{"id":31,"date":"2020-09-20T07:15:31","date_gmt":"2020-09-20T07:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevenuecounsellor.com\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2021-02-02T07:18:26","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T07:18:26","slug":"collaborate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.thevenuecounsellor.com\/collaborate\/","title":{"rendered":"Collaborate"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Partner with Us for The Venue Counsellor<\/h2>\n<p>The Venue Counsellor empowers fashion-minded brides to look their best for less. If you represent a brand or product that shares this goal, we\u2019d love to talk about connecting you with our audience. Keep in mind that delivering trustworthy advice to our readership is and always will be our top priority, and we have a partnership approval process in place for that reason.<\/p>\n<p>We have worked with some of fashion\u2019s most reputable brands to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>promote new products<\/li>\n<li>create\u00a0brand awareness<\/li>\n<li>reinforce brand messaging<\/li>\n<li>drive sales<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Giveaways<\/h2>\n<p>The Venue Counsellor hosts giveaways monthly. We welcome brand sponsors for these giveaways \u2014 you can donate a prize package or get featured in the giveaway communications. Next steps: please fill out the form at the bottom of this page and we\u2019ll be in touch.<\/p>\n<h2>Product Reviews<\/h2>\n<p>The process for product reviews is as follows:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>You send me a sample of the product to try. I\u2019ll use it and give you private, informal feedback.<\/li>\n<li>After I use it, I\u2019ll let you know if I\u2019m interested in reviewing your product on the blog.\u00a0<em>If I don\u2019t like the product, neither one of us wants me to publish the review about it. For this reason, I never guarantee reviews on any sample product sent to me.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>If I select the product for a published review, I\u2019ll write the review, publish it on the blog and share that review on social media. I would treat this as a sponsored post, with full disclosure to my audience.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Next steps: please fill out the form at the bottom of this page and we\u2019ll be in touch.<\/p>\n<h2>Sponsored Content<\/h2>\n<p>Brands can sponsor blog posts, emails or social media posts. Our team can collaborate with you to determine the best strategy for your goals. Once the strategy is defined, we:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>write the original content<\/li>\n<li>create images<\/li>\n<li>publish the post<\/li>\n<li>promote the post with a minimum of 4 social media posts<\/li>\n<li>feature the post in our weekly email newsletter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To maintain the trust of our audience, we:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reserve the right to decline any sponsored post pitch for any reason<\/li>\n<li>Do not allow sponsoring brands to review\/edit posts before publication<\/li>\n<li>Disclose that the post is sponsored<\/li>\n<li>In accordance with best practices for search, we add rel=sponsored to all links within sponsored posts (in other words, we do not provide do-follow links in sponsored content)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Next steps: please fill out the form at the bottom of this page and we\u2019ll be in touch.<\/p>\n<h2>Appearances<\/h2>\n<p>We can also make appearances for situations (like TV) when you need a real, live and credible person to represent your product.<\/p>\n<p>Next steps: please fill out the form at the bottom of this page and we\u2019ll be in touch.<\/p>\n<h2>Guest Posts<\/h2>\n<p>The Venue Counsellor is not accepting guest posts at this time.<\/p>\n<h2>Sale Promotion<\/h2>\n<p>Have a sample sale or sale event you\u2019d like to promote to our audience? 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