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FTC Seeking Your Guidance on Disclosure in Online Advertising

Bill Hartzer

The FTC is formally asking people just like you and me (the public) for advice and guidance when it comes to disclosure in online advertising. It’s another step in the “acceptance” of blogging and blogs–which is a good thing.&#. Now is your chance to help the FTC decide the rules.

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What does it take to start a career in professional blogging?

SocMed Sean

One of these content-creating jobs is blogging. And blogging is big. Big enough to provide a legitimate career in professional blogging. More people than you realize are blogging today. Sports fans, stay-at-home moms, fitness enthusiasts, chefs, financial gurus, and many more enter the blogging world every day.

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FTC Social Disclosure Rules

Proactive Report

Although most of the complaint was about false or misleading claims in advertizements, there were also implications for disclosure on social media channels. Because these comments were created by employees of Deutsch LA, an advertising agency hired to promote the PS Vita, they are false and misleading. PS Vita [ruling] the world.

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The Risks of Personal Blogging, IP & Ferraris: The David Adler Interview

Firebelly

We make it a point to hang out regularly and collaborate (disclosure: he’s a Firebelly Marketing client and our attorney). I just caught up with David with some questions about intellectual property, social media promotions, and the risks of personal blogging. Are you using third-party marks for comparative advertising?

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Editorial or Advertising?: Native Ads and Disclosure

Meltwater

Google’s ads have changed at least 10 times in the past decade, so it comes… Read More.

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The Church And State Of Advertising

Twist Image

We were a two-person operation back then and my job was not only handling all of the editorial content, but the advertising as well. The world of editorial content in the media and the advertising that surrounded it was separated like the church and state. Having a role with that kind of duality was seen as a no-no.

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FTC to Penalize Questionable Blogging Practices

Socialized

The FTC’s updated Endorsement Guides (PDF) define those circumstances under which disclosure must be made, removing what many thought were gray areas of the law. The FTC also recognizes, for example, “the ‘near-endless’ variety of possible relationships between bloggers and the companies about whose products they blog.”.

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