Comments on: A Gift? For Me? The Ethics of Blogging.

By: Len Lambert

Len Lambert — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:12:31 +0000

Hi Gem! I’ve been reading your blogs…and loving them! You’ve raised a lot of good points on this one. I’ve started blogging in 2007 (I think if I remember it right)then stopped. I also registered on a sponsored-posts site, without knowing really what’s it all about, how it works, etc. I did one blog post but then I stopped…one reason was I felt it didn’t give me much choice on what to write about on the post and it would tell you what to put on the post, thereby limiting the number of words I could write about what I have to say. And second, when I’ve added all my thoughts and words into it (took me ages to finish it), I felt that the fee was not worth my time.

This is a very good blog post and I’d like to thank you for it. For someone like me who has just returned to blogging and thinking of making it a home-job, I think that a post like this is a gem! I’m learning so much from you. Keep them coming, Gem! Thanks so much for your blog!

By: erin

erin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:30:53 +0000

What a great post. When it comes to sponsored posts, I think it has to do with the amount of posts in comparison to outfit posts for example. If a blogger writes three posts a week, and one of them is sponsored, I’d say that’s too much. The first blog I started reading, a very prominent fashion blogger, has been doing this more and more lately. I have also seen her doing other work on other fashion sites. It is obvious she has lost interest in the content of her blog, and she’s losing me.

Wow, I wrote too much.

Thanks for this informative post!

By: Laura Connell

Laura Connell — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:10:09 +0000

I see it as ethical for a blogger to disclose that a product was given to them. I find sponsored posts shocking. To me, it's bad journalism. .-= Laura Connell´s last blog ..London Fashion Week: Krystof Strozyna =-.