Full Disclosure, Or... 'I hope you'll still respect me in the morning.'
Thursday, July 5, 2007 at 06:00PM You're going to see some more ads on this site and sponsored stuff on this site, and I want to tell you why...
I'm going to be perfectly frank with you. My hubby is out of work right now and, as he is the main breadwinner, every dollar I bring in right now really helps. My main mission remains the same: To bring you useful & unique solutions to help you simplify, organize and energize your busy life. Accepting more ads & sponsorship will help me to continue my work. Think of it as a "finders fee" that I get for seeking out great solutions for you -- only YOU don't have to pay the fee!
As you may have noticed, I've added some ads by Adbright at the bottom left of the nav bar, but clearly marked it as "Sponsored Solutions" (the ad network will fill them in soon) and I'm experimenting with some payperpost stuff - where they pay me to review products and websites for you (which I do anyway!).
Since I'm stepping up how much I am monetizing my site, I wanted to also "step up" my level of disclosure, to be fair to you. You have a right to know. (To see my first disclosure post click here.) So I went over to disclosurepolicy.org, created an "offical" disclosure and got their funky "I disclose" button for my footer and linked it here.
Here is the 'official' disclosure policy generated by disclosurepolicy.org, with a few tweaks from me, of course :)
I hope you'll still respect me in the morning! If not, feel free to let me know!
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This policy is valid from 05 July 2007
This blog is a personal blog written and edited by Sarah Zeldman, Life & Home Business Coach
This blog accepts some forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of compensation. (Hey, I can't make a difference if I can't make a living!)
The owner of this blog is compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. Even though the owner of this blog receives compensation for our posts or advertisements, ***I always give my honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on those topics or products.*** (That is very important to me! I'm here to help you find great solutions - not lead you astray!)
The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely my own. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question. (Always a good idea.)
The compensation received may influence the advertising content, topics or posts made in this blog. (Hey, I'm human, but I do try very, very hard NOT to let that happen.) That content, advertising space or post may not always be identified as paid or sponsored content. (Sometimes, it's just not elegant to do that, so I'm disclosing here.)
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