Marketers are looking with anticipation at the Affiliate Classroom 2.0 launch that is coming up because of a controversy surrounding the certification for affiliates that the course promises. Many in the field are embracing it with open arms...
Internet marketers are constantly talking about the Super Affiliates who quietly rake in 5 and 6 figures while hundreds of others are barely making any money at all. As a matter of fact, Lots of folks attempt to emulate the gurus simply to discover that a lot of toil is required! That is why so many people become disillusioned with affiliate marketing courses. When Affiliate Classroom 2.0 was announced, 2 years after the original course had first hit the market, the skepticism arose!.
In 2007, affiliate manager certifications were the prime reason people signed up for Affiliate Classroom. Many prospective affiliates signed up for the lessons in the hopes of becoming affiliate managers. Gurus used the Affiliate Classroom course as a way to eliminate a good number of applicants from consideration. Those who did not take the class, were not interviewed!
In 2009, Anik made Affiliate Classroom even better, so powerful that affiliate managers are asking him to certify students graduate at higher levels so that they can use this criteria to negotiate lower commissions for lower level affiliates. Should the affiliate managers succeed at obtaining Affiliate Classroom certifications for affiliates, it would almost force affiliates into the training program to have a chance to earn money selling other people's products.
Marketers sometimes want to join joint venture promotions, oblivious about how to get free traffic, without a list to promote to and beyond doubt not equipped to invest in a PPC (Pay Per Click) marketing campaign. The affiliate managers in these cases are often afraid to reject them, without actually giving them access to the product like the do with super affiliates.
So the announcement that affiliate certifications are coming is making some of the affiliate managers breathe a lot easier. They can set up a real qualifier for their affiliate programs, keeping the newcomers out until they get the right training and some experience.
One of the bonuses of the affiliate certification process is the experience factor that may not translate into test grades, since students might know the information enough to pass tests, without the ability to actually do them in real life. Affiliate Classroom makes students preform real world tasks where they earn actual commissions, as part of their certification score.
The affiliate networks and affiliate managers are banking that Affiliate Classroom 2.0 will make their jobs easier. Difficult to sell products will be only handled by those affiliates who have demonstrated the motivation to train themselves and show experience with similar products from the modules in Affiliate Classroom. With the curriculum designed by Anik Singal and his staff, super affiliate criteria will be measured and taught by people who have reached 6 and 7 figure success.
