I haven’t seen the request but pretty sure that it’s a euphemism for dosh me up.Are you actually buying them coffee vouchers or money into their hands? Very misleading
Alex probably knows full well that many of her followers aren’t particularly tech savvy and really DO think they are just buying her a coffee, rather than contributing to this month’s mortgage payment.I’m not sure how she had the audacity to beg for people ’to buy her a coffee’.
In fairness there’s some original content in newspapers. With this you’re paying for her to serve you Ads & beg for freebies or more Ads. It’s bizarre.Quite a few donations!
I’m torn I mean newspaper get at revenue & still charge customers to read them.
On the other it feels a bit cheeky to do obviously do so little & then ask for donations. It feels like a try-on. Choosing unemployment isn’t frugal it’s just trying to have an easy life. Sure worth a shot!
Refresh my memory did she give out about that being free too?Honestly I am incredulous. I’ve commented before that she seems to have totally lost her way over the last year or so and doesn’t know what to be or who her target audience is (she did used to write really well about fashion) and this takes the absolutely piss. Not sold enough £12 matches obviously. Wonder if begging for money will feature in her ebook about spending.
Last time I saw it she had slashed the priceRefresh
Refresh my memory did she give out about that being free too?
121 cups I wonder if that’s out of sympathy or if those people would ordinarily be happy to pay for content.If I didn’t earn enough money in my job I wouldn’t set up a go fund me to fuel my lifestyle. I would get a job that paid me better or find a way to earn money. Begging is not earning, getting paid for your content by brands is- she must not be getting the paid work
You’ve captured the point I couldn’t articulate re her business model. The “free content” has lead to a following she can then pitch to advertisers. At times she appears angry at the free content.This is completely extraordinary. The nonsense about unhealthy working habits completely got me. There’s no way she works more than a 15hr week running that blog. She also doesn’t seem to understand her own business model. She’s not making free content, she’s building and sustaining an audience which is then monetised through brand partnerships. I willingly donate my hard earned time to literally watch paint drying on a fence, so that she gets a pay check and a free sofa from John Lewis. Surely she should be grateful enough for that? There are influencers out there with Patreon accounts but many of them are putting well researched content out into the world, holding space for dialogue and discussion and really educating around e.g. sustainable fashion or mental health or child development etc. Alex literally adds no value to the space. Her writing is dreadful and her content is random and erratic. She did have some particular expertise as a stylist but she’s already being remunerated for that through affiliate links and of late does little more than post blurry pictures of household tat (CF the Tiger £1 candles, for e.g.). All in all a picture perfect example of a late stage capitalist blagger who has pushed her audience too far and who's house of cards looks likely to topple before long. Chris better dust off his interview suit and prepare for a hair wash.
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