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Lessons from an Oil Leak

Last evening, during a  dinner meeting with a merchant regarding improving their Terms of Service contract for Affiliates, we were discussing the BP oil leak. As we spoke, I realized that there is quite a bit to be learned from the oil industry’s mishandling of the incident; these lessons could and should be applied to [...]

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Coffee, Cookies and Newsletters

Over the past two weeks I have been looking into two separate issues involving two different merchants and their newsletters. In one case, I was contacted by the merchant and in the other I was contacted by an Affiliate.
In the first case, the Affiliate manager for the merchant emailed me with a question regarding their [...]

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Report on Affiliate Advocacy March Nexus Legislation Call

Today Affiliate Advocacy hosted a conference call to discuss the current status of nexus legislation.  The call was well attended and all aspects of our industry were in attendance. We had many affiliates from a variety of states, merchants, program managers and an outsourced program management company. Several of the affiliates were from states who have [...]

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Affiliate Advocacy Conference Call Affiliate Legislation March Update

Join Affiliate Advocacy LLC on  Tuesday, March 9 at 12:00 EST for March 2010 Legislative Updates. We will discuss the current status of pending and threatened nexus legislation. The purpose of this call is to educate and increase awareness of the legislative actions that will impact the affiliate marketing industry.
Our panelists include Brian Littleton CEO [...]

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Final February Updates Part One

 A  few updates on some  nexus and Internet sales tax legislation issues Affiliate Advocacy has been monitoring:
California ABX8 & SBX8 - Senate amended the original bill and then passed it. Sent back to Assembly who  renamed the bill SBX8. It was amended and  passed through readings. Now due for Final vote in Assembly (scheduled for Monday March 1) [...]

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Virginia Gains Momentum and Double Threat

As first reported here on January 24, ( Virginia Introduces Internet Sales Tax )Virginia introduced their version of  Internet sales tax legislation on January 21.  This bill, SB660, was referred to the Finance Committee. Earlier today the Finance Committee voted to approve the Virginia Internet sales tax bill by an overwhelming vote of 14-1. The bill now [...]

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Colorado Senate Finance Committee Pushes HB1193 Forward

This post marks my very first post for Affiliate Advocacy, I actually think I am the very first guest author here. Unfortunately, this post does not share good news. Earlier today the Senate Finance Committee approved HB 1193. The Colorado Internet Tax Bill now moves forward, I believe to the Senate Floor. (It is possible [...]

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Vermont Joins Internet Sales Tax Arena

Vermont is the latest state to introduce Internet sales tax legislation.  While debate continue in other states Vermont is gearing up and formally introduced legislation this week.  It becomes evident that momentum for modernized nexus regulations  is rapidly gaining. Vermont Internet Sales Tax legislation is House Bill 661. The bill was introduced by Representatives Jeffrey Wilson, John Rodgers [...]

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Virginia Introduces Internet Sales Tax Legislation

Earlier this week Virginia formally introduced legislation that could require out of state merchants to collect and remit sales tax. Senator Emmett Hanger, Jr. has sponsored SB660. It has been referred to the Committee on Finance; the committee  normally meets on Tuesdays and Wednesdays ( but may also meet on Thursdays for next several weeks).
SB 660 [...]

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Our New Name

For almost two years I have advocated on behalf of the industry, first as NY Affiliate Voice then more formally as Affiliate Voice LLC. I have made the decision to change the name of my affiliate advocate business to Affiliate Advocacy. The new domain will be http://affiliateadvocacy.com.
My focus remains as it has always been; working [...]

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