FYI: DC’s Fashion District

Posted on April 10, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Fashion District is a celebration of style, design and entrepreneurship that aims to put a spotlight on influential and innovative designers and local businesses in DC. This season’s event is on Thursday, April 12th, from 7:30PM to 1AM, and trades in the runway for a showroom experience that allows attendees to watch, touch and feel, talk with the designers themselves and purchase the amazing garments and accessories on display. Designers include Hugh & Crye, Kelly Tang, Artaya, Ginger Root Design, Aliceanna and Accoutre, among others. Continue reading →

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Should My Blog Have a Google+ Page?

Posted on March 27, 2012 by | 4 Comments

While many big business have created Google+ Pages, I wasn’t necessarily sold on the idea that having one for my blog was a good use of my time. But 90 million new users since June is a pretty compelling story! So I decided to do a little digging to see if this new social network had unique value worth the time spent creating and maintaining another online account… or if I should be Pinning and Instagraming instead! Continue reading →

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How To Deal with Mean Comments

Posted on March 20, 2012 by | 12 Comments

When one decides to become a blogger, she chooses to put herself in the public eye. Whether you have 5 subscribers or 500,000, having a blog puts you on the Internet for the whole world to see. A major part of blogging is the comments you get from your readers. While it’s awesome to get compliments and positive feedback, we all know that not every comment received on a blog is positive. What do you do when someone leaves a less-than-cheerful comment on your blog? Continue reading →

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DC Designer Spotlight: Kelly Tang

Posted on March 13, 2012 by | 1 Comment

With so many talented designers and savvy store owners to blog about in DC, it wasn’t a surprise I bumped into one at one of our CapFABB Meetups! I was lucky enough to meet Kelly Tang, a budding fashion designer who also happens to be an avid blogger. Kelly is a recent graduate of Marymount University’s Fashion Design program. At 22, she has fears just like any other recent graduate, about making it out in the “real world”–but at the same time has full of hope and enthusiasm to make it as a fashion designer and to one day start a family.

Do you feel your formal fashion education at Marymount helped prepare you for finding a job in the industry?
I feel like I got a well-rounded education at Marymount. I didn’t want to go to just a fashion school because I wasn’t sure I was going to like it. But of course, I did. I feel like I got to learn so much more and I got to meet different people, not just fashion people, that it molded me as a designer. One day I would like to design for them—for different kinds of people. Continue reading →

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A Guide to Blogger Affiliate and Advertising Programs

Posted on March 8, 2012 by | 10 Comments

While each blog is different, many bloggers have found success with affiliate advertising.   I have used a variety of affiliate ads and links on my blog, below I will share the ones I have used and my experiences with them:

AdSense – Google AdSense is an incredibly easy way to generate revenue for your blog, especially if you are using Blogger as your platform.  Blogger keeps it simple – offering AdSense as a widget you can place most anywhere on your blog in a variety of styles; it also offers AdSense in your Blog Post setup.

AdSense gets a bad rap for many reasons – you never know exactly what will be advertised on your site, Google can ban you if they even think you’re clicking your own links, and few find it to be profitable.  I am one of the few who likes AdSense and finds it worth the space on my blog.

In the AdSense backend, you can choose what types of ads you allow on your blog – I have chosen to blog sensitive topics like religion, politics, and get rich quick schemes; I have also chosen to blog entire categories like Real Estate which don’t fit with the topic of my blog.  The longer you have AdSense, the better quality and the more appropriate the ads become.  When I started, I would get text links in a box, now I am advertising popular apparel brands.  Also the longer you have AdSense, the more money you make from it.  I can recall years where I hardly made $30 from my ads, now I make enough to make it very worthwhile.

AdSense states you need to reach the “payment threshold” to get paid; the site doesn’t seem to currently state what that threshold is, but for me it has always been $100, and payment is received via direct deposit into my account around the 26th of the month. Continue reading →

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400+ CapFABBers!

Posted on March 6, 2012 by | 1 Comment

We have over 400 members! Liz and I can not thank you all enough for your dedication and love you have shown towards CapFABB.

Now think… whenever you feel like you are the only person in the world hitting the ‘publish button’, just remember that there are over 400 of us here in the DMV area who understand how much hard work and dedication it takes to be a blogger.

Thank you so much again for your support of CapFABB! Happy Blogging! :)

XOXO,
L&L

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Win 3 Months of a HBloom Classic Subscription!

Posted on February 22, 2012 by | 2 Comments

How to win a 3 month subscription to HBloom:

  1. Follow HBloom on Pinterest!
  2. Head to the CapFABB board on the HBloom Pinterest page and find your photo booth pic!
  3. Get all of your readers/friends/fam to like your pic until March 1!

It’s that easy! The photo with the most likes wins!

*Contest ends March 1, 2012 – Winner must live in HBloom delivery zone. Please comment with your blog name and link. The Grand Prize is 10 deliveries total. If more then one person wins the deliveries will be divided up amongst the winners.*

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