1. Make a profile on Bloglovin

This is a great site to promote your blog and also to find blogs that are similar to yours. Once you follow people, their newest posts will appear on your homepage, and same thing will happen to all of you followers. They will be notified when you publish something new.

2. Open a Facebook page for your blog

This step is optional. I haven't decided if I want to open a Facebook page dedicated to my blog, because I'm not so sure if I want people I personally know visiting my blog. But for you, this is a great opportunity. Your friends and their friends will now see your Facebook page, and I guarantee that most of them will check out your blog!

3. Make a profile on Twitter

I've discovered that Twitter is actually more useful than Facebook. People, especially bloggers, tend to post more about their blogs and recent posts on Twitter. And plus, you get to stalk your favourite celebrities.

4. Leave comments on other blogs

It's always fun discovering other blogs and 'meeting' new people that share the same interests. I use Bloglovin to discover other blogs. In one of my previous posts I also mention how to comment to not make yourself too needy. Make sure that the author of the blog will know that you actually've read the post and gave it a thought. You might wanna check out this post.

5. Do a collaboration with other bloggers

Sometimes you get lucky, and meet a blogger who wants to talk to you about everything, and you develop a friendship. Even if you don't reach the friendship level, you can checkout their 'About me' page and discover if they do features. Or if they are willing to do a collaborations or things like that. For example, you dedicate a whole post to their blog, and they do the same for you. That's how their readers are now informed with your blog, and yours are informed with theirs.

6. Follow back people

Not that you can get inspired for new post, you get to meet completely new people from all over the world. This should be one of the most important steps just because people will know that you actually care.

Summer is great, mainly because there is no school, no drama! We have been experiencing weird weather conditions for the past few days in my country, and it really feels like fall time. I've even read that it snowed in Canada! I can't help it, I'm already getting excited about Christmas and New Year's. I know it's a long time till then, but still it feels closer because of the cold. In case you aren't already excited about fall, here are some reasons why you should be!

1. Coffee, tea and hot chocolate. Do I need to say more? I'm that kind of type that drinks tea in the summer and eats ice-cream in the winter, but I still believe that a warm cup of tea belongs in the fall time. I like the 'real' hot chocolate - the one that tastes like a heated pudding (not the one which tastes like cacao). When I come home from school, I'm really tired. So it usually helps when I make myself a green tea.

2. Decorating your room. When summer happened, I started doing DIY's and completely re-organised my bedroom. I'm planning to change it completely in the next few days. I will probably buy some fake leaves and just put them up my wall, and I'm definitely going to find some tutorials on youtube. But the main thing? CANDELS! I can't wait to buy a Yankee candle!

3. Sweater Weather. If you live in a place like me, where temperatures change during the year, you get to have the perfect sweater weather. Comfy, big sweaters are the best. Not to mention scarfs! I'll have to pack up my summer outfits and put them away for now, and bring up soft,warm and cozy outfits.

4. Food. I might not be the biggest fan of pumpkin, and I'm not completely ready to leave watermelon behind, but I'm always up for trying new stuff. I found some cool recipes for you to try, and I was thinking of making a post about it(and actually making one of these delicious things!). Click here if you want to see 50 fall breakfast recipes!

5. Movie marathons. Have you spent your summer watching TV shows and movies like me? Yes? Am I not the only one? Hopefully I'm not! A big problem of mine is trying to find good movies to watch, or starting to watch new tv shows. Two or three weeks ago I started watching this new TV show called 'Outlander' and I really recommend it to all of you who love something historic, romantic and spiced up with sci-fi. Oh, and you will fall in love with Scotland as well. Beside that I'm watching Teen Wolf, Finding Carter, Call The Midwife, Downtown Abbey and Orange is The New Black. I can't wait for The Vampire Diaries, The Walking Dead and The Originals! Now let's talk about movies. I recommend you guys these movies: If I stay, Divergent, Maleficent, The Giver, Nightmare Before Christmas and Mulan.

6. New playlist. When I was a kid I hated running. But now, since we have to run in high school, I've grown to love it and decided to run more often. Of course I need to have few special playlists, and most of the songs I listen can be hear on the radio. But recently I started using this app called 8tracks, which has millions of playlists made by people with great taste. If you'd like to show me my playlist, comment below!

7. Fall Bucket List. Now I'm sure I'm not going to do all of these things, but I will do my best to do as many as possible! So if you want to join me, here is the list!

Good evening to anyone who's reading this!

For today's post I had no idea what to share with you guys. I was really happy because you people seem to respect and like my posts about successful blogging and writing tips! I got quite a lot of new followers, welcome to my blog everyone!

Even though it's not New Year, I'm here to make some vows. I want to be more active on my beautiful blog, because one day I hope to have a job connected with the internet and fashion world. Since school started, I got very tired and lazy and when I come home, I go straight to bed, sleep for few hours, then I eat lunch, watch an episode of one of my favourite tv shows or a movie, do homework, study a bit, and then it's almost 10pm and I'm tired as hell. Which obviously doesn't make any sense, because I would go to sleep at 1am or 3am in the summer and sleep for 7hours and be completely fine, but nowadays I sleep for about 8 or 9 hours and I still take naps during the day.

For the past few days I've been thinking about my future. Many of you probably don't know that I'm in 2nd year of grammar school(drama department), which makes me 16 years old. I like to think in advance and plan everything(expect studying) ahead. 

There are tons of different universities and academies in my country, but I feel like none of them suit me. In May this year I started exploring the web to find a university that I would find interesting. I've learned that in Scotland, European students don't have to pay tuition fees! I've always been a fan of UK(is any of you guys from there?), so naturally I adore Scotland as well(if by any chance you are from there I will freak out). I found Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, and I love the course called 'Fashion Management'. So this is my current goal. I'll study my butt off to get there. Do you have any suggestions for me about studying fashion or just media & communications in general?

My friend introduced me to Zoella, Tyler Oakley, Troye Sivan, Marcus Butler few months ago. I do try to watch their videos as often as possible, but my favourite youtuber has to be Pewdiepie, who has nothing to do with beauty or fashion.

In the summer I had an idea, why don't I become a youtuber? But here's the thing: I need to get audience. I wasn't so sure of myself, so I decided to open up a blog first to see how that works out. And I'm pleased to tell you that I currently have 345 followers! And there's some other news I wanted to tell you...I want to challenge myself. When I hit 1000 followers, I will open my youtube account. I know that there is still a lot to do to get to that number, but I'm willing to work hard. 

Not only I'll open a youtube account, I will be doing my first giveaway! So just remember guys, only 655 followers to go!!

And the last but not the least is the thing I thought of today. For almost two weeks I've been talking to this wonderful blogger Meg who contacted me on gmail and we just started to talk. Now we talk everyday! I realised I wanted to talk to more of you guys. So, if anyone is interested in becoming pen pals with me or just sending emails to each others and stuff like that, feel more than free to contact me! 

I also want to know what do you wish to see more on my blog in the future.

my email is: iamkarinm@gmail.com

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Hello beautiful readers!

First of a all, I'm so sorry that I haven't posted in a while! Since school started, I've been doing everything but blogging or writing homework and studying, which is my first tip! You should definitely keep your readers updated and make sure to post at least one post a day (if you want to gain more recognition and more followers). A lot of my tips on successful blogging are already here. 

You should also be active on your social media sites - create a special page dedicated to your blog on Facebook, Twitter, Bloglovin...

Posting daily is the key. I know you may not have the time because of school or any other obligations,but at least try. Challenge yourself. Since I'm running a fashion blog, I should have been posting more fashion things related, and I'm planning to do few photo shots very soon.

It really depends on what kind of blog you have. Maybe you can spice it up with a simple DIY (you can find tons of them on Pinterest), or just do some personal tags(you can do a collaboration with your sister,friend,boyfriend...). Or just a simple message saying how your day has been.

Communication with your readers/followers is the number one thing that should be on your list! It's important to give them a reply or even a feedback on their blog. We all know that exploring the internet can get a bit freaky sometimes, so why don't you just check out your follower's blog.

If you have ran out of ideas for posts, do something that relaxes you. I usually go out with my dog without my phone, go running, talk to a friend, watch movies/tv shows and then I suddenly get inspired. Or maybe you should buy a piece of cake and then you can write a post about how wonderful cake tastes. Who knows. The sky ISN'T the limit.

Another thing - photography. I like to take quality pictures, but that can be hard sometimes due to weather condition(which is in relation with the lighting). As I said before, you DON'T need a professional camera. I use my iPhone(which is an expansive way though), but you can still ask your friend or family if they have better equipment than you.

Photos can be pretty on the eyes, and it adds up to the content, but text is the main thing here.

As for writing tips, I strongly recommend writing in literary language (no slang allowed), because 200% readers prefer that. You can bold the important parts(few words maximum) or underline them. You can also post few interesting links. Everyone has its own writing style, so I can't really give you guide lines on how you should write. If you have at least one reader, you're on the right way! They already like you because of YOU. 

I hope you liked this post and if you got inspired or something, I would really love to know!

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