"I guess they are saying to be an affiliate as practice." That was my interpretation as well. It's not entirely bad advice since it is an existing product and

"I guess they are saying to be an affiliate as practice." That was my interpretation as well. It's not entirely bad advice since it is an existing product and you don't have to build one on your own in order to learn how to build a marketing machine. "I think you can practice on your real business." I'm inclined to agree with you however. This statement is doubly true if you take on client work while you build up a product company.