Many successful people will tell you that their road to success was made significantly easier because they had a mentor, someone with more experience and skill, whom they could model their efforts after. With a mentor, you have the opportunity to learn from someone else's mistakes, and to emulate their most successful strategies, much as you would if you hired an internet marketing consultant.

Several internet marketing pros stand out because the quality of guidance and information that they offer their affiliates is so superior. Being one of their affiliates is very much like having an internet marketing consulting service available to you.

By joining one or more of these affiliate programs, you have an opportunity to learn from the "best of the best", and to learn about some really great products which you can then use yourself, or promote, or both. I would suggest you join at least two, or perhaps three, affiliate programs to get different angles on the subject, and decide what best fits your style and personality.

Ken Evoy's top-notch affiliate program is considered by many the best on the net. His flagship product is Make Your Site SELL!, and he is known both for his concept of "pre-selling", and for his emphasis on quality of site design and communication. His products are first-class, yet very inexpensive. Check out the mentoring you get as an Affiliate.

For a free sample of the quality of material, grab this free ebook and discover the path to becoming an Affiliate champion .

SFI is a very large program with a wealth of top-quality materials available to its affiliates. You can remain as a free Affiliate, or advance to network marketing, in which you have an opportunity to earn residual commissions from a very large number of other members. SFI now boasts over 8 million members worldwide. This program offers extensive mentoring on how to market the program and its products, and the knowledge gained would transfer to any other internet marketing venture. Free to join, and no obligation ever!

While the help you get from the free Affiliate Programs above may be all you need, if you want additional training, two membership programs and a couple of "hands on" home study courses stand out from the crowd. Once again, it's like having your own personal internet marketing consultant.

Affiliate Classroom is the brainchild of "super affiliate" Anik Singal. It's a very nicely organized site that leads you step-by-step through the affiliate marketing learning process. They even give you a two week free trial to check it out!

Success University provides you mentoring in a variety of different areas, and also affords you a nice income opportunity in the process. Learn from over 50 experts in fields as diverse as relationships, network marketing, online marketing, and business. I use this resource myself, and really love it. I start nearly every day with one of the "mini-courses", which take only 15 to 45 minutes to complete.

The Internet Marketing Center Course has been a best-seller for a number of years, and is newly updated every year. Highly Recommended !

Josh Shafran has been a high-priced consultant for some extremely successful marketing ventures, and his NPOD System is very highly regarded. Josh shows you his exact system for creating automated profits, starting from scratch, even if you have no idea what product to market, or what your market is!