Like yesterday’s post, this seems to relate to people who are paid to write articles or make videos that help sell products, especially in tech. It’s quite possible to do this without sounding like a salesman, and it’s possible to cover real content this way.
Wednesday, March 18, 2020
Vox looks at how coronavirus is affecting "professional" bloggers and writers
It may seem a little frivolous to talk about bloggers
who make a living at it – an idea that Blogtyrant pushes (even as it had an
ownership change in 2018), but Vox has a revealing article by Terry Nguyen, “People who travel for a living are struggling to find work”. No kidding.
There is a tagline “The coronavirus is hurting the travel and tourism
industry. Bloggers, photographers and writers
are feeling it too.”
Like yesterday’s post, this seems to relate to people who are paid to write articles or make videos that help sell products, especially in tech. It’s quite possible to do this without sounding like a salesman, and it’s possible to cover real content this way.
This sort of business model may be more wholesome than
persistent identifiers and algorithms.
I don’t get paid (much) for my stuff, which, except for
Amazon and some limited Adsense, is largely ad free, and I have never actually
been paid to promote products. I have
received sample film DVD’s and books free (especially with LGBTQ materials) and
when I receive them this way I always inform the reader (as required by the
FTC). Some people do question the ethics of my model from a protectionist mindset.
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