subject: How To Find A Successful Affiliate Marketing Course That Makes You Money [print this page] An affiliate marketing membership course is the most cost-effective way to learn all the skills it takes to successfully making money online. You learn in one place and not in several ebooks that just teach one technique.
Since there are so many courses out there, how do you know which ones will be worth the investment and make you money? A successful affiliate marketing course will meet the following nine criteria:
1. The Big Picture. A good course will always teach beginners the big picture first. You can't proceed forward if you don't have a good foundation about how to make money online.
2. Consistency. What's on the outside of the sales page should be on the inside. I once joined an affiliate marketing course where a feature I was interested in was nowhere to be seen inside the membership. Other things were inconsistent as well. It turned out to be a cleverly disguised scam.
3. Detailed Legitimate Methods. The course can't take for granted you're a beginner. You should know the who, what, where, when, why, how and why not of the technique you're learning in order to avoid spam issues and stay compliant with the search engines.
4. Available For Questions. The instructor and his staff should be available for questions in a reasonable time frame, preferably within a day. It's understandable that he's busy, but more than a week is too late.
5. A Friendly Forum. Some membership courses may have forums which allow members to interact with one another. This frees up the coach and his staff to run operations. Sometimes a peer can explain things in a way that resonates with you better. Watch the tone of the forum. If it's hostile, that's a sign to leave. You paid good money to learn, not to be harassed.
6. The Coach Makes Money With The Skills He Teaches You. Your coach should practice what he preaches in his affiliate marketing course. Can he prove that he makes money with the methods he uses? If not, he needs to point you in the direction of someone who does. No point in wasting your money on a hypocrite.
7. Instills Confidence In You. A good instructor encourages and instills confidence that you can perform the skills it takes to be successful online. You shouldn't be told affiliate marketing requires no effort because that's simply not true. Your mindset should be focused towards creating an online income in the correct manner.
8. Good Partnership. Not every coach is expert in every technique. You may be listening to a webinar where your instructor invites a traffic guru or an article marketing specialist that can provide you other skills that would benefit you. This demonstrates your coach's ability to network. In the future, you may end up networking for your own business. Learn from example.
9. The Price Of the Course is Reasonable. A corporate-run affiliate marketing course can run as high as $10,000 per year. The cost covers schedulers, administration and management teams. In my experience, they provide nowhere near the quality of an online program. An online course is founded by active internet marketers and cost between $300 to $500 a year. These deliver excellent quality, and you can go at your own pace. You should never have to pay thousands of dollars to learn how to make money online.
You owe it to yourself to get the best education for your online success. Choose wisely.
