Will You Write a Sponsored Post?
The answer to that question is no.
Always no. When it’s asked to me anyway.
Today I received an IM from an estate owner asking me if I would accept L$ 7500 to write a post saying how wonderful his real estate company is. I have never lived on his estate, but apparently that does not matter. He did not want me to mention that I was being paid for such a post and simply wanted me to write it like I would any of my other posts – essentially to pretend I had lived there and loved it.
I have a policy when blogging about people in world. If I am blogging about something public they have done, for example a stupid classified that someone posts or traffic gaming on their location (ie things that people could easily go see for themselves) then I will name people happily. If it is something that comes to me in IM then I generally do not name. My reason for not naming this guy here, however, is more because I don’t want to give him any publicity on the blog!
Anyway, I’m going off on a tangent here. I do agree that if people wish to charge for advertising on their blogs, that’s fine (though don’t get me started on asking for ‘donations’). If people wish to have banners and so on, or GoogleAds, that’s all good and well. Personally, this, for me, is a Second Life blog purely for recreation and I won’t attempt to cash in. But even if I were to cash in on advertising on this blog, I would never do it through sponsored posts. Pretending you have used a product or service and singing its praises in exchange for money is just bullshitting. There is no other way around it. It’s pure lies.
Needless to say, I won’t be posting about his real estate services….
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Alicia Chenaux
I would if I could check out the items first. In a lot of ways, fashion blogging is much like a sponsored post when we receive a review copy for the item.
But I wouldn’t write a post for someone for pay if it was for something I’d never used before. That’s just tacky.
Chestnut Rau
I have never been offered anything for any writing I have done on my personal blog or on New World Notes. I consider it unethical and would never accept payment or gifts in order to write about something. Period.
Adric Antfarm
You know, it’s sad to see Pixel Scoop having to be the standard bearer of morals in the blogging community given the pinnacle of his literary contribution is a piece on ways to abuse prim babies, but I tapped myself on the piece where kids drank shit, so he really has to be.
Alicia’s answer is kind of shocking, but not really in that the fashion bloggers do that but they have no idea just how they are no longer bloggers for having done so.
Just because you look at something doesn’t make it right.
We write (or we should) for our readers, or more important our egos, lack of self worth, or to get laid.
And Chestnut – NWN is a commercial site princess. Nice try. Just because you aren’t getting nuts doesn’t meant the other squirrel isn’t. You being on the dias for free isn’t angelic, it’s kind of funny.
Good for you I say, Josha or whatever your name is. You sir an example. An example for Manchester. Melissa that is.
Adric was offered 12L once but I said look. Adric doesn’t do that. I don’t care how much lube you have. He just does not.
Alicia Chenaux
Of course we’re still bloggers. You think half the bloggers out there in the physical world aren’t getting something for their work?
If we receive a review copy, it doesn’t mean we always blog it. I would not blog a testimonial about a product that I have not used for pay, though.
Adric Antfarm
We are not talking about a review copy. We are talking about a sim.
You said you would write about the same if you took a look at it. No?
Would you disclose that in your review? If not, why? If there is nothing wrong with it then why I do so rarely see disclosure?
Consumer Reports pays for every item they review. Anything below that, I would not trust.
Does you “testimonial” come with a refund? Say I rent at the that sim and they rip me off. I did so based on your review. What if any burden do you shoulder?
lauren
Would you for SEX?
Adric Antfarm
Real sex or virtual sex?
Lets go to Akron
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Josue Habana
For sex?? ROFL!
My ethics say no and my head says “screw ethics.”
Adric Antfarm
Everyone knows we Second Life bloggers beat off the tail second only to WoW players.
The offers pour in.
Skylar Smythe
Dear Mr. Habana,
Would you please write a sponsored post for my poetry website. I understand that you are now accepting non-monetary payment for said services…we can arrange a little “somethin’ somethin’” perhaps….
Sincerely,
Miss Skylar Smythe
Skylar Smythe
PS: Lauren, keep your hands off my boyfriend or I will spray paint your Jimmy Choo collection.
Chestnut Rau
Adric – Hamlet pays me for writing for NWN. I do not get payola from anyone sponsoring the events I include in my posts.
Oh and btw – I am not your princess or anyone else’s princess for that matter.
Adric Antfarm
Chestynuts;
He needs to pay you to respond to a post before the booze erases what I was thinking. Good lord, that was like a month ago.
Right now I am thinking about these two hot ladies fighting over Mr, Habana and how we can make money off pay-per-view.
Oh and btw – I am not your Adric or anyone’s else’s for that matter.
Adric Antfarm
Oh, and Princess (try and stop me);
Write a post critical of Hamlet’s sponsors, get it published and I will eat my truck.
From bumper to bumper baby.
Josue Habana
Pay per view?? Hmm.. you know, I hear naked mud wrestling goes down a treat on Pay per view. Lauren? Skylar??
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