tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685070406599250428.post2248730187005360670..comments2024-03-05T17:18:18.534+00:00Comments on The Student's Guide To Nail Polish: The "It's half twelve and I'm procrastinating" rant. Things that piss you off about the blogging world?The Student's Guide To Nail Polishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10654865894104986646noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685070406599250428.post-52652740096894457592011-01-29T01:36:55.438+00:002011-01-29T01:36:55.438+00:00@Ulmiel: If a blogger doesn't want to feel lik...@Ulmiel: If a blogger doesn't want to feel like people are only following to enter giveaways, then she is free to not make it a requirement. With the exception of my doing a giveaway for the generous readers who complete a ten minute survey to help me with my research, the giveaways we have been doing at Polish or Perish have always been no strings attached... and we made this decision because we wanted the only reason for someone to read the blog was because they enjoyed the blog.<br /><br />As a result of our giveaway policy, the growth of our Google Followers has been slower than many other blogs that started at around the same time. ...well, it's also possible that we're not as good as all those other blogs, but I don't doubt that we would have a higher follower count if we made followership a requirement of giveaways. ;)flintyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03221593310807232576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685070406599250428.post-67759272852169070082011-01-27T07:47:16.246+00:002011-01-27T07:47:16.246+00:00Ok, you are right. I didn't understand you wel...Ok, you are right. I didn't understand you well :-)sabbathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02424381089030761541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685070406599250428.post-42792134225828444972011-01-26T23:40:20.919+00:002011-01-26T23:40:20.919+00:00Sabbatha, I'm not saying taking a product for ...Sabbatha, I'm not saying taking a product for reviewing is whoring, of course not, but this: "and you're all over the facebook/twitter/social networking page of that company trying to get free product" - this i do consider selling out the blog. Most of these persons tend to give dishonest opinions anyways. They love everything because it's free. <br />But I don't consider bloggers who get the opportunity, either by getting contacted by the brand or mentioning the blog and review when ordering stuff and have the intention of buying the products anyway and giving honest opinion about it, being bad. I think no blogger would mind doing reviews on this level.Ulmielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08489515944769500934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685070406599250428.post-85449516366871716602011-01-26T18:12:23.401+00:002011-01-26T18:12:23.401+00:00I agree with you. My blog is quite small right now...I agree with you. My blog is quite small right now and I am cooperating with few companies from my country because in Poland I'm very popular. But I won't write good review for a bad product.sabbathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02424381089030761541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685070406599250428.post-70077834545591450042011-01-26T18:07:10.503+00:002011-01-26T18:07:10.503+00:00What really pisses me off is all those bloggers ou...What really pisses me off is all those bloggers out there who scale themselve on the same level as some of the "big" bloggers. Just respect the fact that you have less followers, don't go around link whoring and just make an effort to get to know the other bloggers and then you'll get the same in return!<br /><br />Everything (society works the same way) comes down to treating the other like you want to be treated. If you were a company, would you like a "simple" blogger with 10 followers begging you for free stuff? I would be annoyed.<br /><br />And I don't mean that us "simple" bloggers are less then the ones with 1000+ followers, just know that you are on a different blogginglevel!Deborah - Love. Varnish, chocolate and more...https://www.blogger.com/profile/18432831966725110435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685070406599250428.post-12254918567926198932011-01-26T18:05:06.288+00:002011-01-26T18:05:06.288+00:00I dont agree with you. It is not whoring. It is li...I dont agree with you. It is not whoring. It is like bartering more :P But if someone is giving a honest opinions free samples are not bad.sabbathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02424381089030761541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685070406599250428.post-61642904864723639012011-01-26T17:49:00.102+00:002011-01-26T17:49:00.102+00:00Hah, great one! And it goes well with my observati...Hah, great one! And it goes well with my observations on blogosphere as I'm discovering it slowly. I mean, there is a lot of really great bloggers out there. But also quite a few of those you described. I didn't even know one can *ask* a company to do a review of their products. :S I couldn't do that. I had one request and had to refuse it because I felt the product wouldn't be good for my nails. I can't imagine asking for free product. It seems kinda like ... whoring your blog. <br />And about followers ... I love my readers, I really do. But with a giveaway it also came the bitter realisation some people follow you just for the giveaways. Naive of me to think they won't, I know, but since I don't ... I dunno, I guess I didn't expect any would? Oh well. Blogging for me is tons of fun and when/if it'll cease to be fun and turn into a hunt for free stuff and me telling lies to my readers about products, I'll shut it down for sure. <br />And i'm with Jaljen on twitter and FB and all other pages that sprout around blogger. And I think I know who the high profile blogger she takes about it and I tooootally agree!Ulmielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08489515944769500934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685070406599250428.post-67056999752827760402011-01-26T09:49:24.333+00:002011-01-26T09:49:24.333+00:00Freebies? Yeah, great. Never had any. Being the po...Freebies? Yeah, great. Never had any. Being the polite person I am I'm probably better off without as I might feel compelled to express some kind of gratitude and be unable to express a genuine view. PLUS I don't want to hear other people boasting about their mere good fortune in getting gifts. Who would?<br />Lazy lame people with stock pictures? AVOID.<br />Love me, love me now blogs? Nah. There's one high-profile one (whom I shall not name) who has excellent nail swatches (Eastern European may narrow it down a bit) but does rather use her blog as a way of eliciting sympathy/outpourings of "Ah, you poor diddums....". I got sucked in until it got old.<br />Cool and groovy? Never even heard of this Wong chap.<br /><br />And Twitter? Lena, WHY?<br />'It's snowing in Middlesborough.'<br /><br />'I saw a great bag in Top Shop/Gucci/Louis Vuitton.'<br /><br />'Guess what? I stood next to Colin Firth in the toilets in the Savoy!'<br /><br />'Should I have tuna mayo or Thai chicken in my baguette? Please help me!'<br /><br />I'd love you to do a post on<br />WHY TWITTER IS ESSENTIAL FOR ALL THINKING PEOPLE WHO WISH TO KEEP ABREAST OF CURRENT EVENTS<br /><br />Great post!jaljenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04247152786071106210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685070406599250428.post-69854851970759844842011-01-26T09:00:55.071+00:002011-01-26T09:00:55.071+00:00You are right. I am still reading posts on some fo...You are right. I am still reading posts on some forums like that "aawhh you have free samples, I need to start blogging because I want them too" -.- It is so annoying. They don't understand, that when you are blogging you need to learn with every swatch. I also can make swatches only during weekends (and we have very bad weather in winter) so I get up early and swatch swatch swatch. They don't understand, that I had first free product after reaching almost 200 followers. I try to do my best with writing posts in English (I have bilingual blog - Polish and English) and my English isn't very good, I try to make the best swatches I can, my blog is the second popular blog in Poland (I'm talking about subs) and it is very hard work to keep blog alive and good and I still listening to words like that: "samples samples! blogging is easy! everybody can make a blog and have gazylions of samples!". I hate that.sabbathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02424381089030761541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685070406599250428.post-53734972340309540722011-01-26T02:59:07.552+00:002011-01-26T02:59:07.552+00:00I don't any popular trendz bloggers (thank jee...I don't any popular trendz bloggers (thank jeebus) but yessss on the others. Especially the ones that are obsessed with getting free stuff. I mean, I can definitely understand wanting to do reviews...I would like to start doing that myself, once all my blog issues are settled. And once I figure out how to ask without feeling like a fool, LOL. But when you just started your blog, clearly don't know anything about polish, and haven't even made an attempt to produce good pictures, you just look crazy asking for PR consideration. <br /><br />Also annoying? People who do get PR stuff and then lie about the quality of the product. Just because it's gratis doesn't make it all magical and wonderful...tell the truth people. It's not that hard, and the company probably isn't gonna stop sending you stuff because you didn't like a few of the colors. As long as you are respectful in your dislike, it will probably be okay. And plus, when bloggers lie about a polish, then I go out and spend my hard-earned money on something that's not as great as people were saying that it was. AHEM BAD FAIRY. <br /><br />And freaking stock pictures on reviews, with no actual swatches. Soo damn lazy. SO LAZY! I mean, really...you can't even put the polish on your nail? Or even on your skin? Or even on a piece of scotch tape and stick it to your skin? OR EVEN ON A PIECE OF PAPER, REALLY?<br />It makes me extra mad with makeup too, because makeup is stupid easy to swatch. Ahh it makes me so mad...if I wanted to look at stock pictures, I'd go to the website. -___-<br /><br />Sorry for the novel, but I too am procrastinating. <br />And also, I don't think your pictures are horrible. They get nicer with every post too. ^_^The Phalanges Friendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05876817563424417251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685070406599250428.post-81217400334034321752011-01-26T00:55:01.836+00:002011-01-26T00:55:01.836+00:00Lol! Thank you, Holiday JC!
I'm trying to ed...Lol! Thank you, Holiday JC! <br /><br />I'm trying to edit and refine it now. Seriously, lack of sleep is like a drug O_oThe Student's Guide To Nail Polishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10654865894104986646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685070406599250428.post-34947114997923574532011-01-26T00:52:42.179+00:002011-01-26T00:52:42.179+00:00I want more of this!!! Its funny but true at the s...I want more of this!!! Its funny but true at the same time!Silence is Loudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02617645460645985330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685070406599250428.post-48853492122697408012011-01-26T00:48:31.812+00:002011-01-26T00:48:31.812+00:00This post makes like nooo sense I'm sorry :PThis post makes like nooo sense I'm sorry :PThe Student's Guide To Nail Polishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10654865894104986646noreply@blogger.com