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There are a variety of ways of making money as a new blogger, from ad revenue to courses to affiliate marketing.
In today’s post, I’ll be covering another stream of revenue that makes big bucks for bloggers – through sponsored posts and social shares.
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Brands will pay big bucks to influencers to market their products to their followers in an authentic way.
In fact, you don’t have to be a huge blogger with millions of followers or pageviews to earn money through sponsored posts. As a microinfluencer (an influencer with less than 100,000 followers), you can still get paid by brands if you connect well with your followers and have a highly engaged following.
As a blogger, adding sponsored posts to your revenue is awesome because it can help diversify your income streams. You should never put all of your eggs in one basket and so finding different ways to add to your fluctuating monthly income is a smart thing to do.
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Why do bloggers join influencer networkers?
Influencer networks are a great way to get your feet wet in sponsored posts and paid social sharing opportunities if you’ve never done anything like this before.
As a new blogger, it can be a little intimidating to try to reach out to brands directly. Many seasoned bloggers do reach out directly to brands but they often have already worked with various brands and have great engagement rates that show their worth.
Instead of reaching out right at the beginning, it might be easier for you to start out with using a third party agency that will do the hard work for you.
These influencer networks connects you to brands and acts as a middle man so you don’t have to be in direct contact with them yourselves. It can really help open doors for you and give you sponsored post experience that you can include in your blogger resume.
10 Influencer Networks For New Bloggers
Whether you’re a new lifestyle, fashion, mommy, or food blogger, there are opportunities to make money in every niche.
Here are 10 blogging networks you’ll want to check out as a new blogger to start making some extra cash.
1. Izea
Izea is a great network that is perfect for beginner bloggers. Under the free plan, you have up to 5 chances to bid on sponsored opportunities each month.
They acquired Tapinfluence recently so these two are now the same network. Tapinfluence was one of my favorite networks when they were separate, so the fact that both of them are now merged as one makes me super happy!
2. Activate By Bloglovin’
Activate is a great place to join if you’re new to the blogging sphere for lifestyle, food, and fashion blogs. They have a variety of sponsored opportunities for blog posts and all social platforms including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest.
You must have a Bloglovin’ account in order to join.
3. AspireIQ
Another one of my favorite high-quality influencer networks is AspireIQ (formerly known as Revfluence). You are given up to 5 bids each month to pitch to available brands. Once you receive your first paid gig and are given a review by the brand, you’ll be given more opportunities to bid each month.
4. Linqia
Linqia is a great place to get paid-to-click campaigns.You do need 2,500 social media followers to join though so you’ll want to apply after you get a good enough following.
They also mostly cater to US bloggers so you’ll have less opportunities if you’re from Canada or any other part of the world.
5. CLEVER
Clever is super easy to get started with and they have a ton of opportunities.
This is a network that is mostly geared towards bloggers in the US. If you’re from Canada, you won’t get many opportunities.
6. Popular Pays
Join Popular Pays to start making money with a diverse group of brands, from start ups to more established ones.
7. Massive Sway
If you’re a mom blogger, you’ll want to check out Massive Sway for sponsored opportunities.
It might be a bit harder to snag opportunities on this network if you don’t have a lot of followers or monthly blog views so I’d recommend applying to this when you are more established.
8. Quotient Social
Quotient Social is a great network for lifestyle, mom, and food bloggers. Just fill out your profile with your prices for your blog and each of your social platform and apply to the campaigns. They always have a ton of opportunities available.
9. PayU2Blog
PayU2Blog is a great first influencer network for bloggers of all niches. They don’t have many requirements to join but there are less opportunities available. The pay also isn’t great as social shares and sponsored posts range from $5 to $25 but it’s still a good way to earn extra cash.
10. Cohley
Cohley is a platform that you can start getting paid gigs for Instagram, TikTok, and Youtube. They offer many types of ways to make money such as professional, UGC, and product reviews. You can start working with brands with as little as less than 1,000 followers.
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