Comments on: Review Me Marketplace

By: andrew wee

andrew wee — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:56:56 +0000

There’s always 2 ways to look at things:
1) The basic/superficial.
2) The deeper level.

Granted, you can make some coin with a paid review, but it also affects the credibility you have with your readers.

Some readers will vociferously refuse to read a paid review, even if you present it in a neutral light (witness the ReviewMe review that Michael “GrayWolf” Gray did a while back on his wolf-howl.com SEO blog)

On the other hand, you can use the review opportunity to establish a dialogue with the person who commissioned the review.

I recently reviewed the WordZe keyword tool and got to talking to Levi (or l3vi) the developer, who’s prominent on seoblackhat and the digital point forum.

If we’re going to the same event, I’m make a point to meet up with him.

In this way, your payback from the review is not the lousy $50 or $100, but the opportunity to expand your network and go beyond just a mere review (my opportunity cost is far larger than what they might pay me anyway).

If you work at this Internet business with a strategic view and an eye to doing it for the longterm, there’s no question of you being successful at what you do. It’s just a matter of when.

‘Nuff said.

By: Dension Ice

Dension Ice — Tue, 08 May 2007 13:07:35 +0000

Agreed, John Chow has done very well with Review Me.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Tue, 08 May 2007 01:14:10 +0000

buying a blog review for 40-50$ is out of our budget, but we’d love a review nonetheless… I am a top commentor lol

good luck with selling reviews, i haven’t had luck via ReviewMe

By: Steve Yu

Steve Yu — Mon, 07 May 2007 12:57:41 +0000

I salute John Chow, he make more money than others in Review Me.

By: Sire

Sire — Mon, 07 May 2007 04:49:57 +0000

That wasn’t necessay but I appreciate it just the same. Thanks for that.

By: Zac Johnson

Zac Johnson — Mon, 07 May 2007 04:19:17 +0000

Appreciate it. I went back to your site and saw your update as well. Referenced it back in my main post on the ReviewMe vs PayPerPost as well.

By: Sire

Sire — Mon, 07 May 2007 04:15:14 +0000

No problem, I try to live to a certain work ethic. I know you can’t make everybody happy but I do the best I can.

By: Zac Johnson

Zac Johnson — Mon, 07 May 2007 04:06:30 +0000

Thanks for coming back to the blog. Shows that you do have an interest in your blog reviews. I will make sure to leave more detail in the Review Me description area for future bloggers.

By: Sire

Sire — Mon, 07 May 2007 03:47:29 +0000

Hi, I’m sorry you didn’t like the review I did on your site. You didn’t actually give much to work on as in what you were looking for. Other site actually give a more detailed description on what they expect.

I did actually spend more than 1 minute reading your blog and the post was based entirely on your blog alone. Once again I apologize that you found it so inadequate.

By: Zac Johnson

Zac Johnson — Sun, 06 May 2007 23:20:02 +0000

Good point… and already experienced. I will be making a new post soon on the quality of paid posts and the comparisons between ReviewMe and PPP. On PayPerPost you can actually tell the blogger if you want a Positive/Neutral/Negative review. Kind of defeats the purpose, but if you are paying, you get what you want. Unfortunately I have had a couple boring and little efforts through PPP paid bloggers. Seems they just write up some wording then link to your site… little information or use to the reader. (besides sending the user to your site with a link)