There was a strong grassroots movement of affiliates opposing the Colorado affiliate tax. Many people wrote letters, made phone calls, and showed up to testify in person.
HB 1193 was modified on 02/08/10 eliminating affiliates from it’s terminology. Lawmakers succeeded in preserving 100’s of jobs that are pumping money into Colorado’s economy.
UPDATE: Well Amazon decided to [...]

It’s not too late to stop this misguided bill before it goes through the state senate. Colorado HB 1193 has passed the house and is headed to the state senate.
I just got finished emailing all the Colorado Senators begging them not to pass this bill. I emailed both Republicans and Democrats, but it’s Democrats who [...]

November was OK. I didn’t scale up too much, but did make a little more money than last month. I’m only working on campaigns that I feel will have a long stable life. I want to be in a position to take months off as my wife is due to give birth on about April [...]

I got a phone call a couple days ago from a good friend of our family who is interested in making some internet monies on the side. They have a busy life, family, and career but want to make a little extra every month.
I’ve received similar requests from various people who have varying levels of [...]

1. Liability. #1 You need to protect yourself from liability as much as possible. A LLC can protect your personal assets from lawsuits while allowing your business income to pass through to you. Having an LLC is only part of it. You need to use your LLC. Have your domains, CPA accounts, PPC accounts, bank [...]

Sorry I don’t blog more frequently. I’m not a blogger who does affiliate marketing. I’m an affiliate marketer that does a little blogging when he’s bored. Who would you rather listen to?
July 2009
I had some good things going here, and made about $500net/day on July 4th and 5th. Then Adwords slapped all my campaigns for [...]

We will cover how to discover affiliate marketing keywords and placements which are guaranteed to convert and make you money.

There is a lot of buzz about Revolution202.  They are calling themselves a ‘Partner Network’ with good reason. Their mission is basically to provide value to affiliates and let their own profitability take care of itself. They like to think of themselves as your partner rather than your network. I know Wes and Roland personally [...]

Things are changing here. It is July 5th, 2009. From the 1st to the 3rd I made $999.90 net. Saturday the 4th I made $527 net and today, Sunday at 6pm I have $430 in net profits.
This represents marked growth in my campaigns’ performance. It’s very exciting and a little unnerving. I am nervous about [...]

This is a follow up post to My First Ad Buy just began.
It ain’t real pretty. I ran it for two weeks and now it’s over.
Money spent:       $320
Money earned:     $145
Net loss:              $175
It made sense on paper anyway. I had received some conversions from Adwords placements on this site. On paper I [...]