Hello, long time lurker - first time poster. I'll get to the point - my IT project is probably about to get canned, and the group of us are almost certainly going to be laid off, really, really soon. Maybe I should go to the newbie forum, but my situation is more like this, so I thought I'd post it here.
If (when) it happens, I'm going to file for unemployment. It'll be a blessing in disguise, since I'll have much more time to focus on learning PPC with Affiliate offers. Up to now I've only had time to dabble with some vertical banners on a site I built, and that's nothing.
The whole point is to get get up-and-running quickly with PPC/AM and get OFF of collecting unemployment. I'm sure I won't be the only one in that boat in this economy.
I'm thinking ahead that if I can start to get offers to convert, there's going to be a transitional period where I'm earning a little Affiliate commissions, but still collecting the unemployment checks. Is there anyone out there who's doing a little AM while collecting unemployment? How are you reporting that income when you do your weekly filing?
Might it be a good strategy to set the commission payment threshold fairly high (I don't know, say $1000?), so that I don't get a check until later? Or set it to a long payment interval, like say 90 days? Or does that money accumulating in the Affiliate account count as "income earned" and must be reported to unemployment, even before I receive it? (I don't want to do something that'll cause trouble later).
And of course, then there's the issue that it cost money spent on Adwords to make that commission check, so do I report net income, even though the affiliate is reporting my gross commissions?
If (when) it happens, I'm going to file for unemployment. It'll be a blessing in disguise, since I'll have much more time to focus on learning PPC with Affiliate offers. Up to now I've only had time to dabble with some vertical banners on a site I built, and that's nothing.
The whole point is to get get up-and-running quickly with PPC/AM and get OFF of collecting unemployment. I'm sure I won't be the only one in that boat in this economy.
I'm thinking ahead that if I can start to get offers to convert, there's going to be a transitional period where I'm earning a little Affiliate commissions, but still collecting the unemployment checks. Is there anyone out there who's doing a little AM while collecting unemployment? How are you reporting that income when you do your weekly filing?
Might it be a good strategy to set the commission payment threshold fairly high (I don't know, say $1000?), so that I don't get a check until later? Or set it to a long payment interval, like say 90 days? Or does that money accumulating in the Affiliate account count as "income earned" and must be reported to unemployment, even before I receive it? (I don't want to do something that'll cause trouble later).
And of course, then there's the issue that it cost money spent on Adwords to make that commission check, so do I report net income, even though the affiliate is reporting my gross commissions?