Independent Fashion Bloggers

So You Want a Review Sample

This post is by Sonja, the beauty editor at The Coveted I asked her to write this post because of the great way she’s built relationships with beauty companies over the past months since she’s started to write on our blog. ~Jennine
The Challenge
You see pics of lovely clothes and beauty products and want to write [...]

Hot or Not? Affiliate Links in Twitter

Don’t ask me why, but I’ve always felt a little strange about making money.

Why can’t the cash just appear in my account and automatically replenish itself? Oh yeah, that’s why we work.

Back in March, I asked you all how essential twitter was to your blog… and mentioned I had been doing some experimenting with affiliate links in twitter. At the time, I didn’t really think much about whether it was ethical to use affiliate links, because I only tweeted things that I really loved… until I read some recent articles about an affiliate backlash in twitter…

6 Do’s and Don’ts for Networking Online

This post is by the lovely What the Pros Do, image by annia316
It is so easy to connect with other bloggers and those that share your interests what with all the networking sites out there for you to join. Although networking online can be fun it is still important to treat your online profiles as [...]

Fair Use Explained: More on Copyrighted Images on Blogs

Earlier this year we talked about all the images we can use on our blogs without getting into trouble. But the truth remains, if you read fashion blogs, you have probably seen a copyrighted image being used, and if you have any idea about the likely hood that Vogue would grant one of us permission, [...]

Photos you can use on your blog without breaking the law…

Image by Digital Sophia
What kind of photos can  you use on your blog?
Sure there are loads of bloggers who lift images from other sites, but due to copyright infringement laws, they may be breaking the law, and vulnerable to lawsuits. Yuck. So which images can you use?
Referencing the source, isn’t always enough. Some websites [...]

‘Free’ Ethics: How to accept products for review, or as gifts…

image by powerbooktrance
While getting products ‘for free’ is always a nice thing, sometimes I can feel torn about receiving them. Particularly in the early days of my blog where I wondered if it would compromise my integrity. I would feel guilt, and worry, and wonder if I would really like the gift knowing that it [...]

An Open Letter to Google Ads…

Dear Google,
I’ll take you down before you place ads FOR discrimination on my blog.
Since I’m no longer in California, I personally couldn’t tell if you were running ads for YES on PROP 8, the measure to amend the California State Constitution to BAN same sex marriages. It wasn’t until I was hearing from various blogs [...]

A Matter Of Integrity

StyleIT is written by the lovely Sarah Conley…
Dear Readers,
As the owner of a fashion & beauty blog, I have daily interactions with various members of the industry.  From makeup artists, publicists, designers and company owners themselves have by and large been a delight work with.  It has been wonderful to see how what started [...]

SALE ALERT: Integrity up to 90% off.

I know I shouldn’t write in anger… and I’m ticked off right now. As many of you know, I write a fashion blog, called The Coveted, it’s a monetized blog. I don’t make much money, but still, There is adsense, and affiliates from eBay and Amazon, which are the only ones I seem to [...]

Dear IFB:

A question from one of our members:
I am one of three members of a group blog, and we’re on the verge of taking our blog to the next level and monetizing by signing up for at least one ad network. All three of us now live in different states (with one in another timezone), [...]