Andrew Wee of WhoIsAndrewWee.com interviewed our VP of Marketing, Rachel Honoway for his Friday Podcast. They discussed various topics in affiliate marketing covered in AC Certified including:

• Affiliate recruitment
• Industry terms and definitions
• What it means to be an Affiliate Manager
• The role of networks in affiliate marketing
• Understanding super affiliates
• Web 2.0/Community affiliates

Listen to Andrew’s Friday Podcast here.

Shawn Collins of Affiliate Summit and recipient of our Honorary Certification award has this to say about the AC Certified Course:

“I can see why it took you two years and a full cast of affiliate marketing experts to create this. It’s like a college course on Affiliate Marketing. With sections like How to Launch an Affiliate Program and Affiliate Program Viability, it’s obvious that you had true, experienced, veteran affiliate managers like Brook Schaaf, Heather Paulson, Sam Harrelson and Peter Figueredo working on this. I was really intrigued by the sections on Strategy and on Trending - I have to assume that the former network executives on your team, Lisa Riolo and Rachel Honoway, were instrumental in developing those.

Overall, great job! I’m looking forward to seeing a lot more Certified Affiliate Manager buttons at the next Affiliate Summit!”

Brook Schaaf, CEO of Schaaf Consulting and member of the AC Certified Advisory Board has this to say about the AC Certified Affiliate Manager Training Course:

“While there is a large body of content (blogs, forums, books, etc) dedicated to affiliate marketing management, I am not aware of any other organization that offers a comprehensive guide for managers. This coursework, which is really great quality, covers all the basics and best practices for affiliate marketing management. It is a HUGE time saver and I highly recommend it to any company.

Matt McWilliams of HometownQuotes, one of our Honorary Certification recipients has this to say about the AC Certified Affiliate Manager Training Course:

“There is no one better than the Affiliate Classroom team to put together and maintain a system such as this. Anyone who goes through this will truly be trained and ready to be a great Affiliate Manager. I look forward to sending future employees through this.  I just hope they don’t try to take my job!”

AC Certified Affiliate Manager, Lisa Caraffi of Kowabunga had this to say about the course:

“I have really had a great time with this. I’m keeping my notes in a handy place because I know I will be referring to them again and again. I was able to utilize some of the tips and tools I learned on my very first day back to work and a few of the reference links that were provided in the course will save me hours of work in the future!”

Here’s a look at what you’ll see inside the AC Certified Affiliate Manager Training and Certification Course.

This first screen is what you’ll see when you’re logged into your account - it’s kind of like “Command Central” with access to the course, your profile and the Career Center:

Here is a picture of the first page of the course - check out the left-hand side that lists all of the modules and what they’re all about:

Visit our new website for more information about getting yourself and your staff trained and certified!

 Matt McWilliams of HometownQuotes officially accepts his Honorary Affiliate Certification in this video. Watch as he delivers a great speech and introduces us to other staff members that support affiliates - including the CFO who, as Matt points out, is the guy that writes those affiliate checks!

 Watch the video: