Thanks for sharing these tips, Jenn! Chinazom has a Bachelors in Business Administration with a major in marketing management and over 4 years of practical experience working as a business consultant providing business development and operational support to organizations. I loved reading how you responded to the different inquiries. Re: Lady Bee Bakery – May Fair Catering Partnership Offer. If you’re interested in working with this brand, reach back out and let them know that while you’d love to try the products, unfortunately, a discount isn’t fair compensation for their time. Another good reason why you should never bother working for free with brands, you never know what future opportunities you could miss out on! 2. I’m not sure since I’m not sure since I’m not privy to the context of their request, but if you’re interested in working with this business, I would recommend sending a short message introducing yourself and requesting a contact name and email address to reach out to. They almost always email me back telling me all this great “social” promotion they’ll do for me. In a collaborative environment, it becomes really important to … I’d love to work with you and X Brand on Y Project! x. UGH hate those too! You may want to leave the email for a day or two to allow yourself to disconnect from the rejection. I went and read you post… can’t believe how many bloggers did work for them for free! They clearly love your work, so you’re in a great position to ask for additional compensation, whether that’s money or otherwise. These days I just don’t respond to any inquiries like the last one you mentioned! Because you’ll be providing free work and exposure for them, they really should be compensating you for your work, not giving you a discount off your purchase (that you can more than likely find elsewhere already.) I just started to receive some of these and I was just flabbergasted on how to respond (because they were of the really not good variety) so I just didn’t and I know that probably wasn’t the best maneuver. That’s just crazy! I just had a brand contact me for the first time and they are willing to talk dollars and cents. xoxo. If you get an initial positive response, ask if it would be possible to have a phone appointment to follow up. A partnership offer should be carefully considered before deciding to accept or decline it. Explain who you are and why you are writing 2. Hi Menellia! Beside them, the way you respond to your partner’s request also plays a big role in making a successful deal. We’re just about to launch a new product, and I was wondering if I could send you one? People are usually pretty cool about that. I hate those emails that tell me about a post I should write but don’t mention anything about my compensation. I know, it really is awful. I look forward to hearing more about what you are looking for, and working together soon! Pleeeeease help me its my first offer from a brand i am super excited but nervious and worried at the same time. Thank you for sharing! However, they don’t mention that, and they don’t mention anything about compensation. http://www.strumsimmersip.com. Thanks so much for your inquiry! I’m going to flip the request about budget, let see how this goes. Thanks for this post Jenn! Now we want to know what makes your perfect brunch. STRUCTURE A S.T.A.R. In the sample below, Lady Bee Bakery has requested a partnership with Fruity Shakes to provide drinks and snacks for an event at the end of May 2018. They ask for me to basically write an entire post for them for free with no free product or anything….umm no? I think they’re used to it! :). With a large following and a great product to offer, they should start to come up to you sooner or later. Wishing you the best in getting paid for your hard work. Bookmarking for future use! The Best Way to Accept a Job Offer. Because there is always... You have entered an incorrect email address! Usually they are just spam links I’ve never heard of! My response would go something like this: Thanks so much for reaching out and your interest in my blog! Further to your earlier email offering Adult Learning an opportunity to partner with Autism Alert to develop and execute a long-term public engagement program, we wish to communicate our acceptance of your partnership offer. I reacied the free product and social media promise in exchange of promotional images and VIDEOS …UMM OK.. A hiring manager might call you with a job offer then follow up in writing. Always be professional. Thank you so much for sharing! This seems to be a popular topic right now! E-mail #2 style messages aren’t my favorite either, but I have obtained sponsorships out of ones like that. Those are the BEST! If you are already logged in to eArray, skip to step 5. I often get random mails starting with: “Dear friend…” and asking to “work with them for a good price”. I only had one person write back and actually give me a number. I often get books through NetGalley, and I’ve never had a negative response about a not-so-positive review. I don’t even know how to reply to those at the moment, I think they’re horrid. This is part of the Further Enterprise Application Architecture development writing that I was doing in the mid 2000’s. If the offer came via an IG post comment or cut and paste email with your brand handle, feel free to delete. Does anyone else have this fear or know what to do with it? I am so appalled by the way companies think it’s okay to request your time and effort for nothing in return!! Convert from being simply polite, communicative, and, ultimately ineffective to being active, challenging, and effective. And I agree, it is upsetting the expectation that we should do work for free! USE VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE IF NECESSARY: If you lack real work experience, talk about how you have served on teams for school projects or as a volunteer with community organizations. We are particularly excited as this initiative aligns with our corporate social responsibility outlook for the year. The sender didn’t even mention the name of the company, and her email address was a gmail address! Oops! In order to post comments, please make sure JavaScript and Cookies are enabled, and reload the page. We work hard and the right people will provide the right quality making posts even more worth it and beneficial. But before you accept the terms and conditions of your offer, review the letter and plan your response before you call the recruiter. I recently got an email that stated in the initial email there was compensation to be discussed and as it turns out, they wanted a free post and you could sign up for their affiliate program. I used to respond to these by sending rates and more information about my offerings. Ridiculous! In the meantime, some of the safeguards I utilize are having a post office box that I receive mail at. As a new blogger this totally came in handy! RESPONSE: Describe, in detail, the situation, task, action, and result of an occasion where you needed to work well on a team. No way will I do that for free for something I may not even end up liking! Make it informal while beating around the bush, and you’ll show your incompetence and unprofessionalism. While these replies won’t work in every case, you an easily tailor them to what works for you. Nice post and tnak you for it .. it helps me beacouse i got some mail like this week or two ago :). I really don’t like the ones that are just like hey you should write a post about our products for no reason! They obviously want you to share their post (for free) in something you’ve crafted based on their guidelines about whatever post topic they’ve come up with. Caroline's offer letter includes a base salary of $74,600 and a bonus potential of 10%, or up to $7460. Thanks for the tips! Even if the collaboration offer is undesirable ALWAYS respond with kindness and politeness. Some bloggers do charge in addition to accepting product. We looked at the. This means communicate in a timely fashion, and follow through on all agreements. Congrats on your potential brand ambassadorship! If some brand ask you to dm your details what does. I remember the first email from a brand I got. Good luck with your blog love! At first, you might feel your stomach drop, because it might be from a brand or company you’ve always wanted to work with as a blogger. Most of the time, the social sharing “benefits” will never make up for the time you spent writing/photographing/researching for the post. Agreed, often I never hear back from messages like #2 but you’re right, sometimes they just don’t know how to write the pitch! Is it a hundred? ;-). I'm a Seattle fashion and lifestyle blogger inspiring you to add COLOR to your wardrobe and world! Oh, the worst! Enter your email address to subscribe to Hello Rigby and receive notifications of new posts by email! :), Pingback: F&F Friday Favorites: 01.30.15 | Fitness & Feta. Much appreciated! I hope that helps! I wrote just last week about my experience with Williams Sonoma trying to get me to write branded content for free. Hope you will be able to be compensated fairly in the future. This was so helpful! This is worth saving for future reference too. I have a couple of these in my inbox that I need to respond to but haven’t because I’m sick of saying no. Like many of your other commenters, I’ve gotten several of the “The Ugly Emails I Absolutely Abhor” and was at a loss at how to deal with them, especially since they keep bypassing the advertising/sponsored posts/reviews subject on my contact form. Now I recommend her company all the time and feel good about doing so. If only they´d make the effort of using your name. This was so helpful. Thanks for sharing this. This is a great post! http://Www.thepowerofthepretty.blogspot.com, So happy to hear it was helpful to you as well, Alethea! We are pleased to communicate our availability and willingness to partner with your organization to execute this project. I hope these suggestions are helpful. Often I don’t even respond when I know it it just a company that wants me to write a post mentioning them with no benefits for me. I generally will ignore those. This was very, very helpful. Xoxo, Alethea Or two? 10 Things You Should Know About Shiba Inus, When You Should Say No to Blogging Opportunities, How to Take Your Own Outfit Photos For Your Blog, What I did Before I Quit My Job To Become a Full-Time Blogger, Productivity Tips for Bloggers & Creatives to Beat Overwhelm, Tips and Tricks to Up Your Photo Game on Instagram, Summertime Essentials for a Staycation at the Lake, F&F Friday Favorites: 01.30.15 | Fitness & Feta, 5 Pieces of Blogging Advice That Saved My Tail, http://www.successfulblogging.com/sponsored-blog-post-rates/, http://Www.thepowerofthepretty.blogspot.com. We look forward to your feedback. It’s so much easier when they don’t fit with your brand, but many times it’s so ambigious that I can’t even tell if I’d want to write about them or not! Most of the emails that I get match the emails you mention above. Sometime, five a day, sometimes none. I actually heard back from her, and she totally understood. I’ve received a few emails like this. I’m so glad it was helpful, Tabitha! I think you have two options here: Glad she was understanding, I’m sure she hears that a lot! :), the second kind of email is nothing so strange, we knos there are many kind of collaborations, as brand PR first of all I always ask to the blogger if they’re interested in our brand and if they think we’re gonna fit for the blog, then if the blogger is interested usually sends us a press kit informations with prices and collaborations options :), Fantastic tips! most of the time i tell them thank you but no thank you it’s not for me – because i figure if they are going to offer me something they would have already. Templates are great, so much better than trying to figure out what to say every time! However, the product’s quality or the terms of the sales are not the only things you should pay attention to. To accept the invitation. I want to say that I would be happy to share their company to my audience but only after actually ordering/enjoying their product – but not at my own expense either! Please tell me what does it mean? Find out more about me here, and find out who this blog is named after here. Not a free product sample, no gift card, and definitely no cash. Ha, I know what you mean! (Here she gives me more details about her company and what products and services they offer.). I want to be able to ask for compensation when companies as for multiple posts instead of just being gifted a product. I know, it amazes me what the expect bloggers to do for free just because we are not a standard “business”. We look forward to your feedback and partnering with Lady Bee Bakery. The Guardian - Books. Great post Jenn! Some great responses to all these emails. The world of social media marketing and influencers are upon us, and I want to be one of the pioneers who genuinely want to share her knowledge in order to help others grow and be better. I’m curious about how other bloggers respond. 4. When I posted about it, I sent her the post link. I’d reach back out and ask them to clarify the deliverables they’d be looking for in your blog post, and ask them for an example of a past collaboration with another blogger. We look forward to working with ABC Capital Limited. I’d definitely be interested in working with XYZ Company and learning more about the type of advertising you are interested in. Affiliate or referral links are sometimes used on posts that appear on Hello Rigby. Chronicles that there has been a sustained growth in the number of formal and informal collaborative relationships between state agencies and market, voluntary and community sectors, as well as within and between state agencies themselves. Turning a coffee hour into a quick call is more manageable and forces the asker to spend your time wisely. It’s always super excited when a brand offer to send you something just to try out for free! Collaboration allows customer-service representatives to work from anywhere. I’m not at the point in my blogging career yet where I’ve gotten any of these sort of emails, but it’s interesting to hear about what a spectrum there is. I wish I’ve had that around a couple of months ago. Loved this post! It’s good to see some response examples for the good, the bad, and the ugly! Thank you for this blog post. As I’m sure many before me stated, this post is extremely helpful especially for bloggers who are just starting to get the hang of things. I just received one of the “ugly” emails you described and had no idea how to reply. Do you have a budget for the requested deliverables X, Y, and Z?” Hope that helps! I either then archive it, or politely say something like: “Thank you for the offer, but at this time, I’m unable to take on unpaid work. In the case that the brand has outlined everything in their pitch, you could just respond with something simple like: The original contract/email made no mention of future required posts, only that we could “continue a relationship”. Thanks Erica! So far all I have been contacted about are for book reviews, they send me the book, I read it, then post about it. Chronicles that there has been a sustained growth in the number of formal and informal collaborative relationships between state agencies and market, voluntary and community sectors, as well as within and between state agencies themselves. Pingback: 5 Pieces of Blogging Advice That Saved My Tail. :). Haha, that’s okay, the ones that are really strange I don’t respond to either! Or she might make the offer only in writing. If something isn’t going right or you aren’t getting along with a team member, you need to be upfront with it.The more you hold back the more it will impede collaboration between the team. Thanks so much for the suggestions – I’ll work on a post that covers some of those topics more in depth. When it starts with “hello brookemeaganjones.com”….I’m not likely to respond at all! It’s so important to know your worth as a creator and to insist on being compensated for your time. Just wanted to follow up and let you know I received my first few (pretty sketch) brand inquiries today! Great post! Or, you might feel a pit in your stomach as you wonder what to do when a brand reaches out to you. Avanci Dev. Agreed on your other points, we do work hard and blogging isn’t easy! How would you suggest I respond? I think in the future, if you’re working with a publisher directly, letting them you only write honest reviews about the books you read would probably help make you feel a little less awkward. Jenn, this is so helpful! In the invitation e-mail, click the link under To join the collaboration. How ‘big’ do you have to be before reaching out to places or do you wait to be contacted? If #3s respond back with that type of message, I just delete them! Wow!! I got one of those last ones recently, but luckily it was about something that I wouldn’t have written about anyway (working after college, but I’m a SAHM so they obviously didn’t read too much of my blog). Tell them that you enjoyed working with them and would be happy to continue the partnership, and you’d love to know if they have a budget in place for the next set of posts! Totally have been there! And I know how you feel. I haven’t had one in awhile so I completely forgot about those competition things. My response was similar, although I let her know that I just don’t have time to do uncompensated posts and that if she ever wanted to contact me with a business proposal, I would happily respond. I currently have a request sitting in my inbox for a collab and wanted to make sure that I made the right response as I new to blogging. Often they’ll promise social sharing or “good karma” (yes really) for your post. We are excited to bring autism awareness and education to parents and potential child handlers in partnership with Autism Alert. Introduce yourself briefly and mention some fruitful collaboration you've had with someone else. I’d recommend turning the ask back on them and just simply say something like, “I’d love to try X product and share it with my audience! As you know from being on this site, Quick Base is a cloud-based platform to easily … Nowadays, business collaboration is becoming more and more important. In terms of size, I didn’t really start doing much in terms of sponsored (paid) campaigns until I was consistently hitting 10,000 page views/month. I JUST received one of these emails (like your last example) this week. GREAT post, girly! Absolutely, I’d love to work with X Brand on Y Project! That’s very exciting. “Good karma”? All they want me to do is promote there product on m yu instagram. :(, Pingback: Friday Faves - Notes from a Newlywed, The worst ones are when they offer to guest post for your blog for free… and it’s really just a guise for including a link ~ basically trying to advertise for free. what a helpful post- I’m new to blogging but hope to work with companies in the future. My typical response is to thank them for their interest, but that I don’t believe it would be a good fit at the current time. I found this on pinterest because I was looking for a way to respond to a very vague very awkward email! Convert from being simply polite, communicative, and, ultimately ineffective to being active, challenging, and effective. Is a promotion expected here? This will definitely come in handy to me. When the partnership offer received by email is a perfect fit for your organization and aligns with your strategic objectives and goals, chances are that you will accept the partnership offer. Thank you so much for writing this Jenn. :), Totally agree, it is fun to try something for free! Thank you for your email and partnership offer. In the invitation e-mail, click the link under To join the collaboration. One of the most common methods of making a counteroffer is to write a counter offer letter—a written or email response by the applicant to the employer's original job offer. List of required permits & certifications. Thank you! Thanks for the tips Jenn! Don’t take it personally. and accepted the offer. :). With these 10 templates, you will have a … Thank you so much for this post! 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