Friday March 12th, 2010 17:07 Company hearts bloggers

Expect to see a lot of posts like this in the next week or so if you read a lot of UK blogs.

Company Magazine have dubbed their April 2010 issue ‘The Bloggers Issue’, which means it’s full of contributions, feature and quotes from all around blogosphere. My input was pretty small – I spoke a little about making money from blogging, which you can see a clipping of below.

I could ramble on about this topic for ages, but I think the other bloggers in the piece have given some really great tips, so I won’t!

I will just clarify that I never actually said selling your blog was the “most profitable” thing to do. It can be profitable, and I did sell my blog, but I still got to edit it as part of my job for the next few years, I didn’t just sell and walk away. If you’re going to sell outright, you need to bear in mind you’ll probably be giving up something you love and passing it over to someone who does things differently (if not worse) than you would. It’s not something to go into lightly and I don’t want to come across as someone who recommends selling sites for a quick buck. Think hard before you hand over any kind of power!

I was also quoted in Sian’s piece about women bloggers, which you can see on her blog.

Company are now running a poll where you can vote for your favourite blogger of all the ones featured in the issue. Given that I’m up against not only sites I love but also one that I write for, I’m not going to beg for votes. There are plenty of talented, lovely people on the list from such different areas of the blogosphere, and all of them are deserving winners.

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Tuesday February 23rd, 2010 14:22 Guestblogging for Evans & Etsy

To say things are busy right now would be an understatement, so apologies for being so quiet. With the day job, plus all the other things I find it impossible to say no to, I’ve been really busy behind the scenes writing up a storm.

But I did want to stop by to quickly mention that I’m currently guest blogging over at the brand new Evans Fashion Fix blog. It was a real honour to be asked to help out with the launch, and I’ve really enjoyed contributing to the blog.

I finish up and pass the baton on to another great blogger at the end of the week, but I will be back towards the end of March when hopefully I will have learned a lot more about the industry. Being involved in this project and throwing myself headfirst into the world of plus size fashion and size 16 supermodels has been a real eye opener, and I can’t wait to really get going with Big Girls Browse in the next few months off the back of what I’ve learned.

I’m still not sure I’ve got the tone of that site quite right, but after many discussions, twitter chats, emails and having read hundreds of amazing inspirational blogs, I think I now know what I want to do to fix that, so keep your eyes peeled!

I’ve also just written a Guest Curator post for the Etsy blog, The Storque. I got to pick some of my favourite things on the site – difficult considering the wealth of amazing stuff that’s available from designers across the globe. Hopefully I’ve done some of them justice!

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Gemma Cartwright

I'm a fashion and beauty writer based in London with a penchant for retro lingerie, tea dresses and hot rollers. By day, I work as editor in chief at Aigua Media. By night I drink wine and occasionally update BigGirlsBrowse.com.

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