LoudLaunch is getting ready to blast off on December 26th and so many of us are anxiously waiting for that day. LoudLaunch is another service where bloggers can get paid for writing reviews and the pay ranges from $5 to up to $200! Loud Launch requires that you know the type of post…..so don’t try to hide a paid post among other non paid ones or pretend that you are not being paid for your opinion.
One of the things I like most about LoudLaunch is that they do not require a positive review of the advertiser (although that would most likely bring you more requests).
I think LoudLaunch is a great idea and I fully support the paid posting models. I think this is just like a celebrity endorsing a product and as long as you know it is a paid posting and you are being honest then more power to you!
By the way I am NOT getting paid for this posting by LoudLaunch or any other posting service. This is simply my personal hats off to LoudLaunch as I wait for them to become fully functional!!!!
They just launched, like today. And I must say it kind of sucks. I don’t really like their terms:
“LoudLaunch requires bloggers to give fair reviews and to add the LoudLaunch Logo to the bottom of the post that will direct readers back to the advertiser?s press release at LoudLaunch.com. Advertisers can set limited requirements when creating their campaigns. In general, advertisers? requirements are limited to adding links or pictures and discussing certain topics in the post.”
Why do I need a bunch of images? It’s one thing to disclose that you are being paid to write the review, however forcing bloggers to use images is kinda tacky.
“your LoudLaunch posts should post to your front page initially and should remain easily accessible from your front page for at least 45 days.”
45 days on the front page? How is that going to be possible? First of all, most blogs have 10 posts on a page, anything more gets bumped to the 2nd page. At a slow rate of 1 post a day, 10 days later that post would be gone. In order to combat this bloggers would need to drastically increase the number of posts per page.
Having to change your blog so drastically and make it look silly with the images doesn’t seem to be worth it.