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Fighting the Affiliate Tax in Mississippi 2011

As was the case last year, those of us involved with affiliate marketing in Mississippi must remain vigilant because the affiliate tax has been proposed again this year. Introduced by Representative Jessica Upshaw on January 4, 2011, House Bill 363 specifies that a “person soliciting remote sales through representatives in this state is subject to […]

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Fighting the Affiliate Tax in Mississippi

On January 18, 2010, Senator Tommy A. Gollott of Mississippi Senate District 50 introduced SB2927 (pdf link or here for current status) which attempts to redefine the “nexus requirement” for online or “remote” sales to include affiliate web sites such as mine (like Shopping-Bargains.com). I quote from this bill: A person is presumed to be […]

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“Affiliate of the Year” Award

As most of my family and friends know, I have been involved in affiliate marketing for almost 10 years now. For those who don’t know what affiliate marketing is, affiliate marketing essentially means I help other companies sell their products and/or services online in exchange for a commission or “finders fee” when my efforts result […]

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Affiliate Marketing Secrets for Bloggers Presentation at BlogWorld

On September 20, 2008 I had the privilege of joining Shawn Collins and Tim Jones in the Las Vegas Convention Center for a BlogWorld Expo panel presentation entitled “Affiliate Marketing Secrets for Bloggers.” Jim Kukral served as our moderator. Our presentation slides can be viewed here and a video below (unfortunately the picture and sound […]

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Welcome to MikeAllen.me

The domain name MikeAllen.com was a given to me as a gift from my wife in 1998 to be used for something special someday. (I’ll get to MikeAllen.me later.) There seems to be at least one other Mike Allen everywhere I go and it’s easy for some people to get us confused; however, I think […]