I just spent the last hour or so going through press releases and PR inquiries for product reviews.  And after speaking to Jocelyn in Arizona last month, I have been thinking about how I might offer you (my readers) opportunities to develop relationships with companies.

If you’re a regular reader of my blog, then you know what to expect when you see a product review on my site. You know the approximate ages and genders of my children and therefore the types of products I do and don’t review.  What you may not know is that I receive numerous pitches from interesting companies that simply don’t make a good fit for our family. But that doesn’t mean that the company or the product is without value. Sometimes the products are too mature for my children (this JUST happened with a very well-known company I’ve been working with for some time now).  And other times, I am in the middle of a themed series on my blog and the product is not a great fit for that series.  I can list reason after reason as to why I turn down more than half of the pitches I receive.  But that’s not the point of this post.

My question of the day is this…IF I were to start a program where you (my readers) would have the opportunity to develop relationships with companies (which would involve product reviews) would this be of interest to you?  Would you prefer to have the review written on your own site or on my site with links back to your site?  What thoughts do you have about this kind of opportunity?  I welcome any feedback you can provide as it will weigh heavily into this decision. : )