Today's post is just a "what's up with me" post.
My blogging and social media world is going pretty well right now. I feel like I have some "regular" readers (besides my family), my Twitter following is growing well (almost 1000 followers!), and I'm getting some more likes on my Facebook page. This is all very exciting for me.
I've had lots of interest in my book review side of this "business." So much, in fact, that I'm starting to feel a little pressure there. And right now I'm reading a book that I'm having trouble with. I can't get into this book and I really don't want to have to write a negative review. I'm so not a negative person! I can only hope that setting aside some time this afternoon to really give this book my full attention will help me enjoy it better...
And on the topic of book reviews, I've been approached by a website which wants to list me as a "reviewer resource" for his authors. I was asked how much I charge for a review, so I had to come up with something appropriate. I was actually glad to give a dollar figure as this is getting quite time consuming. Once (if?) this gets up and running I'm going to have to start paying attention to this blogging stuff as an income source. (Which is what I was hoping would happen from the get-go!)
Something else of interest (I hope!) that happened to me in relation to my blog: My dance teacher asked me if I'd blog for them! I said "Get me the details!" so now I'm waiting to hear what exactly they want. I also sent an email to ask if I'm volunteering this service (which is likely, and totally fine with me) or if I could blog in trade for some free dance classes. The blog will be either at the Kingston School of Dance website or the Tett Centre's website - or maybe both. Stay tuned to find out how this plays out!
I've joined an influencer website and I'm finally seeing the potential as far as being able to review items. I've gotten a few email links to follow and answer some questions about whether they'd like me try out items (sent to me at no charge) and then review them. Similar to what I'm doing with the book reviews. The last email I got sent me to a questionnaire about hair dye and whether I'd be willing to try out some hair colour and review it. I said sure! My hair colour from October could use some sprucing up. I may have to join up with Instragram to share my photos of such experiments, but I'll deal with that later if I have to.
If anyone reading this is interested in helping me get further along with doing reviews or anything else that fits my "niche" my email is iamjess@gmail.com and I'm open to collaborating with or for any brands, other bloggers or similar. I like to think I'm pretty friendly and flexible, and I try to check that email at least twice a day so I can stay on top of all my blog-related things!
Thanks for reading today's update. I want this blog to stay as transparent as possible. If there's anything you'd like to know about what I do (or don't do) please leave a comment or send an email. And if you have a line on another influencer site or brand or anything I can join up with to further my blog "business" you can leave that in a comment as well.
Until next time!
~Jess
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