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Have A Singles Event? Promote It Here!

It’s hard to find single events in any city. When I started this blog, I wanted to find and promote single events for people to attend. I honestly haven’t done that much of a great job. While I’ve promoted some events in the past, I want to return to providing a list of weekly single events for people to attend. Starting next week, I would like to provide a list of public singles events. These can be speed dates, single gatherings, dating website events, etc. To be included in the upcoming weeks list, each event must be submitted by Saturday, 3pm Eastern. To submit an event, use the contact page, select “Singles Event Information” and provide as much details about the event as possible.

Note: This form will be changing in the near future, and upon that change, directions will be provided.

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#FollowFriday For July 16, 2010

Last week I mentioned I’ll be changing the way I manage weekly #FollowFriday on Twitter. This week is the first week of this new change, so lets see who I think you should be following this week (ordered alphabetically). [Read The Rest Of This Entry]

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Follow Friday – Not Just For Twitter Anymore

Every Friday, Twitter is filled with Follow Friday (#FF) mentions. These are people you like, think others should follow, and keep tabs on. In a way, it’s virtual pimping, in 140 characters. While I participate and enjoy #FF, I also have some annoyances with it. The weekly trend can clog a Twitter stream with the many names you should follow. It’s also hard to say why you think you should follow someone in under 140 characters. Also, many people have a Twitter account, not everyone is checking it on Friday.

Twitter moves at such a frantic pace, if I make a slew of mentions early in the day, no one may ever see them. I also like to provide reasons why you should pay attention to the people I recommend. Sometimes it’s a blog post, sometimes it’s something they said, other times it’s because they are cool people. I can’t always do that on Twitter.

So starting this week, I’m changing how I handle Follow Friday’s. Every week, I’ll create a post as my weekly Follow Friday post. I’ll include the names of individuals, why I think you should follow them, and what ever other information I feel should be included. I’ll also update my Follow Friday Twitter List (@singlecityguy/follow-friday) so that you can be updated with my weekly favorites.

This is just one step in a slew of upcoming changes to SCG, one that I think will benefit not just the readers of this blog, but add some sanity to the virtual pimping that is Follow Friday.

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What I’ve Been Busy Working On: A New Design

It’s been roughly six months since I’ve begun blogging as Single City Guy. I began this project without knowing what would happen, if I it would become a successful blog or if it would get laughed off the face of the Internet. The latter hasn’t happened yet.

Some of you may have noticed that over the last few weeks my posting has become sporadic. I wish I could blame the girlfriend, travel schedules and work, but the reason has more to do with the blog itself. I made myself a promise when I started, if in six months the blog displays promise, I would consider the next steps in its development. Six months, 40,000 page views, 800 followers, 85 twitter lists later, I have come to consider this little project of mine some sort of success.

The first, next step, is creating a new design. By trade I’m a web developer, and decided it was time to move from the popular Fusion theme by Digitalnature and onto my own. Welcome to the “Single City Guy” theme! Try it out, explore the website, and tell me what you think, what works and what doesn’t! I will note, this website works best with a modern web browser (i.e. Google Chrome, Firefox 3.6, Internet Explorer 8).

Hope you enjoy the new design, and other new changes that will be coming shortly!

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Clubbing Stories Week

The weather is warming which means it’s high season for heading out to the clubs! And get your groove on. Clubbing is a signifiant part of the single lifestyle, it’s where you can meet many potential singles and let loose many of your inhibitions. The clubbing dating scene is much different than the online dating scene. I’ve had some success with it, and many failures. This week, I’m goin to detail all of the things I’ve learned from being single and clubbing. Hopefully they will help you enjoy the warm weather festivities!

If you have any stores of yourself in da club, send me a note with your story and I’ll feature you as a guest writer for the week!

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The Future of Single City Guy

So Single City Guy isn’t single anymore, which leads to some questions, mainly, what happens next?

There was a blog post not to long ago, that asked if your blog keeping you single? It was a question I asked myself while considering taking myself off of the market. The larger question was, will Single City Guy cease once I’m in a relationship? I’ve always told myself the answer would be no, but when you’re looking down the barrel of the gun, you begin to think differently. [Read The Rest Of This Entry]

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And Now We Return To Your Regularly Scheduled Website

For the last two weeks, I’ve been fairly silent. Last week I was in Cleveland, which turned into more of an ordeal than I thought it was. When I got back to NYC this week, things didn’t get any easier. There’s plenty of good news, some interesting news and a backlog of posts, all which I’m going to begin posting today!
I want to thank you all for your concern, and don’t worry I haven’t forgotten about all of you at all!


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Win A Pair of Dockers By Showing Chivalry Is Not Dead

Dockers Pants, Caramel RedDockers Pants, Soft Khaki Carmel

I love Dockers pants, and they have been a fixture my wardrobe for as long as I can remember. So when I was approached with the opportunity to give away 5 pairs of Dockers Soft Khakis this Valentine’s Day, I jumped at it.

If you haven’t seen the “Dockers Men Without Pants” commercial from this year’s SuperBowl, take a moment and watch it (it’s at the end of this post, past the jump). It’s about men stepping up and wearing the pants, even though they weren’t! This Valentine’s Day, you have the chance to prove men ARE wearing the pants and that Chivalry Is Not Dead (#chivalryisnotdead)! To do this, post a comment on this post, or send me a tweet (@singlecityguy) about what you did (or for women, what a guy did for you) on Valentine’s Day, past or present. This can be anything, from making a great mixtape (hint), to a surprise romantic weekend get-away.

You have until Noon EST on Friday, February 19th, where I will then select 5 winners at random to receive a free pair of Soft Khakis (either in classic khaki or red).

Good luck guys, and show women that chivalry isn’t dead at all! [Read The Rest Of This Entry]

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Get 15% with Dating Coach eFlirtExpert – Laurie Davis

It’s the start of a new and exciting year. Time to start fresh and let the noise of last year die in the background. Dating can be rough, especially without any help. If your New Years resolution is to start an online dating profile, freshen your current profile, get dating advice, or need help crafting a message to that special someone, eFlirtExpert Laurie Davis is the person for you. I highly recommend Laurie and all of the services (especially as a client of hers).

I’ve teamed up with Laurie to offer a great discount to all of my readers. Contact her thru her website, Twitter, or Facebook to sign up for any of her services, mention Single City Guy sent you, and you will earn a 15% discount! It’s a great value, at a great price!

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Happy Twenty-Ten!

Photo by Maarel on deviantArt link

Ahh the New Year! A time to put the ghosts of the last year to rest, and start a new. It’s somewhat a yearly baptism, a fresh start, a tabula rosa if you will! The New Year is going to be a great, exciting year! Thanks for following my dating life of 2009.

I hope 2010 becomes a great year for you as well! The start of a new decade, the start of new adventures, and your first hangover of the New Year!

Happy New Year, have a joyous 2010!

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