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Simple Guide to Christian and Religious Affiliate Marketing
One additional way to hybridize and energize your online marketing campaign is to get conversions and sales with affiliate marketing. I’ve provided about a dozen resources for folks who want to know what Christian affiliate marketing is and how to get started.

What is affiliate marketing? What does an affiliate marketer do?
Affiliate marketing is an online way to pay for business leads and conversions. For instance, Amazon Associates, iTunes Affiliates, and Ebay Partners Network all have affiliate programs for you to help sale their products and you get an affiliate commission. A more complex definition of Affiliate marketing would include:

Affiliate marketing is an Internet-based marketing practice in which a business rewards one or more affiliates for each visitor or customer brought about by the affiliate’s marketing efforts.

Affiliate marketing is also the name of the industry where a number of different types of companies and individuals are performing this form of Internet marketing, including affiliate networks, affiliate management companies, and in-house affiliate managers, specialized third party vendors, and various types of affiliates/publishers who promote the products and services of their partners.

Affiliate programs allow you to focus 80/20 on building your business and delivering quality products, while providing a commission to those who help you grow your business.

Christian Affiliate programs on Google

Christian Affiliate sites on Google

You may find that more traditional affiliate marketing management firms have what you need. For instance,

Why Christian Affiliate Marketing?
Affiliate marketing allows you to tap the skills, trust, and expertise of Christian work at home moms who can spread your message. It allows you to leverage a much larger sales force.

Nathan Ketsdever, the author, is chief community marketing strategist and a Christian SEO at Creative Fusion Media.

Christian Affiliate Marketing Organizations, Groups, and Resources:

• Christian Family Affiliates Program
• Here is a review of 123 Christian
• Christian Affiliate Marketing Association
• Christian Affiliate Marketers
• Christian Affiliate News
• Christian Affiliate Networks on Google
• 30 Christian Affiliate Programs can give you an idea of the marketplace
• Ask a question about affiliate marketing in the Sitepoint forums or Linked In Answers.