// Affiliate marketing has been chosen as one of the top two revenue generators for publishers. To learn more about what affiliate marketing is and how to start using it, you can read the following blog posts on affiliate marketing: The Basics, The Complete Beginners Guide and The Best Affiliate Networks for Beginners.  To help you get the best of your Pinterest reach, here and at the end of this post you can find our Best Practices Guides for Pinterest as well as some guidelines related to using affiliate links. What do we cover in this post? We start by exp...

// Instagram has become a key component in publishers’ online marketing strategy: Even if you are still struggling to grow your followings, Instagram can be an important channel for driving traffic to your site as well as giving you a solid ROI for your time – no matter what your business. If you want to become an influencer using Instagram, keep on reading. Using the tools and practices we share here, you can change the way you use Instagram, and regardless of whether you have a website or a blog, you can still monetize your creative content and social reach. This post is...

Some of the links below are affiliate links. This just mean that if you choose to make a purchase we may receive a small commission, at no extra cost to you. We are using these links to show case how you can use VENNDY’s carousels to use affiliate marketing.  If you are just starting out as a blogger or influencer, you have probably read tons of advice about how you should first build your audience and following and only then start monetizing your blog. That is the conventional order: first a following and then income! Even if you have a great-looking website and great content,...

// Some of the links below are affiliate links. This just mean that if you choose to make a purchase we may receive a small commission, at no extra cost to you. We are using these links to show case how you can use VENNDY’s carousels to use affiliate marketing. Why Affiliate Marketing?  The great thing about affiliate marketing is that you can start from day one and don’t have to worry about creating your product or searching for new clients. If you are new to affiliate marketing, you may want to start with reading our blog posts The Basics: Terminology and Stats&...

This post was written by Summer Telban and was originally published on Coffee With Summer Blog.  VENNDY is a brand new social platform - a way to connect and engage with others over lifestyle content. I'm so happy to get to introduce VENNDY to you. It's hands down one of my new favorite platforms to use to connect with others. I just recently joined and have started to get active on this great platform, but even in this short time, it's been extremely useful to me as a blogger and as someone who's simply passionate about living well and intentionally. I don't know abou...

Whether you just started as a blogger or have been blogging for some time, whether you are looking for a side income or aim someday to make it your full-time job, figuring out the monetization methods that will allow you to turn your passion into profit is something you should be doing. Just in case you are asking yourself - what is monetization? Well, in simple words it just means turning your digital assets, which may be non-revenue-generating by nature, into a source of income by  generating revenues. Web sites, blogs and mobile apps for example, that do generate revenue are oft...

THIS IS A GUEST BLOG POST CREATED BY SHANNON, ONE OF THE BLOGGERS ON OUR COMMUNITY, WHO WRITE THE WONDERFUL BLOG: MOM WITHOUT LABELS. Are you ever clicking around through blogs and/or your social media channels and find yourself thinking, "Her skin is amazing; I wonder what products she uses,” or, "I wish I could find a collection of blog posts that I know will be good reads and not time wasters”? Or what about, "Those pics of that restaurant look good but how do I know my tastes are the same as that blogger’s?” Well, allow me introduce you to a new social platform, VENNDY.  ...

As a blogger, you work tirelessly to write great content that is not only engaging, but also useful to your audience.  However, in order to be really successful, you will need some cool tools to help you manage all aspects of your blogging business, including the actual content. Here are six awesome tools that every blogger needs. 1. Evernote This feature rich organizational app has every part of planning and organizing your blogging business covered. With it, you can assemble notes from a variety of other platforms, use your phone to store some vital documents and put th...

Success in blogging starts with knowing how and where to find your target audience, or as we like to call it your tribe. Quality content takes time, but it is king so it is of importance that it is focused to your target market so that the effort you make is content they actually want to see. Here are incredible tips that can help you find the perfect audience for your blog.   Define your Audience Fact - Great content will attract your audience, but there is no guarantee that it will be the best audience for your blog. This makes it important to define yo...

Social media today drive us in every facet of our daily lives, and ignoring its potential to help to grow your blog is a mistake. By not adopting social media, you will be limiting your reach even when you have a great blog. But by simply adopting and embracing social media to promote your blog, and to grow your community, you can win in the crowded blogging world.  Here are awesome reasons why social media is of essential for your blog. For Traffic After spending your time and effort to write an expert piece, you want more people to come to your website and read it. This...