My Personal Disclosure Policy, As Generated by DisclosurePolicy.org
By Steve Safran
Managing Editor
LostRemote.com
This policy is valid from 31 October 2006. We write the date in that Euro-weenie kind of way, rather than October 31, 2006, because it looks more disclosure-y.
This blog is a collaborative blog written by a group of largely sober individuals. This blog does not accept any form of cash advertising, or sponsorship, but that’s not so much of a business plan and I can’t really recommend it. However, we will accept and keep and quite possibly resell at a handsome profit products, services, travel, event tickets, furniture, drapery, meats, shoelaces, small bits of string, a panda, another panda, and other forms of compensation in beer form.
This blog abides by word of mouth marketing standards. That there are really no such things as “word of mouth marketing standards†should not trouble you in the least. We believe in honesty of relationship, opinion and identity. So, in all honesty, this whole thing was made up for free by a computer off a site done by some guy we never met. It is legally binding. By reading this, you agree to waive your right to sue, free speech or to quarter troops in your home during wartime.
The compensation received may influence the advertising content, topics or posts made in this blog. Did I write “may influence?†Because I meant “will sure as hell influence like crazy.†That content, advertising space or post will be clearly identified as paid or sponsored content. Unless I forget. Could happen. Usually does. Might be in fine print. The people — they love the fine print.
The owner(s) (eses) (trix) of this blog is not compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. It’s not for a lack of trying. It’s just that it’s so hard to be corrupt nowadays. There’s way too much competition.
The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely the blog owners. That’s right: the previous sentence actually generated by DisclosurePolicy has a grammatical error. Find it, and win a free posting! (Send $4 to cover handling and clerical work.)
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. We base that worthiness on a scale from $1 to $1,000,000 with $1,000,000 being the high number. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer or provider whose own blog will be just as useless.
The owner(s) (ites) (‘s if the grammarians here had their way) of this blog would like to disclose the following existing relationships. We’d also like to see a colon following that last sentence. These are companies, organizations or individuals that may have a significant impact on the content of this blog. We are employed by or consult with: anyone with more than $1 in quarters. We are active in a political party which influences our blog: Which party is for free beer? We have a financial interest in the following that are relevant to our blogging: making some goddamn money for a change, exploiting silly and pointless text generators for our own amusement.
To get your own policy, consider writing one that’s actually meaningful to your audience. Or, better still, just be honest with them from the get-go.