TYAT #10 Collaborations!
It's that time of the week my friends! Things You Ask Thursday #10! I love this organized chaos of a blog because it allows me to respond to your questions and hopefully benefits you guys! Throwing all your questions regarding marriage/babies/motherhood/fitness/healthy eating into one post is very fun for me! With that being said, I want to only focus on your questions regarding collaborations today because there is so much information I want to share! Before I get started, I would just like to state that today I am only going to be talking about product collaborations, not paid. There are so many forms of collabs but the first step is typically to start with the product which is where a company sends you their products, for free, and in return, you promote that product on your platform. Once you get the hang of this you can start focusing on utilizing your page as a billboard where you promote the products you love (sent to you for free) and get paid for doing so! Sounds pretty cool, right?! I will do another blog regarding paid collabs at a later time. With that being said let's dive into today's blog, shall we? 1.) How do you pick which companies to collaborate with? When you first start collaborating, do you try to collaborate with whoever you can or should you be picky? BE PICKY! I can't stress this enough. Only collaborate with companies you 100% believe in and would buy yourself! Everyone has their own opinion on this topic so keep in mind this is my own personal opinion and how I go about collaborations. At the beginning of starting either a blog, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, (whatever it may be) sometimes people feel pressure to collab with whoever will in return work with them, even if they themselves aren't sold on a product. This is a no-no in my book! It has to be genuine. There is a pressure for some to collab with whatever they can get there hands on because that in return means more traffic to their page. If they collaborate with a company and the company then turns around and promotes them it can build up their followership! You have to keep in mind that you want your followers to trust you. If you promote a brand for the sake of new followers, payment, and free products without [...]