How To Get Sponsors For My Blog

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Imagine being paid to work with a brand you absolutely love, the brand lines up perfectly with the readers on your blog, and you get paid hundreds or even thousands of dollars to help promote the brand.

Sounds legit right? Well, it is and we have become experts at landing massive sponsorships deals with our blog.

Take a look at our latest income report where we made over $27,000 in a single month. A majority of that being from a single sponsorship deal!

In this article am going to discuss how we land sponsored posts, how much to charge, the networks you can join, how to create your media kit, and how I got paid $1,250 for an hour of work last month.

If you are wanting to learn our step-by-step system in landing $1,000-$10,000 sponsorships deals you should check out our entire course Sponsorship Secrets.

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1. What Are Sponsored Posts?

Put simply a sponsored post is when a blogger gets paid to promote a companies products or services.

It's actually one of my favorite ways to make money blogging. It's quick, easy, and once you get your website started to gain a larger following you can get paid a good chunk of change.

When doing a sponsored post you want to ALWAYS make sure the brand aligns with your current readership. There is a fine line between jumping on every opportunity and actually trying to help your readers.

I will be the first to admit it is hard to turn down an offer from a brand when you are new to blogging. Getting an email offering to pay you $300 for a sponsored post sounds like the greatest thing ever! Pump your brakes, blogging is a long-term game.

It's not worth losing the trust you have built with your readers for a quick buck! Helping your readers should always be your #1 priority.

2. How Do You Land Sponsored Posts?

This is a question we get all the time. After landing at least one sponsored post 8 of the last 9 months we have tactics that have worked very well for us. Luckily most of our sponsored posts have come from brands reaching out to us. When those do not seem to be coming in we take things into our own hands.

Keep an eye on others in your niche –If another blog in your niche is working with a company chances are they are looking for other influencers! Reach out to the brand personally and see if they are willing to work with you. We have had this work for us twice now and it has netted us well over $2,000 blogging income.
Ask around –Simply start asking around to other bloggers who they have worked with recently. A great place to do this is in Facebook Groups. If you are not part of our group yet, join now!
Reach out yourself via email –Start sending out cold emails to brands that you love and use regularly. Always write it in a way that you are helping them out not the other way around. Provide value!
Contract brands you have worked with in the past –Always, always, always save the emails from previous brands you have worked with. Some brands do promotions every few months or once a year. Why not create a long-lasting relationship you can make money from often?
Sign up for websites that offer sponsored posts – This tip is too easy to not try. There are websites specifically designed to link bloggers/influencers with brands. When creating a profile on these sites make sure you fill out as much information as possible. The more value you can add to brands the more opportunities and higher paying sponsored posts you will land.

Websites to consider creating a profile on:

Tap Influence (our favorite)
Blog Meets Brand
Tomoson
Clever
Acorn Influence
Find Your Influence
IZEA
Pollinate
Revinfluence
Social Fabric
Webfluential

3. How Do You Know How Much to Charge?

One of the toughest obstacles to overcome as a blogger. How on earth do I know what to charge a brand that wants me to sponsor a post? The simple answer is to use Social Bluebook.

Unfortunately, it's not that simple. Social Bluebook is a GREAT place to start, but we have found they vastly undervalue your "suggested pricing". Never charge under $250 no matter how "new" or "small" your blog is. We have been able to charge 2X, 3X, even 5X what Social Bluebook suggested.

The best piece of advice I can give you about sponsored posts is treating it like a negotiation, never say the first number!Always start by asking them what their budget is before throwing our any numbers. Like any negotiation, you never want to show your cards first.

STORY TIME!

For a real-life example, I will share our story on how we made an additional $750 with an email that took 3 minutes to send.

We were approached by a brand wanting to work with us and they asked the question "how much do you charge for a sponsored post"? I quickly responded explaining the marketing services we provide (sponsored posts, social media blasts, email marketing, etc.) with our media kit attached. I made sure to not include our pricing, but instead asked them what type of budget they had for the campaign.

A few minutes later they responded saying they had $750 for a sponsored post. I was ecstatic as $750 sounded awesome at the time. But for some reason, I knew they low balled us. I knew our blog could provide more value to their brand.

Within 3 minutes I put together another email explaining how much I loved their company and that we were very excited about the possibility of working together. I also included that "we normally charge upwards of $1,500 for a sponsored post on our site". I was nervous sending the email as I did not want to lose the sponsored post altogether. Like most things in life I just went for it.

Within an hour I got a response saying the $1,500 price would work and a contract to sign to get working on the sponsored post! My 3-minute email made us an additional $750.

Lesson learned: You are worth value to brands, charge for it!

4. Creating an Incredible Media Kit & Advertise Page

This is VERY important! We did not land our first sponsored post until we made our media kit. You need to look professional from the start. Brands want to work with blogs/influencers that have their $hit together.

Remember brands are paying you to promote and marketing their products and services. They want to make sure they will receive good ROI (return on investment) when they paying for these promotions.

There are a few options for creating a killer media kit. When we first started we used a free template from Beautiful Dawn Designs. Another great option is creating your own with software like Canva, Pic Monkey or Powerpoint. With a little effort, you can make your blog look incredibly professional with a good-looking media kit.

We also updated our Advertise Page on our site. We used the page builder Elementor to create it. You can learn more about using Elementor by reading through this incredible Elementor tutorial here.

This is just another way to share your value with potential brands that want to work with you.

Always make sure you keep your website/social media stats up-to-date. Another good idea to make your media kit stand out is adding your social media reach and not just your follower count. Putting a number that is in the millions gets brands attention!

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5. How I Got Paid $1,250 For An Hour Of Blogging

Now for the good stuff. The best part of sponsored posts is they are normally fairly quick and easy to put together. If you have been blogging for some time writing becomes easier and easier.

Last month I was able to complete an entire sponsored post in 1 hours time. Talk about great ROI!

It's the best win-win around. You get paid for writing about a brand you love and use yourself. The brand gets new customers, conversions, and brand awareness. And your readers get introduced to a product or service that will benefit them in their own lives.

Always remember to put your best foot forward when working with brands, you never know if they will want to work with you again in the future.

The last thing to remember is make sure you have some type of sponsored post contract in place. Normally this can be as simple as an email thread but often times a signed contract will be in place between you and the brand you are working with.

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Hi, I'm Kelan Kline! A frugal money-saving dad, entrepreneur, and personal finance expert. With my bachelor's degree in business administration and finance, my drive in life is to help families budget their money, make money online, and find financial freedom! I have been featured in online publications like Forbes, USA Today, Huffington Post, Business Insider, Marie Claire, The Penny Hoarder, Bankrate, Nerd Wallet, Yahoo Finance, MSN, GoBankingRates, Her Money, Thrive Global, The Simple Dollar, Money Crashers, Readers Digest, FinCon, Best Company, Rent Cafe, Romper, Intuit Turbo, Opp Loans, CreditCards.com, Debt.com, Discover, LifeLock, Quick Sprout, Money Geek and many more! Click here to read all of my posts.