Todd Crawford’s New Blog
Affiliate Marketing Legend award winner and all around good guy Todd Crawford has a new blog…
Todd always has a unique perspective on things going back to his days with CJ, so definitely tune in and subscribe.
Some Merchants Removing NY Affiliates?
Thanks to @Trust on Twitter for the link to ABW forum discussing the NY State affiliate tax issue and the possibility that some merchants such as Drs Foster and Smith are removing affiliates based in New York state due to a new state law there attempting to collect taxes (and back taxes) on internet commerce:
The NEW NY Internet TAX Law - ABestWeb Affiliate Marketing Forum: “It begins
Dear xx:
Due to the new online tax law in New York State we have decided to remove all New York state affiliates until this issue is clarified. We regret having to do this and hope that after further clarification or the law being struck down, that we will revisit this issue and hopefully be able to resume the productive business relationships we have enjoyed with you.
We appreciate your understanding in this matter and look forward to working with you again in the future.
Regards,
The Drs. Foster and Smith Affiliate Team”
Head over to ABW for the full discussion (currently around 3 pages). This is certainly an issue that affiliate marketers need to be familiar with since many cash-strapped states may turn to more regulated taxing of internet commerce to fill their coffers.
NY state is truly a canary in the mine here.
Affiliate Marketing’s RSS Problem
Amen, Linda and Ian…
12 Ways Affiliate Managers Can Use RSS for Affiliate Communication - 5 Star Affiliate Marketing Blogs: “Enter RSS. Why aren’t more affiliate programs using RSS? They really should be! There are so many things that would help affiliates generate more sales, if only they could be communicated in a timely manner. How about real-time as they happen - through RSS, instead of saving up the info for the next monthly newsletter, which no one reads anyway!”
RSS is still such an underused technology, especially here in affiliate marketing, with so much potential.
I spend a majority of my screen time in my feed reader (NetNewsWire for the Mac) and wish daily that more affiliate programs and managers would start utilizing RSS.
I can has RSS, please?
Angel is the New ReveNews Editor
Congrats to Angel Djambazov for being named the new Editor in Chief at ReveNews. I can’t think of anyone I’d rather have take over the site after my year long tenure.
New Revenews.com Editor-in-Chief | ReveNews: “I have some great news to announce! Angel Djambazov (one of our resident Revenews bloggers) has been appointed as the new Editor-in-Chief for Revenews.com”
Angel is a fantastic journalist and business person and will lead ReveNews to new heights that I couldn’t have imagined!
