Grechen Reiter, Author at IFB

6 Simple Blog Design Tips For A Better Blog

When it comes to designing your blog's layout, simplicity is key - especially if you're a beginner. Your overall blog design should be kept simple and clean. Content should always be the main focus of your blo...

How to Keep Up Your Blog During the Holidays. Or Not

The holiday season is upon us, at least in the US. For many that means more time with family and friends and less time blogging. So how do you keep your blog up during the holidays? Or do you? Personally, ...

Fashion Blogging: The Definitive List of Best Practices

So you want to be a fashion blogger...or you already are. Here are some important best practices pulled from the wealth of IFB archives, from the simple (be nice!!) to the more technical (how to do competitiv...

The Truth About Fashion Bloggers

It's no secret there's a lot said about bloggers in general, and there's certainly no shortage of criticisms and/or critiques of fashion bloggers specifically. We sometimes get the worst of it, because we sho...

5 Ways to Say, “No, thank you.” to Blogger Opportunities

As a blogger, I'm sure you get a lot of emails from brands and PR reps asking to "work with you." What happens when you get a request or inquiry from a brand that you don't want to work with? Or they're talki...

Why You’re Not Making Money from your Affiliate Links

As a follow-up to my last post on how to start affiliate marketing, I want to mention some reasons why you might not be making any money if you've already started adding affiliate links to your blog instead o...

How To Get Started with Affiliate Marketing

There are lots of ways to monetize your blog: advertising, affiliate marketing, ebooks, selling a product. It's always best to diversify though, and find the right mix of all of these things for you and your ...

Update : You Don’t NEED 250,000 Page Views to Earn a Living Blogging

Just about a year ago, I wrote an article here on IFB sharing on average how much I make a month as a "professional" fashion blogger. Especially in light of "82% of Bloggers made more money than ever last yea...

What I’ve Learned in 10 Years Posting OOTD

ifb-fashion I've been posting outfits of the day (OOTD) for ten years. Back when I started, not a lot of people were doing it, so it was a relatively new phenomenon, and there weren't a lot of "rules" or stand...

Email Newsletter Tips for Fashion Bloggers Revisited

It's a fact, email newsletters drive a lot of engagement. Both my RSS emails and my bi-weekly newsletters bring traffic and comments to my blogs, and I can track purchases readers made via affiliate links. ...

Blogger’s Toolkit: 8 Things You Must Put on your Business Cards

Business cards are an often-overlooked tool in a blogger's marketing arsenal, but they can be extremely effective in introducing yourself and your blog to potential partners or readers offline. Including y...

10 Tips for Maximizing Affiliate Income (Without Losing Your Soul)

Last week I addressed the Fashionista article which claimed that some personal style bloggers would earn up to $50,000 a month in affiliate commissions via RewardStyle. Then I countered with my own average af...

You Don’t Need a Massive Following to Make a Living Blogging

Most of you have probably already read Fashionista's article about "personal style bloggers raking in millions", but in case you haven't, the gist of it is that there are some fashion bloggers out there who mak...

The Fashion Blogger’s Quick Guide to Monetization

Now that you've figured out it's time to monetize your fashion blog, how do you do it? There's no "one" right way or the "best" way to monetize your blog, you'll just have to figure out what works for you a...

Why Every Blogger Should Send an Email Newsletter (Plus, What to put in it)

We've talked a little recently here on IFB about how important an email newsletter can be for driving traffic to your blog, but it's still not a tool many bloggers use. It should be. Besides search engine tra...

Behind the Scenes: How a Fashion Blogger Makes Money

I always appreciate getting a "behind the scenes" look at income breakdowns and the nuts & bolts of making a living as a blogger, so I thought I'd get on the other side of it today and give you a peek ins...

How to be a Fashion Blogger WITHOUT a DSLR & Other Things….

Have you ever been afraid to start something - a new blog, a new project, or whatever? Or told yourself you'd start when you have _______ (fill in the blank)? I know I have. We're so good at putting things ...

10 Tips for Capturing the Perfect Wedding in Bristol

The Camera Lens Every Fashion Blogger Should Use

Know Your Selfie: 5 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Self-Sabotage