Thank you Judy for your marketing advice!

[SLD]

Re-reading these I don't see these as plugs. One is a thank you, nothing wrong with that. Another is a question.

A "plug" would be "hey have you seen this website?" Thanking someone or asking a question isn't lame.

[torontokids]

Maybe I read more into it then I should have. I thought the post was merely advertising for her business in a different way. If it was a traditional post that you would find in here it would be more like "Judy is so awesome she suggested I do ________ to drum up business and it worked. Instead it was more like an advertisement for her services without being specific. It just feels like Judy said she wouldn't come back here and then as Mimi said returns with info re: her new business. It was I guess more an observation.

That being said, I do appreciate Judy's insights/bluntness and enjoy reading her posts.

[SLD]

Maybe I read more into it then I should have. I thought the post was merely advertising for her business in a different way. If it was a traditional post that you would find in here it would be more like "Judy is so awesome she suggested I do ________ to drum up business and it worked. Instead it was more like an advertisement for her services without being specific. It just feels like Judy said she wouldn't come back here and then as Mimi said returns with info re: her new business. It was I guess more an observation.

That being said, I do appreciate Judy's insights/bluntness and enjoy reading her posts.

That isn't at all how I read it. I saw it as what it apparently was.. a thank you. I'm not sure why that would then bring up the fact that someone left and came back?

Why can't a thank you be a thank you. I'm apparently missing something.

eta: Notaunicorn I believe you're right. I don't post often but have been reading for a while. Perhaps that advertising was paid for..?

[torontokids]

I am sorry I caused such an uproar...geez. I never in my wildest dreams thought the reaction would be as it was. Just to clarify: I never said that Judy shouldn't advertise, nor did I say that she shouldn't have a side business; I am sure a lot of us do. What I did comment on was the post that just "appeared" to be plugging the business and I questioned if they were genuine. I have been corrected, thank you.

I really didn't care enough that it was advertising vs. genuine posts really so perhaps I shouldn't have commented at all (I truly did not see the responses being so strong to my comment I was just pointing out something). I had no intentions of "creating a hornets nest" nor making people feel uncomfortable. I think this forum is fantastic, I do not wish to make people feel like they can't safely post something. This is probably the first time I had posted something of this nature. Read my other posts, I try to be helpful and seek help often.

I also said Judy's post may have been removed because daycare bear may not have liked her free advertisements. I did not place any value on this (e.g. people should or should not do this) I was merely answering the posters question about where her post had gone and had it been removed.

[Artsand crafts]

I am sorry I caused such an uproar...geez. I never in my wildest dreams thought the reaction would be as it was. Just to clarify: I never said that Judy shouldn't advertise, nor did I say that she shouldn't have a side business; I am sure a lot of us do. What I did comment on was the post that just "appeared" to be plugging the business and I questioned if they were genuine. I have been corrected, thank you.

I really didn't care enough that it was advertising vs. genuine posts really so perhaps I shouldn't have commented at all (I truly did not see the responses being so strong to my comment I was just pointing out something). I had no intentions of "creating a hornets nest" nor making people feel uncomfortable. I think this forum is fantastic, I do not wish to make people feel like they can't safely post something. This is probably the first time I had posted something of this nature. Read my other posts, I try to be helpful and seek help often.

I also said Judy's post may have been removed because daycare bear may not have liked her free advertisements. I did not place any value on this (e.g. people should or should not do this) I was merely answering the posters question about where her post had gone and had it been removed.

I understand that when we write, our words may sound different compared to when we talk, that's why in this case I felt offended when I though my post was called "lame plug" or when I though you were trying to tell me how I was supposed to write the subject of my treats or the content of my posts. Thanks for clarifying.