Doug Boughton

We all do this all the time.

And the next question is, did you get paid for it?

Probably not, right?

And that is what affiliate marketing is.

We're already talking about things that we use and that we love, that we had great experiences with, but we can actually get compensated.

I did this yesterday.

I'm like, hey, let's go to dinner.

I went there for dinner last night, but it's so good.

We're going back.

If you guys have been to the Fork yet in Boise, amazing restaurant.

I'll probably be back there again because, I don't know, you like something, keep going for it.

I know everyone's going for dinner tonight now.

Just tell my Venmo, doug at dougbottom.com.

You can send me a commission.

But guess what?

None of that competes with my business at all when I talk about these things.

You guys post on social media, maybe in your communities, about things that you're excited about.

In fact, your audience wants to know about them.

And they're going to find out from somebody else, and that person might earn a commission when they would have rather gone through your affiliate link.

Yeah, when you're making great recommendations, like some people think, well, if I'm promoting my offers, I can't talk about these things because then they're going to leave me forever.