Umm...I signed into my mail account to receive a surprise e-mail.
The mail was from a Ms. Jackie Schuld, an editor at Clear Passage Therapies. The excerpt of the mail stated ....
"Clear Passage Therapies has seen your blog and appreciates your honest discussion about fertility and trying to conceive....
...We feel that you would have some insightful articles to contribute. You may provide your website address and a short (2 to 3 sentence) bio at the end of your article, which will provide you with new visitors to your site.... "
The essence of their e-mail is that they are inviting me to write an article for them and submit before April 15th. They have also mailed guidelines for the articles. The invitation appears to be genuine.
I am confused. Are there really websites that scout for bloggers and contact some of them to write articles for them?
How can I be sure that this mail is not a spam mail. I saw the website and they appear to be based in the US.
Have you heard of Clear Passages? Should I take this up?
^WiseGuy^
The mail was from a Ms. Jackie Schuld, an editor at Clear Passage Therapies. The excerpt of the mail stated ....
"Clear Passage Therapies has seen your blog and appreciates your honest discussion about fertility and trying to conceive....
...We feel that you would have some insightful articles to contribute. You may provide your website address and a short (2 to 3 sentence) bio at the end of your article, which will provide you with new visitors to your site.... "
The essence of their e-mail is that they are inviting me to write an article for them and submit before April 15th. They have also mailed guidelines for the articles. The invitation appears to be genuine.
I am confused. Are there really websites that scout for bloggers and contact some of them to write articles for them?
How can I be sure that this mail is not a spam mail. I saw the website and they appear to be based in the US.
Have you heard of Clear Passages? Should I take this up?
^WiseGuy^
I got this email too and I'm just as iffy as you are. I'm curious to know if anyone knows more info about them.
ReplyDeletePersonally I wouldn't. It looks like they're advertising their own services, not publishing an unbiased source of news/perspectives. Unless you have direct experience with that kind of physical therapy that you could speak to...
ReplyDeleteGiven that I've seen writers on sites like BlogHer that actually have large readerships say that they don't get much additional traffic from writing there, I am highly dubious that you'd actually get new readers (if that's what you're looking for).
Unless they want to pay you. Or fly you to California or Florida for free physical therapy. Then I change my answer. If they offer to fly you to Iowa, the answer is still no.
Oh, and you can update your Intelligentsia icon in the sidebar to say January and February!
I got that too...looks like it's all advertisement--their own agenda. People do scout, etc...but I'm not doing this one.
ReplyDeleteI would do a google search on them. Sounds iffy, but who knows.
ReplyDeleteI'd say don't do it unless they are paying you. Period. You should only contribute freely to something that is a cause you believe in or your own web space, not a business.
ReplyDeleteI got one, too. Hey, let's start a club! I looked at their website. Seems they think you can fix infertility with massage. Yeah, right.
ReplyDeleteI got a woman that is in school and wants me to answer some questions she has for a paper. I don't think I will do it.
ReplyDeleteHAHAHAHA, FIX INFERTILITY WITH MASSAGE!!!!! i have heard some good ones in my day, but this tops them all!
ReplyDeleteI got one too and their website seemed...limited. I think I'll pass
ReplyDeletePersonally, I wouldn't. This is a business that would like to use your story, it seems, to promote their business. Unless you agree with their products (the dubious promise that physical therapy can cure infertility), I wouldn't associate yourself with them. I know that the editor at Our Bodies, Ourselves contacted me after reading my blog, but they were a legitimate publication with an excellent reputation, and the email and editor's name matched that on their site.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds a tad dodgy to me mate. I can't believe their site actually claims to treat "female infertility" through massage - the "natural approach". WTF? And the picture of "A patient is treated for female infertility and adhesions" at http://www.clearpassage.com/infertility/female-infertility.php is friggin priceless. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteI personally wouldn't trust them unless they paid you for writing for them? (and not in "chinese herbs") ...