Full Disclosure
SelfishMom.com disclosure policy:
This policy is valid from October 23rd, 2009 and may be changed at any time, without notice. This policy is not retroactive and posts made before October 23rd do not necessarily adhere to these policies.
SelfishMom.com is a personal blog written and edited by Amy, aka Selfish Mom. For questions about this blog, please contact Amy@SelfishMom.com.
Compensation
This blog accepts many forms of compensation, including (but not limited to) paid posts, sponsorships, advertising, products, and trips.
The compensation Amy receives may influence the advertising content, links, or post topics of this blog, but will never influence Amy’s opinions on any subject or product.
If a reader clicks on a link or advertisement on SelfishMom.com and subsequently makes a purchase on that website, or uses a discount code found on SelfishMom.com, Amy may receive some form of compensation (cash or otherwise) from that company or website.
Compensation Levels
Compensation levels will be stated clearly at the end of any post that mentions a product, service or location that is covered by any of the levels listed below (or possibly within a post if there are many products listed, such as a gift list). If no compensation level is listed, it is to be assumed that there was no compensation involved with the post or any products, services or locations mentioned in the post. For the purposes of these levels Amy does not consider transportation to and from a local event, or food consumed at an event, as compensation. Compensation refers to cash, gift certificates, products, or services.
- Level 1: The product or service mentioned was provided to Amy free of charge (or at a considerable discount not available to the public).
- Level 2: The product or service mentioned was provided to Amy free of charge and Amy was compensated to post about the product or service.
- Level 3: Amy was compensated for inserting links from a specific website into this post.
- Level 4: Amy was compensated for including a product in pictures or videos in this post.
- Level 5: Amy was compensated for attending the event mentioned in this post.
- Level 6: Amy was compensated for posting about the event mentioned in this post.
- Level 7: Amy was provided with transportation, food, lodging, tickets, and/or other incidentals for the trip mentioned in this post.
- Level 8: Although not specifically compensated for this post, Amy has an ongoing relationship with a company or person connected with a product, service or location mentioned in this post that Amy feels may have influenced her decision to post about it.
- Level 9: Products or services were provided to Amy to give away in a contest.
- Level 10: Products or services were provided to Amy to give away in a contest and to keep for her own use or for review.
- Level 11: Amy was compensated for administering this contest.
- Level 12: The product or service mentioned advertises directly with SelfishMom.com.
Swag
If Amy is given free products of minimal value at a conference, event or meeting that are being given to all attendees, such as bags, books, water bottles, small product samples, coupons, etc., she does not consider these items as compensation and will not necessarily disclose them when talking about a product.
Content
The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely Amy’s own, unless otherwise stated. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question. If Amy quotes from a press release or other source, that content will be clearly marked.
Amy does not have control of which products, services or locations appear in advertisements hosted by third parties, and is not influenced in any way by these advertisements.
Amy is not responsible for anything that happens to anyone as a result of following her advice or reviews, or purchasing a product or service as a result of visiting SelfishMom.com.
Amy often tweets about products or services she has been compensated for, or companies she has an ongoing relationship with. If Amy is paid specifically to Tweet about a product or service, she will append the Tweet with “[spon]” for “Sponsored Tweet” wherever possible. When an ad campaign doesn’t allow for changes, she will choose Tweets that are obviously written as ads, containing links that include words like “ad” or “spon”.
When in doubt, it’s safest to assume that Amy received some kind of compensation or has a relationship with a company or product that she tweets about. Amy has relationships with, or has received products and services from, the following companies, and while not specifically compensated to tweet about them, her tweets may be influenced by her relationships with these companies (this list does not include every company Amy has a relationship with, just the ones she’s worked with on major campaigns or multiple times, and is likely to tweet about because of that relationship; this list may be added to at any time without notice):
- Intel
- Casio
- Disney (including Walt Disney World and Disney Cruise Line)
- Microsoft (including XBox, Office, and many different kinds of hardware and software)
- Kodak
- Activision (including Tony Hawk RIDE)
- Nintendo (including Wii and DS)
- Rock Band
- Juice Box Jungle/Deal of the Day
- Frigidaire
- Ubisoft (including Your Shape)
- Tropicana Orange Juice
It’s also possible that clicking on a link in a tweet will lead to an Amazon.com page or other page where Amy will receive some sort of compensation if you buy something. If a link leads to a purchasing page, it’s safest to assume that this is the case.
In Closing
If Amy says something especially funny or profound, it was probably stolen from an episode of Friends, Will & Grace, Frasier, or West Wing, and will not be identified as such. Amy would rather leave you with the impression that she is witty.
