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]]> By: Caroline Middlebrook http://newestonthenet.com/dont-tarnish-your-reputation-for-a-quick-buck/comment-page-1/#comment-345 Caroline Middlebrook Thu, 04 Oct 2007 08:22:15 +0000 http://newestonthenet.com/dont-tarnish-your-reputation-for-a-quick-buck/#comment-345 I think it depends how you go about telling people about it. If you aggressively promote something and tell your readers that it's going to be great then you take on a certain level of responsibility. However I think it's fine to let people know about new things, but that doesn't mean in a hyped up manner. When BlogRush came out I signed up quickly and posted quickly but I had my reservations about it and made those known in my post so I think anybody who signed up under me wouldn't be upset if it didn't perform too well. Also, there's a big difference between promoting something that is free to join, and something that costs people money. If you are asking people to spend their money then you have to take some responsibility for that. I think it depends how you go about telling people about it. If you aggressively promote something and tell your readers that it’s going to be great then you take on a certain level of responsibility. However I think it’s fine to let people know about new things, but that doesn’t mean in a hyped up manner.

When BlogRush came out I signed up quickly and posted quickly but I had my reservations about it and made those known in my post so I think anybody who signed up under me wouldn’t be upset if it didn’t perform too well.

Also, there’s a big difference between promoting something that is free to join, and something that costs people money. If you are asking people to spend their money then you have to take some responsibility for that.

]]> By: WhyDoWork http://newestonthenet.com/dont-tarnish-your-reputation-for-a-quick-buck/comment-page-1/#comment-344 WhyDoWork Thu, 04 Oct 2007 04:17:54 +0000 http://newestonthenet.com/dont-tarnish-your-reputation-for-a-quick-buck/#comment-344 Great post! I had similar thoughts here: http://www.whydowork.com/blog/wdw-insider/135/ I think there needs to be heightened responsibility, <b>especially</b> when you operate an influential well published blog. Great post!

I had similar thoughts here:
http://www.whydowork.com/blog/wdw-insider/135/

I think there needs to be heightened responsibility, especially when you operate an influential well published blog.

]]> By: Website Design http://newestonthenet.com/dont-tarnish-your-reputation-for-a-quick-buck/comment-page-1/#comment-339 Website Design Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:27:05 +0000 http://newestonthenet.com/dont-tarnish-your-reputation-for-a-quick-buck/#comment-339 I think, and very sad I might add, that there are far too many people in the 'blogging scene' only concerned with making a quick buck. I see so many blogs with nothing but ads and the worst content. It shouldn't be that way. I think services like Blog rush and others totally encourage this, even if it's not their primary goal. I think, and very sad I might add, that there are far too many people in the ‘blogging scene’ only concerned with making a quick buck.

I see so many blogs with nothing but ads and the worst content. It shouldn’t be that way. I think services like Blog rush and others totally encourage this, even if it’s not their primary goal.

]]> By: Rich Gilchrest http://newestonthenet.com/dont-tarnish-your-reputation-for-a-quick-buck/comment-page-1/#comment-337 Rich Gilchrest Wed, 03 Oct 2007 23:11:48 +0000 http://newestonthenet.com/dont-tarnish-your-reputation-for-a-quick-buck/#comment-337 That's the plight of being a vocal early adopter. Sometimes you end up telling people about a product that sucks. Unfortunately there's really no way of knowing whether it sucks until it's been tested and measured, which means you have to implement it. Yes, there is a strong incentive to promote services with multi-tier payments, but that's positive for everyone if it does, in fact, turn out to be a good service. Of the three recent examples, only DealDotCom truly qualifies as a failure for me. But then I only promoted it the day it came out and a few days later when I bought something from it. For higher traffic sites in the "Make money online" genre, it probably makes decent money. Does it really qualify as a failure if there are, in fact, customers buying the products? I like BlogRush, and am happy both with the utility of the widget and the traffic it brings to my site. If others aren't happy with it, that's unfortunate, but it's hardly an unqualified failure. WidgetBucks is still too new to judge, but as I wrote on my own blog, it looks like a good option for smaller product blogs that have trouble monetizing otherwise. Chitika won't approve you unless you get thousands of visitors a day, and most product-related affiliate programs will never pay unless you send them a large number of sales. For a builder of multiple small, diversified niche sites, WidgetBucks actually seems to be a good answer for making money in a way that you may actually receive a payout sometime in the first few months. That’s the plight of being a vocal early adopter. Sometimes you end up telling people about a product that sucks. Unfortunately there’s really no way of knowing whether it sucks until it’s been tested and measured, which means you have to implement it. Yes, there is a strong incentive to promote services with multi-tier payments, but that’s positive for everyone if it does, in fact, turn out to be a good service.

Of the three recent examples, only DealDotCom truly qualifies as a failure for me. But then I only promoted it the day it came out and a few days later when I bought something from it. For higher traffic sites in the “Make money online” genre, it probably makes decent money. Does it really qualify as a failure if there are, in fact, customers buying the products?

I like BlogRush, and am happy both with the utility of the widget and the traffic it brings to my site. If others aren’t happy with it, that’s unfortunate, but it’s hardly an unqualified failure.

WidgetBucks is still too new to judge, but as I wrote on my own blog, it looks like a good option for smaller product blogs that have trouble monetizing otherwise. Chitika won’t approve you unless you get thousands of visitors a day, and most product-related affiliate programs will never pay unless you send them a large number of sales. For a builder of multiple small, diversified niche sites, WidgetBucks actually seems to be a good answer for making money in a way that you may actually receive a payout sometime in the first few months.

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