I made a post yesterday about Wildfire Marketing Group about my displeasure over a sponsored post. Jeremy Knauff, Wildfire’s Creative Director, has since reached out to me to explain the circumstances that took place that led to my frustration. I’ll keep the details between the two of us.
That said, he has offered to even pay me for the unpublished post, which of course I won’t accept. It was never about the money but it’s certainly good to know that someone took the time to do any type of damage control over a situation that made a partner, customer, or vendor uncomfortable.
As I wrote yesterday, I was always open to hearing the other side. Did I push that publish button a bit prematurely? Probably. For that I’m apologetic. It was never my intention to bash someone and those of you who have been with me here know that I’m not a hater.
However, I’m still not shy about writing about being dissatisfied over any situation. I just need to be a little less trigger happy. As I promised Jeremy, that post was removed and the tweets were deleted. I’m even tossing in some backlinks.
A blogger’s responsibility
We, as bloggers, have our own sounding board that we can use as our platform to get heard. Regardless of our niche or purpose of our blog, we also have a responsibility to our readers to state the facts, sprinkle our opinions, and tap our emotions.
I know of many situations where a blogger posted about his/her discontent and a company would quickly jump in and solve the problem. Do your own search and you’ll find people who got replacement computers from manufacturers, remediations to their new homes from builders, and comps for vacations from travel companies after blogging about their experiences.
Even as recent as a decade ago, those wouldn’t be possible. Of course, we all have to use discretion as to when to post, how sharp our words are, and when to retract a statement. In my case, I could have waited until the fumes subsided and presented my case with less venom. This post covers the last part.
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Gabe, it really is cool how blogs can get very fast responses.
Good to see it’s all worked out.
And you have set an excellent example for every one using this medium for communication.
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Blogging has provided a nice medium for many, myself included. I think that it’s awesome that we all have a voice so if used properly, I’d like to think we can move mountains (almost).
A lil disappointed but I will be alrite in a while. In anyway I wonder why you didn’t take any money?
And I know you are NOT at all a hater
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What can I say…regardless of who’s wrong, I’m a sucker when there’s an olive branch extended.
I missed yesterday’s post.
I think you did the right thing even though I’ll never get a chance to see the old post.
Hey Gabe,
I just wanted to drop by and say thanks for the new post clarifying the situation.
Re: your comment about you being trigger happy – it happens to the best of us. More importantly though, you’ve proven that you’re a bigger man than most people by not only being open to resolve the issue, but also by being transparent about it.
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You’re welcome. Glad we were able to iron it out.
Few day ago I write an article on Boingo security which point another blogger’s blog and his research but suddenly he send me an email and ask me to remove the post because he write that article without testing the process. How someone can write an article accusing a big company without proper proof. That incident just stop me to recommend new blogger article because they usually write it for promotion. Blogger have some responsibility towards reader and towards it content and every blogger should follow that.
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Blogging is nice way to express our thoughts… They way it reach our readers is very important… You have did right thing….
Keep up the good work friend.
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Amazing post.Thanks for informative listing. Its really helpful for the beginnings.Thanks a lot.Keep blogging.
Great to see that all is well now and it happened without much damage!
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Did you write a damning post about someone or something? If they attempted to address the issues you highlighted, at least have the decency to update your existing post, or publish a new one as a follow-up. Don’t just post one critical article and ignore the person if they try to set the record straight. It undermines your credibility. Blogging is not a one-way street.
I do believe we have responsibilities as bloggers because in a sense, we influence our readers about what we write. Some people take as a fact those that they read from other people’s blog.
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Your sole responsibility while being a blogger is to write interesting posts and retain your readers.
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think you did the right thing even though I’ll never get a chance to see the old post.
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Good writing … keep posting dear friend
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