The FTC Speaks – What Do The Endorsement Guides Mean For Bloggers

The blogosphere has been buzzing about the upcoming implementation date for the new FTC Guidelines. The effective date is December 1, 2009. We’ve been talking about it a lot, and are hosting a free webinar next week. Well. because of that, I thought you might find this video of Mary Engle from the FTC answering… [Continue Reading]

Avoid Liability: Monitoring Bloggers for False Statements

True False Question

If you are at all active in social media, then you know that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued its guideline concerning the use of endorsements and tesimonials in advertising. Bloggers that do reviews have been a-twitter about the requirements for disclosure of endorsement relationships. And yes, the new guidelines require bloggers to disclose endorsements beginning… [Continue Reading]

The ABC Show and #ecowed

The ABC Show (#abckids) for the 3 Green Angels happened to be rewarding, busy and educational. There are many things that we 3 Green Angels learned through our experience, besides meeting each other, firming up our plans for how we will best serve our client (eco-friendly companies and companies looking for guidance on how to… [Continue Reading]