Affiliate Classroom is a wonderful, comprehensive course that will take you from the beginning to proficiency in affiliate marketing.

Affiliate marketing is a proven profitable business model. Whether you operate as an affiliate marketer independently or have incorporated affiliate marketing as part of a larger business model, promoting and profiting from products you believe in is a spectacular business.

In fact affiliate marketing has become such a powerful and profitable business that the competition has become quite intense. That isn’t to say that there is no money to be made in affiliate marketing anymore, it just means that if you want to do it right, if you want to make money with affiliates or affiliate marketing then there are some trade secrets and a bit of education to obtain. Read more

From Jack Humphrey: Friday Traffic Report April 25 2008

A lot of people have asked me how I do “all this.” I sure couldn’t pull off two large membership sites, this blog, consulting, training, and marketing without a solid team.

The “4 Hour Work Week” might be a pipe dream for you at this moment, but how is that 60+ hour work week working for you right now?

Do you want to know the secret to getting the job of 15 people done? Have a team of 15 people. (Were you expecting magic?)

The biggest issue readers talk about to me is time. Social marketing eats up hours like a swarm of locusts in a corn field. All the other things you have to do to market and service your customers also blaze through your precious minutes each day until you are left wondering how guys like me do all this stuff.

In short, I don’t do all this stuff myself. I have a team. A damn good one. Read more

There’s no doubt about it; in the last ten years, technology has improved so much, that it has certainly changed the way we live our lives and receive our information. It has also changed the way we conduct business.

People are no longer bound to a corporation for employment. More and more people are starting their own businesses from home. They can communicate with clients in a blink of an eye, send documents and reports around the world in an instant and even compete with large corporations for clients.

Even though a person is able to do all of those things from home, they are still only one person and will need some support in order to manage a growing business. Hiring a virtual assistant is the obvious solution, but the process can be intimidating – especially for those who are new to the work at home arena. Read more

When someone decides to hire a virtual assistant to help them with their business, it is natural to want to hire the most qualified person for the job. Some VAs have chosen to become certified. Is this something you should look for when hiring a VA?

There are many online schools and associations that offer VA certification. Since there is no law that governs what this distinction means, each program or association can decide what is required for their specific certification.

In most cases, this will mean that the VA has passed some exams in things like word processing, web design, internet research, and so forth. It is important to remember that there are no standardized tests and that receives certification from one organization may not be eligible for certification from another organization.

Rather than looking at a certification that may not mean much at all, it is important to look at the VA’s all around background, skill set, and past experience. Read more