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How to Book the Gig: 5 Tips for Creative Service Providers (Makeup Artists, Hairstylists, Photographers): Answer Your DM’s, Charge Market Rates, Be Flexible, and More!

Hey! So I travel frequently, and sadly, don’t always fly with my core team of preferred makeup artists, hairstylists, and photographers to capture the moment and make sure I look fly while doing so (though flying my team is definitely #goals)! So when I travel, I solicit help from local talent! Through my various experiences, I now have five tips for those in the creative field who want to be competitive i.e. book the gig: Answer your DMs There is…

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September 21, 2019 By Claire

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Don’t Fall for This Scam (I Almost Did!): Email Alleging to be David LaChapelle for Puma, Annie Leibovitz for Adidas, Jill Greenberg, etc

So as I grow and hit my stride as an aspiring IG model (ha!), I do get requests occasionally to partner with brands for shoots. So I was excited to receive an email from a ‘Director Scott,’ claiming to be a representative for celebrated photographer David LaChapelle, who wanted me to model in an upcoming Puma campaign in New York City. The pay was pretty good ($5,000) and the terms seemed great: a deposit sent to your doorstep, no agreement,…

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June 28, 2019 By Claire

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An Encouraging Note to Entrepreneurs: Little by Little One Travels Far

“Little by Little, One Travels Far.” J.R.R. Tolkien Hey Bomb Lifers! I have been sooooo busy these past few weeks…months! That I don’t get time to write just for fun anymore. So sad. But, I wanted to leave a quick note of encouragement. Many times, as you are striking out to do your own thing, you might not get the response you want. You might have done the best photo shoot, invested a ton, sent out flyers and newsletters, and…

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June 20, 2019 By Claire

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What 5 Things You Can Do When Instagram Goes Down (Or There is A Facebook Outage) To Reach Your Audience: Youtube, Events, Build Your Email List, and more!

Yesterday, the world was in a total tizzy! Why? Instagram, Facebook, AND What’s app had the nerve to have a glitch that suspended service for most of the day. Many of us (ourselves included) rely heavily on social networking tools for our businesses. While Fashion Bomb Daily started off as a regular old blogspot, we now disperse most of our news, new arrivals to our store, and event details on the ‘Gram. But yesterday, business was put on hold as…

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March 14, 2019 By Claire

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The Importance of Having a Vision In Your Quest to Attain Your Dreams

I remember the day as it it were yesterday. It was one of my last afternoons in Paris, after having lived there for almost two years, and I was cleaning up and getting rid of old papers. In my sweep, I stumbled across a notebook I kept, full of meetings, goals, and wishes. I flipped to a page, and skimmed a list I had made a year prior of must have items: Christian Louboutin pumps, a Balenciaga bag…and just as…

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January 20, 2019 By Claire

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Ms. Claire Siobhan Sulmers is the founder of FashionBombDaily.com, and the industry’s leading fashion blogger chronicling fashionistas of color. Her pioneering work ushered in a new wave of digital journalism that fed and fueled an under-served community of African-American and Latino style lovers wanting to know more about brand from the culture. Beyond developing and directing content for FashionBomb Daily and its affiliate sites, Sulmers has done extensive style writing for other platforms including Vogue Italia , Vogue Paris , and ESSENCE Magazine. Her body of work and online following - now numbered above one million - has made Ms. Sulmers the influencer of choice for major corporate brands who want to reach her audience including Toyota, Dark & Lovely, and others. Ms.Sulmers, who hails from Atlanta, Georgia, holds a degree in French and African American studies from Harvard University. In 11 years, Claire has accumulated over 1.3 million followers, written a book “The Bomb Life”, and is now working on her 2nd book.