In this week’s Style Blogger’s News… Lucky FABB and IFB conference info galore, the rules of using Facebook to run blog comps, and the Diane von Furstenberg bag I’m practically tripping over in my heels to get to…

Missed the previous issues of Style Bloggers’ News? Check them all out here.

1. DVF’s advice for bloggers

Diane von Furstenberg not only shared her tips for bloggers on blogging authentically at the Lucky Fabb conference yesterday, but showed her Harper Connect bag (pictured). It’s got a zippered side panel to hold your iPad. I know. I want one too! Check out the full video of her tips (and bag in action!) at SassyBella.

2. Get ready to Spreecast

I was treated to a preview of this new broadcasting tool bloggers can use, along with the rest of the iFabbo (International Fashion, Beauty & Style Bloggers’ Organization) crew! Inside sources tell me iFabbo members will also get to see it in action. Haven’t signed up to iFabbo yet? Do so here.

3. Daily dose of gratitude

Writing a daily list of things of things I’m grateful for has become one of my favourite things to do. Sure, I could simply write it in a book, but with my iPad now almost fused to my left hand, I’m loving mighty grateful for the Happy Tapper Gratitude Journal app.

4. The Bloggers’ Guide To Online Marketing

Words can’t describe my excitement when I was offered a preview copy of Darren Rowse’s (ProBlogger’s) new product, created in conjunction with The Web Marketing Ninja. It’s not just an e-book, it’s a whole package – 22 files in total! Check out The Blogger’s Guide To Online Marketing.

5. Top travel packing tips

I like to think when it comes to travelling, I’ve got the packing side of things down pat. Heaven knows I’ve spent enough time in cars and on planes over the last 10 years – I can pack for Europe one hour before I leave! So when Imogen Lamport from Inside Out Style asked me to share my tips on her blog, I delightfully agreed.

6. Aussie bloggers at New York Fashion Week

Australian fashion bloggers Tuula and Bonnie Friday both won trips to New York Fashion Week. iBlogFashion & Beauty has the full story. Hope they’re having fun!

7. YouTube – the second most-popular search engine

Did you know YouTube is the second most-popular search engine (behind Google, of course)? And not only that, YouTube can be an incredible source of  blog traffic. No wonder everyone’s rushing to film their fashion haul.

8. Running a Facebook comp? Read this

Running a competition on your blog where you encourage people to “like” your page, can sound like a rather enticing way to increase your number of Facebook likers, but break the Facebook rules, and you can lose your page. It’s as simple as that. Search Engine Journal has this article: Facebook Competitions – 5 Things You Should Know Before You Start One. Worth a read.

9. Top 5 blogging & web tools

Looking for some great tools and websites to learn the techie basics? Kellie from 74 Lime Lane has five to try (even I didn’t know of two of these!), along with a shout-out to Bloggers’ Domain. Cheers Kellie!

10. Women in tech

I heart stories about women in tech. Nothing makes me feel more geeky proud to be a woman who likes the interwebs than to find another woman who knows the words Open Source, PHP and JavaScript. So imagine my delight when I learned the co-founder of SkimLinks (Alicia Navarro) is not only an Aussie, but a woman! SkimLinks is technology that identifies which of your outgoing links could be automattically turned into affiliate links, saving you buckets of time! Think: Potential earnings with minimal effort. Ker-ching!

11. Giving credit where it’s due

The debate over using images found on the web is a popular one. Should you use them? How should you credit them? Is “borrowing” ever OK? Sandy from Ampersand Design has posted on the topic, explaining the great lengths she goes to, to make sure her blog pics are credited correctly. Seriously admirable.

12. 8 ways to spice up your blog

Looking for free, relatively-simple ways to give your blog a visual boost? I guest-posted about this recently on Tessa Needham’s blog. Here’s what I suggest! (Warning: you may find this fun and distracting. Attempt at the risk of damaging your Friday-afternoon productivity!)

13. Challengers, ready!

The Challenge is a free online marketing course I did last year. It’s just returned for 2011, and has a serious wealth of information on everything from social-networking to SEO and beyond. Do it at your own pace (and chuckle at the videos!)

14. IFB Conference

If you’re a fashion blogger, you no doubt know about the Independant Fashion Bloggers’ conference: Evolving Influence. It was on today / yesterday (depending on your part of the world). Missed it? Grit & Glamor has the full schedule with links to all of the bloggers involved. When I come across a good round-up of the event, I’ll add a link here!

15. My interest in Pinterest continues

Remember my post on the Ultimate Guide to Pinterest? And how I said that if used wisely it could be a great traffic-driver? Well, I included a “How to add the ‘Pin It’ button to your blog” image at the bottom of the post. And, yep, you guessed it: that image got submitted to Pinterest. It now sends me up to 100 new visitors per day (and up to 100 more from Google search). See? Stick with me and I’ll tell you what you need to know

Photo of DVF bag from DVF.com

What links caught your attention this week? Share them with me!

In this week’s Style Bloggers’ News… iFabbo’s Awesome Blog Posts, the A-Z of blogging, and the beginner’s guide to HTML.

Missed the previous issues of Style Bloggers’ News? Check them all out here.

Have you submitted your awesome posts to iFabbo yet?

1. Awesome Posts

Are you an iFabbo member? We’re starting a new feature and are looking for awesome posts to link to! Submit yours by e-mailing it to awesomeposts[at]ifabbo[dot]com.

2. Inspiring bloggers

I was delighted to be featured in a post this week by Nikki from Styling You, titled: 5 Bloggers who inspire me to be a better blogger. I’m truly honoured to be mentioned alongside Clare of Women In Business, Vahni of Grit & Glamour, Joanne of Joanne Faith and Annabel of Successful Blogging!

3. Blogging Heaven

Also featured on Nikki’s Styling You post was a new site, with an A-Z of everything you could possibly need for your blog (and then some). Fun fact: The site has books featured that change colour when you mouseover them. What’s that saying about simple things and simple minds?

4. Move over, Hollywood

Bloggers have more influence on purchases than celebrities, reports Fox News when it comes to learning about products or making a purchase.

5. New discoveries

Blogs I stumbled across this week include Where Is Harriet who writes 8 Steps to a better blogger, and Juliette Maxwell who writes A beginners guide to HTML.

7. Blogger tutorial

Design It Chic offers step-by-step instructions for making your Blogger blog comments numbered (good for when you use comments as competition entries and need a number to choose a random winner).

8. Srsly helpful

Whenever I read the posts of Kristin’s at Relatively Chic, I suddenly have the urge to re-write everything on this blog she’s that good! Her latest? Feed Your Readers: RSS, Subscriptions & Beyond.

9. Blog Press Releases

The bloggers at the BlogWorld blog (that’s a lot of blogs for one sentence!) have posted this gem: Writing and distributing the ‘social-media release‘.

10. Sweet tweet

A gushing thanks to @helen_buchanan for the lovely tweet she sent me! It made my day Helen! Check out her blog at Brit Girl Bondi.

10. Giving credit

As a blogger, it’s tempting to use images that aren’t yours. But should you? Could you? Would you? This infographic by Pia is UH-MAZE-BALLS in the usefulness stakes.

11. Beauty product inspiration

Do you post images of beauty, fashion or lifestyle products? The ridiculously talented blogger behind The Style Sample, Tamia, could make a paper bag look interesting. Check out her post Trying For Spring… if you’re looking for design inspiration.

12. Bloggers do it better

Kristina from Pretty Shiny Sparkly has launched a new project called Bloggers Do It Better. It’s a series of assignments fashion bloggers can take part in, interpreting and posting the outcome on their blog.

13. Shout-out thanks

A big Mwah! to Beautifully Invisible for the link love (via The Citizen Rosebud). Glad you liked my post on comments. It’s garnered a lot of comments (and thankfully most people see the funny side of it!).

13. Drivin’ me crazy

It must be Beautifully Invisible week ’round here, coz here’s a link for the post 10 Things about your blog that drive me crazy. Gold stars for this one!

15. Eau de Facebook

Oscar de la Renta released its first fragrance in 10 years via the Book Of Faces (that’s Facebook, y’know). Mashable has the *cough* nine-day-old story (sorry, I’m a little late to the party getting these links together!).

What’s your best link discovery this week?

Issue two of Style Bloggers’ News! If you missed last week‘s 10 must-click links, don’t forget to check them out! And here, 10 ways to momentarily distract you from Twitter…

More chic than geek: www.joannefaith.com

1. Killer fashion blogging

50 ways to take your blog to the next level. A super-informative post by the delightful Joanne Faith.

2. Also by Joanne…

How to tame your blog with an editorial calendar. That Joanne Faith is one smart chicken, I say.

3. In-page Analytics

If you’ve not tried Google Analytics‘ In-Page Analytics feature, put your latte down and get clicky-clicky! Find it in the dashboard under “Content”. It puts stats over your page so you can see what percentage of links get clicked the most.

4. Screenr

Screenr quickly captures a video of what’s on your screen so you can tweet it to your Twitter followers.

5. Dear Bloggers…

Yes, e-mails that start that way make you cringe, but this post is an open letter to bloggers from a PR consultant at Mummy Bloggers Blog. Worth a read.

6. Blogger Buster

Just discovered: Blogger Buster is a blog full of tips and tricks for Blogger platform users. Thanks for tweeting a link to it @stylesample!

7. Links a la tech

The popular Links a la Mode over at Independent Fashion Bloggers now has a new cousin: Links a La Mode: Tech. An exciting day for trendy geeks.

8. All aboard for SXSW

South By South West – the annual music, film and interactive fesitval – starts this week. Sadly, I didn’t make it (sniff). But this site covers what you need to know so you can start saving for next year.

9. What’s your Klout?

Klout is a website designed to give you an idea of your influence on Twitter. Find out who likes your tweets and more…

10. A coincidence, I swear

Last weeks’ Style Blogger News ended with Jennifer Aniston-related link. This week: her new viral video gets over 1m views in a single day.  Not hard to see why. (See below)

11. iBlogFashion & Beauty

[Update] Oops, knew I forgot to include something! The Australian fashion and beauty blogging directory – iBlogFashion & Beauty –  has gone digital! It’s got a new domain name (iblogfashionandbeauty.com) so run, don’t walk, to add your blog to it now. Quick sticks!

What links have you come across this week?