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While the ability to achieve happiness and fulfillment may seem elusive at best, the truth is it is actually quite possible to find both. Affiliate marketers have a special advantage over those with ordinary jobs because they’re already doing something positive to move themselves forward toward success.

Here are 5 tips to achieve happiness and fulfillment in your life and work:

1. Know what you want and then put it in writing

What do you truly want? Visualize yourself feeling happy and fulfilled. What do you see? Are you sitting on a beach? Is your debt gone? Are you painting? Running? Playing with your children? Write down what will make you feel happy and fulfilled – consider it your life vision statement. Post it in a place where you have access to it and can refer back to it often.

From this vision statement, create small steps to make your vision a reality. For example, if you find fulfillment from being with your friends, then what can you do to make that a reality?

2. Be grateful for what you have

Gratitude is a powerful emotion. It reminds you of how important the small things really are. Each breath, ray of sunshine, plate of food and roof over our head is something to be grateful for. Make a practice of writing down what you’re grateful for each day. A nice practice is to wake in the morning and think about what you have to look forward to and end the day thinking about or journaling what you are grateful for.

3. Help others

We’re not saying you have to donate your life savings or volunteer 40 hours a week, what we are saying is that small acts of kindness boost your mood incredibly. And they have the effect of improving the lives of others. Small things, like holding a door for someone in need, saying “thank you” and “have a nice day” when you’re talking to strangers and helping to pay for someone’s coffee when they’re short changed, brings happiness to everyone around you.

4. Understand that you have the power

You’re ultimately responsible for everything you think and do. While that may seem depressing at first, when you consider the unfortunate decisions you’ve made (and we’ve all made decisions we wished we could take back) the truth is that this is an amazing power. You can choose to learn from mistakes, take advantage of opportunities, look on the bright side and control your life.

5. What is your purpose in life?

Is your purpose to help others, to learn, to lead, to unite? We all have a direction we want to take our lives in. Finding your purpose may not be easy. However, it can be a fun process in and of itself. For example, if you love learning new things then your ultimate purpose in life might be to learn. Regardless of what your work and lifestyle are, you can make time to embrace your purpose. Read books, take online courses, enroll in college courses, participate in community education.

You deserve to feel happy and fulfilled, whatever that means to you. Take the time to celebrate who you are and all that you have in your life. Understand what makes you ultimately feel happy and fulfilled and create strategies to make it happen.

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December 1, 2009 marks the effective date of the FTC’s Guidelines for Endorsements and Testimonials that all marketers must adhere to. As a result, the Affiliate Agreement for promoting the products here at HealthAffiliateTraining.com has been updated.

Please review the new agreement here.

As an affiliate, it’s important that you understand how these guidelines effect you and your business practices. In general, the guidelines seem to address honesty when advertising and marketing products to the public. No one benefits when consumers are mislead and it seems that the FTC’s primary objective is to protect the consumer. This is a good thing for everyone.

So, what should you do as an affiliate marketer to comply with these new guidelines?

First of all, I am NOT an attorney and nothing here should be taken as legal advice. You should consult your own attorney if you are unsure about the steps you need to take in your own business. I will, however, tell you my opinions and what I am doing in my own business.

1. Familiarize yourself with the FTC’s guidelines and follow them where applicable in your business.

Here are 3 excellent resources you can use to educate yourself:

The Actual FTC Guidelines:
http://www.ftc.gov/os/2009/10/091005endorsementguidesfnnotice.pdf

Special FTC Disclosure Report from Attorney Mike Young:
http://mikeyounglaw.com/ftc-disclosure-special-report.pdf

Interview by Jim Edwards with FTC Assistant Deputy Rich Clelend:
http://www.igottatellyou.com/blog/ftc-change-interview/

2. Maintain a high level of honesty in all of your communications with website visitors, email subscribers, etc. Do not make false claims about a product just to make sales. Be upfront with people and you will be seen as a trusted source of information rather than some sleazy marketer who just wants to make a fast buck.

3. Be transparent. If you’re earning an affiliate commission from recommending a product, you need to disclose this fact. It’s up to you how you do it and you should consult the guidelines to determine the right way to go about it. Although I recommend very few affiliate products on this particular blog, there are some tools (such as Aweber) that I do promote and earn a commission on when someone signs up through my link.

I have added a “Compensation Disclosure” document to explain this type of affiliate relationship and there is a link to it with the other legal documents in the footer section of this website (NOTE: You cannot simply copy this agreement – it’s copyright protected. You’ll need to make your own disclosure or purchase the rights to a legal package that allows you to use such documents as your own).

Whatever you do, don’t just ignore the guidelines and do nothing. When you do business online you are subject to the same rules and laws as any other business. You and your business will prosper only when you play by the rules and treat your customers and visitors the right way.

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