http://www.bandkick.com Start Generating Income Today! Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:51:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en New Quality Assurance Considerations presentation from Affiliate Summit West 2007, which took place January 21-23, 2007 in Las Vegas, NV. Kellie Stevens, President, AffiliateFairPlay.com We’ll look at new quality assurance considerations with sub-affiliate transparency, cross-channel company layering in ad delivery and new behaviors by adware using real life examples and videos. Note: the ... http://www.bandkick.com/new-quality-assurance-considerations/ Affiliate nexus laws are being discussed in many states, and this sort of advertising tax legislation could be around the corner in any of the other states, as well. It’s vital for affiliates to know which merchants could potentially drop them if an advertising tax is instituted in their state. GTO Management, ... http://www.bandkick.com/affiliate-nexus-database/ There is an open happy hour for Search Engine Strategies NY attendees (and anybody else in NYC) on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 from 5:00pm – 7:30pm. The happy hour is taking place at Dave and Busters in Times Square (234 West 42nd Street), so swing by to network, have a drink, ... http://www.bandkick.com/ses-nyc-happy-hour-for-affiliate-marketers/ There is a theme song contest for the ShoeMoney System, a program from Jeremy (ShoeMoney) Schoemaker that helps new affiliates learn how to make money online. Jeremy has posted a video about the ShoeMoney System theme song contest that features some unique vocal styling. Highlights include some auto-tune work and a Miley ... http://www.bandkick.com/shoemoney-system-theme-song-contest/ The Tax Foundation, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, has released a special report indicating that expansive nexus standards burden interstate commerce and harm economic growth. This report follows an article by the Providence Business News about how the advertising tax, also known as the Amazon Tax or Affiliate Tax, has not generated ... http://www.bandkick.com/advertising-tax-will-worsen-budget-problems-deter-business/ Download audio file (affiliatething-030810.mp3) This week on the Affiliate Thing podcast, Shawn Collins and Lisa Picarille talked about Amazon terminating affiliates in Colorado, monetizing the Oscars, and affiliates upset with a contest from panties.com. Also, data feeds in WordPress, the ShoeMoney System, and Affiliate Marketing 101 from Jonathan Volk. Show Links Dirty Affiliate ... http://www.bandkick.com/amazon-terminates-co-affiliates-monetizing-the-oscars-and-panties-com-in-a-bunch-of-trouble/ The buy.at U.S. team traveled to the U.K. last week following their acquisition by Digital Window. Amy Ely of buy.at has posted an update on the company at their ABestWeb forum. The company will be relocating to new offices in their existing regions, and all current US staff were offered positions within ... http://www.bandkick.com/the-future-of-buy-at-in-a-post-aol-world/ Colorado-based affiliates of Amazon received a termination letter earlier today. Just a month ago, it seemed affiliates were in the clear, but they still ended up being collateral damage of HB 10-1193. The Amazon letter below provides a couple links for affiliate marketers to express their views to members of the ... http://www.bandkick.com/letter-from-amazon-terminating-colorado-affiliates/ Affiliate Compliance 101 panel from Affiliate Summit West 2007, which took place January 21-23, 2007 in Las Vegas, NV. John Engler, Vice President, UnsubCentral (Moderator) James J. Fosina, President and CEO, Fosina Marketing Group Jennifer Leuer, VP Strategic Asset Assurance, Experian Interactive Insight, guidelines and a complete view of compliance from both the advertiser ... http://www.bandkick.com/affiliate-compliance-101/ My basement got flooded last week, because my sump pump died. The bad news was that a lot of stuff got trashed. The good news was that none of the three computers, or any other electronics were ruined. I had flooded basements in the past, due to sump pump issues, so ... http://www.bandkick.com/safeguard-your-business-from-water-damage/