Blog Disclosure

Much recently has been made of trust, or the lack thereof, when it is revealed that someone has blogged or created buzz without disclosing that there was a financial incentive to do so. Jeff Jarvis wrote on this today. Seth Godin had this on December 20, 2004. There are likely many others. These two happen to be ones I read regularly and whose references were handy. I have taken Seth's statement and reworked it for my own situation: This blog doesn't accept ads or sponsorships. I don't own stock or ccept royalties from any company or product mentioned on this blog. I don't serve on any boards. If the occasion were to come up, I would consider accepting samples of stuff with a nominal value (under $20 or so). I will tell you that there is no correlation between mentioning stuff and whether or not someone sent it to me. I write about what I find interesting and I think will interest you as a reader. My goal in creating this blog is to share my ideas and hopefully create a conversation that will generate something more than we each started with. My success will be determined by your readership (or lack thereof). I consider myself an amateur writer, a professional learner. If anything changes with what I have said here, I will let you know. I promise. A similar version (actually the original) of this is posted here.