Planet Verge is a website dedicated to the indie rocker scene, but its all-female staff covers more than just music. While indie music might be the site’s focus, it also aims to raise awareness for social issues, such as the vegan lifestyle. One of Planet Verge’s upcoming web series will follow a vegan challenge, from creative director and web TV host Jordana Reim to Dylan Mandel, from The Lives of Famous Men. Reim joined Vegan Mainstream recently to talk about her experiences in vegan blogging.

Christy Morgan is inspired by images.  This source of inspiration has led her in some interesting directions. Initially, it was to photography as a hobby, and pursuing a degree in fashion design.  Seven years ago, the images of suffering animals in PETA’s Meet Your Meat video inspired her to go vegan overnight.  And, when she started teaching herself to cook, it was the images of her friends’ delighted faces that inspired her to leave photography and fashion design behind and go to culinary school.

Good news spreads fast — bad news even faster.

Reviews, blogs and comments on social media channels can have a powerful impact on buyer decisions and behavior for any vegan business. Should you find negative feedback circulating about your own business, here are five ways to bounce back:

Twitter is one of the best low cost Vegan Marketing Tools To Find Your Target Market. Start Using Twitter Today!

Elevate your Vegan Blog by staying ahead of the curve, learning new tools like Google Wave or being the first to bring a tool to the vegan marketplace/ society.

Have you Googled yourself and your business recently? Well, if you haven’t then you definitely need to put this on your to-do list. You might be surprised to see what type of information comes up , and it’s your job to protect your vegan business and personal brand. Below are some reasons why you should protect your online reputation and how you can do it successfully.

Maybe you have been the owner of a vegan blog for a while now or maybe you are just getting started. Either way, you can turn your little hobby blog into a serious income generating business if you take it seriously. However, you have to have the mindset of a businessperson.

Here are your inspirations for this week’s Testimony Tuesday. This week we had 3 great stories from people that have made the transformation, then didn’t look back. Enjoy

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