Not too long ago I received an email from a reader wanting to know whether to sign up with Wealthy Affiliate University or go with the James Martell Super Bootcamp instead. My advice was to try both. The reason I said this was that they are so totally different that it is really too difficult to compare them side by side. Plus you can try both programs for a month for a minimal amount to see which one suits. In fact, to try the James Martell Bootcamp for a month costs absolutely nothing….and Wealthy Affiliate costs just $39 – that’s only $1.25 a day – less than a cup of coffee.

We are members of both simply because they both provide excellent value, provide huge amounts of info to help you progress towards your goal of making money online and are professional in their approach. We have been members of the James Martell Bootcamp for a few years now and Wealthy Affiliate for close to a year so we have long term experience with each.

Even though they are vastly different in their approach they do have a few things in common – they both provide tons of information – tutorials, videos and forums.

So how do they work?

James Martell Bootcamp

The James Martell Bootcamp is more of a system that takes you by the hand step-by-step with James himself giving the instructions. You meet once a week in an online conference room where James gives a 1 1/2 to 2 hour lesson that also includes a Q&A at the end. This is where you can ask James questions either by typing it in to the text box on the screen or by using head phones and actually speaking to James direct.

The basic goal is to learn how to create a website using Drupal (a content management system) (although you have the option of using any type of system including WordPress or XSitePro for instance) and driving traffic through natural search. It goes through choosing a topic, building the website, adding content, video and audio as well creating a newsletter and forum. It concentrates on developing just one website and focusing everything on that. And of course it goes into adding affiliate products and making money through Adsense.

The lessons are all recorded and you are given ‘homework’ for the week although it’s up to you whether you do it or not.

Also included are:

  • regular Coffee Talks with well known internet marketing gurus and celebrities. You can attend these live via phone or listen to them later as a recording…or both.
  • transcripts of the weeks lessons.
  • fortnightly Q&A sessions in the conference room – these allow you to ask James questions that you might have about anything.
  • Affiliate Buzz – this is a fortnightly recorded chat James has with a friend to discuss affiliate news, events, how his business is going, how some of his students businesses are going, events he has attended recently and so on.
  • acesss to the member forum – this is where students get together to ask questions and discuss their progress.

Wealthy Affiliate University

The Wealthy Affiilate University works a little differently. It provides an eight week course but it is available only as text. In other words, Kyle and Carson (the owners of WA) don’t run a live weekly lesson so it’s up to you to read the lesson and go from there. You don’t get to ask questions as you go through the lesson – well you can, but it involves sending an email to Kyle or Carson. With the James Martell Bootcamp on the other hand you can ask James a question live as you go through the weekly lesson so everything can be clarified there and then. You don’t have to wait for a response.

Wealthy Affiliate also focuses more on bum marketing techniques – in other words, ways to make money online without having to spend a cent. They also include tutorials relating to Pay Per Click.

They don’t focus as much on setting up a website and driving traffic through natural search like the James Martell Bootcamp does. Instead their approach is more about picking out a product and then creating a review type site. So your site is pretty much a few pages with reviews and you drive traffic via PPC. They also go into driving traffic through natural search but not to the degree that the James Martell Bootcamp does. The James Martell Bootcamp is all about natural search.

Wealthy Affiliate also focus heavily on article marketing and using sites such as Squidoo and UsFreeads to make money.

Also included are:

  • free web templates
  • keyword tools
  • access to the member forum
  • Clickbank search tools
  • an amazing number of tutorials on all sorts of subjects
  • free hosting
  • Rapid Writer

Our Recommendation

If you are new to affiliate marketing and need someone to hold your hand then we recommend the James Martell Super Bootcamp.

If you are looking at ways to make money online without having to spend a cent or very little then we recommend Wealthy Affiliate.

If you are looking to make money using Pay Per Click methods then we recommend Wealthy Affiliate.

If you want to learn how to make money using natural search then we recommend the James Martell Super Bootcamp.

If you want to make money using Clickbank products then we recommend Wealthy Affiliate.

If you want to build a website and become an authority on your subject then we recommend the James Martell Bootcamp.

If you want to learn how to make money using actual products rather than ebooks then we recommend the James Martell Bootcamp.

And finally…

Neither method is going to make you money overnight – it just isn’t possible with legitimate methods. Howver, with either method you can see money start to trickle in after a couple of months and then it builds from there.

We recommend you trial both methods for a month to see which one suits you.

For more information on the James Martell Bootcamp CLICK HERE

For more information on Wealthy Affiliate CLICK HERE

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