Graphic designer Trisha Hay and I were discussing this and she came up with the idea of putting *C to denote a tweet about a client. I am adopting her idea and from now on you'll see *C at the end of any tweet I do that promotes a client of Splendid Communications in some fashion. If I am simply conversing back and forth with a client, then the symbol won't be present. The bio on my Twitter page has also been updated to include this information so that anyone who visits that page know what the symbol stands for in the tweets.
I am fortunate in that I am able to work only with companies that I 100% believe in, so you won't see much of a change in my writing or posts, just the added disclosure symbol that shows I do have a specific interest in the success of a particular company. While these new regulations are causing everyone to rethink how we write and post online, I am glad that they are bringing much needed transparency to the wedding industry.
You can read more about the new FTC regulations here and how they relate to preferred wedding vendor directories here.
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While this does bring transparency to the industry - it also makes it more difficult for the small company once again.
companies which can not make it to every glitzy and fanciful wedding industry event and don't have the chance to meet and "rub elbows" with others of influence... will once again be on the losing end of things. It seems that networking won't be as easy... Maybe I'm just being a little leary... But as it is it's tremedously hard for a small business owner to break into the cliques that are already formed in the wedding industry. So now we'll just see more clearly who has a vested intrest in who, rather than having to guess at it. :)
Thanks for the heads up on this new FTC Regulation coming.
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