Spark By ClickBank Review – A Revamp Of ClickBank University?

Spark by ClickBank is ClickBank’s first educational platform that they’re sponsoring. It’s the marketplace’s first main affiliate training course, so needless to say, there’s some value to be had here. 

The website pooled together a group of experts to handle the various modules found within the program. 

How Much Is Spark By ClickBank?

Spark by ClickBank costs $78, which is a one-time affiliate fee. It’s the most affordable ClickBank-related course we’ve seen yet. But if it’s cheap, does it mean it’s better? 

We don’t think so. 

In the next section, we’ll dissect the course and see what Spark by ClickBank has to offer.

Spark by ClickBank is a revamp of ClickBank University, which was the main training course offered by ClickBank. 

This program spans over 17 different courses with more than 70 training videos.

Course 1 to 3 

This is the introductory lesson that teaches you how to navigate the platform and how to make the most out of the program. 

The instructors will tell you that this is a program meant for beginners and so they’ll cover the basics of affiliate marketing and content marketing. 

They’ll also go over brief explanations of terminologies such as:

1. PPC or pay per click
2. Paid search
3. Organic search
4. Email Marketing
5. Click-through rates (or also known as CTR)

By the time you get to the 3rd course, they will show you how ClickBank fits in all of these. 

Course 4 to 6

These courses go over the concept of affiliate marketing and how to create content in order to connect to potential customers. 

The 5th course will go over how to establish the affiliate marketing business model and how you can make money from the program. It also goes over what you need to do and what you shouldn’t be doing. 

Course 7 

This is a crash course that talks about compliance. This 5 minute video will explain how you’ll comply with regulations established by global law agencies such as the FTC so you won’t get in trouble. 

Course 8 – 9

Course 8 talks about the Direct Response Funnel, and the do’s and don’ts of making Ad Copies. You’ll be shown how to make your own landing page and how to re-engage customers that didn’t buy your product the first time. 

This is by far the longest course in the program because it contains 10 videos (ranging between 2 minutes and 4 minutes each). 

The 9th course talks about blog posts, ebooks, white papers, case studies, and some checklists. 

Course 10 – 12

These courses talk about the specialized tools covering affiliate marketing and how to go about with outsourcing. 

But the videos aren’t enough to go about with these modules, especially for outsourcing. 

In our opinion, outsourcing shouldn’t be included in this course because it’s not meant for beginners. Beginners should be focused on doing it themselves first because they won’t learn what tasks to delegate if they don’t know what they’re doing. 

Course 13 – 14

This shows you how to become a ClickBank affiliate and how to navigate through the different product categories. 

They’ll also give you tips on how to pick a niche and how to select specific products from every niche. 

Again, we are wondering why these haven’t been included in the first 3 courses because they would tie in perfectly with the introductory courses. 

Course 15

This course talks about managing paid ads and how to customize your audience. Spark By ClickBank claims that by the end of the course, you’ll feel confident about your abilities to create ads. 

Just like outsourcing, paid traffic isn’t really something we’d talk about to beginners because they need to know about organic traffic first. The fact that Spark emphasizes paid traffic over free traffic means that beginners will have it in their minds that it’s going to be easy to generate traffic. 

Course 16 – 17

These courses will contain 3 videos that talk about digital products. The 10-minute video will cover how to create your own product and how to maximize your profits through upsells. 

But why do we think these modules are too familiar? 

Well, that’s because they’re discussed already in the course 13. 

Spark By ClickBank is a legitimate program but we don’t think we can recommend this to anyone. There are better programs out there such as ClickBank Superstar.

#1 This Training Is VeryBasic

ClickBank University was a mediocre training course compared to the other affiliate marketing courses we’ve reviewed.

The course contents are so basic and don’t go into enough detail to help beginners a more solid understanding of affiliate marketing. 

Over 17 courses, you have 70+ videos. That puts you at about 4 videos on average per course. It would be sufficient if the videos lasted an hour each, but sadly they don’t. The longest video they have is 10 minutes long. 

#2 ClickBank Promotes Paid Ads Rather Than SEO

We have issues with Spark By ClickBank talking about paid ads than SEO. The latter would fit the beginners’ need for learning about traffic because it doesn’t have them investing a ton of money on it. 

Paid ads is something reserved for the intermediate marketers because they have the capital for the trial and error processes associated with paid ads. 

#3 The Community Members Are Beginners

There’s a reason why Spark By ClickBank is marketed for beginners. ClickBank University didn’t really have anything decent even for the intermediate marketers. 

We have reason to believe that the community on their private Facebook group is composed of other beginners. This might be a hindrance if new members have questions that the other members won’t be able to answer.

Spark By ClickBank is decent for what it has to offer, but we kind of find it difficult to mention something positive about it outside of its price point. 

Spark By ClickBank is a legitimate training course hosted and developed by ClickBank. For the price you’re paying, you get 17 courses with more than 70 videos in total. 

There’s nothing much of value here because the training is so underwhelming and basic. Sure, it’s meant for beginners but the content is not enough to help them get started with affiliate marketing. 

There are certain lapses on how the curriculum was designed and so you’ll find repetitive topics in between. 

There are better training programs out there for affiliate marketing. Spark By ClickBank is not one of them.