That is just fabulous! We need screenshots, please!!

If you don’t like how a contest is being handled, then don’t enter.
.-= Candace´s last blog ..Rockabye Baby – Lullaby Renditions of Journey – Review =-.

As mothers our time is valuable. As bloggers our time is valuable. We need to start being pickier about who we work with. Either reps need to start respecting us (most do but there are a few bad apples) or they can always try contacting magazines and newspapers and see how far they get with the ‘can you advertise, print, write about, review this for free?’ and see how far they get. Nobody works for free, especially moms who are trying to help their family with the little things in life. Ya know, little things like mortgages, food and the occasional juice box.
.-= Stefanie´s last blog ..To brighten the mood! =-.

I am really sorry about the Tweet and the Facebook status. It was not meant to be a personal attack on you and I am really sorry that I hurt your feelings. It was a mistake of mine, and I just want that to be really clear. This is not a reflection of Kel & Partners or our clients, it’s a reflection of poor judgment on my part. They are like my family and I don’t want anyone to think this is how we are as a company, it was just a poor decision on my part and I regret that.

I’m take full responsibility and I am holding myself accountable for this. I have total respect for the mommy blogger community and I apologize that I offended you and any of your friends with my Tweet.

Thank you,

Janet

And, amen to the comment about getting paid a little something for the review. The taxes for everything are going to get bad, and I didn’t make and moolah on my blog (through no fault of my own)…it wouldn’t hurt, right?

Thanks for taking the time out to post this. I think that there are some that need to realize that they are basically spamming us. Why not take a little time, and get to know 10 bloggers and establish a relationship with them, then spamming 1000 and getting absolutely no posts!

There are many times I have posted about a company and so forth and I have no problem doing so but my problem is when the same individual will send you e-mails on a daily (sometimes 2x daily) pattern, not respond to e-mails, or even continue to send the e-mails after asking to be removed.

There’s been alot of it lately and I don’t know why things have started to get so pushy.

Please know that I don’t pay any “traditional media” reporters to cover my client’s news. Now, I TOTALLY understand that those writers are paid a salary by their employer – and I very much value the time of bloggers!

My hope when I share information with you is that I’ll be making your life easier (you needed something to post about and I’ve given you that inspiration) or that I share information that is of interest to your readers, thus increasing the value THEY get from your blog, thus increasing the number of readers you have, thus increasing the amount you can earn from advertising.

I have some clients that have products – and some that don’t. What is the same no matter what my client is that I have nothing to do with their ad buys. Don’t touch a dollar. So when something is “pay for play”, there’s nothing I can do about it. (That doesn’t mean anyone should be rude to you, though!!)

Don’t you have to disclose now when you’re paid for a post? I wonder what your readers think of those posts that you’re paid for? That DOES mean they’re reading an ad, which as a consumer I wouldn’t really be interested in.

That said – I read and interact with many of you that have commented, so please keep doing what you’re doing, and accept my apologies for what you deal with from crappy/rude/mean PR people!!