{"id":12265,"date":"2011-09-26T12:01:29","date_gmt":"2011-09-26T19:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heartifb.com\/?p=12265"},"modified":"2024-02-15T02:05:57","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T10:05:57","slug":"business-of-blogging-building-a-media-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heartifb.com\/business-of-blogging-building-a-media-kit\/","title":{"rendered":"Business of Blogging: Building A Media Kit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-177474\" src=\"https:\/\/heartifb.com\/images\/style-caster.jpg\" alt=\"style caster\" width=\"600\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heartifb.com\/images\/style-caster.jpg 600w, https:\/\/heartifb.com\/images\/style-caster-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/heartifb.com\/images\/style-caster-30x19.jpg 30w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At the IFB Conference in New York, not only did Ari Goldberg from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stylecaster.com\/\">StyleCaster<\/a> steal the show during the <em>Balancing Act: Business and Blogging<\/em> panel, he also gave bloggers a lot to think about when promoting themselves as a business.\u00a0 One of his greatest takeaway points: the media kit.\u00a0 Ari was so passionate about the media kit that he offered up StyleCaster Media Kit for the IFB community to use as a resource.<\/p>\n<p>For a blogger wanting to attract sponsors and brand partnerships, a media kit is a useful tool for presenting all the information an advertiser could want.\u00a0 While StyleCaster has a flashy, interactive media kit,<strong> bloggers can create something engaging and effective in a PDF or Powerpoint presentation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-177475\" src=\"https:\/\/heartifb.com\/images\/style-caster-we-the-people.jpg\" alt=\"style caster we the people\" width=\"600\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heartifb.com\/images\/style-caster-we-the-people.jpg 600w, https:\/\/heartifb.com\/images\/style-caster-we-the-people-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/heartifb.com\/images\/style-caster-we-the-people-30x18.jpg 30w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When creating a Media Kit, remember to <strong>be succinct, visual, and provide hard statistics<\/strong> when talking about your site.\u00a0 <strong>Companies want to see tangible evidence of what your site can do<\/strong>! It's recommend that your media kit contain the following information:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Your Mission:<\/strong> Who are you, what your site is about, and who your site is for?\u00a0 Keep this message clear, short, and sweet!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Statistics<\/strong>: How many people does your site reach? How many subscribers do you have? How many comments, on average, does your site receive per post?\u00a0 How many Facebook fans and Twitter followers have?\u00a0\u00a0 What are the demographics of your site&#8211; the age of readers, income levels, gender, and buying potential? (You can find this information on a site like Quantcast.) All of this information will help give companies an idea of what your reach is and how engaged you are with your audience.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Available Opportunities<\/strong>: What kind of opportunities for advertisement do you provide?\u00a0 Banner ads, sponsored posts, integrated videos, reviews&#8230; the ways you can work with a company are endless.\u00a0 Provide them with opportunities to build a custom relationship with you and your readers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pricing<\/strong>: I'm personally leery of putting prices in a media kit.\u00a0 I think it's better off to keep a private list of your prices&#8211; this way you have flexibility to create something based on the company's desires. \u00a0 That being said, if you're just starting off with selling banner ads, you could easily list those prices in your media kit and keep rates for more advanced opportunities private.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Visuals<\/strong>:\u00a0 Give them visuals of where ads can be placed on your site.\u00a0 Create screencaps and provide links to previously done campaigns and examples of your work.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Feedback<\/strong>: It's great to be able to provide testimonies from readers AND previous advertisers on your site.\u00a0 Both are incredibly valuable when building up a relationship.\u00a0 You can also share any press that you've received&#8211; whether in print media, interviews, or blog features.\u00a0 This also helps show your level of engagement within the fashion community!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Examples & Extra Resources:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Dramatis Personae Media Kit (which is in dire need of an update! Look at it as an example of what can be done well and what can be very wrong.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/heartifb.com\/media-kit\/\">How to Create Your Media Kit <\/a>at IFB<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.problogger.net\/archives\/2008\/12\/15\/create-a-media-kit-to-attract-advertisers-to-your-blog\/\">Create a Media Kit to Attract Advertisers to Your Blog<\/a> from Problogger<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Have you created a media kit for your site?\u00a0 Are there other tidbits of information you like to include in it?\u00a0 If you have one, share the link with us so we can all have more inspiration! <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the IFB Conference in New York, not only did Ari Goldberg from StyleCaster steal the show during the Balancing Act: Business and Blogging panel, he also gave bloggers a lot to think about when promoting themselves as a business.\u00a0 One of his greatest takeaway points: the media kit.\u00a0 Ari was so passionate about the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":201983,"featured_media":177474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7767],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content-writing"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - 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