I believe the next trend in affiiliate markeing is now truly here and well embeded into the industry.
That trend is what i like to call the "guru hand hold". This is all about the way that all the latest big gurus products and even some of the lesser know Imers are developing systems with the basis of "training" the customer in the exact ways to make money with developing a product and then learning how to JV, and all the rest of it that comes with product development.
Personally I think this is going to be a very healthy thing for the industry, I think it will raise the standards of what people expect to be getting. I know it has for me.