Comments on: Will Work for Food?

By: Gail Gardner

Gail Gardner — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:23:00 +0000

This situation is getting worse. Lately the big brands are pitching the idea that their thousands of consumers should shill for them across social media and just yesterday a blogger for a PR agency wrote about why PR agencies get paid but bloggers shouldn’t.

Educating bloggers is the solution. The more of the better and more influential bloggers we can get to understand why they should not work for free, the more businesses we will get to pay them.

There are some bright spots, though. I know one blogger who was paid $500 to host a Twitter party the other night and $1000 for three posts about a brand. Small brands do pay bloggers regularly and I believe they are who we should focus on working with instead of the big brands who can most afford us but are least likely to appreciate us or pay us.

I hope you and your readers will come by and join in the heated discussion going on about “earned” media based on the PR blogger’s definition and my rebuttal and then his reply post. They’re all linked from http://growmap.com/blogger-outreach-earned-media/

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By: modernmami

modernmami — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 15:07:00 +0000

It’s more about defining what is actual work vs. what is editorial content. So many are used to the traditional format of newspaper reporters reporting news and information, but they are paid by their publications. We are our own publications, with no one paying us.

By: Maria Guido

Maria Guido — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 17:19:00 +0000

I don’t see why anyone would have a problem with someone getting paid for their work. For some reason, when you add the term “mom” to blogger, people don’t respect it as much. I guess these are the same people that think being a stay at home mom isn’t a job. Ridiculous!

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By: modernmami

modernmami — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:20:00 +0000

Interesting. What if the giveaway is relevant to the standard content posted
on the blog or relevant to the blog’s audience?

By: camille

camille — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:37:00 +0000

Giveaways are annoying anyway. If I want to be pitched too, I’ll watch television. In fact, I always think a little less of bloggers that host giveaways for selling out.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 11:27:00 +0000

These are just a few of the reasons I debate monetizing my blog. Taxes are a pain without a blog business.

Thanks for a thoughtful post.

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Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:09:44 +0000

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