Disclosure Policy

This disclosure policy is valid from February 16, 2010

This blog is a personal blog written and edited by me. For questions about this blog, please contact me.

I accept forms of cash for advertising on this blog. I also encourage sponsorship by advertisers for my contests in the form of compensation including prizes for contests and products to review and keep.

BenSpark.com abides by word of mouth marketing standards. I believe in honesty of relationship, opinion and identity. The compensation received may influence the advertising content, topics or posts made in this blog. That content, advertising space or post will be clearly identified as paid or sponsored content.

I am compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. Even though I receive compensation for some of my posts or advertisements, I always give my honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on those topics or products. The views and opinions expressed on BenSpark.com are purely my own. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question.

I would like to disclose the following existing relationships. These are companies, organizations or individuals that may have a significant impact on the content of this blog.

I write posts and consult with: IZEA including their properties PayPerPost and SocialSpark. I am also an IZEA Insider.

I am an affiliate for many properties through Amazon, Linkshare, MarketLeverage, ShareASale and Commission Junction. If you click a link to go buy something assume that I’m making a few pennies from it. If I’m not I should fix that right away.

I have written posts for Digital Spectrum Solutions, Inc. I have run contests with M80, SodaClub, XShotpix.com, TenBills.com, Digital Days, GiSTEQ Corp and Edge Tech Corp. For each of these contests I have received products to review and keep as compensation and prizes have been provided by each respective company to the contest winners.