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Saturday, February 08, 2014

DEAR DIARY #3

             Well it certainly has been awhile since my last Dear Diary post, I have idea block so I decided to just write from my heart. Today's' topic is a little controversial in the blogging community but I have a strong feeling towards it so I figured I would just go for it. I am going to be talking about SPONSORED POSTS! My thoughts, feelings and ideas toward them.

          A lot of people say they don't mind when people do sponsored posts as long as they are honest but for me I feel weird reading one and trusting it. It's not that I don't like them and I understand why people do them, heck, I want to have the opportunity to do one. I just noticed that peoples tone of writing changes. If I  read a non-sponsored fully positive review and I am instantly hooked but as soon as its sponsored I can tell and its not good. They just flat out write like an ad you would see on t.v or the companies website.

        I am not going to mention any names because it would be quite rude but I have noticed that happening in some of my favorite blogs. I just recently read a post by a fellow blogger which was sponsored and was pleasantly surprised in the way she handled the sponsorship. She sounded honest and it was like reading any of her other posts. But I also read another post by someone else and their whole writing style, tone and voice changed. They were just stating facts like they copied and pasted from the company website, they didn't say one negative thing about it not even a tiny thing. Its kind of hard to explain exactly what I mean but I can just tell.

Sometimes sponsored posts are done tastefully, honestly and they still stay true to themselves but other times they are over the top, dishonest, different then who they really are as a blogger and way to excited. Some of you may be getting angry saying who are you to judge, you don't what you're talking about, you are just jealous and what if they actually just love everything about the product. But this is just my opinion and I will never be able to fully explain what I mean.

What are your thoughts on sponsored posts? Let me know in the comments below!


***Disclaimer: I am not in anyway saying I will never do a sponsored post but that I will be 100% honest and write everything from my mind. I am not trying to bash anyone but just stating some things I have noticed that I am not a fan of. Everyone has their own way of doing things so if you write like this then go right ahead. Do You.***








2 comments:

  1. I have no issue if a blogger wants to earn money with their blog but I do have a couple of issues about it in general a) if they aren't disclosed - a big no no, b) if a blog then just becomes all about the sponsored posts and everything else falls to the side and c) the way some companies treat sponsored posts - they don't pay up, they offer you barely anything in compensation, they think just a "link" is compensation enough, they want to force you to say certain things - I could go on!

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    1. All those things also are very annoying. I don't mind people doing sponsored posts it's just when people are dishonest, sketchy about the whole situation. Thanks for your feedback!

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