In case you haven’t heard, bloggers are the latest trend in the fashion industry these days (or at least a new subject to talk about between Spring and Fall markets). Just couple of seasons ago myself and the Style Coalition were featured in the NY Observer article talking about the Pariah status of bloggers at [...]
As social media continues to evolve, the lines between PR and advertising continue to blur to the point where social media marketing is considered a new form of free advertising on the web. Often users are seen as the free man power creating the new types of UGC driven marketing campaigns for billion dollar brands. [...]
Last week marked a very exciting event for Style Coalition - we launched our first major campaign for a AVELLE (the new Bag Borrow or Steal). I’ve been personally following this brand since the day they launched 5 years ago, and was excited for their Sex and The City success (BBOS was integrated into the [...]
Last week I wrote 10 tips on How To Make Your Website Blogger-Friendly. It mainly referred to fashion websites, which are known to be heavy on visuals and flash, and not always built with online media/bloggers in mind. I’m seeing somewhat similar trends in my every day email communications with PR companies, and thought that [...]
I can’t even tell you how many times I was pitched for a product/store/designer/collection, loved it, but gave up on featuring it on my fashion blog because it was impossibly frustrating to collect relevant materials from their website.
Assuming nothing is obvious in this complicated tech world, I would like to share with my fellow designers/publicists/marketers/programmers [...]