Blog Tips # 15: contact and cooperation with companies

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If your blog has become once bigger, and your niche here for, you will be approached by companies; webshops, PR agencies. There are people with all compliments your blog love it, but want something from you. How do you deal with that? How about doing business in the bloggers world together?

Be aware of their goal

Why do people come from businesses towards you with all calls and questions? That is very simple; they want something from you. They want you to write about their product, links to their website, or you write something good about the brand.

They are people who want to write you positive about their product. When you, when you store credit is offered receives stuff when you're invited to an event, PR people do nice to you, it's about one thing. Of course people do too 'normal' self nice, but that's not why they make contact with you.

It is their job to ensure that the media (yes, that includes you if you have a blog!) Paying positive attention to what they represent. Obviously, eventually all to ensure that more is sold.

Involves placing specific links than likely also about the link building of a website. It is often not important what exactly is installed on the client, as the left but be reflected in the text.

Your blog is worth more than you think

Especially if you have followed my other blog tips and have your blog is worth much more than you think a particular niche. If you think for example of advertorials prices, your blog treasure higher! Me has become clear that many bloggers use too low (yep, I'm guilty).

I asked around about a lot and thought about it, what comparison, and I think it unwise difficult to determine a price for my advertorials, I must confess. My tip is: ask around at similar bloggers (same topic or perhaps about the same number of visitors), do research, and think about it carefully. And also important: how much do you think yourself that is worth a spot on your website?

Another tip: do not negotiate. Watch this video and you'll see why:

You've carefully considered your price, and your blog is worth more than you think. Do not be persuaded, but trust yourself. Some advertisers always try to push into a corner and you feel inferior. Fact is, you are not inferior and your blog either.

Think about your honesty and value added

It is of course very cool if you blog inter remainder is for advertisers and PR agencies! Natural that you feel flattered and you're proud that you're done with your blog. But keep to yourself.

The stuff you get no presents and they do not send because they find so nice. You owe them nothing and do you also do not more positive than you are, at least, if you  want to stay honest and authentic .

I would also recommend you also like to continue to think of your blog. Imagine: you get something very expensive you and something you really like and you have been offered or is required to write an article about it. One problem: it does not suit your blog. What are you doing?

1. You see it as a payment in kind instead of cash for an advertorial
2. Simple: you say no, because it does not suit your blog

The first option I can understand if what you receive is of sufficient value and also applies to some extent on your blog. The second is that which I would recommend, the acid sounds and how difficult that is. Pay particular attention to the added value it has for your blog. In option one goes through for advertorial (which must still be fit to) fit in Option 2 is simply not good enough and when it is not added to your blog. And that is very sad.

But of course this remains your own, it's your blog, this is just a tip I want to give you.

Do not be fooled

Some things you should know:

• A guest blog is not what it once was. If a shop wants to write a guest blog for you, they turn left here, so then it is nothing but a disguised advertorial. These links to your blog worth the money, no matter how small your blog is.
• It is perhaps not, but some companies are inventing devious little ways to turn things in their favor. For example it is mandatory from January 1 this year to put in there paid blog posts or got stuff that this is the case. Some companies pretend to know nothing, think of other sorts of strange things that you would be in danger if you get paid advertorials and then you can never be found in Google. Be aware of this and do not go into business with people who want to make you do things against your principles (or against the advertising) deal.
• Join a Facebook group with bloggers, here you can ask questions in this area. Together we are strong! This group and these are anyway very good, fellow bloggers in these groups are very helpful! You can lose all your questions.
• Try to be influenced as little as possible. After a ridiculously fun event or when you've got a huge box full of stuff you soon tend to talk a lot more positive about a product or brand. That's a fact. Stay tuned honest and let know that you have been or had the products at an event (the latter is, as previously mentioned simply required).
• You can you a little bit worn as a businesswoman, your blog is, after all (even though you may not be registered with the Chamber of Commerce) your 'business' if you work together with other companies. A little sharp (and business!) Maybe best, especially if you're dealing with people who try to intimidate some are brutal.
• Many bloggers writing companies, web shops and PR agencies with the question of whether they want to cooperate. I myself do not do this unless there is something that I really want to write very much. Find contacts for cooperation summit, but do not forget the 'free stuff', which detracts from the quality of your blog.

I understand that many bloggers make here do not have it, but I often see bloggers who are just here to do, and totally do not know how it all fits together. It is also a bit on your standards and  values in whatever way you deal with this, but in my opinion his honesty and quality of your blog the most important. And of course, the fun you will experience it!

Sometimes all the world of blogging seems nice and cozy, but the fact is that money is in (and yes, if there is money in the game ...). And it's not much to do with it, but be aware of what you do. And get a little for yourself, as I said: you are worth more than you think, yourself and your blog underestimated! Do you have any tips on this area?