Much of what I learned about Internet marketing I learned for free.  One of the most important things that I can do now, that I didn’t know how to do when I was starting is to locate useful, accurate information without any cost.  Most newbies don’t know that they can actually find a high quality free course about starting an online business.

As I’ve transitioned my business from primarily retail to earning the bulk of my income from affiliate marketing, I’ve discovered how much I spent in those early months and years on products that turned out to be worth very little, when there is a great deal of free information concerning how to start affiliate marketing available without cost.  If you know where to look and who to trust, that free information has proven to be much more useful than any of the products I bought that promised secret information that would insure my business’s success.

Anik Singal reminded me of all that recently, as he prepares to launch his remarkable online “university,” Affiliate Classroom 2.  He just released a short free report that is a perfect example of the value that you can receive from honest experts simply by asking for it.

This free report for affiliate marketers is crunched into a mere 55 pages, however, even for someone as experienced as I am, these tips are valuable reminders.  I’m not sure that I’m supposed to reveal too many of the details, but I’m going to pass along some details, anyway.

Singal’s teaching method in this report is a case study approach.  He examines three sites that represent the basic approaches to affiliate marketing: a simple opt-in site, a blog site and a product review website.  Unfortunately these sites all shared a common problem–common to them and common to a lot of affiliate businesses–they weren’t making as much money as they should be.

Singal allows us to sort of look over his shoulder as he examines each site, identifies major problems and then makes critical suggestions for specific improvements.  Despite my years of experience and my relative success as an affiliate marketer, I found a lot of his recommendations could be applied to some of my own sites. 

I suspect that once the soon to launch Affiliate Classroom 2 sells out, he will take down the report.  I don’t expect selling out is going to take very long.  If he does remove it, I’ll share a few of his specific insights at a later time.

You may be interested in knowing that Anik Singal was recently named one of Business Week Magazine’s four “young entrepreneurs of 2008.”  Not a bad recommendation for a mentor, is it?

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