Photos by Maria Killam I have always imagined that being the Editor-in-Chief of a [any] shelter magazine would be the best job in the world. Travelling the world to see the most beautiful interiors, free merchandise flowing in the door in the hopes that you'll feature it in the magazine. . . Yesterday, Blogfest started with lunch at the top… Continue reading
At the Design Bloggers Conference early this week, Rhonda from All the Best gave a talk on 'How to create your Brand'. The message that really hit home for us all was "Everyone thinks social media is a magic bullet, but it's not that easy. Social media is like teen sex, everyone wants to do it, no one actually knows… Continue reading
source I'm here at the very first Design Bloggers Conference and yesterday Scott Hanselman gave us a talk on the 32 Ways to Take your blog to the Next Level. Here are a few of them: source 1. Moo.com, see all these quotes? Well they are from this great website where you can print business cards with different photos on… Continue reading
I have mixed feelings on whether yesterday's post should ever have been written. There was lots of lively debate in the comments and even a few cranky ones mixed in to the long list I received (I also lost a reader according to her comment). Also, two emails arrived saying "Wow your sisters must be upset about that post". And… Continue reading
If you are a decorator/designer/stager and you need more business, (who doesn't?) a blog is a great advertising medium for you and it's free–except for your time of course. Writing a design blog on a regular basis also keeps you, the design professional, really current as I mentioned in this post; Why your Designer should be a Blogger. It's like… Continue reading
You know what they say, if you want to have a blog that people will read, you need to write passionately about what you know and inside of that, find your niche. So, if you are still looking for yours, the following have my vote: 1. TileI'm a Decorator, not a renovator. I help clients choose their finishes because that… Continue reading
I started my blog because I had spent 2 days listening to webinars for designers on-line. One of them was about blogging. The speaker said every designer should have a blog. It's the live version of your website and gives people a sense of your personality at the same time. It happened to be Halloween when I wrote my first… Continue reading
If you are about to hire a designer to help you with your house, it's best if your designer also has a blog. Design bloggers really are on the cutting edge of what's cool and current (maybe). Here's why. Yesterday I posted about IKEA bookshelves and then Erika from Bluelabel Bungalow posted a comment saying "Check out my IKEA done right"… Continue reading
If you are a blogger (or are about to start one) and you want to be really good–subscribe to Copyblogger. I think it's one of the best blogs to improve your blog daily. There's a reason he has over 100,000 subscribers. It was when I read this post called "Could your Blog be Ruining your Business" that I realized there… Continue reading
I've been wanting to write about this for a while. And now since I'm helping Penelope decorate her farmhouse and she's mentioned me on her blog, I'm suddenly inside her blog's vortex of unmoderated negative comments and I must admit, it stings (Penelope has a much higher tolerance for them than I do and I still love her for mentioning… Continue reading
