12 Handy FTC Disclosure Badges [pics]
Earlier today, fellow blogger and friend Louis Gray came out with a set of eight highly useful badges to display in the event of a possible FTC disclosure situation.
The new FTC disclosure rules for bloggers can be confusing. While many people do their best to explain when they may have received gifts or food or books for free, it’s not very easy to knowjust how to disclose, and when! That’s why, with the help of talented artist Jeannine Schafer (@neenerbot), we prepared a set of FTC disclosure icons that will see you through practically any possible conflict of interest.
I’ll likely be using many of these for my personal disclosure needs, but there were a few categories that I felt weren’t adequately described by his badges, so I whipped up a few of my own to add to the collection.
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Feeling Guilty from Cover to Cover? |
Are Your Stomach and Conscience Both Full? |
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| Are You On the Take? (500 px | 250 px | 150 px) |
Sporting Some New Geek Cred? (500 px | 250 px | 150 px) |
Watching the Market A Bit More? (500 px | 250 px | 150 px) |
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| Are You Shacking Up With a Source? (500 px | 250 px | 150 px) |
Did You Do Time for A Crime? (500 px | 250 px | 150 px) |
SiliconANGLE’s Contribution to the Meme
I have a few more, slightly more specific, badges for my specific use cases. You may or may not find them useful.
| Journalistic Integrity Most sponsored tweets for people who have less than 10,000 followers are under $5.00. Is it going to affect my judgment? No. Will it buy a happy meal for the kid? Yes. |
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| Half-assed Endorsement There are about ten companies who pay me residual affiliate checks of less than $30 a month because I recommended them once years ago. Again, this doesn’t affect my judgment on the company, but it does help pay the cable bill. |
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| Social Media In general, bloggers make a lot of money being hired as advisors or consultants for companies that are in industries they know stuff about. This does not equal hanky panky. |
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| The Robert Scoble Disclosure Sorry Robert, but under the new FTC regs, every time you cry you’ll hafta display this badge. :-) |
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