Style Bloggers’ News: 15 must-click links (issue 8)


Have you been wondering if Style Blogger’s News was ever going to return? I was! So it’s with much happiness that I can proudly bring you “issue 8″! Cue applause. In this post: some cool WordPress plugins, blog ad rates, and my skincare must-have… Missed the previous issues of Style Bloggers’ News? Check them all out here. Skincare goodies from sodashi.com 1. Smush it. Smush it real good Smush.it is a tool from Yahoo! that removes unnecessary bytes from images. In English: your pictures will load faster. I learned about it – and 52 other blogging resources – recently. 2. The Business Of Cards Not sure what blog cards are? What to put on them? Who to give them too? Here’s my post on Blog Cards: What You Need To Know. 3. Colour Me Happy Jo from August Empress looks at six gorgeous blog colour-schemes. LOVE THEM ALL! 4. Grit, Glamour & Gucci Vahni from Grit & Glamour’s got the goods on the Gucci app. (Say that ten times fast!). Here’s why it matters. 5. Digg This Looking for a great sharing plugin for WordPress? I recently added Digg Digg (see the four buttons to the top right). I love how it looks, and most importantly it’s being used! 6. Still On Plugins… Check out Beautifully Invisible’s post on 10 WordPress Plugins I can’t live without. I do love a good plugin discovery and shall be adopting her #2 recommendation! 7. I Like, You Like I often get asked which blogging tools and resources I like the most, so I’ve compiled 52 to of them into this handy list. Let me know what you think? 8. Visibli Is V Good Visibli creates a branded toolbar to sit across outgoing links from your blog, or those that you Tweet. Also available as a WordPress plugin. 9. Blog Ad Rates Thinking of offering advertising opportunities on your blog? But don’t know what to charge? Blog Coaching Boost has this post on what to consider when setting your rates. 10. Hair Romance Did you know blogger Christina met her husband and hairdresser on the same street? No?! Here’s what else she told me about her blog. 11. Adding the Pinterest “Pin It” button Here’s the lowdown on adding the Pinterest “Pin It” button to your blog. 12. Icon Crazy Looking for the perfect RSS icon? How about a nice looking Twitter icon? Well, the icon search is over! Check out Icon Finder for everything you need. And more! 13. Top 10 Here I share my top 10 blogging tips. What are yours? Let me know in the comments! 14. Time tweets with Timely Heard of Timely? It’s a Twitter tool that analyses your last 100 tweets, working out when the best time for you to tweet is, so that you can get the highest engagement from your audience. Worth a look at! 15. Super Skin With Sodashi When the lovely people from Sodashi – one of my favourite natural skincare brands I discovered during my beauty ed days – told me they were sending me a gift, I was super excited. But to open the parcel and find they’d sent me THREE products? Well, that called for a happy dance! I heart their Balancing Skin Boost. Try it and thank me later! What’s your best link discovery this week? Share it in the comments!
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