While we do our own campaigns, this organization likes to play friendly with other blogger networks. One of the most frequent questions that I get asked is "how do you get all those cool opportunities?" I've been fortunate that my background was in doing influencer relations for a variety of big brands prior to becoming a full-time blogger and so I built up a good network of people who have helped me out. The following is a list of my favorite blogger networks that work with male influencers.
Ok - so I have to put #MenWhoBlog at the top of the list. If you aren't already registered as a male influencer, make sure do that today. If You are a brand looking to work with male influencers, please let us know. We have a variety of opportunities ranging from Blogger Mancations to Sponsored Posts to Twitter Parties.
Some of these links may contain referral links where I make a commision based on people who sign up.
How To Use This List Of Blogger Networks and Influencer Agencies:
The agencies and networks below contain a combination of businesses that work with male influencers as well as dad bloggers. Some have specific onboarding pages where male influencers can fill out a form and register. However, others simply have a contact form that you should fill out and introduce yourself with a brief pitch email. I've found that while most of these influencer agencies target women and in particular mom bloggers and fashion / women's lifestyle influencers that they often have opportunities for men as well. The reality of being a male influencer is that we need to work harder and make sure to continuously promote ourselves and the awesome content that we create. This list should make that process easier!
IZEA
These guys are the grand daddy of the sponsored content and are one of my most valuable sources for high-quality campaigns. IZEA tends to be extremely fair and very easy to work with in terms of both time allowed for the campaign and requirements to complete it. IZEA operates on a hybrid model, offering marketers self-serve tools as well as managed campaigns. They also allow you to bid on smaller projects such as sending a tweet out to promote something and this makes it awesome for those smaller bloggers who might not have great web traffic but are solid on Twitter and other social networks.
Sway Influence Network ( formerly Massive Sway / The SITS Girls )
Don't let the title confuse you. While Massive Sway started out developing campaigns for moms and women influencers they are super friendly to guys who have men's lifestyle sites and in particular dad bloggers. I love working with them as well and they are super easy to work with, well organized and provide a variety of campaign opportunities ranging from Twitter Parties and Sponsored Social campaigns as well as sponsored blog posts.
Blog Meets Brand
I really like working with Blog Meets Brand - they tend to be a smaller network but have really cool people working for them. It definitly doesn't feel corporate or dominated by "mom blogger" mentality and they are extremely easy to work with.
Collective Bias / Social Fabric
This is one of the first networks that I joined when I make the transition to full time blogger. Their pay is relatively low and requirements are typically high but they are always looking for male bloggers and are willing to work with guys who might not have crazy traffic yet - but create great content. Collective Bias campaigns tend to skew towards food and CPG campaigns based around Walmart but they can be a lot of fun, especially for newer bloggers and those just looking for beer money a couple times per month. Personally, I found a bunch of products that I still use today through their campaigns but unfortunately they don't have a pathway to continue working with larger bloggers who require higher compensation and less restrictive requirements such as extremely long non-competes.
Other Blogger Influencer Networks To Consider
Influence Central
Firestarter Media (may be dead)
Intellifluence- this is a great network to join and has a variety of opportunities for bloggers of all levels, ranging from product seeding to sponsored posts.
Carusele
Buzzoole - they do campaign opportunities in exchange for points that can be redeemed for Amazon gift cards
Bloggers Connected
Heartbeat
Webfluential
The Cirqle
Obviously
MediaKix
Influencer Marketing Agencies That Do Sponsored Campaigns
These influencer marketing agencies do not have a specific blogger registration page but they do execute sponsored blogger campaigns regularly.
Mirum Agency (mostly for mom and dad bloggers - focused on shopper marketing)
Upfluence - offers a variety of different compensation options from pay-for-performance as well as sponsored posts.
The Influencer Marketing Factory
PopShorts - short form video influencer relations
