12 Posts from 2021 + Year in Review Instead of doing a roundup on the top posts of the year (because those are usually posts that weren’t published this year!), I thought I would go back through the Archives and share one post from each month of 2021. But first… Year in Review 2021 was …
December 2021 Life Update Even though I check in and tinker with my blog on a near-daily basis, I feel like it’s been months since I last really said anything. This semester has been a lot. Close family members are dealing with serious chronic illnesses. And yesterday, I took my cat, Wednesday, to the emergency …
Environmental Impact of Websites A few weeks ago, I stumbled across an article that talked about the environmental impact of websites. As someone with a website, I had never considered this before! While it’s easy to think of the internet as some kind of ethereal cloud floating around in the air, it’s actually dependent on …
Best Sustainable and Ethical Blogs (for People Who Still Read Them) In 2021, reading a real live sustainable and ethical blog is not as novel as it used to be. Instead, most content creators find their communities on social media apps like Tik Tok and Instagram. And I know that these ways of community building …
Today I wanted to share about some site updates, including a new design, new ads, and my blog name. A Quick Site Update New Blog Design I’m always on the fence about announcing blog design updates, especially because I can be rather fickle when it comes to templates. For the past year or so, I …
Successful Blog Monetization Strategies My longtime blogger buddy, Liv at Simply Liv recently wrote a blog post in which she shared her thoughts on blog monetization, sponsored posts, and affiliate strategies. While I agree with much of what she suggests – especially the idea that influencers should be monetarily compensated for their work – our …
Blog Year in Review 2020 In January, StyleWise/Leah Wise will be 8 years old! Throughout those 8 years, I’ve: joined several (now defunct) blogger networks interviewed at least a dozen brand owners worked with at least 50 brands built up my affiliate marketing strategy thought about quitting my day-job (glad it didn’t work out) fired …
Reader survey results, with demographic data, favorite ethical brands, summaries, and quotes on what’s missing in the ethical fashion conversation.
My state of the blog address for 2019.
I have read a lot of think pieces and seen a lot of complaints about influencer culture’s lack of fairness. In this piece, I talk about why it’s sort of impossible for influencer marketing to ever be fair.