If your a new Blog owner and wishing to explore ways to find Blog Sponsors you might want to try this neat little marketing approach in finding a sponsor.

Before I venture into this marketing tip you might want to brush up on some great sage advice on finding a sponsor for your blog by problogger.  Darren Rowse has created a short starter list on how to find a blog sponsor.

Now that you have been briefed on Blog Sponsors

I was thinking of a creative way in reaching out to my local market in finding a niche sponsor to help out my new blog.  I was relating it to my Finance Business and when I wanted to find Free and Fast traffic I posted to ad markets like Craigslist to find new clients and get instant exposure.

I thought hey why don’t I just create a FREE ad and find a local sponsor to help find my last ad spot on my blog.  Well wouldn’t you know when searching Google if anyone else does this marketing technique, I ran across this ad below.

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This is a great starter technique in finding a local sponsor

• It’s Free
• Less intimadating
• Provides Exposure
• Develop a local presence and audience

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Creative Blog Sponsor Tip Using Craigslist Marketing

Bloggers, Twitters & Social Media Marketers Unite

The powers of Social Media can be very frightening.  We all know how news can travel fast but with the help of Social Media news can not only travel even faster than normal communication methods but can prove to be more devastating.

Example #1

A famous example of this is when friendly Real Estate Blogger Vlad Zablotskyy got sued from Eperks(Real Estate Ad Co.) Vlad was hired to write a review of Eperks from Sponsored Reviews.  Vlad wrote about the review here which just consisted of his opinion and an honest review but Eperks was livid and was determined to cause agony to Vlad.

Fortunately in the Social Media-Sphere, word got out pretty quick that Vlad was being hassled, threatned and eventually sued from Eperks.  The Social Media World united with Bloggers uniting to help support Vlad, Tweets going out lending a hand and helping spread awareness.  

The power of this online wave was powerful and was a force to be reckoned with. Take a look at these support sites.  Andy Beards review, Inman news review, and Bloodhound Blog’s support.

Example #2

Another good example of this is the recent news story of the Moms and Motrin Ad backfire story.  Motrin had recently created an ad that outraged many Moms in the real world in how the ad portrayed of carrying babies as “fashion”, being told it looks “crazy” and finally being told “in theory” carrying your baby around is a good idea.

This of course caused an uproar effect that trickled to the consumers across the world particularly Real Life Moms.  The one thing about Social Media is that everybody has the potential to communicate effictively and quickly to get thier point and feedback regarding about this subject.

Bloggers United and demanded boycotts, The Twitter world helped micro-blogged in disgust and called for a micro twitter revolution, and finally Social Networks like Myspace and Facebook were posting updates to the personal sites all across the world to voice their opinions.

We are now in a world where we are not limited to traditional media sources to get the word out and rely on the the power of traditional media sources to relay stories of uproars.  We are in the Social Media Age where information is being transmitted in real time and spread like wild fire.  Be careful who you mess with.

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Bloggers, Twitters & Social Media Sphere Unite

Separate Business with Personal

Remember that whatever you put online is exposed to the world and that includes family/friends, clients and co-workers.

It can be very easy to get caught in trying to gain new exposure by exposing content you may not want your co-workers or clients to see.

If you have personal profiles on Myspace and Facebook you may want to set your privacy settings to “Private” so you can screen who is allowed to see your site and who to keep out.

Be careful what you put online that may be inappropriate content

Always remember, if you choose to keep your profiles public, act if a client or your boss is looking at your profile.

What may seem appropriate to your friends and family may not seem appropriate to your business, especially if you are trying to promote your business on a personal profile.

Even though you may want to show your personality and individualism you may need to play the “PG” mode with your site which includes but not limited to the following:

• Party, Beer and Drinking related pictures and comments
• Racy and Indecent Pictures and comments
• Immature and offensive pictures and comments

Blog and Social Network Safely

You may of heard that most employers do random checks on Myspace profiles for job seekers and current employees.

People get fired and not hired because of inappropriate profiles all the time. You may think this is a violation to your privacy, but it’s up to you to keep your profile private.

Get into a habit of creating “Double Profiles” create a profile on Myspace solely for business purposes and the other for family and friends with a private setting.

Don’t be afraid to deny friend requests, especially if the site is your personal profile. I have denied many friend requests on myspace and I explain to my co-workers and clients that this is my private personal file, they will understand.

So the moral of the story is keep blogging, keep social networking but keep in mind your information is being broadcast to the world and be careful.

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Don’t Mix Social Media Business with Personal Profiles