Comments on: Here we go again with “OFFENSIVE” PR offers…

By: Sandy

Sandy — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 06:52:52 +0000

That is a really cool reply, well done to you!

By: Monty

Monty — Fri, 23 May 2014 11:59:23 +0000

I just want to comment on the food that caused this whole thing to erupt. I have tasted all 3 dishes that were being promoted and I can safely say that all of them were pretty horrible. I didn’t expect much really, but for a “Top Chef” to lend his name to this junk doesn’t help his reputation one bit. Maybe the “Big Company” should have held an open competition wherein chefs could produce their own chilled meals that would still taste good when reheated in a microwave.

By: ara

ara — Tue, 13 May 2014 08:00:08 +0000

I’m late to the party but I just wanted to say, the email doesn’t seem to preclude negative/neutral reviews/posts or declarations/disclaimers that post are sponsored. Just too bad the PR person had not the slightest clue whom she was dealing with.

I really like that this website is ad-free. Unfortunately, not too many bloggers (who else in PH? Meron ba?) can afford not to monetize their output and as someone who relies a lot on online info to see what food/restos are worth checking out and spending my hard-earned money on, I really wish there was more of MM’s sort.

By: B

Wed, 19 Mar 2014 10:42:40 +0000

Mabuhay ka Marketman!

Im happy you don’t let people with a twisted sense of right and wrong get to you. I also cringed at the posts of Not Abe and Zoren. Reminds me of paid PR spin doctors or lawyers who twist the facts to try to prove they are right. At least, on this side of the world they are the minority.

Zoren – I believe Marketmans “popular” opinion is also the right opinion.

Not Abe – That same person would have lost her job anyway sooner or later for incompetence and basically not doing her job. Maybe, its not the right job for her.

Marketman for me is the most honest and reliable food blog out here. I believe that truthfulness is a class act on its own. His fishpans are a public warning and to be forewarned is to be foretold. Somebody “smart” just forgot to do their homework.

By: mary chen

mary chen — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 08:59:19 +0000

i feel your sincerity MM. a few good men.

By: Vic Mayor

Vic Mayor — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 11:33:02 +0000

I was always intrigued why. Market Manila website didnt have any ads like a lot of other “Top Blogs” out there. The website has been in existence for a long time already while other newer blogs have Ads left and right. After reading this post of MarketMan and MarketManila my respect for him and his website has leveled up. What we get from Market Man is not the opinion a Restaurant or Company wants to convey but his own honest to goodness opinion. Mabuhay ka Market Man, Mudaghan unta ang pareha nimu!!

By: millet

millet — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 08:20:34 +0000

not only in the Philippines, apparently. this may interest you, MM: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/gauthier-soho-has-ranted-against-food-blaggers–so-can-we-really-trust-online-reviews-9190926.html

By: Marketman

Marketman — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 13:19:11 +0000

Kristine, yes, the problem is on several fronts… that restaurants pay for posts (not just ads), that bloggers accept the payola without disclosing to their readers they have received compensation for the post, and readers, for being gullible and misled… and trying the recommendations of bloggers who accept the benefits…

More than a few folks here and in private emails have confirmed that what I wrote about is fairly common practice, so that really sends a clear signal about internet ethics in the local setting…

By: Kristine

Kristine — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 12:47:17 +0000

I sat down to a business lunch with a PR who worked for a restaurant chain, and she let slip that the company paid for blog entries and Instagram posts. She didn’t seem to think that that was wrong–she even told me the rates for some of the top bloggers. I gave her a short speech about why that kind of practice destroys the entire spirit of the enterprise for all honest writers out there, and just ruins it for all readers. And how it’s all going to bite in the ass the businesses who hire them one day. It just sickens me to the stomach to think that people think this is normal practice.

By: star

star — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 18:01:43 +0000

I remember the article that Margaux Salcedo wrote a few years ago about a Blog-Marketing firm. It disgusts me to no end that unethical Blog-PR practices not only continue to spread but has become worse. What’s even more atrocious is that there seem to be more people who condone this behavior.

Undecided though which is more outraging – the post sponsorship/bribery or that some of these “bloggers” can’t even write yet are being paid for it.