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 | Linda Woods of PartnerCentric Chats With James Martell -
12-02-2006
 James Martell’s
Coffee Talk
…with Linda Woods of PartnerCentric.com
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About James Martell
 James Martell, a successful affiliate marketer and natural search expert
has published many dozens of sites over the years, and uniquely derives most of
his traffic through natural search at the major search engines. James shares
this knowledge with other webmasters in the THIRD EDITION of his highly
acclaimed Affiliate Marketers Handbook, his twice monthly Affiliate
Buzz audio newsletter and his online Affiliate Marketers BootCamp where
he holds classes via the Internet. James resides in a seaside community south of
Vancouver, BC Canada with his wife Arlene and four children, Adam, Justin,
Shelby and Victoria.
Comment from Listeners- I thought this interview was informative about the history/development of
affiliate programs. I also found the information about the importance of the
affiliate and affiliate manager relationship to be very helpful. Thank you!
Jen in Berkeley, U.S. - Thanks James, It’s always great to get ideas from another perspective,
especially of this sort of calibre. Lots more please…. Steve, Perth,
Australia - The interview was very informative and encouraging. Enjoy listening to what
the affiliate managers where looking for. The suggestion given was price
less. Looking forward to the next interview. Thanks Katrina M. - MD, USA - Thanks for the interview with Linda Woods, her very calm approach made her
easy to listen to and I got a lot out of her story and how she got started
in the business. Listening to Linda and You was very inspiring. I have had
your book now for a while but I have just started to take action and these
types of insightful interviews really help a lot. Keep up the great
inspirational interviews. Scott Dill – St. Louis, MO - It was good to hear how the merchant values what the affiliate brings to the
relationship. Good to know that the affiliate managers value a good
affiliate and are looking for ways to help. Kevin - LA, CA - This interview was very informative and an eye-opener for me. Doing things
on the web you sometimes feel very small and insignificant. In the past I
have always just looked at things from my position and not really given it
any thought as to how the other side feels. It was interesting and exciting
to hear how important we are to the affiliate manages and how they want to
help us no matter if we are their biggest client or just getting started.
There were great tips and ideas shared here that I can’t wait to implement
on my site and really cultivating my relationship with my affiliate managers
– working in a team for everyone to win. Great interview, keep more like
this coming. Thanks, Linda M – B.C. Canada - I found it very informative and a better understanding of your role as a
publisher i.e. what to do - signing up with a merchant and your role with
them. Also the different routes to take when you advertise and what works
for you as a person. I would like to see where you can go to see examples of
other people’s affiliate sites that are successful to get an idea when
putting your site together so that you know your on the right path - its not
for copying just to see what they have done so that it clicks in your mind.
Linda Dalles - Very nice interview! I found it both interesting and inspiring. It is so
nice to hear about people who are really making it and I love receiving
little nuggets of information that will help me in my own affiliate
business. Can’t wait to see a new interview coming… Thanks, Erin A. -
Ohio, USA - Excellent interview. I loved the ideas of building community via a strategic
business plan for the mutual benefit of the publisher and the merchant.
Garth - Santa Barbara CA - Loved the interview, it was a real eye-opener! I will definitely be calling
my affiliate manager and I’ll be armed with some good questions and advice
from Linda. I’ve already implemented her advice about text linking on my
site. Thanks James, can’t wait to hear some more. Denis, Pitt Meadows, BC,
Canada - As a beginner, I found your interview with Linda Woods exciting in regards
to what a good affiliate manager can provide. It reduces the fear I might
otherwise have of entering into a partnership with the affiliate manager.
Robert, Indianapolis - Thank you so much for providing a sense of support through the ideas and
successes of others. This different perspective was helpful to realize we
really can be part of a team. It helps reinforce the truth of this as a
business and incentive to continue to learn. (Back to my manual I go!) Jil,
Maryland, USA - Hi James: I just listened to your ‘interview’ and found it very interesting.
There were things brought to light that would probably not be addressed in
the “buzz” sessions because they were so specific. Sometimes, this type of
information is required to get you thinking ’specific’ rather than
‘general’. For example, placing ads on your page. Most times I simply try to
find pertinent ads and place them most often at the end of the page where
the ‘merchant links’ section was originally set up in the template. But as
was mentioned, you need to think about how the ‘power marketers’ are doing
things. As well, some of the information was a re-iteration of your concepts
- in someone else’s words. This adds credence to your concept. I look
forward to the next instalment. Best Regards, Brian A Schmidt - Hi James, This is Dre Lavack. I found it interesting to find out how these
affiliate manager “middle men” play a role in the whole affiliate marketing
game. I also found it interesting to find out about getting content from
these people. It was great to hear how she got to her success as well. Dre
Victoria, BC - Excellent. We got a lot out of this interview. Lots of real little gems in
this interview like the blue linking for instance. I am also really starting
to see the importance of dealing directly with Affiliate Managers and have
just started to do so. It seems like everything is starting to gel for me
now - its like a light has been turned on and its all coming together. Paula
& Wanda, Australia - Very good interview Linda and James. Now I understand the proper use of data
feeds. It’s nice to see an affiliate network that “gets it”. Jeremy Hier, New
York - As usual, what you have come up with trumps again James. The link to affiliates at
PartnerCentric is worth a mint…..and Linda was a delight to listen to. - James, I really appreciated your interview with Linda Woods of
PartnerCentric.com. Her personality came through and made the content more
interesting than a text based interview would have. I would like to see MANY
more of her calibre interviewed. You are in a unique position to get the
leading affiliate luminaries to consent to being interviewed by you. Make
this your “calling” James!! Regards, Dennis Main, Wichita, KS - Very informative, I have had the pleasure of sitting down with Linda at CJU
and I learned quite a few things from her. It looks like she has a few more
programs that I have to join. - The interview with Linda Woods was great. I found out a lot from listening
to her, such as linking with blue text, placement of links, banner know-how,
and how to get articles from merchants. Also, how many pictures to place on
a page, and get the buyer to click through without going through page after
page. Very good info, and I will put it into practice immediately. Thanks
Linda and James for this great interview. - Yes - great to hear from others in the industry. Helps to validate your
training, with different perspectives. All the tips are so valuable; prompts
us to expand our thinking outside of the box. Also look at this as a
business, and approach as partnership. Very helpful! - I listened to it and it’s great, however I drive a lot. So I download the
buzz, burn it to a CD and listen to it in my truck. That’s what I like about
the buzz. It enables me to make my Idle time productive. If you could put
these in downloadable format, it would be much more useful. If the buzz were
not downloadable I wouldn’t subscribe. - Hi James, “Coffee Talk” is an excellent idea. Not only informative, but this
edition really reinforces what you’ve been saying: Talk to your affiliate
managers. Make learning a priority. Attend trade events. Be a professional &
treat this as a business. Thanks to both you & Linda again, Ed Price
Chambersburg, PA
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