IFB - Independent Fashion Bloggers

6 Ways to Figure Out Your Blog’s Brand Essence

A brand essence isn't something that is easy to communicate - instead, it's a few words (the fewer the better), that communicates the feeling that your brand evokes. Unlike your visual identity, or a tagline, y...

Why All Fashion Bloggers And Influencers NEED To Attend SIMPLY LA

SIMPLY LA is less than two months away!That's right, fashion bloggers and Instagram influencers!The best networking and educational event in the industry is happening in a few weeks, on Saturday, August 1...

Daily Inspiration: Some days you just have to create your own sunshine.

There are days where everything goes wrong. Toothpaste drops on your silk blouse, late for work, given bad news, accidentally deleted a 1000 word post, someone says something rude to you... ug. There are th...

The 10 Ultimate Photo Editing Apps for Android

Discover which Android apps are the best for photography, from special effects to editing.

10 YouTube Stars to Watch (& Learn From)

In the internet galaxy, YouTube is a universe unto itself. In just over eight years of existence, YouTube sees over 1 billion unique visitors who watch over 4 billion hours of video. PER MONTH. While the traffi...

5 Ways To Gain More Followers: How To Quickly Grow Your Blog’s Audience

We know starting a blog can be tough. Especially if you want to gain more followers and a large audience quickly.There are so many amazing blogs out there, it seems so hard for the new bloggers to get into ...

21 Link-Ups to Promote Your Outfit Posts

Never has there been more places to promote your blogs, and particularly, outfit posts! While, "What are you wearing" communities ie. Lookbok.nu have existed for a long time, not as well-known, but equally ...

How To Have A Strong Voice In Your Writing, And Why It’s Important

The photos, the site design, and the social media outlets are vital limbs in developing a cohesive blog -- but at the heart of the whole operation lies the writing, and more importantly, the voice.

How to Blog Like a Boss With an Editorial Calendar & Content Idea Bank

Here on IFB, we write a lot about your 'editorial calendar' and 'keeping your content fresh.' What does an editorial calendar actually look like, and how exactly does one keep coming up with new and fresh i...

How to Grow Your Audience Organically with Social Envy

It doesn’t matter whether you’re a blogger, vlogger or small business owner; we all want more Instagram followers – and the social envy for those that have many is real.We were interested in how Social Envy...

Daily Inspiration: Don’t be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.

It's so easy to get caught up fixing problems. Particularly on a Monday! Holy moly! But don't let your problems dictate where you go with your life. Sure, learn from mistakes, take your knowledge, but don't ...

Do Bloggers Really Get Paid for Press Releases, Freebies or Campaigns?

Ok, so when I started blogging in 2007, I did not know a thing about the publishing industry. Not. A. Thing. In retrospect, I wish I had someone with experience sit down and tell me what was what, because I mad...