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The Five and Dime

Archive for December 1st, 2009

New FTC Guides affect what you can say in your ads

Today the Federal Trade Commission is adopting revised Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.

The new guidelines talk about celebrity endorsements, blogging endorsements, use of testimonials in general (including non-celebrities), and sponsored testing.

On the FTC website is a pdf document that you can read about it (81 pages), see the link at the bottom of this article. I’ve pulled out and summarized some components here that I think are of interest to advertisers and ad creators.

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