Ristvin Marketing Blog

FTC Disclosure

This FTC disclosure policy is valid from 12 October 2009

This Ristvin Marketing Blog is a personal blog written and edited by me, Jim Bruce. If you have any questions about this disclosure, please email me at: jim.bruce@ristvinmarketing.com.

This blog accepts forms of compensation through affiliate links to products.

This blog abides by word of mouth marketing standards. I believe in honesty of relationship, opinion and identity. The compensation received does not influence the advertising topics or posts made in this blog. Any content, advertising space or post that is influenced by compensation will be clearly identified as paid or sponsored content.

The owner of this blog is not compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely the blog owners. If I claim or appear to be an expert on a certain topic or product or service area, I will only endorse products or services that I believe, based on my 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.

This blog does not contain content which might present a conflict of interest. If there is a conflict of interest, this content will always be identified.

If you click on an affiliate ad or text link and buy something, I get a little kickback. Unless I’ve reviewed the product and mentioned that they provided the product to me, none of these companies pays me in any other way.

I also participate in Google Adsense and Amazon.com’s affiliate program. If you click on a Google link or an Amazon link or photo at my site, I get a (small) commission.

When I run a giveaway, I usually have received a free product to review, and the company has sponsored a free product to give to one of my readers. The review is my own opinion, and although the company in question may certainly read my text (and I encourage them to), they don’t edit or approve it in any way. They also don’t compensate me for reviewing the product beyond providing me with a sample.