The bigger question is, will she still refer to herself as a 'professional runner', or will the more apt 'influencer' aka peddler of overpriced scam products be used from now on?
Interestingly, I suspected this might have been the case as she referred to herself as an "Elite Runner" in a recent video. I reckon she'll pick up another creator/runner contract pretty quick. Her deal with ON was odd, they don't mention her on any of their social feeds or websites
where have you heard this news? its not a great surprise after such a mediocre year. i cant see any reason why any other brand would give her a deal - her performances are nowhere near the level for anyone to wanna pay you to wear there kit
floberg $$$ breakdown at end of video...he's basically making $150k/yr net off of online running in total...i rly do hate this narcissistic man but he is smarty pants with marketing and monetizing himself lol. kudos blowberg for turning running into a full time lucrative gig honestly. i think he is certainly aware that a lot of serious runners think he's a joke and the letsrun community sees right through all his emotional video bs. but he is smart enough to not care since he knows he has masses of followers that suck all that stuff up and is what is ultimately putting money in his pocket. he's a clown but a wealthy one. dude gets to run, film it, and make bank lmao. wish he would just train better and stop being a self centered douche but at the end of the day it's his videos and he's gonna appeal to his drones of fans in the way thats most profitable.
where have you heard this news? its not a great surprise after such a mediocre year. i cant see any reason why any other brand would give her a deal - her performances are nowhere near the level for anyone to wanna pay you to wear there kit
hopefully this is the beginning of the end!
It was posted on youtube. I imagine on her other socials too but I don’t have those.
I don’t think it’s implausible she gets another deal. If she can improve on her time, she has the potential to be within the top UK female marathoners. Who knows though.
where have you heard this news? its not a great surprise after such a mediocre year. i cant see any reason why any other brand would give her a deal - her performances are nowhere near the level for anyone to wanna pay you to wear there kit
hopefully this is the beginning of the end!
As much as I like to hate on her (and deservedly so, as is the case will the lot of the influencer pest), of course brands are getting something in return from sponsoring these people. Results are absolutely the least of concerns.
The amount of sycophants clinging to your every strava activity, commenting on it 'ermergerd! ur ez pace is faster than my tempo!!! #lovethegrind' is what counts for thes brands.
You can't imagine in your wildest dreams how many people fall for these 'click this rape-my-wallet.com/phily to get 0.0001% off of this generic supplement costing a fortune' scams.
They think they are supporting a dear friend, and getting a great deal because their dear friend would of course never lie to them for their own benefit.
The more sob stories, the better even.
I don't see why shoe companies should be different here. If Phily can be fast in those shoes then so can I. #lovethegrind.
floberg $ breakdown at end of video...he's basically making $150k/yr net off of online running in total...i rly do hate this narcissistic man but he is smarty pants with marketing and monetizing himself lol. kudos blowberg for turning running into a full time lucrative gig honestly. i think he is certainly aware that a lot of serious runners think he's a joke and the letsrun community sees right through all his emotional video bs. but he is smart enough to not care since he knows he has masses of followers that suck all that stuff up and is what is ultimately putting money in his pocket. he's a clown but a wealthy one. dude gets to run, film it, and make bank lmao. wish he would just train better and stop being a self centered douche but at the end of the day it's his videos and he's gonna appeal to his drones of fans in the way thats most profitable.
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where have you heard this news? its not a great surprise after such a mediocre year. i cant see any reason why any other brand would give her a deal - her performances are nowhere near the level for anyone to wanna pay you to wear there kit
hopefully this is the beginning of the end!
It was posted on youtube. I imagine on her other socials too but I don’t have those.
I don’t think it’s implausible she gets another deal. If she can improve on her time, she has the potential to be within the top UK female marathoners. Who knows though.
She's never shown consistency, though. She's had that one amazing marathon; however, she probably can't repeat it and as far as I know she's not run any recent, even national level, competitive time outside of marathon distance.
It was posted on youtube. I imagine on her other socials too but I don’t have those.
I don’t think it’s implausible she gets another deal. If she can improve on her time, she has the potential to be within the top UK female marathoners. Who knows though.
She's never shown consistency, though. She's had that one amazing marathon; however, she probably can't repeat it and as far as I know she's not run any recent, even national level, competitive time outside of marathon distance.
Yeah, that’s fair. I don’t disagree with you. The best I can say is she has potential to run decent marathon times and she has some social media outreach, which another shoe brand may find appealing.
floberg $ breakdown at end of video...he's basically making $150k/yr net off of online running in total...i rly do hate this narcissistic man but he is smarty pants with marketing and monetizing himself lol. kudos blowberg for turning running into a full time lucrative gig honestly. i think he is certainly aware that a lot of serious runners think he's a joke and the letsrun community sees right through all his emotional video bs. but he is smart enough to not care since he knows he has masses of followers that suck all that stuff up and is what is ultimately putting money in his pocket. he's a clown but a wealthy one. dude gets to run, film it, and make bank lmao. wish he would just train better and stop being a self centered douche but at the end of the day it's his videos and he's gonna appeal to his drones of fans in the way thats most profitable.
$150k after taxes, expenses etc?
Most of his income is from "coaching" 50 people for $100 per month
If sponsorship decisions were based solely on race times, I think Phily would struggle. But it's undeniable she has reach on the socials so I'm sure another brand will take the view it's worth it for the exposure.
Philly is genuinely the most hateful person in the running influencers space. Im genuinely pleased shes lost the ON deal. There are so many more deserving sub elites.
Let’s be clear. She’s not a pro, not an elite and is barely a sub elite. She is though a schister of the very highest level.
Bigger than Running just dropped an IG reel saying people should start a YouTube channel to inspire others.
He’s followed it up with another reel saying people should start a YouTube channel as he gets sent lots of free stuff from brands.
It's been inspiring to see his journey this year to get to a pretty decent level. I don't think there's many on this forum that can genuinely say they've got a sub 21 minute 5k - even if it was paced by Bester
floberg $ breakdown at end of video...he's basically making $150k/yr net off of online running in total...i rly do hate this narcissistic man but he is smarty pants with marketing and monetizing himself lol. kudos blowberg for turning running into a full time lucrative gig honestly. i think he is certainly aware that a lot of serious runners think he's a joke and the letsrun community sees right through all his emotional video bs. but he is smart enough to not care since he knows he has masses of followers that suck all that stuff up and is what is ultimately putting money in his pocket. he's a clown but a wealthy one. dude gets to run, film it, and make bank lmao. wish he would just train better and stop being a self centered douche but at the end of the day it's his videos and he's gonna appeal to his drones of fans in the way thats most profitable.
$150k after taxes, expenses etc?
Most of his income is from "coaching" 50 people for $100 per month
Exactly lol. He makes less than 2k a month in ad revenue so it's not like he makes bank just by filming himself run. He stays afloat using his likeness to scam 60 people at $125 per month.
One core memory family trip to NYC and he's blown through half of the year's ad revenue.
Most of his income is from "coaching" 50 people for $100 per month
Exactly lol. He makes less than 2k a month in ad revenue so it's not like he makes bank just by filming himself run. He stays afloat using his likeness to scam 60 people at $125 per month.
One core memory family trip to NYC and he's blown through half of the year's ad revenue.
oh definitely agree with you guys. i think he's pathetic for charging $100+ monthly for 'coaching'. he should honestly be ashamed he's doing that crap. literally scamming people but he'll justify it by saying he's giving them good advice and 'fostering a community'. apparently per the youtube video his monthly price might be at $150 for the coaching lol. i mean...ya pretty wild he's making ~$1800 per head and probably has a roster of ~50 people so that's a potential $90k all from the bs coaching services.
but i also don't think he's struggling for money by any means. the dude is definitely clearing $200k in total every year i bet. sure he has a family of 4 kids and a wife to support on that, but it's more than doable and comfortable in a chicago suburb. he's probably quite comfortable monetarily, by no means rich, but being able to make 'running' your job is a pretty sweet gig he's cooked up for himself to not have a typical/slave like 9-5 corporate job. but yeah, he's the worst for this 'coaching' stuff by preying on his followers and taking their money for stuff that by no means should be $150 a month. thats just laughable and he's a conning grifter for doing this. i know many in the local community who know who he is feel the same way. it's really just his mindless fans who suck him off and glaze every video who are willing to waste $1-2k/yr to be coached by the great eric floberg. pisses me off lol
he did also mention that he shoots some commercial running film projects that can make him like $5k-20k a piece so that's not nothing...but yea the bulk is his coaching scheme.
i think he also has non-running related 'e-courses' for wedding photography or videomaking that he's said in the past he makes like tens of thousands of dollars from annually in passive income. screw you bloberg you genius internet money scamming artistic douchebro!!!!
Philly is genuinely the most hateful person in the running influencers space. Im genuinely pleased shes lost the ON deal. There are so many more deserving sub elites.
Let’s be clear. She’s not a pro, not an elite and is barely a sub elite. She is though a schister of the very highest level.
As awful as she is, she has run a consistent sub elite and a single elite marathon time. The question is, how long can you live off historic times and still call yourself elite ?
Philly is genuinely the most hateful person in the running influencers space. Im genuinely pleased shes lost the ON deal. There are so many more deserving sub elites.
Let’s be clear. She’s not a pro, not an elite and is barely a sub elite. She is though a schister of the very highest level.
I think its fine to hate her but what has she done that makes you think she is hateful? I don't watch her videos but afaik she is reasonably milquetoast, no beef with other shoetubers?
floberg $ breakdown at end of video...he's basically making $150k/yr net off of online running in total...i rly do hate this narcissistic man but he is smarty pants with marketing and monetizing himself lol. kudos blowberg for turning running into a full time lucrative gig honestly. i think he is certainly aware that a lot of serious runners think he's a joke and the letsrun community sees right through all his emotional video bs. but he is smart enough to not care since he knows he has masses of followers that suck all that stuff up and is what is ultimately putting money in his pocket. he's a clown but a wealthy one. dude gets to run, film it, and make bank lmao. wish he would just train better and stop being a self centered douche but at the end of the day it's his videos and he's gonna appeal to his drones of fans in the way thats most profitable.
$150/mo for coaching. Good grief.
60+ fools and their money are so frequently parted.
I'd guess the dude means hateable, as opposed to hateful. She's not hateful. But she's playing the influencer game which of course makes her as shltty a person as the next influencer.
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