How the Affiliate Program Works

An Overview

The Affiliate Program is free to join and you can instantly generate an ongoing stream of income for yourself without any cost and very little obligation on your part. You simply

• place a link to us somewhere on your site (text link or banner link),
• send out a SpeakerMatch promotion to your list at least once every 90 days,
• and notify us when you do send out a promotion

and we reward you by giving you 20% for every subscription you sell to our service, and 5% of everything purchased by your sub affiliates if you choose to invite them to participate in our affiliate program. We process your check on the first Friday after the 4th of every month for your previous month's sale(s) and mail them out by the 3rd Friday of the month.

Example 1: For every subscription to our monthly database access at $49, you would get a commission of $9.80 EACH MONTH THAT SUBSCRIPTION REMAINS ACTIVE!

Example 2: For every annual subscription to our database access service with a personal page, priced at $499.00, you would get a commission of $99.80!

This affiliate program is two tiered. If you make the effort to get someone else to signup for our affiliate program you can earn an additional 5% commission from their sales too. Or to put that in real dollars, every time they sell a $499 annual subscription, you get $24.95! And don't forget, you'll get a commission for EVERY YEAR THAT SUBSCRIPTION RENEWS, for the life of the customer.

Here are just a few reasons to join:

• Participate for FREE!
• Receive almost $100 commission each $499 subscription you sell!
• Receive $24.95 for annual subscription sales by your sub affiliates
• Add value to your website
• Make money while you sleep
• You can track your earnings in real time
• We take care of everything - charging the credit cards, setting up the subscriber's account, and providing any customer service necessary
• Be up and running TODAY!

Who Is Interested In This Service?
Anyone who is interested in sharing their expertise through public speaking opportunities would benefit from this service. One of the greatest frustrations for both emerging speakers and well-seasoned professionals is finding an audience to speak to. SpeakerMatch makes the process simple with a searchable, online database of ACTIVE opportunities.

Some examples of groups who would benefit from this service:

• Educators
• Professionals looking to expand their client base
• Toastmasters Chapters
• Any subject-matter experts

Some of your website visitors are wondering how they can turn their business expertise into a full or part time business
Many other people that you know or come in contact with either in person or through your website have marketable expertise on various topics. AND studies show that 7 out of 10 people in the corporate world have thought about, or are thinking about starting their own business to get out of the proverbial rat race. These people probably don't even know that there is such a business as professional speaking. That's where you come in.

You show them where they can find places to get their feet wet and practice speaking as they turn their expertise into high fee speaking engagements and training contracts. You'll be a hero to them, and also get a good commission from us!

You're the answer
Whether you're providing information or entertainment, people visit your website because they respect your expertise and your point of view. They also come for your help in finding further information, something you probably provided by adding links to other sites.

By partnering with SpeakerMatch, you are providing an excellent value-added service to your clients and website visitors AND getting paid for it!

Working together makes sense
Many of our customers find several opportunities that meet their qualifications as soon as they begin using our service. By linking to us, we provide your visitors with extremely valuable leads they can't easily find anywhere else. They also like our service because the information is available immediately. Through the Affiliates Program, your insight combined with SpeakerMatch's service will provide your visitors with valuable access to the information and services they need.

You have all the fun
You post text links or banner links anywhere on your site where you deem appropriate. Your website becomes even more attractive and helpful to visitors. Your new referral service to SpeakerMatch can be online in a matter of minutes. You simply link to us and you get paid a referral fee for every subscription sold or lead entered into our database.

We do all the work
We will send you sample e-mails to send to your list for every promotion we send out. We take the orders on our website using our proven and secure E-commerce system. We set up the user's access to our service and any personal pages they order. We handle all customer questions and requests, including cancellations and returns. We bill the customer. You simply link to us and you get paid a referral fee for every product sold.

To become an Affiliate Member:

1. Simply fill out the application form.
   
2. Within a few minutes your application will be approved and you will be sent an e-mail which will give you all the details assigning you special links that you will use to link to SpeakerMatch (so we can track the sales from your site).
   
3. The e-mail you receive will include a URL that you can use to check your stats and earnings in real time. It will also include step-by-step instructions on how to set up the links in case you don't understand everything, banners you can use at your site to link to SpeakerMatch... and just about anything else you can think of that will make your setup as easy as possible.
4. You MUST send out a promotion to your list within the first 30 days of becoming an affiliate member. Please add the e-mail address support@speakermatch.com to your database to make sure we receive a copy of your promotion. If you're sending promotions by mail, please send a copy of your promotion to:
   
   SpeakerMatch
   4807 Spicewood Springs Rd.
   Suite 1120
   Austin, TX 78759
5. We also ask that you send out a SpeakerMatch promotion at least once every 90 days to remain an affiliate in good standing. A simple way to accomplish this is to include us in an autoresponder sequence for new customers. Many of our affiliates recognize success by keeping an ongoing ad in their company newsletters and e-zines.
   
   An ad or promotional material on your website does NOT satisfy this requirement.

We are using one of the most experienced and reliable affiliate tracking programs on the Internet. The proven system we are using has worked out all of the kinks that made other affiliate programs so unreliable (i.e., improper tracking).

For example, if someone visits our site and does not buy today, but re-visits the site anytime within the next 2 years and purchases one of our products or services, you still earn your referral fee!

You receive email notification every time someone purchases through your link or signs up as an affiliate through you (for the sub-affiliate program)

All you do is simply place a link to a special URL we provide you with to track the orders. You can even put the link in your electronic newsletter or regular mail promotions. Many people put our links in their handouts when they speak or do business presentations.

SpeakerMatch is the only service of it's kind on the Internet AND it's priced very reasonably so virtually any of your visitors can afford it... which means more commissions for you.

Any questions?

Here's the complete text of our policy agreement for your review.

Any other questions or problems? Please contact us.

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