Affiliate Finances

IRS Business Activity Code

03.21.06

When it comes to your IRS tax documentation, you’ll need to know your IRS Business Activity Code. What in the world is that?

It’s a string of numbers that exists for nearly every specific business type out there.

I use 516110 which is for “Internet Publishing.”

You can look up other codes by searching their database here:
http://www.naicscode.com

What I’ve been up to - EbookNiches.com

03.18.06

I’m not a big fan of “Sorry for not posting lately” posts, but I’ll make this the one exception!

I’ve been hard at work with Adam Maywald (VOASI) to create a new membership site called Ebook Niches at, you guessed it, http://www.ebookniches.com/

For the full details, check out the site. In a nutshell, members will get 4 Ebook packages each month valued at over $4,400. These will be private label rights packages on hot niches where members can sell the ebooks as-is, generate content sites around them, create mini reports, etc. The packages will be top-shelf stuff.

The site is set to launch on April 3rd with only 300 members, much less than similiar private label ebook sites that offer far less and have upwards of 750 to 1500 members.

Again, the site is http://www.ebookniches.com/ and I highly recommend you sign up on the pre-release email list.

Nifty Bookkeeping Service - For FREE

03.06.06

Here’s a cool free service I recommend everyone check out. Phil Tanny has launched his site Bookkeeper For You.

It’s an online service similiar to QuickBooks Online that allows you to track your income and expenses for your business and access them anywhere. Don’t expect all the bells and whistles QuickBooks offers, however as a free service, this can’t be beat if you’re using paper or a basic spreadsheet to keep track of everything.

Go check it out: http://www.bookkeeper-for-you.com/

aWeber Subscription Results

03.05.06

Well, it’s been a week since I first launched my aWeber pop-up test to get more newsletter subscribers.

I won’t share all the details again; those are at the link just above.

After adding the new sliding javascript pop-up to just my homepage, I had 89 people subscribe to my newsletter in a week. That’s more than triple the amount I was getting before (25 a week) with a traditional pop-up that all the browsers block today.

The next step is for me to add the pop-up code across all of my pages, since the vast majority of my visitors never see my homepage. I’ll be sure to update you after I’ve ran that test for a week. But don’t set on the edge of your seats for this, I probably won’t begin testing this until a week or two.

I can’t stress it enough; if you’re not collecting email addresses on your site you’re really missing out on a huge revenue stream. If you don’t currently use aWeber, I highly recommend that you sign up here.