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Re: I replied to a sponsored content email

#3
I own a content business. We publish "sponsored" posts on other sites. They contain original photos, unique information written by an expert, are always 100% relevant to the site's audience, and are always marked as guest posts. So sponsored/guest posts aren't always bad ;)

We find sites that are looking for good content for their audience and are not looking to get paid (but will pay a small editorial fee if asked). The types of sites that will accept any sponsored post are not the types you even want a sponsored post on

Re: I replied to a sponsored content email

#8
I have wanted to try this for ages, but then send them a long complicated agreement with the buried terms that I'd publish it on a section of the site called 'scams' and use nofollow links.

Feels like if you could get them to go for it you could take their money and be part of running their business into the ground at the same time.

Re: I replied to a sponsored content email

#9
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> If you scroll back up and look at the agreement Paul and I made in January, there was no mention of me not being able to label the content as “sponsored”. But they did mention it..

Came here to say the same. This guy just wasted Paul's time, and Paul was pretty up front about what he wanted.
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