The whole ‘influencer’ culture has got out of hand. It’s become an epidemic.
It seems so many think they are entitled to free stuff or to be paid for talking about a product or service, when they reach a certain number of followers. They seem to think they have reached some sort of celebrity status (laughable!). May I point out, that even though Thehousebuild has 118k followers, her posts generally only bring in an average of just over 1k of likes (see dog food post). However, Mrs Meldrum (who I do not follow nor like) has only 103k followers and her posts generate between 5-7k likes! I’d say that Becks has a lot more work to do if she wants her numbers to go up.
Thehousebuild now has a PR agency to contact should brands want to ‘collab’. This basically means send stuff for free or pay me to promote stuff. The requests on Twitter that were made from the agency on behalf of Thehousebuild for the garden furniture and luggage, amounts to nothing more than online begging. It’s embarrassing.
Can I make a suggestion? How about Thehousebuild and those other so called ‘influencers’ find another way to fund their lifestyles (you know, the endless amount of clothes, Christmas trees, candelabras, garden furniture, Daniel Wellington watches, dog food etc) - it’s called working! You will be more content and happy with life if you work hard and save up for the things you want in life. Those materialistic items will mean a lot more to you if you have had to pay for them. You will also be setting a good example to future generations ie your children.