{"id":7879,"date":"2009-08-19T15:18:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-19T19:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=7879"},"modified":"2009-08-19T15:28:16","modified_gmt":"2009-08-19T19:28:16","slug":"ohc-on-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2009\/08\/ohc-on-reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"OHC on Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/ohc-03-26-09_package_rocks.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7880\" title=\"Rocky sniffing a box\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/ohc-03-26-09_package_rocks-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Rocky sniffing a box\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/ohc-03-26-09_package_rocks-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/ohc-03-26-09_package_rocks.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Hey gang!\u00a0 The blog world is all a chatter with the topic of food blogs and free products.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How should food blogs handle product reviews?<\/li>\n<li>How should food blogs handle sponsorship?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Are just an example of some of the questions that are popping up.<\/p>\n<p>Today, I&#8217;m addressing the product reviews question.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been reading my site for any length of time, you know that I love doing product reviews.\u00a0 I try stuff all the time so I might as well talk about it.<\/p>\n<p>There have only been a handful of times that I&#8217;ve received a product in the mail to review for my blog.\u00a0 And each time that has happened, I have plainly stated that it was sent to me by such and such from such and such company to test out.\u00a0 I in no way want to mislead you.<\/p>\n<p>If there is no such mention in the review, that means I bought it from a store with my very own money.\u00a0 Or Scott&#8217;s money.\u00a0 Usually Scott&#8217;s money.<\/p>\n<p>My purpose is to be completely honest and up front with you when I do a review.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not trying to keep anything from you.\u00a0 If I got the item for free, you will know it.<\/p>\n<p>Occasionally I have done product reviews for<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cheaplander.com \" target=\"_blank\"> Bryan over at Cheaplander<\/a>.\u00a0 Either he has sent me the product or sent me coupons to go and pick the product up.\u00a0 When doing reviews for him, I&#8217;ve also made that as clear as I could.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t get the information about who he gets the products from therefore, in full disclosure, all I can do is state that I received them from him.<\/p>\n<p>I also do restaurant reviews in my own little way.\u00a0 I have yet to be invited to a restaurant to test something out or to specifically review them for the blog.\u00a0 If that ever were to happen, you will know that from the start of the review.\u00a0 As of right now, when Scott and I dine out, it&#8217;s us picking a restaurant and paying our way.\u00a0 I know some people like to try to hit a restaurant a few times before talking about it.\u00a0 I&#8217;m a first impressions kinda gal.\u00a0 If I loved it I want you to know.\u00a0 If I hated it, I&#8217;m not going to spend more money there just to check and see before saying something.<\/p>\n<p>If a company who sells products I would not eat or use contacted me for a review I would turn them down.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not going to eat or use something just for the sake of having a review on the blog and getting some free stuff.\u00a0 There is no point in that.\u00a0 And if I suddenly were to do a review about eating a big plate of Steak-ums, you all would know something was up real quick because you&#8217;re smart ponies like that.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m pretty sure you all realize this but just in case, I wanted to make my thoughts and actions clear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey gang!\u00a0 The blog world is all a chatter with the topic of food blogs and free products. 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