Comments on: Five Thoughts on Writing Sponsored Blog Posts for Brands

By: Joanne

Joanne — Thu, 01 Aug 2013 11:26:32 +0000

I love this! I think so much of most of these conferences is about how to monetize your blog and how to work with brands that we all get brainwashed into thinking that sponsored posts are necessary to do if you want to have a successful blog. Not so!

By: Georgia @ The Comfort of Cooking

Georgia @ The Comfort of Cooking — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 19:29:14 +0000

Good points in this post, Maris! Every blogger needs to read this!

By: Pamela @ Brooklyn Farm Girl

Pamela @ Brooklyn Farm Girl — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 16:52:59 +0000

Great post and I totally agree with everything you wrote. I also think sponsored posts should really be products that you love and use everyday, something that you would almost be posting and featuring anyways.

By: Shashi @ http://runninsrilankan.com

Shashi @ http://runninsrilankan.com — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 12:49:08 +0000

Great post! Thanks for sharing all these points!

By: Barbara | Creative Culinary

Barbara | Creative Culinary — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 15:56:12 +0000

A very thoughtful post Maris. I will occasionally do a sponsored post but I have a stringent set of my own guidelines and you and I are on the same page. Do I already use the product? If not, is it something that I’m really interested in trying and sharing with readers? Maybe for me my single biggest criteria is, can I use it to make a dish to share with readers? I’m not blogging to share commercials with readers, I’m doing it to share recipes I love; keeping that foremost in my mind always helps me to make a decision that both works for me and hopefully does not turn off readers.