Comments on: FTC (Federal Trade Commission) Clarifies New Internet Marketing, Blogging & Affiliate Advertising Guidelines With Jim Edwards

By: Craig

Craig — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 23:45:26 +0000

Thanks Jim. I am located in New Zealand and have been prety much disclosing as best i can hoping i comply. Your reording really sums up what the FTC regs are all about. Be honest and you will succeed and not get into trouble with FTC. It is all about honesty!! Well done matey. i love your website and it’s content. Cheers from down under

By: Vicki

Vicki — Tue, 18 May 2010 19:41:22 +0000

Thank you Jim! This interview was really helpful. I especially loved the way you asked the ‘what if’ questions to get even more clarity. Thank you so much for providing this information! ~ Vicki

By: Basic Bookkeeping Services

Basic Bookkeeping Services — Sat, 08 May 2010 03:59:31 +0000

Thanks for the heads up on this matter. I am newbie in the field of marketing on the web and this is definitely good news.

By: Tim Ackley

Tim Ackley — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 23:08:01 +0000

Jim,

thank you so much for this informative and insightful interview!
this certainly clears up any questions that I had.

By: Misato Katsuragi

Misato Katsuragi — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:31:07 +0000

The more I hear, the scarier it gets, and the more it doesn’t seem like it’s really the people or companies who committ fraud who the FTC is after.

Case in point: Ebooks. Now what about these little gems that were suppose to help all of us beginning internet marketers? For years we have been told ‘make and distribute an ebook’.

Well, now that there are thousands of those things out there, with almost all of them having anything to do with internet marketing, having affiliate links in them.

And now I hear that we are suppose to correct the links in all of those of get rid of them. THe only thing I could think of to that was “huh???”

How is one suppose to collect every copy their ebook to do that? Even if they could, how are they then suppose to stop those that have a copy of their ebook from distributing it?. And that’s just the tip of the iceburg, and it’s impossible, and this is where the little guy is going to get stung and not the real scammers.

And part of my revalation is already panning out to be true. Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed that for the most part, the big wig interent marketers haven’t changed any of their sales pages to comply with the new FTC regs?

They still have no disclaimer, or disclaimer link for things they are earning affiliate commissions on.

For every 100 guru sites you visit, you might see a couple that have changed, but for the most part, it’s the same old, same old. I have to give them credit for one thing. They also seem to know who this is going to effect and who it isn’t going to effect. They sure show no signs of FTC fear or concern. They know who can thumb their nose at the FTC and who can’t.