Affiliate Classroom 2.0 Review
By Chris Stirling On August 9, 2009
Under Affiliate Marketing, Product Reviews
Anik Singal, the creator of Affiliate Classroom is a well known internet marketing guru, and has created 
some stand out products in his time. The first thing I want to say is that Affiiate Classroom 2.0 is no exception, and truly is the next generation of online learning!
This comprehensive e-learning suite includes not only course work, but the tools, support and community and expertise that can actually get people from dreaming of running a fully profitable online business to actually doing it.
I went through Affiliate Classroom 2.0 myself recently as I was granted early access so that I could review the product, and below I have listed the key benefits for you.
(What I do want to say is that if you are new or even intermediate at affiliate marketing then this course is definitely a must have. If you are already an experienced affiliate (earning over $3000 a month) then this course may not be for you.)
If you are in a hurry == > here’s the link to Affiliate Classroom 2.0
What Is Affiliate Classroom 2.0?
Affiliate Classroom 2.0 is the next generation of online training from Lurn, Inc.
This comprehensive e-learning suite includes not only coursework – but the tools, community, support and added edge that entrepreneurs need to make it from “I want to start my own online business” to “I own my own, profitable online business.”
What Makes Affiliate Classroom 2.0 Different from Everything Else Out There?
1. The Affiliate Resume / Affiliate Certification
2. An Insane Number of Courses
3. More Supportive Content Than You Can Shake a Stick at
4. Fully Integrated Tools
5. A Community Built for Serious Networking
Let’s take a closer look at each of these parts of the Affiliate Classroom 2.0 program
If you are in a hurry == > here’s the link to Affiliate Classroom 2.0
1. Affiliate Certification:
Since they started certifying Affiliate Managers in 2007, Affiliate Managers, Networks and everyone else in the industry has been asking us: Can you certify Affiliates?
They now they can say: Yes!
Affiliate Classroom students receive a “Class” ranking. This tells them, us, YOU and everyone else they are in touch with what level affiliate they are using a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being the cream of the crop Super Affiliates.)
They use a combination of testing and real-world action to certify affiliates and give them a class ranking. As students complete coursework and meet milestones, they move their way up the rankings. A Status Bar at the top of every page within AC2 reminds the students of their Class ranking and encourages them to increase it.
2: An Insane Number of Training Courses:
AC2 is loaded with great training materials that show students exactly how to setup their website, generate traffic and drive buying customers to merchants/advertisers in return for top commissions.
Here are the just 60 COURSES inside their training center:
- Is Affiliate Marketing Right for You?
- Affiliate Marketing: What It Is and How It Works
- Monetization: Earning Commissions, CPA, and Other
- Legal & Ethical Issues in the Affiliate Industry
- Email Ethics and Spam Legislation
- Getting Started: Infrastructure, Tools, and Budgeting
- Finding Products
- Merchants & Networks
- Business Entities & Tax Considerations
- Affiliate Business Models
- Paid Search (PPC) Affiliate Business Model
- Natural Search (SEO) Affiliate Business Model
- Email (Opt-In) Affiliate Business Model
- Content Affiliate Business Model
- Comparison/Direct Sales Affiliate Business Model
- Community/Membership Affiliate Business Model
- Blog Business Models
- Niche Research & Selection
- Niche Research Tools: Free & Paid
- Finding Products that Fit Your Niche
- Finding & Evaluating Merchants
- Working with CPA Networks
- Working with ClickBank & Similar Networks
- Choosing a Domain Name
- Affiliate websites: Building a Basic website in HTML
- FTP, CPanel, and File Management
- Website Content & Copywriting Basics
- Copywriting – Articles & Blog Posts
- SEO Basics
- Traffic Basics: Types of Traffic
- Traffic Basics: Keywords & How They Affect Traffic
- Traffic Basics: Metrics & Stats
- Free Traffic: Basic Models and Overview of Methods
- Free Traffic: Natural Search
- Free Traffic: Blogs and RSS
- Free Traffic: Opt-in and Email
- Paid Traffic: Paid Search (PPC)
- Paid Traffic: Ezine Advertising
- SEO: Overview of Best Practices
- SEO: Keyword Research – Basic Methods
- SEO: On Page Factors
- SEO: Off Page Factors
- SEO: Link Building
- Content Marketing: Article Marketing
- Blog Marketing: Overview of Best Practices
- Blog Directories
- Theyb 2.0 Marketing: Overview of Best Practices
- Social Bookmarking: Why and How
- Viral Marketing: Video
- Email: Autoresponders
- Email: Incentivized Lists and “Squeeze” Pages
- Paid Search: Principles and Best Practices
- Paid Search: Keywords, Bidding, and URLs
- Paid Search: Campaigns and Quality Score Issues
- Paid Search: Landing Pages and Theybsites
- Paid Search: Testing and Optimizing
- Paid Search: Intro to AdWords
- Paid Search: AdWords Campaign Setup
- Monetization: Choosing Affiliate Offers
- Monetization: Negotiating Commissions with
- Managers/Merchants
3: More Supportive Content Than You Can Shake a Stick At
Not only is AC2 loaded with courses, they’ve also added a ton of great supportive materials. Just take a look at this list – taken directly from the Training tab from AC2.
- Training Home
- Private Tutoring
- Articles
- Bonus Content
- Case Studies
- Checklists
- Downloadable
- Guides
- Interviews
- Presentations
- Tip Sheets
- Glossary
- Milestone Questions
- Search Content
Students can find everything from articles and case studies on a wide variety of affiliate marketing tools and techniques – to printable tip sheets and audio and video presentations that help reinforce the lessons in each of the courses.
Students can search the entire database of content by keyword – and – they can view lists of related content with each piece with the convenient list of “See Also”materials.
4: Fully Integrated Tools
As if coursework, training and a ton of supportive content weren’t enough – they’re also filling AC2 with a great suite of tools such as:
- Google Match Type Tool
- Key Phrase Multiplier
- Long Tail Keyword Generator
- Adwords Ad Writing Tool
- Keyword List Cleaner
- Geo Keyword Generator
- PPC ROI Calculator
- Type Generator
- Tiny URL
- Page Rank
- Traffic Tracker
- Datalocker
- SBS
Students can put their training to work using our keyword tools, URL tracking tools, a traffic-tracking tool that is easy to implement and understand, and a
Datalocker where they can keep track of passwords, links and other files.
PLUS – Paid students have access to a fully functional, hosting-included theybsite builder. So there are no excuses – students can become affiliates right away!
If you are in a hurry == > here’s the link to Affiliate Classroom 2.0
5: A Community Built for Serious Networking
The AC2 Community is more than just a forum… of course they have a forum…
But, they also have a way for students to build their professional, affiliate profiles. Along with their Class rankings, they track their:
- Websites
- Niches per site
- Promotional methods per site
They’re working to help them build their resume – to use when applying for program and negotiating higher commission rates – AND when finding other affiliates to partner with.
Students can find one another and create profitable “friendships” with other affiliates in the same niche or using similar promotional methods.
They can communicate with each other in the forum – and one-on-one through the internal messaging system.
Affiliate Classroom 2.0 Summary:
All in all I am very impressed with the Affiliate Classroom program and those that join I am positive that it will become part of your daily schedule…
If you’re looking to start not only an online business, but most importantly own a profitable and successful online business then this is worth a look…
If you want to learn more == > here’s the link to Affiliate Classroom 2.0
