Comments on: Grassroots Marketing & Paying Bloggers To Post http://superaff.com/archives/2006/07/03/startupnation-grassroots-marketing/ Resources and hype-free conversation for webentrepreneurs interested in making money online. Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:57:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Terry http://superaff.com/archives/2006/07/03/startupnation-grassroots-marketing/comment-page-1/#comment-9528 Terry Thu, 06 Jul 2006 00:35:00 +0000 http://superaff.com/archives/2006/07/03/startupnation-grassroots-marketing/#comment-9528 <blockquote>The pessimist in me says that if this sort of thing kicks off, it’ll be a race to the bottom, with bloggers writing a lot of useless posts about useless products in exchange for pennies.</blockquote> I think that's destined to happen on some level Wil, but it doesn't have to kill the concept. It really does come down to each blogger doing the best job he/she can to be transparent and not overdone. Your paid blog posts are a perfect example IMO of how well it can work: <a href="http://blog.freecashspace.com/2006/07/payperpostcom-is-not-evil.html" rel="nofollow">PayPerPost.com is NOT Evil</a> <a href="http://blog.freecashspace.com/2006/07/advertising-everywhere.html" rel="nofollow">Advertising Everywhere</a>

The pessimist in me says that if this sort of thing kicks off, it’ll be a race to the bottom, with bloggers writing a lot of useless posts about useless products in exchange for pennies.

I think that’s destined to happen on some level Wil, but it doesn’t have to kill the concept. It really does come down to each blogger doing the best job he/she can to be transparent and not overdone.

Your paid blog posts are a perfect example IMO of how well it can work:

PayPerPost.com is NOT Evil
Advertising Everywhere

]]> By: Wil http://superaff.com/archives/2006/07/03/startupnation-grassroots-marketing/comment-page-1/#comment-9391 Wil Wed, 05 Jul 2006 01:19:03 +0000 http://superaff.com/archives/2006/07/03/startupnation-grassroots-marketing/#comment-9391 I think you're right, Terry, that some people are ranting about PPP because it has the potential to screw with <em>their</em> preferred way of monetizing their blogs. I think some of the concerns about disclosure are fair, but I'm not sure why they think it should be PPP's responsibility to make bloggers disclose, and I'm not sure how they expect them to enforce it. The pessimist in me says that if this sort of thing kicks off, it'll be a race to the bottom, with bloggers writing a lot of useless posts about useless products in exchange for pennies. I hope I'm wrong for lots of reasons, not least because PPP owes me $15! I think you’re right, Terry, that some people are ranting about PPP because it has the potential to screw with their preferred way of monetizing their blogs. I think some of the concerns about disclosure are fair, but I’m not sure why they think it should be PPP’s responsibility to make bloggers disclose, and I’m not sure how they expect them to enforce it.

The pessimist in me says that if this sort of thing kicks off, it’ll be a race to the bottom, with bloggers writing a lot of useless posts about useless products in exchange for pennies. I hope I’m wrong for lots of reasons, not least because PPP owes me $15!

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