Disclosures
This blog is not primarily financially driven. If it were, I would have advertising and sell more stuff.
That said, beginning December 1, 2009, the FTC requires bloggers to provide disclosures whenever there could be hidden interests or unspoken biases related to recommendations.
First, the obvious: I am a leader at Quicken Loans and an advisor (to countless others, including you if you are reading this blog!).
Second, the less obvious: According to how you interpret these new guidelines, if I interview someone and they grab the bill for lunch, I would need to specify this, as I would 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 book to review, ditto. To disclaim this would be tedious for me and a continual eye sore for readers.
So, until more clear disclosure guidelines emerge, please assume that, for every recommendation, link, and product I use, the following all hold true (even though 99% of the time I am just writing about stuff with no incentive or compensation what so ever):
(Template courtesty of Tim Ferriss. Illustrations courtesy of Louis Gray and Jeannine Schafer)