In this edition of the Affiliate Buzz, host and Instructor of the Affiliate Marketers BootCamp, James Martell, is joined by Joel Comm, the successful internet entrepreneur and Times Bestselling author. During this episode they discuss creating and running an online business and how business success can help you lead a rich and rewarding life.

Understanding Joel Comm

Joel is a very prolific entrepreneur. He has 80,000 Twitter followers, 37,000 fans on Facebook and 27,000 followers on Google Plus. He has written books on Adsense and has expert knowledge of affiliate marketing. He continues to develop and release his own products and books and he offers consultations for businesses at $10,000 for six hours.

Joel’s first business started when he moved to Dallas, Texas to become a DJ. He established his first website in 1995 and his first online business success was in 1996. It was at a point where he was about to run out of money and his partner had left Joel to go work with Microsoft.

Joel prayed for a solution to his problems with the website. Within a week, a man representing a Japanese group of businesses wanted to licence his content on WorldVillage.com. They offered $5000 a month, which was a life changing moment and it turned his fortunes around. This domain is still owned by Joel.

In 1997, his webmaster pointed to a site springerspan.com. The owner had developed the foundation for one of the first multiplayer game sites using java. Joel approached the owner to do a joint venture and this became Classicgames.com.

It wasn’t long before some big brands became interested and Joel was able to sell the site for a seven figure amount. Classicgames.com became Yahoo! Games.

Joel speaks a lot about his online business career. Included in the conversation is:

* What place in Joel’s history do Dealaday.com, drugstore.com, staples.com and pets.com have?

* Why is Google’s Adsense important for Joel at this time?

* How was Joel’s income changed by the use of Adsense?

* How this has progressed into a successful career as an author, spurred on by advice from Chris Pirillo.

* How his book sales picked up with the help from Paul Myers.

Joel has written specifically about Twitter, a subject that James himself has covered in other podcasts.

A Diverse Career Path

James and Joel first crossed paths when Joel was at a convention, after he released the app Kerching button, something which regularly makes an appearance throughout the show. The KaChing button has now become important for some individuals as a way of ringing in online sales.

This isn’t the only app which has been developed by Joel. Recently he has created an app which was used by everyone including George Clooney and Demi Moore: the iFart mobile app.

The app has netted Joel a total of $0.5 million and was number one on the iphone app store 12 days after its release. The novelty application however has not had a completely easy ride. At the same time another ‘farting’ app was released called Pull My Finger