Why not start something?

June 18, 2007 | By Roberta In Blogging |

Yeah, why not get out there and start a trend of sorts? I was happy to find that I was a SOB (successful outstanding blogger) from Liz Strauss and it’s little pieces of recognition like that, that sometimes keeps us going.

I’m starting something today, right here, right now. You get to be in on it. It’ll be fun and it will build us a community of one sort: girl bloggers. Or, better yet, “Rockin’ Girl Bloggers”. How do you like that?

This one-time deal comes with a nifty badge as well:

Know anyone that deserves this nifty award? Let’s make a ginormous list of rockin’ girl bloggers. I am going to tag some of the rockin’ girl bloggers that I read regularly. From there, they can tag some more rockin’ girl bloggers, and so forth. So, if you’re a girl or woman and you blog and you have to rock, then you’re in :)

I tag, in no particular order:

  • Angie at SunCoastScribe
  • Pfunk
  • Pocklock
  • Liz Strauss (for the inspiration)
  • MsDanielle (last, but not least, because she has rockin’ 80’s trivia)

    • If you’re either a guy or your name isn’t on this list, it doesn’t mean you can’t participate. Just grab the badge and tell a girl blogger out there that she rocks!!

    I already know I rock, so you don’t have to tell me…lol :)

    Also, a rockin’ shout out to Donovan at Wii-Contests for being an avid supporter of the Rockin’ Girl Bloggers movement!

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    89 Comments so far

    1. Liz Strauss on June 18th, 2007

      Hey Roberta,
      Don’t you be thinking that I can’t rock. :) I’ve gotten myself in plenty of trouble for saying what I think and dancing when should have been standing still. I’ll show you how. [big grins]
      Liz

    2. Liz Strauss on June 18th, 2007

      Look at that I got so distracted, thinking you might think I was just inspiring, I forgot my manners. Thank you. Your idea is AWESOME! YOU ROCK!!!

    3. Pfunk on June 18th, 2007

      Roberta:
      Thanks so much for creating that AND for thinking I rock!
      I’m so new to this blogging thing that my shoes are squeaking, but I’m really enjoying it and enjoying your blog!
      Thanks again! I’m going to try to create something once I know what the heck I’m doing.

      You rock the school, lady!!!
      :)

    4. Sassy on June 18th, 2007

      That’s an awesome thing to do Roberta. And I agree the gals you tagged all rock!!

    5. Roberta on June 18th, 2007

      Thanks PFunk, you rock, too! I enjoy your postings, they make me giggle…hehe

      Sassy,
      Your blog rocks, too! I was just checkin’ it out, pretty cool stuff ya got there….it makes for a fine read :)

    6. Sassy on June 18th, 2007

      Thanks Roberta. I just babble most of the time.

    7. Roberta on June 18th, 2007

      I babble too, so get used to it!! LOL :) I can rattle off for days about a whole bunch of nothin….lol

    8. Donovan on June 18th, 2007

      You get my vote Roberta. You Rock!

      I’m gonna have to start working harder to keep up with you. :)

    9. Roberta on June 18th, 2007

      I have 800 tons of energy….I’m telling you, the ADD I have keeps me bouncing all over the place, reading blogs, making comments, doing real work, and posting random nonsense…lol

      Who knew I do real work, too?!??

    10. Neo on June 18th, 2007

      Try Nolimitsladies.com, I’m sure they’ve got a huge Female bloggin’ following. :)

    11. frenchkys on June 19th, 2007

      This is an awesome idea — gives us girl bloggers something to look forward to. =)

    12. Roberta on June 19th, 2007

      Thanks Frenchkys, it’s something that you can feel free to grab (but only if you rock..hehe) and put up on your blog and nominate others for. Nice blog, btw :)

    13. Carma Dutra on June 19th, 2007

      Hey Roberta,
      I found you over at Dwaud Miracle in the comment section.

      Your blog does indeed rock! I am glad to have found you and I shall return.

    14. Terra Andersen on June 19th, 2007

      I’m a girl and I want to rock! *=)

    15. Roberta on June 19th, 2007

      Ladies, you already rock! Grab the badge =)

      I figure, at the end of a month, I’ll put up a list of all the rockin’ girl bloggers out there that have either been tagged or have visited and said hi :)

    16. Pfunk on June 19th, 2007

      This is groovy!

    17. Suzanne Harris on June 25th, 2007

      Hey,

      Can I be a rockin girl blogger, please? I have just won the Blog Of The Day Awards with my site.

      Suzie

    18. Roberta on June 25th, 2007

      Suzanne,
      Of course you can! I see that you’ve already got the badge on your blog, now just tag some other rockin’ girl bloggers :)

    19. Suzanne Harris on June 26th, 2007

      How do I tag others? Find and nominate them and then send them the badge?

      Suzie x

    20. Roberta on June 26th, 2007

      Suzanne,
      You nominate other female bloggers and tell them to do the same. :)

    21. Malin on June 28th, 2007

      That’s a great idea you’ve come up with :)

    22. Roberta on June 28th, 2007

      Thanks Malin, I was happy to see it catch on :)

    23. Polliwog on June 28th, 2007

      I am so excited I discovered you! I was awarded this wonderful award by three of my peers but the award did not come with any text or information linking back to you. I was determined to find out who started this and after a day or two of searching on Google, i found the answer! I’ve updated my award post (where I awarded 5 women) to link back to you now.

    24. Roberta on June 28th, 2007

      Thanks Polliwog, that rocks. It’s great to see so many girl bloggers out there that rock! Pass it on! :D (We’re kicking the guys’ butts!! lol)

    25. Mimi Lenox on June 29th, 2007

      Thanks for starting this. I was tagged by Linda at Are We There Yet? (http://mouseski.blogspot.com) and it has really been tossed around. Great idea!

    26. Roberta on June 29th, 2007

      Thans Mimi, I see new ladies everyday now, taggin away! That’s pretty cool :)

    27. craftybernie on July 1st, 2007

      I’ve been tagged and am now acknowledged as a Rockin’ Girl Blogger!!! LOL. I received an SOB award last year for my knitting bloggers team blog (http://www.knit1blogtoo.blogspot.com) so I’ll just pop this little puppy next to it!

      Being the kind of blogger that I am, I had to find the source of the RGB award. And here I am! You’ve brought a lot of smiles to blogging faces (I almost typed faeces – doh!) and although I don’t usually do the tag thing, this one is a little bit different.

      I’m off to spread the love now. Congrats on a job well done!

      Bernie

    28. Roberta on July 1st, 2007

      Thanks Bernie! It’s awesome that it just keeps going and going! I feel like I’ve done some good for the women bloggers out there. :D

    29. jennifer on July 3rd, 2007

      That’s my mom blog where I have to nominate some Rocking Girl Bloggers and then Califonia Blogging has to nominate some Rocking Girl Blogger too. I know you have a list but I had to find my way here… I’ve been having fun on your blog and cool award!
      Jennifer

    30. Roberta on July 3rd, 2007

      Thanks Jennifer, I’m glad you like it! It’s getting around :D

    31. Linda on July 5th, 2007

      Hi Roberta, I was running a Google search and came across this dialog. I feel totally remiss in not being able to credit this to you to begin with when I was originally tagged with the award. Please accept my belated thanks for starting such a great thing – it really took off and understandably so!

    32. Roberta on July 5th, 2007

      Thanks Linda, I’m glad you got awarded with it! It’s really been far reaching!! :D

    33. Karen on July 8th, 2007

      What a cool idea! I wish I could think up something cool like this.

    34. Roberta on July 9th, 2007

      Thanks Karen, I don’t even know now how I came up with it…I just thought it would be cool :D

    35. Donyale on July 12th, 2007

      Wow! It took a while to find out where this came from originally – I started going back through people that had been nominated and got lost….well done.

    36. Roberta on July 12th, 2007

      Thanks Donyale! I know it had to have been hard sifting through all of the people who’d been nominated for this :D Glad it’s still getting around!

    37. Mary Thorsby on July 13th, 2007

      I’ve just been added to your ginormous list! I live in Paducah, Ky., and have the ilistpaducah.blogspot.com blog. My friend Bizzy of bizzyblogging.blogspot.com passed the Rockin’ Girl Blogger honor on to me, and I’ve passed it on to aynex.blogspot.com and milehighstyle.blogspot.com. So now there are four Rockin’ Girl Bloggers in Paducah, Ky., with, I’m sure, more to come! Thank you. Great idea!!

    38. Roberta on July 13th, 2007

      That’s awesome Mary! :) The more, the merrier!! :D

    39. eastcoastlife on July 15th, 2007

      Hi Roberta,
      Thanks for creating the Rockin? Girl Blogger award! I’m one Rockin? Girl Blogger from Singapore!!!

    40. Roberta on July 15th, 2007

      Sweet! That’s awesome! :) Hello from Ohio :D

    41. catherine on July 15th, 2007

      Hey there – nice to “meet” you! I was just named a “rockin girl blogger.” Can you send me the html for the button? I’m not seeing it anywhere, and want to make sure the link to your site goes with the picture. Thanks!

    42. Roberta on July 15th, 2007

      < A HREF="http://www.robertaferguson.com">< IMG SRC="wp-content/images/rgb.jpg"> minus the spaces before the A in A HREF and IMG…hope that helps!

    43. Vi on July 16th, 2007

      Another blogger tagged for your original award. Thanks for that! I’ve kept it going by tagging 5 others.

    44. Tracy on July 17th, 2007

      i got this award without knowing who started it…now i know and tks! it really made my day :)

    45. G.G. on July 18th, 2007

      Hi Roberta,

      I got this yesterday :) Thanks for creating it. Were the rules that you tag only 5? ‘Cause if so, I can’t count. All the taggee’s do Rock though!

    46. Roberta on July 18th, 2007

      Tracy, I’m happy that it made your day :D

      G.G., yes, the rules were to tag five and pass the love around…. :)

    47. Heidi on July 20th, 2007

      I’ve been tagged! I’ve been tagged!

    48. Laurie Ann on July 21st, 2007

      ~ROBERTA~
      Thanks so much for starting such a fun movememnt! I think it’s taking off like wildfire. We’re going to be seeing more and more of these cute lil’ Pixie Pink yellow-starred badges out there in girly Blogland.
      GlitterBugHugs,
      Laurie Ann

    49. Nadine on July 21st, 2007

      Roberta, your badge has arrived in Germany!

    50. dini on July 22nd, 2007

      I’ve been tagged in Indonesia. Thanks for starting this – it’s circling rubber stamp and crafting blogs now as well. :)

      Dina

    51. Heather on July 22nd, 2007

      Been tagged here in Scotland and passed it onto blog friends, nice work!

    52. Lil Bit on July 22nd, 2007

      Woot! – I was able to track down the MAMA Rockin’ Girl Blogger! =D

      I was recently awarded this prestigious lil thang ;) & the rockin’ girl that nominated me didn’t know who started it or the “official” rules to pass along… but now I do! yay!

      I’ll dole out my 5 Rockin’ Girl awards soon & will definitely link you as well in the post as THE mama of it, k?

      hey, btw – can I also snag your “You Comment, I Follow” button for my sidebar? – That’s also my blogging approach & that’s the first time I’ve seen it succinctly “spelled out” like that, lol.

      Lemme know, k?

    53. Jack Daniel's Rose on July 22nd, 2007

      Now I know where this came from! I think that this is a fantastic idea.

    54. Paula Sealey on July 25th, 2007

      Yeah! I got nominated for your award. Great idea:)

    55. nahte on July 25th, 2007

      J’ai choisie mes 5 bloggeuses apres avoir ?t? moi-m?me choisie…je ne sais pas dans quel but mais bon c’est fait!
      bye
      nahte

    56. Jen on July 25th, 2007

      It’s reached Australia!

    57. Gertie on July 26th, 2007

      Whey hey its reach the UK :-D
      I will display it with pride on my blog x

    58. Nicole on July 28th, 2007

      Great idea, thanks for this ;-)

    59. Snuppeline on July 30th, 2007

      I’ve been tagged and I’m happy to report that the tagging har reached Norway and Sweden now.

    60. amy on July 30th, 2007

      i got tagged! :)

    61. Nilla on July 31st, 2007

      You rock! :-)

    62. Satu H on August 1st, 2007

      This is awesome! :) I just got nominated too. Rock on! \m/

    63. uhoava gnu on August 2nd, 2007

      I’ve tagged as well – cool! Thanks Roberta, this was a nice idea :)

    64. Bine on August 2nd, 2007

      Wow, I am tagged ! Thank you very much Roberta :)

      Nice greetings from Berlin/Germany

      Bine

    65. Liz Lewis on August 5th, 2007

      Hi Roberta, the Rockin’ Girl Blogger Award has made it all the way to New Zealand. Here’s my link I’ve been given a Rockin’ Girl Blogger Award

      Looks like the Rockin’ Girl Blogger network is here to stay. What a great idea.

      Cheers,
      Liz

    66. Gabi on August 5th, 2007

      YAY! I was nominated as a ROCKIN’ GIRL BLOGGER!!
      Thanks for starting something so fun and inspiring!!
      ~Gabi

    67. belinha on August 7th, 2007

      what a cool idea!

    68. the heartful blogger on August 8th, 2007

      Hey Roberta, I got awarded a rockin’ girl blogger and had to find out who started it all. It was you! Thank you!! You rock!!

    69. hpy on August 9th, 2007

      I received the Rockin’ Girl Blogger Button yesterday, so thanks!

    70. Ev Nucci on August 11th, 2007

      Hi Roberta!

      I thought for sure I had stopped by here and thanked you for developing this really cool award, but I just looked through the comments and I can’t find mine. But then again, I’m an old fart and I can’t see anymore.

      But I did post about it…here it is:
      http://wackymom.blogspot.com/2007/06/rockin-in-your-50s-can-you-freakin.html

      Now Roberta, I’ve gotta tell you how cool it is to receive such an amazing award when you’re my age!
      I even recently wrote a post about rockin and everytime I do…I think of you…So thank you…you really do rock!!!

      Oh, here’s the post about my son, who’s 13 years old telling me I don’t know how to rock ‘n roll. And I was dancing in the car to Lynyrd Skynyrd…how about that?

      http://wackymom.blogspot.com/2007/08/whos-rockin-now-lynyrd-skynrd-ive-got.html

    71. MrsBaloui on August 11th, 2007

      Just wanted to say thanks ;) I’m in as well.

    72. Lisa on August 11th, 2007

      this rockin girl blogger reminds me of a highschool “click”…

    73. angelika on August 16th, 2007

      good idea!

    74. asa on August 20th, 2007

      This is fun and a really nice idea. Greetinx from Germany!

    75. Mistress V on August 20th, 2007

      Hey thanks for starting this very cool award. I got mine last week and posted My 5 yesterday.

      Rock On!!

    76. Mistress V on August 20th, 2007

      Hey thanks for starting this very cool award. I got mine last week and posted My 5 yesterday.

      Rock On!!

    77. Kari on August 20th, 2007

      What a great thing! I’m going to dedicate a post to this as well :) Thanks so much!

    78. manchmal bist du der Hund... on August 22nd, 2007

      [...Was dann aber nicht zwingend bedeutet das ich net mitmache...]

    79. Bea on August 22nd, 2007

      Coole Idee, ich bin auch ein Rockin Blogger Girl und hab es weitergegeben!

    80. Crystal on August 22nd, 2007

      I understand to nominate 5 people. But is there a certain code i use to display the blog to them?

    81. abraxandria on August 23rd, 2007

      That’s great!!!
      Ich wurde grad nominiert und mach dann auch mal gleich freudenstrahlend mit! Gro?artige Idee!
      Ich finde auch, wir M?dels sollten endlich mal als Bloggerinnen ernst genommen werden!
      Girl Power!

    82. Sujatha on August 24th, 2007

      http://blogpourri.blogspot.com/2007/08/im-rockin-girl-blogger.html

    83. LISANNE ;D!! on August 26th, 2007

      SKAT.
      WATTE IS DITTE..
      NOU ‘KGA,
      DAGJESS LISANNE.

    84. Ocean on August 27th, 2007

      Hi :) … have been tagged, too – thanks for the nice idea .. there are many rockin girls out there ;)

      Greetings from Germany,
      Ocean

    85. Ellen | Positive Communication on September 1st, 2007

      Hi Roberta, just wanted to leave you a little thank you for creating this absolutely COOL award. I secretly wanted one for some time now, and recently had the pleasure of receiving one.
      I wrote a post to thank you, linking back to you:
      http://marcomblog.web-log.nl/marcom_blog/2007/08/to_me_the_beaut.html

      Creating such an award is really a nice gesture, a gift that definitely keeps on giving. Throughout the world, if I look at your last comments! (I’m from the Netherlands myself).
      You definitely rock!!

    86. Manju on September 18th, 2007

      can you tell me how to tag / nominate someone for this?

    87. SuperWife on October 8th, 2007

      I want to nominate PrissyCook! She’s the most rockin’ girl blogger I’ve ever met!

    88. kristinaQ on October 25th, 2007

      I know I sound like a little kid right now but… I want to be nominated!!! lol

    89. Rhonda on October 29th, 2007

      Oh, i got it too! This award has hit soooo many great blogs!
      yay for everyone of the rockin’ girl bloggers :)

      you can find my blog post about the award here:
      myhandboundbooks.blogspot.com/award

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