Affiliate Marketing Blog by Shawn Collins Affiliate marketing news and opinion from Shawn Collins, an affiliate marketer since 1997, co-founder of Affiliate Summit and author of Successful Affiliate Marketing for Merchants.

LinkShare has created a new resource focused on advertising tax news.
The page enables affiliate marketers to select a state from a drop down menu for the latest advertising tax status there.
LinkShare has also posted a map that indicates the status of legislation by state.

More details at http://blog.linkshare.com/2010/03/11/new-internet-tax-page/.

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 companies and positions listed above [...]

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, an outsourced affiliate management agency, [...]

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, and play a few games. [...]

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 revenue for the state of [...]

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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.
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Dirty Affiliate Contest from [...]

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 the new organization, according to [...]

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 General Assembly in Colorado, as [...]

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 and publisher sides of the [...]

The ShoeMoney System, a program from Jeremy (ShoeMoney) Schoemaker that helps new affiliates learn how to make money online, has reopened.

Shortly after I wrote about the ShoeMoney System a couple months back, it sold out.
But now it is open again, and I’d suggest this video training program for anybody new to affiliate marketing, as it [...]