
Amazon is cutting off affiliates that help it sell products in Colorado because of a new tax on online sales.
Affiliates earn money by using their Web sites to link customers to online sellers like Amazon.
Amazon told affiliates in an e-mail on Monday it would no longer pay them advertising fees because of the new law.
The [...] [...]
Business owners interested in applying for six grants offered through the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act should take a look at the Governor’s Energy Office Web site for information and an application.
Grant topics include:
- Energy Efficiency and Training
- Innovation Funding for Energy Efficiency
- LEED for Existing Buildings Certification
- Energy Efficiency in Historic Buildings
- New [...] [...]
Web retailers generally don’t have to charge sales taxes in states where they lack a store or some other physical presence, but a number of states aching under the weight of the recession are seeking a way around that rule.
Because companies like Amazon.com Inc. get help drumming up sales from online affiliates - people who [...] [...]
It seems everyone in the IT world has at least heard of Microsoft’s new .NET platform, but does anyone really know what this nice little catch phrase means? Well, even Bill Gates has admitted that he feels that Microsoft has not done a very good job of communicating what this whole .NET thing is [...] [...]
It used to be that turning on your computer was not a cause for concern that your identity would be robbed, your bank accounts pilfered or your sensitive files stolen. Unfortunately, those happy days are far behind us. Computer crime, in particular identity theft, is one of the most popular and growing forms of consumer [...] [...]
Some folks thrive – even when faced with a roller-coaster economy. Take Warren and Christine Meacham, for example. As owners of Colorado Online Mortgage (formerly Auer Mortgage), Christine, a mortgage broker since the mid-1980s and Warren, a former commercial banker, have survived sky-high 11 to 14 percent home loan interest rates and skimpy realtor referrals [...] [...]
With the opening of the Colorado Springs Technology Incubator, whose primary mission is to “accelerate the launch of financially viable companies in the high-technology sector,” six small, local companies are hoping for the best.
They are Acculent, Corporate Hearts, DigiLearn, Integrity PC Innovations, Inc., XAware, and ZeeWaves Systems, Inc. Following is a brief description of their [...] [...]
Forget the cell phone of yesterday… just take a look at what is available today.
Today’s phones will connect you directly to the Internet, at speeds faster than a regular dial-up computer. They let you send pictures, e-mail, make phone calls and play games. In addition, many of them do it in color.
Sprint’s PCS Vision features [...] [...]
Masterbilt Homes Introduces Fresh Concept
Every once in a while a homebuilder steps outside the box and starts a completely new trend. Jack Weipking, president of Masterbilt Homes, certainly gets credit for taking a very large step in introducing the Pikes Peak region to Traditional Neighborhood Design (TND), which has evolved around the country as an [...] [...]
We have all heard the Internet gurus preach of the importance of search engine positioning and online promotion. Yet many website owners forget the very simplest of ways to promote your business offline.
Why do I need to do offline promotion when I’m promoting an online business? The reason is simple. The concept of a paperless [...] [...]