You can use affiliate links on Pinterest again! Learn how it works, how to disclose, and how to get started using your affiliate links on Pinterest. How to Use Affiliate Links on Pinterest originally appeared in ND Consulting by our very own IBA Vice-President Sarah Nenni-Daher. Thanks for sharing with us! Back in February 2015, a collective curse word filtered through Pinterest when power users were told, “You may no longer use … [Read more...]
Create a Blog Media Kit or Learn How to Buy One
Create a blog media kit as a business card and resume for your blog. Use this guide to learn the benefits, how to create one, and even how to position it with brands! Do I Really Need to Create a Blog Media Kit? Let's define a media kit first… A media kit is a set of pages containing a blog summary, statistics, and demographic information about your audience. It also contains work and collaborations and structured service offerings for … [Read more...]
Complete Guide to Getting Paid for Blogging
In most cases, Getting Paid for Blogging is not something that happens overnight or even within your first year of blogging. There's a lot to a successful blog! And, that most people don’t realize that until they are knee-deep into doing it and trying to find ways to making money from home with their blog. However, once your blog and social media accounts begin showing that you've formed a loyal fanbase relationship, a person can generate a … [Read more...]
How Bloggers Can Work With Brands Directly
As part of an on-going series, the IBA hosted another Blab session: the Top 5 Tips to Work with Brands! Join us as we take you through a summary of a top blogger's tips to make money working with brands without the middle man. A blogger doesn't need a Twitter account with 100,000 friends or an Instagram account with 50,000 followers to successfully make money and work with brands directly. If the platform allows it (Blogger, WordPress.com, … [Read more...]
I Need to Make Money Now. Can My Blog Help?
It's a funny thing. You start a blog thinking "hey, this might be fun..." and the next thing you know, you're in a mad, obsessed dash to bring in enough traffic to start making thousands of dollars a month in ad revenue. And then, of course, when this doesn't happen as quickly as we'd like, we wonder: Am I doing something wrong? Can I make any money blogging? Go ahead and 'pin' this image to your favorite blogging board! You'll want to … [Read more...]
The Question That Stands Between Your Blog and the Money You Deserve
Most of us (some secretly and some not-so-secretly) hope that one of these days out blogging hobby will turn into a money-making machine. For some bloggers, this is possible. But how is it that many bloggers are still making pennies for hours and hours (if not months and years) of hard work? You probably already know that there are lots of ways to profit from your blog. But how do you know which method has the potential to work for … [Read more...]
Dear Bloggers, Please Make a Case for Ads
Hello, all you fan-tabulous bloggers you! This is the first of a series of weekly "Brittany on Blogging" posts I'll be doing here. And while we will be doing weekly discussions on blogging topics, I wanted to start by asking you to answer a little question for me. … [Read more...]