Since I am receiving quite a few questions about my blog every now and then, I thought it might be a good idea to sum everything up and write a small post which would answer the main questions. Leave me a comment if you have any other questions or tips, I am always enjoying your feedback!
1.) Why and how did you start blogging?
Setting up my own blog wasn´t a decision I made overnight. Being a blog reader myself, I sometimes stumbled upon interesting blog-posts/outfits that created a desire to express myself, my thoughts or my sense of fashion in a similar way. It took me nearly a year to find a suitable name, create a logo and a design for my blog until I finally wrote my first article. But I had a lot of stress at work during this time, and I would say that setting up a blog usually only takes a few days.
2. ) Do you have professional help or did you learn everything on your own?
Yes, at the beginning I had a lot of help - my husband worked on the design and structure of Shop Le Monde. In addition, I struggled with writing as I am not a “writer at heart”… I also had a hard time at making collages, and there are many other technical things like HTML-Code, widgets and some great WordPress mysteries that I had to deal with (or sometimes still have to until this very day). But if you´re serious and passionate about something, you learn to cope with these things and may see yourself exploring the most interesting horizons you can imagine. A little adivice for all the Mac-users among you: Apple Keynote is an easy way to make collages and helps with cropping images.
3.) Who takes your pictures and what camera do you use?
High quality pictures are one of the most important things for running a succesful blog. However, I am not very good at taking pictures, and honestly it even makes me go crazy at times. Again, my husband, who is a photographer at heart, loves taking pictures and is responsible for every shot you see on my blog. We are using a Fujifilm X100 and Nikon D600 camera, and most of the time the Nikkor 50mm F1.4 lense.
4.) What inspires you and how do you chose the topics for your posts?
Most of what I write about are things that happen to me in my everyday life, like receipes, travel experiences etc. Whenever I have an idea for an interesting post, I either start writing right away, or I make a note in my journal and spare the idea for another time.
5.) How do you chose your outfits?
Whatever outfit I show on my blog is what I actually wore the day I took the pictures. It is very important to me to only show my readers wearable fashion. And even though I love browsing through blogs like “The Blonde Salade” or “Atlantic-Pacific”, I am not sure that these (more or less) editorial looks are what people would wear while going out…
6.) How much time to you spend working on your blog?
Running a blog is very time consuming, and I would say that I spend most of my freetime in front of my Pc. Overall I need approximately 15-20 hours/week, and most articles are being written in the evenings and on the weekend.
7.) Do you have any tips for current/future bloggers?
Absolutely! It is extremly important to be honest and to show a lot of personality on your blog so that readers will develop an actual interest in you. In addition, one of the main perks is to have patience and faith in yourself - it often takes months until you have a small readership, and you need to constantly post new articles during this time.
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