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Privacy Policy
Here’s the important legal low-down: Hodge Podge Craft does not share personal information with third parties nor store any information about your visit to this blog (other than to analyse and optimise your content and reading experience through the use of cookies). You can turn off the use of cookies at any time by changing your specific browser settings.
Google Universal Analytics & Adsense collect anonymous data to better tailor content to suit you and other visitors. You can find more information here. You can opt out of these through Ads Settings & Ad Settings for mobile apps.
Hodge Podge Craft is not responsible for republished content from this blog on other blogs or websites without our permission.
All rights reserved – you do not have permission to re-post any content without prior permission from me.
This privacy policy is subject to change without notice and was last updated on 15th October 2014. If you have any questions feel free to contact me directly here: [email protected]
Competitions
Give-aways are great! I will always be happy to host one for you on my blog using Rafflecopter, provided that it fits with my content (craft supplies, books, handmade items from other bloggers – anything craft related really).
Competitions are beneficial in generating interest for both your business/product and my blog. For companies that are interested in hosting a give-away, do contact me here: [email protected]
Disclaimer
This policy is valid from 28th June 2014.
Hodge Podge Craft is a personal blog, written and edited by Gude Hudson-Gool and accepts forms of cash advertising, sposorship, paid insertions or other forms of compensation.
The compensation received will never influence the content, topics or posts made in this blog. All advertising is in the form of advertisements generated by a third party ad network and are identified as paid advertisements.
In line with the Britmums Blog with Integrity campaign, I will:
- Make transparent any relationships with products or companies:
- Clearly label advertising, advertorials and/or sponsored posts; I will use the terms sponsored post, featured post or commissioned post/guest post to denote posts where I have received payment. I will always discuss products honestly and only write in role as a consumer, if I have consumed the product involved.
- Always write as truthfully as possible about a product or company. All opinions are honest and entirely my own!
- Observe intellectual property rights.
Any product claim, statistic or quote about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question.
Hodge Podge Craft does not contain any content which might present a conflict of interest.
Work with me
If you are a PR or company who would like to work with me, please take a look at my work with me page.
Guest post guidelines
Guest post submissions should be craft related (ideally craft ideas either with or for kids). They should:
- be original content
- have original (and/or properly attributed and credited) images
- be between 250-350 words
- you may link to and credit your own content and blog (3 links per guest post) and other relevant content, but I will not accept affiliate links, promotional or sponsored guest posts
- keyword rich anchor texts are not allowed
- images must be good quality and a width of 600 pixels
- guest posts can be republished, but only after 6 months from posting
- should be submitted in HTML formatting
- should include at least 1 H2 tag
- should use short paragraphs or bullet points
- should not need spelling or grammar to be corrected
- should expect some editing (though I will always check the post with you again post-editing before going live)
Contact me
Please contact me if you have any questions, or would like to enquire about a PR, advertising or guest post opportunity:
Cookie Policy
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