How to do Taxes for Online Business

Posted by mike As I mentioned in my last post, I had a lot of business expenses in 2011 that I was unaware of until I went back through my PayPal account and added up the numbers. I’m sure many internet marketers get a sick feeling when tax season rolls around – especially if you haven’t kept good numbers or if you haven’t been paying your taxes quarterly. Keeping Good Records is Your #1 Defense... read more

Pennsylvania Affiliate Tax Law Update: What You Can Do To Help

Posted by mike Just a small update on the PA Affiliate Tax issues… Thankfully I have not yet been hit too hard by this issue. If you are not familiar with what is going on in Pennsylvania, and many other states around the country, read my previous post: Pennsylvania Affiliate Marketers Just Got Screwed To clarify a bit from my previous post, this is not a new law, rather a new interpretation on an existing law. ... read more

Can I Niche Duel Like Pat Flynn? – Part 4

Posted by mike This is part 4 of my “Niche Site Duel” series (View Part 3).  Since I am not dueling with someone else, you can think of this as my own personal niche site case study.  I’m basically attempting to follow Pat Flynn’s niche site formula to see if I can reach #1 on Google for my chosen keywords. While the majority of my niche sites are made up of 3-5 pages of content, this site is... read more

Review of The Facebook Viral Plugin (FVP)

Posted by mike “Tweet to download” or “Like to reveal” are both common marketing techniques used on blogs and websites these days. The basic idea is that the user is asked to share a message with their twitter followers or facebook fans, and they are then rewarded when some sort of download link or other hidden content is revealed to them. The concept isn’t new, but the process of making it... read more

Getting Accepted Into the Ebay Partner Network

Posted by mike The Ebay Partner Network (or EPN for short) was my first real attempt at internet marketing. I bought the BANS script, which allowed me to build simple websites to promote ebay products. At the time it was simple to sign up and you were automatically accepted as an affiliate via Commission Junction. Since I got my start with EPN, I still have many niche sites that promote ebay products. I’ve since... read more