Finding the right Course or Mentor for exactly your requirements can be difficult, especially at the beginning when perhaps you don’t know all the possible pitfalls of each Internet Marketing (IM) method.
The quality of the training course can be varied. You need to find a good match, which will depend on your personality, drive, tolerance, Also on the cost and existing level of knowledge, nobody wants to go through “how to install a WordPress site” if you’ve already done it 20 times.
The best of the mentors behind the sites reviewed are ‘battle hardened’ marketers, their experience is what you need. Beware of the hyped-up ‘marketers’ who have little or no experience and are just in it to sell courses to you!
In the article below is a list of some courses and mentors. I’ve put together a review of each one detailing some key factors so you can make up your mind which way to go. Follow the links throughout the article, and at the end where I show the full list of articles with full reviews and advice.
My guide will tell you what areas of IM are covered by each Programme along with any offers available
To Learn Affiliate Marketing – You have a few choices:
- Muddle through on your own, watching YouTube Gurus
- Pay an experienced Mentor for One to One Sessions
- Buy a course
- Subscribe to a Marketing Community
- Read everything on this website – then try it out
Should I find a Mentor OR buy a Marketing Course?
In this article you will see the options explained and my recommendations. There are links to a few courses and platforms that I know are good value. Some of the links are affiliate links, if you use them, thanks in advance, much appreciated
The Best Option - Mentoring
There is no doubt, if you can find someone who has been though the learning process, set up successful campaigns and is a good communicator – talking to and learning from them is going to put you ahead of the game.
Ideally you should aim to find someone who is one or two levels of experience above where you are now. Going for the top ‘guru’ in your field isn’t going to be much help if you’re a newbie, as they will be referring to things you haven’t met yet, all the time.
Unfortunately finding such people is hard and expensive. Those that exist know how much their experience is valued and can command a very high price for their knowledge. A One to One Mentor is going to be extremely expensive, If indeed you can persuade one to mentor you at all. In general the price will determine how much access to the tutor you will have. At the lowest level it may be limited email access, at a reasonable rate , maybe £200 ish/month, but at the highest it may be actual meetings, which might be priced at several thousands.
Also popular are group meetings especially at the very top level where really successful people can share and learn top techniques currently making top buck!
Next Best - Buy a Course
Fortunately there are a few really good, reasonably priced courses and programmes around with experienced marketers doing the teaching. I have some reviews below listing the type of course available and the type of marketing covered.
To start with, learn the basics, it will get you a long way. A lot depends on your level of “self starting”. By that I mean how self reliant you are. I’ve met many people who come to a big fullstop at the first hurdle even if it’s a trivial question. Instead of simply Googling the problem, they will email me or even ring me, so instead of it taking a few seconds to find something out, they will wait for me to tell them the answer. I’m afraid if you are that sort of person – you aint going to make it ! You need to be resiliant, resourceful and persistent.
But when you have a niche chosen and your site is up and working, you then may need help. You need to make a choice here. There are many good courses to follow – the only problem is information getting out of date. Take Google for example – a few years ago their algorithm for ranking sites, took the blog title as one of the major factors, but today its relevance is much less.
Also, you can find free Training Courses and Forums where you can get ongoing help when you need it, of course, this is the lowest level so you wouldn’t expect instant help here – it’s a case of posting a question and waiting.
Join a Paid Marketing Community
This is a good option if you want both a course and a continuing “hand-holding”. You pay a subscription and there usually are course modules to follow at your own pace.
You might have access to marketing tools or a marketing network. A good tracking software, funnel builder, autoresponder, or keyword tool can be very expensive. So it can work out cheaper long term. Good examples here are A1 marketing by Mr. Opulent and Joey Babineau’s Vault Media agency – access is for members only.
Choice of tools and markets is the key though – are the ones provided, the best or even adequate for the job?
The Last Option
If money is tight, but you have what it takes, you can make it alone. It usually takes far longer, may have several false starts but it is possible. There is now far more information available than there was when I started, you just have to be able to sift through it to find the gold.
What does it take?
- Persistence
- Self Reliance
- Resourcefulness
Beware !
You are going to find obstacles everywhere if you have no experience, you will have to find answers and solutions and implement them yourself.
AND you are going to find “the solution” advertised everywhere. This is the famous “shiny object syndrome” that sly marketers put in your path.
“Buy my course only $19, push button success, builds a torrent of cash into your bank account today“
you know the sort of thing. The trouble is they are getting better and better at persuading you to part with your cash.
So, if you are the sort of person who has Persistence, Self Reliance, and is Resourceful, you can sign up for my free course which will show you the basic method I used to build several successful money earning websites
Mentor Review Guide
The quality of the training can be varied. It will depend on your personality, drive, tolerance, Also on the cost and existing level of knowledge ( nobody wants to go through “how to install a WordPress site ” if you’ve already done it 20 times.
The best of the mentors behind the sites reviewed are ‘battle hardened’ marketers, their experience is what you need. Beware of the hyped up ‘marketers’ who have little or no experience and are just in it to sell courses to you!
In the article below is a list some of the mentoring sites, I’ve put together a review of each one detailing some key factors so you can make up your mind which way to go.
My guide will tell you what areas of IM are covered by each Programme along with any offers available. There is a link to my review page on some of the better programmes.
- Cost - lowest and highest level monthly fees
- Hype - How much blowing their own trumpet ! Some Marketers in the Education space go over the top with their self promotion - worst case you could be signing up to become a statistic in their next products promotion and subsequently dropped afterwards.
- Free Section - can be useful to gauge the strength of the course by joining as a free member
- Detail in the Course Materials - is it up to date and is there enough detail
- Tools and Resources - what do they provide - what do you have to buy or 'rent' by the month
- Have their own Offer Network - Great for newbies - low competition - chosen by experts
- Join with Special Offer - reduced fee for first month
- Forum / Access
SBI Site Build It
Recommended by none other than Miles Beckler. So take a good look. Originally set up by Dr.Ken Evoy, SiteSell has a simple but very effective basis:- C T P M
Create In-Demand CONTENT
Attract TARGETED traffic
PRE-SELL those visitors
MONETIZE the pre-sold traffic
SBI has been going a lot of years and has had an impressive number of successes. Join for free check out our methods and decide for yourself
Joey Babineau Powerhouse Affiliates
Memberships : Free limited access, or paid Monthly $49/month ( 1st month $19)
Facilities: Training Courses beginner to Expert. Build an Affiliate Business, main courses CPA, push ads – paid traffic methods. Lots of real case-studies which in my opinion is essential when trying to put together your first campaigns.
Join – join as a free member upgrade after trying it out.
Join – join as a free member.
Upgrade after trying it out and get access to their private agency Vault Media.
Joey gives masterclasses and shows you real case studies in traffic and conversions with video lessons
John Crestani
John is a big self publicist. So get your hype filter ready ! However his course is real and will earn you a lot of money, if you stick with his plan.
Cost: Memberships: Training Courses: $997
Hype – read everything carefully to filter out the hype. John is, after all, a marketer and he pushes his own course hard. But to be fair there are a lot of satisfied customers out there who have gone through the course which is 6 weeks drip-fed and are making good money using his methods.
John teaches Paid Advertising so don’t forget to allow a budget of at least 1000 dollars for Ads
In this webinar, John introduces his own brand of internet marketing
Wealthy Affiliate
Well known marketers like Alen Shehovich and others are always showering praise on WA.
Wealthy-Affiliate has been around since 2005, founders Kyle Loudoun and Carson Lim, started with a paid Keyword tool site and after 15 years of development, they have one of the largest Affiliate training sites and membership in the world. They have their own Keyword tool Jaxxy and their own hosting SiteRubix. See my WA review here
Mark Lings Affilorama
Marks Affilorama has been around a long time, there are many useful tools on the site, training courses both free and paid, a Forum which I have used many times and webinars both live and recorded.
Anik Singal
Email Marketing
Anik is a serial course author, his “inboxing” product a couple of years ago was phenominally successful. Anik concentrates on email marketing which is applicable to most Affiliate sites, CPA sites, Review sites…. etc. He is the founder of Lurn co. education .
Colin Dijs
High end CPA/Affiliate training with Paid Ads as the central method. Colin has his own Marketing Agency , a Forum , Dijs University for top training. A relative newcomer to the training scene Colin has a lot of free videos plus in depth paid training. Although probably not for complete beginners, Colins course goes very deep into the subject , campaigns are reviewed in detail – which is exactly what you need when building your own.
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