Affiliate Programs and Affiliate Reviews
California Governor Jerry Brown signed a law Wednesday that will require Amazon.com and other Internet retailers to collect sales tax on goods sold to California residents. In response, Amazon sent a letter to its affiliates in California terminating their relationships. Affiliates are companies that sell goods through Amazon.
Specific Media announced Wednesday that the company, in partnership with recording artist Justin Timberlake, will buy MySpace from News Corp. in hopes of revitalizing the ailing social networking site. The rumored price is around $35 million to $40 million, less than a tenth of the $580 million News Corp. paid for the social network in 2005.
Three key aspects of the resourcing paradigm will undergo a change with E2.0: resource geographic spread; team constitution; and skillsets required. With the availability of collaboration media and their ease of access, customer groups and IT support/delivery groups will operate out of their own locations without the need to work in a centralized fashion.
We get so wound up talking about the value of online communities for social CRM purposes — for instance, in building loyalty, identifying potential leads, and improving the quality of service our businesses deliver — that sometimes we forget that they’re really scaled-up versions of actual communities.
Apple lovers, it seems to me, are pretty hungry for their favorite company to finally achieve world domination. Diehard Apple fans have been around for a long time, and seeing Apple finally get some serious attention is gratifying. So some of the rumors about Apple producing a free or entry-level iPhone come September are just wishful thinking.