Should I feel bad about a sponsored post? | Bloggers Lair | Yakezie Forums

Like many bloggers, I occasionally have a sponsored post on my site.  (Maybe about once every ten days.)

Today, I wrote a guest post for a company called Gateway Homes, which is located in the U.K.  Gateway Homes will basically come to your house and offer a certain amount of money for your home.  You don't have to take the deal, the company just buys houses.  (Although I am betting they do low-ball.)

So, I wrote a post today about keeping debt to a minimum, watching expenses, just general PF stuff.  In it I mentioned that sometimes people get into trouble when they buy a home without selling their previous home, and I put Gateway homes as a possible option (with a link), along with other house selling possibilities.  At the bottom, I stated "I wrote this post on behalf of Gateway Homes".

A good friend of mine read the post and then emailed me saying posts like mine are what makes her hate the internet and she asked if all bloggers were doing this kind of thing now.  She implied that I had sold my soul for cash in a sense, and I have been feeling awful all day.  Keep in mind, this was not an ad-like post at all.  Had she not seen my disclosure at the bottom, she probably wouldn't have thought twice about it.

I wrote her back saying that blogging is a business, there are certain advertisers I refuse to deal with, blah blah blah.

What are your thoughts on this?  I feel like I need to go boil myself in water or something…

 

Give me a freaking break!!

Whenever you get negative feedback, it means you're in the big leagues. TAke it as a compliment and don't think twice about it. Does your friend forgo tv because of the ads? There's no crime in making money!