Disclosure Policy

Disclosure Policy for LocalBusinessCoachOnline.com

Ownership

This blog is a blog created or supported by an individual and may at times be supported or sponsored by a company, organization or group of organizations. For information about this blog contact Vernessa Taylor (policies AT localbusinesscoachonline DOT com).

Compensation

This blog might accept forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, or paid topic insertions. We will and do accept and keep free products, services, travel, event tickets, and other forms of compensation from companies and organizations. Some advertising is in the form of advertisements generated by third party ad networks. Those advertisements might or might not be identified as paid advertisements.

This blog also abides by word of mouth marketing standards. We believe in honesty of relationship, opinion and identity. The compensation received might influence the advertising content. The topics and posts are under the full editorial control of the blog owner or designated representatives. Any content, advertising space or post will be clearly identified as paid or sponsored content.

Affiliate Relationships

The owner(s) of this blog will likely develop affiliate relationships with products or services used by the owner(s) for the blog. In exchange for referrals and/or purchases of these products or services, the owner(s) may receive cash compensation, discounts, price reductions, points, or other forms of compensation. These relationships might influence written articles, topics, and comments or videotaped or audio segments on this blog. Such written information, video, or audio segments will be clearly identified.

However, the owner(s) of this blog is not compensated to provide favorable opinions on products, services, websites and various other topics. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely the blog owners. If we claim or appear to be experts on a certain topic or product or service area, we will only endorse products or services that we believe, based on our expertise, are worthy of such endorsement. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer or provider.

Conflict of Interest

The owner(s) of this blog are involved in various entrepreneurial pursuits. Consequently, from time to time, this blog might contain content which might present a conflict of interest. We will make our best effort to identify such content expeditiously. If such occasions arise, the owner(s) will disclose those relationships with companies, organizations or individuals that may have a significant impact on the content of this blog.

This Disclosure Policy may be amended from time to time.

For questions about this Disclosure Policy or more information about this blog, contact Vernessa Taylor  (coachnotes AT localbusinesscoachonline DOT com).

Last Revised: March 1, 2012

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Portions of the language was used with permission from disclosurepolicy.org.

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Reference (also see):

Federal Trade Commission, 16 CFR Part 255

Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising

Revised Endorsement and Testimonial Guides

http://www.ftc.gov/os/2009/10/091005revisedendorsementguides.pdf

To learn more, read the Federal Register Notice at:

www.ftc.gov/opa/2009/10/endortest.shtm