Three Reminders to Media Blogs and its Bloggers

I've been getting questions as to how bloggers should handle opportunities to write in big media blogs. Well, this is not a rule of sorts but more of personal principle.

• Know when it is personal or not
  I don't think personal notes or rants should be posted in a Media blog. Think whether this is what the audience want to read in a media blog rather than just satisfying yourself. Otherwise, post it in your personal blog.
  
  
• Tone down your intentions
  I've seen bloggers who blog in media sites criticizing a product, service, or events with a note hinting about their services. This hurts the whole validity of the 'post'. (If it should be posted there in the first place.)
  
  
• Blog editors should watch out
  Otherwise, if a media blog becomes a personal ranting, raving, and platform of a blogger to insinuate a personal intent, it reduces the credibility of the site and its blog efforts.