New Internet Sales Tax Laws Causing Major Issues for US Merchants & Affiliates

There is a lot of upset over the new internet sales tax laws that apply directly to online sales, and are already hitting some affiliates hard.

These laws require online merchants to collect state sales tax if they have local affiliates in those states. The states currently affected include California, Hawaii, North Carolina and Rhode Island - but many other states are in the process of following suit…

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Twitter Marketing: What’s Your Strategy?

Twitter has been a hot debate topic among online marketers over the last year. Is it a total time suck, or a marketing tool you can’t live without? Honestly, it depends on how you use it…

Everyone seems to use Twitter differently. The interesting thing is just how defensive people tend to get over their personal opinion of Twitter - be it the best way to use it, or their decision not to use it at all.

So what’s the big deal - and how should you be using Twitter in your marketing strategy? Twitter happens to be the #1 traffic referrer to my blog, and has maintained that position consistently for well over a year. I’ll share some tips with you that have proven to work very well for me, along with my thoughts on some of the more controversial topics regarding Twitter…

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Sneak Peek Inside Rosalind Gardner’s Affiliate Accounts

It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of Rosalind Gardner. I’ve confessed a number of times that I got my own start as a super affiliate by reading her Super Affiliate Handbook. It’s the very first “ebook” that I ever bought online, and still to this day the best investment I ever made in my ebiz.

This weekend I was watching one of her videos, which is a sneak peek inside several of her affiliate accounts - and just had to share this with you:

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6. Make Money Blogging

Part SIX of the 10 Ways to Make Money Online Series

The 6th method that Jimmy D. Brown suggests for making money online is blogging. You’ll find this on pages 18-20 in your PDF.

Some of you may raise your eyebrows at the idea of making $10,000/month just by blogging, but I did a post almost 3 years ago featuring a number of people who were earning much more than that: Can Blogging Make You Rich?

All of the successful bloggers featured in that article devoted time and energy to a focused blogging project. They didnt set up 27 spam blogs (aka splogs) in 27 different niche markets and try to flip a switch on for automated profits…

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5. Website Flipping: Buy and Sell Websites

Part FIVE of the 10 Ways to Make Money Online Series

By now I assume you have already downloaded and read the special report by Jimmy D. Brown that we’re discussing in this 10-part series. If not, click the link above to see the original post and download the 30-page report.

The 5th method that Jimmy discusses for making money online is website flipping, or to buy and sell websites for profit. See pages 16-17 in your PDF. Jimmy suggests one of two models, or a combination of both: creating and selling websites, or buying websites to resell…

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