AC Certified was launched at our LIVE Affiliate Manager Training Workshop on Saturday, February 23rd!

Learn more and signup now: http://accertified.com/

Our VP of Marketing, Rachel Honoway, was interviewed by Linda Woods on the Webmaster Radio show “Affiliate Marketing Insider”. Listen in:

http://www.webmasterradio.fm/Affiliate-Marketing/Affiliate-Marketing-Insider/Affiliate-Classroom.htm

Our third round of Honorary Certifications is here! Watch the video!

Stu McLaren of MyIdeaGuy.com recorded this acceptance speech after learning that he had been awarded with an Honorary Affiliate Manager Certification. Watch the video!

Our CEO, Anik Singal, was interviewed on “Affiliate Thing Podcast” hosted by Shawn Collins of Affiliate Summit and Lisa Picarille of Revenue Magazine. He gives some great information about AC Certified!

Go to Shawn’s Affiliate Tip blog to check it out.

Our friend, industry expert and a featured speaker at our upcoming Affiliate Manager workshop, Amit Mehta of SuperAffiliateMindset.com mentioned our new AC Certified program in a blog post today. He said:

My good friend Anik Singal, founder of the hugely successful Affiliate Classroom and PPC Classroom, has done it yet again.

Through Affiliate Classroom, Anik is launching a program where affiliate managers can get trained and certified!

Imagine, actually having a AC Certified Affiliate Manager that actually knows what they’re talking about!

No offense to many of the brilliant affiliate managers out there, but let’s face it, there are TONS of affiliate managers who have NO idea what they’re talking about.

I’ve dealt with my share.

I think having a standard certification program for affiliate managers is a GREAT idea, and is a BIG step in moving our industry towards a new level of professionalism. Enough with the booth babes and porn hustlers! We, as a community need to clean up our act and get the respect we deserve for the larger business community.

Kudos, Anik for taking the initiative and doing this!

Anik is looking to nominate some outstanding affiliate managers for Honorary AC Affiliate Manager certifications.

So if you have an outstanding affiliate manager, please nominate them here & tell them how much you appreciate everything they do.

We were intrigued by a few of the comments that his readers left:

Tom Beaton on February 13th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
Good concept, A recognised body with a certification program goes a long way towards making the industry more transparent and “proper”.

Tyler DeWitt on February 14th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Amit,

I would have to agree granted I’m not a PPC master mind like I am with organic search, but I can say this from me talking with them and etc I can tell they really don’t know there talking about or I should say there just saying what there trained to say.

What dazzles me is you would think they would be pretty good at what they do speaking they talk with affiliate marketers all day, but then again I guess the Google AdWords Reps are the same way :).

You can read the full post and more of Amit’s affiliate marketing opinions and advice at:
http://www.superaffiliatemindset.com/is-your-affiliate-manager-ac-certified/

In continuing to honor the leading minds of affiliate marketing, Affiliate Classroom would like to award honorary certifications to the following individuals…

Don’t forget to nominate those who you feel should receive this honor!

We want you to nominate someone who you feel is well-deserving of receiving an Honorary AC Certification for affiliate management.

Just take a minute or two to fill out this page: http://accertified.com/nominate/

Just a little tip - if you make a video stating your case and leave a link to the video in the comments area on the blog, we will give you and your nomination extra points! 

Nominate here: http://accertified.com/nominate/

Shawn Collins recorded an acceptance speech after receiving his Honorary Affiliate Manager Certification. Watch the video!

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Recent Honorary Certification recipient, Brock Siegel of Pepperjam, has recorded an acceptance speech. Watch the video!

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