James Martell

Welcome to another edition of The Affiliate Buzz, where affiliate marketers have been coming to be inspired, informed and motivated to succeed since way back in 2003. Arlene is away today, but James has two guests with him to discuss what affiliates and advertisers can do to save themselves from world of hurt from the FTC. by understanding the right way to disclose an Affiliate relationship. →

It’s a big world, and a big world wide web. Your chances of getting top ranking in a national market are pretty slim. But in a smaller pond, you can be a bigger fish. James and Arlene will tell you how to become the go-to site in your local market. YES! There Is a Ton of Money to Be Earned By Affiliates In Your Local Market. →

In this episode James and Arlene share their secret, their method for doing it all and having it all – two words. Hire help. The Common reasons affiliate marketers resist outsourcing. What kinds of tasks that you can outsource, how much you should expect to pay, and what to include (and what not to include) in your project descriptions. →

James and his guest, Jamie Birch, should be away, attending Affiliate Summit in Las Vegas. Instead, these two pioneers of affiliate marketing are here holding their own mini-summit to discuss affiliate marketing today and the state of the industry. →

Today, they’ll revisit one of their clients, James McNamara at DolphinWorld.org to see what strategies are working and what needs to be improved on. They’ll discuss improving Google rankings and increasing your Facebook views. →

James and Arlene want to double their income in 2017, and they don’t want to double their workload. So in today’s episode, they’ll discuss the strategies they use to assess what’s working and what’s not, for themselves as well as for their clients. →

Today James and Arlene reflect on some of the strategies they’ve used to do online marketing for local businesses. They’ll cover five specific services that businesses desperately need and will share stories of the successes they’ve had with some local clients. →

Andrew O’Brien, The Publicity Guy, is with James to about how to get free media attention that can expand your audience, promote your brand and increase your bottom line. →

Rachel Honoway and Eric Nagel of FMTC are with James to discuss datafeeds, aggregating affiliate content and tools for linking updated deals to affiliate websites. →

In this episode, they’ll share what they’ve learned about turning your passion -that is your area of subject matter expertise – into a membership site with recurring income. →

Let’s face it. Most of us, especially affiliate marketers who make the majority of their money in the late fall and early winter, tend feel overwhelmed by the holiday season. So as we approach the end of the year, it’s a good time to revisit the best strategies for getting stuff done. For James and Arlene, that’s an easy answer – their favorite project management tools combined with their favorite site for hiring freelancers. →

James and Arlene have been hard at work, not only on their own sites, but also helping their clients prepare for the season with slick looking new or updated websites. They will highlight a few of those websites in today’s show as they discuss the key elements of a premium, pre-built website. →