10 companies that pay bloggers + influencers (and pay well!)

1.) LINQIA:

Linqia is hands down my favorite way to make money as a blogger. 

There is no applying to every.single.campaign. They reach out to you! A simple email asking if you’d like to be considered for a sponsored post. 

You have creative freedom. You can pretty much come up with any way you’d like work the sponsor into your post. 

This company pays per click. ($0.80) to be exact. You start off small around $60 a post and can work your way up to in the thousands. I earn on average $900 a post with them. Getting paid per click can be discouraging for some! I really enjoy it...I like being able to see my process...to see how many people I am reaching.

It can be work to get theses clicks...but with a few tricks you’ll be on your way!

Linqia pays out 7-10 days after your campaign has ended. Campaigns normally run 30 days-ish. 

2.) Social Fabric:

This company is the second biggest way I make money blogging. 

They pay out on average $190-$250 a post. 

You have to apply for each campaign...if you're excepted you’ll receive an email stating so. If not...you’ll hear crickets. 

Social Fabric has a long list of ear marks needed per post. This can be time consuming...however I like knowing exactly what the brand is wanting to showcase. 

Most post are recipe or tutorial based.

Social Fabric also gives you a product budget and you get that money prior to the post date. I appreciate that very much...to my knowledge they are the only company that does this.

The major downside to Social Fabric is that I am unable to apply to over half of the campaigns because the stores are not available in my area...Kroger...Albertsons...and other chains that don’t exist in the Midwest. 

3.) The Sway:

The sway is a new company for me. I have yet to be accepted to a campaign yet...but I’m hopeful. 

The Sway will email you when new post are available. Once post are available you have the chance to apply to the campaign. Pay outs are anywhere from $100-$500+ 

They also offer blog post campaigns and social share campaigns. 

There are requirements often...like age of your children...certain stores...your age..and so on...these can work in your favor...or hurt you and not allow you to qualify for a post. 

You can also check your status to see if your application is pending or declined. 

4.) Blog Meets Brand:

This company is another new one for me...and again I'm super hopeful to start working with them soon!

Like the others you apply for the campaign. 

You also choose what you want to charge...$300-$700 in some cases.

5.) Bravo Mark:

I’ve blogged for them a few times. This is a simple way to make an extra $50-$100. They require a paragraph or two or a specific word count over a brand + a few social shares. No recipes...no tutorials...no clicks needed to be earned. 

6.) iconnect:

I have worked with iConnect  a handful of times in the past mainly on diaper type products...since I don't have babies in Diapers anymore (PTL!) I haven't work with them as much. I enjoyed the process but I do remember having to wait something like 90 days after the post to get paid. 

7.) TOMOSON: (www.tomoson.com)

This company connects you will other companies...they offer up free products in exchange for social media shares. You need to have an Amazon Prime account of else you will end up paying for the shipping. Once you are accepted to review the product you can't back out...so choose wisely. You can pick which social media's you'd prefer to share. While...this doesn't technically pay with money...you can collect a handful of goodies...and the main reason I work with Tomoson is posting for them really helps boost my blog stats. I'm not sure why? ...but it does.

8.) Tapinfluence:

I've really enjoyed the few times I have worked with Tapinfluence. I'd love to work with them more! They pay significantly more for a standard post...and more so than anything...their campaign managers are top notch!  So helpful, so willing to work with you, they quickly answer questions...overall amazing!

9.) Activate:

I am fairly certain this use to be associated with BlogHer??? I can't quite remember...its something like that. I've been paid a few times to tweet...and social shares...Most recently they are offering campaigns to apply for. You usually need a certain number of followers...live in a specific state...and so on. They look like they pay well...and the turn around time is workable. I did notice you have a 3 days window to apply for campaigns...so if you receive and email stating that a new campaign is available...it's best to apply right away.

10.) Pollinate + Clever : 

I'm going to group the two of these together. These are both big time companies. You need something crazy like 250,000 uniquely monthly views to even apply. These two companies send me emails all the time to apply for campaigns but in 8 years I've never been picked. Maybe you'll have better luck.




Did I miss any?

Who is your favorite company to work with?