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Legal Considerations of Cause Marketing

While many of us incorporate giving throughout the year, many businesses get in the giving spirit around holidays. It's awesome to visit clients who have donation boxes, angel trees, adopt-a-family boards, and other charitable programs for their employees to support. And who among us hasn't dropped donations in the red kettles as we're leaving [...]

By |2020-09-05T09:54:44-07:00December 1st, 2015|Business Law, FTC Disclosure, Giveaways, Social Media|1 Comment

Legal Implications of Facebook Promotion Guidelines

On August 27, 2013, Facebook made sweeping changes to its Promotion Guidelines for Businesses. It's been over 2 years since the last updates to the Facebook Promotion Guidelines. The changes today may significantly change how businesses run promotions on the social network. What are the changes to the Facebook Promotion Guidelines? And how do [...]

By |2020-07-16T13:11:21-07:00August 28th, 2013|Facebook, Giveaways, Social Media|28 Comments

5 Legal Considerations For Your Pin It To Win It Promotion

Pinterest is one of the most popular social networking platforms, especially for people who are visual. Pinterest is currently the fastest growing social network, and if you're on it you know why. If you're not on Pinterest, you may not understand all the hype. Suffice it to say that Pinterest's digital "pin boards" have [...]

By |2020-05-14T13:22:18-07:00December 10th, 2012|FTC Disclosure, Giveaways, Social Media|3 Comments

Facebook Promotion Guidelines Updated May 2011

This week, on May 11, 2011, Facebook made some sweeping changes to their promotional guidelines. The Facebook promotion guidelines are much shorter, but still pack a punch. As such, I wanted to highlight the changes.  To see the prior iteration of the guideline, check out my Blog Law post about the prior Facebook promotion guidelines. [...]

By |2020-05-14T13:32:07-07:00May 13th, 2011|Facebook, Giveaways, Social Media|37 Comments

Facebook Promotion Guidelines

UPDATE: Facebook changed their promotion guidelines on May 11, 2011. This post reflects information regarding promotion guidelines prior to that date. I have provided an update to Facebook promotion guidelines. Technically, Facebook promotions and giveaways are not a legal issue. However it has come up quite a bit so I figured it's an important topic. [...]

By |2020-05-14T13:30:07-07:00April 1st, 2011|Business Law, Facebook, Giveaways, Social Media|13 Comments
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