Building a business is not as valuable as building a reputation, and there are few better ways of carrying your business' reputation forward than by implementing an affiliate program. Affiliate marketing uses third-party affiliates to market and promote your products, and you only pay them once a sale has been made. So today, we've asked the affiliate guy himself, Matt McWilliams, to join us and explain why every business needs to have its own affiliate program. We discuss how to know when the time is right for your company to start sourcing affiliates, how the programs work and the money behind them, why it helps to be an affiliate first, and how to find affiliates for your business or become one yourself. As a bonus, we explore the software behind affiliate marketing programs and why the space makes room for multiple technologies, and Matt details everything that you can find in the affiliate marketing guide that he has made available for all our loyal listeners!