Wednesday
Jun302010
Blogging Story: Patrice J. Williams
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 at 10:00AM
This blogging story comes to us from Patrice J. Williams of Living Fly On a Dime.
Living Fly on a Dime came about late last year when I was at a crossroad in my career. After being laid off from my job at a fashion magazine, I was a bit unsure of what I wanted to do. I also had no idea how I was going to survive in an expensive city like New York without a full time gig. I was able to secure freelance work but I knew I also wanted to start my own venture, something that was all mine, something where no one could ever "terminate my position."
I wanted to do something, but was just unsure of what it was.
My friends know I'm the queen of saving a buck but still live well and look fly. I've found a $2 Prada bag while thrift shopping and I've even scored a round trip flight to Belize for $154.
I decided to start a budget living blog and share my tips for living a cheap chic lifestyle. Now I had to come up with a catchy, memorable name. I brainstormed ideas for a blog title while trying to tune out the crazies on the subway. After compiling a list of about 10 or 15 names, I finally settled on Living Fly on a Dime.
I purchased the domain name and began blogging the next day even though I had no clue what I was doing. As someone who came from the world of newspapers and magazines, words like SEO and HTML were foreign to me.
However, I learned along the way.
Living Fly on a Dime was originally just a hobby and I could have cared less if anyone read it, but after realizing the potential for it (and that people were actually reading), I started to take it seriously.
It's still something I do for fun, but I also have long term goals that include...well, I can't share my master plan with you just yet. But just watch and see.
How did you begin blogging? Who (or what) influenced or inspired you? What has blogging brought to your life? We want to know! Send your post to staff@blackweblogawards.com in text (500 words or less), audio, or video, and we’ll post them on the Black Weblog Awards blog! Visit our Blogging Story post for more information.
Living Fly on a Dime came about late last year when I was at a crossroad in my career. After being laid off from my job at a fashion magazine, I was a bit unsure of what I wanted to do. I also had no idea how I was going to survive in an expensive city like New York without a full time gig. I was able to secure freelance work but I knew I also wanted to start my own venture, something that was all mine, something where no one could ever "terminate my position."
I wanted to do something, but was just unsure of what it was.
My friends know I'm the queen of saving a buck but still live well and look fly. I've found a $2 Prada bag while thrift shopping and I've even scored a round trip flight to Belize for $154.
I decided to start a budget living blog and share my tips for living a cheap chic lifestyle. Now I had to come up with a catchy, memorable name. I brainstormed ideas for a blog title while trying to tune out the crazies on the subway. After compiling a list of about 10 or 15 names, I finally settled on Living Fly on a Dime.
I purchased the domain name and began blogging the next day even though I had no clue what I was doing. As someone who came from the world of newspapers and magazines, words like SEO and HTML were foreign to me.
However, I learned along the way.
Living Fly on a Dime was originally just a hobby and I could have cared less if anyone read it, but after realizing the potential for it (and that people were actually reading), I started to take it seriously.
It's still something I do for fun, but I also have long term goals that include...well, I can't share my master plan with you just yet. But just watch and see.
How did you begin blogging? Who (or what) influenced or inspired you? What has blogging brought to your life? We want to know! Send your post to staff@blackweblogawards.com in text (500 words or less), audio, or video, and we’ll post them on the Black Weblog Awards blog! Visit our Blogging Story post for more information.
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