Endorsements: My Philosophy

While I don't accept paid advertising on this site, I do offer endorsements for products, services or content that I believe in. If and when I do accept products to review, I will always disclose the situation with which I am reviewing the products and note exactly what I have received for free and what I paid for out of my own pocket.

I'm not a professional journalist and one of the reasons I do blog is to have the chance to try out new products and services and share my experiences with them. In every case, when I do write about a product and my personal experience with it, it is always my real unfiltered opinion and never anything someone has specifically told or asked me to write on their behalf.  Often, the endorsements that I do make are for products or brands that I have already written about and expressed an affinity for before they ever contacted me.

What I Will Endorse/Accept

The things that I will endorse or accept are usually closely aligned with my personal or professional interests. The best way to guess at what I might be interested in reviewing is to spend some time reading past posts on my blog and following to my Twitter feed. I am a frequent traveler, luggage enthusiast, avid photographer, lover of gadgets and father of two young boys. On a professional level, I'm an author and appreciate the effort and insights required to write a book and often do book blurbs, endorsements and reviews.

In my role providing advice on using interactive tools and social media for marketing, I am also an early adopter when it comes to trying out new sites and services and enjoy reviewing beta releases for new sites and ideas.  I even created a Facebook group for Bloggers Who Like To Get Beta Testing Invites.

What I Won't Accept Or Write About

I don't do "link exchanges" or any other form of linking barter designed to game search engines. I also won't accept any products or services to review if you have a specific point of view that you are requiring me to share. There are no banners or text ads on my blog, and for the near future I will keep it that way. The only exception is that on occasion I will include a sponsored link on my sidebar to help promote a service, product or event that I am somehow associated with.