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Who Will Be Mrs All-Star United States 2022

July 6, 2022 beauty, lifestyle

Mrs All-Star United States 2022
Mrs. New Jersey All-Star United States 2022

Hi Queens.The countdown has officially begun. I’m on a quest for the crown. What crown you may ask? In less than 30 days I will be competing for the prestigious title of Mrs. All-Star United States 2022. 

If this is your first time here on my site, this is not my first pageant. In fact, I’ve previously represented New Jersey at Mrs. America in 2020. After taking some time off to focus on some personal goals and my continued work with my nonprofit #GirlYes I am ready to hit the stage yet again. 

This time with the goal of becoming a national title holder. If you haven’t heard of the All- Star United States pageant system let me tell you a bit about it. 

What is the All-Star United States Pageant System?

The All-Star United States Pageant is a strongly patriotic pageant system that provides a top quality pageant production thereby providing an outlet for the women of America to continue and advance their community service activities. The Miss All-Star United States Pageant believes in the empowerment and advancement of women across the country. The woman who does wear the crown must understand that it does not and will not end with the crown. 

She must use the crown to help promote her platform and charities along with the national platform. As a matter of fact, it is more important for her to stand strong and have a powerful support system to achieve all of the goals of the state and national pageants along with her own goals. 

Why Do I Want To Be Crowned Mrs. All-Star United States?

I believe representation matters as a mother, wife, entrepreneur, and social media influencer. It is important that I use my platform in order to inspire the next generation of female leaders. As Mrs. All-Star United States it is my mission to continue to spread the #GirlYes initiative as well as advocate for the community based organizations I am an ambassador for. In addition, my goal is to promote the All-Star pageant system and national charity United States All Star Organization.

What’s Next If I Win? 

First I plan on taking a week to celebrate with my family. They have been very supportive throughout this process and it’s important that before I take the next steps in this journey that we celebrate how far we’ve come. After that, the sky’s the limit. I have a full schedule as Mrs. New Jersey so to be able to represent my platform as the new Mrs. All-Star United States would be an amazing achievement. 

One important goal of mine is to jumpstart my yearly “Girls On The Rise” conference tour hosted in high schools throughout the state. The planning is pretty intensive and includes guest speakers and breakout sessions for teens ages 13-19. We have structured learning segments focused on how to become more bold, ambitious, and beautiful, the #GirlYes way.

In short, pageantry can be very rewarding. This is dependant of what you invest into it. If you know why you’re taking this journey every phase of preparation will be rewarding. The “Why” helps you map out the “how”.

YES! It will be hard work and some days you will question why you’re putting yourself through such intensive self improvement. But trust me, by keeping your “why” in the forefront of your mind it will keep you aligned with the mission at hand. Pageantry is about presenting the best version of yourself. In order to effectively do this you must take the leap of faith for a dream only to can see.

It’s time to dust off the pageant heels and get to work. 

Top 5 Influencer Websites For Brand Deals

January 7, 2022 lifestyle

Let’s cut straight to the chase and talk money. Big money.  How are these influencers, bloggers, and content creators making money with brand deals? I know you want to know because I too wanted to know as well. It seemed for some strange reason, people have been trying to gatekeep this information like it’s the secret sauce for the Krabby patty. I just don’t understand, but this post is definitely giving you the recipe.

Since I wasn’t able to get the information from fellow bloggers and influencers at the time I decided to take some time and research it for myself. Although there are more than 5 websites to apply for brand campaigns these are the sites I use the most. For my fashion-based content creators, I have a special post for you here. Luckily for you, I love to share so I will be giving you my top 5 influencer websites for brand deals. 

Influencer Websites For Brand Deals

Tomoson

Cohley

Aspire IQ

Fohr

Activate

Obviously

I’m going to give you a complete breakdown of each of these brand campaign platforms and how I’ve used them to secure brand deals. I have personally used all five for more than a year so I have some insight into each one. Most are a bit straightforward forward however, some offer additional benefits you should be mindful of.

Tomoson– My first influencer platform. Tomoson is made for new content creators looking to start building a portfolio and media kit. There are four categories for you to partner with brands. These categories include easy approvals, freebies, % off deals, and paid campaigns. I highly recommend all new influencers sign up for this platform. Even if you take a few months and create content for free or at a low rate it will help you build your confidence while working smaller campaigns.

The site also allows you to add your custom price list based on all your social media platforms. You can then apply to create content for one social media site or all of them. I personally like that you can apply for blog campaigns as well. The brands will know how much you charge via the pre-submitted media kit you provided on the site and you can customize the price per campaign. This makes applying for campaigns much easier. 

Also to note, you will see quite a bit of Amazon-based sellers on this site. There have been a few brands who have reached out to me outside of the site asking for lowball deals and extras. I happily decline.

Tomoson  Influencer Websites For Brand Deals

Aspire IQ– Another platform that makes the brand collaboration as seamless as possible. I would like to mention, this one I would not recommend to brand new content creators as they typically want you to have a minimum of 10K followers on at least one social media platform. I will however say, there will be campaigns where they will overlook your analytics if you are producing high-quality work. Remember the name of the game is quality versus quantity. 

Also important to mention this site does a great job of outlining the step-by-step process of each campaign. Thus you will learn important details that go along with each phase of completing sponsored content. 

Fohr– The holy grail of media kits. This site will help you so much on your journey of becoming a content creator. Yes you will have opportunities to apply for branded content but the metrics this site provides are second to none. It breaks down all of your engagement and growth rates, sponsored post, most engaged post and demographics. The list goes on and on. This site also stores your price per post and rates. My paid collabs are far and few in between but I would recommend this site to have access to its features and measure your growth. The sponsorship on this site does offer higher payments than some of the other sites.

Fohr  Influencer Website For Brand Deals

Activate– A very similar layout to Aspire IQ. You will be able to filter through the campaigns based on the compensation options. Options are flat rate, bid, non-cash, and performance. The site will allow you to apply for campaigns based on a quoted price you submit(bid). Lately, I have been seeing campaigns move from the flat rate price to performance-based. Meaning the price you will be paid is determined by how well your analytics are for that sponsored content. 

websites for influencers to make money

Cohley– Saving my number one platform last on the list because I can go on and on. I have received the most brand-sponsored campaigns on this platform. Like all others, Cohley campaigns pay according to social media followers. However, they do offer flat rate campaigns as well. Recently, they have also started to include TikTok campaigns which help new influencers and content creators the opportunity to cash in on the growth of the platform.

Of all of the sites, I’ve mentioned this one is the one I check each day for sponsorship opportunities. They update their database each day and you will always have the opportunity to apply to great brands that offer higher payment amounts. This is based on your social media follower count as well as engagement. If I were to recommend only one site it would be this one. 

Cohley  Influencer Websites For Brand Deals

Here’s a tip, as a new content creator focus on quality content. Take your time and produce the best possible content you can. Trust me, even if a brand says no now they are definitely still watching, and as you grow they will likely come back with an offer to collaborate in the future. Happy creating. 

How Fashion Bloggers Earn Money

December 27, 2021 fashion, lifestyle

Does wearing clothes and taking pictures actually make you money. It’s a question all fashion bloggers have been asked and the answer is YES! Ask Tim Sykes, Timothysykes.com who was reported as making an estimated $1 million per month. Fashion blogging is a lucrative business and today I’m sharing with you some of the many ways fashion bloggers make money and how you can start making money today.

Here are the ways fashion bloggers generate income online. 

  • Affiliate marketing
  • Ad revenue
  • Brand deals
  • Sponsored post
  • YouTube

What Do Fashion Bloggers Do

Fashion bloggers are digital marketers. They help promote products and services to the general public through relationships within their network. Brands collaborate with fashion bloggers in order to connect with their audiences, generate sales, and increase their online and social media presence. 

How Do Fashion Bloggers Earn A Income

Fashion bloggers earn through sponsored posts, brand collaborations, affiliate sales, and ad revenue. Primary, fashion bloggers are creating passive income from affiliate sales and ad revenue. 

  1. Sponsored post and collaborations: When a brand wants curated content for a campaign and pays you to create content on your blog or social media. Using for a particular item or collection. Fashion items are gifted to use for the post and the blogger then styles them and shares the content to their audience to generate sales for the brand. 
  2. Affiliate Sales: Earned passive income from the sale of any item shared with a link given ir created by the blogger. Anyone who uses the link to purchase items generates a small commission for the blogger. Typically ranging from 3-15%. However, some commission rates can be upwards of 50%. This usually is for a service-based product. 
  3. Ad Revenue: Fashion bloggers generally have there on websites where they share daily fashion finds, tips, and outfit inspirations. Those websites often times have ads placed on them. When those ads are clicked on it generates sales for the blogger. Each ad has a “rate price” that is set by the ad company. Based on the number of clicks it receives. It’s usually pennies on the dollar but can increase depending on the ad. The more traffic a site generates the more ad revenue the site earns. 
  4. Youtube: This was my first revenue stream. As a Youtuber, you are creating video content that brands can share and you can monetize. You can reach a bigger audience and still provide those affiliate links to generate more sales. Now you have your links on your blog, Instagram, Pinterest(YOU NEED PINTEREST), and now Youtube. Even if you don’t have a large following. You can start creating passive income today. 
fashion blogger using laptop while having tasty beverage in modern street cafe
Photo by Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels.com

What Is Affiliate Marketing

Affiliate marketing is simply you sharing the items you love and wear on your website and social media and generating a commission. One can earn a commission each time someone uses your unique link or promotional code to make a purchase. You can be an affiliate with almost every brand these days. You can work with a brand directly or you can signup to use an affiliate marketing agency and create product links for thousands of brands. SEE MORE BELOW. 

I’m not a huge fan of promotional codes as I oftentimes forget them and your audience may have a hard time remembering to use them at checkout when purchasing. Also, each brand / website will offer you a diiferent code. This is were organization really comes in handy. Linking to the product can be a great way to earn sales. Sharing a discount code has been known to generate the highest amount of sales but they can expire after a period of time and then your passive income stops. 

Top Affiliate Marketing Websites For Fashion Bloggers

When first starting a fashion-based blog you want to start to generate income as fast as possible. However, typically you need to meet certain requirements to qualify for most affiliate programs. Also, you need to be able to drive traffic to your blog in order to get those sales. One of the fastest ways I have been able to make money using affiliate marketing has been Magic Links. MagicLinks has relationships with more than 3,500 retailers and a product catalog of more than 500M products from which to share and earn as your fans shop. It’s free to sign up and I you can get started asap.

You can create product links for items you use, wear, and love and recommend them to your audience. Once someone purchases using the link you’ve provided you earn a commission. Commission rates vary from brand to brand. This is by far the fastest way I’ve been able to start earning an income from my blog and social media. 

Now that Instagram has offered the swipe-up feature for InstaStories you can link products everywhere. You can link them on your site, in the bio, a static post, and now stories. The more links you create the more passive income you can start to make. 

Once you start to grow your following you can apply to other affiliate marketing platforms such as:

  • Amazon 
  • LTK: Formally Reward Style 
  • ShopStyle Collective
  • Nordstroms
  • Skimlinks
  • Zaful

Ad Revenue

Fashion bloggers also earn income through ad revenue. This is when ads are placed on their sites and any time the ad is clicked on the blogger receives a commission. Similar to the ads placed on YouTube videos. Depending on the amount of traffic the site received you can apply to ad agencies to start generating passive income. More information on how to generate income on YouTube HERE. Below I shared some popluar ad adgencies.

Some of the most popular are, Adsense, Ezoic (My favorite), Mediavine, and AdThrive. 

How I Cleaned and Organized My Spice Drawer

November 23, 2021 lifestyle

Hey queens,

Can I be real for a second, I am beyond unorganized. I mean, I try my best but sometimes life just gets crazy. Case in point this kitchen of mine. Once I started content creating full time I realized I have way too many items on my countertops and in my kitchen period. I immediately started to find a place for everything and organize my kitchen. Then it hit me. Like a ton of bricks, as I opened my drawers and saw the mess that I and my family created. 

Yes, I said family because I’m not completely at fault here. Insert sneaky grin lol.

The button line is that I have too much stuff. Half of which I don’t even use. It’s like a sea of lost oddly shaped serving spoons and spatulas. I have truly had enough. It’s time to get it together. If you are watching my YouTube vlog series then you know I am doing a 30-day glow-up challenge and this includes getting my home in order.

My first order of business has been my spice drawer. Pray for me, because this drawer was a hot mess express, OK!. I found expired spices and seasonings. Multiple jars of salt and four containers of black pepper. Yes four, and all of them were open. Like what is going on in this house. 

It has gotten completely out of control and today I am starting to re-organize my kitchen. It took 2 hours to clean, organize, label, and store all of my spices. Well maybe not all of them since I ran out of jars, but 95% of them. It was a labor of love but I’ll be honest. It was so satisfying to do. Although I haven’t completed my kitchen organization yet I wanted to share with you the before and after of my spice drawer. 

I didn’t realize how happy this would make me. Especially since I’m not really into organization and labeling. 

I think I may have been beaten by the home decor bug. 

If you’re not following me on Pinterest, now would be the time to do so. I will be posting all of my home decor updates there as well as some of my inspo for the rest of my home remodeling. 

Let me show you what I’ve done so far. 

I picked up these spice jars and labels from Amazon. This process showed me that I had more spices than I thought and as a result I ran out of jars. Below are the jars I ordered but fill free to look around for more options.

The Perfect Budget Charcuterie Board Under $20 From Aldi

November 19, 2021 lifestyle

So if you guys haven’t noticed I’m getting better with my charcuterie boards. In a previous post HERE I shared with you my very first attempt at making one and although it was cute I didn’t have a clue at what I was doing. If I’m being honest, I still don’t but they are looking a heck of a lot better. I’m also trying to experiment a bit more as well.

aldi #allaldi

I kept the same thing in mind when creating this board. I wanted the best ingredients for an affordable price. Like previously, Aldi was by far the best option. I love that they have a great selection of cheese and crackers. Even though I don’t eat a ton of cheese, a girl loves her options. The crackers on the other hand I eat. My daughters happen to also like them as well. 

For this board I used scalloped sea salt crackers. They are light, airy, and have just enough salt to complement any cheese or spread you would like. Although Aldi has a tone of fig, jelly, and cracker spreads they typically aren’t my thing and the kids get them everywhere. So that was a no no for my house. 

aldi scalloped crackers

Aldi also has a great gourmet deli selection for meats to use on your charcuterie board. I happen to like the Apple Farm Deli Selection option. It comes with pepper salami, hot capocollo, and hot calabrese. I like to take them and create little meat flowers on my board. They are simply the cutest thing ever and again, my girls love them. 

aldi deli selection
Aldi deli meat

When I make my charcuterie board I have to have some type of fruit included. This time I used grapes, and strawberries since we would be enjoying this board in the afternoon. I didn’t want anything too heavy before dinner. I also found a delicious sparkling cider that paired perfectly. Again, this was a kid friendly board and I made sure they had something cute to drink. I even let them use my wine glasses so they were extremely excited about that. 

I spent less than $20 on this entire board and everyone enjoyed it. Aldi has everything you need for your next gathering and if you want more options check out their new charcuterie section in the store. If you want to see other boards people have created make sure you head over to Instagram and search the hashtag #AllAldi. 

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