{"id":12063,"date":"2016-03-16T03:03:42","date_gmt":"2016-03-16T07:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/verastic.com\/?p=12063"},"modified":"2016-03-16T01:05:19","modified_gmt":"2016-03-16T05:05:19","slug":"soooo-verastic-rebranding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/social\/soooo-verastic-rebranding.html","title":{"rendered":"Soooo … Verastic Is Rebranding"},"content":{"rendered":"

After blogging for 10 years, I have decided that it’s time to rebrand Verastic. Sure, Verastic has gone through minor changes in the past anyway, but this is the biggest, most dramatic change I have ever made. Verastic will be evolving into a new kind of site. Starting from April 15th 2016, Verastic will become a fashion and beauty blog that will focus on political views in the spiritual realm of gossip, blogging school, food, and DIY.<\/p>\n

I kid, I kid!<\/p>\n

Well, I half-kid. I was a writer before I started blogging, and I will always be a writer who blogs (versus a blogger who writes). But at the core, I’m a storyteller. I want to tell stories from the Nigerian\/African perspective, but I cannot tell the stories alone because I am only one person, and there are so many stories floating out there that need to come home. Just to be clear, I’m not talking about fictional stories.<\/p>\n

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So, for this reason, I have decided to open Verastic up to guest posts. Literally every week, I get emails asking if I accept guest posts, and I have turned every one down. In fact, I get asked about guest posts so often that I added it to my FAQs as the very first question, although I don’t think anyone pays attention to my FAQs<\/a><\/strong> (but you should!). I have now updated my FAQs page<\/a><\/strong> to say that I indeed do accept guest posts.<\/p>\n

The rebranding journey will not be drastic, nor will it be overnight. It will take a while, and changes will be made slowly, and eventually, I will have to redesign the entire blog. This excites me. \u00a0I love it when my Verastic gets a face lift. The rebranding journey, however, will not change the tone of the blog, so don’t feel like I will sell out and start publishing stories that are not in line with my spirit. Also, I will not stop telling my personal stories, as those are my favorite kind to tell anyway.<\/p>\n

Per the guest posts part, there’s a caveat: I’ll be introducing guest posts as a trial. I have held on to Verastic so tightly and refused to share her with anyone, but now that I’m open to doing so, I cannot say for sure how it will work out, and I am not afraid to say that I am not sure, and that I don’t know all the answers.<\/p>\n

If you’re reading, I need your help, and there are many ways you can help: share the posts you read on Verastic, submit a post to be published on Verastic<\/a><\/strong>, keep reading Verastic, and leave comments when you do, so I can fall out my chair from laughing, and if I’m feeling discouraged, your words can (and will) make me feel better. I know this for sure because your words already make me feel like a rock star.<\/p>\n

P.S.<\/strong> In case you missed it, I just launched a t-shirt line. *wide grin*<\/strong> Check it out!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

P.P.S.<\/strong> The t-shirt line is not part of the rebranding journey; it’s a mere coincidence, as I’ve been dreaming about this t-shirt line for years. Read the post about that here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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