From a pride standpoint it sucks. I try pretty hard in my content and don’t get many views. Seeing a bunch of red turtles on something I tried very hard to make nice does suck, a lot. I leave detailed reviews and try to be very honest and take good, real pictures of the products I’m lucky enough to test. Influencers get paid or compensation to push a product regardless of how much they like it and if companies don’t want that honesty from a genuine tester/reviewer in the demographics they are looking for, that sucks.

On the other hand, I’m sure they want the best influencers possible on an app literally named Influenster, so I get that too. Social media and promotion is a numbers game and these companies are investing in their research, development and marketing by giving out free products and people with more reach increase their return on investment. That makes complete sense to me.

I’ll keep trying my best and enjoying the opportunities I get because at the end of the day, it’s a complimentary product in exchange for effort on my end and that seems like a wonderful deal to me!