Testimonials and Results Disclosure Statement
1. Material Connections with Endorsers. Endorsers are persons who provide testimonials or comments on this site. We are required to disclose “material connections’ with endorsers that involve our payment of compensation or our providing free promotional materials or benefits to endorsers in connection with their testimonials or comments.
1.1 Commissions and Fees. Some or all of the endorsers who provide testimonials or comments on this site regarding this site, its products or services may receive payment in the form of affiliate commissions, referral fees, or other fees from us, and these payments may cause these endorsers to be biased. You are cautioned to draw your own conclusions based on your own due diligence regarding whether these endorsements are biased by reason of compensation; however, to the best of our knowledge we believe these endorsements represent the honest opinions of the endorsers.
1.2 No Free Promotional Materials or Benefits. None of the endorsers who provide testimonials or comments on this site regarding this site, its products or services have received free promotional materials or benefits from us. To the best of our knowledge we believe these endorsements represent the honest opinions of the endorsers.
2. Generally Expected Results From Our Products/Services. For Testimonials we post on our site that are in the nature of “success story” or “best-case” scenario testimonials (as distinguished from subjective opinions), we have data that will substantiate the results and also provide statements of expected typical results we believe consumers will generally achieve with our product or service, and we will provide this information upon request – contact http://novelwritingschool.com/support/. If you do not request substantiation data from us, you should assume that the results achieved by these testimonialists are the exception and not the rule, and for this reason, you should not expect to achieve the same level of results, or any positive results at all.
3. Subjective Opinion Testimonials We Post. For Testimonials we post on our site that are in the nature of subjective opinions, we do not independently verify, nor do we seek independent verification; however, to the best of our knowledge we believe the testimonialists are giving their honest opinions. If you’re not sure regarding whether a particular testimonial is a “success story”/”best-case” scenario testimonial or a subjective opinion testimonial, email our compliance officer at the email address provided above and request clarification.
4. Blog Posts by Others. We do not independently verify, nor do we seek independent verification of comments and statements that may be posted by others in blog posts on this site regarding our website, its products or services. For this reason, if others post “success story” or “best-case” scenario testimonials or positive comments (as distinguished from subjective opinions), you should assume that the results achieved by these testimonialists are the exception and not the rule, and for this reason, you should not expect to achieve the same level of results, or any positive results at all.
5. Material Connections Regarding Our Promotions For Others. We may promote the products or services or others, and when we do so we are acting as an “advertiser” for others. For example, when we act as an affiliate or reseller for others, we are acting as an advertiser for them. We are required to disclose “material connections” when we act as a promoter that results in our receipt of compensation or our receipt of free promotional materials or benefits for our promotions.
5.1 Commissions and Fees. Some or all of the advertisers whose products or services we promote may pay us in the form of advertising fees, affiliate commissions, referral fees, or other fees. Although you might assume that our promotions are biased by reason of compensation, we strive to give our honest opinions and evaluations.
5.2 No Promotional Materials or Benefits. None of the advertisers for which we provide testimonials or comments on this site provide us with free promotional materials or benefits.
UPDATED 10/16/2021