I loved this article/interview by Brooke Mooreland of Fashism because it’s something no one else has really touched on, and also, because I was part of the event she wrote about! Last Friday, Indiana Adams of the style blog, Adored Austin (which I’ve mentioned here before), organized a wonderful brunch & boutique crawl for Austin-area fashion bloggers & visitors to Austin for SXSWi. It was a great success, and a brilliant idea – although quite a simple one, really. Everyone needs a community, and while bloggers do have online communities, it’s helpful to interact with people in real life who identify with your interests and do what you do.
Here are some interesting tidbits from the interview – Visit the gloss to read the whole thing:
I really like how your blog is about you. You showcase your style, your personal thoughts and views, but you seem to have really connected with both the online fashion community and your local community in Austin. Can you tell me how you got involved in the community of bloggers on the web? Also, how you became a part of so many cool events in Austin? Did that all happen because of your blog? (sorry for the 3 part question!)
Thank you for liking my blog! I think I was able to get connected early on because I left funny, relevant comments on the blogs I admired without leaving links to my blog in the comments. I didn’t want to be THAT girl that leaves comments for everyone basically saying, “Oh, I love your style and your blog. Now here’s a link to MY blog! Please, please, please go visit it!” However, early on, when I did get a comment back from a well known blogger or was linked on anyone’s site, I sent super sincere thank you notes. I still get super excited when anyone links me, adds me to their RSS feeder, or follows me on Twitter.
As for getting involved in community events, it absolutely has everything to do with Adored Austin. My goal was to make Austin the prima ballerina of my blog, so I try to get out there to showcase what’s going on in this amazing city as often as I can. Although it’s a big city, Austin still very much has a small town mentality. I love that I can’t go to the grocery store without meeting someone who reads my blog, and I love that people invite me to their events so I can show the rest of the world how cool Austin is.
Also, check out the video our local Austin news station did featuring both Brooke & Indiana (I’m in there for a split second – a side view, I’m wearing my hair in a pony tail and my Madewell army jacket 
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I’m interested to know what you think – do you have a local fashion blogging community you interact with on a regular basis? Or do you do all of your “interacting” online? Do you feel like your blogging is enhanced when you interact regularly with other bloggers?
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