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• Navigating FTC’s Guidance on Social Media Marketing (AdWeek)

  
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  With the rapid growth in social marketing, the Federal Trade Commission has become increasingly concerned about these new methods of reaching out to consumers.
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• Affiliate Marketing: Know The Can-Spam Act

  
  Online Business — Authority: 140
  The amount of false information available about e-mail marketing on the net is staggering. If you are advertising your affiliate program through e-mail campaigns, make sure you know what your responsibilities are. The lawless days of spam e-mail are over, at least for U.S.A. based advertisers. The CAN-SPAM Act of ...
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• What are My Rights When in Debt

  
  Credit Repair | Free Bad Credit Repair Debt Consolidation Loans — Authority: 137
  If dealing with your creditors and debt collectors is starting to stress you out, there are steps that you can take to regain your composure.  The following advice is based on the stipulations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.  At the end of this article are tips on how to deal with debt collectors who ...
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• Quoted – This year, holiday trimmings are in spending – Denver Post

  
  Dr. Scott's Cool Business Blog — Authority: 120
  Image via Wikipedia Stores are stocking less inventory this holiday season , so Traci Lunsford decided to start her shopping last month. “I will receive the bill in November and have it paid off by December,” says the Thornton resident, who has been using coupons and daily deals from Upromise.com to help ...
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• FTC Interview with Jim Edwards

  
  My Affiliate Marketing Guide — Authority: 131
  Below is a direct quote from Jim Edwards “I Gotta Tell You Blog” ====================================================== Watch and Listen To the FTC Interview Right Now! Last Friday I did a special interview webinar with Mr. Rich Cleland, Assistant Deputy at The Federal Trade Commission about the changes ...
  5 days ago

• FTC May Require Output-based Labeling for Light Bulbs

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 615
  With the advent of compact fluorescent light bulbs, LEDs and other energy-saving lighting, marketers have relied on marketing schemes that might say a bulb is “equivalent to a 45-watt light bulb.”But those days may be coming to an end as the Federal Trade Commission has proposed a new output-based label for bulbs, ...
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• A “Public Option” for Media? The Free Press Plan to Put Journalists on the Public Dole

  
  Technology Liberation Front — Authority: 546
  Free Press, the radical pro-regulatory media activist group, recently filed comments with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for the agency’s upcoming workshop on “ How Will Journalism Survive the Internet Age ?”  The Free Press comments provide an enlightening glimpse into the mind of how many on the ...
  6 days ago

• How to Stop Debt Collector Harassment

  
  Smart Money Daily — Authority: 92
  How many people do you think get their rights violated daily by debt collectors? The number is probably quite astounding. As a college student, I’ve been on both sides of these conversations. I worked a medical billing company where we collected past due debts, and I have past due debts. So I know how tough both can ...
  1 week ago

• Feds: Orlando company sells dangerous spyware

  
  PogoWasRight.org — Authority: 151
  Amy L. Edwards reports: … the Federal Trade Commission is targeting an Orlando company that sells a popular keylogging spyware called RemoteSpy, a product the company says is the best on the market for getting into people’s computers without their knowledge or approval. The FTC’s action against CyberSpy ...
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• 123 Lump Sum, 123 Lump Bums?

  
  Structured Settlements 4Real: What's Real in the Structured Settlements, Settlement Planning, Settlement Consulting and Litigation Recovery Management Space? — Authority: 429
  Responding to my post " Fast Cash Now Is a Bunch of BS " reader Elizabeth Baker writes: " My mother is also going through 123 lump sum and it was approved by the courts in February 2008 and they told her it would be for sure on the 20th 2009 of November.it has came and no money.she has been very patiant (sic) ...
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• When the government and internet advertising collide

  
  U.S. Common Sense — Authority: 415
  There has been some talk in Washington lately that has caught my attention. Yes, I know that sounds like a strange comment for a political blogger to make but hear me out. For those of us who do business online (in my case, offer online advertising and do reviews), the Federal Trade Commission is talking about taking ...
  1 week ago

• WAHS Podcast #66 Marketing Laws – New FTC Guidelines

  
  Work At Home Success News and Reviews — Authority: 128
  This week I cover laws that that govern what’s okay and not okay in marketing plus the new FTC Guidelines for endorsements by bloggers. You can listen online here: Or Download here: You can also subscribe through iTunes. Resources Mentioned On the Show Federal Trade Commission ...
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• The FTC should give nonprofit news a closer look

  
  Nieman Journalism Lab — Authority: 670
  You know the old saying about how we’re from the government and we’re here to help you? That’s what came to mind as I read the Federal Trade Commission’s notice for its workshop on journalism in the digital age. The notice makes the case that “news organizations,” which it notably does not attempt to ...
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• For Paid Endorsement, The Federal Trade Commission Revises Guidelines To Include Blogs

  
  Kinetic Knowledge Business Blogging Solutions — Authority: 110
  In it’s ongoing effort to protect consumers, The Federal Trade Commission has revised its’ guidelines concerning the use of endorsements and testimonials in advertising… to include bloggers.  They have specifically added that “material connections” between an advertiser and an endorser, via payment of ...
  1 week ago

• Morgan Stanley CEO loves regulators - seriously

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 795
  Filed under: Company News , Economy , Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley ( MS ) CEO John Mack just loves regulators -- cant get enough of them. Speaking Wednesday at a conference sponsored by Bloomberg News and Vanity Fair , Mack seemed to wish more regulators were camped out in his New York-based firm, watching ...
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• Mommy Bloggers: Deceptive? Greedy? Naive?

  
  LA Moms Blog — Authority: 127
  My husband handed me the Sunday paper this morning as I was about to sip my first cup of coffee.  There, on the front page, was an article about the ethics of mom bloggers writing about free stuff they get from companies .  The article was informative, following one mom blogger from the midwest who has traveled to ...
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• Pharma Watchdog Nominated As An FTC Commish

  
  Pharmalot — Authority: 581
  Who? Julie Brill, who was an assistant attorney general for consumer protection and antitrust, where she spearheaded efforts to publicize pharma payments to docs and reign in some marketing practices, The Pink Sheet writes*. She championed, for instance, a controversial data mining law ( see here ). Brill worked ...
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• Dozier Internet Law: US Senate Slams Online Marketers

  
  Dozier Internet Law, PC: Internet Lawyer — Authority: 113
  At Dozier Internet Law a good majority of our law practice deals with online marketing. It seems our days are spent working on compliance issues, structuring contracts and litigating advertising related disputes. Needless to say, given the evolving interest in this space by the FTC and Congress and the Department of ...
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• More Consumer Rights On the Way?

  
  Caveat Emptor — Authority: 104
  A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) urges legislators to revise the Fair Debt Collection and Practices Act (FDCPA) to give consumers more rights. Debt defaults are at the highest level in 18 years, which has presumably led to more people than ever being contacted by debt collectors. The ...
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• Exclusive: Yahoo and Microsoft Poised to Finally Sign Definitive Search and Ad Agreement

  
  BoomTown — Authority: 688
  Yahoo and Microsoft are poised to finally sign the definitive agreement that will govern the complex and far-reaching search and online advertising partnership that they struck in late July, said sources close to the situation. If all goes well, the various Microsoft and Yahoo execs–who have been ferreted away over ...
  1 week ago

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