I’ve got an advertising budget and I’ma gonna spend it!
I’ve seen lots of bloggers in the past who have asked for sponsorship to go to a conference and have often considered being their sponsor but I could never justify the cost.
Until now that is! Since CommentLuv Premium has been doing so well lately, I’ve got a thing called an advertising budget. woohoo! and I plan on spending it places that can not only make a difference to me but make a difference to the person I’m advertising with.
Say hello to Amanda
I got sent a Google alert for the term CommentLuv (you do use Google alerts don’t you?) and it told me that Amanda at The Ana Mum Diary had just mentioned CommentLuv.
btw.. if you set up a Google alert for the term ‘commentluv’ then you get notified of every new blog that installs it which is super useful for finding awesome new places to get backlinks (hint hint)
Amanda had just installed the plugin on her new site and the post I arrived on was Introducing Me! where she mentioned she wanted to go to her first conference and timidly asked if anyone wanted to sponsor her.
Looking at her comments and how she responded to them made her a perfect CommentLuv ambassador so I (also timidly) asked what was required of a sponsor and bip bop, a few emails later and I am officially a sponsor and a bit of my CommentLuv Premium earnings can go towards helping someone go to their first conference and I get a bit of promotion for CommentLuv from the deal.
Go on, give her some encouragement
If you’ve got CommentLuv on your site or you’ve been to conferences that have helped you become a better blogger then head on over to the Ana Mum Diary and say hello to Amanda and let her know. (especially if you’re a mom-blogger too)
Have you sponsored someone to go to a conference?
I’d love to hear from you if you’ve done this kind of sponsorship for your company/brand before. What were you experiences and were you satisfied with the results?
Do you need sponsorship?
If this goes well then sponsoring people to go to conferences might be something that I will do much more of. Especially if I can sponsor someone that would be a perfect fit to the CommentLuv Premium plugin, I get to help people and CommentLuv gets even more exposure.
By all means submit a support ticket if you have a sponsorship opportunity and I’ll give it some consideration and if it’s within my budget and you’re a good fit then it might happen.
Twitter: gidders1
says:
Thank you so much Andy. I really appreciate all the support, you have given me.
I can’t wait to spread the commentluv around!
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Twitter: commentluv
says:
Hey no worries Amanda, I thought you were perfect for the job as soon as I saw your site! I hope you have a nice time and report back to your blog often!
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Twitter: troyp
says:
Google alerts are a great tool to watch the interwebs. It is great to hear how you used it to find and support Amanda. Excellent!
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Twitter: commentluv
says:
I’ve been using google alerts for a very long time! they are super useful for keeping an eye on competitors too
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Twitter: gidders1
says:
Thanks Troy, I really appreciate you making the time to comment.
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Twitter: RelationshipCir
says:
Very cool of you Andy – and congratulations Amanda! What a win-win situation this is.
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Twitter: commentluv
says:
Yes I agree, it’s definitely a win win
Andy Bailey recently posted..Global CommentLuv Search
Twitter: gidders1
says:
Thank you..I really hope so! I’ve already been spreading the commentluv. Can’t wait to do it at the conference though!
Amanda recently posted..Button Swap and Blog Hop
Twitter: allierambles
says:
Andy,
Where were you when I went to Blogher, lol.
Darn, I am going to no conferences this year. But I will spread the word that you are sponsoring.
Congrats on a successful plugin.
~Allie
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Twitter: commentluv
says:
thanks Allie!
I have been approached by a number of people about sponsoring now!
Andy Bailey recently posted..CommentLuv Premium
Twitter: Life2Learning
says:
I wrote a real good article on your plugin, keep producing great plugins. Thank you for reading.
Michael Belk recently posted..Commentluv My backlink partner
Twitter: commentluv
says:
I saw your article Michael, thanks for the nice words!
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Twitter: suri_ansyah
says:
Thanks For Share… luv U
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Twitter: KymberlyFunFit
says:
I am so happy for you to have achieved this level of success and that you are passing along your upward trajectory. I wish you all the best and tons of moolah and comment luv! Keep it up.
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Twitter: commentluv
says:
thanks Kymberly! I hope to help as many people as I can go to these types of conferences. Face to face stuff is something I’d like to do more of with promotion
Andy Bailey recently posted..Global CommentLuv Search
Twitter: faqspedia
says:
keep up the great work comluv team
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Twitter: UFitCoUK
says:
I have never really used Google Alerts, I dont really know how can it help me in my business.. Any suggestions??
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Twitter: commentluv
says:
just set up an alert for term that is relevant to your sites topic. then you can go and comment to get backlinks or keep an eye on your competition!
Andy Bailey recently posted..Global CommentLuv Search
Twitter: RingLawnCare
says:
Congratulations on all of your success with this plugin and blog. I love the different articles and point of views here, they always make think(I hate to think just do). Your plugin has brought quality traffic to my site and I say THANK YOU!
And congrats to Amanda, I am not a “Mum”, but I am a “Pop” and appreciate how you do your thing. I wish you much success with your blog and your conference!
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Twitter: commentluv
says:
thanks for your comment Bryan!
Andy Bailey recently posted..Global CommentLuv Search
Twitter: gidders1
says:
I wish you every success too ‘Pop’ thank you for the taking the time to comment.
Amanda recently posted..Button Swap and Blog Hop
Twitter: mmmtroy
says:
I can’t believe I hadn’t thought of this idea. Thanks for the great suggestion, I will certainly be using Google Alerts to find new blogs.
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Twitter: commentluv
says:
they are really useful and you get to know which blogs get indexed fastest too so you can make sure you comment on those ones more often if you want a post to be found.
Andy Bailey recently posted..Global CommentLuv Search
Twitter: House_edge
says:
I use google alerts for all kinds of things like keeping on eye on the rest of my market. Do a google search on it there are ALL kinds of uses.
Just started using Google Alerts for finding fresh Comment Luv blogs that I find interesting – can also comment on them as well!
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Twitter: taniashipman
says:
It’s wonderful Andy that you are helping out other bloggers by sponsoring them.
Commentluv and Commentluv premium are just fantastic and essential to any blogger so making sure more people know about it is doing everyone a service and the people you are sponsoring are passionate and spread the word more. It’s a win for everyone
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Twitter: gidders1
says:
Thank you so much Tania.
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Twitter: GhodkeHarshad
says:
Great tip on Google alerts and commentluv… creating an alert now. Thanx man!
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Briliant idea setting up a Google alert for ‘commentluv’, thanks for tip.
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