Each week, the BostonZest team receives dozens of invitations and offers to sample products and attend events. We accept very few of these opportunities. When we have not paid the full fare for something we write about, we tell you. We even try to mention the small things like when our hosts at a restaurant send us a little something extra to taste.
For us to say yes to an opportunity, it has to be something that we think our readers will like. If we post about something, it is because we consider it worth the time and money you might spend on it. Finally, we make no promises to write about anything, when we accept an offer. As always, we write about those things that make living in Boston wonderful.
We do have adverstising that is inserted by Google Adsense.
We have affiliation agreements with companies like Amazon, Zipcar, and others that pay us a commission on sales generated from BostonZest.
Penny and Ed Cherubino are both freelancers who work for other publications, media, and production companies.
We love the humor in the badges used here. (From Four Hour Work Week.) But, we decided they didn't quite fit the BostonZest design asthetic for use in every post.
That said, here's the legaleze courtesty of DisclosurePolicy.Org
Disclosure Policy
This policy is valid from 23 February 2011
This blog is a collaborative blog written by a group of individuals. For questions about this blog, please contact Penny at Bostonzest dot 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 not compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely the blog owners. If we claim or appear to be experts on a certain topic or product or service area, we will only endorse products or services that we believe, based on our expertise, are worthy of such endorsement. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer or provider.
This blog does contain content which might present a conflict of interest. This content will always be identified.
We are employed by or consult with or provide freelance services to: The Independent Newspaper Group, Serious Eats, and other publications. We no longer serve on any corporate or non profit boards.
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