As you may have read, I’ve had an interesting week. I got a reminder of the way big companies operate. It’s not a pretty sight. I have also gotten an education in how McAfee’s SiteAdvisor works thanks to Yahoo’s new…
People now have access to so much content — and have so many ways to gather news and information — that the likelihood of your corporate message penetrating the clutter is virtually nil. Instead, if you engage the audience in…
With the announcement that the state of New York will be collecting sales tax from affiliates, and the termination of New York based affiliates, we have an opening for a new business model. We already have outsourced affiliate program managers,…
In my Revenew’s post on April 18th, 2008 - Read here I spoke of a serious post concerning the possibility of an affiliate sales tax collection for affiliates based out of New York that went up (April 17th 2008) on the…
MySpace just won a $230 million judgment against Spamford Wallace and his partner Walter Rines for violations of CAN-SPAM and California anti-phishing laws, plus attorney fees. Ole Spamford was proud to be the Spam King and I’m sure he’ll find a…
I had a great call with Rebecca Madigan - formerly with Commission Junction, now with AffiliateClassroom - earlier today. We talked about an industry group dedicated to promoting affiliate marketing.
One news list that I am on with another ReveNews blogger had a message today that I thought was fairly interesting - Spam is 30 years old. The first spam message was sent on May 3rd, 1978, according to this…
I expect something tasteful in a place of mourning and remembrance. Maybe I am old-fashioned but ads for LavaLife, who has never been the most subtle advertiser in the dating industry, on a site meant to be a memorial for…
I received an interesting call on Friday from our rep at Outrider. It seems that Yahoo thinks that AnyCoupons sends SPAM. To be perfectly clear: I hate SPAM. I hate it to the point that my company does too little…