Privacy and Advertising Policy

Privacy Policy

Military Life Planning wants you to know that we are committed to safeguarding the confidential information of all readers. All personal information provided to Military Life Planning is held in the strictest confidence. These records include personal information we collect from you in connection with any services or potential services provided by Military Life Planning.

We do not share information with affiliated companies. Nor have we ever disclosed information to nonaffiliated third parties, except as required by law or by your consent, and do not anticipate doing so in the future. We use your information in helping you meet your personal financial goals while guarding against any real or perceived infringements of your rights of privacy.

Advertising Policy

It’s a privilege to help you and other military members on their journey to achieve their financial goals. I started this site to help other military members, veterans, and their families as I share what I’ve learned.

I don’t take this service to our military community lightly. But it does come with a cost. I spend a significant amount each year researching, writing articles, answering emails, and performing related tasks. The majority of this work is non-compensated.  There are also variable and fixed expenses that come with running a this website.

I want this site to forever remain free to use. This is why we accept advertising on our site. Without advertising, Military Life Planning might not be able to continue.

About the Advertising on This Site

I always ensure all direct advertisements are for products or services that I would feel comfortable using myself, or that I would feel comfortable recommending to family members or friends. We do not accept advertisements for products or services I don’t feel are good for military members or veterans.

To be clear: if a company does not meet our criteria, we will not directly advertise their products or services.

How This Site Earns Money

There are several ways we earn compensation through this website, and none of them cost our visitors anything. In fact, we are sometimes able to negotiate special offers through our advertising partners, saving our visitors money in the process. This is a win-win situation.

The primary advertising methods are pay per click advertising, banner ads, and affiliate revenue.

  • Pay per click advertising is advertising that displays related text links or other information within or around content. We earn revenue when visitors who are interested in the topics click the links.
  • Banner ads are a traditional form of Internet advertising that pays based on the number of times it is displayed. This sounds glamorous, but it takes tens of thousands of impressions to earn meaningful revenue.
  • Affiliate advertising is also known as referral advertising. This is when a company pays current customers or publishers to refer new customers to them. For example, many companies have a refer-a-friend program in which a current member can receive a cash bonus or some form of credit when a new customer joins through their referral link.

Editorial Control & Ethics

I understand there is a potential conflict of interest when I openly state this site may receive compensation for referring visitors to various companies.

This is where my ethics and integrity come in.

As I stated above, I will not recommend a product or service that I believe is not appropriate for a military audience. Nor will I recommend a product or service that I either would not use myself or that I would feel uncomfortable recommending to my family or friends. And finally, I ensure that none of the advertised products or services will cost our visitors anything more than they would pay elsewhere (again, we are sometimes even able to negotiate better deals for our visitors).

Finally, not every product or service mentioned on this site is an advertisement. We do not avoid writing about certain products or services simply because there is no advertisement arrangement in place, nor do we write about products or services solely in the hopes of making money. Our primary goal is to serve the military and veteran communities.

How Can I Help?

Great question, and I’m glad you asked.

I want to be clear on this: Our mission is to help military members, veterans, and their families. No strings attached.

The best thing you can do is read our website and share it with other people via social media, email, newsletters, and word of mouth so others can benefit from this content. The more people we can reach, the better we are able to fulfill our mission!

As for the advertising, I don’t want you to feel obligated to do anything. If you see a product or service you want to use, great. You can always sign up or purchase through our website, and depending on the company, we may or may not receive compensation. But please do not feel obligated to do anything.

This site is here for you, no strings attached.