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• Engage
• Demonstrate kindness
Fellow bloggers
• Demonstrate goodwill
• Get involved!
Hotel/Lodge, DMO, P.Rs
• Understand industry expectations
Your
Blog
Readers
Comm-
unity
Industry
Relationships
Content
Family, Community, the Net
• Credit sources,
• Protect your
content
Your writing
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Conflict of
Interest
Gushing Tweets,
objectivity marred Declare incentives
Long-term
relationships
Transparency Building Trust
Disclosure
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The FTC (Federal Trade Commission)
Bloggers and Sponsors obliged to declare freebies
Legislation?
• Prominent Disclosure
• Tweets to carry #ad #paid, start of
tweet
• No misleading info e.g. “World’s Best
Hostel” ? ?
• In SA – Consumer Protection Act
Roussillon, 2013
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Independent Blogging – is it for you?
In Provence Verte, 2013