This Forever Affiliate Review is a work in progress. Your mileage may vary.
So first off, let me say this is a real review — not a review designed to get affiliate clicks. If the review is helpful to you, and you want to buy the course, that is awesome. If you want to buy through my affiliate link, that is even better. But the review is my honest opinion. That's how I roll. Ask around.
If you have a question about the course before (of after) you buy, leave it in the comments. Andrew is a long-time friend, and I will try to help you get an answer.
What is Forever Affiliate (Review)
Forever Affiliate is the latest affiliate marketing course from Andrew Hansen. It's so new in fact that I am still working through the course myself. There are over 50 videos I think. I can tell you that I am really amazed at the quality of stuff that I have seen so far. The instruction is clear and I really think it is created in a way that just about anyone (probably even you) can follow it. By the way, if you are looking for a “taste” of what Andrew is delivering, check out this free report that gives the background information about why Andrew is offering this course now. If you like the report, you will like the course.
Forever Affiliate Overview:
As part of this Forever Affiliate Review, I would like to give you an idea what the course is really about. To describe it in a paragraph, I would say that the course teaches how to find high-profit affiliate offers with winnable buyer keywords. Lot's of emphasis on the right offers and the right keywords. The course then explains how to get traffic for those keywords. Because of the nature of the traffic and the keywords, conversions are high. And because of the offers themselves, sales and commissions are high too. Andrew cites examples of hundreds of dollars a month from just a handful of daily visitors.
What is sort of exciting about the course is that Andrew has several examples of people that have successfully created sites generating hundreds of dollars per month with this “method.” There is nothing really “magic” about Andrew's approach — it's just smart.
The Content Of Forever Affiliate:
The Forever Affiliate course is jammed full of helpful videos organized into four major areas as shown in the screen shot below. There areas are Theory, Phase 1 (finding offers and keywords), Phase 2 (building a site and making initial sales) and Phase 3 (growing the site to maximize profits). I'll describe what the course looks like now (about a 10 days before launch). I don't expect it to change much in the next several weeks.
Forever Affiliate Theory (3 videos):
The theory section is the shortest section, but maybe the most valuable. In the theory section, Andrew explains why you can still make make with affiliate marketing in 2013, and what will be covered in the Forever Affiliate course. At the time of this writing, the theory section consists of meaty videos about the course and why it's laid out the way it is. This section basically serves as a roadmap for the course. It's incredibly motivating to know why you are doing what you are doing, and I consider this section of the course to be just what is needed.
Forever Affiliate Phase 1 (15 videos):
Phase 1 tackles two of the most critical topics in Affiliate Marketing — finding offers and deciding if they are worth going after. The latter topic is what Andrew calls The Analysis Funnel. Basically Andrew reveals his method for determining whether or not a niche is profitable. Of course, the other half of this section is all about how to find offers to put them into the analysis funnel. So in phase 1, you learn how to find offers and decide whether or not you should promote them. Andrew takes you step-by-step through his proven system using examples and video from actual analysis that he does live for the course. It's pretty cool.
Forever Affiliate Phase 2 (20 videos):
One of the things that I really love about this course is Andrew's approach to testing offers. The basic idea is that even offers that make it through the analysis funnel might not convert for some reason. The funnel is great, but you never know absolutely for sure that you have a winner until you test it. It's common sense really, but it's one of the places a lot of affiliates get really messed up. They spend tons of time, effort, and money, on a site that never makes a sale.
Andrew's recommendation is to test offers on small mini sites with the minimum amount of promotion to get a sense of whether or not your keywords can be one, and your offers will convert. Offers that pass this hurdle are ready for full buildout of the site to maximize earnings in phase 3. Of course Andrew goes through all of the details needed to register a domain, build a website, get content, etc. It's all covered in the 20-video Phase 2 series .
Forever Affiliate Phase 3 (10 videos):
Phase 3 is all about promoting the site that you've proven is a winner in phase 2. That means that phase 3 is all about promotion and really search engine optimization. Everything that you need to know to promote your site is in this section. And the really cool thing is that all of the information is written for post panda and post penguin search engine optimization.
The Forever Affiliate Offer:
When you check out the Forever Affiliate course. you will be shocked at the low price (seriously — I was stunned). Can't quote the price here yet as the site is not live. Note that there is an up-sell on the back end for private coaching that is more expensive than the course itself but very attractive if you want to get personal help from Andrew.
The bottom line:
I give this course a strong recommend — and I will be recommending it even more strongly when I finish watching each and every of the 55 videos. So far, they are awesome.
Check out Forever Affiliate today.
I purchased the Forever Affiliate package a few weeks ago. There was an advisory note at the end of my purchase transaction that said I would be contacted via e-mail soon with my username and password so I can access the site. Up to this point I haven’t heard a thing. I even went to the affiliate that I bought through and asked what was up – why I hadn’t been contacted. The person was kind enough to follow up and told me they would contact Mr. Hansen and tell him to get in touch with me. Still, there has been no contact. Do I really need a username and password to access the material, or can I just start using the material?
I guess you can tell I’m a greenhorn when it comes to this affiliate stuff. Can you get Andrew to acknowledge my purchase and have him contact me as he said he would? Thanks for any help. Have a successful week.
Hey William — very weird thing. As we discussed by email, your experience was not typical at all. I never did figure out what happened with your login information — but I did confirm with Andrew that you got a full refund.
Very sorry you had trouble, and hope to see you around in the future.
Good luck.
Thanks!
Mark
I just bought Andrew’s course through your affiliate link after listening to the podcast. I really cannot believe he did not make the videos mobile/iPad friendly. I don’t know Andrew but I do know how popular mobile is, so I’m really surprised an Internet Marketer missed the boat on something so basic.
Hey Sean; Thanks for your purchase.
I completely agree with you. When I was reviewing the course prior to launch, Andrew I discussed this at length. The problem is that the Amazon S3 security (https stuff) that he is using is not compatible with non-flash devices. He tried (and I tested) several HTML5 based solutions, but could never get it to work. In the end, he made the hard decision that security for the course material trumped iPad compatibility. Having actually paid for the course myself with real money, I am glad that others can’t get it for free — but I wish it worked on the iPad.
I am told that you can view the vids on the iPad using the iSwifter app from the app store. I have not tried it, but I agree that should work.
Regards,
Mark
Mark
I have been a listener for quite sometime. You site is great. I also like the intro music – I wouldn’t change it at all.
I listened to your review and interview several times. Forever Affiliate is on my computer tonight – thanks for the recommendation. Now I plan to “Go Forth!” 😉
I will send you an update and you and I can compare “notes” on progress.
Cheers
Brad
Mark,
I went to Andrew’s site and there are no posts from this year. Is this system still working and worth the investment?
rharper He’s been working on Rankings Institute — which is a traffic course and a nice companion to FA. Yes, I still think that FA is the best affiliate course out there. Having said that, the weakest part of FA is the traffic part (thus the creation of the additional course). The make a great companion together — but I would do FA first and see how your results look, then make a decision about RI. So, bottom line is that I still recommend FA.
masonworld what about now? it’s 2 years afterward…and the internet is infamous for how quickly things change.
What is the actual cost of the product and the upsell. You might be wondering why am asking for this, am in love with product, clicked the add to cart button, the price i saw was $197 instead of $97. Need clarification as soon as possible, Thanks, all the best,God bless you.