About Sponsored Posts

Personal code of ethics:

Generally.

• I have a lot of younger readers so I try to keep things here reasonably friendly for all ages.
• I always disclose if a product was sent for review or bought within the post.
• While I do accept advertising on this blog I will always try to make it something actually worth reading by putting my personal style on it.

Sidebar Advertising.

• All advertising must be approved by me including images, alt text and links. I will not approve something I think is completely irrelevant, not age appropriate for my readership (eg. online gambling, adult website etc) or I don’t personally agree with.
• Space can be booked weekly, monthly, 6 monthly or yearly and payments are to be made in advance.
• All efforts will be made for maximum site uptime but there are some things out of my control which also effect the site, should anything happen, new time may be negotiated to make up for it.

Disclaimer policy:

This policy is valid from 12 December 2009 onwards. This blog is a personal blog written and edited by me. For questions about this blog, please contact  Violet (violet@violetlebeaux.com). This blog accepts forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of compensation. This blog abides by word of mouth marketing standards. We believe in honesty of relationship, opinion and identity. The compensation received may influence the advertising content, topics or posts made in this blog. That content, advertising space or post will be clearly identified as paid or sponsored content. The owner(s) of this blog is compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. Even though the owner(s) of this blog receives compensation for our posts or advertisements, we always give our honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on those topics or products. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely the bloggers’ own. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question. This blog does not contain any content which might present a conflict of interest.

So sponsored posts have been a really big issue in the blogosphere lately and I wanted to be completely up front and honest with everyone because I absolutely value you all as readers and I especially value the trust you put in me as a blogger. So do I take paid advertising? Yes is the short answer but please read all of the information below before you judge me on that.

Why do you accept Sponsored Posts?

- I spend several hours a day working on this site and there is a ridiculous amount of work that goes into every single post. Tutorials take an average of 6+hours to make from start to finish and all of that time I’m spending on the blog is time I’m not spending running my actual business. When I take time away from my business I am less able to do fun things like pay my rent. I didn’t want to bring you less or poorer content so I made the choice to accept sponsorship for some of my posts. This means I can spend more time on writing for you guys and thinking of tutorials without starving to death. Trust me, hungry girls can’t think of good tutorials!

What kind of Sponsorships do you take?

-I offer advertising space on my side bar, product reviews and full advertorial posts.

Why should I, as a reader, bother to look at your Sponsored Posts? How can I trust your opinion in a review of a product if I know you’ve been paid to give it??

-Well the nice reason is that you should do it out of respect for the fact that I provide so many interesting (I hope) posts and tutorials for free… but in reality I understand that most people couldn’t care less about that so more  realistically: when I am doing a paid post I try extra hard to make it relevant and super interesting. I try not to just shove advertising in your faces and when the post is sponsored I make extra sure that it would actually interest you guys before I bother posting it. In regards to trusting my opinions, I am always completely honest in my reviews etc. I will ALWAYS tell you about the bad with the good. Everything I write is always *MY* opinion. Honestly is a key part of my blog, your trust as readers is absolutely the most important thing to me. That’s why I reply to every single comment and every single email you all send me :)

Do you take *any* Sponsorships or is there a limit?

-No. I only accept advertising that is relevant to mine and my readers interests. For example, I may write about make up… but not Russian brides. That said the advertisements on the right hand side bar is placed there by various agencies and as such I don’t always get to approve links that go on there before hand. If there is something I don’t like I will always take it down as soon as I notice though.

Are you just in this for the millions of dollars you must be earning?

-AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! If I am, I’m surely in the wrong business. The advertising revenue I get in comparison to the number of hours a week I put in equals to pretty much nothing. I’m not trying a “get rich quick scheme”, I’m just doing something I like and trying to find a way to do it well that doesn’t involve me being in the poor house ;)

Can I ask you a questions specific to your advertising policies?

-Yes, I try to run this site as openly as possible. Just leave your question the comments or email me:) Thank you for taking the time to read this and I hope it clears up any misconceptions!

Terms of use:

Please note that everything on this website is for informational purposes only.

• Anything you do in relation to this website is at your own risk, this includes any tutorials or competitions.
• Results shown are dependant on several factors and are not guaranteed.
• I am not responsible for individual results if you choose to do something from this site.
• Information on this site should not be used in substitution of professional advice.
• All reviews are personal opinion.

Copyright:

Everything on this website is copyright to Blue Crane Design unless otherwise noted. I work hard to create content for this website so please don’t disrespect me by stealing articles or images. If you would like to syndicate or reproduce anything on this website please just contact me, I’m really quite a nice person. Please do not post my images or content without express written permission. Email me first! If you steal from this website I will use my full rights under the law to recover compensation.