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ShareASale Toolbar Proposed Policy

February 21, 2009

Earlier this week Brian Littleton, of ShareASale, announced the new, proposed toolbar policy.  You will probably recall that about two weeks ago there was a conference call on this issue. The proposed policy took into account many of the concerns and opinions expressed during that call. You can read the proposed policy at SAS Blog [...]

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ShareASale and Toolbars Roundtable

January 30, 2009

This week Brian Littleton, CEO and founder of ShareASale announced that he will be holding a round table discussion at 3pm central Tuesday, February 3, regarding the acceptance of toolbar affiliates into the ShareASale network. In the past, ShareAsale has not allowed affiliates who utilize toolbars or reminder software to participate in their network. That [...]

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Update on One Cause

December 9, 2008

The One Cause toolbar is still a hot and active issue. As several videos have shown, cookies continue to be overwritten. Affiliates and merchants are losing money every day. Many affiliates have been contacting various merchants seeking answers on this issue. Some merchants have responded and are addressing concerns, some have taken action by removing the toolbar affiliate. Others [...]

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AMWSO Steps Forward

December 1, 2008

In a couple of posts I have commented on the silence that is sometimes too common in the affiliate industry. My opinion is that silence and lack of action is detrimental. Silence, whether due to apathy, fear of speaking/acting or simply a lack of a sense of urgency, the result is the same. Things will not improve and may, [...]

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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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