Comments on: Corporate Sponsorship 2.0 Has a Face: Moms on a Road Trip

By: Joanne

Joanne — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:44:59 +0000

Dude, the trip has not begun yet. As you can see, they are taking off on Friday. I would hold judgement until after the trip. I have been to their sites and have followed many of them on the web for years. I have a hard time believing that this is “project sellout”. Looks like they took corporate dollars to make the trip happen.

I am holding judgement. The content that they have put up so far is pretty funny. Hope it continues in that direction, and not a pimp fest for GM.

I actually like the fact that it is a hybrid.

Just my few cents.

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:39:44 +0000

Isn’t this just called travel writing? I’m not sure where the story is to justify any hype.

That aside, I’m all for monetizing a blog (it’s how I make a living after all), but yeaaa, is it really your blog any more if someone is giving you a bunch of stuff and telling you to blog about it? It’d feel more like a job to me. What happens if the sponsors don’t like what you write? Hm.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:19:53 +0000

Reminds me of the college students who had their entire tuition payed in exchange for effectively being walking billboard’s for credit card companies. They were covered all over the press and probably helped destroy plenty of college students’ financial history forever.

By: Robert Barr

Robert Barr — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:32:49 +0000

I don’t like the idea. Too much corporate BS. Will dilute it down to drivel. Imagine;

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