Bare Feet StudiosIt’s Official: Bloggers Are Recognized by the FTC
Posted on October 6, 2009 by Roxanne Darling
As I have been discussing here in the past few months, the issue of payola, pay-per-post, freebies, and other incentives by marketers to entice blog coverage has come under review of the Federal Trade Commission. They have published new rules covering paid reviews and celebrity endorsements. The vote was 4-0 in favor. Keep in mind, that just about all of us can…
Category: Money Matters, News, Social Media Tags: #SBOSM, attention, bloggers, ethics, FTC, influence, payola, payperpost, regulations, socialmedia, socialmediaclub
Friday Buzz Report for Bare Feet Blog 080725
Posted on July 24, 2008 by Roxanne Darling
I feel like starting virtually very post here with a mea culpa. I have so many blog ideas but often run out of time. After all, we also produce an almost daily video podcast which takes a couple of hours each, and now I am helping to create the unconference PodCamp Hawaii. Of course I Tweet and FriendFeed too, so this mea…
Category: News, Social Media Tags: attention, award, beachwalks, bloggers, diva marketing, expertise, Social Media, tubemogul