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Have our blogs become advertising?
by Edna Moore
Edna Moore 
I see now where I have to chose a category to list my blog under and they are all for advertising or how to's.
what if I am just talking about something not trying to sell anything? Just letting people know how things are going? which category should I use?
Thanks,
sissie
Aug 13th 2007 11:25
I see now where I have to chose a category to list my blog under and they are all for advertising or how to's.
what if I am just talking about something not trying to sell anything? Just letting people know how things are going? which category should I use?
Thanks,
sissie
Aug 13th 2007 11:25
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Jenny Stewart
 Hi Sissie - I'll drink to that! There are no categories for Arts and Crafts either - so my Groups blogs dont fit in many places either!. It seems to be designed for the mlm market and for advertising promotions, rather than content rich stuff. Maybe we should comment to the owners? Jenny Aug 13th 2007 12:12 |
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Margaret Elmendorf
 Sissie I totally agree with you. I thought that the blogs were not supposed to be about advertising. Guess they have changed that too. I haven't written a blog in a while, so didn't know about the catagories. Maybe they could have a misc. Margie Aug 13th 2007 12:14 |
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Michael Brock
Wasup Sissie, I agree with you & think it should be addressed by management. Cuz not e'ryone here is into advertising, MLM, etc. KUDOS on a great point made! Your Friend In Flavoland, Michael Brock A.k.a. Michael Brockefellerâ„¢ 1 & Mike B Aug 13th 2007 12:23 |
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Sarah Pritchard
CEO, Angel Cuddle PublishingHello Sissie, That was my thought too. Perhaps we can request a blog section for those who want to do content and articles that have nothing to do with mlm and advertising etc. I haven't looked at the categories but I've just read people's blogs or the titles of them. It is a shame if the blogs are just more adverts and nothing but adverts. Best wishes, Sarah Aug 13th 2007 12:36 |
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Edna Moore
I thought our blogs were just that writing our thoughts not Advertising. I can advertise in my group that or in any other number of groups here or even in our ABCenter. Aug 13th 2007 12:43 |
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Kristian H.
GOT Team CofounderALL ads are suppose to go into the "classified ads" category. All other categories are meant for quality rich contents. The last 2 weeks apsense has been working on IMPROVING what we have rather than adding... these changes are mainly to simplify and push for more and better quality contents rather than ads. This week's newsletter will comments on all the improvements we have made. I will say one thing now, our site is a lot better than what it was 1 month ago with all the improvments. On a side note, we did add a category called Life in General for more MISC daily blogs. Aug 13th 2007 13:07 |
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Sherry Gillmore
Candle MakerI'm guilty of using my blog spaces for ads ! I personally feel that using every avenue of marketing yourself and your product should be taken in order to guarantee your reaching the maximum consumer percent looking for you ,and as far as personal blogs I blend those with business ones I like knowing a little about my doctor before he lays his hands on me ,so I give back to my customers what I would appreciate as well!! Aug 13th 2007 13:13 |
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Karen Weir
 Local Internet Advertising ConsultantHey Sissie, fellow APSensers, Aren't we fortunate to be in a community where Admin not only hears, but responds? First of all, Jenny has been asking for categories... POOF, categories start to appear... You ask for a non advertising category... POOF... Life in General appears. Kristian - how about adding categories for products and services. We could have a great little store here! Shopping is difficult when all the products are lumped together. Thank you APSense! ~ Karen ~ Aug 13th 2007 13:14 |
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Eric Smith
Online ProfessionalI will often hyperlink to certain keywords within an article - I guess that could be classified as advertising, but my articles aren't written as "Hot deal", "Buy before its too late", "Special offer" type of BLATANT advertising. Aug 13th 2007 13:27 |
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Kristian H.
GOT Team CofounderKaren, Your idea on the categories for products/services is not bad, however products and services currently fall under the business centers. In order for us to have an effective categorized product/services listings we would need to add a new system. Perhaps an apsense store/mall would be a good development for the future. Kristian Aug 13th 2007 14:01 |
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Lynn I.
 Earning Online Since 1999http://www.apsense.com/subject/14916.html This link also helps to explain this. We needed a blog category for life in general..lol..so the name came easy. And please remember that there is only ONE blog category for advertising. Lynn Aug 13th 2007 14:12 |
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Jenny Stewart
Hi Again I think that these changes are all very good, as long as they are carried out to conform with the needs of the Comunity and not based on empirical data on its use to date. I am beginning to sound like a cracked record - but until we get well thought out categories on the Group Subjects, and the Blogs (with only one category choice available - not like the busines centres which may cover several areas) , advertising will dominate ApSense. Tags are fine if you like them - but they will never be useful for just browsing and seeing what discussions are going on in the Community (apart from internal matters dovered by the ApSense Group) and what kind of categories of Groups exist. This part of ApSense is essential a forum - and forums use categories to help people find their way around - and see where they want to join in and contribute. Right now our information is based on time of posting (newest first) or a competative system of biggest numbers first . none of which are condicsive to contetnt rich Groups. Far from it - using data led changes will only lead to more advertising in the wrong places. However, as Karen says, we have a management that listens, even if they dont always agree with us! lol Saludos Jenny Aug 13th 2007 16:42 |
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Edna Moore
Yes we fortunate to be in a community where Admin not only hears, but responds? Thank you for helping me everyone:) Aug 13th 2007 17:20 |
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Denise Smith
Finally others agree with me. Well this site is a great idea and with some more fine tuning it will be even better. It is discouraging when you are new and you go around and see an interesting group, you join it in hopes of having a normal communication about the Groups subject. But no they are all full of ads. I keep checking back and even created my own group to see if I could actually meet people without ads in my face but so far that is not happening. Many people join my groups but instead of starting a discussion about the subject ads get posted instead. So as discussed above maybe this site should create ads only space, and some how discourage ad blasting in groups whos subjects do not want ads. How you could regulate that I am not sure except the person who created the group maybe deletes the ads. I have even seen where they specifically state no ads but there you go nothing but ads. I understand people need to promote but this is not networking. It is Ad blasting. I have yet to meet anyone in here yet. I have joined groups and people have joined mine only to swap ads. Well I hope as this site grows and rules are created it begins to form what it was set to do, Network and make friends and support each other and come out actually knowing another person and not their ads. Keep up the good work as it will get there.... Aug 16th 2007 03:45 |
Sissie,
How about "How to be Friends and learning to develop relationships"
That is what marketing is really all about anyway...
Congratualtions
Chuck
Aug 13th 2007 11:54