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Mobile Affiliate Marketing: Are You In?

Geno on March 30th, 2009

It seems that mobile is both one of the less crowded affiliate marketing arenas, yet one of the fastest developing ones out there. The total number of mobile Internet users in the U.S. has grown from an average of 10,821 unique users a day in January 2008 to 22,369 a day in January 2009 [source], [...]

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Mar

Squats and Push-ups Keep Me in Shape

Geno on March 29th, 2009

I certainly do my sit-ups too, but throughout the work day I keep the following two rules (that help me stay in shape, and keep moving even while working predominantly under sedentary conditions:
Squats
Regardless of the fact that most of my work is done in front of a computer screen, I do have to get up [...]

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Mar

Can Small Businesses Afford Affiliate Marketing?

Geno on March 27th, 2009

To answer this question we need to briefly look into the expenses involved in (a) setting up and (b) running an affiliate program.
On the program setup stage, you will have to choose whether to go with an affiliate network (prices and comparison here), or an in-house affiliate program software (prices range between about $100 and [...]

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Mar

Connecticut SB 806 Bill Approved. North Carolina Next?

Geno on March 26th, 2009

Since the time I’ve blogged about the implications of the CA Bill AB 178 for affiliates, Melanie Seery posted the following two news: (i) Connecticut’s bill was approved in the Join Finance Committee, and (ii) North Carolina is now also looking in the same direction.
Regarding Connecticut Melanie wrote:
TheÂ Joint Finance Committee vote was held yesterday [...]

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Mar

Meaning of CA Bill AB 178 for Affiliates

Geno on March 25th, 2009

Numerous concerned affiliates have been e-mailing me about the California online sales tax bill AB 178 asking for a concise clarification of what this situation really means for affiliates. I believe we should be looking at two sets of implications here: (a) the immediate (state-specific), and (b) the wider (nationally-spread) ones. Let’s briefly look at [...]

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Mar

Recording of "Advanced Approaches" ASW09 Session

Geno on March 25th, 2009

I have just found out that Shawn has uploaded the podcast of the full “Advanced Approaches to Affiliate Recruiting, Training & Management” [originally announced here] we did with Heather Paulson at Affiliate Summit West 2009. Thank you, Shawn.
You may listen to the full session on this GeekCast.fm’s page.

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