Welcome to Week 1 on my series of resources for bloggers. Every week we will discuss a resource to get freebies, collect PR samples to review, networking with other bloggers, connecting with brands, and even earning a bit of cash on the side from sites that I know from personal experience are not scams. I will never recommend a site, app, or resource that I have not personally used and trust
1-CROWDTAP:
100% free to sign up.
Crowdtap is currently US only.
Crowdtap has an iPhone app that is DIFFERENT from the website, but the same company. Your accounts on the app and the site will be separate and have different missions, sample opportunities, etc. Android/Google Play Store is coming soon.
Crowdtap is mobile optimized.
Crowdtap.com is a resource I only found this year, but I’m very eager to recommend it for a few key reasons:
You can get samples of items to try even if you are a brand new blogger.
You can get samples of items to try even if you only use your social media.
Your possibility of getting products is not based on your social following.
I’ve earned $40.00 in Amazon Gift Cards this year,
AND I’ve received 3 sample packages so far… with 3 more on the way to me right now.
What you need:
An email address to sign up with. (this has never spammed me)
As little or as much free time as you have to complete online activities.
An account on Twitter (and/or Facebook) to share to. (OPTIONAL if not applying for samples)
I’ve only been involved in one mission on Crowdtap that involved Instagram.
An Amazon account (prime or not, doesn’t matter) to redeem Amazon Gift Cards.
This Resource Involves:
OPTIONAL: Completing one off polls for points. (2 pts)
OPTIONAL: Completing questionairres for brands & categories. (20 pts)
OPTIONAL: Applying for samples by filling out a small questionairre.
IF APPROVED: Receiving them in the mail & checking them in.
Completing the brand activities. (shown & agreed to during application)
Filling out your sample report. (basically an experience survey)
OPTIONAL: Tweeting out media campaign elements. (20 pts)
OPTIONAL: Participating in discussions for points. (varies)
OPTIONAL: Answering questions in paragraph form. (20 pts)
OPTIONAL: Uploading photos of specified content or theme. (20 pts)
Many of these photo tasks also enter them into contests where you can win further cash than just the points. (will always be noted)
May require you to click to share them to social media. (will be noted)
What It Offers:
Amazon Gift Cards.
Samples & Full Sized Products from brands using Crowdtap.
Usually also contains 1 or more coupons for future discount.
Potential to win prize money from photo contests & other potential contests.
Why Is This Available?
Brands are able to network with their consumers for market research through polls and what appeals to us, as well as to spread their marketing campaign with user generated content. The cost of a few Amazon gift cards and free products gets the products and brands into peoples homes, and when you receive something discounted or free, most people feel obligated to do a shout out, or at least tell a friend about a new discovery.
2-HOW TO GET AMAZON GIFT CARDS:
This depends on the effort that you put into Crowdtap. It’s all about the points. Your points help you level up, and at each level, you earn a $5.00 Amazon Giftcard. These are redeemable in the form of online codes. You will get your first 2 gift cards after increments of 500 points to level up, and every level after that has 1000 points before your next $5.00 card.
When you sign up for Crowdtap, you will link a Twitter or Facebook account, and you need to understand right now: This Will Post To Your Twitter/Facebook, and it CAN appear spammy if you tend to do this as a binge, and it might make you lose a few followers if you do it this way.
BUT: You will approve every single tweet before it’s posted and you CAN choose not to do them. You just won’t earn the points from those activities. You are also the one to write the majority of each and every media message. Typically in the media sharing, it starts with a prompt like “I can’t wait to” and you fill in the rest, and then at the end of your tweet it will add the necessary hashtags & media. You can also skip sharing & still earn points.
Because I tend to use Crowdtap in a binge, doing a bunch of activities for a half hour period in the day, I use a separate Twitter account that is connected to my Crowdtap. BUT, since I consider that cheating, personally – I also post about the brands that I interact with and receive items from – on my main social media, and will be posting about them on the blog here as well.
When you join, and throughout your experience, you’ll also be able to add specific brands, and categories. You can choose to add everything to get the maximum points, or just pick and choose what things are really relevant to you.
What do you think about Crowdtap? Have you tried it? Will you be signing up? click here : https://crowdtap.com/
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