Getting AD’s can be a big part of being a blogger. Especially if you want to take this gig full-time or part-time. AD’s can help you grow your reputation, show your worth and help you pay the bills. Plus it’s just an amazing opportunity to be able to work with brands and help showcase their products or services in a fun and creative way to our audience.
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Hardworking bloggers deserve the support on their AD’s but sadly, that’s not always the case. On Instagram in particular, content marked as an AD often doesn’t receive the same amount of engagement and traction as “regular” content. Even my blog content marked as an AD occasionally doesn’t perform as well as some of my other non-AD content.
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I’m not sure what it is that makes some people reluctant to engage with an AD. But whatever it is, it needs to change. And collectively as bloggers, we need to be more supportive and encouraging of our peers and their achievements. Of course I’m not saying you have to support every AD you see – especially if it’s a brand you don’t align with or a blogger you don’t get on with.
But in general, I think there definitely needs to be more recognition for the ADs that bloggers are working so hard to create and are so deserving of receiving. Because if you’re a blogger yourself, you know just how much time and effort goes into creating content. Whether that’s a paid for post or not.
Here are some mega simple ways you can support other bloggers with their sponsored blog posts and AD’s on Instagram and other social media platforms. A lot of these options literally take a minute to do and they can massively help both the blogger and the brand!
How to support a bloggers AD on Instagram:
- Like the content
- Comment on the content
- Share the content on your Instagram stories
- Save the content to a collection
- Tag friends in the content who might enjoy it
- Swipe up on any story features
- Follow the brand on Instagram
- If you’re going to make a purchase, consider using any affiliate links
- Click on any links within the content (even if you don’t intend to purchase)
How to support a bloggers AD on Twitter:
- Like the content
- Comment on the content
- Re-tweet the content
- Quote tweet the content with your own thoughts and opinions
- Tag friends in the content who might enjoy it
- Follow the brand on Twitter
- If you’re going to make a purchase, consider using any affiliate links
- Click on any links within the content (even if you don’t intend to purchase)
How to support a blog post which is an AD:
- Like the content
- Leave a meaningful comment on the content
- Share the content on your Twitter account
- Share the content on your Facebook account
- Share the content on Pinterest
- Link to the content in a round up post
- Click on the links within the content
- If you’re going to make a purchase, consider using any affiliate links
