What Happened? On Friday, January 22, 2010, Bill HB10-1193 [pdf here], introducing the affiliate tax in the State of Colorado, has been released and referred to the Appropriations Committee. The Committee meeting is going to be held on January 27, 2010. Here’s an excerpt from the bill: (II) (A) Commencing March 1, 2010, if a [...]
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Being a linguist, I have always been fascinated by this phenomenon in the development of language(s) — when a proper name becomes a common noun (or even a verb). By definition nouns name people, places, and things. There are two classes of nouns: common and proper. Common nouns name general items, while proper nouns name [...]
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I am a long-time fan of Small Business Trends and what they are doing to educate small businesses through their blog, interviews, publications, and, of course, their radio show. I have first met Anita Campbell, the owner and CEO of Small Business Trends LLC, in July of 2007 – in steaming hot Miami, FL at [...]
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A worrying news has come through today: following New Mexico the state of Virginia — which is facing a $3.6 billion budget deficit this year [more here] — is now considering an affiliate tax as well. I’ve read about it in Scott Jangro’s AffBook blog [link to post], Googled the topic and found this post [...]
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Having read the Internet Retailer’s comparison of the online storefronts of these two merchants (my bullet point summary of it may be found here), the only logical next step for me was to see how Walmart.com’s affiliate program compares to Amazon.com’s associates program. By looking at the information provided in the respective sections of each [...]
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Melanie Seery of Affiliate Advocacy has tweeted: New Mexico has introduced its 2010 House Bill 50 (second edition) “clarifying nexus in regard to certain Internet sales.” The nexus definition/basis is very similar to those in the other states affected by the tax, namely: “A person with a business with no physical presence in New Mexico [...]
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It is a known fact that Walmart.com has made it its goal to become the number one online merchant, dethroning its major competitor in the e-tail space, Amazon.com, and beating such well-established rivals as Target.com, Overstock.com, and Buy.com. Competition is always war where while some merchants win, and others lose, the consumer always benefits. The [...]
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The very last Affiliate Summit West 2010 session that I have attended has been the “Creating Lasting Publisher & Advertiser Relationships” panel. It was a good and well-balanced panel — with three publishers (Offers.com, FatWallet, and Cashbaq) and two advertisers (Target.com and Overstock.com) participating. One thing that especially did my heart good was the emphasis [...]
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Just a couple of hours ago, the 2010 Pinnacle Awards have been handed to the winners at Affiliate Summit West 2010. And the winners are: Affiliate of the Year – Nicholas Koscianski Affiliate Manager of the Year – Matt McWilliams Exceptional Merchant – eBay Partner Network Affiliate Marketing Advocate – Angel Djambazov Best Blogger – [...]
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Reporting from the Affiliate Summit West 2010. The question of restricting affiliates from joining your affiliate program based on their geographical location sprung up during the Q&A session after my yesterday’s presentation, and I’ve also heard participants of the “Affiliate Program Compliance” panel touch upon it today. The main difference between my reply and their [...]
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