Yesterday a sad news came from Colorado: the House Bill 1193 (aka “Amazon tax” or “affiliate tax”, but really an “advertising tax”) has passed the House (33 “yes” to 32 “no”), and moved on to the Colorado Senate where it will undergo a similar consideration and voting route. Melanie Seery […]
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Not too long ago I’ve blogged about the bright near future for coupon affiliates. It seems that loyalty affiliates have a future as well, and certain strategic factors will make (or are already making) some of them significantly more competitive than others. For instance — according to the data from
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Based on all of the writing I have done (online and offline) over the past four years, I have compiled an online guide to affiliate marketing for merchants/advertisers. It is structured both according to the most frequently asked, and the most important questions you should know the answers to. At
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Following the states of New Mexico, Virginia, Colorado and Mississippi, the state of Vermont — whose 2010 budget deficit is not as bad as that of the other four states, but is still at some $300 million this year — has stepped onto the “affiliate tax” path too. Melanie Seery
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Having analyzed the growth of the global search market in the month of December 2009 compared to the search landscape in December 2008, comScore has registered a 46% increase in online search demand globally. The U.S. “represented the largest individual search market in the world” accounting for some 17% (or
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Here’s the latest news from the “affiliate tax” battlefields: Colorado The bill did pass motion yesterday: 6 “yes” to 5 “no”, but there is still hope. Read more in Rebecca Madigan’s Colorado Affiliates Rocked the House! post. Update (as of late evening 01/29/10): 33 voted for the Colorado HB-1193 “affiliate
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It is no secret that in affiliate marketing text links generally convert significantly better than banner links. Also, when it comes to text links, it is easy for an affiliate to split-test different text variations (improving conversions) on their end without getting the merchant involved in the process at all.
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…if the House Bill HB10-1193 becomes law. Scroll down to the bottom of this post to learn how you can help today. Here’s the full text of the letter that the President of Overstock.com wrote to Colorado-based affiliate marketers: Dear Affiliate: Overstock.com values your advertising efforts on our behalf, and
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Wow, what a busy end of January! And unfortunately adding the adjective “good” before “busy” isn’t going to be appropriate this time. New Mexico on the 21st, Virginia and Colorado on the 22nd, and today it’s the state of Mississippi — which is facing a $850 million budget deficit this
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This was the topic of our discussion with Anita Campbell on her today’s Small Business Trends Radio show. It was a good interview chock-full of information that any small businesses can take, and start using right away. Anita asked over a dozen of great practical questions (I am a huge
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