BlogHer - Why we launched "BlogHer Special Offers" - Comments

I would also be interested in becoming a reviewer

KarenK — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:43:42 -0500

I have a blog at http://mainstreampoetry.com and would love to review some of your special offers or products. I would do it just for the fun of it :)

All the best,

Karen

I would also be interested in becoming a reviewer

KarenK — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:39:46 -0500

I have my blog at http://mainstreampoetry.com/ and I would love to review some of your offers and special products. I enjoy reviewing, and would do it just for the fun of it!

All the best,

Karen

Its too bad that most of

My Organized Chaos — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:37:10 -0500

Its too bad that most of these are only eligible for US citizens...There's many BlogHers that aren't Americans!

Maybe requirements should be in bold at the top, so that we aren't searching through them to see we are not eligible...too many blogs don't even post who is eligible at all...shame, shame!

Reviewers

Denise — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:34:03 -0500

Jenny at BlogHerAds handles our review program. jenny@blogher.com

~Denise
BlogHer Community Manager

Flamingo House Happenings

Was this answered? I'd be

My Organized Chaos — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:30:15 -0500

Was this answered?

I'd be interested in knowing how you can become a reviewer too!!

I love the offers

blp3 — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:55:06 -0500

Some of the winners are hard to find.

capri sun rise contest.

cleoplw — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:52:40 -0500

I know capri sun sunrise is good for the children, when i give one to my grand baby he wants another one and this is for years that i feel i could trust caprisun for my child and grandchildren, it makes them happy in the morning and evening its rich in vitamins and calcium and all the different flavers of capri sun i refreshing, thank you for making my family happy, when our children and grandchildren are happy we are too!!! thank you

Who can be a reviewer?

DebraK — Sun, 17 May 2009 15:08:21 -0500

It seems to be that only the BIG blogs get to review products. What about the smaller blogs? How do you become a reviewer?

Where do member Bloggers list their special offers?

Creatively Belle — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:50:07 -0500

I think this area is great and I'm eager to learn where the member blogs can list their special offers like competitions and contests.

I have a small business so the commerical advertising rates simply motivate me to use more effective marketing efforts, a key one being jewelry competitions as this works for both me and my customers.

The idea of being able to announce new competitions is great. I have one starting next week with ShoppersBonus that I would love to share the news about here. I'd also love to learn about the competitions and specials other member bloggers have available as I love competitions - a big reason I have them myself! :)

All the best,

Belinda

CreativelyBelle.com Jewelry and Jewelry Display Stands

Contests

The House and I — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:03:28 -0500

Are BlogHer employees eligible for contests running in the Special Offers section?

BlogHer Special Offers are handled via advertising

Denise — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:10:17 -0500

You can contact our advertising sales team here: http://www.blogher.com/advertise

~Denise
BlogHer Community Manager

Flamingo House Happenings

How Do I Add My Offer

Babyblogger — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:35:06 -0500

It is unclear to me how I go about adding a Special Offer. If I click "Create Content", "Special Offers" doe snot seem to be one of my choicesin the Topics/Tags sections. Am I missing something?

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There is one...

Denise — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:11:45 -0500

If you click the Special Offers tab at the top of the page, scroll to the bottom. You'll see the orange "RSS" icon. That's the feed for this particular category.

It works great!

~Denise
Fast Times @ Homeschool High and Flamingo House Happenings

Is it possible to add a

Alanna Kellogg — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:18:55 -0500

Is it possible to add a special (!) RSS feed for Special Offers?

Alanna Kellogg, A Veggie Venture

Why we launched "BlogHer Special Offers"

Lisa Stone — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 15:26:02 -0500

Hi everyone,

Welcome to Special Offers, a new advertising section on BlogHer.com.

Special Offers is a place where sponsors can offer special announcements, contests, free stuff, and/or discounted services to bloggers. Special Offers also is a place where bloggers may accept the offers (free stuff!) and take the opportunity to comment on products listed in BlogHer Special Offers or on the sponsor's site when available. Finally, Special Offers is a place where BlogHer regularly links product reviews by bloggers who are paid a fee to write fair and accurate reviews of their opinions of products. You'll recognize these reviews by their "BlogHer Reviewer" badge, which looks like this:

We developed this section in response to community interest. BlogHer is committed to the BlogHer Community Guidelines, which state that advertising and special offers on BlogHer.org (and on blogs that run BlogHerAds) should be labeled as advertising and special offers, and remain completely separate from blog posts or other editorial content. In other words, we want our editors, members and blog-partners to post their opinions -- not ads. That's why our guidelines prohibit "editorial content that has been commissioned and paid for by a third party, and/or contains paid advertising links and/or spam."

However, we've learned since launching BlogHerAds that many sponsors want to give away free stuff to bloggers. We also learned that while many bloggers don't want to be pressured to post about free products on their blogs, others are dying to try the free stuff.

So -- rather than be complete party-poopers, we decided to create this Special Offers advertising section where sponsors and bloggers can meet up, exchange goodies, and bloggers can give sponsors feedback, good and bad (hey, we're bloggers) in the comments section. This Special Offers section will be the place on BlogHer to find members discussing the products and services they received from our Sponsors.

Go for it. Just please respect our Community Guidelines and keep discussion of Special Offers received right here in the Special Offers section. And remember, if you're a member of BlogHerAds, our Guidelines apply to your blogs that publish BlogHerAds too.

Best,
Elisa, Jory and Lisa