READY, SET.... GOOOOOO
1…
Thinking its ok to post for free
Number one on my
list has to be one of the things as a blogger that really gets under my skin.
So since I have a well-established blog that really has blossomed into
something special that I truly price myself on. It has always been my passion
but now my passion has also turned into my business.
So when a PR or brand
messages me asking to review their products or to simply write about something
they are looking after, I kindly ask their budget or simply ask what I may
receive in return for my services. Not very often am I knocked back or maybe
here and there told the brands budget don’t have enough funding/run our of
samples. I am sure- no scratch that. I am certain as you are sending this email
you are being paid to do so, what makes you think I work for free? Like I am
not being stuck up or snobby or anything like that I am simply stating that
fact that almost nobody in this world works for free.
2.. Outsiders
thinking its all about freebies being thrown at you.
I cannot even
count the number of people on my ten fingers that have commented saying they
want to get into blogging. Or even mucking around when they ask me where to
sign up to this blogging business.
For me it wasn’t easy and freebies weren’t
just thrown my way. I had to build myself up into the position I am in today..
I wont lie the bonuses and freebies are great, I love a good event and goodie
bag. But its not all glitz and glam its hours of typing, editing, photography
and the list honestly does go on. The bloggersphere at the best of time
is a very competitive place and where you’re doing well there’s always someone
trying to do better.
3.. On the
subject bloggers in it for the wrong reasons..
It really pisses
me off when you know, or even when they blatantly tell you they are doing it
for the free stuff. Like, hello.. You’re wrecking it for us genuine
bloggers who are receiving products they really want and enjoy writing about
them.
And even those bloggers who just want their five minutes of fame and then
just go Missing in Action on the bloggersphere.
4.. B isn’t for
beauty, or blogging its for bitchiness
One thing I have
found in the six years of blogging is the fact it’s a dog eat dog world out
here. There is a massive difference between Mummy events and the mummy
blogging world as apposed to the Beauty Blogging side of things.
Like the
BBlogging scene you know you are being judged, know you’re being back stabbed
and just don’t feel comfortable. It’s like hello were doing the same thing
here.. we should be building each other up not tearing each other down. I
love sharing my contacts and having “friends” and real friends I’ve made come
along to events with me. But the moment it becomes one way I am out of there quicker
then a dollar drops.
5.. COPY CAT
FROM BALLARAT WENT TO SCHOOL… and I don’t know the rest haha
When someone or
a group of someone’s goes out of their way and copy you, your work and even
your ideas. It is the biggest kick in the ball- and I don’t even have balls but
I assume it hurts like a mofo!
But not even my
work, when a blogger clearly copies and pasts an entire chunk out of the media
release making it sound like they are the creative minds behind the script when
in fact all they did was press copy and paste.
As a Blogger I
cannot stress enough, be nice to one another and help to build each other up…
Not be the cause of someone crashing down and not wanting to blog any longer!!
