Comments on: Is Product Placement the New Cancer of Blogs? http://blog.jennymccutcheon.com/archives/206 My Perspective on eMarketing, Social Media & Life. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:40:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: jmccutcheon http://blog.jennymccutcheon.com/archives/206/comment-page-1#comment-35 jmccutcheon Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:47:46 +0000 http://blog.jennymccutcheon.com/?p=206#comment-35 @BethHarte - Thanks for the comment! I'm glad to hear I'm not the only blogger that is being bad-pitched. I was beginning to develop a complex. :-) @BethHarte – Thanks for the comment! I’m glad to hear I’m not the only blogger that is being bad-pitched. I was beginning to develop a complex. :-)

]]> By: Beth Harte http://blog.jennymccutcheon.com/archives/206/comment-page-1#comment-34 Beth Harte Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:22:42 +0000 http://blog.jennymccutcheon.com/?p=206#comment-34 Jenny, kudos to you! You know how to draw those pitchers in like the World Series! :) Great post and tips! And I agree, I think some bloggers are anxious to include products because they think it will get them more recognition. I have only just received one pitch and it was so bad, I am not sure if that is even what it was. Jenny, kudos to you! You know how to draw those pitchers in like the World Series! :)

Great post and tips! And I agree, I think some bloggers are anxious to include products because they think it will get them more recognition. I have only just received one pitch and it was so bad, I am not sure if that is even what it was.

]]> By: Dirk Singer http://blog.jennymccutcheon.com/archives/206/comment-page-1#comment-33 Dirk Singer Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:00:45 +0000 http://blog.jennymccutcheon.com/?p=206#comment-33 Hey, I am one of the six! Seriously, what you say makes a lot of sense and I'm surprised the brands that approached you had such crass cash for editorial ideas - I guess it must work often enough for them to try it. Hey, I am one of the six!

Seriously, what you say makes a lot of sense and I’m surprised the brands that approached you had such crass cash for editorial ideas – I guess it must work often enough for them to try it.

]]> By: jmccutcheon http://blog.jennymccutcheon.com/archives/206/comment-page-1#comment-27 jmccutcheon Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:01:05 +0000 http://blog.jennymccutcheon.com/?p=206#comment-27 Pam, I think it's great when individuals blog about a product because they really love it. That's part of the power of blogs. When bloggers have what they like or believe in dictated to them by companies--there is a problem. Bloggers will lose credibility if they aren't being "real." Pam,

I think it’s great when individuals blog about a product because they really love it. That’s part of the power of blogs.

When bloggers have what they like or believe in dictated to them by companies–there is a problem. Bloggers will lose credibility if they aren’t being “real.”

]]> By: Pam http://blog.jennymccutcheon.com/archives/206/comment-page-1#comment-26 Pam Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:01:46 +0000 http://blog.jennymccutcheon.com/?p=206#comment-26 Wow, I've been blogging for some time now and that's never happened to me. I did start a blog about stuff I sell at The Container Store (I work there part time) but don't think hardly anyone is reading it yet. I started it mostly for other employees I work with to share our ideas. We get very excited about solutions we come up with for customers, and ourselves from time to time. I sometimes might mention a product in my blog or a company or store... but like you said, I'm real about it... I've never done it for money or an ulterior motive other than to simply share what I feel is a good find. Maybe I am naive to have not considered that others do that though. I wouldn't unless it was a company I truly did believe in and used their product or service. It's interesting how commercialism seeps in everywhere eventually, given time and a way to make a buck. I guess it's part of our culture we can't avoid (at least not for very long). Wow, I’ve been blogging for some time now and that’s never happened to me. I did start a blog about stuff I sell at The Container Store (I work there part time) but don’t think hardly anyone is reading it yet. I started it mostly for other employees I work with to share our ideas. We get very excited about solutions we come up with for customers, and ourselves from time to time. I sometimes might mention a product in my blog or a company or store… but like you said, I’m real about it… I’ve never done it for money or an ulterior motive other than to simply share what I feel is a good find. Maybe I am naive to have not considered that others do that though. I wouldn’t unless it was a company I truly did believe in and used their product or service. It’s interesting how commercialism seeps in everywhere eventually, given time and a way to make a buck. I guess it’s part of our culture we can’t avoid (at least not for very long).

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