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What do you need to build a better blogging experience?
Since beginning Independent Fashion Bloggers, I’ve been very protective of this blog community. What we have here is very special. While writing tips on blog improvement are important, like many of you, I get a lot of emails from PR people pitching services and free goodies to the community. Until…
Objects Without Meaning: The Brand That Doesn’t Pretend, Yet, Still Profound
Have you ever read a fashion label’s about page? Or a fashion show review? Often sounding more like those little placards you’ll find next to a painting in a museum, the language used in the fashion industry is heady, full of rag jargon. I get it. I went to art…
WordPress Design Tips for Fashion Bloggers (and anyone else)
Richard Spencer Davies is author of Petite Bourgeoisie a beautifully designed site, which is no wonder because he also has a strong web design portfolio. For those of us who are struggling with WordPress(.org), finding themes, tweaking CSS, tweaking PHP, finding themes (notice a theme here)… this article will help…
Ode to the Slow Blogger
Bobble Bee is a lovley blog written by Patricia Yägue a stylist in New York City. Bobble Bee has been a regular supporter of IFB since it’s inception, you can read more of her IFB posts here. For the last couple of months I’ve been reading several apologies from bloggers…
Adding a Newsletter to Your Blog
“I don’t want to put more junk in other people’s mail boxes.” I don’t want to bother people. My blog isn’t big enough. I don’t have enough time… I hate half the newsletters I get in my box. These are all the things I keep telling myself about newsletters. But…
Dress Up Soiree NYC Photos
Alright… I’m so sorry, I’ve been MIA since I’ve been in New York… seriously, it’s been a whirlwind, but I’m reading all your comments, and sooo appreciate them. One of the things I was doing was organizing the Dress Up Soirée NYC. We had an amazing turnout, and it was…
How to do good blog interviews
This post is by the lovely Mademoiselle Robot,when you’re done reading this post, stop by her lovely personal style blog. I decided a few months ago to start interviewing artists, designers & other bloggers for my site. I have worked as a journalist for a while, so interviewing became something…
Schmoozing, sharing, ahem… research on Modepass
It’s no secret that social networks play a vital part in blog marketing and development. While everyone and their mother are on Facebook and Myspace, it’s only the beginning of the social media frenzy, new networks are popping up every week it seems. If you have a few, or more…
We Really Like Your Style
Since the rise of Web2.0, fashion blogs and social networks have worked hand in hand in democratizing style… I couldn’t imagine blogging without social networks, both for research and for reaching out. Yet, I’ve always wondered how these networks are born, and how they intend bloggers to use them… if…