Archive for August, 2008

Affiliate Tools: ViralURL’s ViralBar Arrests Stolen Affiliate Commissions

Published in August 22nd, 2008
Posted by Jim Lillig in Affiliate Commissions, Affiliate Fraud, Affiliate Marketing, online merchants, CPA Networks, Affiliate Management, Internet Marketing
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I religiously read Joel Comm’s daily Internet Marketing newsletter to see whose salesman’s smock Joel has wrapped himself in for the day.  Today it is ViralURL.com’s ViralBar utility.  This affiliate tool allows you to wipe out any would be commission stealers and affiliate ID fraud by cloaking your affiliate link in a most ingenious […]

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Wake Up! NY State Tax Nexus for Online Merchants will Tax Sales

Published in August 13th, 2008
Posted by Jim Lillig in Affiliate Marketing, sales tax, online merchants, Affiliate Management, Internet Marketing
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The New York State Tax Nexus imposed for Online Merchants will cost web merchants sales due to higher costs passed to the consumer. eCommerce merchants already know buyers jump out of their carts at an alarming rate when they see shipping charges. The NY state online tax nexus may spur even more cart […]

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ad:tech Chicago: A Yahoo Smackdown on iPhone’s Game Changing Ability

Published in August 7th, 2008
Posted by Jim Lillig in Mobile Search, Ad Agencies, Internet Marketing Conferences, Mobile Marketing
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I attended the poorly attended ad:tech Chicago this week, just long enough to hear Yahoo!’s Michael Bayle, Senior Director, Global Mobile Advertising get a sound thrashing from his counterparts at Google, Tribune Media, Cars.com and Local.com.
During a session entitled Tactical Search: Local and Mobile, Mr. Bayle was asked by an audience member if he thought […]

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LinkedIn for Business Social Networking - Marketing and Sales

Published in August 6th, 2008
Posted by Jim Lillig in Social Networking, LinkedIn, Internet Marketing
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Recently I have been writing a few posts on my blog at the hugely popular real estate focused site ActiveRain.com.  I have been exploring the different ways that LinkedIn connects real estate agents with their commercial and possibly residential clients.
The first post on ActiveRain.com introduced real estate agents looking to increase their connections to using […]

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