Want to learn affiliate marketing? The best way is to learn from those who are doing it successfully. Here are 7 resources you can use to learn the affiliate marketing strategies successful marketers are using to make money online every day.
Super Affiliate Handbook by Rosalind Gardner
The Super Affiliate Handbook is the bible of affiliate marketing. If you don’t yet own a copy, this is the place to start. This 200 page ebook walks you through the process of affiliate marketing from start to finish. Rosalind covers everything from registering a domain name and choosing a hosting provider, to negotiating a commission raise.
Self Starters Weekly Tips with Lynn Terry
Lynn Terry is an amazing teacher and mentor. Her income is primarily derived from affiliate sites that sell physical products, so you won’t see a lot of hype about ClickBank products or any sleazy tactics. She uses ethical methods – mostly free – to drive traffic to content-rich sites that add value to the net instead of just cluttering it up.
Affiliate Marketing Sweetie by Melissa Ingold
The name says it all, right? Melissa is another ethical marketer who shuns the get-rich-quick schemes and instead uses sustainable business practices to grow the affiliate marketing side of the Sweetie empire.
Niche Affiliate Marketing System with David Perdew
I attended NAMS in January, and all I can say is Wow! NAMS is a small (less than 200 participants), hands-on seminar where Internet marketers – from the uber-newbie to the highly successful – learn the ropes. The attendees are placed in groups according to their needs, so beginners aren’t in over their head, and more advanced learners aren’t bored. The instructors are available for one-on-one consultations to help with everything from setting up your first WordPress site to tips for managing an army of your own affiliates. The emphasis is on learning affiliate marketing, but the attendees (and the instructors) have a variety of business models, from copywriting services to full-on outsourcing companies.
Affiliatenaire by Jimmy D. Brown
Affiliatenaire is a year-long membership program that includes small, doable tasks laid out for you in a step-by-step format, one lesson at a time. Each lesson arrives as a PDF, generally about one per week, and each builds upon the last to help you create a strong affiliate marketing foundation. Again, this course starts at the very beginning – choosing a niche – so it’s ideal for someone just starting out.
Note: This course is going off the market soon, so if you want in, do it now. Don’t worry about losing out, though, because when it does retire, all current subscribers will continue to have access through the end of their membership term. Click here to sign up.
InfoProduct Killer by Craig Kaye
Craig’s system is new to me, but I’m reading rave reviews about it from the likes of Tiffany Dow and Debra Conrad, so I’m already impressed. Again, the emphasis here is on affiliate marketing for physical products. No shady ebooks or other deals that make you question the ethics of the promoter. I’ll be posting a full review soon, but in the mean time, you can check it out here.
Warrior Forum
Okay, so far every resource I’ve listed requires a bit of a cash outlay. Not a lot, but some. If you’re looking to get your feet wet without spending any money, check out the Warrior Forum. It’s the largest and longest-running public forum dedicated to making money online, and there are some genuinely helpful people over there. Most of the threads are about promoting ebooks and other digital products, and most of them are either about weight loss, getting your ex back, or how to get rich as an Internet marketer. But take a look, have some patience, and you’ll find some real gems.
