Talk Lounge Spotlight Terms

Talk Lounge Spotlight is a small business and community promotional service. It is separate from The Talk Lounge's custom advertising campaigns and independent editorial coverage. Purchasing Spotlight does not purchase editorial influence or favorable newsroom coverage.

Free Basic is a community submission. The Talk Lounge may review, reject, hold, or post a Free Basic submission when capacity allows. A Free Basic submission does not guarantee publication, a posting date, a posting time, a platform, views, engagement, clicks, sales, or any other result.

Paid Spotlight packages enter the regular paid shoutout queue after successful payment and content acceptance. Regular queue timing is managed by The Talk Lounge. A paid package does not reserve a customer selected posting time or guarantee a specific social platform.

Priority is available only with paid Spotlight packages and costs $5.99. Priority is limited to five accepted purchases in a daily shoutout cycle. An accepted Priority order is scheduled for the next calendar day in The Talk Lounge's America/New_York operating calendar. The Talk Lounge selects the posting time. When all five Priority positions are reserved or sold, the add on becomes unavailable and the customer may continue with the regular paid queue.

Once The Talk Lounge posts an accepted Spotlight, the minimum live window depends on the placement selected by The Talk Lounge. A Story placement remains available for its normal 24 hour platform lifecycle. A feed post, Reel or short video, or X or Threads post remains live for at least 7 days. A website Spotlight placement remains live for at least 30 days. These minimum live windows do not guarantee views, engagement, clicks, sales, or permanent publication. TTL records fulfillment evidence and may verify that the placement remained available through the applicable minimum window. If a paid placement is removed before the minimum window because of an issue controlled by The Talk Lounge, TTL may restore or replace the placement through a make good workflow or otherwise resolve the affected order. Platform removal, account enforcement, outages, or other events outside TTL's reasonable control are reviewed based on the circumstances.

The customer must provide accurate information and must have the right to provide any business name, handle, website, promotional statement, trademark, image, or other material submitted for use. The Talk Lounge may reject or pause unlawful, deceptive, infringing, unsafe, discriminatory, sexually explicit, fraudulent, or otherwise unsuitable promotion. A rejected paid order is handled under the applicable refund process rather than being posted solely because payment occurred.

The Talk Lounge may describe its current network audience and monthly social view metrics for context. Those network metrics are not promised delivery for an individual Spotlight. Spotlight never guarantees a minimum number of views, impressions, engagements, followers, clicks, leads, customers, revenue, or sales.

The Talk Lounge controls final scheduling, platform selection, placement, formatting, disclosure labeling, and reasonable edits needed for clarity, length, safety, platform rules, or legal compliance. The core promotional meaning will not be intentionally changed without reason.

Paid Spotlight orders are charged through the payment provider shown at checkout. Duplicate or technically failed charges are reviewed against The Talk Lounge's payment records. If The Talk Lounge rejects a paid order before posting, the order should be refunded or otherwise resolved rather than silently retained as paid. Posted promotions are not automatically refundable merely because they receive fewer views or engagements than the customer expected.

Questions about Spotlight can be sent to advertising@thetalklounge.com.