Although I am not an Amazon affiliate, my wife and mother-in-law both are. My mother-in-law especially has hundreds of blog posts and at least many dozens if not hundreds of Amazon links in place on her blogs.
Colorado affiliates including myself successfully lobbied to get affiliates removed from HB-1193. Lawmakers excluded affiliates from the bill and [...]

Hey folks. We all know Dennis is a great guy who never hurt anybody. He never did anything wrong, broke any rules, or scammed anybody.
I’m taking up the cause to show him a little charity but I can’t do it without your help. I’m taking up a collection to get him a little present that [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Um, I guess that’s about it. Title covers it all. Unless you don’t know what that means…..
For me it means that aps like Tweetdeck and Seesmic will perform better. Things like Twitter Karma will perform much better. Twitter Karma will now be able to work for accounts up to 15000 followers instead of just 10000.
If [...]

I sat in on a session at Affiliate Convention with Stephen Richter discussing new aspects of compliance we’re all going to have to think about.
You’ve probably heard some talk about the FTC cracking down on bloggers. Well it doesn’t stop there. They are getting all geared up to outline new regulations by the end of [...]