My fellow affiliate marketers, welcome to Part 2 of the State of Affiliate Marketing Union.  I shared some of the wonderful things that affiliate marketing has going for it, including phenomenal growth despite the recession, in my post earlier this week.…

Affiliate marketing indeed is a cutthroat industry, but never in my opinion have I seen such a display of cold and calculated ruthlessness.

Under the guise of working towards stopping Colorado’s version of the so-called Amazon Tax, and in front of…

My fellow affiliate marketers, the state of the affiliate marketing union is strong, but faces many challenges in the coming year.

For many affiliates and affiliate programs, 2009 was another banner year as the affiliate channel continues to grow. Despite all…

As a blogger and an ex-newspaper reporter I have an axe to grind with many of my peers. Please avoid the temptation to distort reality by quoting statistics and data out of context, no matter how linkbait worthy the intended…

You had to be under a rock yesterday to miss the big news: Yahoo took a dose of poison to speed up its death. Rumor has it Steve Ballmer put on a Jack Kevorkian mask to trick Carol Bartz into…

Good news for Net Neutrality. This administration has shown that they are committed to the principals of Net Neutrality based on language in the rules recently released for the broadband stimulus funding. The Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) is offering grants…

You’ve read about the bills changing the definition of nexus sweeping the nation and why they are wrong.

The simple truth is that they are based on a loophole left by the Supreme Court. In Quill Corp v. North Dakota (1992),…

From the staff, designers, authors and contributors here at ReveNews to all those who served our country over the years and to those who still serve today and their families: a heartfelt thank you.

After the first day of ad:tech I thought things were going pretty well for the industry.  Day two gave me time to make some more sessions (I live twittered them) and spend some time on the two levels of the…

Unless you have been living under a rock, you are aware of California (and other) states efforts to copy New York and collect sales tax on affiliate initiated transactions. Collection of sales tax is important, and states are right to…