Independent Fashion Bloggers

Traffic School: SEO a Go-Go

Beka Lynn from reLYME not only writes a lovely fashion blog, but her day job entails helping people monetize and drive traffic their blogs through affiliate programs… so when she asked to contribute some of her knowledge, I jumped at the chance. Here she give us SEO tips..
SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is the way in [...]

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 [...]

Make Money with Affiliate Programs

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If you’re blogging for extra cash, there are easier ways to make money.

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. [...]

Elle says:’we’ve noticed that more and more quality, style-focused blogs are cropping up…’

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Blog vs. print may be coming to a close, or maybe “independent blogs” vs. “media corporation blogs representing print magazines” may be coming to terms. I think. Scrolling through my rss feeder today, I came across Elle Magazine’s New Style Blogs article… It got me excited to see which blogs they [...]

Are text links a good deal?

One of the first offers I’ve received for advertising was a text link from a jewelry company who wanted to buy a post. I was excited, but it seemed very strange because I didn’t have very much traffic at the time. So I engaged in conversation…
It turned out to be more trouble than it’s worth, [...]

How blog networks pay…

Personally, my first experience with a blog network left a lot to be desired. I was confused, didn’t really know where to look to find out whether I was being paid fairly.They dictated the placement of their ads ‘above the fold’ even if they were mainly deodorant ads and dating survey ads. To top [...]

Blogging for $$$? Easy? Uh….

Here’s an interesting article found at SFGate.com:
Blogging tough way to make money – but here’s how
Ilana DeBare
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Q:I’m thinking of starting a blog and am curious about selling advertising on it. Do bloggers make much money from ads? How would I go about selling ads on my site? I have a full-time job, [...]

Who are you ‘affiliated’ with?

The pros & cons of affiliate marketing…

When I first began monetizing my blog, I first sent out an email approaching online boutiques about potential advertising. Many boutiques replied back saying that they have affiliate programs that bloggers can sign up for. What is an affliate program?
Here is what one retailer wrote to me:
We are actually [...]