Punchbowl Blog

This post was written by Stephanie Fader, Sr. Marketing Manager

Did you know that August has more birthdays than any other month? That means more baby showers to plan and more birthdays to celebrate when August starts in just a couple of weeks!

Traditionally, July, August, and September are the most popular months for birthdays. Here are a few more fun facts about birthdays:

• Tuesday is the most common day to deliver (according to the U.S. Census)
• Sophia and Aiden were the most popular baby names in 2010
• More people are born on October 5th than any other date (makes sense…that means conception is right around New Year’s!)
• May 22 is the least common birthday date

How many people do you know with August birthdays? Do you need a way to keep track of all the birthdays in your life? Create a list of birthday reminders on Punchbowl to keep track of all the important birthdays in your life, including family, friends, and coworkers. You create the list and schedule when you want to receive your reminders, and we’ll send you emails to make sure you don’t forget the dates! Reminders is a free service so check it out today!

This post written by Stephanie Fader, Marketing & PR Manager

Spring starts tomorrow so it’s only fitting that this week MyPunchbowl launched our Spring Birthday Bonanza Sweepstakes! Through the sweepstakes you can enter to win a free MyPunchbowl Premium membership upgrade good for the entire year. And we’re not giving away just one - we’re giving away one Premium membership every day for 30 days!

MyPunchbowl Premium gives you access to more invitation designs, priority tech support, advertising-free eCards and invitations, and more. It’s great for planning those upcoming spring birthdays that will be here before you know it.

If you’re a current MyPunchbowl user and you’ve thought about upgrading, now’s your chance to get it for free. In fact, you have 30 chances to get it for free. Enter as many days as you’d like!

If you already have a MyPunchbowl Premium account, tell your friends about this contest and let them know what they’re missing.

Also, if you have not yet signed up for a free MyPunchbowl account, now is the perfect time to sign up. Get access to all of our award-winning features as well as hundreds of designs, a huge selection of party supplies, and much more.

Enter the Spring Birthday Bonanza Sweepstakes through Twitter or Facebook now through April 16, 2010. If you enter through Twitter, you get additional entries for every follower who enters through your link!

Good luck and happy spring!

This post written by Stephanie Fader, Marketing & PR Manager

We’re really excited today to announce our partnership with Excitations, the nation’s premier provider of unique experience gifts. Through this partnership, we now provide MyPunchbowl Experiences on our site.

Experience gifts, which range from hot air balloon rides to gourmet cooking classes, create memories for the recipient that will last a lifetime. They are exciting and unique, so it’s easy to see why these gifts are the newest way to celebrate milestone birthdays—including sweet sixteen, 21, 30, 40, and even 100.

MyPunchbowl Experiences offers an extraordinary selection of experiences that will engage the recipient’s personality and passions—ranging from skydiving, first flight lesson, helicopter tour, and stock car driving to model for a day, create your own wine, glass blowing and a private safari. The possibilities, like the memories they create, are endless—and there is something for every budget and age to enjoy.

MyPunchbowl Experiences is the latest addition to the start to finish party planning capabilities that are available on MyPunchbowl. Unlike other party planning sites that start and stop with the invitation, MyPunchbowl brings your party to life with ideas, invitations, party favors, gift registries, and even photo and video sharing, and more. With the addition of MyPunchbowl Experiences, you can now make your next party an unforgettable experience party.

Check out the official announcement and share it with your friends!