Author Archives: Alex

CollegeCandy Throws Second Annual Summer Party in NYC

This month CollegeCandy hosted its Second Annual Summer Party in NYC. We rounded up our favorite bloggers, local writers, fabulous interns and loyal readers for a night of mixing and mingling at West 3rd Common in the Village. At last year’s kick off summer party, the goody bags were a huge hit and everyone was [...]

Love CMG? Follow us on Twitter!

We’ve been having so much fun updating this blog that we were all like, let’s get real modern and take it to Twitter. Yep, that’s right. We’ve made a Twitter account just for COED Media Group. Not only does it cover the latest and greatest from our three  phenomenal properties, but it also covers any [...]

CollegeCandy Redecorates with PBdorm

Years and years ago, way before iPads and parents being allowed on Facebook, I was a college freshman. And I was also obsessed with PBdorm. It was like their catalog was reading the “dream dorm” list I had in my head and I basically ended up ordering everything I saw. So you can imagine my [...]

Did You Know CMG is on Linkedin?

There are a million ways to stay connected on the interwebs. Here at CMG headquarters we’re determined to be utilizing as many of those connections as possible. That’s why we’ve created a LinkedIn company page where you can follow all our major hires, our company growth and everything else that gets you pumped up about [...]

29 Sex Tips from 29 Sexperts Gets 1,000,000+ Pageviews

College is a learning experience. From learning how to do complex physics equations to learning how to manage your time to learning how to have good sex. And while colleges are more than happy to help students learn more about their academics pursuits and the best ways to to manage their time, they generally tend [...]

Jodi Picoult Helps Make CollegeCandy Survey Go Viral

CollegeCandy launched a two-part feature last month that encouraged women to vote for the most influential public figures in their lives. From serious categories like “most influential activist” to more fun categories like “most influential tween” it was a comprehensive survey that shows America exactly who inspires us on a daily basis. Well-known author Jodi [...]

CollegeCandy Teams Up With Rent the Runway

Rent the Runway is the hottest new company on college campuses and we knew as soon as we heard about them that they would make an awesome partner. But we had no idea just how awesome of a partner they would be until we launched our co-branded sweepstakes together (check it out here). In just [...]

Following CMG Writers on Twitter is Now Easier than Ever!

We have over 100 talented and social media savvy contributing writers working for us at COED Media Group and it can be exhausting trying to keep with everything they’re doing. That’s why we’ve created the ultimate CMG Writer Twitter list. It’s an awesome way to follow all our writers in one place. Not only does [...]

Interning for CollegeCandy: A Crash Course In Social Media

I thought I was pretty tech savy before starting my internship at CollegeCandy, I am no stranger to facebook, foursquare and had my own blog. Turns out, I had only skimmed the surface. When I started navigating the CollegeCandy Twitter and working on Tumblr that I realized how mind blowing Social Media is these days. [...]

CollegeCandy Summer Party!

It’s no secret that we LOVE parties at College Candy. After all, what kind of college blog would we be if we didn’t?? That’s why this summer we decided to throw a blowout bash for all our readers and writers who are in the city for the summer. We teamed up with several of our [...]