Bloggertunities: Learn More & Earn More!

“Heeeeeeeeey, bloggy ladies!!!!” – {Sung to the tune of Gangnam Style….}

So, once again – I’m a day late getting this post up. *Sigh* I’m late on just about everything these days. Including Christmas shopping. I’m drowning in emails, I have boxes of supplies waiting to be crafted into cool gifty creations. Cupboards full of ingredients waiting to be whipped into creative holiday goodies. And a spare room full of boxes waiting to be opened and photographed and reviewed. *Sigh* Good thing for coffee. And wine. If I only had a comfier office chair. {Anyone have a contact for that? Lol.} So – here’s what I have put together for ya’all this week. Hope you find something helpful! And – if you ever have something you’d like included here, like a great tips post, a linky you host, or an event sign up – you can feel free to send me a message on Facebook. I’ll do my best to get them all shared each week!

Events to Join

• Madame Deals: This a free event to participate in, and is a little different than most giveaway events. You can learn all of the details here on the doc form. You won’t get a link on the giveaway form, but you WILL get some other pretty cool perks. I signed up, and am really excited about it.
• Casting Call: DaddyScrubs is looking for families to be in thier upcoming photoshoot!. “We need new dads, expectant dads, and experienced dads.”  The photoshoot will take place in Torrance, CA, which is in the Los Angeles area, on January 14-15, 2013. If you know anyone that would be interested and lives in the area, PLEASE pass this information along to them! Participants will receive payment, daddyscrubs items, and of course any photo that they want from the shoot. Anyone who is interested can e-mail them directly at kennadyn@daddyscrubs.com to find out more information.
• Linky: If you have giveaway events, or want to promote your sign up form, link it up on this blogger opps linky from My Husband Ate All My Ice Cream.

Product Opps

• Best Buy WOLF: Do you love awesome tech stuff and cool gadgets? Is Best Buy one of your fave stores? Then you’d make a great addition to the Best Buy WOLF team! Apply here to join today.
• Book Reviews: If you’re interested in reviewing books on your blog, check out a great site – www.promotionalbooktours.com. You’ll find a wide assortment of books that are looking for new reviewers to check them out and promote them.
• Fitness: Are you ready to start the new year off with a bang? Then you will LOVE this new opportunity from Omron and Mamavation – You’ll get over $100 in fitness gear, personalized workout plan and support, and a $300 payment for compensation for your work. Sounds awesome right? Learn more and apply here.
• Blog Opps: I definitely recommend joining the Blogger Outreach program with Business2Blogger. I have had some really amazing opps with them – including an all-expenses paid trip to Texas earlier this year to participate in a conference. Love it.

Monetize Your Blog

• Virality: This is brand new, so I don’t know much about it yet. But this is what it says, “Viraliti is not open to public yet. Share your unique referral link on Facebook and Twitter to get ahead of your competition! Invite friends, co-workers, family, followers and all. More friends qualify you for an earlier invite and if your friends sign up with us using the referral link, you will earn up to 7% of their earning.”
• PostGenius: Make money by writing sponsored posts for brands and websites. They state that you can earn between $3-$1000 per post, which is a pretty serious range, right? Lol. But, I’ve had two offers now that I’ve completed, both around $200. I haven’t had my first payout yet, but this was recommended to me by someone who’s been using it for a long time, and is happy with it. I’ll let you know as I have more personal updates to share on it.
• Escalate: This is an incredibly easy network to work with. They have legit offers, and pay FAST – by the 15th of the month, you’ll get a PayPal payment for the previous month. Way cool. And the system is really simple. Sign up here: Escalate Media.
• StudioPress: If you’re a big fan of StudioPress themes like I am, then this would be a really great fit for you – Become a StudioPress Affiliate and Make Money!
• Health Post: They’re looking for about 20 blogs for a sponsored post. Get details and apply here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFZZLU1NSlFYRzJmQ1VzTjYxbm1CT3c6MQ#gid=0.
• Paper Coterie: If you’re using Escalate already, then you’ll definitely love Paper Coterie, since they use the same framework. They had a few glitches over the past few months, trying to get their affiliate program up and running – but things seem to running really smoothly now, and my payments are coming regularly. And they’re products are seriously to die for.
• More Money Tips: Here’s a very popular post on my site – 10 Ways to Earn Money from Home. Working from home is my job – and I use a ton of different ways of earning to make sure that I can earn enough money to support my family, since I’m the only one working. These are some of the ways I earn more cash.
• Share a Sale: This is by far my favorite affiliate network that I’ve worked with, ever. So easy to use, I get paid quickly and reliably, the affiliates you sign up with there are awesome, and will often email you with cool contests to join, or bonus offers to earn with, or even product giveaways. Join shareasale.com, Earn Cash!
• Social Spark: Definitely get signed up here – I earn at least a couple hundred bucks a month here. The posts aren’t tough to write, since they provide almost all of the resources that you need. The pay is consistent and usually pretty good. I’ve used them happily for over a year.

Crazy-Smart Tools & Resources

• Web Help: Do you need some help with your site, at a price you can actually afford, by someone who understands what bloggers need? Check out the blog services at Stone Alley 4 WP – especially the design special for the holidays that has 3 days left (ends 12/15)! She also offers a ton of other cool stuff like hosting, wordpress fixes or clean up, and more. Don’t see what you need help with? Email her and ask – She’s amazing, and I bet she can help with just about anything you need!
• Site down?: Don’t you hate those times where you’re having trouble with your site, but you don’t know if it’s a tech problem on your end – browser, computer, etc? So you have to go to Facebook and ask everyone if they can see your site or not? Well, next time use www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com. So smart.
• SEO: This is an awesome post on how to get started doing keyword searches more effectively, from one of my all-time favorite sites, Copyblogger. It’s the first in a 3 part series.
• Social Media: This is a great post – 5 Bad Social Media Practices to Stop Doing in 2013. They included a tip from me too – hint: it’s my BIGGEST pet peeve on Facebook!
• Artists: I’m kind of intrigued by this… If you’re a crafty or artistic type, and sell your goods, IndieMade LLC is an alternative to setting up an Etsy shop. It’s a web platform just for artists, and it looks really cool.
• Scribe: I am so in love with this, and have heard nothing but amazingly good things. It’s a little pricey, but I think it might be worth it, with the ability to really transform my site’s traffic. Check it out to learn more: See Scribe In Action!
• Webinar: Do you need some extra help learning Google Analytics? Then sign up for this great webinar coming up from BlogFrog, and get some great tips on maximizing the great tools available. There is SO much info available to you on Google Analytics, you’re sure to learn something new.

Writing & Promoting

• All You Magazine: How do you boost your energy? Share your healthy strategies at health@allyou.com. Your tip could be featured in a spring issue of All You. {I was in the holiday entertaining edition last year. Very fun to see my photo and name in a magazine.}
• Tips Posts: Link up your best Mommy Solution on Crystal & Co.’s weekly linky party! I love this one – and always find a ton of cool stuff to check out there each week.
• Gift Guides: Link up your holiday gift guides on this linky over on Blog Frog, to help drive more traffic to your pages! Link up holiday gift guides.
• Examiner: Have a topic you love that doesn’t really fit with your blog? Looking for a new way to earn some income? Or do you have a local topic you’re really passionate or knowledgeable about? Then sign up to be a local Examiner, and earn a monthly income from your articles. {See my column here: Yakima Frugal Living Examiner: Meagan Paullin.}

There ya are! I love that this little weekly collection is so helpful to so many of you ladies. I always feel bad when I get it up late, since I end up with lots of emails asking me where it is, lol. Going into the new year, I’m determined to get back on track and much more organized…. I hope. Maybe. If I have time. Lol. If you loved this post – please share it with your own fave networks of bloggy friends too. Peace out peeps.

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{Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. But all opps and leads listed are things that I trust, and have used myself. I only share what I love with ya’all! Photo Credit.}