| Muerta 2007-01-10, 5:10 pm |
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<Stacy.Aamodt@swansonshealth.com> wrote in message
news:1165597079.239315.114420@j72g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>I just wanted to take a moment and respond to the posts that are out
> here. I am the affiliate manager at Swanson Health Products. The
> individual that goes by Howell Heflin was indeed part of our affiliate
> program and was making a commission off all the sales generated from
> his Swanson link. Each affiliate who signs up in our program needs to
> read our program description which outlines what is acceptable in
> marketing our products. We expect our affiliates to abide by FDA
> regulations regarding the diet and nutrional supplement industry and
> also clearly identify themselves as affiliates if they are trying to
> sell the product.
>
> YTEPower.com was accepted into our program on November 28th. Once we
> were notified by Wanderer on December 4th of these posts, it was my
> decision to remove Howell Heflin from our affiliate program
> immediately. I wanted to make clear that the North Dakota Attorney
> General did not make a decision in this matter. Swanson Health
> Products moved swiftly and took the appropriate steps to resolve this
> situation.
>
> As affiliate manager, I take full responsibility for not catching the
> information that was posted out here. While this should be a forum
> where Howell Heflin can give personal testimony about the use of our
> products and provide links and information to YTE, it should also have
> been stated that he was an affiliate of our program and had a financial
> interest in the sale of our products.
>
>
> Stacy Aamodt
> Affiliate Marketing Manager
> Swanson Health Products
> stacy.aamodt@swansonshealth.com
>
Thanks for your actions in this (and to Wanderer for going to bat). As you
mentioned, people do come here to share info/experiences, and through the
years we have discovered many things by people sharing.
A lot of supplements have been tried here because of articles shared by
participants, but most of the time it's introduced by a link to a credible
research project involving the med/supplement.
However, Howell Heflin's posts were clearly spam, and I'll guarantee you
that most participants here will immediately put a spammed product on their
"do not try" list.
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