I’ve mentioned a few times that I have decided to blog as a business but haven’t really explained why. Before I get into that I want to take you back to the beginning.
I have actually had a blog since 2014 but I wasn’t really serious about it. I just did it here and there and honestly I just thought it was cool to have a blog at the time. I think my very first post was a writing prompt that Wordpress came up with. My first “real” post was about my online clothing boutique I had back then. I’ve pretty much done it all, haha. I wish I would have stuck with my boutique and with my blog, but oh well, I can’t go back I can just learn from it. Anyways, I did a post about going to market to buy clothes for my boutique and that was also the year I decided to run a half marathon in all 50 states. I had several people tell me they thought that was a cool goal to have so I decided to add that to my blog. For a while that was the majority of my posts, all the states I had ran so far. In 2015 I went to school to get my makeup artist certification and that’s when I slowly started adding beauty to it as well. I started posting monthly favorites, beauty box review, product reviews, then in 2016 I started adding in my first love, fashion. Towards the end of that year I decided to be more consistent with my blog and followed into 2017, but I hate to admit it, that only lasted the first few months of 2017. At the time I was working two jobs so it was hard to focus on my blog, instagram, and youtube. I was still posting on my blog, I just wasn't as consistent as I needed/wanted to be.
Fast forward to May 2018, the rebranding of my blog! In March/April of this year I decided to fully commit to my blog and really treat it like a business. I put YouTube aside for the time being and I hired someone to design a logo for me, I bought a domain name, and a website. I moved my blog from Wordpress to Squarespace and started over. I did bring a couple posts over from my old blog, but for the most part I decided to start from scratch. The same person that designed my logo also takes most of my amazing pictures for my blog and instagram. She has become a really good friend and I’m so glad she has helped me make my blog look so professional. Her name is Erika and you can find her on instagram here and here.
I am so happy with my blog and I enjoy it so much! The main reason I wanted to really turn my blog into a business is because I love sharing affordable and relatable content. That is my number one goal, to be relatable. I always have friends ask makeup advice and workout tips and I LOVE sharing that with everyone. I know it’s not easy for some people to do makeup, so I love being able to share what I learned in school with y’all. Anything that can make yall’s life easier is what I want to post. It makes me so happy to help people even if it’s as small as putting an outfit together, easy at home workouts, or simple beauty tips. I want to use this platform to make a difference and I hope to inspire each and every one of you to love yourself and be confident!
I hope this helped y’all understand why I decided to rebrand and commit to my blog! I also hope my content conveys my purpose! If y’all have any questions I didn’t answer never hesitate to reach out to me! You can also reach out if you are wanting to start a blog and need to tips or help on getting started whether you want to do it for fun or a business as well!
