A dispute between a freebie-seeking vlogger and a hotel owner in Dublin once
went viral ...
This social media influencer emailed the owner, Paul Stenson, asking for a free 5-night stay in exchange for her putting out nice words about it.
Stenson sent back a strongly-worded rejection and shared it around social media.
The incident blew up, the vlogger posted a tearful video to say how mean he was, and thousands of other social media influencers went to Yelp to attack the hotel owner and troll him on social media.
The nerve of that guy to actually charge for his rooms!
He turned it into a lot of free publicity. His response to the trolls:
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"I'd just like to say a huge thanks to all the bloggers for their hard work over the past two days ... the publicity you’ve given us is absolutely priceless.
But don’t worry bloggers, your work won’t go unnoticed. It will be featured in my book ‘How To Get Worldwide Publicity Without Spending A Cent"
I’m even thinking of dedicating a full chapter to you guys, including screenshots of some of your most entertaining public tweets, Facebook posts and negative reviews. It will be some chapter!"
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But don't get discouraged - there are plenty who are willing to pay for what you provide.
There are so many that you won't have to bend over backwards for the freebie seekers - ignore them or turn their ranting into free exposure like the Dublin hotel owner did.
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