If you have been keeping up with the news recently, you probably have heard about New York State forcing online retailers to collect sales tax on residents. Did you know they are also requiring the same online retailers to collect sales tax on purchases made to residents that do not reside in NY State, but who were referred by an affiliate who is located in NY State! (If this is news to you, you can catch by reading this NY Times Article.)
This is problematic in many different ways! According to this scenario, if an affiliate lives in New York and refers a customer to a website based in Kansas that sells product(s) to a customer in California, then the customer pays sales tax on the online order to NY state. The same customer is also required to pay sales taxes again on the same purchase to the state of CA when they file their CA tax return! Double sales taxation for the customer is not logical (doesn't seem legal either) and does NOT happen in the Brick and Mortar or Mail Order world.
Even more confusing, is this based on the residence of the affiliate, the mailing address of the affiliate, the location where the affiliate's site is hosted or what? What a confusing mess!
Here is my perception: an affiliate receives a referral fee as does an independent contractor. Affiliates will receive an 1099 form for referral income like an independent contractor. The affiliate will pay income taxes based on where they live for that revenue received. This has nothing to do with sales tax. The affiliate is providing a service, they are not buying anything - the customer is doing the purchasing.
If NY is going to force Internet businesses to collect sales tax for NY residents, then they should only do that. This has NOTHING to do with the location of the affiliate, only the location of the customer. Anything else is absurd!
Please add to this discussion by commenting to this post.
Thursday, June 05, 2008
Saturday, February 02, 2008
A Quick Post on blogging
I'm evaluating a multi-media course on blogging from the folks at Simpleology. For a while, they're letting you snag it for free if you post about it on your blog.
It covers:
- The best blogging techniques.
- How to get traffic to your blog.
- How to turn your blog into money.
I'll let you know what I think once I've had a chance to check it out. Meanwhile, go grab yours while it's still free.
I'll post soon about a contest Mark Joyner of Simpleology held, how I created my first YouTube video ever (in one day) of an original song I recorded a few years ago to enter in the contest, and how this can help you if you are or know someone who is a musician. More on that later...I gotta run!
Juliet
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
How to Know What Internet Marketing Training to Buy
There are so many launches every day, how is one to know what to buy?
One of the most important things to consider when deciding what courses or coaching programs to invest in is this - what is the right fit for your personality? If you are the kind of person who is going to open up a box and dive in and digest everything in there, then "business in a box courses" are a great fit. If, however, you are easily distracted by too many things to do, then I would make sure that there is some type of coaching component to keep you feeling accountable.
I have invested over $40,000 in training seminars, coaching programs, ebooks, home study courses & "business in a boxes". I started my first online business in 1997 and went into "internet retirement" from 2004 until late 2007.
There is a lot of stuff out there and it is all very tempting! I cannot tell you how many ebooks there are on my hard drive that have never been read, how many CDs and DVDs never listened to. Not that these would not have been a perfect fit for someone else, but with my personality, having a coaching component is critical. That is not true for everyone.
What have I bought recently and why? Note - there are no affiliate links below.
SMARTS from Stompernet guys Brad Fallon & Andy Jenkins- I joined this past Saturday and even though it is not launching until next Monday, members have been given assignments everyday starting last Saturday for that course. This is a perfect fit for me for that reason (I am doing the assignments because I don't want to get behind) and also because I am just starting with social networking and it is critically important to the projects I am currently working on. I am going to use program to connect with other internet marketers to be Program Advisors, Mentors, and In-Kind Donors for eBiz4Youth. I am also going to use this to help my son Elijah and his friend Curtis, both 12-year-old kids with Asperger's Syndrome (high functioning Autism), with their http://livinggreentogether.com/ site which will be up in Beta by the end of the week. I am also going to teach the social networking techniques I learn here to the kids in eBiz4Youth.
Rich Schefren's BAP - Business Acceleration Program - I bought this primarily to help eBiz4Youth kids and my son Elijah and his friend Curtis, but I am definintely going to be using a lot of the tools in this training program - I definitely need to be able to read faster, listen to mp3 training in 1/4 to 1/2 the time, and be more organized and efficient in what I do!
I also recently bought Ryan Deiss' Membership Sites course at Matt Bacak's Marketing Madness Seminar in Atlanta in December as a tool for Elijah & Curtis and for the kids in eBiz4Youth. I haven't watched any of the DVDs in this program yet, because I invested in this to use later.
And last, but not least, I am in Debra Thompson Roedl's Bullseye Marketing Accelerator Program. The biggest reason I am in Debra's progam is because when she spoke at Matt Bacak's Marketing Madness Seminar, I really reasonated with her a person. She and I had breakfast the next morning and as we talked about our kids, my vision for eBiz4Youth, and a possible joint venture, there were moments when we both cried. If you have that kind of connection with someone, why would you not want to work with them? She also has been the marketing "woman behind the curtain" for such well known people as Mark Victor Hansen, Armand Morin, & John Childers.
Just make sure that whatever coaching program, ebook, training, home study course, or "business in a box" you buy is something you need and will actually use! Here's to your success!
Juliet Easton
One of the most important things to consider when deciding what courses or coaching programs to invest in is this - what is the right fit for your personality? If you are the kind of person who is going to open up a box and dive in and digest everything in there, then "business in a box courses" are a great fit. If, however, you are easily distracted by too many things to do, then I would make sure that there is some type of coaching component to keep you feeling accountable.
I have invested over $40,000 in training seminars, coaching programs, ebooks, home study courses & "business in a boxes". I started my first online business in 1997 and went into "internet retirement" from 2004 until late 2007.
There is a lot of stuff out there and it is all very tempting! I cannot tell you how many ebooks there are on my hard drive that have never been read, how many CDs and DVDs never listened to. Not that these would not have been a perfect fit for someone else, but with my personality, having a coaching component is critical. That is not true for everyone.
What have I bought recently and why? Note - there are no affiliate links below.
SMARTS from Stompernet guys Brad Fallon & Andy Jenkins- I joined this past Saturday and even though it is not launching until next Monday, members have been given assignments everyday starting last Saturday for that course. This is a perfect fit for me for that reason (I am doing the assignments because I don't want to get behind) and also because I am just starting with social networking and it is critically important to the projects I am currently working on. I am going to use program to connect with other internet marketers to be Program Advisors, Mentors, and In-Kind Donors for eBiz4Youth. I am also going to use this to help my son Elijah and his friend Curtis, both 12-year-old kids with Asperger's Syndrome (high functioning Autism), with their http://livinggreentogether.com/ site which will be up in Beta by the end of the week. I am also going to teach the social networking techniques I learn here to the kids in eBiz4Youth.
Rich Schefren's BAP - Business Acceleration Program - I bought this primarily to help eBiz4Youth kids and my son Elijah and his friend Curtis, but I am definintely going to be using a lot of the tools in this training program - I definitely need to be able to read faster, listen to mp3 training in 1/4 to 1/2 the time, and be more organized and efficient in what I do!
I also recently bought Ryan Deiss' Membership Sites course at Matt Bacak's Marketing Madness Seminar in Atlanta in December as a tool for Elijah & Curtis and for the kids in eBiz4Youth. I haven't watched any of the DVDs in this program yet, because I invested in this to use later.
And last, but not least, I am in Debra Thompson Roedl's Bullseye Marketing Accelerator Program. The biggest reason I am in Debra's progam is because when she spoke at Matt Bacak's Marketing Madness Seminar, I really reasonated with her a person. She and I had breakfast the next morning and as we talked about our kids, my vision for eBiz4Youth, and a possible joint venture, there were moments when we both cried. If you have that kind of connection with someone, why would you not want to work with them? She also has been the marketing "woman behind the curtain" for such well known people as Mark Victor Hansen, Armand Morin, & John Childers.
Just make sure that whatever coaching program, ebook, training, home study course, or "business in a box" you buy is something you need and will actually use! Here's to your success!
Juliet Easton
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Social Networking
I have be reconnecting with old friends on facebook and twitter. You can search for me on facebook - Juliet Easton and send me a message or do a friend request. You can follow me on twitter - just click follow below my pic.
If you are interested in marketing, publishing, social networking, or just having fun with your friends, you should definitely be using facebook and twitter. I will soon be setting up accounts on MySpace, YouTube & other social networking sites. I will also be setting up squidoo lenses and will update my blog with those links and more info about those tools shortly.
Now I am off to work on the eBiz4Youth site!
If you are interested in marketing, publishing, social networking, or just having fun with your friends, you should definitely be using facebook and twitter. I will soon be setting up accounts on MySpace, YouTube & other social networking sites. I will also be setting up squidoo lenses and will update my blog with those links and more info about those tools shortly.
Now I am off to work on the eBiz4Youth site!
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Rediscovering my blog almost 5 years later!
This is bizarre! I was posting a comment on someone else's blog earlier today and had to login to google to post. I decided I would start a blogger blog, so I typed in julieteaston and it said that name was already taken on blogspot. Who could have taken my name?? Well, when I typed the url into my browser window, I started reading and was like wow this sounds familiar, and soon rediscovered a blog that I had started almost five years ago with only one post! I had totally forgotten about it! So I am going to try to resume where I left off.
It is really ironic because my first post was written when my former business was at its height - between $60-75,000 per month in revenues. I was going to conferences (at least once a month) and had a staff of 5 full-time and 7 part-time employees. The funny thing is the entire reason I created that business was to fund a nonprofit program to teach entrepreneurship to kids. I got so busy with the business that I never got around to creating the nonprofit program. The first post on this blog was written about what I was really wanting to do, but not doing - yet!
By March of that year, things were starting to go downhill with my company. I had too much overhead (esp. payroll), too many projects in development (none quite ready to launch), & my main source of revenue almost stopped overnight - not a good combo. Long story short, I tried to hold on for almost a year after that, but the business tanked and with $150,000+ in debt and no more income, I had to declare the big B. That was a very humbling experience!
A lot has happened in my life since then, including getting divorced & remarried. I kept the same last name as my kids, Easton, to make their lives easier (plus do you know what a pain it is to change your last name??) I finished my graduate degree and have been doing volunteer work & serving on the the board for Athens-Clarke County Family Connection/Communities In Schools of Athens - http://athensconnection.org/.
I am now finally ready to launch my dream - eBiz4Youth, a nonprofit program for at-risk youth. The website is not up yet, but I will post here when it is.
My next post should be sooner than 5 years from now!!
It is really ironic because my first post was written when my former business was at its height - between $60-75,000 per month in revenues. I was going to conferences (at least once a month) and had a staff of 5 full-time and 7 part-time employees. The funny thing is the entire reason I created that business was to fund a nonprofit program to teach entrepreneurship to kids. I got so busy with the business that I never got around to creating the nonprofit program. The first post on this blog was written about what I was really wanting to do, but not doing - yet!
By March of that year, things were starting to go downhill with my company. I had too much overhead (esp. payroll), too many projects in development (none quite ready to launch), & my main source of revenue almost stopped overnight - not a good combo. Long story short, I tried to hold on for almost a year after that, but the business tanked and with $150,000+ in debt and no more income, I had to declare the big B. That was a very humbling experience!
A lot has happened in my life since then, including getting divorced & remarried. I kept the same last name as my kids, Easton, to make their lives easier (plus do you know what a pain it is to change your last name??) I finished my graduate degree and have been doing volunteer work & serving on the the board for Athens-Clarke County Family Connection/Communities In Schools of Athens - http://athensconnection.org/.
I am now finally ready to launch my dream - eBiz4Youth, a nonprofit program for at-risk youth. The website is not up yet, but I will post here when it is.
My next post should be sooner than 5 years from now!!
Tuesday, January 21, 2003
Entrepreneurship for Kids & Youth with Mark Victor Hansen & Robert Allen
Well, I have never done this before, but I know that I venture into territory where many others have blogged before. This is ok because I am good enough, I am smart enough, and doggone it, people like me :-) Thanks Stuart for the inspiration.
It's Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday today and I stayed home with my kids for some much needed r&r. Went to Vegas last week for the launch of a brand new entrepreneurial program for high school students in Nevada. My friend Robby LeBlanc is filming a documentary about it. You can find out more at http://successforalifetime.com.
I went with Robby, his "honey" Vicky, Mark Victor Hansen, and Robert Allen to the Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy (see Charter School at http://www.agassifoundation.org) and Mark and Bob gave copies of their One Minute Millionaire book to the kids there and talked to them about how they can become millionaires too. It was very inspiring! I'll post pictures soon.
We also went to the Green Valley High School where the first class in entrepreneurship is being launched. Mark and Bob spoke to the students there also and gave them their book as well. The whole two days were incredible! Helping kids with entrepreneurship has been a big dream of mine for a long time and it was so cool to be there for the launch of this historic project in Nevada.
I am starting on a book this week "How to Stay on the Mountaintop as You Walk Through the Valley" - a book about how to stay in a high enegy state. I am very enthused about several well-known people who have agreed for me to interview them for this book. I can't say more than that at this time though ;-)
Well that's it for my first blog entry...more later.
It's Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday today and I stayed home with my kids for some much needed r&r. Went to Vegas last week for the launch of a brand new entrepreneurial program for high school students in Nevada. My friend Robby LeBlanc is filming a documentary about it. You can find out more at http://successforalifetime.com.
I went with Robby, his "honey" Vicky, Mark Victor Hansen, and Robert Allen to the Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy (see Charter School at http://www.agassifoundation.org) and Mark and Bob gave copies of their One Minute Millionaire book to the kids there and talked to them about how they can become millionaires too. It was very inspiring! I'll post pictures soon.
We also went to the Green Valley High School where the first class in entrepreneurship is being launched. Mark and Bob spoke to the students there also and gave them their book as well. The whole two days were incredible! Helping kids with entrepreneurship has been a big dream of mine for a long time and it was so cool to be there for the launch of this historic project in Nevada.
I am starting on a book this week "How to Stay on the Mountaintop as You Walk Through the Valley" - a book about how to stay in a high enegy state. I am very enthused about several well-known people who have agreed for me to interview them for this book. I can't say more than that at this time though ;-)
Well that's it for my first blog entry...more later.
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