Social Media Policy

  1. Value
    1. We will only contribute content when we believe it will be valuable to others.
    2. We will not engage in off-topic conversation for the sole purpose of self-promotion.
  2. Voice
    1. We will be authentic.
    2. We will speak in the first person.
    3. We recognize that social media is a community; we will always be helpful to and respectful of others.
    4. We will not antagonize or defame others.
  3. Transparency
    1. All content will be attributed.  In the event that aliases are used, all affiliations will be disclosed.
    2. We will disclose any and all relevant affiliations.
    3. We will disclose our general sources of revenue on our website.
    4. We will always provide a means for contacting the author of our content.
  4. Truthfulness
    1. We will always be truthful.
    2. We will never ask others to engage in deceit or to take a position that they do not support.
    3. We will obey the community guidelines where we post content.
    4. We will not attempt to spam by planting content, hiring others to plant content or planting automatically generated content.
  5. Responsiveness
    1. When appropriate, we will do our best to respond in a timely manner.
    2. We will constructively respond to negative comments.
  6. Moderation
    1. We will not attempt to moderate, block, or otherwise reject content based on its favorable or unfavorable opinion of a product or service.
    2. We will attempt to moderate, block or reject content that is offensive, spam or off-topic.
  7. Competitions
    1. Rules will be clearly posted for all competitions.
  8. Copyright and Fair Use
    1. All laws, rules and norms regarding copyright and fair use will be respected.
    2. We will link to online references and original source materials directly.
  9. Privacy
    1. We will not disclose information that we know is intended for proprietary use or to otherwise be kept secret.
    2. We will not use a client’s name without written permission.
    3. We will not comment on any lawsuit or legal matter in which we are engaged.