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August 7th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
I’m not happy to see an advertisement imbedded in your articles. I have no objection to ads, but not as part of the articles.
August 7th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
I’m fine with the ads. I have no problem with this wonderful site making some money. After all, I’m getting all these tips for free and am very grateful.
August 7th, 2009 at 1:30 pm
My financial advisor has told me to hold off buying gold because it will go down again as the market goes up, as you can see from the ticker…..He told me to buy it when it goes down to 880, which he feels it will do once the economy gets better – then it will start to go up as the economy gets worse again. I don’t understand it but I believe him because it would make him money if I did invest. He said hold off for awhile…
August 7th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
I don’t have a problem with you having a ad, we all need to make a living and I wish you nothing but success. However, I do have a problem when your email tells of 4 new articles and in reality its three new and one ad.
Truth in advertising comes to mind.
Now that I’m done complaining, I love the work you are doing. Hope you have many more sponsors in the future. On your blog, it was clearly stated, just not in your email blast.
August 9th, 2009 at 6:45 am
I have a hard time taking your blog seriously when there are paid advertisements. This is biased ‘advice.’
August 9th, 2009 at 7:32 am
I’m not feeling this. I originally read this as a Bargain Babe post. I see BB as an authority and trust her judgment, and putting something out there as advice in a lookalike post (no, sorry “sponsored” with a colon doesn’t cover it) is shady. I’m unbookmarking you, Babe!
August 17th, 2009 at 7:37 am
Kiki,
Sorry to hear you are unbookmarking BargainBabe.com! I marked the post as sponsored at the very top and at the bottom so I’m not sure how you missed it. Sponsored posts are an important way I support myself. I hope you’ll give me another chance!
~Julia
aka Bargain Babe
August 17th, 2009 at 7:41 am
Hope,
You are right. Paid advertisements are biased advice, which is why I mark them as paid content and have an Ethics policy that clearly states how I treat paid content on the blog. You can read my Ethics policy on thr About page. As for having paid ads at all – it is a mark of success!
Julia
aka Bargain Babe
August 17th, 2009 at 7:48 am
Hopeful, thanks for your support. You are right. In the email subject line the software I use considers every new post an “article,” including sponsored posts so the heading was perhaps misleading. Unfortunately that is an automated process that I cannot alter. I marked the post as sponsored twice where I could, however. Thank you for your readership.
Julia
aka Bargain Babe
August 22nd, 2009 at 1:18 pm
What in the world?
People just take a minute and get some perspective
here. We don’t pay to read these articles and after
reading Bargain Babe for over a year now I have
no doubts about Julia’s intentions for putting these
articles in her blog. If you want to get all huffy about
one thing that sounds like an ad and IS and ad when
you were Told it was going to be an ad , well then I say it is your loss. Un Bookmark her if you want but I
personally have learned so much from these blogs
that I call your attitude Un Thankful. Thank you Julia for all of your hard work. There ain’t no one out there like you Babe!
August 24th, 2009 at 7:30 am
Thanks, Jenny! I appreciate your readership all this time. BargainBabe.com is free, as you point out, and paid content is clearly marked. This transparency sets BargainBabe.com apart from many other blogs that publish paid content without letting readers know. If you’d like to know more, check my Ethics policy on the About page. Thanks!