Five tips to get your Blog Brand-ready!

When I started my blog 2 years ago I had no idea that one day I’d be making money from it by working with some truly amazing brands. You tend to think you’re just not good enough to work with brands, but I’m here to tell you that you are!

Brands are rarely just looking for one kind of blogger. You don’t have to be a pro-blogger for the brand to choose you to work with, because you could be setting yourself out among the rest and be just what that brand needs, regardless of how young {or old} your blog is. However, before you start getting in touch with brands, let’s make sure with a few easy steps that you get your blog brand-ready!

Make your ‘Work with me’ & ‘Contact me’ visible. I think this sort of thing is vital. Because a brand could pop over to your blog, really like it and want to get in touch but if they cannot see your contact page and anything else they might need to secure their decision to work with you then they’re going to move on. Who knows, people might get hooked at your interesting blog posts and find a community you can collaborate with.

So make sure your Work with me & Contact page are right at the top of your blog and nicely visible to brands.

Make sure your blog is mobile-friendly! Google recently changed its algorithm to give higher search scores to those sites that are ‘mobile friendly’. You can check if your blog is mobile friendly here and if it’s not, don’t panic!


It could be something as simple as you’re using an older theme that isn’t responsive. Choosing a responsive theme for your blog tends to adapt to whatever it is being viewed on, whether that be a PC, phone or tablet.

Do a few product reviews on items you’ve bought. I actually did this quite a lot when I started my blog. I remember doing the most in-depth Cosatto Foxtrot Supa pushchair review you have ever seen. I wanted to make sure that I covered and shared every inch of this buggy with my growing audience. Doing things like this really pay off as it shows brands what you’re capable of when it comes to reviewing something for them.

Embrace share buttons! If you are going to work for a brand, that brand needs to see that their product is being liked, therefore being shared. This is where those precious share buttons come in because they make it easy for your readers to share your work.

I use Shareaholic because I am on WordPress. If you’re on Blogger you can use Share This to help promote your work for the brand you’re working for.

Check your sidebar! You might be thinking “Is my sidebar really that important?” I’m here to tell you that yes, yes it is. Your sidebar is there to host the things matter most in this crazy bloggy world. Your face for example, social media buttons, what you & your blog share with the world etc. When I started out I thought to have my sidebar bunged with companies I worked with etc and more was the ‘in thing’ to do. Share your ambassadorship badges and big brands you’ve been privileged to work with. Include your top posts, your most recent posts and maybe some simple graphics for the corners of your blog: Travel, Parenting, Reviews etc. Just make everything important easy & accessible for Brands hoping to work with you.

I hope some of these tips help you get your blog brand-ready! Is there anything else you would add to help you or anyone else further to help get their blog ready to work with Brands?

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