Advertlets Blog Advertising 

It’s been 5 months since I’ve blogged. I’ve also not taken on new clients since last year. You see, I’m practially taking the year off to “enjoy the fruits of my labour” and am only servicing existing clients. I never imagined that I would be compelled to blog again because of Advertlets!

Those of you who’ve been on Ping.sg long enough would remember the “blog wars” last year, between Nuffnang and Advertlets. Well, like everyone else, I wrote my opinion after a meeting with Ming and was quickly accused of being biased – some even accused me of “secretly” working for Nuffnang as their PR guy.

I tried to explain myself but gave up eventually because it was pointless.

What I didn’t write about was that I also met up with Josh later in KL for a chat. More than that, I gave him a job from SPH and recommended Advertlets to a couple of clients – all for free, i.e. no referral fees, commissions, etc.

I even tried to hook Josh up with the owner of a marketing magazine in Malaysia because Nuffnang was the only one getting exposure in the magazine and speaking at the local seminars. 

In other words, I was doing him favours without expecting anything back.

What SPH wanted was sponsored blog posts to create awareness and for SEO purposes, and I was to manage Advertlets. So we bought the cheapest package just to try out the service – 80 sponsored posts for S$2,500.

Well, 10 months have passed but the campaign has yet to be completed. There have also been serious lapse of service on several occasions on Advertlets’ side. This has left me terribly frustrated and disappointed for having recommended Advertlets to my client.

Update: post edited on May 15th. Please refer to my comment below.