heart these people: the affiliate cake of love

Your business should be a Cake of Love, that's what I say. Lots of layers of substance to sell and serve with, and between each one, some icing of generosity. Make. Give. Make. Give. Eat. Keep finding ways to mix give-back components into your master plan.

If I sell The Fire Starter Sessions on my own, I clear $145 per program. ($5 goes to one of two charities, which the buyer chooses from.) If an affiliate sells it, my kid and I get $100 bucks, and the affiliate gets $45. I love that math, actually. We've paid out $13,971 in affiliate commissions since May of this year! I could take at least three fab trips, with spa treatments at each destination for that. But of course, I wouldn't have sold as many Fire Starters without other people's help -- the affiliate phenomenon is mighty. But that's not the only point...

Every month when I hit the "Pay Affiliates" button, I feel incredibly loving and proud. I'm all jazzy jazzed that I can add to the economy of consciousness entrepreneurs and lovers of sincerity. I extra-LOVE the 1st of the month for this very reason. And I know lot's of affiliate-offering bloggy types who feel the same way. It feels profoundly good to involve other people in your prosperity -- it's incredibly nourishing, and I highly recommend it. Your skin starts to glow. You sleep better. People buy you drinks.

If you've been waiting / wondering / waxing poetic about purchasing The Fire Starter Sessions, here are 24 super-champ affiliates who'd LOVE to be your gateway to the fire. And from October 21 to 31, they get even more love if you buy through them: 50% of every sale — aka, $75 buckeroos.

Please toodle through the list and feel out who you'd like to share some cake with.

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MARIA ROSS
Website: http://red-slice.com
Twitter: @redslice
Maria's business: Red Slice is a branding and marketing consultancy that helps business large and small tell their story. We work with everyone from solopreneurs to large enterprises. In our view, the fundamentals of good storytelling remain the same, regardless of size. Our mission is to help you create (or re-create) a brand that engages, informs and delights your customers – and keeps them coming back for more!

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TODD CLARKE
Website: http://fireundereverybutt.com
Twitter: @Toddaclarke
Todd's business: Get LIT - A Fire Under Every Butt is about enhancing leadership & effectivity with a rump-roasted dose of gusto. Adding another breath, Get LIT is a punk-rock, straight-ahead, let's get some giddie-up-in-our-butts-and-go approach to apply bold entrepreneurial practices, tools and technologies to achieve righteous business and personal success, with a style of urgency, excitement and clarity. Let's change the rules and operate with clarity, conviction and verve while blurring the lines between work and play. Let's go!

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CATHY ANDERSON
Website: http://justorganizeyourstuff.com
Twitter: @joys
Cathy's business: I designed a stylish and innovative home filing solution called JOYS. The system takes a very creative, right-brained approach to organizing papers, but it also works perfectly for those logical left-brainers because it follows old-fashioned filing system methodologies. It's totally old school with a fresh colorful twist that offers simple organizing inspiration and peace-of-mind.

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MICHELLE WARD
Website: http://whenigrowupcoach.com
Twitter: @WhenIGroUpCoach
Michelle's business: A certified life coach by the International Coach Academy & a musical theater actress with her BFA from NYU/Tisch, Michelle has been interviewed for Newsweek, Metro News and The Examiner; is a co-host on Spring; and is encouraging everyone to claim their uniquity via The Declaration of You, an e-course with Jessica Swift. She can be found coachin', bloggin' & givin' away free stuff at WhenIGrowUpCoach.com.

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ALEXANDRA FRANZEN
Website: http://alexandrafranzen.com
Twitter: @Alex_Franzen
Alexandra's business: I've been lauded as "Spock, but with a sense of humor. And better hair" (thanks, Ms. LaPorte). As a promotional writer + pro-active pimp, I pen shimmering copy for individuals and agencies, wrangle communications for pro-bloggers and teach wallflowers how to hustle like a gangsta'. Ghostwriting. Newsletters. Taglines. Webcopy. You've got gifts – let's present 'em.

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ANNE HUBBEN
Website: http://annehubben.com
Twitter: @annehubben
Anne's business: I believe the only thing worse than looking for a job you want is looking for a job you don't want. A former recruiter in the NYC design and advertising industry for more than a decade, I now combine my insider status with a distinctly outsider perspective. As a coach, I help creative people find satisfaction so they can go on to create lives of meaning and adventure.

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NIKKI JACKSON
Website: http://FetchingFinn.com
Twitter: @FinnCreative
Nikki's business: I've tried running my own businesses with the flavor that I felt was industry polite and appropriate. Not only is that a snore, but it also fits you like a cheap pair of pants. To no surprise, life shows up in Technicolor when you and your venture are dancing to the same beat! Fetching Finn Multimedia Studio helps define what makes you stand out and puts the same values and persona into your visual branding. Voila!

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SUZI VANDERTSEEN + SARAH SEIDELMANN
Website: http://joyjunket.com
Twitter: @Joyjunket
Suzi + Sarah's business: We think of ourselves as role models with a twist: Don’t do what we do, do what you do. We give people permission to do – and be – whatever they want. We use style as a portal for authenticity. Self-improvement can be scary. Design and fun provide a way in. Design is intensely personal. The more you explore your own style the bigger and more personal and more life-changing it can be. Everyone has a personal style, but if you left yours behind, if you last saw it when you were a kid, or if you don’t know where to start looking, we can help. Call it design resuscitation with a gleeful spin. If you’re willing to try something new, if you’re open to positive and exciting change in your life, if you want the process to be fun and playful and rewarding, join the party! And please come as you are.

CLICK HERE to buy from Suzi Vandertseen and Sarah Seidelmann.
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AMANDA OAKS
Website: http://kindovermatter.com
Twitter: @kindovermatter
Amanda's business: Kind Over Matter is a blog dedicated to Kind Acts, Inspirational Art & Kind Projects with high hopes of soon becoming a non-profit whose mission will be to award independent artists with micro-grants in order to help them achieve their creative dreams.

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KATE SWOBODA aka KATE COURAGEOUS
Website: http://yourcourageouslife.com
Twitter: @katecourageous
Kate's business: I'm a Life Coach who works one-on-one with women who are done, tired of, finito, fed up, and “over it” with that defeating, negative stream of self-talk that drains energy and makes change seem insurmountable. I work with people who are tired of waiting to start changing their lives.

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TEE
Website: http://smartbeautifulwomen.com
Twitter: @sbwomen
Tee's business: My company Smart Beautiful Women inspires women to take that leap of faith and live authentic and passionate lives. I encourage women to go against the norm and follow their passions by highlighting inspirational women who are already doing so. To help set women in the direction of their authentic selves, I offer Career Coaching, Life Coaching and also Small Business Web Design.

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KERRY MACLEOD
Website: http://snickerdoodles.typepad.com
Twitter: @snickerdoodles
Kerry's business: Musings on life, moments & motherhood...sharing all things creative, words to live by, eco-tips, design finds, home decor, yummy recipes, my photography & art.

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MARISSA BRACKE
Website: http://marissabracke.com
Twitter: @marissabracke
Marissa's business: Marissa works with creative entrepreneurs building and growing connection-based, passion-fueled businesses by helping them get clarity around their Big Vision, develop the right support for their Great Work, and engage with their Right People.

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BOBBYE MIDDENDORF
Website: http://writesynergiescopywriting.com
Twitter: @bobbyemiddendor
Bobbye's business: Bobbye Middendorf, The Write Synergies Guru, helps mindful business owners, conscious creators, and heart-based visionaries who are changing the world. She partners with them so that their healing messages — reflected in blog content, interviews, newsletters, ezines, sales letters, articles, and books — reflect the power of their Presence, shared in words so their perfect clients "get it."

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CARMEN TORBUS
Website: http://carmentorbus.com
Twitter: @carmentorbus
Carmen's business: I'm a Bliss Follower, Big Dreamer and Lover of the words, "I'm so inspired right now!" As a cheerleader for creative entrepreneurs, I conspire exclusively with creative women who are ready to step into their power and take action to rock their lives or creative business aspirations.

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CHRISTI JARLAND
Website: http://figureitoutwithcj.com
Twitter: @christijarland
Christi's business: My biz is mentoring people wanting to re-connect with themselves and get busy living a life that feels true.

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ABBY KERR
Website: http://abbykerrink.com
Twitter: @abbykerr
Abby's business: I get to work with creatively entrepreneurial people who are looking for the voice of their business and want to get more niche-y. Sometimes people hire me to write their copy, and sometimes we work collaboratively to discover the most pure and provocative voice for them — one they can maintain when they're writing their own stuff.

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KARI DUNLOP
Website: http://glindagirls.com
Twitter: @karidunlop
Kari's business: Combining my love of inspiring stories, my curiosity about how people figure out what they want to be when 'they grow up' and adding a dash of lip gloss for colour, I launched the eBoutique Glinda Girls with the hopes of inspiring others to do what they love and love what they do.

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NATHALIE LUSSIER
Website: http://nathalielussier.com
Twitter: @NathLussier
Nathalie's business: I'm a software engineer turned raw foods witch, helping geeky people eat more fresh fruits and vegetables while making it fun and light hearted. I like seeing people who are full of energy, because that's contagious and it makes the world a better place.

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BECKY TSAROS DICKSON
Website: http://thinkingtoohard13.wordpress.com
Twitter: @thinking2hard13
Becky's business: Author "I Could Tell You Stories"; Editor-in-Chief IndieInk.org; Blogger. And all of it came from the fire Danielle's #FSS lit under my ass. Just be yourself, she said. And I did.

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JENNIFER ARMSTRONG
Website: http://armstrongcoaching.com/home
Twitter: @coachjarmstrong
Jennifer's business: Mind-Body Coach helps woman shrink their bodies while growing their lives.

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NIKI ANDRE
Website: http://sheilluminatesit.com/epk
Twitter: @MzNiks
Niki's business: Sweet, sultry, subversive and for the lyrically streetwise...in defense of Love. This is "Dirty Jazz." Niki Andre is a soulful Songwriter-Singer on the cusp of her emergence-y. Follow her lyrical quests at www.nikiandre.com.

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SATYA COLOMBO
Website: http://satyacolombo.com
Twitter: @satyacolombo
Satya's business: Satya Colombo is a transformational online business consultant with a mission to live fearlessly and empower others to live their passion, be free and change the world. He blogs at Fierce Wisdom, and loves Danielle and The Fire Starter Sessions with a deep-rooted passion!

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MARJORY MEJIA
Website: http://marjorymejia.com
Twitter: @sacredflow
Marjory's business: I am a visionary artist, writer, designer, feng shui consultant, lover of earth, spirit and mystery. Passionate about all things sacred! With a Master of Architecture degree and years of experience in a variety of design fields, I left the corporate world in 2008 to start my own practice doing what I love most (art-mandalas, writing and sacred space/feng shui consulting). My work illuminates and reveals a way to awaken a sense of connection, expression, and purpose. I help my clients remember how to live in harmony with themselves, their homes and their environments. Embrace sacred flow and stay tuned, I'm taking it to a whole new level after Danielle's brilliant fire starter session!

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