If you own the James Martell Affiliate Handbook then you will already be aware of James Martells recomendations on how to succeed in the affiliate business, but we can tell you now that there is nothing like hearing it from the man himself.

We attended the last James Martell Bootcamp or Affiliate Marketers Bootcamp as it is officially called which is an online training course that takes you through developing a niche website step-by-step from start to finish. It runs over a period of 26 weeks and covers absolutely everything you need to know to create a website and make money from it even if you have absolutely no experience.

What makes this program unique is that James himself runs each weekly session in real time in an online conference room so you are hearing the content live. This means that you receive the most up-to-date information you could possibly get. You can also be anywhere in the world to attend these sessions. We met like minded people from countries such Australia, England, Asia, Europe, New Zealand, Canada and the US. All of us just looking to be successful in our online businesses.

What makes this Bootcamp so special is that at the end of every session there is a question time where you can ask James questions directly by either typing in your question or using a headset if you have one and speaking directly with James. These sessions usually run for about 90 min to 2 hours but James is very generous with his time and will go over time if students have a lot of questions.

It’s almost impossible to get to talk to an internet marketing guru like this on a one-on-one basis without it costing you thousands of dollars so this in itself is worth every cent of the program.

James is an excellent teacher and explains everything in easy to follow structured lessons and remember that it is all live so it can be easily clarified in moments with just a quick question to James. The sessions are recorded so if you can’t make it to the live online sessions then you can download the recorded sessions to watch on your computer or you can also grab an audio version to listen to in your car or on your MP3 player. Transcripts are also available for each session so you can print them out and refer to them whenever required.

The weekly sessions include:

Session #1 – Meet ‘n Greet and Orientation
Session #2 – Web 2.0, Orientation and Case Studies
Session #3 – Choosing a Topic that is Right for You! (Part 1 of 2)
Session #4 – Choosing a Topic that is Right for You! (Part 2 of 2)
Session #5 – Developing Your Website Blueprint (Part 1 of 2)
Session #6 – Developing Your Website Blueprint (Part 2 of 2)
Session #7 – Crafting Stories that Lead Visitors to the Sale! (Part 1 of 2)
Session #8 – Hosting and Domain Names …for NON-TECHIES!
Session #9 – Crafting Stories that Lead Visitors to the Sale! (Part 2 of 2)
Session #10 – A Common Sense Approach to Keywords
Session #11 – Preparing Your Work Order for Copywriting Success
Session #12 – Fast Track Your Business Through Outsourcing
Session #13 – Web Publishing Software …Solutions!
Session #14 – Developing Your List for Long Term Sustainability
Session #15 – Growing Unique Content with a Chat Forum
Session #16 – Finding Your Voice With Web Audio (Part 1 of 2)
Session #17 – Getting Your Feet Wet With Google AdWords
Session #18 – Finding Your Voice With Web Audio (Part 2 of 2)
Session #19 – Make a Splash With Web PR
Session #20 – Backlinks Workshop (Part 1 of 2)
Session #21 – Backlinks Workshop (Part 2 of 2)
Session #22 – Monetizing Your Site With Affiliate Programs
Session #23 – Google AdSense Makes Dollars and Sense
Session #24 – Lights, Action, and Your Video Camera?
Session #25 – Practical Web 2.0
Session #26 – Making Your Digital Camera Your Friend

What’s also included:

• Members only forum – this is where you can get support from not only James but also the other students who are all extremely helpful.
• Video tutorials – these help with some of the more techy sorts of issues you may come across.
• Regular Coffee Talk interviews with industry professionals.
• Fortnightly live coaching sessions if you have any questions you need answered – these are in addition to the normal weekly sessions.
• Weekly homework assignments to keep you on track.
• Access to the Affiliate Buzz interviews with James Martell.

The beauty of the James Martell Bootcamp is that you can test it out for 1 month free to see if it’s right for you – so that’s full membership access to the Bootcamp with James Martell as you learn, so really you have nothing to lose.

We recommend this program for complete beginners to internet marketing or those who have a website already developed but haven’t had much success making money with it.

We have been students of James Martell for over 2 years now and have met the man in person on a number of occasions. Take a look at the Youtube video - below we are in it… just listen for when James talks about Paula and Wanda…yes, that’s us!

James works hard to give back what he knows to his students. He does the research so you don’t have to and he gives 100% to every class. But you don’t have to believe me, try it for yourself because James offers a 4 week free trial of the program. It’s a no obligation 4 week trial that you can cancel at anytime…you have nothing to lose and everything to gain.

If you want to start making money online with James Martell then click here for more info…

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One thing you will find after you have been in the Affiliate Marketing business for a while is that you will accumulate lots of email addresses, passwords, user names and a variety of other information.

And believe me it doesn’t take too long for all this information to become hard to manage, unless you are a very organized person.

Last year we had a piece of software recommended to us that would simplify our affiliate business and get us completely organized.

Now I have to say at the time that I was a bit skeptical and didn’t really expect it to be anything special. In fact I didn’t even buy the software right away because I thought that I was pretty organized what with my notebooks and spreadsheets and the rest.

It was after we received a second recommendation that we took that as a sign and went and purchased a copy of Affiliate Organizer and I have to say that I am so glad we did. This little piece of software is just brilliant and it definitely keeps us organized.

The main feature of the Affiliate Organizer is that it allows you to store all your user names and passwords in the one place.

How many times have you joined something on the net and had to register with a user name and password?I have literally hundreds of passwords for different things – forums, affiliate networks, blogs, websites and so on. The Affiliate Organizer allows me to store them in the one place and access them easily.

It’s other features include:

• A calendar function where you can set up upcoming events and tasks and be reminded of them with either a pop-up or an email.
• A category to store websites including DNS, ftp settings, passwords, hosting company details and so on.
• The ability to store the details of software packages you have purchased and enter the unlock codes and the registration details.
• A section for affiliate merchants where you can add their website address, the commission amount, the contact name, join up date and so much more.
• A section to store keyword lists and click on keywords that you have used so you can stay on track.
• A category to store forums that you have signed up with and include the url, password and user name.
• An area to keep track of tasks that you have outsourced including the freelancers name, email, the project description, date started and completed, keywords lists, the cost and much more.
• A category where you can store any training or seminars you may be taking with fields to include the event, location, date, time, cost, contact name and so on.
• A section where you can add any ideas or projects you have in mind.
• And the list goes on…

The icing on the cake for this program is that if you can’t find a place to store a piece of information then you can simply create your own categories and fields so you can literally store almost anything.

The software is extremely simple to install and once installed sits in your system tray for easy access and it starts up when you computer starts up – although you can turn off this setting if you prefer.

What I really like is that you can password protect the whole program so that even if your computer is stolen no one can access your passwords.

These are just a few of the features of the Affiliate Organizer. We literally use it every day and couldn’t do without it.

Read more about Affiliate Organizer.

If you are trying to learn how to make money online you may be overwhelmed by the amount of information available. It can also be confusing trying to figure out who you can trust and what might be a scam.

With this in mind, we researched a number of affiliate training programs and eBooks, and after discounting the majority of them we found a few shining examples, one of which is the Wealthy Affiliate University.

This program is recommended by a large number of people, so after some research we decided to give it a go, and we liked what we saw and read.

WOW! What can we say, this is a program that delivers what it promises and in most cases it over delivers.

The site membership costs $39 a month, although if we had paid for a year in advance we would have received a discount, making the monthly cost only $29. However, we tend to be conservative types who like to see what we are getting into before committing to a years subscription.

After paying a months subscription through Paypal we received the login details and we were ready to go. Our expectations were high and first impressions upon logging in were very good. It is a very professional looking site with a wealth of information and tools.

The Dashboard page contains a menu at the top which links to the following options -Forum, Site Rubix, Hosting, Rapid Writer, Spaces, Jobs, My-Linker, Keyword Tool and Affiliates.

The menu on the right hand side links to the Dashboard, Learning Centre, My Wealthy Affiliate, 8 Week Action Plan, Research Center, Marketing Materials, Website Center, Affiliate Program, About Kyle and Carson and Help.

In the main content page of the Dashboard are links to useful info like Email Marketing, Squidoo Optimization, Google Adwords Tweaks…just to name a few. There are also photos of other members who have just joined the Wealthy Affiliate University community.

Further down the Dashboard page there are boxes of information that can be customized by dragging them around the screen to suit yourself – a bit like Facebook.

The boxes contain the following information:

• Forum Activity
• Wealthy Affiliate Program Stats
• Hot Clickbank Products
• Wealthy Affiliate Space Activity
• Latest WAPedia Definitions
• WA Jobs Activity
• Hot Trends

I had to laugh when I saw the large PANIC button on the page…and of course, I had to click it to see what it does and I am taken to a page which starts with the words:

“Take a deep breath. You have hit the panic button for a reason, and we are going to help you calm down…”

It then details all the reasons why you might be panicking and ways to help you through it. This is great stuff, particularly for someone new to making money online who may be feeling a little overwhelmed

THE 8 WEEK ACTION PLAN

There is so much to look at that it is difficult to know where to start but fortunately what is also on the dashboard is a green arrow pointing towards the 8 Week Action Plan.

After you click on the arrow you are taken to the main page of the Action Plan. When you first join, you will only have access to Week 1 which is basically all about getting started and how to use the Wealthy Affiliate University website. It starts at the very basic level by even explaining what affiliate marketing is and there is also some detail on how to use and navigate the site. At the end of this lesson is also an action plan of tasks to be undertaken for the week.

The Week One action plan instructs you to go into the forum and have a good read, add some posts, create a Space page in the site and also read some of the info that has been provided.

Also included is a section titled Learning Resources that are set up based on your affiliate marketing experience with Junior, Intermediate and Senior Learning Resources. This is excellent as it doesn’t matter what level you are at with your Affiliate Marketing …you will learn something here.

We started with the Junior Level in the Learning Centre. Even at this level we found a couple of things that we didn’t already know. So our advice is to go in and read all the levels, as there may well be something you weren’t aware of.

Some of the topics included in the Junior Level are:

• Getting Started
• Internet Marketing Basics
• Penny Pincher Marketing Techniques
• Trading Services for Cash
• Article Marketing
• Squidoo Optimization – I love this one
• Using Clickbank
• Understanding Relevance
• Pay-Per-Click Advertising
• Top 10 Common Mistakes
• Adcopy Writing
• Common Keyword Technique
• Using Yahoo Search Marketing
• How to Setup a Website
• Components of a Landing Page

I spent the first couple of days just perusing the site. There is so much information to take in and so the 8 Week Plan is the best way of getting through it all.

What’s Included as Part of Your Membership

• Site Rubix – this is an easy to use (and I mean easy) website builder.
• Clickbank Research Tool – this is way better than using Clickbank itself with a lot more detailed info.
• Free Hosting
• Keyword Research Tool
• Keyword Generator
• Keyword Phrase Buider
• Free landing page templates
• Competition Spy Tool
• Google Match Types – you’ll save a heap of time with your Adwords campaigns with this tool
• Free keyword lists
• Rapid Writer – easily create articles with this tool
• Plus loads more…

As we have already stated this site is useful for any level from the beginner right through to the seasoned affiliate marketer. While in the forum, I found people in there who have been with the Wealthy Affiliate University for quite some time and they all believe that the program is of great value.

We give the program a big thumbs up. It’s a professional site with lots to offer. In just the first two days we learnt enough to easily make back our $39. In fact, just from using the tips found at Wealthy Affiliate and developing just one Squidoo lens we have easily made that money back and more so.

We will continue to write about the weekly lessons so stay tuned for more over the coming weeks…

For more info on the Wealth Affiliate University CLICK HERE