February 2009

Twitter as an Affiliate Program Management Support Tool

I have been using Twitter to keep in touch with affiliates and other online marketers, to share knowledge and learn from others, as well to post stuff about my personal life. At one point, however, I have realized that some affiliate marketers that I work with may not be interested

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Heads Up, California Affiliates: Online Sales Tax Proposed

Yesterday, a friend and a known advocate of the affiliate marketing industry, Melanie Seery, posted an alert about California considering a sales tax similar to the one that got passed in New York last year. Melanie wrote: California Affiliates had better get prepared, California Assembly Bill 178, co-authored by Charles

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When Affiliate Marketing is Being Misrepresented

I am tired of seeing the affiliate marketing industry being misrepresented as just another one of those get-rich-quick schemes! Hundreds, if not thousands, of websites are full of promises of helping you turn in a quick buck if only you buy their eBook or, even, join their affiliate program. Twitter

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Problem Created by Leader or Lesson from Russian History

The first American to win the Nobel Prize was Theodore Roosevelt. He was awarded this prestigious prize in 1906 for his instrumental participation in the diplomatic negotiations that preceded the peace Treaty of Portsmouth after one of the most pitiful Russian wars — the one against Japan in 1904-05. The

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