From AdAgeMobile: For the budding #SMMUCLA Bloggers! Turn your blog into a business!
Wed, 29 May 2013 06:45:00 -0400
Lauren Sherman
Lauren Sherman
Bloggers-turned-startup founders have been commonplace in
tech, but the “big ideas” of fashion scribes never drew the same kind
of investor appeal. Now, an influx of style-driven startups -- Moda
Operandi, Rent the Runway, and more recently, Bauble Bar and Halsbrook
-- is changing that.
Geri Hirsch never considered bigger
opportunities when she launched the fashion-lifestyle blog Because I'm
Addicted in 2005. “From day one it was always a hobby,” said Ms. Hirsch,
who reports that the blog draws more than 200,000 unique users each
month. Even though Because I'm Addicted is now a source of revenue
-- she sells ads through celebrity fashion site Who What Wear's blogger
network -- it's never been her job.
But when Ms. Hirsch wanted
to work fulltime on Leaf -- a series of DIY, style and cooking videos
created with Erin Falconer -- she used her influence as a blogger to
appeal to investors. “I want Leaf to be a lifestyle brand,” she said.
She envisions everything from shoppable videos to product lines. Read the rest here
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