The Niche Blogging Institute (NBI) opened up in October of 2009 and promises to be one of the most comprehensive affiliate marketing training courses on the Internet. It’s focused on helping people become master affiliates across several different niches. By establishing a network of niche blogs, NBI members expect to earn money through affiliate programs, CPA offers and Adsense. They proudly display on their website that they are NOT about creating your own products, rather leveraging the products of others for profit.

Many people claim to teach affiliate marketing methods but leave a lot off of the table. NBI has attempted to cover all of the bases and remove all of the excuses that people have to making money with affiliate marketing. By offering a lot of value, NBI attempts to ensure success for its members.

The core of the program is affiliate training videos which will walk you through all of the steps of the system. Andrew Hansen and Colleen Slater, the “professors” at the helm of the Institute, have put all of their years of experience into the training. They know from their own experience that three biggest concerns new affiliates have are finding the right niche, getting traffic and writing the content for their sites. They’ve set up training in order to overcome these obstacles.

One of the major parts of the training is learning how to drive traffic to your website for free. Many potential affiliates are turned off by using pay per click advertising and other methods that require a large budget. At the NBI they give you several different free methods that can be used to effectively drive traffic to niche blogs.

Besides the general video training, there are new niche packs each month that are delivered to all members. The niche packs include niche research on three different niches per month. The packs also have affiliate offer research which will help members select the right products to promote with that month’s niches. This will ensure that members can’t miss with choosing the niche or the affiliate offer.

Another part of the monthly pack is PLR articles on all three selected niches. This greatly reduces the need to learn to write content or spend money on outsourcing. If you do choose to outsource, NBI has a bank of outsourcers that provide good rates and great service.

The biggest drawback to NBI is that all of the members receive the same three packages each month. Although not everyone will take action and not everyone will use all of the packs, there has to be some degree of overlap. Chances are you’re competing with several of the other NBI members in the same niche. This might cause problems down the line.

However, if you aren’t confident in your niche selection skills and want a guaranteed niche, product and pre-made content, then NBI is a good choice. The comprehensive training will give you a leg up over other people who are trying to make money with affiliate marketing. The price per month is $39.95 per month.