Independent Fashion Bloggers

A New Map of the Two-Way Street: Why Giving Back to the Blogosphere is Key to Growth

This post is by Ann Colville Somma:
2010 will be a banner year for bloggers, as they stand firmly at the center of the new fashion media movement. Lauded as independent voices, blogs in fact exist within a highly interactive community, and in part, it’s this connectivity that differentiates us from traditional media. Every successful blog [...]

Beginner’s Guide to Growing Your Readership

This post is by Gotham Hipster

Once you’ve started  your blog, you’ve probably realized the readers don’t all come out by  themselves. Here are some tips to get yourself out there and interacting with the blog community, and your readers.
Interviews
An interview is the most personal way to market yourself to viewers, because you’re giving away quite [...]

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 [...]

How to make your Blogger blog more searchable

A Blogger blog is a fairly simple thing. It’s easy to get up and going and it’s quick to post articles. However, there are a few simple things you can do if you want to make it easier to find your blog in the Interwebs.
The first two things you can [...]

Giveaways with Style

Post by the lovely Lauren from A Typical Atypical, image by Migraine Chick
Blog giveaways are a huge phenomenon. They have seem to have sprung out of nowhere, and have done so for many reasons. They raise your hits, they attract attention, they encourage commenting. They can even be used to attract subscribers and reinforce your [...]

Google Ranking for Blogs… how well does your blog rank?

Post by the lovely Style Discovery,  above image by Perrimoon
When I first started blogging I had to rely heavily on my blog buddies– reciprocal visitors whose blogs I visit regularly. As I got busier with my full time job, I couldn’t keep up with the blog reading and commenting. That didn’t stop my blog from [...]

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 [...]

Adding a Newsletter to Your Blog

Image by SC Flasco
“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 then there are newsletters [...]

The Key To Success

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. [...]

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, [...]