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Originally Posted by Rosie  Did you get paid to talk about SBI? |
Nope. I never do pay-per-posting stuff. They haven't paid me a dime.
I did, however, join their affiliate program when I decided to recommend their service, and I also worked out the extra 3-month bonus deal with them for my readers. This is a bonus people can't get elsewhere, so you actually get a better deal by clicking my links vs. if you found SBI some other way. That seems like a pretty fair arrangement to me. This is certainly no secret -- I mentioned it in the SBI articles.
I spend a ton of time researching products and services, the vast majority of which I never mention because they aren't of high enough quality. I think it's fair that I earn income from those efforts, especially when it benefits my visitors. If I didn't earn income from this, I probably wouldn't bother with these kinds of recommendations at all, since the research investment would make it prohibitive.