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In a stunning move today, CafePress abruptly announced that it would be terminating New York affiliates effective July 1, 2008.
The problem stems from newly enacted legislation in New York that requires companies who have affiliates that reside in New York to collect taxes if their revenue passes a certain threshold. A memo from [...]

If you plan to attend Commission Junction University (CJU) 2008, early registration will be available from May 1 - June 15, 2008. Be sure to save the date and register for CJU 2008, the premier pay-for-performance industry event for publishers and advertisers, held in Santa Barbara, CA, September 16-18, 2008. Take advantage of early registration [...]

Don’t rely on one source of income! I can not stress this one enough! Sure…. right now, you might be lucky enough to cash $50 checks each month. If the one company you’re hawking closes its doors tomorrow…. meh…. 50 bucks….. so what? Maybe I have to eat at a restaurant one less time next [...]

Actually, this is one of the hardest parts of the whole process for me. I can write the content (brilliantly, I might add) and I can plot and scheme better than anybody I know…. but dragging those visitors to my site while they’re kicking and screaming can be a bit overwhelming at first. [...]

So what the heck is affiliate marketing, anyway?
Easy….. you send visitors from your site (potential customers) to a merchant’s website. If the potential customer buys something, the merchant pays you a commission for sending them. Sometimes merchants pay if your visitors perform other actions, like filling out a survey, but for the purposes of [...]