I have been writing of my love for pickleball on my BePickleballer blog for over 2 years, and my YouTube channel around the same amount of time. The blog generates between 7500-15,000 readers per month, and the YouTube channel gets between 75,000 and 100,000 viewers per month.
Here are my recent YouTube stats:
Here are my recent BePickleballer blog stats:
As such, I have had multiple brands contact me with emails such as the ones below.
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Email #2
Hopefully, my love for pickleball paddles, the best pickleball shoes, balls, and all the pickleball accessories (in addition to my obsession with pickleball materials) has given me a unique perspective when I write reviews.
At first, I was not as interested in working with brands as I have been blessed enough to have the funds to satiate my pickleball obsession and I always want my reviews to be 100% honest and unbiased. This allows my readers to trust my reviews.
I still believe that completely, but I realized I do not get to test nearly as many paddles as I would like to because I don’t have the time to research all the different new paddle brands. In addition, I also realized I don’t have to review every paddle I test.
So, that being said, what does it look like to work with me?
Here’s the process:
- Contact me at ben@bepickleballer.com with information about your brand and what products you want me to test.
- If I agree, I can provide my shipping address where you can send the products. If I am testing paddles, I generally require a few different paddles to test quality.
- If I like the product, I will write a comprehensive review that is 100% free of charge. I may also feature your brand in pickleball videos or in my top paddle or shoes or other accessories list.
- If I do not want the product, I will keep the product, but I will not write a review about the paddle as I have limited time. I can pass that feedback to you if you are interested.
- Following this process ensures that my blog’s integrity stays intact and that I do not have to charge for testing products.
- Once my review is live, linking the review from your website is the last thing required.
I may continue to iterate this process in the future, but this process appears to be working well with brands thus far. That said, I am always open to feedback.
Thanks for reaching out, and I look forward to connecting with you soon.