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Issue #1 - February 1, 2009

 

In This Issue...

Welcome To Our First Edition!

By James Martell

What a pleasure it is to welcome you to the very first edition of our newsletter.

As many know, Arlene and I have had the good fortune to raise our family while working from home. 

Since 1999 we have been able to do this on the Internet by publishing websites that earn revenue through advertising, as well publishing training materials for those wishing to do the same.

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Report From Affiliate Summit -- January 2009 In Sunny Las Vegas

By James Martell

Over the many years I've been in affiliate marketing -- not the right phrase, really, but one that partly describes what I do -- I've always enjoyed attending the many industry events that surround this emerging industry.

Once such event is Affiliate Summit, founded by Shawn Collins and Missy Ward.

Affiliate Summit, which is held twice a year in North America; once in Las Vegas and once on the east coast, has grown from one annual event with 200 attendees in 2004, to three annual with the Las Vegas event hosting 3200 attendees in 2009!

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Outsourcing - The Key To Getting More Done In Less Time

By James Martell

Over the years I've often been asked, "how do I do it?"  The question being directed at my Internet publishing business, which includes dozens of websites in the "affiliate" arena as well as the many projects that teach others what I know.

And I guess the real answer is that I've learned the importance of leveraging my time and talents through outsourcing.  Even before the Internet I understood the power of surrounding myself with people who had a better grasp than I did of key business functions such as accounting, bookkeeping, technical issues, etc.

But, unlike the old days, where finding talented people was difficult and expensive, the Internet offers Internet entrepreneurs an immediate way to find talent through outsourcing services such as Elance.com.

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Working At Home -- With the Kids

By James Martell

Arlene and I have worked at home for most of our married life. And I could not imagine it any other way. It's been great not having to commute, but the greatest thing has been watching our kids grow up.

Although we worked in different types of businesses over the years, it has been during our Internets businesses the kids have gone from tykes to kids to adults.

Back in the early Internet days we took a photo of us online while I was showing the kids a funny little game. Many have seen this photo and commented that it must be great to have the kids around while working. And, yes, it is great.

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How I Overcame My Reluctance To Start

By Arlene Martell

James asked me to write an article about my early reluctance to build my first website EpilepsyMoms.com. And it's not hard to do because I remember how resistant I was to the idea.

Even though I had watched James successfully publish many websites I had never paid that much attention to the details of just exactly how he did it.

And now, here he was urging me to build a website from scratch in order to let students of his new training look over our shoulders as he coached me.

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How I Added A Chat Forum to KitCarConnection.com

By James Martell

As many know, I've been fortunate since 1999 to have had tremendous success publishing websites that earned revenue through advertising revenue; affiliate revenue in the early days and nowadays a mix of Google AdSense and affiliate links.

Initially I chose topics based on two things; 1) abundant keyword searches, 2) available merchants.

This worked for many years and generated great income, but after while it got "old" publishing on topics that had no personal appeal.  For instance, credit cards.  Yes, it made a lot of money.  But, no, it wasn't interesting writing articles on the topic.

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