Green Buckeye

As I build out this blog, I'm reading and learning a ton. First of all, of course, I'm learning about sustainability. As I find new, interesting, and what I hope are relevant items and resources to share, I'm adding them to the sidebar on the right. So if you want to read more about sustainability for "regular people" (we could call it sustainable living, maybe?), I encourage you to glance over there and click on a link that interests you.

The other thing that I'm learning more about is blogging and Web marketing. And believe me, there is an enormous amount of information to read, digest, integrate, and implement! This piece of the Green Buckeye puzzle is actually taking more effort and time to learn than the "sustainable living" knowhow. So if this site seems to you to be slow getting off the ground, you can attribute some of that to the tech learning curve.

In the interest of full disclosure, you should know that most of the links on this site are unsponsored. That means that Green Buckeye isn't earning money from your "impressions" or "clicks" or whatever. However, there are a few "affiliate" links sprinkled around here, too. I think they're pretty obvious, but let's make this as transparent as we can, shall we? (Read on - you may learn something about Web marketing, too!)

• Shop the Green Buckeye Store! is a link to my Amazon.com store. Clicking on that link takes you to a list of products (mostly books right now) that you can buy from Amazon.com. If you buy anything from Amazon during that shopping session, Green Buckeye earns a small commission. Note that the price of the item is no different than it would be if you were to go to Amazon through your favorite bookmarks, by typing Amazon's URL into your address bar, or by searching and clicking through from Google or another search engine or web directory. You should also know that while I can see *what* was ordered through my site, I cannot see *who* ordered it or *where* it is going. So your privacy is intact.


• The badge for OrganicBouquet.com is an affiliate link. If you order something after you've clicked on that badge, Green Buckeye earns a commission. All the Amazon caveats about pricing and privacy apply to Organic Bouquet, as well. I love the idea of organic flowers, so I'm excited to have been accepted as an affiliate! By the way, there are bouquets you can buy that support causes like the Nature Conservancy and the Rainforest Foundation.


• If you see a book title, book graphic, product name, or product photo and clicking through it takes you to Amazon, you can safely assume that it is an affiliate link, too. Check out my previous post on Cradle to Cradle for an example. The book title and the book graphic in that post are both Amazon affiliate links. (The links to Bill McDonough's web site and his presentation on Social Innovation Conversations are not.)


• Lastly, I've added Google Adsense words to this blog. I don't control the content of those ads directly: through the magic of pixie dust, the wizards at Google determine what kind of products readers of this blog might be interested in. I'm hoping that as the blog develops, the ads will become more relevant - it seems like an ad for "Buckeye Ringtone" comes up most often right now, and I'm not convinced that's relevant. Of course, you may disagree, and if so: Go Bucks!
  

All of these affiliations and ads are an attempt to keep bringing Green Buckeye to you and making it better each week. I don't expect this blog to replace a full-time (or even part-time) job, but it would be great if it would bring in enough "green bucks" to support itself and make it possible for me to report to you about books, conferences, and events that might be of interest. So I thank you in advance for supporting Green Buckeye by "clicking thru!"

- Tina

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