Style & Vibes

Many of us bloggers dream of making big bucks (even chump change would be nice) when it comes to our blog. There are a few sites that have helped me get started like Pro Blogger, but I’m always looking for new tips to build my blog. I came across the From Blog to Business e-book by following Jennifer James Creator of Mom Bloggers Club on twitter.  Co-written by James and Esther Crawford of She Posts, it’s a great guide to getting started and made me think about new strategies for this site and a few others that I’m working on, and it’s FREE! It’s an easy read of 30 minutes at most and it will definitely make you think about your blog as brand, even if you feel like you’re behind. Click here for more details.

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Fashion blogger Gabi of Young, Fat & Fabulous won the MTV Twitter Jock contest presented by Zync by American Express. Narrowed down from 20 finalist, the contestants went through a series of twitter-related chanllenges leading up to the live finale where fans voted for their favorite. Gabi garnered an amazing number of responses on her challenges and quite honestly that’s how I came across her site Young, Fat & Fabulous where I began to adore her sense of fashion, showing that being fat doesn’t mean frumpy. Now she the online voice for MTV. Showing us bloggers how you turn your blog into a successful career, very inspirational.

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Keeping up on the latest tunes from the islands can be a daunting task since music is released far too often, but I came across Dancehall Mobi a few months ago and they haven’t lead me astray yet. I love the site is simple, clean and easy to navigate.

Dancehall.Mobi offers snippets of Dancehall/Reggae news from Jamaica and around the globe, and is done specifically with mobile phone/device Users in mind. (Follow them on Twitter)

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Clutch Magazine just launched their sister site Coco + Creme. It’s all about urban fashion and beauty daily.  Coco & Crème offers the fashion obsessed an user-friendly interface with visually stunning layouts, and some of the web’s dopest styling, and photography!

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I have to thank my blog sistren Irie Diva for putting me on to Kingston Style . “From the hardcore to the high end – fashion from the streets of Kingston, Jamaica” Kingston Style captures some great, sometime questionable, but always unique style of Jamaica.  The site also profiles new collectionsn local  from clothing and accessories designers like Reve . Check out some recent shots of from Street Vibez Thursday.

(Photo taken from Kingston Style)

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Live life deliciously is their motto — what girl wouldn’t want to do that? I came across Get Em Girls on Twitter (Clicking links as usual) and immediately fell in love with this site. The graphics on the site is was really drew me in, but the content made me add them to my Google Reader. Quality posts about fashion, food and profiling real life “Get ‘Em Girls”  these ladies have it together! Not to mention they wrote  cook book which seems worth the buy.

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Cool Cruel World is simply put…dope! Cocoa Bella is definitely a taste-maker for urban culture. Like her slogan “for the informed & sophisticated” her blog is more about thinking out of the box rather than exploring traditional idea of urban culture. Unlike cookie cutter urban bloggers, CCW is more about finding out about the under represented talent, events, designers and cool people. Did I mention her photography is amazing.

Check out her Tumblr for more Haute shots.

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I’m a sucker for a site with a great name and creative edge! N.E.E.T. Magazine is a non-profit Online Fashion + Design Magazine, with the emphasis all on grassroots creativity. N.E.E.T. showcases independent, vintage, eco-friendly and organic designers, shops and artists from all over the world. Many of their blog contributors are equally inpiring as well. Check out their Flickr Group for additional visual stimulation.

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Shoe Lovers Unite! You know I’m a girl who loves a good shoe. To me, the shoe is the most important accesory and can make  (or break) an outfit. Miss Mean Shoe, is a site dedicated to soles that be. Profiling hot shoes, designers and shoe tips. Check out this post on these Frankie Morello pumps.

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Trini Gourmet is all about Caribbean cuisine with a Trinidadian fusion. Sarina Nicole is passionate foodie who is not afraid to add her own flavors to traditional dishes like Doubles, Pelau and Bake & Fish. Mouth watering recipes complete with pictures, ingredients and directions –think of it as your own personal Trini food guide.

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