1. Definitions
2. Restrictions on Use of Materials
3. Fees
4. Payment Terms
5. Cancellations, Refunds and Unused Fees
6. Customer and Client Conduct
7. Database Ownership, License, and Use
8. Liability
9. Confidentiality of Codes, Passwords and Information
10. Earnings Disclaimer
11. Compensation And Affiliation Affidavit
12. Submission of Material
13. Author Agreement
14. Article Editorial Guidelines
15. Advertising Agreement
16. Other Legal Stuff
17. Termination

We've made every effort (that we know of) to make our site fun, safe, easy, and informative for everyone. Hopefully you'll agree with us. If there is something about our site that you feel could be enhanced or handled better, please feel free to let us know.

In exchange for using this website, all that we ask is that you agree with the terms of use that we have listed below. By using any or all of these sites or purchasing the products or services affiliated with them, you agree to familiarize yourself with these Terms of Use, and abide by them. Therefore:

If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, discontinue using this website immediately!

Definitions

ADVERTISEMENT

A (usually) paid announcement for some event, good, product, or service. Advertisements may be placed by COMPANY or by other third parties for the express promotion of such events, goods, products, or services. Payment may be in trade, currency, sales or affiliate commissions, or "psychic" income at COMPANY's discretion. Advertisments may be in the form of graphics, text, web pages, advertorials (an extended text advertisement that promotes the advertiser's product or services or special point of view but resembles an editorial in style and layout), sound or video recordings, or any of ther format (either available now or to be developed in the future) that COMPANY has the ability to produce and distribute.

ADVERTISER

The owner of all copyrights associated with an ADVERTISEMENT. ADVERTISER retains all legal, moral, and ethical responsibilites associated with their ADVERTISEMENT.

AFFILIATE PARTNERS

Numerous companies whose products are being promoted through our MEDIA. Examples of such other companies includes but is not limited to companies such as "Simplenet, Goldbar, Nitro Marketing, Trafficology LLC, Blog Success, PayDotCom, Clickbank, and Commission Junction"

AUTHOR

The owner of all copyrights associated with the submitted CONTENT. CONTENT remains the property of the AUTHOR, and AUTHOR retains all responsibilites associated with CONTENT.

CLIENT

Anyone (individual or organization) that uses ANY of the PRODUCTS offered by COMPANY.

COMPANY

InTheSpirit Marketing is a partnership between John J. Strasser and Jenny Dickason. As such, John Strasser and Jenny Dickason may loan InTheSpirit Marketing the use of resources and capabilities through other companies or partnerships they may have an ownership interest in. Beyond this there is no other relationship between COMPANY and any other company or organization that either Jenny Dickason or John Strasser may own.

CONTENT

All information (in any format) sent to COMPANY for the express purpose of publishing and distributing through various MEDIA. Such information can be characterized as (but is not limited to): remarks, suggestions, ideas, graphics, audio, video, comments, advertisements, or articles.

DOMAINS

Internet domains directly owned by COMPANY such as inthespiritmarketing (.com, .net, .org, .info)

MEDIA

Includes SITES and expands to include other forms of (non–internet) distribution (such as but not limited to print newsletters, books, facsimilie, postal mail, television or radio broadcasts) and includes other formats such as (but not limited to) graphics, written works, audio or video.

PRODUCTS

Anything offered for sale by COMPANY (at any price point) which includes (and is not limited to) printed or electronic books, audio or video recordings, articles, reports, individual or group coaching sessions, seminars, workshops, professional training, website or ezine advertising, consulting through any distribution network (such as electronic downloads or physical distribution).

SITES

Websites and other internet related technologies such as but not limited to autoresponders, shopping carts, blogs, forums, ezines, email newsletters, RSS/Atom Feeds, podcasts, and other forms of internet based distribution. Such SITES may be hosted on DOMAINS or not (such as but not limited to blogger.com or livejournal.com or wordpress.org for example) or through some other third–party service.

TRAINING

A type of PRODUCT. Specifically a class, seminar, workshop, professional development training, private or group coaching, clinical supervision or some other form of live interaction

Through the use of it's MEDIA: COMPANY strives to offer its visitors the many advantages of Internet technology and to provide an interactive and personalized experience.

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Restrictions on Use of Materials

Materials in this website are Copyrighted and all rights are reserved. Text, graphics, databases, HTML code, and other intellectual property are protected by US and International Copyright Laws, and may not be copied, reprinted, published, re–engineered, translated, hosted, or otherwise distributed by any means without explicit permission. All of the trademarks on this site are trademarks of COMPANY or of other owners and used with their permission. For additional copyright information see the Copyright page.

This website, other MEDIA and the products, services, and information provided are designed for persons 18 years of age and over. If you are under the age of 18, you do not have our permission to use our MEDIA. Therefore it is unlawful for you to visit, read, or interact with this MEDIA or its contents in any manner. This MEDIA specifically denies access to any individual that is covered by the child online privacy act (copa) of 1998.

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Fees

COMPANY reserves the right to change fees at any time, for any reason, at its sole discretion.

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Payment Terms

COMPANY's billing service is automatic. You agree to pay COMPANY the appropriate payment (included all applicable taxes and fees) for the services received from COMPANY in advance of the time period during which such services are provided. You agree to provide COMPANY with current billing and contact information and authorize COMPANY to bill all account and related charges to the credit or debit card on file or to your PayPal (or other similar third party payer) account. You further agree that until and unless you cancel your service, those services will be billed on a recurring basis (where applicable according to the specific product or service purchased).

If COMPANY does not receive a notice of cancellation prior to the billing or rebilling date, COMPANY shall assume you are confirming or renewing your service and you will automatically be charged for the service or the next period's payment (as applicable). You agree that prepayments will be billed and charged automatically, that COMPANY may apply the amount due to the provided card or payer account at any time, and will issue no refunds (see below). If you pay via PayPal, you are solely responsible for canceling your PayPal subscription upon canceling the COMPANY's services.

If you use a credit or debit card, you agree to not charge back your card for any reason, and if you charge back your credit or debit card you agree to pay all associated chargeback and service fees and penalties – plus a five hundred ($500) dollar service fee. If these fees are not paid within thirty (30) days, the charges will be turned over to a collection agency. Furthermore, COMPANY may file civil charges against any party who charges back a credit or debit card payment for any reason.

An acceptance by COMPANYof any partial payment is not a waiver by COMPANYof the remainder of the amount (including interest, if any) due (despite whatever may be written on the payment document or in any accompanying documentation). COMPANY shall not refund any money, for any reason (see below).

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Cancellations, Refunds and Unused Fees

Should specific products or services have terms which differ from those listed here, those specific changes will be listed with that specific product. Notwithstanding any differences, product or service specific terms are only applicable to that specific product or service and only in those domains which are explicitly called out in that product's or service's literature.

Service Products (non–TRAINING)

COMPANY believes that the only way to ethically and morally serve it's clients and customers is to make sure that we perform our services to the best of our abilities. And while we cannot guarantee the effectiveness of any particular product or service in every specific application (see Liability and Disclaimers below) we are committed to serving our clients. Therefore we have instituted the following NO HASSEL Cancellation Policy:

To cancel your account you must notify COMPANY at least thirty (30) days prior to your rebilling date (for annual subscriptions); at least seven (7) days prior to your rebilling date (for monthly subscriptions), at least two (2) days prior to your service date (for other products such as advertising in a newletter).

Any client or customer who wishes to cancel any or all service(s) with COMPANY is entitled to a refund of unused fees as rapidly as possible. While the amount of any refund will (obviously) vary according to the product originally purchased, the maximum liability is limited to the amount paid to COMPANY for the particular services. Further, by agreeing with these terms, client agrees that:

The ONLY reason that COMPANY shall issue a refund for a service is if there are any unused fees in the client's account. Should there be any unused fees upon the cancellation of a product or service (such as a prepaid annual subscription or membership) the unused fees will be refunded as soon as practically and reasonably possible.

Unused fees for any prepaid service where a discount was applied for early payment (such as a two (2) month savings for an annual subscription) will be calculated over the period of service as if there was no early payment discount applied, and the full pricing was paid for the period of services rendered.

For example:
A service, which costs $30/month, would normally cost $360/year. A prepayment discount of two (2) months means that the service will cost $300/year. If the service is terminated after eight (8) months the unused fees will be: $300 – (8 months x $30/month = $240) = $60 refunded to the client.

Electronic Products and E–Delivery

Should you make a purchase of a product such as e–book, computer software (in compiled or source code format) or other electronic recorded medium (audio or video) unless specifically provided for otherwise, there can be no refunds – UNLESS you have NOT yet downloaded the product. If you have not yet downloaded the product you are entitled to a full refund.

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Physical Products

Should your purchase be a physical product (such as a printed manual, CD collection, etc.) if you return the product within 30 days in a resaleable condition you will be refunded your entire purchase price (less shipping and handling). You MUST call or email for a Return Authorization(RA) number before returning any physical product. Anything returned without an RA number will not be accepted by COMPANY.

Coaching, Trainings & Seminars

If your purchase is a TRAINING you must cancel your reservation at least 60 days before the event. Should your reservation originally have been made within the 60 day window, you can cancel your reservation within 5 business days of the original date of purchase.

Should you cancel your reservation before the deadline specified, your refund will be the full purchase price less any deposit and a 20% cancellation fee.

Should you cancel your reservation after the deadline specified, then no refund will be given. Your complete payment, less the (deposit plus cancellation fee), can be applied to any future TRAINING or other product or service purchase of your choice within two (2) years of the cancellation date.

If you have placed an amount toward a TRAINING you have enrolled into, and that amount is less than or is the same amount as the (deposit plus cancellation fee), then no refund will be given, regardless of when your cancellation is lodged.

You may have entered into a payment plan and received a discount. You must keep the payments current. Failure to do so will result in you being required to pay the full price for the TRAINING.

If you decide, during the TRAINING, that the TRAINING is not for you, as long as you let us personally know before the end of the TRAINING, we will refund the entire tuition fee, less the (deposit plus cancellation fee). The refund will only be made after you return the manual and any other training material given by us at the beginning of the TRAINING. Any claims made after the completion of the event are not valid.

If you don't show up at the TRAINING or abandon the TRAINING at any point during the TRAINING, no refund (of any sort) is due.

If you fail to attend a specific TRAINING without notifying us then there will be no refund due to you, although at our discretion you may be able to select another TRAINING or other product or service purchase of your choice if it is within the 2 year period as specified above.

If, during the TRAINING you are found unfit to participate in this TRAINING (or disruptive) by a representative and/or staff member of COMPANY, you will be required to leave the TRAINING immediately. No questions or discussions will be entered into, and COMPANY representatives and/or staff will be the sole judge. No refunds will be given. All training material including manuals are to be returned on the spot.

In the case of a national emergency, an Act of God, terrorism or a natural disaster, trainings dates or locations may be changed. In this case, no refund will be due. The credit may be transferred to another TRAINING or other product or service purchase of your choice within two (2) years of the cancellation date.

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Customer and Client Conduct

You agree to abide by all applicable local, state, national and international laws and regulations regarding your use of our service.

You are responsible for the contents of your messages and the consequences of any such messages and advertising. This means that, even though COMPANY will not be reviewing your advertising, at a minimum, COMPANY assumes that your advertising complies with the rules and regulations of the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and any other jurisdictions as applicable with regards to advertising in general and within your industry in particular.

You agree not to use COMPANY to send any messages or material that are unlawful, harassing, libelous, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, obscene or otherwise constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise objectionable material of any kind or nature or that encourages conduct that could constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national or international law or regulation. COMPANY reserves the right to terminate user's account if it becomes aware and determines, in its sole discretion, that user is violating any of the foregoing guidelines. Should COMPANY terminate an account under these conditions, there will be no refunds given.

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Database Ownership, License, and Use

COMPANY warrants, and you accept, that COMPANY is the owner of the copyright of the Databases of Links to articles and other resources available from time to time through website. COMPANY and its contributors reserve all rights and no intellectual property rights are conferred by this agreement.

COMPANY grants you a non–exclusive, non–transferable license to use database(s) accessible to you subject to these Terms and Conditions. The database(s) may be used only for viewing information or for extracting information to the extent described below.

You agree to use information obtained from COMPANY's databases only for your own private use or the internal purposes of your home or business, provided that is not the selling or brokering of information, and in no event cause or permit to be published, printed, downloaded, transmitted, distributed, reengineered, or reproduced in any form any part of the databases (whether directly or in condensed, selective or tabulated form) whether for resale, republishing, redistribution, viewing, or otherwise.

Nevertheless, you may on an occasional limited basis download or print out individual pages of information that have been individually selected, to meet a specific, identifiable need for information which is for your personal use only, or is for use in your business only internally, on a confidential basis. You may make such limited number of duplicates of any output, both in machine–readable or hard copy form, as may be reasonable for these purposes only. Nothing herein shall authorize you to create any database, directory or hard copy publication of or from the databases, whether for internal or external distribution or use.

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Liability

The materials in this site are provided "as is" and without warranties of any kind either express or implied. COMPANY disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. COMPANY does not warrant that the functions contained in the materials will be uninterrupted or error–free, that defects will be corrected, or that this site or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or other harmful components. COMPANY does not warrant or make any representations regarding the use or the results of the use of the materials in this site in terms of their correctness, accuracy, reliability, or otherwise. You (and not COMPANY) assume the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair or correction. Applicable law may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so the above exclusion may not apply to you.

Under no circumstances, including, but not limited to, negligence, shall COMPANY be liable for any special or consequential damages that result from the use of, or the inability to use, the materials in MEDIA, even if COMPANY or a COMPANY authorized representative has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Applicable law may not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability or incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you. In no event shall COMPANY's total liability to you for all damages, losses, and causes of action (whether in contract, tort, including but not limited to, negligence or otherwise) exceed the amount paid by you, if any, for accessing this site.

COMPANY is not necessarily affiliated with sites that may be linked to this site and is not responsible for their content. The linked sites are for your convenience only and you access them at your own risk. Links to other websites or references to products, services or publications other than those of COMPANY and its subsidiaries and affiliates at this website, do not imply the endorsement or approval of such websites, products, services or publications by COMPANY or its subsidiaries and affiliates.

Your interactions with organizations and/or individuals (third parties) found on or through the products and services of COMPANY, including payment and delivery of goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such organizations and/or individuals. You should make whatever investigation you feel necessary or appropriate before proceeding with any online or offline transaction with any of these third parties, who may be advertisers of COMPANY.

You agree that COMPANY shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such interactions. If there is a dispute between participants on MEDIA, or between users and any third party, you understand and agree that COMPANY is under no obligation to become involved. In the event that you have a dispute with one or more other users, you hereby release COMPANY, its officers, employees, agents and successors in rights from claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind or nature, known or unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way related to such disputes and / or our products and services. If you are a California resident, you waive California Civil Code Section 1542, which says: "A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing the release, which, if known by him must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor."

Certain names, graphics, logos, icons, designs, words, titles or phrases at this website may constitute trade names, trademarks or service marks of other entities. The display of trademarks on this website does not imply that a license of any kind has been granted. Any unauthorized downloading, re–transmission, or other copying of modification of trademarks and/or the contents herein may be a violation of federal common law trademark and/or copyright laws and could subject the copier to legal action.

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Confidentiality of Codes, Passwords and Information

You agree to treat as strictly private and confidential any Subscriber Code, username, user ID, or password which you may have received from COMPANY, and all information to which you have access through password–protected areas of COMPANY's MEDIA and will not cause or permit any such information to be communicated, copied or otherwise divulged to any other person whatsoever.

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Earnings Disclaimer

Facts and information in MEDIA are believed to be accurate at the time they were placed. Changes may be made at any time without prior notice. All data provided on MEDIA is to be used for information purposes only.

The information contained on this website and pages within, is not intended to provide specific legal, medical, psychiatric, financial or tax advice, or any other advice, whatsoever, for any individual or company and should not be relied upon in that regard.

The services described on MEDIA are only offered in jurisdictions where they may be legally offered. Information provided in MEDIA is not all–inclusive, and is limited to information that is made available to COMPANY and such information should not be relied upon as all–inclusive or accurate.

Every effort has been made to accurately represent COMPANY's product(s) and they're potential. There is no guarantee that you will earn any money using the techniques and ideas in the materials presented in our MEDIA. Examples in these materials are not to be interpreted as a promise or guarantee of earnings. Earning potential is entirely dependent on the person using our product, ideas and techniques. We do not purport any product, service, or information presented on MEDIA as a "get rich scheme."

Any claims made of actual earnings or examples of actual results can be verified upon request. Your level of success in attaining the results claimed in our materials depends on the time you devote to the program, ideas and techniques mentioned, your finances, knowledge and various skills. Since these factors differ according to individuals, we cannot guarantee your success or income level. Nor are we responsible for any of your actions.

Materials in our product and our MEDIA may contain information that includes or is based upon forward–looking statements within the meaning of the securities litigation reform act of 1995. Forward–looking statements give our expectations or forecasts of future events. You can identify these statements by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. They use words such as "anticipate," "estimate," "expect," "project," "intend," "plan," "believe," and other words and terms of similar meaning in connection with a description of potential earnings or financial performance.

Any and all forward looking statements here or on any of our sales material are intended to express our opinion of earnings potential. Many factors will be important in determining your actual results and no guarantees are made that you will achieve results similar to ours or anybody else's, in fact no guarantees are made that you will achieve any results from our ideas and techniques in our material.

To repeat: There is No Guarantee of Results

The CLIENT acknowledges that COMPANY does not guarantee, imply, or predict any type of profit or response from the PRODUCTS. The PRODUCTS may be subject to interruptions, loss of data, deletion of data and conditions that prevent the proper operation of the PRODUCTS resulting from conditions of events outside the reasonable control of COMPANY and for which COMPANY will bear no responsibility.

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Compensation And Affiliation Affidavit

As per mandates from FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, 16 CFR Part 255 – Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising, the purpose of this document is to establish any compensatory affiliation between COMPANY and our AFFILIATE PARTNERS.

COMPANY is associated with our AFFILIATE PARTNERS as a Marketing Affiliate and receives compensation for sales of various products and services generated through our personal promotions and therefore we have an established connection with our AFFILIATE PARTNERS that might lead some readers to believe that COMPANY's review or testimonial of any of these products or services is biased.

Therefore it is best for you to assume that for any links off any of our SITES we are being compensated.

However, the review and comments within our MEDIA is to the best of our knowledge the true statements and beliefs of COMPANY and any claims made can be substantiated on request through our Contact Page.

In some cases COMPANY may have received compensation in the form of free promotional products or cash or cash equivalent for the purposes of reviewing the various products and services for our AFFILIATE PARTNERS.

Further, even though COMPANY is interested in presenting you with articles and advertisements for quality products and services, please understand that COMPANY cannot spend the time to do the due diligence it takes to ensure that only reliable services and products are advertised with us.

Because of this, you should understand that COMPANY does not represent or endorse the accuracy or reliability of any of the advertisements or articles presented in our MEDIA or the quality of any products, information or other materials displayed, purchased, or obtained by you as a result of an offer in connection with any article or advertisement.

Although all of the articles have been selected for their content, articles and advertisements were written and offered by "The Author(s)" and "The Advertiser(s)". The publishing of of such articles or advertisements within our MEDIA does NOT constitute a recommendation of the products or services mentioned or advertised by COMPANY.

COMPANY encourages you to do your own due diligence before purchasing any product, whether it is offered here or anywhere else for that matter, before purchasing. Please use your own judgment and carefully check out those products that interest you.

We accept no responsibility whatsoever for the content, profitability or legality of any published articles or advertisements contained within our MEDIA.

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Submission of Material

Anything you submit to COMPANY (such as but not limited to blog comments, remarks, suggestions, ideas, graphics, letters, comments) or other information that you send to COMPANY (except information we promise to protect under our privacy policy or as material required for the completion of a joint project such as a consulting agreement, an advertisement on a website or in our email list, articles for publication) becomes and remains our property, even if this agreement is later terminated. COMPANY shall have the exclusive ownership of all present and future rights to submissions of any kind. COMPANY can use them for any purpose appropriate to COMPANY's mission.

By submitting material to COMPANY you are asserting the following:

• You declare that you are the sole owner and author of the material and own 100% of all copyrights pertaining to it – or – that you are acting as the designated agent for the copyright holder.
• You are giving COMPANY unconditional and royalty free permission to publish your material to any MEDIA. At no time is COMPANY required to compensate you in any way for this use of your work. If you wish to place additional restrictions upon COMPANY's use of your material DO NOT submit your material.
• You acknowledge that you are responsible for your material. This means that you have full responsibility for the message, including its legality, reliability, appropriateness, originality, and copyright. Further, you agree that your material will NOT consist of messages or material that are unlawful, harassing, libelous, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, obscene or otherwise constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise objectionable material of any kind or nature or that encourages conduct that could constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national or international law or regulation.
• Does NOT contain false or misleading information in the subject line or otherwise contain false or misleading content
• You agree that there is no requirement or responsibility for COMPANY to actually publish or use your material in any way whatsoever or for how long. COMPANY reserves the right to remove any material and/or terminate an author's account for any reason at any time. Further you agree that COMPANY has no responsibility to notify you at any time as to it's actions or decisions.
• You agree that COMPANY may display advertising in the same MEDIA (such as on the same web page) as your material. Further, you agree that COMPANY may apply other advertising directly within your material (such as text–based contextual links for example) at COMPANY's discretion.

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Author Agreement

As defined above, all information (in any format) sent to COMPANY for the express purpose of publishing and distributing through various MEDIA is defined as CONTENT. Such information can be characterized as (but is not limited to): remarks, suggestions, ideas, graphics, audio, video, comments, guest editorials, or articles.

By submitting CONTENT to COMPANY you are asserting the following:

• You declare that you are the sole owner and author of the CONTENT and own 100% of all copyrights pertaining to it - or - that you are acting as the designated agent for the AUTHOR.
• You are giving COMPANY unconditional and royalty free permission to publish your CONTENT to any MEDIA. At no time is COMPANY required to compensate you in any way for this use of your work. If you wish to place additional restrictions upon COMPANY's use of your CONTENT DO NOT submit your content.
• You agree to follow COMPANY's editorial guidelines for all CONTENT as appropriate, and that COMPANY may edit/alter your CONTENT to comply with those guidelines.
• You agree to subscribe (and remain subscribed) to the COMPANY's AUTHORS autoresponder/email list. The primary purpose of this autoresponder/email list is to keep you informed as new features and capabilities are added to the website (this is not a "sales driven" email list). This is separate from any other general audience autoresponder/email list and is only for AUTHORs ONLY. Unsubscribing from the list will result in your account being closed and all of your CONTENT being removed. Sending in any CONTENT will automatically subscribe you to this autoresponder/email list.
• You acknowledge that you are responsible for your CONTENT. This means that you have full responsibility for the message, including its legality, reliability, appropriateness, originality, and copyright. Further, you agree that your CONTENT will NOT consist of messages or material that are unlawful, harassing, libelous, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, obscene or otherwise constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise objectionable material of any kind or nature or that encourages conduct that could constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national or international law or regulation.
• You agree that there is no requirement or responsibility for COMPANY to actually publish or use your CONTENT in any way whatsoever or for how long. COMPANY reserves the right to remove any CONTENT and/or terminate an author's account for any reason at any time. Further you agree that COMPANY has no responsibility to notify you at any time as to it's actions or decisions.
• You agree that COMPANY may display advertising in the same MEDIA (such as on the same web page) as your CONTENT. Further, you agree that COMPANY may apply other advertising directly within your CONTENT (such as text-based contextual links for example) at COMPANY's discretion.

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Article Editorial Guidelines

Your article MUST also comply with COMPANY's Advertising Agreement

Title and/or subtitle The title should effectively say, "READ ME NOW!" It has to be appealing and eye catching so others will want to read it NOW. Use keywords or phrases to draw attention from the search engines online. Use keywords, but don't abuse them. That's called SPAM and will be rejected.

Body (from 200-1,500 words, best to keep it around 400-800 words) You are allowed an effectively unlimited number of "links" in the body of your article, BUT they will not be live. Also, be aware that articles which have too many (a completely subjective judgement on our part) links relative to the size of the article will be rejected.

Just use one (1) blank line between your paragraphs.

No keyword SPAM!!! Focus on making your articles readable. Rather than play search engine optimization games, spend your time writing better articles. If we think your article feels "spammy" we will not publish it.

Author's Resource Box: byline, credentials, and links (max of 2 links). You are the expert, so make sure to give yourself credit by adding a bio of yourself. The bio should be one or two paragraphs, describing yourself, your experience of the subject at hand, and written in third person. Remember: your resource box/bio should be SHORTER than your article.

The links in your resource box MUST be directly to pages on your website (if you have one). They may not be redirects, affiliate links, or go to any other website other than one you control. You can link directly to your sales or "squeeze" page. If you wish to use affiliate (or similar such as Clickbank) links you must purchase an advertisement. There are two exceptions to this policy. First: if your webpage goes to a website provided to you (such as many MLMs provide their representatives) that is allowed. Second: if YOU are the owner of the product and it is sold through a site such as Clickbank or Amazon you may link directly to that product's page. Because in these cases, Clickbank or the MLM company is effectively acting as a payment processor for YOU.

A disclaimer as part of your resource box is also important if you don't want people stealing your information and to keep your links attached to it if someone does use it elsewhere. Here is a sample disclaimer to use. "This article may be freely reprinted or distributed in its entirety in any e–zine, newsletter, blog, or website. The author's name, bio, and website links must remain intact and be included with every reproduction." This ensures you will be given credit for your work, allowing others to market you, your work, and your expertise.

Your article may not be an advertisement to sell a product. The purpose of your article is to sell your website and yourself by building rapport with your audience. This allows you to position yourself as an expert, a trusted person, or both.

It should be informative, entertaining, and give away useful information on any subject or topic. In the "give and take" of article marketing, this is where you "give". Your resource box is where you "take".

Write about anything using a "How To," Opinion, Personal or Inspirational Story or Essay, Book Excerpt or Condensation, Top 10 Lists, or more.

Use grammatically correct english (that means proofread). Plus, your article should read like you wrote it — not that a machine did (yes I'm talking to those of you that use article spinning software). If english is not your primary language — please — make sure that it is proofread. It's not fair I know, people will judge your intelligence and competance by how well you communicate. And people are more forgiving of spoken accents than "written accents". Because they know that writing allows you the time to actually look up the proper usage. That being said, we are not the grammar police. If you look stupid it's your fault. By the way. . .grammar problems are one of the biggest indicators of software generated articles and spam.

On that latter note – if you use "PLR" or "Public Domain" articles – don't. The odds are, they're already in here. Or scattered about the web with a bajillion other people's names attached. Use them on your website, as filler in your newsletters, etc. Not here.

Besides, if your article already exists here (because someone else sent in the same PLR article) then yours won't be accepted. We do check that.

Lastly, at this time, NO HTML in the body of your article. Our system will disable any link text or other html tags when converting your article. While we plan on adding html support in the future, at this time the system will not handle it. The links in your resource box will be live.

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Advertising Agreement

As an ADVERTISER with COMPANY you agree to the following:

All products and services advertised must comply with US and Arizona Law

COMPANY reserves the right to not accept any ADVERTISEMENT at is sole discretion (which may be or appear to be completely arbitrary)

COMPANY will not accept any ADVERTISER who, in COMPANY's sole opinion, is using deceptive, unfair, or misleading advertising or marketing practices, or selling products or services with unsubstantiated claims, or any product or service that infringes on intellectual property rights, or is shown on any web site that infringes on intellectual property rights.

For more information about U.S. regulations concerning marketing practices and product claims, see The Federal Trade Commission's publication, "Dot Com Disclosures".

COMPANY may require any ADVERTISER to provide documentation of licensing or other proof of intellectual property rights at any time. Failure to provide such documentation when required shall be cause for immediate suspension of sales.

Special Note for the InTheSpirit Marketing sites

The InTheSpirit Marekting Sites and Newsletters do not accept articles or advertising related to political events, candidates, parties, or issues. It is COMPANY's sole discretion if any given article or advertisement is "political."

Prohibited Topics

COMPANY will not accept articles promoting or advertising for any of the following:

1. Any web site that infringes on materials, text or images from other websites.
2. Term Papers, Dissertations, and Academic Writing Services
3. Pornography and Adult Content
4. Pre–Adult Content – Pictures, Videos, etc. of Individuals Under the Age of 18 Years
5. Drug Paraphernalia
6. Music, movie, or video sharing sites where unauthorized copies are available.
7. Any web site that displays unauthorized trademarks or logos.
8. Unauthorized copies of books, e–books, or manuals.
9. Unauthorized (pirated) copies of music recordings or movies.
10. Reproductions of paintings by artists still protected by copyright.
11. Any web site with a domain name that infringes on a trademark or trade name.
12. Unauthorized copies of electronic products, software, arcade games, console games, etc.
13. Web site templates that include unauthorized copies of images, photographs or graphic files.
14. Clothing that carries trademarks, trade names, logos or other intellectual property without legal authorization.
15. Product bearing unauthorized intellectual property belonging to professional or college sports teams or organizations.
16. Online game virtual articles, "armor," "gold," "WoW gold," etc., virtual game articles.
17. Unauthorized Internet rebroadcasting of sports events, television programs, cable or satellite TV stations, etc.
18. Any product designed or modified for the production, use, or concealment of illegal drugs
19. Anything that requires a medical prescription, including drugs, machines, devices, eyeglasses or contact lenses
20. Anything that lists sources of online prescription drugs or how to circumvent US LAW
21. Any product that is intended to be used to "diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent" some disease, which causes the product to be a drug by definition, and thus an unapproved drug if the US FDA has not specifically approved it for that purpose. Is it a drug? See: http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/98fr/98n–0044_gdl0001.pdf
22. Gambling transactions of any kind.
23. Lottery or Raffle tickets.
24. Service that picks lottery numbers.
25. Entry fees for games of skill played for prizes.
26. Tournament entry fees.
27. Beauty contest entry fees.
28. Sports prognostication, Picks, Handicapping or Touting Services
29. Betting advice of any kind
30. Giveaways or Drawings where the prize value greatly exceeds goods or services sold
31. Anything where customers must pay or buy something to enter a contest.
32. Work–At–Home Schemes: Envelope Stuffing, Data Entry, Home Assembly, Etc.
33. Pyramid Schemes
34. Gifting Clubs
35. "Secret Shopper" Income Opportunities
36. Wholesale Travel Clubs or "Become a Travel Agent" Offers
37. "We Find Unclaimed Money" Schemes
38. Postal Forwarding or Reshipping Employment Schemes
39. Credit Card Protection, Credit Repair Services
40. Matrimonial Sites, "Find–A–Bride", etc.

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Other Legal Stuff

These Terms of Use will apply to every access to the SITES or to every purchase made from COMPANY. COMPANY reserves the right to issue revisions to these Terms of Use by publishing a revised version of this document on this site: that version will then apply to all use by you following the date of publication. Each access of information from COMPANY will be a separate, discrete transaction based on the then prevailing terms.

This Terms of Use document and the license granted may not be assigned or sublet by You without COMPANY's written consent in advance.

These Terms of Use shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the Arizona, as it is applied to agreements entered into and to be performed entirely within such jurisdiction.

To the extent you have in any manner violated or threatened to violate COMPANY and/or its affiliates' intellectual property rights, COMPANY and/or its affiliates may seek injunctive or other appropriate relief in any state or federal court in the State of Arizona, and you consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in such courts.

Any other disputes will be resolved as follows:

If a dispute arises under this agreement, we agree to first try to resolve it with the help of a mutually agreed–upon mediator in the following location: City of Phoenix, Arizona. Any costs and fees other than attorney fees associated with the mediation will be shared equally by each of us.

If it proves impossible to arrive at a mutually satisfactory solution through mediation, we agree to submit the dispute to binding arbitration at the following location: City of Scottsdale, Arizona, under the rules of the American Arbitration Association. Judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitration may be entered in any court with jurisdiction to do so.

If any provision of this agreement is void or unenforceable in whole or in part, the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby.

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Termination

These Terms of Use agreement are effective until terminated by either party. You may terminate this agreement at any time by destroying all materials obtained from any and all website site(s) and all related documentation and all copies and installations thereof, whether made under the terms of this agreement or otherwise. Furthermore, COMPANY reserves the right to terminate this agreement at any time, for any reason, without notice, at its sole discretion. Should COMPANY terminate this agreement due to your violation of any part of either of these Terms of Use, COMPANY shall not refund any unused fee(s) paid by you. Upon termination, you must destroy all materials obtained from this site and any and all other website site(s) and all copies thereof, whether made under the terms of this agreement or otherwise.

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Last Updated: 16 August 2011

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