This week on the Affiliate Thing podcast, Shawn Collins and Lisa Picarille talked about advertising tax updates, Shawn aching after a triathlon, merchants with nexus in various states, and the future of buy.at.

Also, the new Scribe plugin for WordPress, monetizing Corey Haim, Affiliate Summit, and an affiliate get together during SES NY.

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• CA ABX8 8 On Hold for Now
• Virginia update: ad tax was not included in budget bill!
• New Advertising Tax Resource from LinkShare
• Affiliate Nexus Database
• Crayola boots NY affiliates a couple years later
• The Future of buy.at in a Post-AOL World
• New design for ABestWeb
• SEO Copywriting for WordPress
• ShoeMoney System Theme Song Contest
• Affiliate Summit Early Bird for Registration Ends 4/30
• Affiliate Summit Booths Nearly Sold Out
• SES NYC Happy Hour for Affiliate Marketers
• RoadCamp to SXSW
• Steve Hall’s photos from SXSW

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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 panties.com
• Sports Marketing, Datafeeds and Traffic Geyser
• The ShoeMoney System Reopens
• Amazon Removes Colorado Affiliates and Why
• Amazon drops Colorado Affiliates
• Colorado – bad turn by Amazon
• Letter from Amazon Terminating Colorado Affiliates
• Affiliate Advocacy Conference Call Affiliate Legislation March Update
• Affiliate Marketing 101

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This week on the Affiliate Thing podcast, Shawn Collins and Lisa Picarille talked about snow blowers, Digital Window acquiring buy.at, and the PPV advertising debate.

Also, egg cracking made easy by Wendy the Snapple Lady, the latest on the advertising tax, free book marketing at Affiliate Summit, and the CEO of White Castle flips burgers.

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• Buy.at Affiliate Network Acquired by Digital Window
• Wendy the Snapple Lady Goes DRTV
• AffiliateFairPlay Affiliate Salon Podcast on GeekCast.fm
• IANtrepreneur, PPV & Outsourcing
• Search Inside Internet Marketing From The Real Experts
• Promote Your Book at Affiliate Summit East 2010
• Monetizing an iPad Blog
• Undercover Boss – ‘White Castle’ Episode Preview
• Canada beats USA in OT, 3-2

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This week on the Affiliate Thing podcast, Shawn Collins and Lisa Picarille talked about Epic Beard Man, advertising tax updates, LinkShare coupon finder, and the winners of the ABestWeb Awards.

Also, the keynotes for Affiliate Summit East 2010, QR-Codes, mobile affiliate marketing, and the difference in writing headlines for newspapers vs. online.

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• Epic Beard Man
• Advertising Tax Map from Commission Junction
• Videos about the Advertising Tax
• California Internet Sales Tax Moves Forward
• California Affiliates: Urgent Action Needed on ad tax fight
• Frank Luntz to Keynote Affiliate Summit East 2010
• Jim Kukral to Keynote Affiliate Summit East 2010
• ABestWeb Best of 2009 Award Winners
• Promote Your Book at Affiliate Summit East 2010
• Take the Affiliate Summit East 2010 Challenge
• QR-Code Example
• New Coupon Finder App from LinkShare
• Twitter Instant Cash Makes False Claim
• Sponsormob Mobile CPA Network Tracking Apple iPhone Apps

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This week on the Affiliate Thing podcast, Shawn Collins and Lisa Picarille talked about the latest states considering advertising tax legislation, affiliates and NASCAR, and podcast interview tips from Susan Bratton.

Also, a tip to optimize the tweetmeme plugin, Sarah Silverman vs. TED, Google Buzz, and funny business at the Audience Conference.

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• Advertising Tax Updates from buy.at
• Affiliate Marketers Must Get Proactive About the Advertising Tax
• Affiliate Marketing 3.0
• Early Bird Ending for Booths and Tables at Affiliate Summit East 2010
• NASCAR Driver Running on Affiliate Marketing Funds
• How to Interview People for Podcasts
• Commission Junction and ValueClick Media Invest in Network Quality
• Snow Job for Entrepreneurs
• The TED v. Sarah Silverman Fight Turns Really Retarded
• You Are Using TweetMeme Wrong
• Affiliate Marketers Team Up Against Breast Cancer
• Lisa Picarille on Google Buzz
• Shawn Collins on Google Buzz
• Audience Conference 2010 Registration is Open

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This week on the Affiliate Thing podcast, Shawn Collins and Lisa Picarille talked about the happenings at Affiliate Summit West 2010, the launch of the ShoeMoney System, and the Affiliate Aquarium.

Also, Internet Marketing from the Real Experts has been published, Colorado proposes an advertising tax, and the wisdom of Dr. Robert Cialdini.

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• Over 4,000 Attendees at Affiliate Summit West 2010
• Affiliate Summit West 2010 Show Coverage
• Affiliate Summit West 2010 Day 1 Recap
• Affiliate Summit West 2010 Day 2 Recap
• Affiliate Summit West 2010 Day 3 Recap
• Review Internet Marketing from the Real Experts on Amazon
• Principles of Ethical Influence by Robert Cialdini
• Pinnacle Awards Winners at Affiliate Summit West 2010
• The ShoeMoney System
• ShareASale Launches an Affiliate Aquarium
• Colorado Proposes Advertising Tax
• Audience Conference, Part Deux

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This week on the Affiliate Thing podcast, Shawn Collins and Lisa Picarille talked about what’s happening at Affiliate Summit West 2010, free business books, and the Nexus One Google Phone.

Also, the first book published by Affiliate Summit, the most influential marketers of 2009, and a new company some are calling an affiliate network killer.

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• Top 5 Must See Sessions at Affiliate Summit West 2010
• Affiliate Summit West 2010 Passes on eBay
• Weather in Las Vegas during Affiliate Summit
• I Got Issue 9 of FeedFront in the Mail
• Affiliate Summit Giveaway: Nexus One Google Phone
• Internet Marketing from the Real Experts
• Top 100 Most Influential Marketers of 2009
• Search Success: Is it a Gender Issue?
• Commission Junction Veterans Launch Impact Radius
• Impact Radius – An Affiliate Network Killer?

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This week on the Affiliate Thing podcast, Shawn Collins and Lisa Picarille talked about monitoring PPC brand poachers, the importance of business cards, and Fred Wilson on affiliate marketing.

Also, free books for the Kindle, a new affiliate marketing survey, photos with the iPhone, and an interview with Robert Cialdini by Susan Bratton.

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• Interview with Dr. Robert Cialdini by Susan Bratton
• Why You Should Get a Platinum Pass for Affiliate Summit
• Affiliate Watchlist to Monitor PPC Policy Violators
• Business Cards are Important
• Shawn on Blippy
• Affiliate Marketing Undervalues The Link
• Phonetography.com
• 20 Free Kindle Book Downloads
• Affiliates: Take the 2010 AffStat Affiliate Marketing Survey
• New Path to Riches
• Nothing Changes on New Years Day
• Green Marketing More of a Trend Than a Fad

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This week on the Affiliate Thing podcast, Shawn Collins and Lisa Picarille talked about Kindle sales, affiliate marketing in 2010, rewards programs, and another Affiliate Summit sell out.

Also, three years of Affiliate Thing, bookmarks for affiliate marketers, Twitter parties, marketing with DailyBooth, and blippy.com.

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• Three Years of Affiliate Thing – First Episode Back on December 6, 2006
• Amazon: Kindle Books Outsold Real Books This Christmas
• Amazon Kindle
• Google’s Nexus One Isn’t Out Yet, But is Already Being Called A “Droid Killer”
• I Have Met the Enemy, and It’s My Gym
• Merry Christmas – Here are My Bookmarks
• Posting codes for Affiliate Summit passes on DailyBooth
• Sell Out for Affiliate Summit West 2010
• Tweeting is so ’shilly’
• blippy.com

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This week on the Affiliate Thing podcast, Shawn Collins and Lisa Picarille talked about affiliate action leading up to Christmas and into 2010, the superior Twitter customer support of Comcast, and a new issue of FeedFront magazine.

Also, Affiliate Summit West 2010 party list, Dr. Robert Cialdini’s book “Yes!”, and advice for people attending Affiliate Summit for the first time.

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• My Tweets to @comcastcares
• Yes!: 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive
• Parties and Special Events during Affiliate Summit West 2010
• Official Affiliate Summit West 2010 Party List
• FeedFront Magazine Issue 9 Now Available
• First Timers Guide for Affiliate Summit West 2010
• Affiliate Summit Trivia Tweetup
• Winners of the 2009 ShareASale Performance Awards
• Pinnacle Awards Finalists at Affiliate Summit West 2010

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