There has been a lot of chatter about mom bloggers on the news and on the internet. Recently, I saw a piece on Good Morning America about Mom Bloggers. I felt they were unfair in their reporting about us. Many of us do this as a hobby. We don’t make money off of it. Occassionaly, we may sell an advertisement spot on our site or do a sponsored post, but that really doesn’t amount to much.
At least, for me it doesn’t. I have done some sponsored posts in the past. It covered my operating costs. I also put in the post that it was sponsored. I also picked sponsored posts that were informational and may be of interest to my readers. Lately, I just haven’t had time to do any sponsored posts.
I receive products from companies to review for my site. I state in each review post that the company sent the item to me for review. If I don’t like it, I email my contact and let him/her know. I give the companies that send me a product the option to elect to not have me post my negative review. I do this out of courtesy, because they sent me the item to get my opinion and I don’t want to penalize them for it. Neither do I want to post a review that is not truthful. So, when you read back to back reviews from me that are positive, it is because I honestly liked the product. Does that mean that you will? Absolutely not. We are all different, and we all have things we like and don’t like. In the end, you need to decide for yourself.
Trisha with MOMDOT has proposed a PR blackout for Aug. 10-16. This is not to shun PR, but to give us mommies a break. We put a lot of time into doing reviews and giveaways. Time that we don’t get paid for. Yes, we got a free product. Big woopee. A $10, $25, or $50 item for all the hours we put into reviewing an item, writing up the post and promoting the giveaways. The main reason most of us do it is because at one time it was fun. Lately, for some of us, we miss just blogging about our family and our life. We want a break. Trisha is not suggesting that every mom blogger do this, just those of us that are feeling burnt out on reviews and giveaways.
That is why, for the week of Aug. 10-16, I will not have any product reviews or giveaways. My posts will just be about autism, my life, and whatever off the wall subject that interests me at the time. I hope you approve. If you don’t, just let me know. I don’t want to upset any of my readers, but it is only for a week.
