In our semi regular segment “Brass Balls”, we look at bloggers who have shown exceptional gumption, chutzpah and otherwise plain ol’ balls. In the past, we said Chris Pirillo had “Brass Balls” for getting a company to sponsor his Alaskan vacation, for example, under the guise of a podcast sponsorship.
Today, we’re honoring Andrew “Rocketboom” Baron. No matter what side you take in the ZeFrank / Rocketboom metrics match, he’s showing big brass one’s for flipping Microsoft bird on what looks like to be a sponsorship deal, where Microsoft wanted to post the Zune logo as part of their rollout on Rocketbom.
Well, dissing Big M is no big tricks, but turning down huge sacks of cash is.
Andrew Baron has big brass ones for flipping the bird and showing some bloggers aren’t for sale, and for some bloggers, their integrity is non-negotiable. It would be different if it was a pro-Microsoft blog, but clearly that’s not what Rocketboom is about, and its great to see that Mr. Baron is taking a stand on this one.
[Alternatively, Mr. Baron has such a hate-on for Microsoft he couldn't bear not giving them a kick every now and again -- even if it does mean he has to forgo mountains of money]
Terms of the agreement were not disclosed, but I can only speculate that he probably turned down sums that would make ReviewMe’s paltry sums absolutely parsimonious. In fact, i think its notable in so far as that so many significant bloggers decided to sell their blogging soul shill take ReviewMe up on a modest sum of cash, but also for the chance to win $25 000 [thanks franky]. And Andrew Baron probably decided to turn down a sum of money that is probably in that range — again, not a chance for that cash money — but right before it landed in his chequing account.
The guy has big brass ones, and deserves a salute for standing up for his principles.
After all, for some, integrity just isn’t for sale.
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chance to win $25 000
Insider info? Or did I miss something on the ReviewMe blog?
Not really — its … uh … right on their front page.
You mean the $25k Give Away?
The way I understood it (use mouse hover) $25k is the total amount of entries about ReviewMe they will pay/sponsor.
But I may be wrong and wouldn’t mind collecting $25.030 for only one entry.
You aren’t the first to think it was a $25k contest.
Thanks franky — it does look deceptive, doesn’t it?
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