3 posts
CollegeBlender in the news!
It’s always humbling and exciting to be featured in the news and honored as a top resource for students.
AOL’s WalletPop recently featured an article on mobile blogging among college students; and the chance for students to win a free iPhone 4 from blogging platform Posterous just to blog from their phone for a year. CollegeBlender was interviewed to weigh in on the growing trend...
4 tags
Social Media: Critical Tools in Enhancing the...
This guest post is contributed by Lauren Bailey, who writes on the topics of online colleges. She welcomes your comments at her email: blauren99@gmail.com
It’s that time of year again. Whether you are a returning student or are new to the college life, fall is quickly approaching, and it’s important to gear yourself for another year of school. For those new to the college scene, you...
Upcoming changes to blog.collegeblender.com!
We’ve realized this space has long since gone neglected.
Being one of the web’s biggest networks of student-powered content, we’ve run into a lot of interesting stories and characters.
It’s time we put this space to better use!
Over the next few days, expect to see some regular features on student businesses, emerging student bloggers, posts on education issues,...
August 2010
1 post
Ride to School like a Rock Star this Semester
College is right around the corner. Most of you that are going back to school are probably thinking about what to pack, what to leave behind, and how you are getting your stuff to college.
We now have a new question to ask:
What limo do you want and who do you want to take in it…as you roll onto campus this semester!
Ship2School is an international college shipping service for students that...
April 2010
1 post
Partner Program: Boost your blog's visibility
As part of our mission to enhance digital college life, we’ve recently kicked off a partner program to help bring some of the web’s most useful and insightful college advice and commentary to you.
Maybe you’re looking for money advice. Or you’re having trouble studying. Perhaps the post-graduation adjustment is a bit hard to handle.
Among the 400+ student-powered blogs...
New Feature: Activity Stream
The new activity stream is one of the first major social features to be added to CollegeBlender. It helps popular content spread quickly and also allows you to keep up to date with what your friends are doing- both on CollegeBlender and elsewhere.
The filters located at the top of the stream let you quickly sort through the noise and get to exactly what you want.
To get started...
February 2010
2 posts
2 tags
TFLN Book Giveaway Winners
Thanks to all who participated. Out of all the entries, we picked the 3 winners at random.
Congrats to:
@nlentine
@FSUfashiongirl
@jacksonj
We’ll contact you via direct message on Twitter for your details.
Keep your eye out for more contests at CollegeBlender coming soon!
Giveaway: Win a Free Copy of Texts From Last...
If you’re a college student, you’ve no doubt had first-hand experience with (or at least heard of) waking up with obscene sharpie marker drawings on your skin. Or finding yourself in a strange place the next morning with mismatched clothing and people you don’t know. A pounding headache clouds your memory, but your text messages from the night before slowly reveal what...
January 2010
1 post
CollegeBlender nominated for a Shorty Award!
Do you follow us on twitter? You should! We tweet out all kinds of juicy college gossip, news and info using our twitter account.
Recently we were nominated for a Shorty Award. Shorty Awards recognize twitter users that help share valuable and useful information on a category by category basis. We have been nominated for the #education category.
If you enjoy CollegeBlender, either via the site...
December 2009
2 posts
Have You Seen the New Talk Section?
Now you can get the real dirt on college and a host of other topics in the new “Talk” section.
In the talk section, you can post your most candid thoughts on college life, professors, day to day rants, and anything else you can imagine. The community decides which talk is the juiciest by “confirming” or “denying” them. Members can also tag and comment on talk...
Important Note for Bloggers: New FTC Guidelines
Because a large portion of CollegeBlender members are active bloggers I just wanted to pop onto the blog and share a new FTC regulation that will go into effect starting today. Basically it states bloggers must disclose when they accept cash or freebies for posts.
Not really a big deal but definitely something good to know about if you are an active blogger and want to stay out of [potentially]...
November 2009
2 posts
We are go.
We are happy to announce that CollegeBlender is officially open to the public today! This is technically the continuation of The College Blog Network - we’re still the same team from TCBN, just with a new name and look, and quite a few new features.
CollegeBlender is a place where you can connect with people on your campus and from other colleges around the world. Discover what’s...
1 tag
You may have noticed...
Hi friends!
You may have noticed that The College Blog Network is now officially CollegeBlender!
The site is in “soft launch” state right now, which means we are still running around behind the scenes fixing bugs, improving performance and other things of that nature. The site is basically ready-to-roll but we are just making sure everything is tip-top before we start making public...