The Australian Beauty Bloggers Weekend – Part 1

30 September 2011 | Tine

The Australian Beauty Bloggers Weekend

Ahh the inaugural ABBW. The event I’ve been tweeting about for months, and even more so last weekend. It was the weekend in Sydney where 85 beauty bloggers from Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth gathered in (mostly) one location – the Novotel Darling Harbour. That weekend, Sydney saw a lot of hotties 😛

Prep had to be done for the weekend. Woe betide me if I did not look my best, because I’d be amongst 85 gorgeous ladies, so the pressure was on. I had my hair done and nails Shellac-ed for the occasion. I had to rehearse my makeup days prior to the weekend. The last time I did that much to look good for an event was for my wedding.

Emily, Val, Molly, Mel and I left for Sydney on the same flight on Friday. Registration for the weekend was at 6pm at the Novotel. The goodie bags train had already started in our room (there were two big bags from Dove, INNOXA, Australis and Le Tan waiting for us there), and we received another one during registration 🙂

Beauty bloggers flooded the registration floor. There were a lot of “OMG it’s you!“, “we finally meet!” and “Oh you’re so-and-so on Twitter right? I read and love your blog!” I absolutely loved the enthusiasm, and could not wait for the weekend to finally begin.

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ABBW Maxted Thomas Gala Photobooth Fun!

29 September 2011 | Tine

I’m currently still working on the photos for the ABBW (came back with hundreds of photos for just two days), but here’s a little sneak peek for you. This was taken at the Maxted Thomas Beauty Bloggers’ Gala on Saturday evening. I think all events should hire a photobooth because that booth for Nivea was easily the most popular attraction at the event!

Nivea Photobooth

Left picture: With Val
Right picture: With Emily and Akisa

Silly faces are most fun at photobooths, don’t you think? 😛

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IMATS Sydney 2011

29 September 2011 | Tine

Oh what a weekend the last one has been! I was up in Sydney for the Australian Beauty Bloggers Weekend (ABBW), and let me tell you, it was one of the best weekends I have had in a long time. There will be more on the ABBW in my next few posts, but for now, I thought I’d show you some pictures I took at the IMATS.

I had the pleasure of reporting the wrap-up on IMATS for BeautyDirectory. Unfortunately, only members of the website are allowed access to their articles, so I’ve captured a screenshot of the post, just for you 🙂

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Here are some of the pictures I took at IMATS. It was captivating watching amazingly talented makeup artists at work.

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Bloggie Wednesdays: Search Engine Optimisation for Beauty Bloggers

28 September 2011 | Tine

Bloggie Wednesdays: Search Engine Optimisation for Beauty Bloggers

If you were to take a closer look at your blog traffic sources on web stat sites like Google Analytics, high chances are most of your traffic comes from search engines. With so many websites and blogs out there, it’s a minefield as to whose post would come up first on a Google search. If you want your well-written content to display at least on the first page of a Google search, then your blog has to be optimised to make that happen.

Blog Traffic

This is where Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) comes in.

I’m sure you’ve probably heard that term to death. I know I have. Boring stuff really, but it’s still important if you want your blog to reach further. Traffic that comes to your blog through search engines have the potential to keep those visitors and turn them into long-term readers.

So, how would you optimise your blog to draw those potential readers in? Here are my top six SEO tips:

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