Disclosures – Surrender The Booty

Although MLMHelpDesk.com is not primarily financially driven, I do from time to time need to pay my three adult sons, two teen daughters, one elementary son, and three granddaughters. Almost forgot, I also have to make sure mama has some money to pay the bills and keep food on the table for the youngins’.

I launched MLM Help Desk back in 2005 to build a community and learn from all you smart people who come back regularly to add far more value that I can ever write.

Well, with that said, beginning on December 1, 2009, the FTC requires U.S. based bloggers to provide disclosures whenever there could be hidden interests or unspoken biases related to recommendations.

First, the obvious: I am a direct sales ambassador; network marketing advocate and MLM startup advisor. Here are some of the companies and people I work with.

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 8 cents instead of an Amazon link that gets me 0 cents. If someone gives me a comfy 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 Gluteus Maximus and preserve your reading experience, please assume that, for every recommendation, link, and product I use, the following all hold true:

Please feel free to use the text and images on this page with proper attribution. There is no reason why each blogger should have to reinvent the wheel.

(Illustrations courtesy of Louis Gray and Jeannine Schafer)

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