Follow Friday Freak Out! We're No.1!!

Stop the clocks, hold up, pause the tape and take a moment to calm down..We've been having a follow Friday freak out as we received this tweet that we were the most #FF'd tweep in all of Ireland beating off musicians like Paul Hughes and Jedward...Check out the screen capture below, really can't believe our twitter account, @ladyumbrellaltd, is in the number one spot for last Friday..



I'm a sucker for numbers though I had to go and see where us and our ladies t-shirts ranked globally. It turns out we are no. 282 globally out of 5,888,995 and our ranking for English speaking twitter users is no. 242 - not too bad all things considered.

Needless to say I'd trade 90 FF's every Friday for 90 t-shirt sales every Friday but it is really humbling to see that so many people are talking about us and helping us spread the word...I don't know how many times I've said it in the past now but things like this really make everything worth while - the support from you is really over whelming and all I can do is ask you to please keep it up...

...and next target acquired now is to be the no. 1 #FF'd English speaking twitter user..will take a while but the challenge starts now..Will it ever happen?

P.S. Sharing is caring! Our IT boffins have have got a new Facebook "like" button and Twitter ReTweet button on the top of all our blog posts..Give them a click and make us smile!

Follow Friday 28th May 2010

Another Friday greets us, heralding another weekend which I'm sure we're all very grateful for..I harbour hopes of perhaps cracking out the BBQ this weekend, with some luck we'll have some sunshine, you have any plans? Anyway, onto the Follow Friday list for this week, a nice mix bag here..enjoy...

@SoundGateMedia - is a relatively new twitter account set up by a friend of mine who is a music promoter with SoundGateMedia. He has recently lined up Wilson Dixie for his only show in Dublin, check out the hilarious vid below.

@L_Hawkins - aka the Search Engine Surgeon is a really engaging tweep who has been helping us out a bit with SEO..if SEO means nothing to you then contact Lyle - he'll sort you out..

@Crocktees - is a great t-shirt company from San Fran. The main man in charge, Tobin Jones, is a guy I get on well with and we regularly discuss beer o'clock and the weather in San Fran. Check out his site Crocktees.com and get the follow on..

@JamesBlute - is a new tweep I met this week and straight away got on (randomly). He may soon launch "BrollyBros" as male alternative to our offering hehe..until then though you can find him at Get Clients Blue Print which is worth checking out..

@Kazane1 - I'm a lover of coffee, no doubt about that..I also have a pretty messed up body clock, also no doubt about that..Yet, when I tweet about drinking coffee 9 times out of @Kazane1 has also just started a cup..bizarre and brilliant..and to top it off she is a lover of jellies - ole..

@MaiaKrallFry - is a young and upcoming English actress who will soon be all over the silver screen..we've been tweeting with her for a while & have found it a most pleasant experience..check her out and watch her in her latest short movie..Remember the name..

@YouthSportMark - I'm surprised I haven't mentioned him in previous FF blog posts but the guy is a champ..Took me a while to cop his name is Richard and not Mark but has been plain sailing since, real good guy..get the follow on..

And that's a wrap..7 more tweeps for you to follow..And, well, why not a bonus? She has been mentioned before but fasionista extraordinaire @LadyMPresents submitted a picture of her wearing her LadyUmbrella ladies t-shirt to a competition on Fashbo - would be amazing if we could win so please why take a second to vote :)

And, if you haven't entered yet our 2 t-shirt giveaway will end at 8pm GMT today! Get your name in the hat now and have a great weekend..ole..

Follow Friday 21st May 2010

Those avid blog readers out there will have noticed that I missed last weeks Follow Friday blog - I do apologise. I've been pretty crazy busy with our facebook fanpage and trying to get 5,000 fans before my birthday - the work is never done I tells ya..Anyway, onto the follows..

@poisonsix9 - I mentioned about that we're trying to get 5,000 fans and this tweeter has been sensational and given us so much support and RTs - really, thank you..

@TheStyleRawr - RAWR, hear their roar..there are some new bloggers in town who were kind enough to mention us. Well worth following and watching these movers and shakers in operation..

@PandoraApparel - A new t-shirt company based in Ireland set up by some good friends of mine..some might say competition but we say camaraderie..follow them on twitter, fb & check out their blog and watch them grow..

@JBenjamin82 - is another clothing company who were the competition this week :) Whilst we were trying to get 5,000 FB fans they were trying to get 300 and they made it before is, drat..The good news is that the great peeps at JBenjamin Clothing now have a chunky 30% off to celebrate - join in the fun..

@LadyMPresents - Is a top notch fashion blogger who mentioned us in the past but also become our first "victim". She ordered a tee from us and we made our first mistake and sent her the wrong tee..We chastised ourselves and apologised profusely and thankfully were able to right the wrong - LadyM is well worth the follow and we thank her for her understanding..

@ScattyCrazy - is a nice girl all the way from Vietnam who we've had the pleasure of tweeting with recently. Gotta love the power of the web for being able to make all sorts of connections..

@TeesInAPod - is an online podcast project that I'm involved which is proving to be quite a bit of fun...Find out what it is all about right here..

And that's a wrap for this week..press that lovely green RT button so this can coarse through the veins of Twitter on this Follow Friday..have a great weekend everyone...

Follow Friday 7th May 2010

Another Friday is upon us which means the usual #FF & #followfriday pandemonium on Twitter. What it means for this blog is that I list out some of the tweeps who I've been in tweeting with throughout the week, tweeps who've been rockin' my twittersphere...

@ThatTweetThing - is an awesome girl who I've been tweeting with about all things for quite a while now..more recently she helped provide a movie choice and recommended Bruno as it scored highly on her TTT scale - ask her about it..Bruno shall be watched soon ;)

@HCCMK - the world works in strange ways. A while back I recommended @sevendaysonline to @HCCMK only to discover that she was already a fan and from that point on we've had a bit of banter. She is also an RT champ so we thank you for that..good luck in the exams hehe..

@paulbaines - is the scribe behind the wonderfully penned Buy-Tees.net blog which has been kind enough to feature us in the past. Paul churns out top notch posts & thanks to Google Buzz I don't miss them. It is a must read blog for t-shirt lovers.

@StatiK99 - We've been running in similiar online social media circles for a bit but this week we got the tweet on about music..Like myself he is a bit of a guitar player who hasn't played enough recently - we feel each others pain..real good dude worth following..

@C_R_U_U_U - Yet another good guy I've been in contact with for quite a while and Irish to boot. He is masterminding a nifty app which will be out soon. He also gave us the heads up to get our lookbook online earlier this week..get the follow on so you don't miss his app when it drops..

@silran666 - Well, what can I say about this guy..Starting tweeting him thanks to @365daygirl from our stronghold in Utah and it has been most enjoyable..Whether we're talking about hot sauce or horse riding there is always a chuckle to be had..Another must follow..

@color_my_closet - Whilst I haven't tweeted her much when I RT'd her article about The 20 Piece Wardrobe I got a lovely thank you tweet back. Not all tweeps do this so she instantly gets a whole lot of good twitter karma with me. On top of that it is a great article so check it out (I learned a lot hehe)..

Follow Friday 30th April 2010

Yet another round up of those tweeps who have been rocking my twit-o-sphere and keeping my tweetdeck "binging" (I've just started using tweetdeck - I think I like it)..

@Peachanr - is a really cool twitter from from Thailand who has some amazing t-shirt designs and a really sweet website..

@JBenjamin82 - is a another t-shirt company and a good online friend from Texas..he maintains a blog which is progressing nicely and has some neat designs..

@DeeDee2122 - is an Irish amiga I've come across on twitter..she gives us lots of RT's and has even purchased one of our ladies t-shirts..fun girl to tweet with, get the follow on..

@IndustriRoyal - are a Swedish band who have toured Europe a few times..the guitar player lived with me for a while and unsurprisingly they make some catchy songs..check out "Location, Location, Location" and enjoy the video below..

@Mayahanley - we're forever indebted to Maya..she got in touch with us the other day to suggest hooking up facebook to our site..we managed to get it integrated into our gallery and if Maya didn't suggest we probably wouldn't have it now - thank you!

@Emzy915 - is a new tweep I've started talking to and she is a social media intern at Closet Couture. Real friendly girL who has better Spanish than me..find out why!

@JThomsponDesign - a buddy I've been tweeting with for a while now..top designer and has a great blog, Design Juices. And, like me, he likes his football so needless to say a few tweets about the Barca v Inter game during the week..

And that concludes my 7 #FF for this week..all good peeps so get the follow on and enjoy this awesome video by Industri Royal called "I Can Keep A Secret".

Follow Friday 16th April 2010

So, it's Friday which as usual means all out #FF madness on twitter which at times can be a bit manic and without much value. Today however, amongst the #FF and RT melee I spotted a tweet from my friend Chris who runs a funny t-shirt company called Rizzotees. His tweet had a link which led me to his Follow Friday blog post which proves to be the motivation for this post..

I think it is a great idea to kind of chart who your #FF's are at a certain moment in time so that you can look back and have one of those "Oh yea, I remember that" moments. I also think it's only a matter of time until everyone is doing FF posts - Chris you genius..onto my ffs...

@Rizzo Tees - needless to say he has to be top of the list, great guy and friend with some hilarious tshirts, a must follow

@RachelLK - This girl is a star. I can no longer access my facebook for some random reason and turned to twitter, she came to the fore and with some luck my a/c will be up and running again. Thank you so much Rachel..

@Seven Days - Seven Days are a top notch band from Kildare who are about to blow up. Check out their amazingly funky tune "Easier".

@365daygirl - is a seriously cool girl who happened to buy a tee from us a while back. It isn't our tee that makes her cool but her 365 Day Project she is doing to master the art of social media.

@tikiclaire - a real fun and friendly amiga from Mexico who understands my pigeon Spanish..

@richardtwomey - I don't have a lot of twitter peeps that I've actually met in person so when photographer Richard Twomey started following me it was nice to be able to go "Oh I know that guy"..Richard was in my brothers class in school years ago so I know him from there..

@teesinapod - is an online project I've gotten involved with recently that is going to be a weekly podcast aimed at helping online businesses which launches this Monday..

And thats enough for you to follow and check out this week, thanks again to Chris for the idea..Who are your #FF's?

Also, if anyone has any ideas on how to contact facebook I would love to hear them so I can possibly get my account unbanned - until then I'm not one of the 500 million people on facebook - doh!