I found an affiliate coaching program back in 2014 which helped me learn affiliate marketing from scratch. Having already been working as an affiliate, I had had some issues – to say the least.

I was of course sceptical because I had already joined a number of courses and programs and was still struggling. But I knew that I had to keep going, despite my doubts. The alternative was much worse – a lifetime of 9 to 5 jobs! Here’s a video I created after joining the program, with my story of how I got started online, beginning with eBay.

Affiliate Coaching Program

The many courses I had previously taken didn’t offer actual coaching. And this was partly why I was struggling. Affiliate marketing is tough, especially if you have no clear direction. I jumped from one strategy to another and each course I took taught a different thing. No wonder I was struggling!

In 2014 I met co-founders of The SFM Mentors – Stuart Ross and Jay Kubassek. These, and other members of their coaching program were the first affiliate marketers I had actually met in real life. Before then, program creators were difficult to connect with. I did meet one other affiliate online, but only via email. This was the first time I could actually meet people face to face who were actually building online businesses!

The SFM Digital Business system offers a multiple payment structure digital sales funnel which anyone can use to earn online as an affiliate. The business structure includes a number of training and coaching programs you can earn and learn from:

• Subscription products you can earn recurring commissions from (memberships)
• High ticket coaching programs you can learn (and earn) from
• A number of live groups and sessions with coaches and mentors you can access
• A built in sales team – closing sales on your behalf
• Multiple product range – earn from up-sells automatically offered to your members

Affiliate Coaching Program

In addition to this business system, the coaching and mentoring is available from mentors and coaches within the community. Weekly sessions are also available through booking using a 1 on 1 affiliate marketing coaching booking system.

Weekly groups are organised too. These are available to join even at the basic membership level. Access Mentors All In here to join.

I was able to access a number of groups and learn from those who were already successful as an affiliate. Here’s a snapshot of one of the group Q &A sessions:

Why You Need Help

Affiliate marketing isn’t an easy thing to do. It takes time and effort to earn online and more that I once thought. When I first started looking into affiliate marketing in the early 2000’s I thought things would be easy. I was promised easy money by many of the affiliate “guru’s” of the time! Unfortunately the get rich quick mentality isn’t useful for new affiliates. If anything it will bring more problems with it. Many affiliates quit within their first year and the affiliate marketing failure rate is high.

But if you’re genuinely looking to build a long term income from affiliate marketing, it’s well worth getting coaching. A coach can help you understand the parts of your mindset and mentality which hold you back. This is a large part of affiliate marketing. Affiliate marketing should be easy, but you as the owner are also the “glass ceiling” of that business. So depending on your background, habits, beliefs and working mentality, you will have a different experience to anyone else with it.

The actions you take in your affiliate business are a reflection of what you believe about it. Limiting beliefs, self doubt and procrastination can hold you back from taking the right actions. As Henry Ford once said, “if you believe you can or you can’t, you’re right”.

If you are coming from an employee background, it can be difficult to know the mindsets needed to succeed with your own business. See also affiliate psychology, affiliate marketing mindset and mindset shift from employee to entrepreneur.

Get Coaching

If you’re ready to take your affiliate marketing business seriously, access a mentorship program through this course. You’ll get an all in one business system, access to coaches and mentors and a range of 1 on 1 coaching programs and courses. You’ll also be able to access over 10,000 Linkedin learning courses with the Mentors All In program. These cover multiple strategies and skills which can help you personally and professionally with your online business building. Click on the image below for more details.