What to Know About Facebook’s Handshake Tool

  Hey bloggers! A few weeks back we hosted our first ever Photography Workshop. Months before the event we realized we needed to find a way to get the workshop off the ground. This meant we needed to reach out to sponsors and luckily we were able to partner up with a handful of great […]

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A Simple Way to Earn Money Using Social Media

I’m sure you all know by now how much we emphasize the importance of utilizing Pinterest for your blog. So what if there was a simple way to earn money using social media simply by sharing clothing or products you already love? Introducing Maven, an online platform that is reinventing how bloggers share their favorite […]

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#WCBCChat Recap | How To Pitch To Brands

Monday was educational for everyone who participated in the Windy City Blogger Collective Twitter Chat. The chat consisted of 10 questions all about pitching brands and monetizing your blog. For the newer bloggers, or bloggers who simply haven’t explored the options of pitching and monetizing, I think I speak for us all when we say, […]

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Cyber Monday Strategy

Welcome back to your desks everyone and Happy Cyber Monday. We want to get you back to your shopping but here are some quick tips to make the most of the biggest online shopping day of the year here’s a Cyber Monday Strategy. Tweet affiliate links to your favorite products throughout the day Post photos […]

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Making Affiliate Links Good for Blogger Search Engine Optimization

Remember the workshop we had at Rakuten Marketing? Our bloggers wanted to learn more about the nofollow links that Ivan Pena mentioned during his presentation. Today Ivan, a Senior Manager at the Rakuten Affiliate Network, is elaborating on the topic to answer the questions we had. We can agree that we want the same thing: to […]

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How Much to Charge for a Blog Post

Wondering how much to charge for a blog post? We recently surveyed our members to get a feel for what the standard rates for sponsored blog posts are based on page views per month. We have taken the survey responses and created a rate card. These rates are merely a suggestion that might prove to […]

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