Comments on: Are You Writing Too Many Paid Reviews?

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By: L Weng

L Weng — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:50:11 +0000

I’m not actually writing any. In terms of paid reviews, I always try to avoid them. I’d rather get info from someone I know who’s used the product. But if they’re from reputable people, then I’d trust the reviews more, since they wouldn’t want to tarnish their own reputation.

By: Gadget

Gadget — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:25:35 +0000

Hmm, I’m not interested in paid review

By: Freddie

Freddie — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 04:23:59 +0000

I have yet to do a paid review, but plan on doing some in the future to make money…as you said. Personally, I don’t mind ready some paid reviews on a site, but agree that it would get ridiculous if that is all I am reading on a site.

Fortunately, I have yet to come by a site that has majority paid reviews…at least a site that I wanted to read on a regular basis.

I guess like anything else, keep living or blogging and I will.

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By: Alex 'Travel Master' Ogleton

Alex 'Travel Master' Ogleton — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:36:07 +0000

You are so right, if your main income is from your readership backing, then you shouldn’t introduce too many paid reviews. I’ve gone off of reading some blogs due to how consistant they are at doing paid reviews these days. They may see it as a good idea, but I see it as nothing but naff advertising.

HOWEVER, you COULD get away with a 50/50 split in paid content and regular content as long as you are IMAGINATIVE with how you are writing about the product – The key I find is be ENTERTAINING & IMAGINATIVE and not to sound like you are ‘just knocking out another paid post’, ie, ‘I don’t really care if you read my blog or not, I’m just interested in getting some post revenue.

By: Dennis Edell

Dennis Edell — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:14:35 +0000

Seriously, as long as what you're reviewing is on target for your audience, what's the big deal? Dennis Edells last blog post..Oct.’08 Post Round-Up for Direct Sales Web Marketing

By: Dennis Edell

Dennis Edell — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:13:47 +0000

@Jay – same answer. Read This and you’ll see i do an honest review for an honest wage.

You get the good, bad, and or ugly

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By: Jay

Jay — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:30:02 +0000

Brad – What if it’s a product you KNOW your readers will be interested in? And they all contact you to ask you to write a review, now would you do it more often? Say 4-5 times a month?

Bruno – I think you always have the power so if there’s a product that’s just crap, I’m sure you wouldn’t review it just because of the money. Once every quarter as in once a week?

Mike – LMAO! I KNEW it! When I first stopped by your ex-blog I was thinking “damn, he’s really giving away ALL these reviews for free?!” LOL!

Wesley – LOL! That’s exactly one of the bloggers I was thinking of too but I didn’t want to mention names. I mean, I don’t mind the personal aspects of his blog but I swear he’s doing a paid review every other day or something.

Rajaie – Wait, did you do it through a middleman company like PPP or something? Or did you handle it directly? But essentially, you never do a review until you get paid.

Dennis – What if it’s NOT from a paid review site? What if people contacted you directly asking for them?

Dilson – It’s not hard. You can either sign up for companies like Payperpost or sponsored reviews or go ask people directly. Let me know if you need help.

Dot Com Dud – It depends man. I definitely don’t mind once a week but then again, if you only post like 2-3 times a week, that’s another story.

Jay

By: Dot Com Dud

Dot Com Dud — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:06:51 +0000

I haven’t done a paid review on my blog yet but I am in the position where I can start doing them, I’m just not sure if it will turn my readers off or not. I would limit myself to 1 per week but do you think that for some readers, this will be enough to make them stop reading my blog?

By: Dilson Decano

Dilson Decano — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:43:11 +0000

actually, i never tried any paid review for my blog. i dont have experience in paid review

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