There are different ways you can monetize your website, as selling ad spots or offering your products or services.
One of the most lucrative ways to make money with your blog is definitely sponsored posts.
In this post I am going to give you some tips to generate income with sponsored reviews and suggest you three interesting resources I use with success.
What is a Sponsored Post?
Sponsored posts (or sponsored reviews) are articles commissioned by third parties (typically advertisers, or agencies), where you write about specific products or services.
Normally you get in touch with the potential advertisers asking to write the review or you are contacted directly by them.
There are pros and cons of sponsored posts, but if you put yourself in the shoes of your readers, you will end up having just advantages.
Like everything in life, just use a little of common sense.
Tips to Make Money with Sponsored Posts
First, you want to have a nice layout and professional design (I use Genesis Framework personalized theme here).
Make sure to have an original and unique logo and your blog sidebar filled with important things like subscription box or social accounts.
After this, you want to set up an advertising page, where you explain to potential advertisers your blog statistics. You want to showcase the best of your website, so be sure to write your strong points, like for example monthly impressions and visits, social numbers or the number of your newsletter subscribers.
Now, there are different networks you can use to create a profile and be found by advertisers (and I am going to suggest you three websites I use to make money with sponsored posts).
But if you want to try finding advertisers yourself, you may want to read an articles I’ve written recently:
How to Find Advertisers for Your Blog – 7 Tips to Make Money Online
But how much should you charge for a sponsored post?
Recently I’ve read an interesting article written by Sue Anne, at SuccessfulBlogging.com. She has created a nice graphic I share with you here:
As you can see, the metrics used are unique visits per month and PageRank.
John Mueller recently explained in a Google Webmaster Help thread that Google “have no plans to do further updates” around PageRank. He also suggested to webmasters to stop using “PageRank” as a metric around their web sites.
Now, advertisers should pay more attention to other metrics like domain and blogger authority, for example.
But still, the graphic created by Sue Anne may help you decide the price you are going to ask for your sponsored posts.
Also, you want to set a maximum number per month, as you don’t want to upset your readers with too many sponsored reviews.
When you get new offers, always ask yourself :
Will this sponsored post help my audience?
Will this product or service be useful for my blog readers?
If the answer is yes, then go ahead.
Finally, be sure to add the “nofollow” tag to the advertiser links in your posts, as suggested by Google.
Matt Cutts said:
“Not all paid links violate our guidelines. Buying and selling links is a normal part of the economy of the web when done for advertising purposes, and not for manipulation of search results. Links purchased for advertising should be designated as such. This can be done in several ways, such as:
- Adding a rel=”nofollow” attribute to the <a> tag
- Redirecting the links to an intermediate page that is blocked from search engines with a robots.txt file”
As promised, here below I share 3 sites I use to make money with sponsored posts on my blog.
SponsoredReviews.com
I’m sure many of you already know or use this site to find advertisers for sponsored posts.
I find out that opportunities offered in their marketplace are normally low, with fees going from $9 to $15 per post.
I’ve used this site once, with a direct booking from an advertiser, for 150$.
SponsoredReviews takes 50% from the total paid from advertiser.
Yes, that’s pretty a high percentage.
But still, a good place to find work.
You can browse among opportunities in their marketplace or just add your blogs, and wait for direct bookings.
If you haven’t done it yet, sign up to SponsoredReviews here.
LinkVehicle.com (Now ValuedVoice.com)
That’s another popular website used for getting affiliate marketing opportunities or sponsored posts.
There are many affiliate offers you can use, if relevant to your blog niche. You will get paid per actions taken from your readers.
Or, you can add your sites in their marketplace, and wait for sponsored post opportunities.
I used this platform once in one of my niche blogs.
Same as SponsoredReviews, also LinkVehicle cuts 50% off your earnings.
If you want to sign up, you can do it here (it was rebranded to ValuedVoice, recently).
/syndicate.net
No, it’s not a typing mistake.
That’s the title of the site.
A couple of months ago, BuySellAds announced the creation of their new platform : /syndicate.net
You can use it to monetize your newsletter or to find opportunities for sponsored posts.
Here’s my profile there:
If you want to be part of this awesome new project, you can apply here.
I have already worked with /syndicate and it has been a great pleasure.
The process is straightforward and you will be assigned a personal assistant which is going to guide through the completion of the sponsored post.
Plus, the rate you get is really honest (they just take 30%).
Conclusion
I’m sure you are already making money with sponsored posts at your blog.
If not, I hope this small guide will help you start with this monetization method.
Just be sure to consider your readers as the priority and do not oversell your blog.
Good luck!
What do you think?
Do you have some other resources to add?
Please share your knowledge and experience in the comments below, thanks!
Hi Erik Sir,
Superb list you have shared.
I think this is for the bloggers above my level.
Anyway I will definitely try my luck after some months.
Sponsored reviews are the sweet piece of cake when it comes to money-making, right sir?
But I think getting a sponsored post is hard. After getting, nothing to worry but post. They don’t demand any impressions or hits. We get paid for the words. That sounds good.
I have heard about only one site from your list, sponsoredreviews.com . All the rest are new to me.
Thank you so much sir for this yet another superb post.
Hi Rahul,
good to see you leaving the first comment in this post.
I visited your blog and you have few articles published.
I think you need at least 20 posts, or more, to start making money with sponsored reviews.
But don’t worry, keep working and this time will come.
Bookmark this post and use it when you will be ready! 😉
Good luck and keep blogging.
Hey Erik,
Beautiful post!
I read the article by Anne. It has a lot of meet attached to it. The only thing I think has changed is using PR as a measurement. If Google finally drops it the it makes no sense on the list of factors 😉
I didn’t know about Syndicate man so I’m checking it right away. Thanks for bringing it to my notice.
Hope you are having a wonderful week
Hi Enstine,
I remember to have read a mention to Anne’s article from one of your posts.
It’s good to hear you learned something here, my friend. 🙂
Good luck with /syndicate and have a great week.
Thanks for the great tips!
Glad you liked the post.
Thanks for your comment.
Hi Erik
Great tips about sponsored posts and I have read Sue’s article which I believe is a good post that solves the issue of sponsored posts. I will check the articles.
I agree that advertisers should focus on domain authority but this concept is yet to sync in. Some advertisers still focus on page rank and this really has made bloggers with no page rank to charge less for posts.
Thanks for sharing this tip. Have a nice week.
Hello Ikechi,
you made a good point.
It’s weird advertisers are still focusing on PageRank, even after it was announced to be dead (well, not be refreshed anymore).
I’m really curious what will be the next move of Big G.
Let’s see.
Appreciate your comment, Ikechi.
Thanks for visiting.
Hi Erik,
Great blog post on sponsored blog posts. I was looking for some other sponsored blog post companies to sign my websites on. Thanks for writing the blog post. I have been a member of SponsoredReviews and Linkvehicle for awhile now and I made good money with Linkvehicle , but not so many offers came from SponsoredReviews though. What do you think about sponsored blog posts companies ,Linkworth.com , reviewme.com , tomoson.com and momsaffiliate.com ?
Hello Tracy,
thanks for mentioning those resources.
A couple of them are new to me.
While with Linkworth.com and Reviewme.com, I haven’t receiced any assignement yet.
Thanks for visiting and commenting!
Eirk,
Surely the sponsored posts are the good source of income for many bloggers out there but joining these websites can hamper??
As my blog was listed once in postjoint and as google banned that my site got the penalty as well but later I did changes to my site, excluded from postjoint then the penalty was revoked.
What do you say about this??
By the way, Nice post on a very nice subject!
Hi Atish,
glad to see you.
And happy new year! 🙂
Of course, you need to pay attention on what you publish on your blog and the networks you use.
I make sure to take assignements of products or services relevant to my niche,
using “safe” intermediaries sites.
Can you please be more specific on what happened with Postjoint?
Can you share more details?
Postjoint is a marketplace where if you blogs are listed with all the details such as pR, DA, alexa etc. then there are chances of getting good paid posts.
I have done few posts through them. but Google penalized them. Check these post to know more about their penalty >> blog.kissmetrics.com/postjoint-penalty
Thanks for your reply, Atish.
But I was already aware of what happened to PostJoint.
What I meant is that you could share more details about your personal experience.
Like what happened with your blog.
So you have removed the links from the posts you got from PostJoint, and you had the penalization removed, is that correct?
Actually I never submitted my blog to PJ but someone did it and whenever he got offer he came to me asking for paid post. I did that without any problem but one day i have seen my blogs PR went to zero.. and then a outbound link penalty in webmaster.
Then one of my friend said that its because PJ as it was just penalised 1-2 days ago.. Then what I did is , I made all the questionable links nofollow and tried reconsideration to Google. Within 2 weeks I got a message in webmaster that the penalty on your site has been revoked.
This is how my experience was. From then, I have been careful to avoid such marketplaces.
I see, Atish.
Thanks for sharing your experience with PostJoint here.
I’m glad you got the penalty removed right away.
You’re right.
We must be careful of the sites we are going to link out!
Have an awesome day, my friend. 🙂
Hi Erik,
Wow. It is easier to make money with the sponsored posts. I agree with you that we should have a limit on the number of sponsored posts. Thank you for sharing the sites that offer sponsored posts.
Umapathy
Hi Umapathy,
thanks for the kind words.
I hope you will find the resources mentioned in this post useful,
to help you make money with sponsored posts.
Appreciate your comment.
Hi Erik,
This list is very useful. I was aware of the sponsoredreviews but will now explore the rest. Thank you for sharing. Yes, sponsored posts are one of the main source of revenue to the bloggers other than the direct advertisements.
Hi Nikhil,
glad you learned some new resources here.
Hope they help you increase the website revenue.
Thanks for visiting and commenting.
Hello Erik,
Thanks for the awesome review about Sponsored posts. I just search for something like this for my blog to earn some extra money. I just join SponsoredReviews.com with a big hope to earn more money online 🙂
Hello Manik,
happy to hear you learned something new here.
Good luck with your blog!
Erik I really like Sue’s graphic. That’s smart and it just makes plain sense to work off of a graphic like this based on PR, visits and the like. As PR may not be changing much you said it; work off of other metrics which demonstrate the in-demand nature of your blog. i accept sponsored posts from the most trusted sources too;gotta know the guy or gal inside out to accept their work on my blog.
Super information shared here buddy, thanks much!
Ryan
I like it too, Ryan.
It gives a rough idea on how much you should ask for a sponsored post on your blog.
It’s great to see you here, mate.
Hope you are doing good on your side of the world! 🙂
Have a fantastic friday.
Hi Erik
A very profitable post and all the three sources that offer sponsored post are quite good. But one needs to check twice the outbound link to put in his post before accepting the offer.
Usually people place an Advertise page at their blog and just wait someone would be offering them and that’s all. For advertising one needs to fully follow the outbound marketing strategy and keep dropping the offer at every reliable place to get as much gigs as possible.
Yes, initially a blogger needs to focus two things; improving the blog rank and attracting more and more traffic to publish lesser sponsored posts in a month and earn higher revenue. So many such posts affect the crediblity of blogger and he is considered a blogging just running after money and nothing to do with customer care.
Thanks a lot for sharing this really a money-making post.
That’s right, Mi Muba.
It’s indeed very important to check inbound links on our blogs.
We need to accept just sponsored reviews of products or services, which are relevant to our niche.
Also, they must be interesting for our readers, as we don’t want to lose our audience trust.
Thanks for visiting and commenting,
it’s a pleasure to see you here.
Have a great weekend!
Hi Erik ,
Great list you have shared.People Earn Money with Sponsored Post it is very best and safe way.
thanks for Sharing
Hi Alyssa,
glad you enjoyed the information here.
Thanks for commenting.
Hi Erik,
How are you doing ? It’s been a long time.
Hope all is well. Okay let come to point this is an Excellent tips you’ve provided. Al though I haven’t start monetizing my blog, but this post will really help full to me in finding the ways of money making from sponsored post.
Thanks for graphic too, this will eventually help all bloggers to how much that they charge for it.
Once again thanks for your tips
Have a great day
Siva
Hi Siva,
everything is great, I hope the same for you!
Glad you enjoyed the post,
I hope these resources will help you monetize your website when you will be ready for.
I’ll jumping to your blog right now to read your latest article.
Talk to you soon!
Hi Erik,
Wow. It is easier to make money with the sponsored posts. I agree with you that we should have a limit on the number of sponsored posts. Thank you for sharing the sites that offer sponsored posts.
Thanks for the kind words, AAksha.
Good luck with your blog.
hi eric,
do check my blog . http://www.abcbloggingworld.com and do give us your feedback
I’m not a big fan of multi niche blogs, as they cover too many categories.
The blog itself has nice layout, you are doing a good job.
I’m not a fan neither of Disqus commenting, I love CommentLuv! 🙂
Hello,
I must say its really wonderful post and could easily earn lot of money using this methods.
Thanks for share
Hi Mark,
glad you learned something new here.
Have a great week.
Hi Erik,
Yes, according to your estimation, I have been getting money from sponsored post. However, the only platform I tried just sponsoredreviews, I do not know the other two that you mentioned in this article.
I often get a sponsored post from direct advertising, advertisers send me an email. But, I’ve never been offered a proposal directly to the advertiser. That is a thing that I want to try. Perhaps, after I seek knowledge about it first. 🙂
Thanks for sharing this post, Erik.
I hope to get more knowledge from you 😉
Have a great weekend for you!
Regards,
Nanda
Hi Nanda,
good to hear your positive experience with sponsored posts.
I get my biggest deals by being contacted from advertisers.
Other than that, I make direct offers to specific products or services, which are relevant to my niche.
Finally, I get some work from those intermediaries I mentioned in this post.
Thanks for reading and commenting,
have a great rest of this week!
Sponsored posts are a great way to earn some quick money. You can also use them to provide valuable information to your audience. However, most bloggers use sponsored posts on their blog that’s not really related to their niche. This actually makes the loyal readers really unhappy. Sponsored posts should always within the niche your blog is in.
We need to pay attention which products we accept to review on our blogs, Brian.
And we need to add that “nofollow” tag, Google suggest to use for sponsored posts.
At the same time, as you stated, we need to write informative content for our readers.
Thanks for commenting today!
Hey Erik, I have a blog (eyes4tech) site from which I feel is matured and popular enough to take this next step. That’s why I am very grateful for you putting up this page and I might give it a shot. I had some amazing reviews too so I think I can check with Buy and Sell ads. Crossing my fingers!
I visited your website (eyes4tech.com).
Pretty nice, congratulations Arsie!
As per submitting it to BuySellAds network, good luck with that.
Just remember that in order to be accepted they consider several factors.
The main among them is the traffic. I guess they look for sites +60/80k pgeviews monthly.
Hi Erik Sir,
very nice post…
Hey Rahul,
thanks for the kind feedback.
Keep following.
Hi Erik,
Good to be at your blog. You share a great list, may this will help me to increase some of my income.
Thanks for sharing 🙂
Hi Yavan,
hope these resources will help you with your blog income.
Let me know how it goes!
Hi Erik,
Great blog post here… Actually i .am making a comment from my mobile device so am unable to express more of my feelings on This great article.
What can i say?? Thanks for sharing with us…. 🙂
Thanks for the comment, Babs.
Does my blog look good on mobile?
This is a nice method to earn money from paid reviews. I have never heard about these sites, thanks for introducing me with these sites. This post is really informative and useful for me.
Glad to read that, Rahul.
Good luck with those sites.
Thank you, Eric, for the great story, you have shared about sponsored post. Have shared on twitter @Digitaldoubt. I love to read your post as it makes sense for a new way of money making idea.
Thanks for the support, Washim.
I hope you can find these resources useful to make money with sponsored posts.
Informative, in-depth and good content.
Do I need to add more about it?
A Suggestion : I’ve seen many platforms which offer similar Partnership and Sponsored Posts process, I would recommend you to add few more platforms maybe? As it would help newbies for more options to browse through!
By the way, the Twitter ID integration is really good! 😀
Hi Sanket,
thanks for the awesome feedback and for the suggestion.
You can find some more resources here:
http://nopassiveincome.com/how-to-start-a-blog/
I’ll release soon an updated guide on places to monetize a website!
Does anyone know about a sensible microinfluencer network such as cooperatize that provides brand collaboration opportunities?
Have you tried SeedingUp, Nikita?
http://nopassiveincome.com/SeedingUp
Hello,
Erik thank you. I have regtd. But I have Google Adsense. Is it ok?
Yes, sure, you can submit your sites.
Good luck with approval.
Thank you, I will just get started .
Good luck, Nikita.