Becoming A Full Time Affiliate

If Your Looking To Quit Your Day Job By
Becoming A Full Time Affiliate -- Increase Your Productivity By Taking
A Break!

James Martell,
Successful Affiliate Marketer and Natural Search Expert Talks with His
Wife Arlene About the Affiliate Lifestyle!

As an affiliate marketer, you work for yourself and one of the
countless benefits this lifestyle holds is that you can take vacations,
or as James and Arlene call them, “break-ations,” any time you
want.

You can work remotely, stay on top of your online publishing
business from anywhere there is Internet access, and enjoy downtime
with family and friends. And, as listeners to this fun, informative
Coffee Talk are about to learn, even long-weekend “break-ations” leave
you refreshed, revived and ready to hit the ground running when you
return, making them an absolute necessity.

Of course, you can follow the
Martell's lead and “book-end” any industry conference (such as CJU or
Affiliate Summit) and stay in fantastic cities a few days before or
after these events, and take advantage of great conference rates and
the tax write-offs.

As the Martell's have learned, in preparing for their own
“break-ations,” be it long weekends or one or two full weeks away, they
can handle a larger workload and even the day-to-day stresses better
when they know a “break-ation” is around the corner.

For them, this includes relying on a whiteboard where they add
everything thing they need to get done before they leave. “Checking
those tasks off is so rewarding,” Arlene explains.

Then, when they return, they find they feel better and can
jump back in with renewed energy and a fresh perspective.

But, with
four children, travel can be very expensive and as most listeners
already know, James and Arlene work together and prefer to do their
travel as a family. In fact, it’s one of the reasons James started his
at-home business.

In this Coffee Talk, Arlene, who is responsible for planning
and booking the family “break-ations,” shares her resources and
personal tips for saving time on airfare and accommodations and tells
of her infamous $20 trick that once landed the couple a $600-per-night
room.

You will also learn more about some of the Martell’s favorite
“break-ations,” including a Caribbean cruise that brought the entire
family a huge surprise: a visit to the film set of Pirates of the
Caribbean II.

Hear all about what it took to get Arlene involved in James’
affiliate business (just imagine writing 500 articles) and how the
“break-ations” have enriched their relationship, their lives, their
children’s lives and even their business.

As an affiliate marketer, you work hard, so make time to play
just as hard. You’ve earned it and the Martell's show you
how.

It’s all about “break-ations” and everything you need to know
to take your first “break-ation” is right here – from the motivation
needed to get you out the door to how to find the very best deals, this
husband-wife team share it all, including the story behind Arlene
showing at a conference event in a fluffy white robe (with other
robe-clad wives in tow).

INSTRUCTIONS: Right-click the 'MP3' icon below and select
"Save target as..." to download the audio to your hard drive to
listen.

- Total Length: 52 minutes

For more information on James
Martell's affiliate training products, visit:

http://www.work-at-home-net-guides.com

About James
Martell

James
Martell, a successful affiliate marketer and
natural search expert has published many dozens of sites over the
years, and uniquely derives most of his traffic through natural search
at the major search engines. James shares this knowledge with other
webmasters in the THIRD EDITION of his highly acclaimed Affiliate
Marketers Handbook, his twice monthly Affiliate Buzz audio newsletter
and his online Affiliate Marketers BootCamp where he
holds classes via the Internet for those wanting a work at home based
business on the Net. James resides in a seaside
community south of Vancouver, BC Canada with his wife Arlene and four
children, Adam, Justin, Shelby and Victoria.

5 Quickest Ways To Massive Windfalls Of Cash Online

These days everyone wants to know how to make money online.

Yet, for some, this lifestyle seems out of reach. Does this describe
you at all?

If you’ve been banging your head against the wall trying to figure
out the quickest and easiest methods to generate cash for yourself
online, then these five tactics should have you opening your eyes
wide and wondering: “Why didn’t I think of this before?”

Cash Tactic #1: Affiliate Products

Affiliate products offer the small, home-based business owner the
opportunity to make truckloads of cash, while investing a minimum in
over head.

Low overhead is the primary benefit of affiliate marketing. You
don’t need your own merchant account. You don’t need to pay a web
designer and programmer to create a huge e-store for you. You don’t
handle customer complaints, refunds or returns...

All you do is refer the prospect to the merchant’s site, and the
merchant handles the rest.

I believe the best affiliate products are information products. Your
commissions on information products tend to be higher simply because
the author can price an information product higher than what the
average shopper spends on a tangible product sold online on a
typical day.

This is because the value of information is ambiguous at best, and
subjective to how the prospect sees value. People are willing to
spend much, much more in order to acquire a solution to their
problems.

Cash Tactic #2: Resale Rights

Resale rights are the lazy marketer’s salvation. You don’t have to
create your own product. You don’t have to write a single word. You
may not even have to lift a finger on sales page creation when the
resale product comes with a ready-to-upload sales page.

All you do is pay the licensing fee to acquire rights to the
product, perform a small amount of editing to change the payment
link over to yours, and upload the sales page and product file to
your web server.

The trend is taking a turn for the better in 2005 while the
marketing world goes through its latest “next big thing”: niche
marketing.

Today, you can find products with resale rights for such things as
cooking, golf, arts and crafts, self-improvement and more.

Seizing on the profits promised by demand for niche products, there
are dozens of new authors out there who have devoted themselves to
turning out these niche products, and offering them with resale
rights.

Cash Tactic #3: Special Reports

A special report is a ‘mini e-book’ of no more than about 5 to 12
pages in length. While you can certainly create a mini-ebook that
sells (provided the information it contains is perceived to be
valuable enough), the best use of a short report is as a lead
generating tool for your affiliate campaigns.

The mini-ebook is the ideal viral tool. You create (or acquire) a
mini-ebook which is branded with your affiliate links and/or your
main URL.

The focus of the report should be niche specific and completely
focused on the pre-selling of the affiliate product.

Cash Tactic #4: Interviews

It’s a piece of cake to churn out products created from interviews.
In fact, it may be one of the laziest content generation methods
available.

Interview packaging is easy, too. You can present the interview as a
written transcript, an audio transcript, or both. You can offer a
downloadable mp3 file or you can burn the entire interview to CD,
put an attractive label on it, and instantly raise your price by at
least 30%.

Cash Tactic #5 Teleseminars

Do you want to know something interesting about teleseminars?

While they’re becoming a popular marketing method, the field is
really wide open for you to cash in on them because very few
marketers understand how to pull them off.

A teleseminar requires advance planning and a willingness to
overcome a bit of stage fright. The average marketer in competition
with you avoids teleseminars for these reasons.

They’re intimidated by the idea of showing up on time and speaking,
even via telephone, to an audience of a couple hundred people.

You can cash in on this technique in a big way. Teleseminars, right
now, are popular mainly among the internet marketing crowd and tend
to focus on marketing-related subjects; but, just imagine what you
could do if you held teleseminars for non-internet marketing niche
audiences?

The field is wide open and vastly under-exploited.

There you have it - five quick and easy methods to generate
windfalls of cash online!

It’s really amazingly simple, isn’t it? Every tactic is really just
a vehicle of delivery for an idea. Your profits begin in an idea
which spawns market research. This spawns an analysis of the best
approach for delivering your idea to buying public.

While there are many more secrets and techniques to generate massive
cash windfalls from the internet, as a start, you should put any one
of these methods to good use.

I promise that you will finally get a taste of what it’s really like
to succeed wildly online if you do so!

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10 Mind Altering Words That Make People Buy

1. Use the word "fast" in your ad. People want fast results, fast
delivery, fast ordering, etc. Nowadays, we usually value our time
more than our money.


2. Use the word "guaranteed" in your ad. People want to be assured
they are not risking their hard earned money buying your product.


3. Use the word "limited" in your ad. People want to own or receive
things that are exclusive or rare because they are considered to be
more valuable.


4. Use the word "easy/simple" in your ad. People want easy ordering,
easy instructions, easy to use, easy payments, etc.


5. Use the word "testimonial" in your ad. People want to see
believable proof before they buy your product. It should be
reputable and specific proof.


6. Use the word "discount/sale " in your ad. People want to find
bargains. They could be rebates, one time sales, percentage offers,
get one free offers, etc.


7. Use the word "free" in your ad. People want free incentives
before they do business with you. They could be free books,
accessories, services, etc.


8. Use the word "you/your" in your ad. People want to know that you
are talking them. This'll make them feel important and attract them
to read the whole ad.


9. Use the word "important" in your ad. People do not want to miss
important information that could effect their life. People will stop
and take notice.


10. Use the word "new" in your ad. People want new products or
services that will improve their life like new information, tastes,
technology, results, etc.


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9 Great Reasons To Help An Internet Marketing Newbie

Zig Ziglar the famous self help guru was once quoted as saying "You
can get everything you want in life if you help enough people get
everything they want in life."

No where is this more true than on the internet and internet
marketing. I remember when I first started looking into making money
on the internet. What an overwhelming feeling. The internet is a
big....big...big...world.

When you first get you started you are considered a "Newbie." A
newbie is an affectionate term given to someone who is new to the
internet and all of the geek speak that comes with trying to figure
out how to use it.

Do your remember when you first ventured out in the online business
world? You probably had questions and problems along the way.
Wouldn't it have been easier if you had help? When a newbie asks for
your advice, educate them; answer their questions and help them
solve their online business problems. If you do not have the
knowledge to help them out, point them in the right direction.

I have found forums as a great way to get information myself as I
need it as well as a great place to help people who have particular
questions.

Another great place to get help and to help others is Joe Robson's
"The Newbie Club." The Newbie Club contains free computer and
internet technical problem solving, plus free tutorials, free
eBooks, free courses, free guestbooks, free autoresponders, free
help and advice, a free newsletter, free affiliate program and a
free membership.
http://www.team-schuman.com/newbie

When you help out a newbie you'll personally get many benefits as
well. Here are 8 great reasons to help out a "Newbie" make money
online today.

1. You will have a great feeling knowing you had a part in their
success.

2. You could end up being business partners in the future. You could
regularly do joint venture and cross promotion deals with each
other.

3. They may join an affiliate program or mlm business with you and
help you build your business. There are many 2 tier affiliate
programs and mlm businesses today that pay you a handsome commission
to teach people how to promote their products online.

4. They could help you delvelop a new product or service or help you
get an exsisting project off the ground.

5. They may become one of your best friends. Most people can use new
friends, even business owners. You never know when you will run
across someone online that you enjoy working with and talking to.

6. They may help you out with your business. Maybe they will give
you some testimonials or endorsements for your products or services.


7. They might offer you some free advertising space on their web
site or in their e-zine for your help. You could also exchange
advertising with them.

8. They may become one of your best customers today as well as
purchase back end products from you in the future.

9. You could exchange links with them and build your link popularity
ultimately increasing traffic to your own website.

There are many other benefits you could get from helping a new
online business owner. Always remember to help them out because it's
the nice thing to do and not just to benefit your own business.

About the author:
Jeff Schuman is a 20 year veteran of sales and marketing and has
made over $35 million dollars in sales in that time. His
Team-Schuman.Com website contains the Top 5 work at home websites,
make money fast websites, make money articles, a free classified ad
service and more. Vist it today here:
http://www.Team-Schuman.com

8 Reasons why Affiliate Programs are the better option

Many people are confused when they first become iterested in internet businesses, they find themselves asking what type of busisness is best for me?

Well I can't answer this for you but I can certainly give you a few pointers in the right direction and my personal opinion.

So here they are:
1. No emplyees. There is no need to employ people to do the work for you.

2. Low costs. Most affiliate programs are free to join, you don't have to buy the product to sell it. Some programs have a upgrade option to make which makes your earninig capacity somewhat larger.

3. No storage. The merchant is responsible for the storage of product so you don't need to worry about space or storage costs

4. No shipping and handling. The merchant is also responsible for the product arrival, so there's also another cost you don't need to worry about and running around you won't have to do.

5. You don't deal with customer service. Another problem you don't need is customers who are not happy, if they are not happy the merchant deals with it.

6. No account keeping. There is no need to store customer information such as credit card details, addresses and phone numbers, this is yet another merchant responsibility.

7. No trading time for a wage. You can spend as little or as much time as you like selling your product. How much money you want to make is entirely up to you.

8. There are literally thousands of options out there for you. If you have a favourite niche market go for it, in my experience if it is a product that you are really happy with then it will be easy to sell.

If this doesn't clear things up for you, I don't know what will! What better way to make money online then to watch the company do all the hard work. All you have to do is promote, promote, promote, and when it is something you are happy with it's easy!

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5 Ways to Drive Traffic Away from Your eBay Auction

eBay is a one-stop solution to any one who wants to make money online. Whether you just selling a few unwanted items from around your house or your want to develop a work from home business, eBay removes many of the obstacles for you. Not many other websites can help you drive targeted traffic towards your sales, process the order on your behalf and accept payment though paypal. All you need to do then is dispatch the item to your winning bidder.
And let's not forget the biggest advantage over selling on eBay. The majority of users have money in their hand just waiting to find the right item.

So if eBays so great why would you want to drive traffic AWAY from your auctions?
Well there are a few reasons why you'd be better off selling from your own website, rather than though eBay.

Firstly & most importantly, think of all the listing fees & final value fees you could save if everything you sold on eBay you could sell on your own website. Personally it would save me thousands of dollars per year alone in listing fees.

Secondly, you'll be protecting yourself from eBay policy change. Imagine you were selling thousands of ebooks weekly and then suddenly eBay policy changed to prevent any ebook listings.

Overnight your business would simply disappear & your income would vanish. It's the same with listing fees - A sudden hike in fees could wipe out your business & profit overnight.
With any business, especially an online one you need to safeguard yourself against measures that are out of your control. So by driving traffic away from your auctions to your own website you'll slowly start building up an alternative source of revenue. The following methods can be used on eBay. Some are on the borderline of eBay policy & you should check out any policy violation before using them. Saying that, a huge proportion of sellers use these on a daily basis.

1) Image Hosting
All the best sellers have auction templates developed to maintain a professional listing. And of course those sellers ALWAYS use images or graphics to accurately show the condition of the items their offering.
eBay itself allows you to upload the images to their servers, other commercial & free services are available. However really you want to store any images on your own server. Not only will search engine robots follow the links from your listings to your site (helping in improved visibility in any search engines), but many browsers will show the address of where the images are loading from in the status bar - For instance "Loading Image From http://www.visitmyshop.com" or "Waiting For http://www.visitmyshop.com". This is a great way for your visitors to see to become familiar with your site.

2) Feedback
Many sellers include their own website in the feedback comments they use. Strictly it is against eBay policy but many Powersellers use comments like "Thanks for your custom from http://www.Visitmyshop.com" as standard. This is perhaps one of the widely violated policies on eBay. I've never known of anyone receive a warning for this policy, but use it with caution as you could be the first.

3) Email Address
eBay allows your listings to contain one email link address, in addition to the "Ask The Seller A Question Link" they already provide. Use the opportunity to show the an email account associated with your domain name for example sales@visitmyshop.com. The only condition about showing your email address is the one shown must also be your registered email account with eBay. Before you list it, make sure they match up.

4) About Me Page
eBay actually allows you to link to your own website from your About Me page, as long as the actual page does not directly offer to sell items. Therefore make it an information or about us page that you link to, BUT one where visitors can easily navigate to your catalog of items for sale. Additionally drive traffic to your About Me Page by including a link on every listings, for example "Click here to learn about me". An average basic shop on eBay will get over 1500 item views within a month. If you can drive just a small proportion of these to your about me page & then to your site you'll certainly see a difference in your non-eBay sales.

5) User Id
While eBay does not allow your user id to be that of an website, you should have it as closely to resembling your site name as possible. You CAN NOT attach .com, -com or *com to the end of your user id - this is strictly against eBay policy. However nothing would stop your id being VisitMyShop. The idea is to get your eBay visitors comfortable with dealing with you away from eBay.
I hope these tips help you drive traffic away from your auctions towards your site & lessens eBays grip on your business. Remember, Ignorance is not an excuse eBay accept if you do violate their policy. While you initially get a warning for policy violation continuous offences may result in your account being suspended. Having said that, eBay mostly rely on policing from other users to enforce their policy so as long as no reports you should be in the clear.
Good luck with your eBay activity.

About the author: Jason James is a 10 year Internet marketing veteran and an eBay Power Seller of 4 years. His website "The Auction Resource Network" reveals his inside secrets and sources that help him pocket over $10,000 a month on eBay. Get your FREE 14 Day "eBay Secrets" eCourse here: http://www.auctionresourcenetwork.com

9 Great Reasons To Help An Internet Marketing Newbie

Zig Ziglar the famous self help guru was once quoted as saying "You
can get everything you want in life if you help enough people get
everything they want in life."

No where is this more true than on the internet and internet
marketing. I remember when I first started looking into making money
on the internet. What an overwhelming feeling. The internet is a
big....big...big...world.

When you first get you started you are considered a "Newbie." A
newbie is an affectionate term given to someone who is new to the
internet and all of the geek speak that comes with trying to figure
out how to use it.

Do your remember when you first ventured out in the online business
world? You probably had questions and problems along the way.
Wouldn't it have been easier if you had help? When a newbie asks for
your advice, educate them; answer their questions and help them
solve their online business problems. If you do not have the
knowledge to help them out, point them in the right direction.

I have found forums as a great way to get information myself as I
need it as well as a great place to help people who have particular
questions.

Another great place to get help and to help others is Joe Robson's
"The Newbie Club." The Newbie Club contains free computer and
internet technical problem solving, plus free tutorials, free
eBooks, free courses, free guestbooks, free autoresponders, free
help and advice, a free newsletter, free affiliate program and a
free membership.
http://www.team-schuman.com/newbie

When you help out a newbie you'll personally get many benefits as
well. Here are 8 great reasons to help out a "Newbie" make money
online today.

1. You will have a great feeling knowing you had a part in their
success.

2. You could end up being business partners in the future. You could
regularly do joint venture and cross promotion deals with each
other.

3. They may join an affiliate program or mlm business with you and
help you build your business. There are many 2 tier affiliate
programs and mlm businesses today that pay you a handsome commission
to teach people how to promote their products online.

4. They could help you delvelop a new product or service or help you
get an exsisting project off the ground.

5. They may become one of your best friends. Most people can use new
friends, even business owners. You never know when you will run
across someone online that you enjoy working with and talking to.

6. They may help you out with your business. Maybe they will give
you some testimonials or endorsements for your products or services.


7. They might offer you some free advertising space on their web
site or in their e-zine for your help. You could also exchange
advertising with them.

8. They may become one of your best customers today as well as
purchase back end products from you in the future.

9. You could exchange links with them and build your link popularity
ultimately increasing traffic to your own website.

There are many other benefits you could get from helping a new
online business owner. Always remember to help them out because it's
the nice thing to do and not just to benefit your own business.


About the author:
Jeff Schuman is a 20 year veteran of sales and marketing and has
made over $35 million dollars in sales in that time. His
Team-Schuman.Com website contains the Top 5 work at home websites,
make money fast websites, make money articles, a free classified ad
service and more. Vist it today here:
http://www.Team-Schuman.com

9 Ways to Make Money On-line

Are you making money hand over fist with your website? If you are then you don’t need to bother reading this article because it is not for you. If you are like most of us your website sales are slow and unpredictable and you need to think of new ways to make money online without taking more time and effort. All of your time should be dedicated to producing your product, right? Well, here are just a few ways to make a little bit or a lot of money online without any effort.

1. Affiliates Sign up to become an affiliate for other businesses that are on the net. I only sign up with the companies that I honestly would recommend to anyone. All that you have to do is refer your customers to these sites. Once one of my referrals makes a purchase, I receive a small payment. With some of the affiliate programs the fee is quite large.

2. Google Ads I was not too sure about this one but I signed up and I am now convinced. The first week that I had Google ads on my website I made $.18 and the next week I made $6.45! Wow! Big boost. If I keep this up, I just may be able to pay for my web host by the end of the month!

3. Google Search Works close to the same way as the ads. People use your search tool, make a purchase and then you are compensated.

4. Amazon Another great tool that will trickle in a few dollars here and there, all for 10 minutes of your time putting a little code into your website and Amazon does the rest.

5. Selling Ad Space You could sell ad space if you have a site that has high traffic.

6. Selling Subscriptions to Your Newsletter If you have a newsletter that has high demand information, you could charge for your newsletter.

7. Selling Ad Space in Your Newsletter Sell ad space in in your newsletter. Same drill as with ad space on your website. Just put a box on your newsletter with a note inside it that says "Your Banner Could Go Here" Then have a page that tells how many subscriber that you have, how often your newsletter goes out and what type of content it usually contains plus the price per ad.

8. Selling E-Books Do you know something about your craft or hobby that you know people would pay to learn as well? Then sell it in an e-book. What a great way to make a little extra money. You take the time to write a good quality e-book then just fill the orders. You could even set it up so that once the e-book order has been processed and paid for, it goes out automatically using an auto responder without you even having to lift a finger, except to go to the bank to collect your money.

9. Consulting - Offer your services Do you sell wedding supplies and know all of the best suppliers around? Do a little research and offer your services as a wedding coordinator. Offer your assistance to the people that want to plan their own wedding, but need a little bit of help.
Remember, you wont get rich with just one of these programs, but you just may make a tidy little sum every month with a combination of all of them.

Remember, you wont get rich with just one of these programs, but you just may make a tidy little sum every month with a combination of all of them.


About the author: Lisa Jay is a freelance writer and the jewelry designer behind Lantana Designwear. You can visit her websites at http://www.LantanaDesignwear.comand www.JewelryMakingHQ.com Be sure to sign up for her newsletter at http://www.JewelryMakingHQ.com/signup_newsletterto receive helpful information on making your business a success.