Archive for May, 2008
Saga Continues - NY Affiliate Tax Update - How will they track this?
Yes, the saga continues on the dreaded NY sales tax policy that will start on June 1, 2008. I had to take a break in writing on this to absorb the legal and tax ramifications of all of this and set strategy. I read some lengthly posts quoting some legal analysis and tax assumptions. My [...]
Landing Page Design Tips - UberAffiliate
I came across a great blog post by UberAffiliate on Landing Page Tips and thought I would note it. In the post he points out the key factors in landing page design:
- Be positive in your message - focus on positive copy writing.
- Involve people in the landing page - especially attractive people
- Use Happy [...]
Commission Junction / Direct Marketing Association response on NY Sales Tax
New Updates on Affiliate Tax Issue in New York
- Commission Junction response
- Direct Marketing Association (DMA) response and conference call
Just received my official letter from Commission Junction on the NY Affiliate Sales Tax Issue and appears to be a no-stance letter. I feel that it is good that they put out a network notification of [...]
FeedFront - New Affiliate Summit Magazine
Just signed up for a free subscription to FeedFront, the official Affiliate Summit Magazine. Looks like it’s going to be an excellent publication. FeedFront will provide you with news articles and feature stories relating to affiliate marketing and all of the issues that impact the industry. The magazine will be published quarterly.
Highlights of the [...]
Interview with Members of the New York State Tax Department by Heather Paulson
As promised here is the link to the interview with the NY taxation department by Heather Paulson as reported on Revenews.com today. Heather is from PaulsonManagement.com. In reading the article, the $10,000 threshold figure is mentioned again and what was new is the fact that NY state has a special general audit program for looking [...]
NY Affiliate Sales Tax Update - SEOMoz, Shareasale, Revenews
Just got done reading an excellent legal post on the NY Sales Tax Nexus Issue by Sarah Bird, Esquire at SEOMoz.com on: Challenging New York’s New Sales Tax Law: Are Affiliates Expert Sales People or Do They Just Publish Ads?
Sarah does an excellent job breaking down the fact that you need to sell more than [...]
Current Actions - NY Affiliate Sales Tax Issue & Affiliate Marketing Industry
Lots of buzz being created on forums, blogs, twitter and more on 2 main issues. First is the NY Affiliate Sales Tax and second is the decision to organize an Affiliate Marketing Association or join with IAB.
Some great posts to know about
- MediaTRust - Relevantly Speaking - Amazon & IAB
- ReveNews - thread on NY [...]
Affiliate Marketing Industry - Time to start, Steps to fix NY Affiliate Sales Tax
I have been thinking and reading about the impending NY state sales tax that will be imposed on affiliates starting June 1, 2008 and have to say it makes me upset that more has not been done to stop this issue. Sam Harrelson of Cost Per News, Shawn Collins of Affiliate Tip, Heather Paulson and [...]
Yahoo feeling pressure from shareholders on MSFT deal
Yahoo will be feeling more pressure now to work it out with Microsoft as some rather large shareholders are making a case that they are going to try an overturn the decision.
From Bloomberg article - May 15 (Bloomberg) — Paulson & Co., the New York hedge-fund manager run by John Paulson, bought a 3.6 [...]
Affiliates in New York - sorry to hear the news on sales tax!
Was reading a post on Shawn Collins affiliate marketing blog about how Overstock.com dropped affiliates based in New York. According to Shawn’s comprehensive report, Elliot Spitzer (you know the guy who dropped $70k on special services) managed to move forward on a tax plan with David Patterson (his successor) to collect on internet sales tax.
From [...]