There are reports that the Cyberspace is getting crowded! Well there is no where to go for cyberspace but over-population. And, as more people get accustomed to life with internet, there would be more heightened activities in website development particularly in blogging and social networking. With this case of cyber-overcrowding comes the question of how do you get your website noticed. Its been said time and time again that the most important thing when it comes to making a successful site is g... Read more »
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New Affiliate Conference - June 17-20th - Denver - Free to Affiliates!
Posted on 13 April 2009 by Ronald Allan Marva, Affiliate
This is something NEW in affiliate industry - a conference for affiliates - FREEIf you are an affiliate, this is YOUR event. The industry is very young and it does not help to be charging exorbitant cost for affiliates to join such conference. Affiliates are the one bringing in revenue to the companies that attend/exhibit on these conferences and they should be paying such venues where can they can meet with you. I believe it is fundamental that an affiliate should not pay to attend such event. ... Read more »
e-Fairness
Posted on 04 April 2009 by Ronald Allan Marva, Affiliate
What is e-Fairness? One of the hottest issues concerning affiliates is the pending enactment of a federal legislation allowing states to treat all retail sales equally - thus the name, e-Fairness. I would like to present in this blog the position of the advocates for the e-Fairnesss law. Then, in succeeding blog, i will discuss the position of those opposing it. The argument for the e-Fairness states that the current local state tax rules does not provide a level playing field. The law curren... Read more »
New Method of Searching Online
Posted on 03 April 2009 by Ronald Allan Marva, Affiliate
It is amazing how quickly the internet changes. What you thought was right three weeks ago when it comes to internet marketing could be obsolete today.Take for example the way people are using new methods of searching online. Nowadays, Facebook, Youtube and Twitter are slowly changing the way we conduct our searches. When we are looking to find an item to buy online, many web consumers are starting to use their personal network to filter the data coming at them instead of using outright the sear... Read more »
Affilate Tax Law
Posted on 31 March 2009 by Ronald Allan Marva, Affiliate
Affiliates tax law, aka E-Fairness Legislation, has become the battlefront between the brick and mortar businesses and online retailers as both struggles to survive the current economic crisis. Independent retailers are lamenting the current phenomenon wherein an unfair disadvantage exists as many out-of-state businesses reap the benefits of a large consumer base, while simultaneously putting local stores out of business. The online retailers who are opposing affiliate tax bill contend tha... Read more »
Use Your Website To Promote Affiliate Program
Posted on 28 March 2009 by Ronald Allan Marva, Affiliate
I have been browsing around several good merchant sites and am surprise that many dont show a link or have a page dedicated to their affiliate program. Further research would later reveal that these merchant sites do in fact have their own affiliate program running on a third party affiliate tracking companies. In these occasions, I am wondering if this omission is doing them any good. I am pretty sure that many affiliates do the same thing when visiting a good prospective onilne merchant. If ... Read more »
Pay-Per-Call in Affiliate Marketing
Posted on 27 March 2009 by Ronald Allan Marva, Affiliate
Merchants recognize the special role pay by a Customer Service Phone number prominently displayed on their web store. Aside from giving responsive consumer support, this feature enables the online business to offer more consultative products and services offline. However, many publishers are wary of this feature as they view it as a form of leakage in properly tracking their affiliate earning. They are afraid they may be losing credit for genuine leads when a customer picks up the phone and d... Read more »
Do you use cloaking to hide your affiliate link?
Posted on 25 March 2009 by Ronald Allan Marva, Affiliate
Affiliate marketing is becoming popular among web consumers. Many of these people are aware of how affiliate programs work and some goes to the extreme of omitting your affiliate ID or use someone's else ID when ordering online. Others might not even click your affiliate link and go straight to the main URL. Any of these actions would eventually result to loss of commission for you. It may be seem small issue for you yet if you continue to ignore it you will never know how much money you are los... Read more »
Welcoming new web buyers on your site
Posted on 24 March 2009 by Ronald Allan Marva, Affiliate
Believe it or not - but the recession may be forcing more and more consumers to consider buying online. Primary reason is that there is an influx of brick and mortar stores establishing their presence online. This influx has increased commodity accessibility online. Remotely, with high transportation cost due to skyrocketing gasoline pump prices, many consumers are making a practical decision to make their purchases online. A wide print and TV exposure of the current added values of online coupo... Read more »
California bills AB 178 and ABX3 27
Posted on 19 March 2009 by Ronald Allan Marva, Affiliate
There are proposed California bills that could require the collection of sales tax for online purchases similar to bills proposed in other states and that could resemble the law that recently passed in New York State. At this time, a hearing date for AB 178 has been set for April 13, 2009. Many political and business analysts believes that the proposed legislation may be a done deal especially with the current California budget crisis. One of the top affiliate network - Commission Junction which... Read more »