Comments on: Bloggers Dilemma. Advertorial or Review?

By: Journalists @ Viscion Media Group to sing for their supper | the(new)mediaslut

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:52:10 +0000

[...] was a recent debate in the blog-o-sphere about differentiating blog posts from editorials and advertorials. However, that is minute to what Singapore’s Viscion Media Group is introducing to the [...]

By: ladyironchef

ladyironchef — Sun, 25 May 2008 17:26:33 +0000

Hello

I do agree with you on this man, if a company wants to invite a blogger to review their products, they should do it with a open heart, and let bloggers write their true opinion, with criticism there will be improvements : )

Cheers
Brad

By: One hard editorial between two soft advertorials | the(new)mediaslut

One hard editorial between two soft advertorials | the(new)mediaslut — Sat, 24 May 2008 04:23:29 +0000

[...] Krisandro, So when companies pays a blogger to do a ‘review’, are they actually expecting an [...]

By: krisandro

krisandro — Thu, 22 May 2008 19:01:47 +0000

nadnut> Good for you! Model blogger lar you... precious> If a company says "Hey, do a review, but you can only talk about the POSITIVES". Erm.. Then what is the difference between a Positive only Review and an Advertorial? Wendy> YOu go check Ping's shoutbox history.THAT WAS EXACTLY what you typed lor!. And i know how idealistic it is. But just like how we want people to stop killing sharks for tasteless fins, somebody has to start somewhere. Princessa> Yep! And you had some part to play when you asked some questions in the shoutbox. claudia> By saying 'bad reviews', i assume you mean 'negative reviews' and not the example that wendy gave for XMMs and XBs. Anyway, until companies accept negative reviews, the ones who give the negative reviews will have to understand that they might be lose popularity with the companies. Dingo> Like how I answered Wendy. This is just an idea. However idealistic it may be, I do hope we go that direction unless someone thinks of a better way. Bloggers need to gain trust and Companies need to accept criticism. nik> Actually, if you do it like nadnut and categorize ADVs and Reviews separately, you still can be morally correct towards your readers and yourself without sacrificing 'business' Bernard> I think you touched on a more in-depth perspective of this. I do agree with you and I do believe its called 'Constructive Criticism'. Xizor2000> I think you are more realistic than I am and I agree that such transparency won't happen NOW lar. But who knows what the future holds? ignorantsoup> Yes, a good review (ie. a honest one) is what we are all looking for. But if the blogger and the company do not show transparency, bloggers will still be untrusted in the future. Case in point: XX once 'reviewed' a restaurant and made it sound fabulous and me and KKNN went down to eat. It wasn't even moderately good. I don't blame XX totally as I was gullible enough to think tt it was a review when it was actually an advertorial. THB> I'll direct all future companies like DUREX and OKAMOTO to you. Wahahahahaa

By: The Horny Bitch

The Horny Bitch — Thu, 22 May 2008 16:45:44 +0000

Damn. I'm not that smart. Never knew what it meant cos never as to do review before... ZZZzzzz. The Horny Bitchs last blog post..Recent Weeks

By: ignorantsoup

ignorantsoup — Thu, 22 May 2008 16:16:19 +0000

Haha nice post. I did think about that too. In my opinion, the best (in terms of ethics) is a review. In a way, it would be great when a company launches a new product and allows selected bloggers to play with the product (let’s say a new handphone), and give their reviews on it. But whether this is feasible is another story. I wouldn’t mind doing a review for free if I am allowed to play with a gadget..hahaha..and I guess a review (in a fair way) is a good reading material for all of us to decide whether to purchase a product.

By: xizor2000

xizor2000 — Thu, 22 May 2008 15:46:35 +0000

* rant * Abraham Lincoln did not shoot John Wilkes Booth, Titanic did not sink a North Atlantic iceberg, and commercial bloggers are neither fair nor balanced. This are simple fact intelligible to most adults, most children, and even some of your more discerning domesticated animals.

By: Bernard

Bernard — Thu, 22 May 2008 13:45:38 +0000

I always felt that if a company has asked you to do a review. It means that you can honestly tell your readers about the positive and negative points of that product. However, your negative opinion should be toned down and sound more like asking the company to improve a certain feature and such. Bernards last blog post..Nudity and PETA

By: nik

nik — Thu, 22 May 2008 09:46:32 +0000

I think if I ever do get the chance of being asked, I’d refuse doing an advertorial that would require one to only give the good stuff, unless it is really that good.

Personally, it’d wouldn’t feel right to be paid to say I think highly of a product, when I really just think it’s crap, on my own blog.

niks last blog post..CIP… So… Interesting…

By: Dingo

Dingo — Thu, 22 May 2008 09:05:32 +0000

The business world will never work this way, unless everybody stops using money. Dingos last blog post..Uncle Long arms