Tag: blogging
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I almost killed my blog. Here’s what I did instead.
I remembered why I started this blog in the first place. There were no sponsors or influencers; there was no revenue, no Instagram, no goal other than to share a little of yourself with maybe three likeminded people.
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VLOG: Vlogging is the New Blogging
It seems like these days, there is more commenting and engagement happening on YouTube…the kind of fun, real engagement that used to happen on our blogs back in the day.
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7 Ways Lifestyle Bloggers Irritate Followers
I’ve been at this blogging thing a while. Over the last nine years, I’ve witnessed the meteoric rise of fashion bloggers; blog conferences that used to be hot, that are now not; the evolution of content and photography; the commercialization of everything. And while I couldn’t live without all the blogs I troll everyday, I’ve come to realize that […]
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Fashion bloggers and nudity…how far is too far?
Is it just me, or does life seem to be imitating art at a prolific rate in the fashion blogging world? And by life imitating art, I mean fashion bloggers exposing a whole lot of skin. In August last year, I went on a little rant On Miley Cyrus, the VMAs, and Feminism, in which […]
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Memory Lane
Fashion bloggers, remember when: Our brains didn’t rapid-fire hashtags like #selfie, #OOTD, and #NYFW? IFB Con in New York was the (only) big blogger event? Any #selfie required a DSLR, tripod, and camera remote? Bloggers were lucky to get into fashion shows (much less sit front row)? Designers only “dressed” movie stars and bloggers had […]
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Refreshed for 2014
So you may have found G&G to be a bit sketch lately. Maybe you’ve come by looking for something, ANYTHING new, and instead found a “Maintenance Mode” screen. For hours. Or days. (Because a couple times I forgot to turn it off after working with this new theme on the backend. Oops.) Sorry, sweethearts! But as […]
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Seven Deadly Sins Series: GLUTTONY
For the final post in my Seven Deadly Sins Series, I’m going to put myself front-and-center, because this is a sin I am most definitely guilty of. I don’t know if it’s my all-or-nothing nature, but there’s a little voice inside my head that’s always telling me more is better. That more might be food, cocktails, handbags, […]
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