Comments on: Paid Mommy Bloggers..do you believe them?

By: Mom Blogs at MomDot » Review Bloggers, Testimonials, and the FTC

Mom Blogs at MomDot » Review Bloggers, Testimonials, and the FTC — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:33:40 +0000

[...] bit back we wrote an article on whether or not you believe a paid blogger pushing product and there was a LOT of response about [...]

By: Monday Round Up | Nothing but Purple

Monday Round Up | Nothing but Purple — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 00:15:55 +0000

[...] Paid Mommy Bloggers…. Do you believe them? [...]

By: Mom Blogs at MomDot » Ah…Dyson Backlash

Mom Blogs at MomDot » Ah…Dyson Backlash — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:26:58 +0000

[...] I would have 100K entries for a free product and our review game would turn into PAID reviewers (and we all know how i feel about those), not someone who truly has a need for a product and wants to give it an honest shot. Reviewing is [...]

By: Renée aka Mekhismom

Renée aka Mekhismom — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:17:29 +0000

I think that people have to do what they have to do. I personally enjoy reviewing products and giving my honest opinion. When I have not liked something I let the company know and many times am asked about what they can improve on. I do that as a courtesy because I am not going to lie and say I like a product that I do not like.

I think many families are trying to make ends meet. If a person chooses to run paid posts that is their prerogative and it is mine to close the browser and move on.

By: Shelly

Shelly — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:39:00 +0000

Interesting post.
What I find irritating is when people review things that are not relevant to them – the mother of older kids reviewing baby products, someone who does not play video/computer games reviewing them or the strangest one was a review of NetJets by a homeschooling blogger who had never and by her own admission would never use the service.
The reviews need to be genuine to be credible to me.

By: Kimberly/Mom in the City

Kimberly/Mom in the City — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:46:15 +0000

Personally, I don’t accept advertising on my blog nor do I(or my team of reviewers) do paid review posts. However, I say “to each her own”. As long as the blogger is upfront that a post is paid or sponsored, I don’t have a problem with it. For some (I’m not talking the “Dooces” of the blogosphere), that extra “few” dollars helps to put food on their tables and I don’t begrudge anyone that – especially in this economy!

By: Cat @ 3KidsnUs

Cat @ 3KidsnUs — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:06:43 +0000

My blog started out strictly personal. Then after joining here at momdot I saw the world of product reviews. As much as I’d love to try every one of them out, and it’s come to the point that I get several offers per week, I only accept the products that I know would be somehow beneficial to me. I would feel odd accepting money to review a product…I have better things to do that write commercials.

By: Lisa @ Crazy Adventures in Parenting

Lisa @ Crazy Adventures in Parenting — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:32:36 +0000

This is a great post!

I’ve approached and been approached by companies and people with products that fit me and my website. I’m not after just anything, I’m after things that suit me and people like me that I can wrap myself around, you know? Tried pay per post, and it was ridiculously dumb, I have done one sponsored review post with Sponsored Reviews, but it was for gift baskets, something I’d actually wanted to do as a business one day, so I felt I could give a good feedback on the site and what it offered, as a connoisseur, if you will. I was approached to do another one, but the website is sub-par, so I’m not going to. I won’t support something I don’t get a good feeling about. I also won’t support something that, after reviewing, isn’t on the up and up or works as it should. I will call it like i see it, and I will let the person/persons know who I was in contact with before I do anything, to see if they want to proceed.

Way to go, woman. I wholly agree with you.I like what Walmart is up to with these now 24 moms. Genius idea, whomever was behind it.

By: Krista Parry

Krista Parry — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:39:19 +0000

Wow, great article. As a company trying to engage “bloggers” I have tried to make our product stand for itself. As the director of marketing of a family-friendly ski resort (Park City Mountain Resort) I have always believed that people need to have first-hand experience before they can have an opinion – whether it’s a reporter from the Wall Street Journal or a mom writing on her own blog. I have realized that, like myself, people are more attune to third-source credibility vs reading what a company says about themselves in an ad or on their website. I think what you do here is amazing and I will continue to follow and learn what is appropriate from a company. I would love to hear if you have anything to say about Park City Mountain Resort and how we could better reach out to you. In fact, I’d love to have you visit. Let me know if ever find yourself in Park City, Utah.

Thanks,
Krista Parry (aka @krista_parry)
Soon to be first-time mommy

By: ali

ali — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:15:17 +0000

we all got laptops because we were supposed to be keeping journals while we were on the various trips. we met many, many people and took lots of notes. not all 5 of us had laptops…so, really, truly, it was super helpful to have. on the McDonaldsmom.ca website you can read all five of our journals, see photos and videos and get some more information.

(i’m not saying it wasn’t nice, but i certainly didn’t feel like i was being “bought” with it)