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Started by Karoli · 11 months ago

Yesterday’s thought-provoking Twitter question of the day was this: Why, Karoli, are you moaning about being placed in the Style section of the NY Times when the ad running on the side of your blog is for JC Penney’s home store?

My response: No matter what subject I blog about, furniture is relevant. It’s pretty [...] ... Continue reading »

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  • Adrienne

    11 months ago

    The part that irks me about this and it irked me at BlogHer as well, is the idea that you must be a niche blogger. I blog about ME. My life, my thoughts, my goings on. Sometimes it's political, sometimes it's sports, sometimes it's just cute as hell pictures of my gbaby. So the ads have nothing to do with it.
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  • Karoli

    11 months ago

    Precisely. And I'm not going to put the focus of this blog -- especially this blog, which was created to be unfocused -- as anything other than what it is. Does that mean my voice is diluted, or I'm resigned to the back page of Life and Style? I think not.
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  • Fabulously40.com

    11 months ago

    Absolutely, however, advertisers are now more inclined then ever to promote to their product to a niche market.
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