As I mentioned in one of the post, in which I complained about statistics of my website being behind at ReviewMe, I joined the site for one reason only- make money. Of course there are many different ways that you can make money as blogger. Is ReviewMe a good choice? Or speaking in more general terms is getting payed for reviewing someone else’s website or services is good choice? And finally should an affiliate marketer consider of writing paid reviews?
The very same day I posted my last post about ReviewMe, I have received first review request. Which actually changed my attitude for being “not impressed” to being “extremely impressed” with ReviewMe. This first review I wrote caused somewhat heated discussion with a fellow affiliate (Hello Mark, if you are reading this 🙂 ). Which took me by surprise since I own and operate some other affiliate websites that contain product/services reviews, since it raised a question in my mind whether or not I understand correctly affiliate marketing. In a sense those are also paid reviews, which of course bring me money only if they inspire visitors to act either by purchasing certain product or by signing up for a certain service. With ReviewMe you will get paid once, no matter how many actions your review will inspire. Either way, reviews on your affiliate website are providing you with income so do reviews you write for those who buy them from you at ReviewMe. So the answer to the last of the three questions I presented above would be a definite yes. For an affiliate marketer reviews maybe sometimes the main source of your income- hence the answer to the second question, if getting payed for reviews works for you then go for it.
Finally is ReviewMe a good choice? As I mentioned already my attitude towards ReviewMe changed completely yesterday, when I chose to write a review of a website whose services I personally would not use, due to the simple fact of lacking assurance that personal information I provide them with will be securely transmitted, stored and protected. Generally such information can be found in “Privacy Policy” of some sort. While I did not have to accept this offer, I chose to write simply because it was related to earning money on the Internet. Also accepting the review, after looking and examining the website, I knew that my review will be far from a positive one. This was a way to test whether or not ReviewMe stands by their assurance on whether or not advertiser can require of blogger a positive review:
Can I require a positive review?
We do not allow advertisers to require a positive review. The vast majority of reviews are measuredly positive, although many do contain constructive criticism. We view this as a bonus: how else can you quickly and cheaply get feedback on a product or service from influencers?
Also while not imposing guidelines for reviews ReviewMe requires two things of bloggers. One that review should be at least 200 words, second that it will be clearly marked as advertisement or paid review.
So after writing a review, it had to be approved by ReviewMe team. Since my review was not a positive one I expected some delays in that respect, or at least I expected to explain why wasn’t my review positive. But my review as approved by ReviewMe team without delay nor explanation, which only proved to me that they stand by their word!
This experience also opened a whole new horizon when it comes to ReviewMe. There are some great benefits in it for both publishers and advertisers, but that is a subject for future posts, I have written enough for today.
Hello Vlad 😉 Yes I read it.
I simply wanted to express to you, as one of your readers, the point that I (and probably others) don't like paid reviews in their feedreader.
Nothing personal, just a preference.
I understand that perfectly Mark. I subsribed to many feeds that contain paid reviews. Do I like it? Sometimes I do, other times I do not. If a person were to have paid review in every single post, I would probably began to pay less attention to that feed, and eventually I woudl even unsubsribe, unless the reviews (althoug beign paid for) were extremely well done. But that is me. And I understand every one who feels that one paid review is one too many. The good thing about ReviewMe is that a paid for post has to be clearly marked as such, so your readers can chose to either read it, ignore it or unsubscribe comletely from your feed.
Hello Vlad 😉 Yes I read it.
I simply wanted to express to you, as one of your readers, the point that I (and probably others) don’t like paid reviews in their feedreader.
Nothing personal, just a preference.
I understand that perfectly Mark. I subsribed to many feeds that contain paid reviews. Do I like it? Sometimes I do, other times I do not. If a person were to have paid review in every single post, I would probably began to pay less attention to that feed, and eventually I woudl even unsubsribe, unless the reviews (althoug beign paid for) were extremely well done. But that is me. And I understand every one who feels that one paid review is one too many. The good thing about ReviewMe is that a paid for post has to be clearly marked as such, so your readers can chose to either read it, ignore it or unsubscribe comletely from your feed.