Keep Connected With Conscious Leaders Blogtag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-14879222009-12-01T19:16:57-05:00Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Practice for Prospering Women - with Life Coach Karen, ACCTypePadhttp://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.gife-balancehttp://feedburner.google.comWhat The FTC Guidelines Mean for Bloggers and Testimonials - 3 Helpful Resourcestag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f80309c8833012875fbd283970c2009-12-01T19:16:57-05:002009-12-01T19:17:49-05:00In the spirit of this blog, let me open with a disclaimer. I AM NOT A LAWYER OR FTC EXPERT. I am a leadership and retreat coach sharing three links I found helpful in keeping up with the changes and updates to these guidelines. This is a service for my readers and other conscious leaders and business folk.LifeCoachKaren, Conscious Leadership and Retreats
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the spirit of this blog, let me open with a disclaimer. I AM NOT A LAWYER OR
EXPERT.  I am simply sharing some links I found helpful in keeping up with
the changes and updates to these guidelines.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 6pt 0in 0.0001pt;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://kdmcmillan.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f80309c8833012875fbde0a970c-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Checkmarkgrn" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e54f80309c8833012875fbde0a970c " src="http://kdmcmillan.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f80309c8833012875fbde0a970c-800wi" title="Checkmarkgrn" /></a> FEDERAL
TRADE COMMISSION</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 6pt 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Let's
start with the folks who are writing them, the <a href="http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2009/10/endortest.shtm" title="Federal Trade Commission Guidelines">FTC</a> (Federal Trade
Commission).  On this link you will find both text and video to get it
from the horse's mouth.  Here's a sample video focusing on bloggers, from
the Bureau of Consumer Protection, Associate Director, Mary Engle:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 6pt 0in 0.0001pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">What
do the Endorsement Guides mean for bloggers? <br /></span></strong></p><p style="margin: 6pt 0in 0.0001pt;"></p><p style="margin: 6pt 0in 0.0001pt;">
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<p></p><p style="margin: 6pt 0in 0.0001pt;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://kdmcmillan.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f80309c8833012875fbde0a970c-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Checkmarkgrn" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e54f80309c8833012875fbde0a970c " src="http://kdmcmillan.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f80309c8833012875fbde0a970c-800wi" title="Checkmarkgrn" /></a></span></span></strong><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">FTC
Guidelines on Endorsements & Testimonials: The Facts You Need to Know<o:p></o:p></span></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin: 6pt 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">A
cool video and links I received as a Quan$ite Member from Coach Deb and J.P.
Micek:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 6pt 0in 0.0001pt;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://kdmcmillan.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f80309c8833012875fbde0a970c-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Checkmarkgrn" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e54f80309c8833012875fbde0a970c " src="http://kdmcmillan.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f80309c8833012875fbde0a970c-800wi" title="Checkmarkgrn" /></a></span></span></strong><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">A
user-Friendly Version<o:p></o:p></span></span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">A fabulous fellow
coach, <a href="http://www.aspirelifecoaching.org" title="Life Coach Susan Liddy">Susan Liddy</a>, shared the following
link.  This is the user-friendly version from Lynn Terry <a href="http://www.clicknewz.com/2134/ftc-endorsements-testimonials/" title="A look at the FTC Guideliness by Lynn Terry">http://www.clicknewz.com/2134/ftc-endorsements-testimonials/</a></span></p><p>Please share your thoughts and feedback in our comments section.</p><p>To your grand success!<br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p></div>
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