3 Unique Ways to Support a Missionary Blogger

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We are bombarded everyday with advertisements and appeals for our money.  Our mailbox is stuffed with junk mail, our inbox is spammed with ads - everywhere we turn we are presented with another opportunity to part with our hard-earned cash.

You only have so much to give and most months you have more days left over than money. There is this constant battle between our desire to give to worthy causes and lack of resources.

I would like to propose 3 unique ways to help support missionary bloggers.

And this is something that sort of surprised me as I was doing my research for Missional Call . I supposed it shouldn't have, it is rather logical that missionaries should have blogs.  I just didn't know there were so many!   I found an entire community of them at A Life Overseas.

Many missionaries, as I have, turn to blogging as a means of supplementing their support through affiliate ads, paid writing, and selling their own products and ebooks.

With this knowledge there are three ways you can help support these missionary bloggers.



1. Purchase products. Okay, this is super obvious. But it may need some explaining after all. Bloggers who have ads on their blogs aren't just showing off their favorite books and products. They are what is called "Affiliates". An affiliate is just a fancy way of saying: if you buy from me it costs you nothing, but I get a commission. The trick is, you have to click on the picture or link they provide, and then purchase the product. When you do, you are actually helping to support them!

As we come up on the Christmas season, consider visiting a missionary's Etsy page or product page.  Purchase their products, or purchase through their affiliate links.

2. Drive them traffic. When a blogger has more traffic, the probability of them making more money is increased. You drive a blogger traffic by talking about them. Like their Facebook posts. If they have a Facebook fan page, this is particularly true.  Just because a person's Facebook fan page has 3,000 likes, doesn't mean that all 3,000 people see their posts. It is likely only not even 50% of those people see their posts on a regular basis since Facebook pages rely on likes, shares and comments to increase the number of people actually viewing their posts.  You can also drive them traffic by pinning their blog posts, tweeting about their blog and telling your friends about them.

In short - word of mouth: which we all know is the best advertising of all!

3. Blog about them. Do an interview with them or ask them to share their story as a guest on your blog.  If there is one thing I have learned from this series Answer the Call, it is that people like stories. They want stories. Real life stories. Not only will people truly enjoy hearing about a missionaries work on the field, it will give both you and them exposure to a whole new audience.

We all know that guest posting is good for all parties.


Consider supporting a missionary blogger this season! Do you have some other unique ideas on supporting missionary bloggers?  Share with us in the discussion below!







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