NAMS Workshop in Atlanta: Here I Come!

Flying to Atlanta for NAMSFor those who follow me on Twitter, or who may happen to glance periodically in my sidebar and see my tweetstream, you may notice this hashtag: #NAMS appearing more often of late.  NAMS stands for Niche Affiilate Marketing System Workshop that is held in Atlanta every year.  It’s a workshop conference to learn about affiliate and internet marketing. NAMS begins this Friday (August 14-17, 2009) and I’m leaving tomorrow (August 13) and flying to Atlanta for this event.

Unfortunately, NAMS is sold out. Even though many other internet marketing conferences have had to cancel due to poor registrations – NAMS sold out! That’s because NAMS isn’t like any other internet marketing conference. It isn’t a ‘pitch fest’ where you listen then ‘get to’ go spend tons of money buying more stuff.

At NAMS the registration numbers are kept small, and then you are divided into groups (Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced) according to your experience level and other factors that would determine your group placement.  Internet marketing leaders (such as Willie Crawford, Jeff Herring, Lynn Terry and many others) teach sessions and then after each session will meet with their specific groups to help them implement what they just taught them! This is what makes NAMS so powerful. You aren’t just sitting them filling your head full with information that you aren’t quite sure how to implement; at NAMS, they will help you right then and there implement and help you take your business to next level and help you succeed!

So as you can see just from what little I’ve shared, NAMS is special. But it’s the networking opportunities that make NAMS truly special. The people you get to put a ‘face with a name’ that you’ve been communicating with online, the interviewing opportunities, the potential for Joint Ventures to be made… so as you can see, NAMS is a full-on working business trip, that will definitely bring about positive results for anyone who goes and applies themselves and what they learn.

Okay – so my going on and on about NAMS has you bumming because you’ve missed out and you aren’t going. Well, the good news is that David Perdew, the organizer of NAMS has now made it possible for NAMS to come to you – via flashdrive! You can order NAMS4U flashdrives at an excellent price. I highly recommend you do so to get the speaker’s content and information.

So, I will be blogging from NAMS; post pictures and updates. So watch for it!

To YOUR success,

Traci Knoppe

P.S. If you’re not going to NAMS this week, go today to get your NAMS4U Flashdrive before they sell out; and mark your calendars for next August and plan to join me at NAMS in 2010.

Why I Love Affiliate Marketing – Part 5

NOTE:  The following is a guest post from one of my favorite
internet marketing mentors from whom I learn affiliate marketing.

Why I Love Affiliate Marketing – Part 5
By Jimmy D. Brown of “Affiliatenaire”

The word “overhead” is not a favorite among those who run
businesses of any kind.  Nobody likes the expenses of
operating a business.  And nobody really talks about them
much when it comes to promoting all of the “money-making”
products and services online.

But, don’t kid yourself, there’s a lot of overhead.

That brings me to the fifth reason why I love affiliate
marketing…

** You don’t need a big budget to make it work **

Do you have any idea how much money is spent running an
internet business? There are monthly fees for…

* Autoresponders
* Hosting
* Management
* Advertising
* Scripts
* Much more

There are regular fees for…

* Licensing
* Outsourcing
* Support
* Customer Service
* Maintenance
* Development
* Recruting
* Much more

It’s not uncommon to spend tens of thousands (even
hundreds of thousands) of dollars in operational
costs — which is fine if you’ve been in business
a while and are making the bucks. However, if you’re
a newcomer, it can be taxing on your budget!

SIDEBAR:  I paid one girl over $30,000 last year
just to oversee one small part of my business.
No one talks much about it, but there ARE a lot
of expenses involved before you get to the
“bottom line” of profit.

BUT, with affiliate marketing, you don’t need a big
budget to make it work! You can simply use a variety
of free and low-cost marketing methods to generate
clicks to your affiliate link.

That’s why I love affiliate marketing.

You don’t need a big budget to make it work.

…………………….

Jimmy D. Brown is the author of “Affiliatenaire”, teaching
you how to create big-time affiliate commission checks in
only 1-3 hours each week.  Discover how you can get cash in
the bank without a website, experience or even an idea!
Visit http://genesisblogging.com/affiliatenaire/

Why I Love Affiliate Marketing – Part 4

NOTE:  The following is a guest post from one of my favorite
internet marketing mentors from whom I learn affiliate marketing.

Why I Love Affiliate Marketing – Part 4
By Jimmy D. Brown of “Affiliatenaire”

I’m sure by now you are well aware that there are those who
have reported HUGE amounts of money being made with their
online businesses.  What you may not be aware of is the
amount of work involved in generating those “sales” (not
always net profit, mind you … this isn’t “spendable”
income in a lot of cases.)

That brings me to the fourth reason why I love affiliate
marketing…

** You don’t need to manage an entire business **

While it can be quite lucrative, running an entire business
with employees, inventory, partners, vendors, and other
associates can be a time-sucking, frustrating ordeal.

Imagine…

* Processing refunds
* Putting out fires when partners SPAM
* Managing day-to-day operations
* Overseeing projects you’ve outsourced
* Recruting new affiliates
* Training everyone to help you
* Paying taxes
* Taking care of the paper trail
* Doing all of the “stuff” that business owners do.

Didn’t you want to start an internet business to make
more time for important things in life?

Why not make a lot of money WITHOUT making a lot of extra
work for yourself?!

It can be a lot of extra work and stress. BUT, with
affiliate marketing, you don’t need to manage an entire
business! You are simply responsible for promoting your
affiliate link… someone else handles all the rest.

That’s why I love affiliate marketing.

You don’t need to manage an entire business.

…………………….

Jimmy D. Brown is the author of “Affiliatenaire”, teaching
you how to create big-time affiliate commission checks in
only 1-3 hours each week.  Discover how you can get cash in
the bank without a website, experience or even an idea!
Visit http://genesisblogging.com/affiliatenaire/