Aired: July 15, 2006

Information: James is back from Florida where he had been attending Affiliate Summit at the Walt Disney World Hilton. James’ guest today is Bronwyn Bamber who was originally met at an Affiliate Summit cruise. James has noticed that people are starting to bring their families to the affiliate events. While the affiliate attends the sessions the family goes off and does the vacation thing. James’ next trip is CJU in September – tickets for CJU are on sale now There were 1100 attendees at Affiliate Summit. James showed up early and spent some time at MGM Studios and Epcot. Bronwyn bought the Affiliate Marketer’s Handbook and started building sites about two years ago. Bronwyn committed full scale to building an affiliate business. Bronwyn talks about some of the problems she encountered when she started and some of the success she has experienced. She talks about the freedom she has experienced as a result of her affiliate success. Bronwyn talks about her plans to semi-retire as a result of the success of her 17 sites. James, Charles and Bronwyn talk about the lack of technical skill required to do the work required. Bronwyn started by sharing the writing duties with some friends and family but recently has been doing all the writing for herself. Bronwyn talks about the importance or rereading the handbook because you will find things that you didn’t know were there the first or second time around. One of the biggest benefits in Bronwyn’s mind for going to events is the ability to network with people. James talks about some friends who have made a success of affiliate marketing as well. James would like to hear from affiliate marketers who are earning between 500 and 1000 a month who might be interested in being interviewed on Affiliate Buzz. Please contact Arlene at Arlene.martell@gmail.com . James talks about a company called ValueMags and how you could potentially generate more revenue by selling magazine subscriptions to your existing traffic. Check the National Geographic Affiliate Program. James also suggests having a look at Ebags as another potential affiliate program. James and Charles talk about what they are going to talk about next show.