Ready to join us? Apply here Need more info? Here are some answers, or contact tom @ blogpaws.com Q: Why did BlogPaws form the Pet Blogger Network (PBN)? A: To bring you a variety of opportunities for earning money or other rewards from your time and effort spent creating pet-related content. Q: Is the…
by Kristin Dewey, BlogPaws Special Projects Manager Just Food For Dogs is a commercial, human-grade kitchen in Newport Beach, California providing daily food for healthy dogs and customized food for dogs with special dietary needs due to illnesses or allergies – and a new BlogPaws Community member. They're very serious about helping dogs – by giving them whole,…
by Yvonne DiVita, BlogPaws Co-Founder We heard from a lot of people at this year's BlogPaws Social Media Marketing Conference that it was the best ever! We're blushing from all the praise! Thank you to everyone who attended and who took a few minutes to stop by and say hello as I was running hither…
by: Carol Bryant Oh yes! Mom bloggers and pet bloggers have a tremendous amount in common.With an estimated 73 million people owning pets in the United States (and many many more beyond our borders), bloggers who write about their families of both the human and pet variety are united. PR Daily recently reported 74 percent…
By: Carol Bryant Tout is a social media platform that allows users to shoot 15-second video status updates via smartphones and webcams. It is also catching on like wildfire and BlogPaws has the inside track on how to use Tout, what features can rock your blog and social media presence, and tips and tricks for…
Guest post by Blog Manager Robbi Hess Regardless of whether it's January 1 or March 1 or whichever 1st of any month during the course of the year, there are some tips/resolutions for pet writers that could help take your writing to the next level and — who knows — bring you in some additional…
by Yvonne DiVita How to pitch bloggers and whether to pay them will be an on-going conversation in the blogosphere for many moons to come, I think. Over at Build a Better Blog, Denise Wakeman's blog on blogging, a guest poster from a PR agency writes "Pitching to bloggers…the do's and don'ts of blogger pitching"…
Yvonne DiVita here: Seems that yesterday's post on PR pitches struck a cord with a number of people, both bloggers and PR firms. The following is a post written by Megan Licursi of MLMC . She and I exchanged some emails about this topic, then hopped on the phone to chat. I welcome her thoughts from…
We've discussed the 'about' page here, before. It's a critical piece of your blog or website. Your about page introduces YOU to the people stopping by. We mean "you"… in other words, your company mission, what you do, who you are and why they should either come back or buy what you're selling. On Marketing…
By Guest Blogger, Donna DeClemente, Donna's Promo Talk Social SweepsTM Marketing is what I refer to as utilizing an interactive promotion that offers a chance to win, integrated with at least one social media platform. Receiving discounts and promotions, including entering sweepstakes and contests, is one of the top reasons today that people will "Like"…
by guest blogger, Penny Sansevieri Thanks to HARO (www.helpareporterout.com) and similar media leads services, there are media leads out there for everyone, all the time. Media, media, everywhere! The key, however, is to maximize these leads. Often, we think that as long as we respond to them, and give them our information, the hard part…
The first thing you need to consider, if you're hoping to get your blog sponsored – whether that's a sponsorship to BlogPaws, or just sponsored with a logo on your site – is: 1. Why? What is it about your blog that would be attractive to a sponsor? Always answer the, "What's in it for me?" question…