A new style and entertainment site for girls, HerFabLife lets you participate with other urban women in discovering great new styles, trendy bars and restaurants, cool new stores, as well as spas and hotels for those who want to luxuriate. They even have a category for events going on in your town. This site is by Her for Her, and aims to be your personal lifestyle guide.

Joining the community is easy, after you have received your password by email, you must simply log in and then you are on your way to reading fashion and fun tips from other women in the know. With how quickly styles change, it can be hard to keep up with what’s hot and what’s not, and it’s helpful to have an edge. And HerFabLife aims to give you that edge by becoming your fav lifestyle guide. And don’t worry boys, there is a For Him category… right next to the Hot Guy of the Week category!

Adding content to the site is easy too! Here is where you get to serve as the style guru for everyone else: Simply write a description of the lifestyle item you are adding, important details and a link to the URL and that’s it. You instantly become a lifestyle consultant for all the other women visiting HerFabLife!

As an added bonus, they have a bookmark widget that you can embed on your MySpace or Facebook page that lists all the more recent posts you have bookmarked. This means you can even bookmark your pages so that your friends can find your style tips on HerFabLife. Here is mine:

So what are a you waiting for? Get a Fab Life!

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Posted: July 30th, 2007 under Reviews.
Comments: 2

Many bloggers make the move from blogging to actually writing full-length books in print. This seems like a good idea to me - your success as a blogger can really help you to promote your book online. Gina at the Lifehacker blog wrote about translating your blog into a book and she made the following statement which I think rings true:

…the advantage any blogger-to-be-author has is this: you’ve already created an audience. Because of Lifehacker.com, I was able to include web site statistics, reader testimonials and site awards in my book proposal, which convinced my publisher there was already interest in the topic. Not to mention the thousands of posts on the web site which gave them a clear idea of my tone and writing style.

And these days if you want to publish and sell a book, it is no longer necessary to have an agent and a publisher - you can do it all yourself. At Lulu.com you can
and by promoting it on your blog, you will no doubt get some sales. Since they do not require any set-up fees, you don’t end up wasting money if *heaven forbid* you do not sell as many as you would like. They have many services to promote your publication, and even a community that no doubt will help you gain insight from seasoned online publishers. And they do not restrict themselves to books alone - you can also publish calenders, CDs, photo books, dissertations, brochures and much more.

This print on demand publishing method has many advantages. At Beneath the Cover Yvonne Divita mentions that:

It’s a faster way to market – POD publishers can turn a book around in several months, compared to years at a traditional publishing house. And, it’s more personal. The author gets to have a say in cover design, choice of title, and page layout.

I think that the freedom that comes with this approach to publishing will be a big appeal to many people looking to translate their blog into a book. As bloggers are accustomed to the personal aspect of blogging with complete freedom of content and design, it would be difficult to deal with suddenly conforming to the requirements of the publisher.

More resources about publishing a book:

Self Publishing Tool Kit: How to Write and Publish a Novel from ReadWriteWeb

Some things to be warned about Print On Demand from Writer Beware

Posted: July 29th, 2007 under Reviews.
Comments: 16

You may recognize the name Matt Huggins, and if you do not, I am sure you soon will. There are many make money blogging blogs you can visit, but what makes Matt’s blog unique is that, unlike so many I have read over the past few months, he is a really nice guy who works hard to provide extremely high quality content for his readers.

While playing around in Alexa, I decided to check out how he has been doing, as I know he has recently had some great posts get noticed around the blogosphere. And what I saw shocked and amazed me. He has a bunch of other interesting projects as well, and I am kind of glad that I have gotten to know Matt Huggins as I know his success is impending and inevitable. Matt’s blog is about the “vision and progression of an internet entrepreneur“. I have viewed the progression over the past few months, and it has been interesting to watch as very well-written and informative posts about what he is doing to make this happen have launched his blog into the spotlight. Though I don’t see myself as an internet entrepreneur, I like monetizing my blog to a small extent, mostly out of interest in the process. Plus money is kind of nice, I can buy stuff with it, such as poutine and new dresses.

Some posts that really stand out:

55 Essential Articles Every Serious Blogger Should Read

A Definitive List of Social Networking Websites to Help You Succeed

So, thanks again Matt for all the support and help you have given me over the past few months in my SEO and blogging projects, and I look forward to watching your “inevitable success”. :)

Posted: July 17th, 2007 under Reviews, Blogging For Money, Blogging.
Comments: 4

I have been blogging since March 2007 but as with anything I do, “once I get going you can’t hold me down, and once I get started I go to town” (Chocolate Watch Band, I’m not like everybody else). So, not only have I been blogging regularly, but I have also been regularly visiting other blogs. What I have noticed is that I will find myself reading blogs whose subject matter holds no interest for me, yet certain blogs hold my interest in such a way that I return, sometimes even to my surprise.

About a month ago, in the Bloggeries blog forum, I said that it does not really matter what you blog about so long as you are passionate about what the subject, and that allowing the fact that you are excited about what you are writing shine through will gain you more readers than if you blog on “popular” topics.

Alternatively, if you manage to show that you are passionate about “popular” topics, you have got it made! And this is what I have found with msdanielle’s blog site.

Now besides the obvious fact that msdanielle and I share the same name, which further proves the value of being a Danielle, there is so much I like about this blog, and trust me, I am not the only one.

msdanielle loves her blog! After a few months of blogging, she declares “My Baby is Two Months Old Today!” and in this post, you can tell she is excited about what she is doing, and her excitement rubs off. You know that she is not going to all of sudden stop blogging, so you know that you will get to read more and you won’t suddenly have to one day find a new place to visit to get your dose of quirky and often informative posts about a wide range of things from the debate: Make Money Online vs. Get Rich Quick to her quest for a pair of shoes.

And now msdanielle is offering an MS Zune 30GB to one lucky blogger who reviews her blog. Now this Zune has been around the block apparently, but it remains in the package and is brand new. A Zune with a history, I can live with that.

Posted: June 22nd, 2007 under Reviews, Blogging.
Comments: none