Quick Share ~ Getting Sponsors for Your Blog

When I was reading this how to post by Ashley of Little Miss Momma, I thought it was really defined the starting points for anyone considering venturing into the world of "professional" blogging and finding sponsors for their blog.

Now personally, I do not think that you need to have sponsors to be a professional blogger; but I suppose the accepted definition of a professional is someone who gets paid for the work they do. It does seem that the only way a blogger can get paid for the work they do on their blog is with sponsors and advertisements, although I think that if the blog is bringing in other work or commissions to the blogger, {but there are no advertisements} the blogger is still a professional in my mind.

However, if you choose to go down the sponsorship path, I think this post is a helpful guide.

Little Miss Momma: How to Get Sponsors for Your Blog

I have received this question in my inbox a lot lately, and I have struggled to respond because there is no quick answer to this question-- and what works for me may be different then what will work for you. So this post will give you an overview of what has worked for me.

When I started my blog on February 22, 2010, not an advertiser in the world would take a chance with me. I was new. I hardly had any content on my blog and I only received hits from my Mom, Nina and Brittany. There was nothing in it for them.

So I started small. I started with giveaways. Of my own products, at first. Then I convinced some of my friends to give me product for a giveaway. And once I got to a point where people were actually reading my blog, I went in search of real advertisers....

xox,

bonita