Comments on: Travel trips for bloggers http://www.thetravelprblog.com/travel-pr/travel-trips-for-bloggers Neil MacLean on travel PR and social media marketing Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:35:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robert Scoble http://www.thetravelprblog.com/travel-pr/travel-trips-for-bloggers/comment-page-1#comment-71 Robert Scoble Wed, 08 Feb 2006 11:11:00 +0000 http://www.thetravelprblog.com/?p=83#comment-71 It's a tough one. If I was forced to link I would be more likely to say something bad than nothing at all. I'm thinking about this stuff and will report more later. It’s a tough one. If I was forced to link I would be more likely to say something bad than nothing at all.

I’m thinking about this stuff and will report more later.

]]> By: Robert Scoble http://www.thetravelprblog.com/travel-pr/travel-trips-for-bloggers/comment-page-1#comment-74 Robert Scoble Wed, 08 Feb 2006 08:11:00 +0000 http://www.thetravelprblog.com/?p=83#comment-74 It's a tough one. If I was forced to link I would be more likely to say something bad than nothing at all.<br><br>I'm thinking about this stuff and will report more later. It’s a tough one. If I was forced to link I would be more likely to say something bad than nothing at all.

I’m thinking about this stuff and will report more later.

]]> By: Neil MacLean http://www.thetravelprblog.com/travel-pr/travel-trips-for-bloggers/comment-page-1#comment-70 Neil MacLean Tue, 24 Jan 2006 19:14:50 +0000 http://www.thetravelprblog.com/?p=83#comment-70 Thanks Andy. I was just wondering - if you bought a really expensive bottle of wine with your own money and you thought it was way over-priced and very poor quality would you write about that in your column? The reason I ask is I used to write restaurant reviews and all my expenses were paid by Rupert Murdoch (well, he didn't actually hand over the money himself but you know what I mean). If I had a poor meal I wouldn't hesitate to say so. My job in that situation became helping my readers avoid wasting their own hard-earned cash. I was their volunteer food taster and if I felt ill afterwards it was my duty to say so. However, and this ties in with my point about bloggers and freebies, if the meal had come to the table compliments of the chef, I would probably just not write about it rather than go for the jugular in print. I suspect the first instance probably offers a better service for the readers. Thanks Andy. I was just wondering – if you bought a really expensive bottle of wine with your own money and you thought it was way over-priced and very poor quality would you write about that in your column? The reason I ask is I used to write restaurant reviews and all my expenses were paid by Rupert Murdoch (well, he didn’t actually hand over the money himself but you know what I mean). If I had a poor meal I wouldn’t hesitate to say so. My job in that situation became helping my readers avoid wasting their own hard-earned cash. I was their volunteer food taster and if I felt ill afterwards it was my duty to say so. However, and this ties in with my point about bloggers and freebies, if the meal had come to the table compliments of the chef, I would probably just not write about it rather than go for the jugular in print. I suspect the first instance probably offers a better service for the readers.

]]> By: Andy Abramson http://www.thetravelprblog.com/travel-pr/travel-trips-for-bloggers/comment-page-1#comment-69 Andy Abramson Tue, 24 Jan 2006 18:57:23 +0000 http://www.thetravelprblog.com/?p=83#comment-69 You're so right. As a wine reviewer for a local paper and technology journalist I get all kinds of things to review. What I write about are the good things, and I blog about them too. When a situation arises that needs attention the blog seems to get people to react, and quickly. Still a good product will get a good review. A bad product will not get any. I tell readers of my wine column that you can trust the reviewed wines to be good, but you don't know what I didn't like. That should help make a decision. The same applies to tech and travel. You’re so right. As a wine reviewer for a local paper and technology journalist I get all kinds of things to review. What I write about are the good things, and I blog about them too.

When a situation arises that needs attention the blog seems to get people to react, and quickly. Still a good product will get a good review. A bad product will not get any. I tell readers of my wine column that you can trust the reviewed wines to be good, but you don’t know what I didn’t like. That should help make a decision. The same applies to tech and travel.

]]> By: Neil MacLean http://www.thetravelprblog.com/travel-pr/travel-trips-for-bloggers/comment-page-1#comment-73 Neil MacLean Tue, 24 Jan 2006 16:14:50 +0000 http://www.thetravelprblog.com/?p=83#comment-73 Thanks Andy. I was just wondering - if you bought a really expensive bottle of wine with your own money and you thought it was way over-priced and very poor quality would you write about that in your column? The reason I ask is I used to write restaurant reviews and all my expenses were paid by Rupert Murdoch (well, he didn't actually hand over the money himself but you know what I mean). If I had a poor meal I wouldn't hesitate to say so. My job in that situation became helping my readers avoid wasting their own hard-earned cash. I was their volunteer food taster and if I felt ill afterwards it was my duty to say so. However, and this ties in with my point about bloggers and freebies, if the meal had come to the table compliments of the chef, I would probably just not write about it rather than go for the jugular in print. I suspect the first instance probably offers a better service for the readers. Thanks Andy. I was just wondering – if you bought a really expensive bottle of wine with your own money and you thought it was way over-priced and very poor quality would you write about that in your column? The reason I ask is I used to write restaurant reviews and all my expenses were paid by Rupert Murdoch (well, he didn’t actually hand over the money himself but you know what I mean). If I had a poor meal I wouldn’t hesitate to say so. My job in that situation became helping my readers avoid wasting their own hard-earned cash. I was their volunteer food taster and if I felt ill afterwards it was my duty to say so. However, and this ties in with my point about bloggers and freebies, if the meal had come to the table compliments of the chef, I would probably just not write about it rather than go for the jugular in print. I suspect the first instance probably offers a better service for the readers.

]]> By: Andy Abramson http://www.thetravelprblog.com/travel-pr/travel-trips-for-bloggers/comment-page-1#comment-72 Andy Abramson Tue, 24 Jan 2006 15:57:23 +0000 http://www.thetravelprblog.com/?p=83#comment-72 You're so right. As a wine reviewer for a local paper and technology journalist I get all kinds of things to review. What I write about are the good things, and I blog about them too.<br><br>When a situation arises that needs attention the blog seems to get people to react, and quickly. Still a good product will get a good review. A bad product will not get any. I tell readers of my wine column that you can trust the reviewed wines to be good, but you don't know what I didn't like. That should help make a decision. The same applies to tech and travel. You’re so right. As a wine reviewer for a local paper and technology journalist I get all kinds of things to review. What I write about are the good things, and I blog about them too.

When a situation arises that needs attention the blog seems to get people to react, and quickly. Still a good product will get a good review. A bad product will not get any. I tell readers of my wine column that you can trust the reviewed wines to be good, but you don’t know what I didn’t like. That should help make a decision. The same applies to tech and travel.

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