<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:rawvoice="http://www.rawvoice.com/rawvoiceRssModule/" xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" version="2.0">

<channel>
	<title>Coffee Talk</title>
	
	<link>http://jamesmartell.com/category/coffee-talk/</link>
	<description>James Martell interviews with other experts from the Internet and affiliate marketing industries.</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:44:18 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=Coffee Talk</generator>
<!-- podcast_generator="Blubrry PowerPress/2.0.4" -->
	<itunes:summary>Subscribe now to the oldest and longest running podcast in the affiliate marketing industry. Since 2003.</itunes:summary>
	<itunes:author>James Martell</itunes:author>
	<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:image href="http://jamesmartell.com/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/600x600.jpg" />
	<itunes:owner>
		<itunes:name>James Martell</itunes:name>
		<itunes:email>jamesmartell@gmail.com</itunes:email>
	</itunes:owner>
	<managingEditor>jamesmartell@gmail.com (James Martell)</managingEditor>
	<copyright>Net Guides Publishing Inc.</copyright>
	<itunes:subtitle>James Martell's Affiliate Buzz Podcast</itunes:subtitle>
	<itunes:keywords>affiliate, marketing, programs, program, Internet, training, marketers</itunes:keywords>
	<image>
		<title>Coffee Talk</title>
		<url>http://jamesmartell.com/banners/affiliate-buzz/jm-abuzz3-140x140.jpg</url>
		<link>http://jamesmartell.com/category/coffee-talk/</link>
	</image>
	<itunes:category text="Technology">
		<itunes:category text="Podcasting" />
	</itunes:category>
	<itunes:category text="Education">
		<itunes:category text="Training" />
	</itunes:category>
	<itunes:category text="Business">
		<itunes:category text="Management &amp; Marketing" />
	</itunes:category>
		<rawvoice:frequency>Weekly</rawvoice:frequency>
		<atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk" /><feedburner:info uri="jamesmartellcoffeetalk" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><feedburner:emailServiceId>JamesMartellCoffeeTalk</feedburner:emailServiceId><feedburner:feedburnerHostname>http://feedburner.google.com</feedburner:feedburnerHostname><item>
		<title>Coffee Talk Interview #69 – Learn from Those Who’ve “Been There”—Four of James’ Successful Students Share Affiliate Marketing Insight</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk/~3/PnglsTgpI7A/</link>
		<comments>http://jamesmartell.com/coffee-talk/article-marketing-success-stories/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 20:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Martell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing Podcast - "Coffee Talk with James Martell" (Since 2007)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affiliate marketing success stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[backlinks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[google seo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the PAD technique]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[top 10 rankings]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jamesmartell.com/?p=8836</guid>
		<description>Tweet James Martell, successful affiliate marketer, successful author and host of the Affiliate Marketers SUPER BootCamp has taught hundreds of students to master Internet marketing over the past ten years. From his first “night school-style” classroom event to his multimedia Affiliate Marketer’s BootCamp, James has spent a good portion of his life educating folks so [...]&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk?a=PnglsTgpI7A:kpNIkWQ8weo:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk/~4/PnglsTgpI7A" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://jamesmartell.com/coffee-talk/article-marketing-success-stories/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>

			<itunes:keywords>affiliate marketing success stories,backlinks,google seo,the PAD technique,top 10 rankings</itunes:keywords>
		<itunes:subtitle>James Martell, successful affiliate marketer, successful author and host of the Affiliate Marketers SUPER BootCamp has taught hundreds of students to master Internet marketing over the past ten years.  From his first “night school-style” classroom even...</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>(http://jamesmartell.com/images/john.jpg)(http://www.affiliatemarketersbootcamp.com/vg_data/msgb_avatars/1265956037_thumb.jpg)(http://jamesmartell.com/images/jane.jpg)(http://jamesmartell.com/images/todd_tresidder.jpg)

James Martell, successful affiliate marketer, successful author and host of the Affiliate Marketers SUPER BootCamp has taught hundreds of students to master Internet marketing over the past ten years.  From his first “night school-style” classroom event to his multimedia Affiliate Marketer’s BootCamp, James has spent a good portion of his life educating folks so they can take hold of their income and earn what their time is really worth.

In this edition of Coffee Talk, James speaks with four of his students (all of whom have been following his teachings for different lengths of time.)  This insider talk is a great opportunity to see just how affiliate marketing looks at various stages – from websites just beginning to get the traffic they need to fulltime affiliates who are making more than they ever did working for somebody else.

	* John White has a background in the aviation industry and used what he learned during that time to transition into running his website All-Things-Aviation.com (http://All-Things-Aviation.com).
	* Todd Tressider came to James from the financial field with the desire to promote his financial coaching website.  He’s used many of the skills James has taught him to create a wonderful website – FinancialMentor.com (http://FinancialMentor.com) – which gives out timely and topical information about how people can save many and make it work for them.
	* Jane Warren was one of the first to jump at the chance to own a website created by James himself.  Her TowableTubesDirect.com (http://TowableTubesDirect.com) promotes fun and exciting water sports equipment and accessories.
	* Jay Chua was a student when he first came across James’ Affiliate Marketers Handbook but life and a fulltime job (as well as travelling from Asia to the U.S. and eventually Canada) kept him busy until just recently.  Now he’s concentrating all his effort on his affiliate site – PorchSwingSets.com (http://PorchSwingSets.com) – allowing him to focus his attention and reap the rewards.

Learn from Their Experience

These four affiliates have a lot of interesting and unexpected advice to share with those of you either just getting started or looking for ways to better improve your own affiliate business.  Listen in and learn:

	* The #1 mistake John made early on – that cost him tons of time and money
	* How Todd maintains top 3 Google rankings in the intensely  competitive financial market
	* What helped Jane get through those first few rough months and gave her the strength not to give up on her dream before the real money started rolling in
	* How John learned what (and how) to sell from his own customers
	* Why Todd’s “Long Range” approach is something every affiliate marketer should consider
	* Jay's #1 tip for success using James’ proven methods for building traffic, profit, and your business

Doesn't it make sense to learn from people who have been where you are right now (and those who are where you want to be in the future)?  All of this excellent advice is free for the taking.  All you have to do is listen in to this edition of Coffee Talk with James Martell.

And if you are...
(http://jamesmartell.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/JM-AMB-WebLayout-4.jpg)
Ready To Get Serious About Affiliate Marketing?
If you are ready to get serious about succeeding online and earning a full or part-living with affiliate programs -- I invite you to check out my Affiliate Marketers SUPER BootCamp (http://www.affiliatemarketersbootcamp.com) home study program.</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:author>James Martell</itunes:author>
		<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
		<itunes:duration>45:54</itunes:duration>
		<rawvoice:embed>&lt;iframe width="400" height="24" src="http://jamesmartell.com/?powerpress_embed=8836-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=default" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;</rawvoice:embed>
	<feedburner:origLink>http://jamesmartell.com/coffee-talk/article-marketing-success-stories/</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk/~5/c_NPBXTnhZ0/student-stories-panel-series-august-8th-2011-final.mp3" length="22033676" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://media.blubrry.com/affiliate_buzz_podcast/jamesmartell.com/audio-ct/student-stories-panel-series-august-8th-2011-final.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item>
		<item>
		<title>Coffee Talk Interview #68 – What Is Article Marketing? Is It Still an Effective Strategy? Can It Do More Harm Than Good?</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk/~3/fVOzwnqEHYQ/</link>
		<comments>http://jamesmartell.com/coffee-talk/what-is-affiliate-marketing-is-it-effective/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 06:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Martell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing Podcast - "Coffee Talk with James Martell" (Since 2007)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affiliate marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affiliate marketing for beginners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[newbies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jamesmartell.com/?p=8991</guid>
		<description>TweetJames Martell wants you to stop wasting your time and money with article marketing! The successful affiliate marketer, successful author and host of the Affiliate Marketer’s SUPER BootCamp has had enough of people getting suckered into this “churn and burn” business model. He has seen the damage it has done first hand – one website [...]&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk?a=fVOzwnqEHYQ:SM6JG6LLVtE:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk/~4/fVOzwnqEHYQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://jamesmartell.com/coffee-talk/what-is-affiliate-marketing-is-it-effective/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>

			<itunes:keywords>affiliate marketing,affiliate marketing for beginners,marketing,newbies</itunes:keywords>
		<itunes:subtitle>James Martell wants you to stop wasting your time and money with article marketing! - The successful affiliate marketer, successful author and host of the Affiliate Marketer’s SUPER BootCamp has had enough of people getting suckered into this “churn a...</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>James Martell wants you to stop wasting your time and money with article marketing!

The successful affiliate marketer, successful author and host of the Affiliate Marketer’s SUPER BootCamp has had enough of people getting suckered into this “churn and burn” business model.  He has seen the damage it has done first hand – one website saw it’s Google rankings fall from page one to page 30 after engaging in SEO article marketing!

So if you’re involved in article marketing stop.  It’s time to get smart about where you direct your efforts and spend your time and money.  If you’ve not yet begun the process but have been tempted (by some “guru,” expert, or software solution) don’t start down that slippery slope.

This edition of Coffee Talk with James Martell is a little different than those in the past.  James was recently a guest on the Affiliate ABC’s podcast (hosted by Deborah Carney and Vinny O’Hare—both longtime experts in the fields of affiliate and Internet marketing) and discussed the dangers article marketing.

In order to understand where James is coming from, you must understand his definition of article marketing:  it is the process of churning out articles (roughly 400 words long) and blasting them to multiple websites or posting them on an “article farms” hoping other websites will pick them up and distribute them.

It sounds great, has worked in the past, and many people are still advocating it today . . .

But it doesn’t work anymore!

Bad Neighbors, Duplicate Content, and Google Penalties – Yikes!
So why, Deborah and Vinny asked, is article marketing so bad?

1.) Because website owners have no control over the process once the content has left their hands.  Which may lead to . . .

2.) Unethical or blackballed websites (James calls them “bad neighbors”) getting their hands on your content and linking back to your site (it can hurt you nowadays – Just ask Google’s Spam man, Matt Cutts).

3.) Duplicate content is never good for your Google ranking.

4.) Google doesn't like article marketers ... 

That last one is the killer.

The search engine giant has demonstrated, with the Florida and Panda updates in 2010 and 2011, that it will no longer tolerate junk search results clogging its page.  The company has begun to see search results as the product they are “selling.”  They’ve begun to take out the trash . . .but it’s only the beginning.

Google’s own Spam man – Matt Cutts – has said that he actively discourages the process of article marketing because it adds no value to the web.  He says people need to concentrate on quality not quantity (something James has advocated since day one).

Carry that logic one step farther – as James has already done – and it’s not too much of a stretch to imagine a day when article marketers are banned from Google just like the thousands of high-paying Adwords advertisers who violated the company’s terms of use a couple of years ago.  Ask them how that worked out for them.
Don’t Panic -- James, Deborah, and Vinny Can Help!
So how do you know if what you’re doing classifies as “Article Marketing” and how can you stop yourself before you ruin your reputation?

Listen in to this edition of Coffee Talk with James Martell.

You’ll learn how not to end up on Google’s naughty list and learn how to make the most of your online advertising efforts in the meantime.

If you’re serious about earning a living online and promoting your business this interview is definitely worth your time.</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:author>James Martell</itunes:author>
		<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
		<itunes:duration>1:06:43</itunes:duration>
		<rawvoice:embed>&lt;iframe width="400" height="24" src="http://jamesmartell.com/?powerpress_embed=8991-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=default" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;</rawvoice:embed>
	<feedburner:origLink>http://jamesmartell.com/coffee-talk/what-is-affiliate-marketing-is-it-effective/</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk/~5/dU6JkD4QezA/deb-vinny-article-directories-july-21-2011.mp3" length="64044851" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://media.blubrry.com/affiliate_buzz_podcast/jamesmartell.com/audio-ct/deb-vinny-article-directories-july-21-2011.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item>
		<item>
		<title>Coffee Talk Interview #67 – Revealed: Why California’s New Affiliate Nexus Tax Really Sucks</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk/~3/ohf18knziCY/</link>
		<comments>http://jamesmartell.com/coffee-talk/why-californias-new-affiliate-tax-really-sucks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 02:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michedolene Hogan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing Podcast - "Coffee Talk with James Martell" (Since 2007)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Affiliate Nexus Tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Martell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeannine Crooks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karen Garcia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jamesmartell.com/?p=8726</guid>
		<description>TweetCoffee Talk with Karen Garcia and Jeannine Crooks James Martell, successful affiliate marketer, President of Net Guides Publishing Inc., successful author and host of the Affiliate Marketers SUPER BootCamp recognizes the growing concern of affiliates across the Unites States as more states pass tax laws like the California Nexus law. As these laws pass major [...]&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk?a=ohf18knziCY:y96cKY0J9F8:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk/~4/ohf18knziCY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://jamesmartell.com/coffee-talk/why-californias-new-affiliate-tax-really-sucks/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>

			<itunes:keywords>Affiliate Nexus Tax,James Martell,Jeannine Crooks,Karen Garcia</itunes:keywords>
		<itunes:subtitle>Coffee Talk with Karen Garcia and Jeannine Crooks - James Martell, successful affiliate marketer, President of Net Guides Publishing Inc., successful author and host of the Affiliate Marketers SUPER BootCamp recognizes the growing concern of affiliate...</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Coffee Talk with Karen Garcia and Jeannine Crooks

James Martell, successful affiliate marketer, President of Net Guides Publishing Inc., successful author and host of the Affiliate Marketers SUPER BootCamp recognizes the growing concern of affiliates across the Unites States as more states pass tax laws like the California Nexus law. As these laws pass major merchants like Amazon.com and Overstock.com drop their affiliates in those states leaving the site owner’s uncertain and weary about their financial future.  James wants everyone to know the nexus law doesn’t have to be the end of your affiliate career.

With the recent passing of the California Nexus Law James joins Karen Garcia, Co-founder of GTO Management (http://gtomanagement.com/) and Jeannine Crooks, Affiliate Manager for Buy.at (http://buy.at) in a frank discussion on exactly what this law means for affiliates, merchants and the online industry as a whole. Karen is up close and personal with many California merchants and affiliates alike and Jeannine walked hand in hand with affiliates in Colorado as they attempted to repeal the tax law and restore confidence in the affiliate industry when it previously hit their state.

Together these three discuss:

	* Exactly what the Nexus Law is
	* How this new tax law affects affiliates and merchants
	* Why it doesn’t work
	* What affiliates can do after they receive the dreaded email
	* How merchants can prepare for and anticipate other states passing the law

The Nexus Law and Affiliates

With California’s recent approval of the Nexus law Karen shares that she has been receiving calls from concerned affiliates who are scared and just plain panicking about their businesses. They don’t know what to expect or if there is even a chance for them to continue online.

Jeannine shares what things were like in Colorado shortly after they passed the same tax law and steps they took to try and repeal the law, succeeding to at least limit the law to eCommerce businesses located in the state.  She shares that even with that Amazon pulled out and many affiliates were left anxious and uncertain.

If you’re an affiliate that has been affected by this you can still succeed online:

	* First, take a step back and breathe. If you’re in a panic mode it won’t do your business any good.
	* Second, start contacting your merchants. Find out if any of them are exempt from this new tax law and how they plan to respond to it. Then do some research to find new merchants to fill the holes with those you lost.
	* Third, rework your product pages. Unfortunately you may need to completely re-write some of your pages but it’s just a reality of the new era online.
	* Visit NexusAware.com (http://nexusaware.com/) to research merchants that may be a good fit for your product line and state.

The Nexus Law and Merchants

Affiliates aren’t the only ones being affected by these tax laws. What many may not realize is merchants are hurting too. These new laws put many of them in a difficult position when it comes to protecting their businesses from tax audits and expensive tax bills they aren’t prepared to pay.

Like affiliates merchants can prepare for the new way of business online:

	* Don’t wait for your state to pass the next tax law. Be proactive an stay ahead of the game.
	* Follow who may be planning to pass similar laws at PerformanceMarketingAssociation.com (http://performancemarketingassociation.com/)
	* Put a plan in place and be prepared

One thing is certain, the online industry is really talking about the Nexus laws and what it means for the affiliate world. Merchants, affiliates, networks and associated agencies share a common goal of protecting the affiliate world so that it can continue to prosper as it’s done in years passed.

If you have questions about the Nexus law and are unclear on how to keep your business going listen in as James, Karen and Jeannine get serious about beating Uncle Sam!
</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:author>James Martell</itunes:author>
		<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
		<itunes:duration>26:52</itunes:duration>
		<rawvoice:embed>&lt;iframe width="400" height="24" src="http://jamesmartell.com/?powerpress_embed=8726-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=default" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;</rawvoice:embed>
	<feedburner:origLink>http://jamesmartell.com/coffee-talk/why-californias-new-affiliate-tax-really-sucks/</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk/~5/l9SuVvXqf98/jeannine-crooks-karen-garcia-june-30-final.mp3" length="25794653" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://media.blubrry.com/affiliate_buzz_podcast/jamesmartell.com/audio-ct/jeannine-crooks-karen-garcia-june-30-final.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item>
		<item>
		<title>Coffee Talk Interview #66 – Take the Fear Out of PPC Management (and Finally Make It Profitable) – Part 2 of 2</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk/~3/0ojw7mqG2N0/</link>
		<comments>http://jamesmartell.com/coffee-talk/ppc-management-software-pt02/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 20:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Martell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing Podcast - "Coffee Talk with James Martell" (Since 2007)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Antley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[managing paid search campaigns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paid search]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ppc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ppc management software]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jamesmartell.com/?p=8206</guid>
		<description>TweetCoffee Talk with David Antley from Rising Revenue James Martell, expert affiliate marketer, President of Net Guides Publishing Inc., and host of the Affiliate Marketers SUPER BootCamp is always on the lookout for powerful tools he can use to make more money (and help you do the same). He’s discovered an excellent one created by [...]&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk?a=0ojw7mqG2N0:E4SwFy4dNN0:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk/~4/0ojw7mqG2N0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://jamesmartell.com/coffee-talk/ppc-management-software-pt02/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>

			<itunes:keywords>David Antley,managing paid search campaigns,paid search,ppc,ppc management software</itunes:keywords>
		<itunes:subtitle>Coffee Talk with David Antley from Rising Revenue - James Martell, expert affiliate marketer, President of Net Guides Publishing Inc., and host of the Affiliate Marketers SUPER BootCamp is always on the lookout for powerful tools he can use to make mo...</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>(http://davidantley.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/antley1.jpg)Coffee Talk with David Antley from Rising Revenue

James Martell, expert affiliate marketer, President of Net Guides Publishing Inc., and host of the Affiliate Marketers SUPER BootCamp is always on the lookout for powerful tools he can use to make more money (and help you do the same).  He’s discovered an excellent one created by David Antley and the team at Rising Revenue (http://www.risingrevenue.com/freereport.html) that can boost PPC conversion rates by 69% while decreasing costs of the campaign by as much as 58%.

This tool is a sophisticated algorithm which constantly manages PPC campaigns 24/7, “learning” as time goes by, and it can even keep up with Google’s own ever-changing ad market.
Interested?  Listen in to the second part of James’s interview with David and learn how this powerful PPC management software can:

	* Keep you from falling into the “Google Black Hole”
	* Give you the exact conversion rates and lead generation you’re looking for
	* Eliminate the human inefficiencies in any PPC campaign
	* Work 24/7 so you don’t have to
	* Bid on keywords so you get the best price at the best time
	* Free up your life so you can enjoy the affiliate lifestyle!

Make PPC Profitable Again with Automation, Metrics, and Granularity

Instead of playing at PPC and wasting thousands of dollars without getting the returns you need, learn from a man who has been in the industry for 15 years.  David started with Overture Services, the company that was single-handedly responsible for creating the PPC click model.

Did you know that one single item could (and should) have several thousand keywords attached to it?  How can one person possibly hope to check the conversion rates and ROI on all of those keywords—let alone find them all?

Realizing the limit of your capabilities is one of the most important things you can do to stay profitable.  Once you’ve reach the point where you can’t possibly do anymore without sacrificing the lifestyle you’ve made for yourself, you have three options:

	* Hire a PPC expert (or two in case one decides to break out on his own)
	* Outsource to an agency that may or may not have the expertise you need
	* Buy off shelf tools that you still need to learn to use

Or you can listen in to this interview and learn how a PPC master says you should be doing.

Tools You Need to Make Your PPC Campaign a Success

If you want to try to go it alone (or think you don’t yet need help) David and James discuss several suites of PPC management software (http://www.risingrevenue.com/freereport.html), the benefits of one over the other, and several little-known tools that you can use right now to optimize your PPC campaign.  These tools will allow you to save time and money by:

	* “Borrowing” keywords from your competitors
	* Finding all the variations on all of your keywords
	* Helping you organize all of the raw data
	* Manage campaigns by setting variables

Free PPC Campaign Audit

In addition to tall the great information that David shares with James about PPC, his company’s revolutionary software, and best practices for becoming profitable, David has also agreed to give James’s listeners a free audit of their existing PPC campaigns.

There are a few restrictions.  You have to be converting at a certain level, you have to be using Google’s Optimizer, and the report has to be run on an existing campaign but the information you’ll receive is invaluable.  Especially when you’re trying to compare where you are now to where you could be.

If you’ve started working with PPC but are either in over your head or about to reach the ceiling of your capabilities, this edition of Coffee Talk with James Martell will help you make more money, take back your free time, and avoid costly and time consuming mistakes.</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:author>James Martell</itunes:author>
		<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
		<itunes:duration>46:03</itunes:duration>
		<rawvoice:embed>&lt;iframe width="400" height="24" src="http://jamesmartell.com/?powerpress_embed=8206-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=default" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;</rawvoice:embed>
	<feedburner:origLink>http://jamesmartell.com/coffee-talk/ppc-management-software-pt02/</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk/~5/LoPVrQoNOts/david-antley-march-30-pt-02-final.mp3" length="22107274" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://media.blubrry.com/affiliate_buzz_podcast/jamesmartell.com/audio-ct/david-antley-march-30-pt-02-final.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item>
		<item>
		<title>Coffee Talk Interview #65 – Take the Fear Out of PPC Management (and Finally Make It Profitable) – Part 1 of 2</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk/~3/NY0sheOR3m8/</link>
		<comments>http://jamesmartell.com/coffee-talk/ppc-management-software-pt01/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 20:16:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Martell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing Podcast - "Coffee Talk with James Martell" (Since 2007)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Antley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paid search]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ppc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ppc management software]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jamesmartell.com/?p=8192</guid>
		<description>TweetCoffee Talk with David Antley from Rising Revenue James Martell, expert affiliate marketer, President of Net Guides Publishing Inc., and host of the Affiliate Marketers BootCamp has relied on natural search results to grow his business for years. However, James recognizes that some business models are better suited to the Pay-Per-Click (PPC) advertising model. And [...]&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk?a=NY0sheOR3m8:6E4hN6JLt98:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk/~4/NY0sheOR3m8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://jamesmartell.com/coffee-talk/ppc-management-software-pt01/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>

			<itunes:keywords>David Antley,paid search,ppc,ppc management software</itunes:keywords>
		<itunes:subtitle>Coffee Talk with David Antley from Rising Revenue - James Martell, expert affiliate marketer, President of Net Guides Publishing Inc., and host of the Affiliate Marketers BootCamp has relied on natural search results to grow his business for years.</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>(http://davidantley.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/antley1.jpg)Coffee Talk with David Antley from Rising Revenue

James Martell, expert affiliate marketer, President of Net Guides Publishing Inc., and host of the Affiliate Marketers BootCamp has relied on natural search results to grow his business for years.  However, James recognizes that some business models are better suited to the Pay-Per-Click (PPC) advertising model.  And any tool that lets you make more money with less effort is worth at least a look—James doesn’t want you to leave any money on the table.

That’s why he asked David Antley (http://davidantley.com/), president and CEO of Rising Revenue (http://www.risingrevenue.com/freereport.html), to discuss this sometimes risky, sometimes confusing advertising model.  David started with Overture Services (formerly called Go To), the company that was responsible for creating the PPC model from the ground up—it was bought out by Yahoo Search Marketing a few years after it launched!  David’s expertise in PPC marketing is second-to-none.

Listen in and learn how you can:

	* Stop “leaving money on the table” and take advantage of all the advertising methods available to you
	* Quit wasting money by ineffectively “dabbling” in PPC
	* Get the most bang for your buck with properly targeted PPC campaigns
	* How to avoid getting “banned” by Google and other PPC providers (Hint: Content is still king)

James is joined in this edition of Coffee Talk by his good friend Phil Watkins (http://webcompublishing.com/) from Webcom Publishing Inc. (http://webcompublishing.com/).  Together these three industry leaders take a look at where PPC came from, how it’s changed, and where it is going in the future.

The Number One Mistake People Make When Setting Up an Ad Campaign

Don’t know what that is?  David will tell you that and how to fix it.

His no-nonsense approach to PPC (http://www.risingrevenue.com/freereport.html) is refreshing and goes a long way to de-cluttering and demystifying this potentially powerful marketing tool that, unfortunately, baffles so many amateur and expert marketers alike.

David explains:

	* What criteria factor into Google’s Quality Score
	* How to optimize your ad copy and landing page to lower your Cost-Per-Click and get better conversion rates in the process
	* What tools you can use to optimize any ad campaign (and some you can use to spy on your competitors)
	* How to find the right keywords (and keep them)
	* When to decide if you need to switch PPC management software
	* How to avoid “The Google Black Hole”

Can You Get 69% Increase in Conversions and a 58% Reduction in Cost Per Click?

With David’s sniper-precise method of tackling Pay-Per-Click (http://www.risingrevenue.com/freereport.html), you can.  People he has helped are doing just that.

And the best part is there’s no real “secret” or magic formula for getting these types of results.  You just need to know what to do and how to do it . . . then just keep doing it.

Want a FREE PPC campaign audit?  Stay tuned and learn how.

If you’ve ever wanted to unlock the power of PPC marketing (http://www.risingrevenue.com/freereport.html) but have been scared away by the horror stories—or if you’re currently using PPC and your Cost-Per-Click is cutting into your profits—this edition of Coffee Talk with James Martell will help you take on this marketing tool and win.

Learn to “pay money to make money” the smart way!</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:author>James Martell</itunes:author>
		<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
		<itunes:duration>59:52</itunes:duration>
		<rawvoice:embed>&lt;iframe width="400" height="24" src="http://jamesmartell.com/?powerpress_embed=8192-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=default" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;</rawvoice:embed>
	<feedburner:origLink>http://jamesmartell.com/coffee-talk/ppc-management-software-pt01/</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk/~5/1X2FtW32O98/david-antley-march-23-pt-01-final.mp3" length="28735256" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://media.blubrry.com/affiliate_buzz_podcast/jamesmartell.com/audio-ct/david-antley-march-23-pt-01-final.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item>
		<item>
		<title>Coffee Talk Interview #64 – Convert Your Customers With a Smile–Use Video Emails</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk/~3/RfcePWlrTf8/</link>
		<comments>http://jamesmartell.com/tools-technology/convert-your-customers-with-a-smile-use-video-emails/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2011 00:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Martell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing Podcast - "Coffee Talk with James Martell" (Since 2007)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tools & Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brand building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bryan conley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conversion rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[video email]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[video email marketing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jamesmartell.com/?p=7325</guid>
		<description>TweetCoffee Talk with Bryan Conley on Talk Fusion James Martell, expert affiliate marketer, President of Net Guides Publishing Inc., and successful author and host of the Affiliate Marketers SUPER Handbook is always on the lookout for new technology that will boost conversions and give him and his students an edge over the competition. James was [...]&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk?a=RfcePWlrTf8:KTFamIL9a18:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk/~4/RfcePWlrTf8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://jamesmartell.com/tools-technology/convert-your-customers-with-a-smile-use-video-emails/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>

			<itunes:keywords>brand building,bryan conley,conversion rates,video email,video email marketing</itunes:keywords>
		<itunes:subtitle>Coffee Talk with Bryan Conley on Talk Fusion - James Martell, expert affiliate marketer, President of Net Guides Publishing Inc., and successful author and host of the Affiliate Marketers SUPER Handbook is always on the lookout for new technology that...</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>(http://jamesmartell.com/images/bryan-conley.jpg)Coffee Talk with Bryan Conley on Talk Fusion

James Martell, expert affiliate marketer, President of Net Guides Publishing Inc., and successful author and host of the Affiliate Marketers SUPER Handbook is always on the lookout for new technology that will boost conversions and give him and his students an edge over the competition.

James was one of the first to use audio as a sales tool on the web and quickly latched onto the power of video.

Video is king:

	* YouTube is the second largest search engine in the world and hosts millions of hours of video that’s watched by millions of users.
	* In split testing, video sales letters have been found to convert over 400% more often than text only letters.
	* Only 1% of people have ever received a video email
	* Video is easier (and cheaper) to make now than ever before

Imagine if you could harness the power of video and put it in your customer’s inboxes.

In this edition of Coffee Talk, James speaks with Bryan Conley, owner of a brick and mortar window tinting service, who did just that--literally saving his business and propelling it to a new level of profitability!
Recession-Proof Your Income with Direct Marketing Video Emails and Autoresponders from Talk Fusion
Bryan’s residential and commercial window tinting service fell on hard times in 2007 when the housing bubble burst. His customers dried up. His revenue fell. He was marketing in magazines and newspapers but none of it was getting results.

Then he found Talk Fusion (http://1848167.talkfusion.com/for/business/)—a web-based suite of 8 different marketing tools including video emails and autoresponders. Bryan began using video emails to thank current clients and those new prospects who had requested a quote . . . and that was all it took.

The clients began placing second and third orders and referring him to friends and neighbors. The prospects converted more easily and more often than ever--sometimes choosing Bryan’s business over another because of the video alone!

Now Bryan is making more money than he ever has in the worst economy he has ever faced—even without print advertising!
Video Emails for Internet Marketers
Bryan’s business is brick and mortar and he’s making a killing. Think of what video emails could do in the hands of a skilled Internet marketer. The potential to make a massive profit is huge.

Listen in on this edition of Coffee Talk as James combines his years of experience in Internet marketing with Talk Fusion’s video email service (http://1848167.talkfusion.com/for/business/) to come up with a handful of creative ways Internet marketers could effectively (and profitably) use video emails, including:

	* Converting new prospects
	* Retaining current customers
	* Extending the sale process over weeks or even months if necessary
	* Putting a human face on your brand
	* Building confidence, loyalty and trust
	* Building brand
	* And, of course, direct selling

The list is endless. This edition of Coffee Talk with James Martell will teach you how to leverage the power of video (http://1848167.talkfusion.com/for/business/) into higher conversion and retention rates which equal more profit for less effort!

And if you are...
(http://jamesmartell.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/JM-AMB-WebLayout-4.jpg)
Ready To Get Serious About Affiliate Marketing?
If you are ready to get serious about succeeding online and earning a full or part-living with affiliate programs -- I invite you to check out my Affiliate Marketers SUPER BootCamp (http://www.jamesmartell.com/bootcamp.html) Homestudy Program.</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:author>James Martell</itunes:author>
		<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
		<itunes:duration>29:11</itunes:duration>
		<rawvoice:embed>&lt;iframe width="400" height="24" src="http://jamesmartell.com/?powerpress_embed=7325-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=default" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;</rawvoice:embed>
	<feedburner:origLink>http://jamesmartell.com/tools-technology/convert-your-customers-with-a-smile-use-video-emails/</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk/~5/nHhrfCz5IHE/bryan-conley-feb-09-2011-final.mp3" length="14004271" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://media.blubrry.com/affiliate_buzz_podcast/jamesmartell.com/audio-ct/bryan-conley-feb-09-2011-final.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item>
		<item>
		<title>Coffee Talk Interview #63 – How to Increase Conversions with Web Audio–It’s Easier Than You Think</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk/~3/OMphiKKlk-k/</link>
		<comments>http://jamesmartell.com/tips-techniques/increase-sales-with-radio-style-audio-for-your-site/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 03:45:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Martell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing Podcast - "Coffee Talk with James Martell" (Since 2007)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tips & Techniques]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[audio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conversion rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radio style audio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[voice talent]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jamesmartell.com/?p=7193</guid>
		<description>TweetJames Martell, successful affiliate marketer, President of Net Guides Publishing Inc., successful author and host of the Affiliate Marketers SUPER BootCamp is a pioneer. His Affiliate Buzz podcast was the first (and is the longest running) in the industry. He’s got over ten years’ experience selling online and has an uncanny knack for turning technology [...]&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk?a=OMphiKKlk-k:UsYeY6McIHk:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk/~4/OMphiKKlk-k" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://jamesmartell.com/tips-techniques/increase-sales-with-radio-style-audio-for-your-site/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>

			<itunes:keywords>audio,conversion rates,radio style audio,voice talent</itunes:keywords>
		<itunes:subtitle>James Martell, successful affiliate marketer, President of Net Guides Publishing Inc., successful author and host of the Affiliate Marketers SUPER BootCamp is a pioneer.  His Affiliate Buzz podcast was the first (and is the longest running) in the indu...</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>James Martell, successful affiliate marketer, President of Net Guides Publishing Inc., successful author and host of the Affiliate Marketers SUPER BootCamp is a pioneer.  His Affiliate Buzz podcast was the first (and is the longest running) in the industry.  He’s got over ten years’ experience selling online and has an uncanny knack for turning technology other people have taken for granted into profit generating tools.

James understood early on the power of the spoken word and adopted audio to create valuable content that has hooked thousands of prospects and kept his message in front of them for years.  None of it would have ever happened though without the help of his long time friend Charles Johnston.

Charles is the man who came to James over ten years ago and said: “why don’t you give audio a shot.”

They’ve been working together ever since and now Charles has teamed up with Rob Young (a professional broadcaster with a decade in the business) to bring those same high quality audio marketing services to you.  Listen in on this edition of Coffee Talk as James discusses Charles’ new venture DigitalMedia180.com (http://www.jamesmartell.com/charles-and-rob/index.htm) and what audio can do for you.

The sky really is the limit when it comes to creative ways to use media to:

	* Get more traffic
	* Convert more prospects
	* Retain more customers
	* And earn more money

Digital Audio:  The Overlooked Profit Engine
Digital radio style audio (http://www.jamesmartell.com/charles-and-rob/index.htm) is an exceptional tool for Internet marketers.  It is simple, cost effective, and powerful.  It can create trust, build brands, and inspire confidence (not to mention boost sales and encourage viral marketing).

James and Charles explore this topic in depth in this edition of Coffee Talk and explain how smart marketers can use audio for:

	* Newsletters
	* Podcasts
	* Radio Style Commercials
	* Product Reviews
	* Product and Service Introductions
	* Complete Multimedia Info Products
	* Even Entire Sales Letters

Adding a professional touch by working with experienced multimedia broadcasters like Charles and Rob can double the effectiveness of any campaign and creates an impression of quality, trustworthiness, and longevity.

If you want to learn how to cost effectively leverage this multimedia tool (http://www.jamesmartell.com/charles-and-rob/index.htm) (one you may have never considered before) to boost your income, sit back, listen in, and prepare to get creative!

And if you are...
(http://jamesmartell.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/JM-AMB-WebLayout-4.jpg)
Ready To Get Serious About Affiliate Marketing?
If you are ready to get serious about succeeding online and earning a full or part-living with affiliate programs -- I invite you to check out my Affiliate Marketers SUPER BootCamp (http://www.jamesmartell.com/bootcamp.html) Homestudy Program.

Listen now!</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:author>James Martell</itunes:author>
		<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
		<itunes:duration>31:15</itunes:duration>
		<rawvoice:embed>&lt;iframe width="400" height="24" src="http://jamesmartell.com/?powerpress_embed=7193-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=default" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;</rawvoice:embed>
	<feedburner:origLink>http://jamesmartell.com/tips-techniques/increase-sales-with-radio-style-audio-for-your-site/</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk/~5/IPOu97BjMTs/charles-rob-feb-08-2011-final.mp3" length="15004036" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://media.blubrry.com/affiliate_buzz_podcast/jamesmartell.com/audio-ct/charles-rob-feb-08-2011-final.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item>
		<item>
		<title>Coffee Talk Interview #62 – Travis Newman Teaches You to Snowball Your Internet Profits by Buying Existing Websites</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk/~3/8eh2DC6kPqw/</link>
		<comments>http://jamesmartell.com/coffee-talk/travis-newman-teaches-you-to-snowball-profits-by-buying-existing-websites/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 00:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Martell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing Podcast - "Coffee Talk with James Martell" (Since 2007)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buying sites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[domain names]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[domainer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jamesmartell.com/?p=6901</guid>
		<description>TweetCoffee Talk with Travis Newman James Martell, successful affiliate and affiliate trainer, has been teaching people to make money by building profitable websites from the ground up. However, in this latest edition of Coffee Talk, James talks with Travis Newman, an affiliate who found an excellent way to make more money even faster by letting [...]&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk?a=8eh2DC6kPqw:ShcWIJIF-MI:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk/~4/8eh2DC6kPqw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://jamesmartell.com/coffee-talk/travis-newman-teaches-you-to-snowball-profits-by-buying-existing-websites/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>

			<itunes:keywords>buying sites,domain names,domainer</itunes:keywords>
		<itunes:subtitle>Coffee Talk with Travis Newman - James Martell, successful affiliate and affiliate trainer, has been teaching people to make money by building profitable websites from the ground up.  However, in this latest edition of Coffee Talk,</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>(http://jamesmartell.com/images/travis-newman.jpg)Coffee Talk with Travis Newman

James Martell, successful affiliate and affiliate trainer, has been teaching people to make money by building profitable websites from the ground up.  However, in this latest edition of Coffee Talk, James talks with Travis Newman, an affiliate who found an excellent way to make more money even faster by letting other people do the hard work first.

How does he do it?

Travis buys websites that are already somewhat profitable, website he knows could do much more, and turns them into money machines earning up to 300% more than the previous owners with tried and true affiliate practices.

Just like in real estate, if you buy the ugliest house in an affluent neighborhood and dress it up, you’ll make a profit.

This Coffee Talk is an excellent resource if you want to learn how to:

	* Find websites that will be profitable for you
	* Learn what services are available to help you pinpoint excellent websites in which to invest
	* Avoid getting scammed or unwittingly duped by website owners
	* Increase website revenue by as much as 300%
	* Build a salary for yourself that’s as much as 5 times more than you’re making now

Travis Newman started out as a software manager for a student loan consolidation company who built websites in his free time.  He got so good at marketing his websites that one site alone managed to match the salary from his “real job” 5 times over.  It was then he decided to make affiliate marketing his full-time career.  But after years of spending hundreds of hours creating sites himself (and later outsourcing to others) and then waiting six to eighteen months before those sites made any money, Travis found a better way.

He began buying websites.  Other people had already paid for content, traffic, and credibility with their time and money.  All these websites really needed was a good tweaking--Travis knew that they could make serious money.   In fact, many of his websites make 300% more than they did for their previous owners.

Join in as James sits down with Travis and discovers how he:

	* Finds sites that are worth the investment
	* Uses web services like Compete.com to help him in his search and acquisition process
	* Rebuilds the sites into the profitable powerhouses they become
	* Avoids paying too much for a website
	* Avoids getting scammed out of thousands of dollars (here’s a hint:  do your homework!)

So if you’re an affiliate marketer who is looking for a quicker way to make more money by applying the skills you already have or someone who wants to know just how to convert a mediocre website into a steady stream of income (and then snowball that stream into a river) this Coffee Talk is a must-have.  Sit back, enjoy, and feel free to take notes—the money you stand to make is definitely worth the small investment of time.

And if you are...
(http://jamesmartell.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/JM-AMB-WebLayout-4.jpg)
Ready To Get Serious About Affiliate Marketing?
If you are ready to get serious about succeeding online and earning a full or part-living with affiliate programs -- I invite you to check out my Affiliate Marketers SUPER BootCamp (http://www.jamesmartell.com/bootcamp.html) Homestudy Program.</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:author>James Martell</itunes:author>
		<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
		<itunes:duration>35:00</itunes:duration>
		<rawvoice:embed>&lt;iframe width="400" height="24" src="http://jamesmartell.com/?powerpress_embed=6901-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=default" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;</rawvoice:embed>
	<feedburner:origLink>http://jamesmartell.com/coffee-talk/travis-newman-teaches-you-to-snowball-profits-by-buying-existing-websites/</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk/~5/_Lzg1E6dbbY/travis-newman-dec-14-2010-final.mp3" length="12597081" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://media.blubrry.com/affiliate_buzz_podcast/jamesmartell.com/audio-ct/travis-newman-dec-14-2010-final.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item>
		<item>
		<title>Coffee Talk Interview #61 – How Paula Carnegoy and Wanda Sowden Developed A Solid $10,000+ Per Month Promoting Amazon Products – Without Paying A Dime For Traffic!</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk/~3/7S0OGwHQmGs/</link>
		<comments>http://jamesmartell.com/coffee-talk/how-to-earn-10k-per-month-promoting-amazon-profits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 23:56:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Martell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing Podcast - "Coffee Talk with James Martell" (Since 2007)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[backlinks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Backlinks Workshop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paula and wanda]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jamesmartell.com/?p=6427</guid>
		<description>TweetCoffee Talk with Paula Carnegoy and Wanda Sowden How to make money online? How to build traffic to websites/Internet business? How to rank your site at the top of the search engine result pages (SERPs)? Well, if these are the questions popping up in your mind, here is what the industry experts have to say. [...]&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk?a=7S0OGwHQmGs:4oZCw4ZzQNU:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk/~4/7S0OGwHQmGs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://jamesmartell.com/coffee-talk/how-to-earn-10k-per-month-promoting-amazon-profits/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>

			<itunes:keywords>backlinks,Backlinks Workshop,pad,paula and wanda</itunes:keywords>
		<itunes:subtitle>Coffee Talk with Paula Carnegoy and Wanda Sowden - How to make money online? How to build traffic to websites/Internet business? How to rank your site at the top of the search engine result pages (SERPs)? Well,</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>(http://jamesmartell.com/images/paula_and_wanda.jpg)Coffee Talk with Paula Carnegoy and Wanda Sowden

How to make money online? How to build traffic to websites/Internet business? How to rank your site at the top of the search engine result pages (SERPs)? Well, if these are the questions popping up in your mind, here is what the industry experts have to say.

Starting with content writing and back linking, entering into constructing web pages and now building websites, Paula &amp; Wanda (http://www.amazonianprofit.com) can be called as the giants of affiliate marketing. Sharing their experience with James Martell over a cup of coffee, here is a guide they recommend for the beginners in affiliate marketing.

When asked about the secret of their success, Paula discloses “Focus on one site and comprehend a few pages at a time rather than handling 4-5 websites together helps you improve the quality of your job. Use PAD for distributing articles. Create a nice article; add 2-3 links to the merchant and its ready to be published”. “We started with content writing and once we got good amount of job in hand, we started giving away articles to content writers saving our time to invest in constructing web pages”, Wanda added.

It's more than obvious that attending international conferences like the Affiliates Summit helps a lot in networking as you get to meet a lot a of people and improve your business. “To make $10,000 a month, it takes only one website, to be precise - 3 pages.”

Collecting content, gathering the back links and increasing the traffic on the website are only a part of the job. The content needs to be creative, informative and attractive enough so that after reading the review, you should ensure that the reader can go straight to in this case the Amazon site rather than clicking the sidebars and get distracted.

The key to capture the reader’s attention is not just listing down all the features of a product, but focusing on each feature and discussing its pros and cons. Paula and Wanda developed a design, layout and methodology to construct a review. Once they used this format, they found a huge response compared to the previous short quickly written reviews. “People need information and a bit of details to make up their mind to buy a product. Short reviews don't cut it”, says Wanda.

For the beginners, here are steps to success as suggested by Paula &amp; Wanda:

	* Start with one website; focus on 5 articles/product reviews.
	* 5 is an easy number that allows your creativity to flow evenly among all the reviews and also gives you an opportunity to work with variety of articles. Beyond 5 might be stressful.
	* Picking the right product is a critical decision which is based on the price and the popularity of the product.
	* Build content focusing more on quality rather than quantity.

For example: the commission for a product costing $150 would be decent enough to start with. Products that everyone loves to buy are also a good choice.

Why Affiliate Marketing?

Affiliate Marketing gives you the freedom to travel, to sit with your laptop all the day and still make loads of money. It gives financial and professional freedom.

The complete guide to affiliate marketing can be found in their e-book, AMAZONIAN PROFIT PLAN. For more details about the book, please visit www.amazonianprofit.com (http://www.amazonianprofit.com).

RESULTS NEVER LIE AND THEY HAVE GOT THE RESULTS.

And if you are...
(http://jamesmartell.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/JM-AMB-WebLayout-4.jpg)
Ready To Get Serious About Affiliate Marketing?
If you are ready to get serious about succeeding online and earning a full or part-living with affiliate programs -- I invite you to check out my Affiliate Marketers SUPER BootCamp (http://www.jamesmartell.com/bootcamp.html) Homestudy Program.</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:author>James Martell</itunes:author>
		<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
		<itunes:duration>42:52</itunes:duration>
		<rawvoice:embed>&lt;iframe width="400" height="24" src="http://jamesmartell.com/?powerpress_embed=6427-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=default" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;</rawvoice:embed>
	<feedburner:origLink>http://jamesmartell.com/coffee-talk/how-to-earn-10k-per-month-promoting-amazon-profits/</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk/~5/WoM6XtHtamE/paula-wanda-nov-25-2010.mp3" length="41157694" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://media.blubrry.com/affiliate_buzz_podcast/jamesmartell.com/audio-ct/paula-wanda-nov-25-2010.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item>
		<item>
		<title>Coffee Talk Interview #60 – You Can Look Back To A Past ShareASale Think Tank To Learn The 7 Things YOU Must Look For In A High-Converting Affiliate Program (Audio &amp; Video)</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk/~3/KaKS2G2EhJ4/</link>
		<comments>http://jamesmartell.com/coffee-talk/7-tips-to-choosing-a-high-converting-affiliate-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 18:19:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Martell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing Podcast - "Coffee Talk with James Martell" (Since 2007)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[choosing ads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[choosing products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[choosing topics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ShareaSale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ShareaSale Think Tank]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jamesmartell.com/wp/?p=593</guid>
		<description>Choosing a merchant partner can feel like a daunting task. Affiliate Marketer James Martell helps remove this fear, sharing with Coffee Talk listeners 7 things to look for when evaluating a merchant, as well as the 7 things that make an merchant's affiliate program successful.&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk?a=KaKS2G2EhJ4:JeIFJbi7z_Y:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk/~4/KaKS2G2EhJ4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://jamesmartell.com/coffee-talk/7-tips-to-choosing-a-high-converting-affiliate-program/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>

			<itunes:keywords>choosing ads,choosing products,choosing topics,ShareaSale,ShareaSale Think Tank</itunes:keywords>
		<itunes:subtitle>Choosing a merchant partner can feel like a daunting task. Affiliate Marketer James Martell helps remove this fear, sharing with Coffee Talk listeners 7 things to look for when evaluating a merchant, as well as the 7 things that make an merchant's affi...</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>In this Coffee Talk, James also tells you exactly how to evaluate a merchant and shares seven things that make an affiliate program successful, making it one java break you don't want to miss.

Having attended the ShareASale Think Tank back in '07 in Scottsdale AZ, where James and 59 other top affiliates participated in the critique of 12 merchant's websites, he talked about this short 'breakation' and how he uses the time away to recharge his own creativity.



The group checked into the Gainey Ranch Resort (http://scottsdale.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp) Friday evening and on a Saturday evening sat back the next morning as the 12 merchants who were taking part in the event took 45 minutes to present their website and their products or services.

The affiliates then provided constructive criticism about each site. Doing this all day long, we started to see patterns among the sites that have the highest conversion rates, -- James says. Of course, he shares this information with you here.

You will also hear all about the top seven things you want to consider when evaluating your merchants and the seven things you want to look for in a strong affiliate program.

You can then use these 'checklists' to help you choose the most successful merchants, the ones that convert at the highest rate possible, and to ensure you seek out the most successful affiliate programs.

In fact, by learning how to identify the best merchants upfront, those with good conversion rates, and getting in the 3% range, affiliates can double, triple and even quadruple revenues from EXISTING traffic.
7 Things YOU Must Look For In A High-Converting Affiliate Program
And the timing of this Coffee Talk is perfect as James talks about how he has recently noticed that several forum members are working on converting more of their existing traffic into more revenue. In fact, the following seven things to look for on any merchant site will also be posted in the forum:

	* The site's shopping cart needs to be clean and uncluttered. It should be easy to use, and complete with have product photos and descriptions. It should also list availability of the stock.
	* Look for shipping information. You don't want to leave a customer wondering about this. The shipping information should be easy to find and if it is complicated (such as international shipping), make sure your merchant has a shopping calculator front and center where it is easily viewed.
	* Does the merchant have purchase incentives such as free shipping, discounts for shopping with them, or even gift cards? Of course, you don't want the visitors you drive to the merchant site to have to spend $2000 before they qualify for these incentives. This will not work in your favor.
	* Are the product details of the specific product your visitor was looking at listed on exact same page where they make their purchase (details such as manufacturer, dimensions, images, colors available, weight, size, materials, colors, etc.).
	* Does the merchant site have secure shopping certificates? Look for icons from companies such as GEOTrust, BizRate, Better Business Online, VeriSign, etc.
	* Is there an 1-800# on the site? Are the products sold over the phone? If so, does the merchant have provisions in place to make sure the affiliate is properly compensated?
	* Also consider the comfort and convenience factor. For instance, what is the merchant's return and exchange policy. Is contact information there and easily accessible? What are the money back guarantees? Can site visitors view the status of shipment while it is being sent to them? Is company information there? What is the merchant site's privacy policy.

James also talks about a few sites that were presented at the ShareASale Think Tank (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUL9DWXyQEY) that he thinks listeners should visit including: CSNStores.com (http://csnstores.com), JensonUSA.com (http://jensonusa.com), TFAW.com (http://tfaw.com), TinyPrints.</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:author>James Martell</itunes:author>
		<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
		<rawvoice:embed>&lt;iframe width="400" height="24" src="http://jamesmartell.com/?powerpress_embed=593-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=default" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;</rawvoice:embed>
	<feedburner:origLink>http://jamesmartell.com/coffee-talk/7-tips-to-choosing-a-high-converting-affiliate-program/</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JamesMartellCoffeeTalk/~5/WfJBK37hIvI/Evaluating-Merchants.mp3" length="19764736" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://media.blubrry.com/affiliate_buzz_podcast/www.jamesmartell.com/audio-ct/Evaluating-Merchants.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item>
	</channel>
</rss>

