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–either on a commercial level or on a personal level. If you must advertise to get yourself noticed, here are some points to consider from someone who has recently seen it all: [Read more]
Thanks to everyone who participated this week! We’ve got some excellent links here, bow love, new Trashy Diva designs, Emma Cook, becoming Wonder Woman…
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However, if you are going to be writing about what you love, you might as well make extra money if it’s only going to take a few extra steps.
Affiliate Programs can work, if you know how to use them. Personally, I’ve had my share of rage/resentment when it comes to affiliate programs, as I put an ‘ad’ up on my blog for months and only bring in a few cents. It took some time before I was able to figure out ways to make money off them, without comprising editorial content. [Read more]
Thanks to everyone who participated this week! We’ve got some excellent links here, how to shop in your own closet, models who blog, and getting ready for fall…
If you’ve missed this weeks round, no worries, there is always next week, you can sign up in the forums by clicking here.
To tell the truth, I was very confused when I first heard of it. Luckily, in the days before I started blogging, I had been invited by a friend to the Stylehive.com launch party. Though free food and goodie bag was the main motivation sit through the presentation, I did get to learn about social bookmarking, and how this website can organize your finds through keywords. At the time I was confused why anyone would need this, Stylehive’s usefulness soon became apparent when I started blogging and my bookmarks folder was overflowing with websites I couldn’t remember. [Read more]
Marjan Pejoski at Doshaburi
But it can take hours, days, weeks, months to get a good selection of resources compiled to make finding new content easier. As a fashion blogger, knowing where to find the good shops can be very difficult in the sea of online shopping. While some of us are happy with some of the more mainstream sites, others are on a quest to find the little boutiques featuring lesser known and more unique designers. Ara Anjargolian has created a resource to make our lives a whole lot easier. Since January 2005, Jargol, an online shopping guide featuring independent boutiques, some user submitted, some added by Ara himself, and all of them have something interesting about them. You can search by city, by boutique type and you can even subscribe to the Jargol blog to get the latest on sale announcements and new inventory (like the above photo: Marjan Pejoski @ Doshaburi, Barcelona). And if you are going to visit a new city… it’s best to visit this site before you go, as it has a comprehensive shopping guide for cities, mostly in the US, but also around the world.
Here Ara talks to us about why he started this valuable resource, and how the internet has affected independent fashion…
Thanks to everyone who participated this week! It’s our very first round of links for the IFB community, and we’ve got some great posts! If you’ve missed this weeks round, no worries, there is always next week, you can sign up in the forums by clicking here.
It might sound like a redundant statement, but without consistent, quality content, readers won’t have a reason to come back. An Editorial Calendar will not only help you decide what to post, keep you inspired, but it also helps your readers know what to expect. Magazines use editorial calendars to plan a year in advance allowing time to develop content properly. While most blogs may not need to plan posts a year in advance, having some kind plan for your posts will help save time and curb blogger’s block. And don’t be afraid, editorial calendars come in all shapes and levels of detail, you can work what’s best with minimal effort, and still reap the rewards. [Read more]
One of the most important things to building my blog was by creating linkable content, when I was just starting out, and even now I’ve been around for a while, it’s always good to put my links out there in as many places for people to find my blog. It’s also a good way to get connected to other bloggers, either through active commenting, or through links, sharing traffic is always a good thing.
As part of building the IFB community, we’re starting a linking group for the IFB members.. it’s opt-in as with all aspects of IFB, and there is only on real rule: [Read more]
Kingdom of Style is one of those blogs that just continually inspires. The Queens, Michelle and Marie give constant sources of inspiration to their impeccable style. Queen Michelle often shows her DIY projects that are experiments in fashion as well as personal endeavors. If you haven’t been to the site, you should check it out. The following post is their own key to how they’ve become so successful:
If I had a quid for every time someone asked me what makes a successful blog, I’d be off buying new shoes this very second. Whenever someone does ask me this I always feel disappointed that I can’t offer them a solid formula but the simple truth is, I have no idea what makes a blog successful. Sometimes it just happens.
Of course, how one defines a successful blog is very much dependent on one’s definition of successful. I think a blog can be successful on many different levels.
But here are some things to consider:
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