1) "Idiot's Bachelor's Degree in Affiliate Marketing."

2) "Learn to Build Profitable Websites Step-by-Step by Listening and Watching LIVE as Successful Affiliate Marketer James Martell Demonstrates How!"

3) "Classified Ads."

4) "Tell Us What You Think!"

Affiliate marketing is all about getting paid for selling products or services you don't own and not going to jail for it. Someone else goes through all of the trouble to develop software programs, service, or digital content products. They'll do all the hard and creative work, then you collect the money!

Affiliate marketing is a revenue sharing arrangement between the product or service developer, known as the affiliate merchant, and the affiliate marketer who is anyone that's willing to promote the sale of product or service by advertising it using any type of legal means available.

This very strong relationship will allow the affiliate merchant to grow their revenue by paying only for the advertising that results in a sale. The affiliate marketer will profit by making a percentage on a sale. That's not bad, right?

How Affiliates Are Getting Paid

Getting paid all depends upon how the affiliate program is set-up. Some merchants will run their own affiliate program. They'll have special types of software that assigns each affiliate marketer a special link that's used in promoting the product or service. The software will track sales of every marketer, and the merchant will pay the commission on a periodic basis using a bulletproof payment system.

Check When Joining An Affiliate Program There Are A Couple Of "Rules" You Need To Consider article if you want to know more about affiliate programs.

Selecting Affiliate Products or Services to Promote

Your affiliate profits are directly tied to how well your select products or services to sell, which make it very important that you HAVE to choose carefully when it comes to join the affiliate merchant and partnering with him.

My best advice is to choose programs that you aren't embarrassed to promote and programs that you'll feel comfortable recommending to your family and friends if they were to ask you about it.

You'll do much better if you promote products or services that you fully understand and are already familiar with. This way, you'll be able to write better ads without having to strain yourself coming up with the right things to say. Choose something that catter to your passion...

You should only promote products and services for companies who have gone through the trouble to provide you with training programs and sales aids such as classified ads, banners and other marketing materials that you can either use directly or model your own after.

Be on the lookout for programs with commission rates no less than 30% for info-products or services, and less than 8% for "real world" items. You should give preference to programs that pay commission on multiple levels (two-tier affiliate programs), which means you'll also have to earn commissions on sales made by people who buy the products through your link then go on and become affiliates themselves later on. Don't forget to check out my two-tier affiliate programs report.

There are hundreds of thousands of affiliate programs out there, all of which claim to be the best. Many of them try to give you the impression that all you have to do is use their banners and links then wait for the money to start rolling in. Although this can be the case, this type of scenario normally applies to large sites with a lot of web traffic.

Promotion Using Banners and Classified Ads

With most affiliate programs, you are offered a variety of banners to post on your web site, as very few of them will be effective! The problems with most banners are their size. If you choose a banner that is high in size, it will take a long time to implement and use. Therefore, it's recommended that you use banners no more than 15kb in size. Besides of that, if the banner it's "borring", nobody will click and you won't have the sales!

When you select any types of graphical advertising, you should try and keep the theme of your web site in mind. Even though graphical ads are meant to stand out and catch people's eye, they shouldn't be to the point where everything else on the page is completely ignored. That's WHY advertorials always perform the best! A perfect combination between product image and compeling text can be your lucky ticket.

Promotion Using Pop-Ups and Pop-Unders

A lot of companies will now give their affiliates the chance of using pop-up or pop-under ads. In most opinions, pop-ups aren't the way to go. They can easily annoy visitors and are normally closed before they even have the chance to load. You should instead go for pop-unders and those types that only display once per visit.

Promotion Using Text Link Ads

On of the most successful means of advertisting are text link ads. These are easy on bandwidth, don't use a lot of space, and they can be easily implemented into most types of page layouts. Good text links offer some information as to why your visitor should investigate your offers. Even more, on your text links you can insert a "Call To Action" text which influence very positive your link clickability.

Promotion Using Email Advertising

The direct promotion via email has really taken off over the last several years, although it has brought tons of spam with it. If you plan to use email as a method of advertising your products, you should stand behind what you sell and make yourself available to answer any questions.

Email marketing is one of the most powerful tools you have. If you get caught up running your business because you have chosen not to automate your email chores, your email campaigns, your follow-up offers, your newsletters, your email customer service... well, then your competition is going to leave you behind!

Want to be on the TOP and stay there? Use a tool like Mailloop, an email and ebusiness automation software which give you a 100% control over your email promotions. It will give you the power to put your daily tasks and routines on autopilot, skip the headaches and growing pains that online businesses almost always run into, free up your time so you can market and grow your business!

Have Patience!

If you feel confident that your site can generate great sales for certain company's, you should contact them to negotiate an arrangement. If they don't seem to enthused to begin with, you should remain patient as companies are approaced every day with affiliates looking to make better deals.

The reality remains that most affiliates can't deliver what they promise, and companies are aware of this (read The Most Common Mistake 85% Of The Affiliates Make It Every Day -- This Can Cost You THOUSANDS Of Dollars In Profits)

You should always keep in mind that most forms of advertising will take time. No matter what methods you plan to use, give it some time before you make any type of decision. Although something may not happen overnight, it very well could in a few days or weeks.

The 8-week curriculum will be delivered one evening per week for eight weeks, with each "night-school" style class dedicated to one of the eight steps outlined in Martell's top-selling downloadable Affiliate Marketer's Handbook. Attendees are sure to stay on track with Martell's weekly live instruction and ongoing access to 10 hours of NEW video.

More and more families are struggling with debt -- by escalating mortgages, credit card debt, or trying to save for a child's education or retirement. The truth is that day-to-day living has become more expensive and keeping up is a battle, and most people have all but given up their dreams of finally getting ahead.

But this just doesn't have to be the case.

In fact, there is a legitimate, proven way to make money -- whether to simply supplement your current income or to provide a full-time income for you and your family, and it's called affiliate marketing.

And perhaps one of the Net's longest running affiliate marketers, James Martell, who has been teaching his tried-and-true money making techniques to people just like you for well over seven years, is now making his infamous live BootCamp training available via the Internet.

This means anyone can take advantage of this eight-week course to ensure they achieve financial freedom once and for all.

Best of all, participants can work hand-in-hand with Martell and have the opportunity to ask questions as they go, providing the momentum needed to collapse timeframes.

The second Affiliate Marketers BootCamp Online "Night School" Edition will begin Thursday, Nov. 30, with Martell coming into your home "live" through an engaging, real-time online conference room. The 8-week curriculum will be delivered every Thursday evening for eight weeks, with each night-school style course dedicated to one of the eight steps outlined in Martell's top-selling downloadable Affiliate Marketer's Handbook.

Normally delivered in three consecutive days in Martell's hometown of Surrey, BC (Canada), the BootCamp materials and live instruction have been further broken down to ensure online BootCamp attendees fully grasp each of the eight steps, and can have the time to apply these and ask Martell questions in the live question and answer sessions held at the conclusion of each evening course.

What's more, online BootCamp attendees will be able to access and review more than 10 hours of NEW video show recently at Martell's offline BootCamp held in Canada. Now, you should know that attendees of the offline BootCamp held in Martell's hometown paid $3400 to attend and now online BootCamp attendees have access to this video instruction to supplement the exciting online eight-week course, allowing you to view the videos any time you need clarification.

When asked about his experience at Martell's first online recent BootCamp, attendee Denis Vaillancourt said: "(This) is definitely a worthwhile experience because I'm learning about so many great new resources, ideas, and tools that are out there."

Martell, who until recently, was not convinced that online classroom technology would allow him to effectively and efficiently deliver his instruction via the Internet, has earned quite a reputation as a teacher. His students fly from across the world to attend his three-day BootCamps and regularly report significant increases in their sales (and their paychecks) after jump-starting their online efforts with Martell's eight-step methodology.

For Martell student Roman Gill, a true paid search expert, the difference can be seen in the development of his web sites. "I received significant value in walking through your methodology to develop quality web sites that rank high in the search engines naturally. Many things to absorb and try to implement our web strategy," said Gill.

For Martell online BootCamp attendee Jeanne Johnson, the difference is in the step-by-step detailed instruction: "I like the pace. It helps focus so that it's not overwhelming," Johnson says.

Additionally, BootCamp student Laurie Watkins found Martell's information top-shelf and his delivery to be exactly what she needed to get her online business on track and keep it there. "First class! Great presentation, excellent stage presence, (and) good use of time. Well done! Keep up the good work," Watkins said!

And online BootCamp attendees are sure to concur, for Martell's online conference room will showcase Martell as he walks through the same videos he uses in the off-line BootCamp, with real-time audio and more.

Much like the original BootCamp, which started in Oct. 2005, the online BootCamp is targeted to new and experienced affiliate marketers alike, to those who already have Martell's newly released Affiliate Marketing Handbook - "2006" (THIRD EDITION), and are looking for the extra push they need to get up and running, and to “newbies” looking to break-into this exciting and profitable career.

In fact, these are the very reasons the original BootCamp was started and why it continues to boast sell out crowds.

It all began when Martell's students asked for something more. They wanted to spend time one-on-one with the successful affiliate marketer.

But the demand far exceeded anything one person could handle and so Martell set out to teach to his infamous eight-step approach to a number of people at once, all the while maintaining the personal, one-on-one experience his loyal students requested.

And the BootCamps were a hit from the get-go.

But Martell continued to hear from students who were unable to travel the distance to his hometown or unable to take time away from family and other obligations, or who simply could not afford the trip and accommodations and therefore could not take advantage of the very offer they asked for.

So, back to the drawing board he went. And, once introduced to an online conference room that could be used to deliver his training in the same one-on-one atmosphere, while allowing people to attend from their homes (foregoing travel and expenses), he knew he had another BootCamp winner.

And, as expected, the response from students has been overwhelmingly positive, not only because of the convenience and affordable costs it allows, but because Martell's online BootCamp packs years of his personal research, development, and experiences into eight evening sessions, making it a truly invaluable investment.

Students rave about being able to ask Martell questions as they go, not being held up or weighted down under with too much information at once. They report that the once steep learning curve associated with jumping into the affiliate marketing arena is greatly shortened and they feel their confidence is increased because of the face-to-face attention and the detail roadmap they are provided for each and every one of Martell's infamous eight steps.

Attendees can expect Martell, who has tapped into more than 60 different industries and boats nearly 100 specialty shopping sites via the web, to use his robust online conference room to show exactly How To:

• Get And Stay On Track
  
  
• Research Topics
  
  
• Work with Web Publishing Software
  
  
• Choose Templates
  
  
• Plan Site Maps
  
  
• Develop Keyword Lists
  
  
• Choose Merchants
  
  
• Arrange Hosting
  
  
• FTP to your Server
  
  
• Submit to Search Engines
  
  
• Work with Authors on Elance
  
  
• Arrange Quality Inbound Links
  
  
• Monitor Traffic
  
  
• Manage Site(s)
  
  
• Adjust to Online Change
  
  
• And much more...

"Martell's BootCamps are excellent, in depth and informative", explains BootCamp attendee Howard Hood. "Martell clarifies content in the manual and proves we all have the knowledge and abilities to succeed in affiliate marketing."

For more information, and for class schedules, visit Martell's online BootCamp web site!

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4) "Tell Us What You Think!"

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