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Scenario: I keep on rejecting sponsored post offers when offer is too low (when negotiation fails), but a few days later I see the exact same post appearing on some other blog (for the cases when sender did send me the post or the link during negotiation).

Pain: It's an oppertunity loss for me. I wish I could have lowered my expectation.You can understand this feeling

My thought: We can not control others, everybody's financial situation is different and many are willing to accept any rate (something is better than nothing attitude). supply is aparently becoming more and more every day with limited demand.

Question: Has the blogging world become too large that this has somehow become a buyers market? Is there just too many personal finance blogs competing against each other for a sponsored pos and eventually lowering the price a buyer is paying to get a link? What are your thoughts?

Tony Chou @ Investorz' Blog said:

I think the blogging world will become very big. Best really build up your blog now, because there will be so much competition in the future that it will almost be impossible to stand out.

Disagree! You can not withstand only if you depend on your blog income. Hobby writers like me will continue writing, with a pinch of salt

Post edited 2:17 pm – September 9, 2011 by Eric J. Nisall

Tony Chou @ Investorz' Blog said:

I think the blogging world will become very big. Best really build up your blog now, because there will be so much competition in the future that it will almost be impossible to stand out.

 

That is said about lots of things in life.  It may be true that the number of blogs will continue to grow, but anyone who is truly putting out a quality product to advertise will want a quality blog to partner with.  It's the same with twitter and facebook and readership on blogs, it's nice to have a lot of people following, but if they don't contribute in any meaningful way, what is the point of having them around (other than to artificially inflate stats).  Quality will always be able to stand apart from the quantity.  That is why sites like MySpace and Friendster and all similar ones fell, they just couldn't compete with the quality product that facebook and twitter was putting out, and that trend will always exist (probably)

No, I won't compromise, not at all

hey I am a tiny blog myself, not finding fault with others. please be clear

You are also forgetting that some people–even with the same stats as you–may be better negotiators. I am honing my negotiation skills, but I know for a fact that other bloggers with my same stats can negotiate better and are getting paid more by the same person.

But I am getting better! Ofcourse I also have a minimum that I do not give in below.

Budgeting in the Fun Stuff said:

I have set minimums that are on the high end for my clients, but my actual rates for my own sites vary based on how much I feel like I "need" that money in a particular month.  I also have the no-no minimums (email me if you'd like them), so I lose out on some deals too.

Same with us, but then Crystal helped mentor me when I started out dealing with advertising so I adopted a lot of her best practices.

I've lost a number of opportunities b/c I won't drop below specific floor pricing.  I personally don't sweat it as the lower end opportunities just make me feel like i'm diluting our sites quality.

Ok thanks, that's all for now. I am in contact with few of you on emails. Thanks for taking time and explaining it, pain reduced a lot! 

hey Kidgas–

Just remember, 9 times out of 10 it is not the popularity of a blog that matters. It is the link juice–MOZ rank, PR, etc.

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Kidgas said:

I have yet to be offered any sponsored post deals but thanks to some information that I read from Crystal, I at least have a  rough idea of what the market might be.  I, of course, would charge less than she since my blog is not near as popular.  I do appreciate the discussion, however.