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Writing for profit on this blog? Hardly

I applied to a new site that gives out promotional items to bloggers in exchange for posts, links and reviews of the products. I already do this for a few sites in addition to writing about a product or service without the benefits of actually trying the product. I do get compensation for those posts. I’m honest about, never denied it or tried to hide the fact that I do it.

So, this new place I applied to…. I already tweet for pay for their sponsors through twitter so I figured they must value what I do to some level or I wouldn’t be getting the offers to do those. Well, I was WRONG!

I got a response to my application that said too many of my posts are for profit.

Really?

That’s what this blog is about, among other things. Cha Ching! don’t get me wrong, I don’t make bank off this blog or even pay for my cappuccino habit monthly, but it is something.

The part that bothers me, is that they really must not have looked very far down the page, there are several posts that clearly don’t have anything to do with promoting anyone’s stuff and are clearly about me. Actually, all the posts, even sponsored posts, are about me. How much more self centered do they want me to be?

I think they need to be more transparent. I don’t remember them saying that a certain percentage of posts need to be without outside links or not sponsored.

Who do you write for? How do you monetize your blogging efforts and why do you do it? I’m curious how it compares to me.