Author: divag

Ultimate Blogging Themes

WordPress is one of the easiest ways to get started with affiliate marketing.
The hard part for most is getting a custom designed blog.
The cost to pay a developer to recode your blog and the time of trying to learn
how to recode it to fit in ads or your opt in form can be a daunting task.

But what if you’ve found an easy way  to kick-start your affiliate marketing plans
to make your blog theme stunning, unique, and personalized without knowing any code?

What if you could customize your entire blog design the way you
wanted and without paying for a professional designer?

Introducing… ‘Ultimate Blogging Theme 3.0’

My favorite Google-friendly, highly-customizable blog theme that
makes your blog unique, without touching a line of code…

Check it out right here:
http://www.ultimatebloggingthemes.com

and tell me what you think about it!

Did I just mention it is advertising optimized too?

Just copy and paste the ads to the boxes positioned in the most
clickable locations!

And here are a few other “must-have” features we like:

* Point and click to change from 3 columns to 2 columns or even
1 column

* Drag your cursor to change the sidebars to the left or to the
right

* Movable header boxes for opt-ins, advertising, top blog posts,
banner, logo, your picture

Grab your copy here:
http://www.ultimatebloggingthemes.com

Amazon gives the BOOT to Affiliates

States are hungry for money and looking for ways to bring in more tax revenue without the appearance of raising taxes on local businesses.  New York was the first to start the arm-twisting and in response Amazon filed a lawsuit and it is currently working its way through the courts- in the meantime Amazon is still collecting taxes for New York as the penalties would be devastating if the courts do not find in Amazon’s favor.

Now we have proposals and legislation under consideration in Hawaii, Rhode Island and North Carolina to collect taxes from online sales if there is a “nexus” of affiliates residing in that state. In response Amazon has informed affiliates in those states their affiliate program is closed to them unless the legislation changes. Amazon is not alone in terminating affiliates in unfriendly states. Overstock.com has announced it will pull its affiliate program from California residents and businesses.

California Governor Schwarzenegger made an announcement to prevent more companies from pulling the affiliate opportunity from California:

“After passing the largest tax increase in California history, it makes absolutely no sense to go back to the taxpayers to solve the current shortfall – that’s why yesterday I vetoed the majority vote tax increase passed by the legislature. With unemployment at an all time high, we should be doing everything we can to – keep jobs and create jobs – in California. That is why my Administration immediately contacted Overstock.com when we learned of this news and, I am pleased to announce Overstock.com has reversed its decision and will continue to do business with affiliates here in California. I will continue to fight to keep jobs and businesses in California.”  Read the complete press release