Comments on: Monetizing This Blog: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

By: One Frugal Girl

One Frugal Girl — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 19:34:46 +0000

Thanks Candice. I couldn’t agree with you more. I will make sure all sponsored posts are clearly labeled so you can ignore them!

By: One Frugal Girl

One Frugal Girl — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 19:34:08 +0000

Thanks Ruby Leigh. I appreciate the feedback from long time readers like yourself! You are the kind of reader I don’t want to offend with sponsored posts and advertising.

By: One Frugal Girl

One Frugal Girl — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 19:33:28 +0000

Thanks for the comment BJM. I will make sure all sponsored posts are clearly labeled from this point forward. Thanks for taking the time to let me know your thoughts.

By: One Frugal Girl

One Frugal Girl — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 19:32:20 +0000

Thanks B&tB for the comment. I will make sure sponsored ads are clearly labeled and excluded from feeds from this point forward. I don’t like them at all either!

By: One Frugal Girl

One Frugal Girl — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 19:31:32 +0000

Thanks Kay for providing your input! I will make certain that all sponsored posts contain a line at the top saying that the post is sponsored. I will also exclude them from my feed from this point forward.

By: One Frugal Girl

One Frugal Girl — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 19:30:37 +0000

Thanks for the information about excluding sponsored posts from feeds. I added a new plugin that should let me do just that!

By: Kay

Kay — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 17:34:25 +0000

I dont mind the ads, as long they dont blink or use flash. They do not affcet the content or quality of the posts, so it doesn’t matter to me at all.

But i do mind reading, sponsored posts when it doesnt say at the very first line that its a sponsored post.

If the first line says its a sponsored post, I don’t mind at all.. I just skip these posts.

Thanks for asking reader opinions.

By: Newlyweds on a Budget

Newlyweds on a Budget — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 16:45:38 +0000

I have sponsored posts on my blog, but I use a plugin so that the sponsored posts don’t show up in my feed –that way it doesn’t bother regular readers since it doesn’t even show up in their reader!
I also follow blogs that occasionally have sponsored posts, and i usually just skip them. We’re all tryng to pay off debt and save money, I see nothing wrong with someone using their blog (which costs money to operate by the way) to help reach their goals.

By: Budget & the Beach

Budget & the Beach — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:58:20 +0000

I agree with everyone. The banner ads don’t bother me at all. I kind of see past them. But I skip sponsored posts.

By: Candice

Candice — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 12:13:02 +0000

I do not mind any of your current advertising. I have no problem with affiliate links or even plugs for products that the blogger actually uses and endorses.

I don’t want to read sponsored posts though. We already live in a world with enough marketing. I want to know that the blog posts that I read are what the blogger thinks and wants to write.