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You’ll find all kinds of stuff posted at my blog, so keep checking back. You’ll find a lot of information related to social networking, Facebook, Twitter, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), just cool internet tools and technologies.
Bio:
Name: Steve Hart
Job: Interactive Development Director for a large media communications company.
Interest: Everything Social Networks, SEO, Blogs, and Media Publishing.
Social Media Day – June 30th in Orange County
June 30th is social media day across the world. Mash
able is sponsoring events “to celebrate the social revolution and all of the technological advancements and societal changes it has brought upon us” (via www.gosocialnow.com). Freedom Communications’ flagship newspaper will be hosting a Social Media Day meetup in Orange County at the Orange County Register. You can find more information about this event at Orange County Register Social Media Day Event. Last year’s event was the 3rd largest meetup.
This free event in Orange county will be from 3pm – 6pm and include guest speakers as well as 9 food trucks.
Hope to see you there.
Amazon Terminates Associates Program for CA Residents
I don’t make much money through my Amazon Associates Program, but I have put some work into setting it up. In one fail swoop, Jerry Brown has canned my dreams of fortunes.
Gov. Jerry Brown signed the law Wednesday night that will require Amazon.com Inc. and others to collect taxes on goods sold through their Websites. In turn (and in protest), Amazon terminated affiliate agreements all it’s California residents using their program. Below is the email from Amazon notifying me of the termination:
Hello,
Unfortunately, Governor Brown has signed into law the bill that we emailed you about earlier today. As a result of this, contracts with all California residents participating in the Amazon Associates Program are terminated effective today, June 29, 2011. Those California residents will no longer receive advertising fees for sales referred to Amazon.com, Endless.com,MYHABIT.COM or SmallParts.com. Please be assured that all qualifying advertising fees earned before today will be processed and paid in full in accordance with the regular payment schedule.
You are receiving this email because our records indicate that you are a resident of California. If you are not currently a resident of California, or if you are relocating to another state in the near future, you can manage the details of your Associates account here. And if you relocate to another state in the near future please contact us for reinstatement into the Amazon Associates Program.
To avoid confusion, we would like to clarify that this development will only impact our ability to offer the Associates Program to California residents and will not affect your ability to purchase fromAmazon.com, Endless.com, MYHABIT.COM or SmallParts.com.
We have enjoyed working with you and other California-based participants in the Amazon Associates Program and, if this situation is rectified, would very much welcome the opportunity to re-open our Associates Program to California residents. As mentioned before, we are continuing to work on alternative ways to help California residents monetize their websites and we will be sure to contact you when these become available.
Regards,
The Amazon Associates Team
Amazon has cut off affiliates in Arkansas, Connecticut and Illinois where similar laws were implemented. Amazon is fighting the New York law. We’ll see if this set a precedent for other states to follow.
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