Disclosure
Huge shout out to my man Tim Ferriss for leading the way on addressing the FTC disclosure regulations regarding bloggers. The FTC requires bloggers to provide disclosures whenever there could be hidden interests or unspoken biases related to recommendations.
First, the obvious: There are a number of people and companies that I think very highly of and who share their gifts with the world via products and services. I like to introduce said people and companies to my community and the visitors to the Financially Smitten website. Sometimes said people and companies pay me an affiliate fee to help promote their products and services. Please know that I would be sharing them with you anyway.
Second, the less obvious: Per the FTC rules, if I interview someone and they grab the bill for lunch, I would need to specify this. Ditto if I use an Amazon link that gets me 3 cents instead of an Amazon link that gets me 0 cents. If someone gives me a stylin’ t-shirt with a logo and I wear it in a photo, same deal. Disclaimers all over the place. This would be tedious for me and a continual eye sore for readers. But rules is rules. To cover my Financially Smitten butt and preserve your reading experience, please assume that, for every recommendation, link, and product I use, the following all hold true:
- I got fed.
- I got some sweet gadgets.
- I received mad coinage.
- I got a helluva schwag bag.
- I got stock options.
- I was promised a first-born.
