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Comment Policy

Two words:Be nice. As people, and women especially, we already spend too much time tearing each other down and competing with one another. This is not the place for harsh criticisms or negativity. We are in this together. We’re on the same team! And while I welcome ideas from readers of all walks of life, I simply ask that those ideas be expressed with respect for one another and a little (or, if the situation warrants, BIG) drop of grace.

 

Disclosure Policy

In 2009, our friends at the Federal Trade Commission {FTC} revised their guidelines regarding endorsements and testimonials in order to protect the public from any intentionally errant or misleading advertising that has been paid for by a group or company. Since this blog is a source of income and may occasionally incorporate endorsements or testimonials, we felt it was important to disclose the following to you, our readers:

  • The content of our blog is a source of income for us and therefore may be used to promote products, services, or other businesses.
  • We will only choose to promote products/services/businesses that we have, in fact, used and that we feel will be beneficial to our readers.
  • Products provided to us by our advertising partners for our review are given to us free of charge with no cost to ourselves. This does not ensure a positive review of the product in any way.
  • You can trust us. We will always give our genuine opinion about a product or service whether or not we are partnering with the service provider and/or receiving payment to do so.
  • Our number one priority is accuracy and fairness to our readers, and we would never compromise the truth just to make a buck. Ever.
  • Mentions of associated products/services/businesses within the content of our blog may or may not be noted as an affiliate in every reference.

We hold ourselves to the highest standards of integrity and strive to deliver interesting, helpful, and encouraging content while generating a small profit to compensate us for our time, research, and ideas. We love and appreciate our readers and make it our goal to be up front and honest with every post we write.

 

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This privacy policy is subject to change without notice and was last updated on August 14, 2014. If you have any questions feel free to contact me directly at justagirlandherblog {at} gmail {dot} com.

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  1. I like the pastel pictures behind you in the picture where you’re sitting ata desk- Did you make them? If not, where did you get them?

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  2. Hi Abby!

    I just wanted to let you know that I loved your disclosure page so much that I totally revamped my own! Before I had a bunch of terms and conditions copied and pasted from disclosure providing services but after reading yours I decided I didn’t need all that and I wrote my own. It was heavily influenced by yours though! Thanks for the inspiration.

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  3. I love the bookcases for your office. I’ve been preparing to make myself a girly office as well and have been searching for white bookcases with moulding like this for over a month to no avail. I’m inspired to make my own now- where did you get the bookcases and crown moulding? I found a bookcase like the one in your photo from staples, but I didnt see that moulding on lowes website. Can you direct me? Thanks

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  4. I am reading through your “7 day start a blog challenge” and you said that you read other blogs’ disclosure pages. I have checked several different blogs that I read regularly, and I cannot find a disclosure page. Would you mind to share a few that you know have policies up?

    Also, where do you post your policies? Do you just link them in each post, or is there a link elsewhere? I haven’t seen your link anywhere on the actual page, so I’m wondering if it’s just in each post? Or perhaps in posts that you need to disclose that you’re getting compensated for?

    Thanks!

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  5. Hi Holly, I got a notification of your comment because I previously commented. I have a disclosure page on my blog if you would like to check it out. It’s listed under the Policies button on my header.

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  7. I like this disclosure page. You two are awesome! Building a Framework has been instrumental in helping my hubby, and I launch our business/blog a little over a year ago. It is still a lot of work in progress, but we have faith. I would love your feedback. Keep inspiring!

    Warmest Regards,
    Lori

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  8. I have no idea what to say in a disclosure statement. Is there somewhere I can copy and paste a general statement? I checked Hyatt’s site and all of those statements are made for posts in my opinion and not the blog as a whole.

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    • Hi, Deanne! If you google “Disclosure Policy Generator” there are several sites out there that ask you a few questions and then generate an appropriate policy based on your responses. I hope this helps!

      ~Abby =)

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  9. Hi Abby!
    I’ve just set up my blog and I’m following your ten day blog setup email course for that. I’m only on day three and have to make a disclosure policy. Should I even put one up when I’m not selling anything right now and my blog has only two posts?

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    • I always recommend having the disclosure and privacy policies from the get go. Google likes to see them, and then you don’t have to worry about it if you ever do decide to monetize. Best of luck with your blog, Hena!

      ~Abby =)

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    • Abby! Your blog looks so great… well done! It is a TON of work and there is always something more that can be done for sure… but also SO rewarding! You can do it! 🙂

      ~Abby =)

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  11. Hi Abby! I love how personal your disclosure page sounds. It’s straightforward without all the legal jumbo that using up three hundred pages of fine print. Question? Where/How do you compose the disclaimer so that it only shows as a link at the bottom footer and not as a new page at the top of my header. Every time I try to publish it, it shows up in some weird uninvited place hahaha. Thank you- Deanna

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    • Hi, Deanna! If you publish it as a “page” rather than a “post,” it won’t show up in your feed of blog posts. I hope this helps! Have a great day!

      ~Abby =)

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    • Hi Deanna, I saw your post as I was commenting on this feed as well. I just addressed the same issue on my website- so thought I might be able to help. If you’re using WordPress, you can go to your dashboard, down to appearance, and then to menus. You should be able to create a new menu for your disclosure page and place it in your footer. If you’ve used this section to create your header menu, you can also edit that menu to exclude your disclosure page. Additionally, if you don’t want new pages to automatically add to your header menu you can change that default setting as well. Hope that helps (and Abby, I hope it was okay I chimed in)!

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  12. I’m currently going through your building a framework course, and just getting started with my blog. I’m an attorney, and as such know how important disclosures are! But I also hate when it’s just a bunch of “legalese”. I love that you cover all the necessary elements, but do so in a personal, blog-appropriate way that is engaging and friendly! Your’s is by far my favorite disclosure page I have seen so far. Thanks for inspiring me to make mine more personal as well!

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  14. Hi Abby,
    I have got to say you have been an insirpation and huge help in me starting my own bog: http://www.justcallmeq.com

    I literally have only had it up within the last few days. Thank you so much for the info on how to start a blog! I will be referring to it in the foreseeable future! I don’t have much traffic yet and still need to do my disclosures but with your info I will get it going sooner than I could have even dreamed. Thanks again!

    ~Q

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  15. Hi, I’m sorry if this question is a repeat. You write that you only give honest opinions of items given for use and considerstion. But I don’t see any negative reviews. If you get some gizmo and it is crappy, how will we learn from your experience if it isn’t written up? Or have you only had 100% great experiences with everything sent to you? Can you point out some negative reviews in your blog, if I missed them?
    Thanks,
    Dave

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    • Hi, Dave! My policy has been that if I don’t like a product that I have been sent, I go to the company who sent it and let them know. They can then choose to go forward with the post, knowing what I will say about the product, or we can cancel the partnership, which is typically what they choose. So the reason you won’t find many negative reviews here is that those products that I would give negative reviews haven’t made the cut to be featured on my blog. I like to keep it upbeat and positive around here, so I stick to sharing things I truly love and believe in. I hope this helps!

      ~Abby =)

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  16. Hi Abby,

    I love your disclosure page. it’s so easy to understand. your 10-day free email course on creating a blog has been a huge help for me to start my own blog http://www.1stepfurther.com. I still have a lot of things to be done with my blog including a disclosure page. I read in one of your comment that you suggest a free disclosure policy generator in google, and I tried it. However, it is very long and not so easy to understand.
    I have a question and apologize for my very limited knowledge regarding this disclosure and privacy policy, but If we use a third party when readers want to subscribe to our blog, does it means their name and email address is stored on the third party server and not ours?Therefore we can say that “we do not share readers personal information to third parties, and so on?”
    I just started blogging and haven’t put any post that has an affiliate marketing contents. However, I want to monetize it if possible someday and it’s a good idea to have a good disclosure page. thank you once again for everything 🙂

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    • Hi, Kinanthi! The phrase “we do not share readers’ personal information to third parties” means that you do not sell the email addresses you collect to another company that will send marketing emails to those addresses. I’m pretty positive that you’re not doing that with your blog, so you would be safe using that phrase! I hope this helps!

      ~Abby =)

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  17. Hi, I have genesis framework and a child theme as well. Would you be able to share how you got this page in the copyright footer? I’ve spent hours on google and had no luck. It’s really confusing me.
    Thanks so much,
    Kaylie

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  19. Hi Abby,

    Which plugins do you use for your social sharing? It looks like Social Warfare, which is what I use but I’m quite interested in how you got the icons to be this pretty mint colour that you are using.

    Ariette

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