Comments on: How To Write Review Blog Posts That Make Money

By: Musings

Musings — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:58:53 +0000

Even if a review is bad it can still be good for your site. You don’t have to have everything sugar coated. If it doesn’t sell the product that it links to it will still get visitors to you site which means they might just stay to look around at the other reviews that you have. With no traffic you are not going to be able to sell anything.

By: Crystal

Crystal — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 05:53:18 +0000

if you do a review and its not a positive one can you choose not to post it?

By: Kirby

Kirby — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 23:27:46 +0000

Your Message

Robb

Great post. I have been trying to find a good explanation for a review post and this was it. Now I can go write it.

Thanks!
Kirby

By: Jia Bin

Jia Bin — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 04:16:12 +0000

Thanks for sharing this, great post! One thing that I won’t do for blog reviews- I don’t copy and paste that of those that were written by the users who want to promote their own products, if you know what I mean.

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By: Virtual Hogwarts

Virtual Hogwarts — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:49:51 +0000

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By: Chris Peterson

Chris Peterson — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 05:04:26 +0000

Informative post Thanks Yaro!

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By: Clean Cut Media

Clean Cut Media — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:53:15 +0000

good tips. love the simple 101 posts, allows viewers to double check their work and improve their postings

By: Nicole Price

Nicole Price — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 14:19:06 +0000

I like to write reviews, and I always get at least a sale or two from my affiliate link, not such a big thing to talk about

By: Chris De La Rosa

Chris De La Rosa — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:12:26 +0000

I’m just getting into the review game and your post helped a lot. Thanks. My problem is my good guy approach. I hate writing “bad” stuff and it results in a review that’s not honest. No more “love”..just the truth.

By: Mary Winston

Mary Winston — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:58:21 +0000

One more thing, how to get involve in product review anyway?
I never know to get in there, most of them only available on several countries Yaro.
Please let me know if you find one that accept reviewer from my country Indonesia, much appreciate it, and thanks again for share your thoughts.

By: Mary Winston

Mary Winston — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:54:47 +0000

Hi Yaro, I like the statement about “A well written, successful product review, should answer questions for your readers”, that’s a really strong good points.
I found most reviewers always write about a good thing on products, they don’t give their own honest opinion, let’s say you already used a product, yes it’s a good one but that product don’t fit you needs or just not what exactly you’re looking for, so why we have to lie to our readers?
Are you with me? Yeah, maybe I’m not pretty good in grammar, but I’m trying hard to describe on what was my feeling, opinion about some reviewers

By: La Digue

La Digue — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:31:32 +0000

Great post. I’ve enjoyed reading through this. You are right when you imply nothing comes good easily. Reading reviews always shed further light on the thing which you might want to buy, whether be it a service or a mobile phone…That said, one needs to have the required skills to write sticky reviews….

By: Keller Hawthorne

Keller Hawthorne — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:32:18 +0000

Great post Robb!

I’ve noticed the biggest distinction between good reviews and bad ones is the topic of what can be improved about the product. This is a key factor in building trust and loyalty with your readers. As you said, no product is perfect. There should always be something you can add to your review regarding improvement.

If the product is truly perfect in your eyes, perhaps touch upon other peoples’ recommendations for what could be improved. Your readers are more likely to buy through your link when they feel they were INFORMED by you – not SOLD by you.

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By: Mat Packer

Mat Packer — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:41:22 +0000

Solid advice, particularly about maintaining your integrity and honesty and remembering that it’s so so very easy to lose the trust of your readers.

I’ve done a few reviews for LG and HP in the past, along with loads of CD reviews for Australian and International bands, so I kind of have a fairly good idea of how to write the review…..but still some times you get a little stuck and can easily fall into regurgitating the press release.

Cheers
Mat

By: Robb Sutton

Robb Sutton — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:09:46 +0000

It’s a hard lesson to learn…but at least you learned it and applied that knowledge to future reviews! You would be surprised how many bloggers make that mistake over and over again.

By: andy

andy — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:12:17 +0000

Thank Robb, short but informative.

By: David - Newbie Website Design

David - Newbie Website Design — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:12:07 +0000

Very true!

I began Internet marketing by looking at the sales-copy of successful websites. I figured if I wrote like that then I could make sales. That was a major “Oops!” Sales -copy is meant to make sales, but a review site is meant to weed through the sales hype and give honest opinions about the product(s).

By: David - Newbie Website Design

David - Newbie Website Design — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:06:50 +0000

@Robb and @Ben Pei,

I made the mistake once of “overhyping” a product on one of my review sites. The reaction was almost immediate: complaint e-mails and a mass exodus of unsubscribes from my newsletter. It was a hard lesson — but one I needed to learn.

Now, I am much more careful about writing honest reviews that include both pros and cons of the products. Robb’s post is going to help me even more!

By: Worthy Posts

Worthy Posts — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 04:19:57 +0000

I’d be tempted to let them pre-empt it. I’m not going to give a false review and I’m not going to refund the money, but I might let them just forget about me posting it.

By: Tom T.

Tom T. — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:44:06 +0000

Great Article, regarding review writing and traditional advertising. While I think traditional advertising has been the mainstay in Society, review writing I believe will become a great contender in the longrun. Who doesn’t want to know the positive and negative attributes of a product or service. I think most people feel good when they make a decision while knowing exactly what to expect. I call that real satisfaction. thanks. for the article.

By: Wesley Craig Green

Wesley Craig Green — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:11:07 +0000

Great post, Rob. I’ve wrote some review posts in the past not really knowing how to properly do them.

Now that I’ve read your post (which I printed for easy reference), I will not the same mistakes again! Many thanks!

Wesley
The Geek Entrepreneur

By: Robb Sutton

Robb Sutton — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:17:32 +0000

Tons more! 44 pages worth! And not 44 pages of pictures and separator pages…100% content.

By: Robb Sutton

Robb Sutton — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:56:12 +0000

I do not add additional bonuses for clicking affiliate links on my reviews. If the reader is in the market for that product (or a competitor) and feels that the product in the review fits their needs…they click and buy.

I do have loyal readers who click affiliate links when they need to purchase products to support the site…but that is the farthest it goes.

By: Robb Sutton

Robb Sutton — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:52:16 +0000

You are 100% right.

“Nothing worth having comes easy”

Great phrase to keep in mind as you move forward. Remember…there was a time when every pro blogger out there wrote their first post. It takes time to grow your empire!

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:34:30 +0000

This is just what I needed. As a new blogger, I aim to grow my blog by providing comprehensive and honest reviews. It’s tough, but I think it’s like anything that will pay off, it’s a lot of hard work. Nothing that is worth having comes easy. This post was really helpful to me and I wanted to say “Thank-you”.

By: InfoGuy

InfoGuy — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 07:03:03 +0000

I think it’s also refreshing to see reviews that stray from the standard stuff you always see, like “(product name) scam”, or “Don’t buy (product name).”

By: Ben Pei

Ben Pei — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 03:59:45 +0000

Lol I am sure there are many more secrets inside?