I wanted to share with you the way that I Monetize my blog, Your Modern Family.
First off, I use Google Adsense. If for some reason you are denied Adsense, there are other options out there (Izea, Blogher…).
Another way that I monetize my blog is by doing sponsored posts.
When you sign up with the sponsored posts companies (My favorite one is Social Spark), they will start to send you "leads". A lead is a sponsored post that is up for grabs.
So, for example, you will go to Social Spark and sign up. They will start to send you leads. You look over the lead and decide if you would like to take it (write about that product for money). If you say YES, they might pick you or they might not. If they do pick you, you have to do the post and they will pay you for it.
That's it. They will post it for you or you will post it and share the link with them and they will pay you about a month later. You can make a lot of money doing this! Some posts are worth $12 and some are worth $400 or more. Imagine doing three of those a month. I know a blogger that does one every Friday. She calls them her "Featured Friday" and features a sponsored post product.
A general rule is that it is best to only do one sponsored post for every 10 regular posts.
Do not write about something that you don't believe in. You want your readers to know that you are promoting this because you believe in it!
Negotiate: If you feel that the amount of money is not enough, you can negotiate. I try not to do this too much, but you can definitely negotiate at any time!
Linqia is another great one! The sign up is very easy for this one, as well.
Also try , Sitsgirls and clever girls collective.
I hope that was helpful to you! You can easily monetize your blog this way. I just did a sponsored post on diapers, honoring Veterans, and taking a vacation to Florida. If you want to see how they look, just click on whichever post you want to see and feel free to read how I wrote my own sponsored posts.
Thanks for sharing these tips Becky. I think monitization is something that bloggers always like to hear more about. We also work with social spark and I like to hear that you like them too!
I stumbledupon it 😉 I'm going to come back once again since i have book-marked it.
Hey becky! Thanks for these tips I am definitely going to try a few!
Great post! With the new year my blog partner and I have been thinking a lot about monetizing and this was just the motivation and information I needed to get started! Thanks for sharing.