This policy is valid from 17 sept 2010

This blog is a company blog written and edited by Howard Greenstein. For questions about this blog, please contact publichoward at the google mail service.

This blog does not accept any form of cash advertising, sponsorship, or paid topic insertions. However, we will and do accept conference passes, and other forms of compensation from companies and organizations, such as dinners or excursions when it is relevant to our business development efforts. These are disclosed when they occur.

This blog abides by word of mouth marketing standards. We believe in honesty of relationship, opinion and identity.

The owner of this blog is not compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely the blog owners. If we claim or appear to be experts on a certain topic or product or service area, we will only endorse products or services that we believe, based on our expertise, are worthy of such endorsement. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer or provider.

The owner of this blog 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. We are employed by or consult with: many different PR and Marketing firms, including Weber Shandwick, Porter Novelli, the Bravo Group, the Byne Group and others as may occur.

We are currently working with Porter Novelli and HP as a subject matter expert on startups, small business, and social media. We will be participating in a sponsored conversation event as an interviewee, for which Harbrooke is compensated.

Howard Greenstein is also on the Board of Directors of Social Media Club, and may write about or promote the organization as a full supporter of it.