273: High-Touch Affiliate Marketing: How to Get Paid to Play Matchmaker in Your Niche

Published: March 8, 2018, 10 a.m.

b"Getting paid to turn away work?\\nBeing in the position to turn away work as a freelancer or consultant is an envious place to be in, but being in the position to turn away that work AND get paid for it?\\nEven better!\\nJohn Doherty had spent years working in the digital marketing space, both as an employee and a freelancer.\\nAs his SEO consulting business crew, he reached the capacity of how much he wanted to work, and started essentially selling leads to friends and colleagues he trusted.\\nThat little side side hustle is now John's full-time focus, and today GetCredo.com is generating $500-600k worth of deals for its partner digital marketing agencies.\\nAs the connector and facilitator of those deals, John takes a commission. It's affiliate marketing, just with a bit of a twist from the kind we've covered before.\\n\\u201cI purposely set out to build a brand that is outside of just me,\\u201d John said. \\u201cI\\u2019m really trying to make this a high-touch service to really help businesses connect with the right agencies for their needs.\\u201d\\nTune in to hear how John earned his first finder's fee, how he's built up both sides of the Credo marketplace, and how he's priced his service in this high-touch affiliate marketing model.\\nFull Show Notes and PDF Highlight Reel: High-Touch Affiliate Marketing: How to Get Paid to Play Matchmaker in Your Niche"