Are you looking for affiliate marketing training? As I am sure you have already found there and hundreds, if not thousands of internet marketers out there right now looking to sell you a training course - the sales pages for these courses always claim that using this method you can earn thousands of dollars easily with just a few simple steps and more often than not will offer you a free download or even a 30 day money back guarantee. You then go ahead and purchase this training to find it is nothing more than a rehashed version of something you have seen before and then your email address gets bombarded with new sales offers everyday with the next new thing.

With all of this noise out there it is no surprise that right now you are probably completely and utterly confused - you may even have spent a few dollars on one or some of these courses and are scratching your head as you have just not seen the results that they claim.

Well let me put the record straight, to be successful in affiliate marketing you need to forget about all of these outrageous claims and treat it like any other business - you need to work hard and put a lot of time and effort into it but the great thing is by doing this you can truly have an unlimited earnings potential.

So now we understand that - lets have a look at what an effective affiliate marketing training program should offer, well there are a number of things and I will go through each of them in turn.

Step By Step Training - This is imperative - ever heard the saying 'you need to walk before you can run' - well this is true in affiliate marketing. It is important you have access to step by step training with everything laid out for you from registering a new domain through to getting your first website live and onto promoting that website.

Support Forum - Again this is vitally important - not only to get support from the people who are providing the training but also from other members of the affiliate training course. if you ever come up against an issue then there is a very good chance that one of the other members has also faced the same problem and overcome it and it is also an excellent place to exchange ideas as well.

Tools - A lot of the so called training courses being peddled online today will tell you that you need to use certain tools in order to follow their course correctly - most if not all of these tools will cost you money and the course owner will make money when you go ahead and purchase these tools. So the key is to find an affiliate training course where a lot of the tools you need are already included - OK you may have to pay an upfront fee but at least all of the tools will there for you to use.

Keeping Your Feet On The Ground - This may sound like an odd one to include but in my opinion it may actually be the most important. As I said earlier don't let yourself be taken in by the outrageous claims of instant riches that many courses promise. Any affiliate marketing training should continually reinforce the fact that success is based on work and effort and not just the pressing of a few buttons!

It is imperative you do your research before buying and taking part in affiliate marketing training, but the good thing is, you have already taken the steps in doing this. Just ensure that the package you buy into provides the key elements that I have outlined above.