Independent Fashion Bloggers

Rhythm is Gonna Getcha: Maintaining Consistency in Your Blog

By: Beka Mercurio of reLYME.com
Once upon a time, I used to help bloggers expand their brand online. I watched tiny blogs grow to very big blogs, and very big blogs grow to take over the Web. All the while, I preached the gospel of consistency.
I would tell my clients that you must find your rhythm [...]

You Just Don’t Compare

Comparing seems to be a good way to determine how good something is. When you go shopping you compare who has the best prices, the nicest shop, the best selections. Comparing works great for finding car insurance, but when it comes to personal matters such as self esteem, comparing doesn’t offer the most help. In [...]

Get Real: How to Beat Blogging Perfectionism

“Perfectionism…the persistence which keeps great artists at their easels until their creation matches their conception” W.C. Roedell
A little perfectionism in terms of our blog’s appearance is something I’m sure we’ve all struggled with. You want it to look professional, but not like you tried to hard; you want to include all the important elements, but [...]

How has your blog evolved?

Does your blog look the same? Feel the same?

A lot can be said for evolution, when your skills improve from daily practice, your resources honed in, things should get easier right?

To Blog, or Not to Blog

Post by the lovely Lauren from A Typical Atypical, image by Jan Michellardi
For those of you who haven’t noticed, the infamous blogosphere is a strange yet wonderful world.…

Journalists can hate us, but then become us. Speculation on an obscure podcast can be public knowledge by the next day. It can be a hugely reassuring and [...]

Burnout Aversion Tips from Bloggers

image by Jan Michellardi.
For every blog that is born, there is some blog somewhere, that dies. There are bloggers who are everywhere for a few months, then suddenly go quiet. Who knows why they stop exactly, but often enough it’s chalked up to burnout. Earlier this week Dramatis Personae brought up the topic of burning [...]

In the Name of the Blog

image by Kevin N. Murphy
Ronke Adeyemi of The Musings of Ondo Lady has been a part of IFB since the early days and has contributed before. She specialises in popular culture and the hotest guilty pleasures. Here she gets the story behind how bloggers get their names…
So what’s in a name? Well everything actually. A [...]

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 they even think about that [...]

How To Write The Perfect Holiday Gift Guide

We all loved Tierra M. Wilson’s last post on IFB ‘Fashion Bloggers Claim Your Media Credentials Today‘ so I was delighted to get her tips on creating the perfect holiday gift guide…
As a fashion blogger November and December can be record readership and/or subscription months for your fashion blog if you understand holiday spending and [...]

What hats do you wear as a blogger?

One of the things that has kept me intrested in blogging, is the notion that there is always room for improvement, and there is always new things to learn. If I were to look at my ‘to do’ list for my blog, it seems that it’s getting bigger and bigger. I’d like to say that [...]