From the category archives:

NY Affiliate Voice

The Story of Herb, NY Affiliate

November 30, 2008

Over the last few weeks I have been reviewing the stories of many NY Affiliates. In reaction to the NY Affiliate Tax, hundreds of merchants terminated NY Affiliates. The merchant terminations of NY affiliates had devastating effects on the businesses of thousands of NY affiliates. Hearing the stories of its impact is extremely tough. Many NY Affiliates [...]

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Fear or Apathy

November 26, 2008

A couple of weeks ago someone asked if I thought apathy caused the lack of action on the NY Affiliate Tax issue. I replied in Apathy and the Affiliate Industry that I thought the failure to act was because of a lack of urgency rather than because of apathy. It is normal, sometimes you care but believe tomorrow [...]

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NY Affiliate Voice in the News

November 23, 2008

The struggle of NY small businesses can probably be seen in most towns. NY Affiliates, who are actually small businesses, have been hurt by the economy and of course the NY Affiliate Tax. The impact of the NY Internet Tax is not limited to NY Affiliates. As I learned, the NY Affiliate Internet Tax is [...]

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Story of NY Affiliate – My Voyage

November 10, 2008

The last seven months or so have been an incredible journey. A year ago, I was eagerly looking forward to a great year of growth for my sites. I had recently redesigned some sites which really paid off, and started a couple new ones which were picking up nicely. I believed that 2008 would be [...]

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Story of Kevin, Former NY Affiliate

November 8, 2008

During May, as Kevin Webster, of 72kilowatts was busy getting back to building affiliate websites, he became concerned about the impact of the NY Internet tax law. Kevin was just getting started as an affiliate again. He had recently dissolved his SEO/OPM (Outsourced Program Manager) firm and while he was managing affiliate programs he was [...]

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