When the Philadelphia Inquirer fashion columnist asks you to speak to her Fashion Journalism class you say when. And that’s what happened. The lovely Elizabeth Wellington asked me to come talk to her students at Philadelphia University about fashion blogging. It was such an honor to share my story, lessons learned, and explain how starting this blog changed my life (for real, it really did, and I’m SO grateful for it!!). I spoke from the heart and the top of my head while students tweeted some of my dream-chasing nuggets. Read a few below and check out this Ellen-style selfie we took.
@JessieHoleva “you don’t always know what the steps are going to be but you need to take action” #inspirational
— Rebecca Lane (@rebeccaxlane) January 30, 2015
“View yourself as a brand and invest in that” @JessieHoleva‘s advice for my fashion journalism class. So true!
— Riley Galligan (@riled_up94) January 30, 2015
“You have to be your own brand ambassador.” @JessieHoleva on creating your brand. — Gabrielle Raine (@akissfrombliss) January 30, 2015
“If u don’t build UR dreams, & what u want to do with ur career, then u will spend ur time building up someone else’s” @JessieHoleva — Anisa McCloud (@__TheCloud) January 30, 2015
“People love to share their story.” @JessieHoleva on interviewing connections — Gabrielle Raine (@akissfrombliss) January 30, 2015
“What is the reader going to get out of it?” @JessieHoleva #trendhungry — Gabrielle Raine (@akissfrombliss) January 30, 2015
“Truth of blogging – slow and steady” @JessieHoleva #trendhungry — Kayleigh Bonacorso (@kaybonacorso) January 30, 2015
“Blogging can help you potentially get the job you actually want” @JessieHoleva #trendhungry — Kayleigh Bonacorso (@kaybonacorso) January 30, 2015
Thank you so much to the Philly U Fashion Journalism students and Elizabeth Wellington for having me! Meeting passionate people always inspires me and I hope this inspires you to go to the beat of your own stylish drum. No career is perfect and nothing worth doing is easy so go after what you want, even if you don’t know exactly how to get there.
Have you thought of starting a blog or do you have a blog? Do tell in the comments below!
