Thank you for your interest in advertising on the Bower Power blog.
What is the background on Bower Power?
The Bower Power blog was started in June of 2008 and has grown organically from nothing to over 1 million views per month (and that isn’t counting the 10,000+ subscribers that read on aggregate sites like Bloglovin’ or the 11,000+ readers on Feedly. It also does not account for the hundreds of email subscribers that get posts delivered to their inbox on a daily basis). Plus, we are seeing even more growth with recent months as ABP has featured more renovations, projects, photography how-tos, and mommy-friendly posts. We are also happy to announce that Bower Power has been recognized for the following:
- Created 6 videos with The Home Depot that were aired on TV in January 2015
- Featured on the House Proud segment on The Nate Show in January 2011
- Awarded Apartment Therapy’s Homies award for Best Home Design blog in 2012
- Placed as 1st runner up for Apartment Therapy’s Homies award for Best DIY blog in 2012
- Featured in Good Housekeeping in April 2013
1 million pageviews per month – how do you track that?
Before recently, we hadn’t even tracked the hits on the site…it wasn’t really that important if you aren’t advertising…so you can imagine our surprise when we finally ventured into the blog stats that are provided on wordpress blogs and read that we actually DO have more than my mother & a couple cousins tuning in! In fact, we were flabberghasted at seeing the growth chart and since then have migrated to our own server and can provide the stats that Google Analytics delivers to our sponsors upon request.
What exactly do sponsors get on ABP?
First and foremost, we do not advertise products or sites that we do not personally endorse. We believe in transparency and truthfulness in advertising and would not associate ourselves with items or products that we wouldn’t personally use in our own home or enjoy owning ourselves. We know that this limits our sponsor income but in the end, we know that being chosen as an advertiser adds credibility to you and promotes trust with our readers.
We decided that the best way to bring awareness to each sponsor would be to give you the spotlight. All advertisers receive a spot in the blog’s sidebar. We would love to feature any discounts that you are willing to provide to ABP readers or giveaways that you are currently providing on your own site…so please do not hesitate to give me this info when you pay for your advertising spot.
Please email us at [email protected] for advertising rates.
All sponsorship perks are part of the monthly package that is payable on Paypal or by check only. Sorry – no personal checks can be accepted right now. Rates are not guaranteed for future months…however, if you would like to “lock-in” at a rate, we do accept prepayments.
What do we need to get started?
Many new readers find their way to our site every day, specifically when it comes to project know-how, decor and improving their home – and advertising great products and services is one small way that we feel we are helping our readers in their quest for a happier & healthier home. If you are still interested in becoming a sponsor – great! Just click the button below to pay the monthly fee and then shoot us a line at [email protected] that gives us the following information and we will send a note confirming your advertising spot:
- Company Name
- Company info – location, offered services or products (please limit to under 50 words), website address
- Company visual ad according to size of ad you would like to purchase
- Any info about discounts you can offer ABP readers as incentive
What if I just want to sponsor a giveaway?
Easy-peasy. We love giving stuff away around here and our readers love free stuff (who doesn’t, right?!?!). All you have to do is shoot me an email at [email protected] with the following information:
- the details of the prize item or details of gift certificate or code
- the product name and description
- the shipping area
- the details for winners to receive their prizes (Do you need only an email address?)
- any additional information or photos that you would like to include
Please note that not all giveaways are accepted or guaranteed. You will receive an email from us if yours is chosen as a future giveaway. All freebies need to include shipping to the winner’s address (it’s not a freebie if they have to pay, right!?).
Sponsors are subject to approval and may be denied if we feel the subject of your store or blog does not fit our readership.
Disclaimer: This blog is a personal blog written and edited by Katie Bower. This blog accepts forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of compensation. The compensation received may influence the advertising content, topics or posts made in this blog. That content, advertising space or post may not always be identified as paid or sponsored content.
The owner(s) of this blog is compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. Even though the owner(s) of this blog receives compensation for our posts or advertisements, we always give our honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on those topics or products. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely the bloggers’ own. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question.
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Have another question? Don’t hesitate to send me an email if you do! And for all you fine folks out there – I simply appreciate the fact that you are interested in becoming more invested in Bower Power. We can’t wait to hear from you!