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Today I wanted to share 3 tips on writing sponsored posts: 1- Make it a story! It does not have to be a 'straight-up' review. Make it personal, fun and interesting! Share a tip or a recipe or a craft… Make your readers WANT to read it! 2- Have a catchy title - would you rather read "Review of ____" or "The best & easiest dinner recipe you are going to read all month!" I never write "review of___" in my titles. 3- Sell it, sell it, ...
Have you joined izea.com yet? This post contains affiliate/referral codes If you are already there you may be a bit baffled by how it works. I know a lot of bloggers (myself included) have been confused by the new layout when they joined Izea. I have figured it out though and izea is definitely one of my favorite networks, if not my absolute favorite! I'm here to share with you a few tips on how it works so you can make the most of your izea ...
This is part two in our series about sponsored posts this week. You can read part one where Aprille shares 4 reasons she has chosen not to allow sponsored posts on her blog. Today, I'm sharing why I do sponsored posts on my site. I don't think there is any right or wrong choice for bloggers. It is a personal decision that must be made for each person and is dependent upon your goals for your blog and for how you want to spend your time. I was ...
Hey everyone! This is part one of a two part series on sponsored posts! We wanted to show both sides of the coin of sponsored content. Since Becky and I both allow sponsored posts on our blogs I asked my friend Aprille of Beautiful in His Time to share today about why she does not allow them on her blog. I hope you enjoy this perspective and it helps you to decide what the right decision regarding sponsored content, is for your blog! Be watching ...
This post, as well as any on Bloggingontheside, may contain affiliate links. Most of you had told me that you want to learn how to monetize your blog. I am currently making more with my blog than I made working and you can do the same thing! Last week, I shared how to make money with Linqia. Today I want to share how to make money with sverve Sverve is probably the easiest, fastest form of monetization for your blog. I am going to ...
Where to find sponsored post opportunities and how to get more of them -- these are two things that are brought up a LOT. Sometimes, especially when you are starting out it can feel like every one else is getting so many more opportunities! For some reason, sponsored posts take a little while to get going. I have no idea why this is, but I've seen it happen so many times that there must be something to it. If you find yourself asking why am I ...
This post, as well as any on Blogging on the Side, may contain affiliate links to companies that we work with ourselves or products that we use. According to our recent survey, it looks like you are interested in learning how to make money blogging. Blogging can be such a financial blessing and over the next few weeks, I am going to share ways to make each money-earning avenue work for you. Today we are going to start with Linqiq. I have ...
Why am I not getting sponsored posts for my blog? Do you ever find yourself asking that question? Sometimes it can feel like every one else is practically swimming in sponsored content while you can't seem to get one post to save your life. Sometimes it's just luck, a certain blogger being in the right place at the right time, but most of the time I think it's a little more than that. Sometimes we'll never know why one blogger was more ...
There are a lot of ways to make money on your blog, even if you aren't doing sponsored posts. Some of the biggest bloggers don't do many sponsored posts, because they are making so much through affiliate links. 1- Sign up through companies like Share-a-sale. You may have seen on Saturday how I showed you to make $10 just through referring someone! That's a huge (& quick) money maker! Gymboree is a great company, among many, on ...
Sometime in your blogging journey you will probably start to get emails from companies asking you to post about them on your blog. Some ask that you do this for free, while others offer a good compensation. The problem arises when you are messaged by a company that you are not familiar with. What's a blogger to do? *disclaimer* this post contains affiliate links. I never want to sell my readers out by posting about any old site for a ...
