Define a quality post

[walrus]

No need to apologize Chimera, it's opinions I'm looking for and I am intentionally holding back my opinion so as not to influence the responses in any way. Eventually, I'll post them. Like I sort of started out...how can we as a community bitch about sponsor feeds if we really do no better.

[Chimera]

Originally Posted by walrus

No need to apologize Chimera, it's opinions I'm looking for and I am intentionally holding back my opinion so as not to influence the responses in any way. Eventually, I'll post them. Like I sort of started out...how can we as a community bitch about sponsor feeds if we really do no better.

...and I suspect a few might be holding back their opinions, waiting on yours. Sad to say, but even comma challenged as I am, my feeds are better than most sponsors.

[walrus]

Originally Posted by Chimera

...and I suspect a few might be holding back their opinions, waiting on yours. Sad to say, but even comma challenged as I am, my feeds are better than most sponsors.

Ahhh don't worry about the comma's, I've been told UW's boxers have commas on them so it was actually an off-color comment.

[johnnybg]

Originally Posted by walrus

how can we as a community bitch about sponsor feeds if we really do no better.

Exactly!

There are some things that don't need to be automated, and blog posts are one of those.

I'm amazed how much affiliates expect from sponsors. First, there was free promo content. OK, that's fine. It's like a preview of what's inside sponsors membership areas. Then pre-made banners. That's ok too... Then pre-made text links! Then hosted galleries, then hosted sites... The list goes on. Now pre-made blog posts are here and they are "of low quality".

Cmon! What's wrong with actually doing some work? Why don't we all sit back and receive checks, let the sponsors do all the work? It doesn't make sense to me.

[Halfdeck]

Signs of a quality post:

- Clicks from the post converts consistently at 1:100 or below
- People quote you
- Authority blogs link to your post
- Many people leave comments

We all feel that sponsors feeds suck for the most part but I would counter that most bloggers suck.

Most people aren't bloggers; they take advantage of the blogging platform to generate sales. Blogging is something completely different.