PR Asking Bloggers to Review Products They Will Never Receive

March 10, 2011 By 58 Comments
Business discussion

Lately, I have been taken aback with requests from PR to review products based only on images and written copy.  In other words, requests to review items that I will never touch, see, or most importantly, test.  Did you just let out a “Huh?” Yeah, my sentiments exactly. While I understand the sad attempt to score a written review by a blogger without actually sending an item to them, I do not see how even the newest of bloggers would accept such an “offer”?  Even…

The BlogCatalog Interview

November 15, 2009 By 10 Comments

I really wasn’t going to bring this up, because I didn’t want to promote this particular BlogCatalog post in any way. It now seems appropriate and relevant since I have experienced something similar with the LA Times. Here is the story. I was approached by Julia Kelly by DM on Twitter, who asked me to be a part of a “BlogCatalog” spotlight.  Here are our exchanges, which take place on Twitter & email.  I do not have text from my DMs back to her because…

Product Reviewers are Bloggers, too.

October 22, 2009 By 68 Comments
bloggerdefine

This issue has been boiling inside of me for a few months now, and was reconfirmed, again, when I attended the Type A Mom Conference town hall meeting, and heard the same conversation ignited. Product reviewers.  Giveaways.  Apparently, it is a HUGE deal. Product reviewers seem to be looked down upon, or considered the “bottom rung” of the blogging ladder.  Why?  Maybe because it doesn’t fit inside the blogger mold?  Some would even dare to say that review and giveaway bloggers are not real writers. …