The Small Business Affiliate Engine

The Small Business Affiliate Engine

A practical guide to partnerships, referral links, creator deals, tracking, disclosures, and performance-based revenue.

The Small Business Affiliate Engine book cover by Chris Goodman

Affiliate marketing is not just a link. It is a trust system.

The Small Business Affiliate Engine helps business owners, creators, consultants, agencies, and marketers turn honest recommendations into measurable partnership revenue without sacrificing credibility.

Small Business Affiliate Engine infographic for choosing offers creating proof tracking disclosures follow-up and affiliate marketing content
A trust-first affiliate marketing system map from The Small Business Affiliate Engine by Chris Goodman.

Availability: Both the Kindle eBook ($5.99) and paperback ($13.99) editions are now live on Amazon.


Recommendations Should Earn Trust

Small businesses recommend tools, products, services, partners, and resources all the time. The question is whether those recommendations are useful, trackable, disclosed clearly, and connected to a real business system.

This book shows how to build affiliate and partnership revenue around audience fit, honest recommendations, practical content, clear tracking, and simple improvement habits.

What the Book Covers

The book uses the PARTNER framework:

  • Position: Define the audience, trust promise, and offer fit
  • Assemble: Choose products, partners, platforms, links, pages, and assets
  • Recommend: Create useful content, emails, resources, and conversations
  • Track: Measure clicks, conversions, payouts, sources, and quality
  • Nurture: Maintain partners, update content, improve follow-up, and protect trust
  • Ethics: Disclose relationships clearly and avoid deceptive claims
  • Review: Audit performance, prune poor fits, and scale what works

What Readers Get

  • Affiliate opportunity map
  • Offer fit scorecard
  • Partner due diligence checklist
  • Disclosure placement checklist
  • Affiliate content planner
  • Email promotion planner
  • Monthly affiliate dashboard
  • 30-day setup plan
  • AI prompts for affiliate strategy and content planning

Who This Is For

  • Small business owners
  • Consultants, coaches, and agencies
  • Creators and educators
  • SaaS and ecommerce operators
  • Local businesses with referral partners
  • Marketers building partner content
  • Businesses that want affiliates promoting their offer

Want Help Building the Engine?

Tridigiam can help you choose partner offers, build affiliate landing pages, organize tracking links, create comparison and recommendation content, set up email follow-up, and review disclosure placement.

Small Business Affiliate Engine infographic for choosing offers creating proof tracking disclosures follow-up and affiliate marketing content
A trust-first affiliate marketing system map from The Small Business Affiliate Engine by Chris Goodman.

FAQ

Is this about passive income?

No. The book treats affiliate marketing as a business system built around trust, useful recommendations, tracking, and ongoing improvement.

Does the book include disclosure guidance?

Yes. The book includes practical disclosure habits and encourages readers to check current FTC guidance and get legal advice for their specific situation.

Is this for businesses that want to promote affiliate offers or recruit affiliates?

Both. Most of the book focuses on promoting relevant partner offers, but it also includes guidance on building your own affiliate program.

Can Tridigiam build this for us?

Yes. Tridigiam can help with affiliate strategy, landing pages, SEO content, email funnels, tracking, and partner outreach systems.

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