Q: How did you begin\u00a0blogging & what were your inspirations to make the leap to\u00a0start a blog?<\/strong><\/p>\nI had finished my MBA program and loved learning about social media marketing. I wanted to get more involved in the space, but didn\u2019t know where to start. I started a website named \u201cCollective Passions\u201d with a mission to help entrepreneurs. I ended up finding my tribe within the fashion blogging community and started using Collective Passions as a personal blog, even though that was never my intention.<\/p>\n
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Q: Where do you see yourself in the next few years with your personal blog &\u00a0with Style Collective?<\/strong><\/p>\nMy personal blog will always be my creative outlet and my way of learning best practices for influencer marketing, so I can share my knowledge with the S.C. team.<\/p>\n
For Style Collective, I have really big plans. Every single day I just chip away little by little to reach my goals. The vision is in sight and I will not stop. My goal is for Style Collective to be THE destination for influencers AND brands.
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Q: Can you elaborate on S.C.\u00a0and where you would like to see it go in the future?<\/strong><\/p>\nThere are so many facets to the company, but the biggest ones that I want to dominate are:<\/p>\n
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Q:\u00a0So you\u2019re a total #GirlBoss… who have been your major inspirations in the fashion world & how would you describe your style?<\/strong><\/p>\nOMG thank you \u2013 I am flattered! I am going to sound like every other woman in the world, but really my mom influenced my style. She was a classic, Talbots wearing kind of lady. Her style was preppy\/nautical in the 90\u2019s and then more edgy in the 00\u2019s. I tend to be very extreme with my style: nautical, girly or sassy AF. I am a New Yorker at heart, so I can\u2019t really hide it!<\/p>\n
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I actually never intended to have a blog, but it\u2019s where I ended up because I love fashion and really connected with other women who were fashion bloggers! I think I got really lucky that I accidentally ended up having a fashion blog.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Join the Style Collective<\/a> community:\u00a0@stylecollective_<\/a>\u00a0& Annie @annie_spano<\/a><\/em><\/p>\nWe’ve had so much fun meeting you & can’t wait to see where all S.C. takes you.
\nxoxo, Team Curtsy<\/p>\n
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