FTC Disclosures Made Simple Icons For Bloggers

26 January 2010 ~ 8 Comments

FTC Disclosures Made Simple Icons For Bloggers

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Have you been paying any attention to recent announcement of FTC’s new blogger disclosure rules that took effect recently on December 1, 2009? Are you in compliance with the new FTC regulations?

This is what they basically say:

“If you get something and decide to write about it, you have to disclose that it was given to you and/or whether you were paid for the review.”

Personally, I think the new FTC regulations should do more good than harm and it shouldn’t bother you too much if you are a blogger or marketer with honest intentions. So, just be transparent with what you do and you’ll be fine.

Do you want to know more? A guide to FTC regulations can be found here.

If you are scratching your head over how to go about disclosing your relationships with the companies and products you review and write about in your blog post, then you may want to make use of this amusing set of icons, designed by illustrator Jeannine Schafer, trying to appease the FTC and their new blogging FTC regulations….just kidding!

Here, I’d like say a “Big Thank You” to Louis Gray for allowing me to download the entire pack of FTC Disclosure icons from his blog site and use them in my blog.

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8 Responses to “FTC Disclosures Made Simple Icons For Bloggers”

getting the motivation to lose weight 28 January 2010 at 10:24 am Permalink

Yeah I agree on a few points, still great article.
Alvin Tan 28 January 2010 at 9:18 pm Permalink

Thanks for reading. I hope you like the FTC Disclosure icons. Cheers!
how to ollie 30 January 2010 at 3:33 pm Permalink

Good post… I’m always on the lookout for good blogs.
Alvin Tan 1 February 2010 at 3:19 am Permalink

Thanks for reading!
John Paul Aguiar 1 February 2010 at 1:42 pm Permalink

lol nice cartoons..
Alvin Tan 1 February 2010 at 8:06 pm Permalink

All this must thank to Louis Gray and illustrator Jeannine Schafer.
Alan 15 March 2010 at 1:30 pm Permalink

I’m not a big fan of over regulating businesses or activities. In principle this seems OK as it is just a question of transparency and ethical behavior. Is it really needed? Does William Shatner have to issue a disclaimer whenever he does a Priceline.com commercial or do you just assume he’s being paid? Just sayin’.
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Alvin Tan 15 March 2010 at 10:12 pm Permalink

Your comments show that you have great insight.

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