Affiliate Marketing Secrets

My boyfriend “recently” bought me an Advent Modena M100 Blue laptop, on the box and the little sticky label that is on the corner of the laptop is states it is a dual core. Plus, it says it is a dual core on the websites for this model.
HOWEVER
It is not! My brother has looked at its “underwear” (the secret bits I wouldn’t know how to find) and it clearly says it is a single core.
Why is this? How can Advent get away with lying and misleading like this? If it were not for my brother, I would not even have known this.
How can they market a product as dual core, when it is only working off ONE core, when the vast majority of computer users would not even notice, let alone be able to activate the second one (if that is even possible – my brother thinks not)
Is there anything I can do about this?! It was bought for me christmas last year, so a long time ago, and has gone from slow to ridiculously slow during that time, hence finally getting my brother to look at it for me to see if anything needed fixing. Ideally Id like to complain to Advent and even more ideally get a replacement laptop that at least meets the stated specifications on this one, as those were the specs which were paid for in the first place.
Any advice on what rights I/my boyfriend have, if any? Thanks in advance

My boyfriend “recently” bought me an Advent Modena M100 Blue laptop, on the box and the little sticky label that is on the corner of the laptop is states it is a dual core. Plus, it says it is a dual core on the websites for this model.
HOWEVER
It is not! My brother has looked at its “underwear” (the secret bits I wouldn’t know how to find) and it clearly says it is a single core.
Why is this? How can Advent get away with lying and misleading like this? If it were not for my brother, I would not even have known this.
How can they market a product as dual core, when it is only working off ONE core, when the vast majority of computer users would not even notice, let alone be able to activate the second one (if that is even possible – my brother thinks not)
Is there anything I can do about this?! It was bought for me christmas last year, so a long time ago, and has gone from slow to ridiculously slow during that time, hence finally getting my brother to look at it for me to see if anything needed fixing. Ideally Id like to complain to Advent and even more ideally get a replacement laptop that at least meets the stated specifications on this one, as those were the specs which were paid for in the first place.
Any advice on what rights I/my boyfriend have, if any? Thanks in advance

I’ve looked through some of the extensions that come up when I search for “affiliate”, but so far the pretty much all seem to be for displaying affiliate advertising. I’m not an expert, but am reasonably able in Joomla, and need to find a fairly simple extension for creating a one-level affiliate program.
I know I could probably do this with PHP, but that’s well above my grade at the moment (and I have no plan to reach that level of expertise). Ideally, I’d like an extension that works well with one of the simple store/shopping cart extensions, so I can easily track purchases through affiliate advertising.

I just started a new job with a mobile marketing company. I applied because I’m excited to be a part of some that is becoming so big in today’s advertising market. In case you don’t know what I’m talking about, you’ve seen it, I’m sure. Potential customers text a code, to a short number, and are subscribed to that companie’s sms promotions, etc. It’s the same system used if you were to “vote” on american idol, awards programs, etc.
I am the ONLY sales consultant for this company in my area (Panama City, FL) so I feel the potential is good. And although the company provides my training, I’m curious as to what real people think about this concept.
I AM NOT TRYING TO ADVERTISE BY ANY MEANS! I’M ONLY ASKING THIS QUESTION TO BETTER MY MARKETING STRATEGIES WHILE TALKING TO MY LOCAL CUSTOMERS FACE TO FACE. 🙂
If you are or were a business owner, would you be interesed in this to promote your business (ie. secret sales, bogo events, community events, 10% off coupons, etc)
How would you like to be approached about this concept?
What would you expect to pay? Does $999 per year sound enticing? There are never any other fees associated and everyone gets multiple features to use (time-release, mass broadcast, add pictures, etc)
What would you expect to hear from a sales agent that would make you purchase this service?
Thanks in advance to anyone who answers!

I’m starting a web based business for a niche market and am looking for a cheap way to advertize. the site should soon gain international popularity if I can get the word out effectively.
I was thinking something like fb or twitter would be great, though I’m not really social media savvy myself.
The site should be popular among the niche since it’s free and useful.
Any insight?

Langrova Inc. has the following amounts included in its general ledger at December 31, 2010.
Organization costs $24,000
Trademarks 20,000
Discount on bonds payable 35,000
Deposits with advertising agency for ads to promote goodwill of company 10,000
Excess of cost over fair value of net identifiable assets of acquired subsidiary 75,000
Cost of equipment acquired for research and development projects; the
equipment has an alternative future use 90,000
Costs of developing a secret formula for a product that is expected to
be marketed for at least 20 years 80,000
On the basis of the information above, compute the total amount to be reported by Langrova for intangible assets on its balance sheet at December 31, 2010. Equipment has alternative future use.