Monetize Your Blog Using IZEA

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine.Are you looking for an easy way to monetize your blog? As a blogger there are a lot of ways that you can make money, but it may seem overwhelming where to start when you are new.One of the first ways that I monetized my blog was through sponsored posts. These posts are written by me about particular topics that fit into the style and writing of my blog. When you are first starting out as a blogger you may not know how to obtain sponsored posts. An easy way to begin is my signing up with IZEA. IZEA is an online platform that connects bloggers with brands. They offer sponsored posts as well as ways to monetize Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. Which means you will get paid for tweeting or using other social media channels to promote brands that they offer on their platform.If you are not already a member of IZEA, you can start by signing-up and creating an account for your blog. Once you have an account you will have access to their dashboard with all of their current offers. You will have the opportunity to read about each campaign and see if it fits well with your blog. The dashboard will provide all the details you need to complete each campaign including the brand name, deadline and platform that you will need to use to share the information {ie. blog, Twitter, etc.}.If you find an offer that you think would be a great fit with the content on your site then you can bid on the campaign. Be sure to read over all of the requirements before bidding. Most offers will show the maximum amount of money that you can bid for each offer. If your bid is accepted you can then start to create the content required within their platform.Once you have completed the work you will send it over for approval. Sometimes this may take a day or two, but once it is accepted you will have to copy and paste the text they approved and place it in a post on your blog. You will be required to submit the link to verify you posted it on your site.Payment then takes 30 days and will be sent using paypal. This may seem like a long process, but once you complete an IZEA campaign you will understand how easy it is to monetize your blog with IZEA.I have been personally working with IZEA {previously Social Spark} for over a year now and have been extremely pleased with the partnership. They always have a lot of campaigns to choose from and will often send me direct offers that fit my blog. Not only is it an easy way to monetize my blog, but is is so simple to do! I love being able to use the money I make from sponsored posts to help pay for the holidays. Any extra money I receive helps me save on buying presents for my boys.If you have not yet done so, then sign up with IZEA now and start earning more money from your blog.