topic Re: Hosts’ Blogs? in Q Talk

Hosts’ Blogs?

TheAdventurer — Sun, 06 Jan 2019 14:12:42 GMT

I am just wondering why hosts do not do blogs anymore?

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proudlyfromNJ — Sun, 06 Jan 2019 14:16:11 GMT

@TheAdventurer. They use Facebook and Instagram now.

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KatieB — Sun, 06 Jan 2019 15:12:41 GMT

I was wondering the same thing. I checked on their facebook pages and it is not the same thing. All that is is an advertisement for QVC products, showing the TV airings, etc. That's a bunch of ******.

Used to be you could find recipes, personal events, etc., that was interesting to read... So much for this part of QVC I guess....

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proudlyfromNJ — Sun, 06 Jan 2019 15:18:59 GMT

@KatieB wrote:
I was wondering the same thing. I checked on their facebook pages and it is not the same thing. All that is is an advertisement for QVC products, showing the TV airings, etc. That's a bunch of ******.

Used to be you could find recipes, personal events, etc., that was interesting to read... So much for this part of QVC I guess....

@KatieB Check their Instagram. Just type their name then Instagram. They post a lot of personal pictures.

Mary Beth had personal stuff on Facebook. Her daughters prom, lots with the new twins. Etc.

I guess that’s all we get now.

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insomniac2 — Sun, 06 Jan 2019 15:21:13 GMT

And if you're not on Facebook--tough.

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proudlyfromNJ — Sun, 06 Jan 2019 15:26:32 GMT

@insomniac2 wrote:

And if you're not on Facebook--tough.

@insomniac2. They all have public Facebook. You don’t have to belong. Why would public figures limit their audience?

If Facebook asks,you to join just close the box.

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KentuckyWoman — Sun, 06 Jan 2019 16:30:35 GMT

Facebook, Instagram and other forms of social media. I never read the blogs unless a host posted a link to it from Facebook. Seems there are lots of changes taking place at QVC on air. Maybe the elimination of the host blogs are part of it.

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missy1 — Sun, 06 Jan 2019 17:41:07 GMT

Not everyone wants to have an account on social media. Yes, you can open some FB pages without an account, but you can't post.

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Caaareful Shopper — Tue, 08 Jan 2019 22:39:44 GMT

One of the last remnants of hosts using the Blogs was Carolyn and Gary using it to vote in their Designer vs. Diva poll.

Well starting 2019, Designer vs. Diva is only on FB. The current poll vote is there, not here in the Forum any longer.

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blackhole99 — Wed, 09 Jan 2019 00:24:22 GMT

IMO a few of the hosts were using the blogs to further their own cause or that of their family members and the Q put the kybash to that. The hosts can pretty much say and post what they want on Facebook and Instagram and the Q doesn't have to worry about the customers calling Mike George and complaining about what the hosts are sharing on the Blogs.

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this is my nic — Wed, 09 Jan 2019 00:49:08 GMT

@TheAdventurer

Perhaps no one read them! I know I never did.

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Caaareful Shopper — Wed, 09 Jan 2019 13:30:18 GMT

@blackhole99 wrote:
IMO a few of the hosts were using the blogs to further their own cause or that of their family members and the Q put the kybash to that. The hosts can pretty much say and post what they want on Facebook and Instagram and the Q doesn't have to worry about the customers calling Mike George and complaining about what the hosts are sharing on the Blogs.

@blackhole99 The hosts' FB pages are owned/operated by QVC. That's why when a host leaves QVC, their QVC FB page comes down, and they have to create a new FB page of their own. On FB they share much more -- with the approval of QVC -- than they have ever shared on this Forum.

FB and IG are huge marketing tools for QVC, so pushing the hosts to post 100% there makes perfect business sense to me. QVC gets nearly 3 million Likes to their FB page. David Venable gets 475,000; Jane Treacy gets 117,000; Carolyn Gracie gets 129,000, etc. Makes sense the hosts post there and on Instagram because that's where the majority of customers and potential customers are.

Since QVC is intiating so many changes for 2019, they might as well do the obvious and rename the Blogs forum here as the Sweepstakes forum.

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SewHappy2 — Fri, 11 Jan 2019 14:32:17 GMT

If you try to view their fb page a banner pops up, covering most of the page asking you to join or sign in. There is no option to close it. I think it is lazy of QVC to limit their hosts' contacts to fb, QVC can rely on fb to promote things and save their own time. Too bad for us old cutomers left out, who do not choose to share our information with fb or other social media.