There are many great benefits to blogging. Those include getting free stuff just for writing reviews. Sure money from advertising is a benefit but there are also many other ways to get free stuff, just for blogging.

On my website Sampleaday, I’ve often gotten free products sent to me just to try them out before I write about it. http://www.mtbtrailreview.com has claimed to recieve up to $20,000 worth of free stuff to review on his blog. If you have a product focused blog, usually the more targeted the better.

Another factor which really helps in getting free things is traffic. Usually the more traffic your blog has, the more free stuff you can get since you have a lot of leeway. Leeway since you can reach a lot of audience, which is very attractive for companies.

Try writing to companies that pertain to your blog and see if they would consider sending