Since my last post on the bad news from California, Governor Brown has signed the bill [more here], while Amazon has announced its decision to cut ties with its California-based affiliates (which includes not only affiliates of Amazon.com, but also of all its subsidiaries, such as Audible.com, Endless.com, Zappos.com, 6pm.com, […]
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Bad news has just come from the state of California — the affiliate nexus tax, which I frequently cover in my blog, seems to be on the threshold of materializing. No, not into cash — the state treasurer is right on the money when saying that the online sales tax
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It’s been a while since I have had a contest that didn’t require you to do much but post an answer to a question/riddle… So, I’ve decided to put one together for you today. Below you will find three photographs which have been taken within a 10 minute period. You
Contest: Guess Place and Time, Win My Newest Book Read More »
Many people blog these days, but in very few instances can I say that I enjoy every post that this or that blogger puts up. There are, however, bloggers out there that I follow daily (or as frequently as they post), and anxiously wait for their next post. Every time
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We may argue about the effectiveness of social media presence/campaigns for business promotion and sales generation, but one thing that no one seems to doubt is that it is one of the hottest topics in present-day marketing. Whether fueled by a global hype or not, but Google Instant keeps popping
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A recent post by Lisa Barone gave me an idea for this one. She wrote about the questions customer would typically ask prior to committing to do business with a company. With affiliates it’s the same way — there are a number of things they want to know prior to
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I’m honored, and can’t help but blog about the latest two reviews of my newest book published less than a week apart. Why? Well, first and foremost, because because of the people they came from. Last Wednesday Todd Farmer, winner of Affiliate Summit’s 2011 Affiliate Marketing Legend award [more on
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Nearly everyone knows that some 25% of all online sales, and for many book titles 50% or more of their sales [source] happen on Amazon.com. Amazon also ranks books by sales, and I thought it’d be interesting to go to the e-tail giant’s website, and see what are the top
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While some may say there is a million and one reason to attend conferences, when it comes to conferences on marketing I like every attended trade show to bring measurable results. Then it has a truly positive ROI in my eyes (hence, a good reason to be there). Just as
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Remember my last week’s Possibly the Worst Affiliate Traffic Leak Ever post? Well, reviewing one affiliate program (on obvious reasons, their name and domain name have to remain discreet), I’ve discovered a situation that was even worse — “for tracking purposes” the merchant was linking some of his internal banners
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