Each Friday, in honor of the #FollowFriday tradition on Twitter, we will be featuring one of our own Featured Users on the blog.
Today we hear from FASHIFY.com, an online fashion magazine founded by Aristotle Olay. You can follow them on Twitter at @Fashify.
Fashify's Aristotle Olay
Tell us about yourself.
FASHIFY is an online fashion magazine based in Miami and Atlanta, founded by Aristotle Olay in 2007. We’re a team of of photographers, bloggers, models and designers working collectively to produce photoshoots, cover fashion events, and provide exposure for talented professionals in the fashion industry.
How (and when) did you first come to be on Twitter, and how has the experience evolved for you?
We created our Twitter account on September 5, 2009. One of our email subscribers invited us to join. It was a foreign experience at first. I mean it was so different from Facebook and MySpace… Twitter was actually simple to use. Growing our Twitter fan base was tough at first, we had to learn the proper Twetiquette: follow others so they will follow us and @mention others relevant to our Twitdiscussions. Since then, our Twitter experience has evolved, and we now have a dedicated fan base of followers who we interact with daily to get the word out about our news and events, and to learn what experiences are taking place in their lives.
Where are you located? What’s your favorite thing about where you live?
We used to work in Atlanta, but moved to Miami Beach in 2009. Our main office is located in Bal Harbour Florida. We love our location. It’s an affluent part of town. We’re close to the beach, public transportation, and many of the model, and photographers we work with like that we’re close to the water for on-location shoots.
What are you most excited about sharing with your followers?
We’re most excited to share opportunities and news to up-and-coming models, photographers, and fashion professionals. We find that a lot of models love receiving alerts to new casting calls, and many of our clients like the fact that we promote their products and ads on Twitter in a non-obtrusive way.
What’s your favorite thing to do when you’re not online?
When we’re not online, we’re usually at the photo studio working with new talent. Our favorite thing to do is photography. It allows us to do our second favorite thing, which is to make people look great.
Thanks so much, Aristotle and FASHIFY!
