Photography + Styling For Your Blog + Instagram

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Hello everyone! How are you? I'm going to Hamburg this week to attend a design show, Blickfang, with my new French friend who is also working with me on partnerships and advertising for decor8. Not only does she have the perfect French name, Amelie, but she has the Garance Dore accent and this wonderful, positive spirit. I adore Amelie - we just started to work together a few weeks ago and it's been great having her around. So yes, I'm off to Hamburg soon and so I wonder, Hamburg experts, any good suggestions for shopping, eating, cafes, etc.? We'll have 5 hours to burn so we want to burn them wonderfully (wink).

Okay so onto the meat of this post. Blogging. What the heck is happening with blogs and the internet and what is the future? We can all speculate which is sorta fun but I firmly believe in one thing (the rest is a blur): that the folks behind blogs, Instagram, etc. for lifestyle categories, foodies, design, etc. only have a chance at reaching a certain status or level of success (or earning money) if they have great styling and photography. I could sit around and tell you it doesn't matter but I'd be a liar. It does matter. When I really put my all into my Instagram account (I'm @decor8if you are curious and wanna follow me), I get hundreds of new followers overnight. When I flake out, like I have been the past few months because I'm working on my 4th book (I turn it in in Sunday, omg you guys!), my followers massively slow down when it comes to interacting with me, liking my pics... Not to mention how few new followers I see. So yeah, I can bs you and say photography and styling aren't important, just wing it, but that is not the case at all.

In theBlogging Your Way Instagram e-course earlier this year, I promised a follow-up to that class. In it, we taught the nitty gritty on how IG works from algorithms (yes really) to "the grid" and the importance of this, that and the other. Now it's time for the follow-up, for you to LEARN how to style (aka arrange stuff in a nice way) and compose your shot (like angles, SO important) and how to take photos way better than you thought you ever could. And we're not just including Instagram for this class but bloggers in general who want to also style and take better photos for their blog.

I've teamed up with Tina Fussell, Jack Fussell and Holly Marder who will tell you everything they know and I've already seen their lessons - GUYS YOU ARE IN FOR A TREAT. Take this class!

The e-course is self-paced and runs for three weeks from 15 November until 7 December. Then you have all of the holiday break and new year to practice your new skills on friends and family! Weeeee! You will also walk into the new year with your head high because you have major ammo, mega mojo and monster-size mad skills so you're not starting the new year thinking, "Oh my god, resolution time, I don't know where to begin!", rather you are beginning the year thinking, "I've got this, internet WATCH OUT".

This is the last one we'll be teaching on these topics until Fall/Winter 2016 so don't wait another year, too much time to not make any progress! Come learn with us - see you soon!

CLICK HERE for e-course outline and to sign up. It's like unicorn magic how that works.

(images: holly marder, tina fussell, jack fussell)

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