{"id":47769,"date":"2019-05-24T06:10:54","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T10:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/?page_id=47769"},"modified":"2023-11-29T14:00:12","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T19:00:12","slug":"disclosures","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/disclosures\/","title":{"rendered":"Disclosures"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Disclosures<\/h1>\n<h4>Relevant Disclosures regarding Mark Schaefer and long-standing business relationships<\/h4>\n<p>Mark Schaefer is the founder and executive director of Schaefer Marketing Solutions, a consulting and media company based in Tennessee.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Schaefer has been a compensated adjunct professor at Rutgers University since 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Schaefer serves on an advisory board of the Rutgers University Business School.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Schaefer is on the faculty of the University of Tennessee.<\/p>\n<p>From time to time, Mark Schaefer may include an affiliate link in his blog content. 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