Work with Brands and Get Paid to Do it: What Every Small Business Owner Needs to Know w/ Monica Pruett

Podcast Episode #77: Work with Brands and Get Paid to Do it: What Every Small Business Owner Needs to Know w/ Monica Pruett

11-20-2018

 

 

Monica Pruett is the real deal and has worked her way to where she wants to be through dedication and hard work.

In this episode, Monica shares how you, as a small business, can work with bigger brands and how to get paid to do it.

Here are 5 things to keep in mind when you are thinking about reaching out to brands for sponsorship.

1. Research what your audience is coming to you for…. what are they looking for?
2.  what's going on w/ them..
3. Attention Grabbing Strategy – Know what they are launching….get their attention on social
4. If they don't respond, get your friends to go and say something nice about you…. Use social media to ‘engage and tag their brand'
5. Get an email address

Monica Pruett is a former Advertising Account Executive with an an MBA in International Business and a background in Public Relations, and Contracts Management. She’s worked huge accounts for brands like Alamo and McDonald’s and her decade in contracts was for a fortune 50 company. Monica resigned from corporate in 2010 when she gave birth to a preemie at 30 weeks. His birth created a new purpose in her life which led to a work-from-home career, & a blog at HappyandBlessedHome.com.

To help readers solve the challenges they were facing as parents with young children, Monica started working with brands, small businesses, & networks to earn a full-time income through blogging; all while tripling her subscriber base & page views.

As a nearly 7 year veteran influencer herself, Monica teaches other influencers and small businesses how to “monetize their influence” through public speaking, online courses, & a range of agency services including pitching & brand account management at MonicaPruett.com. When asked what she does for a living, Monica will politely say, “I pitch Brands.”

She’s a marketing and contracts professional who combines traditional business knowledge with the “hard-knocks” of online entrepreneurship. She specializes in helping her clients and students monetize their influence through social media, networking, contractual collaboration, and sponsored content creation.

A quick glimpse from my Interview with Monica:

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Offer from Monica:

In this episode Monica shares a few tips on how to stand out in a busy online marketplace and get a Brand or another small business’ attention through the acronym IN REAL LIFE. If you want to learn more about B2B Collaborations and getting a brand or another company’s attention online, you can pick up her FREE Masterclass “Your Attention-Getting Strategy” here: http://bit.ly/FREEAttentionStrategy

or, set up a FREE 15 Minute call with Monica here: https://calendly.com/monica411/15min/

Connect with Monica:

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/monicapruett
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HappyAndBlessedHome
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MonicaPruett
Website: https://www.happyandblessedhome.com
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/happyblesshome/

 

 

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