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Amazon Leaves Colorado Affiliates Out in the Cold
ADOTAS – Colorado affiliates are feeling a chill. . . and it’s not the snow. It’s from Amazon.com’s drastic, seemingly unnecessary, decision to terminate all relationships with affiliates in the state of Colorado. It all started as Colorado Democrats, led by Governor Bill Ritter, attempted to push through a slew [...] more...
Murdoch gleefully predicts ad uptick and that Kindle will ruin unions
ADOTAS — Nothing like being an anti-union media mogul in a seismic shift. Rupert Murdoch said while advertising spending is nowhere near where it was in 2007, recent results have been “getting better every month and getting better every week.” The News Corp chief added that the US advertising market is [...] more...
Despite cutting ties, state still wants affiliate tax money from Amazon
ADOTAS — The continued assault on affiliate marketing just took another step into the strange. North Carolina now wants sales tax revenue from online retailers, like Amazon, even after it and others stopped using affiliates there. A new law forced online retailers to collect sales taxes if they have online-marketing affiliates [...] more...
Readers comment on the Kindle, remnant advertising and a creepy clown
ADOTAS — In our latest poll, most readers said that Apple has every right to decide what goes on its iPhone and the government should stay out of it. We also has some spirited comments about the demise of Active Response Group/Brandarama; Amazon’s Kindle; and how a clown became a [...] more...
Amazon will sap Zappos culture, according to poll
ADOTAS — In this week’s poll, voters overwhelmingly said that Amazon will change the vaunted culture at Zappos. Readers this week also dissed AOL, the Microsoft/Yahoo deal but praised Linkedin. MySpace moving toward online gaming Fef: “Top 3 activities online? “Communicating, Search and Gaming” — uh, what about porn? I hope CEO Miller correctly predicted a [...] more...
DeLonghi brand fail spotlights Amazon review scams
ADOTAS — Online product reviews are a good way to gain insight into purchases. Recommendations from personal acquaintances or opinions posted by consumers online are the most trusted forms of advertising, according to a recent Nielsen study. Ninety percent of consumers surveyed noted that they trust recommendations from people they know, [...] more...
Amazon nixes Twitter, Facebook affiliate commission
ADOTAS — The e-retailer has made a nice living off affiliate members who have been a large commission-only salesforce for a long time. But the love doesn’t go both ways. Joshua Odmark, a technology consultant at Simply Ideas LLC and who also blogs for Performance Marketing Blog, found that out recently. [...] more...
Overstock follows Amazon’s lead in dropping affiliates*
ADOTAS — Overstock has dropped affiliate advertisers in California, Hawaii, North Carolina and Rhode Island Co sent notices to all of its affiliate advertisers in California, Hawaii, North Carolina and Rhode Island. *UPDATED: On Monday, Amazon said it was ending its business relationships with marketing affiliates in Rhode Island so the online [...] more...
Amazon affiliate killing, southern-style
ADOTAS — Tax them to death. I have written several stories about how the federal government and states are enacting laws, clarifying existing ones, or in the processing of, to force companies with no physical presence in the state to collect and remit taxes, obviously affecting affiliate businesses. New York and [...] more...
Vidoop dies, staff get computers for wages
ADOTAS — A quick news glance around the webosphere. Vidoop Is Dead, Employees Getting Computers In Lieu Of Wages. (Techcrunch) Microsoft will be forced to add browsers to Windows. (WSJ) Preparing to Sell E-Books, Google Takes on Amazon. (NY Times) Vodafone Bows as Week’s Top Viral Ad Campaign. (AdAge) Senate Investigates E-Commerce Subscription Programs. (Mediapost) Seatwave [...] more...
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