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The Affiliate's Guide To Hiring - The End of The Beginning (1)

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THE END OF THE BEGINNING

This series was just an introduction to hiring from an affiliate marketer’s perspective that has had some experience in building just teams more than for said business. The goal was to give you that initial push and help you jump over the main hurdles you have. It’s certainly far from a guide to building the next Facebook and Google.

If you do go the path of building a team and a real business, experience will be the main factor that increases your ROI on employees. Experience means you will make many mistakes, and you should mentally prepare when a mistake YOU make affects many other people.

Til that time comes, I suggest you read about other people’s experience and learn from their mistakes:

High Output Management, Andrew Grove

Insides from Intel former CEO. Contrary to what many startup books try to sell you on, there are many things big corporations do right, and this book explains how you can go from a small team to a huge multinational company.

Getting Things Done, David Allen

Focused on personal productivity, it will also show you how to structure workflow. I recommend you get all key people in your team to read it.

Delivering Happiness, Tony Hsieh

The name says it all. Businesses can create happiness for those involved. Learn what made Zappos great and apply to your business, from happy employees to happy customers.

The Checklist Manifesto, Atul Gawande

Simple checklists are the bedrock of many professions, from commercial pilots and surgeons, to managers. Learn to use them!

Work The System, Sam Carpenter

A classic introduction to systems and standard operation procedures. It can open your eyes on how automation is sometimes done through people, not just through technology.

The Social Animal, Elliot Aronson

A comprehensive social psychology book. When working with others, it’s certainly a big pro to understand human psychology. This book is the best ROI on the time on the topic.

Predictably Irrational, Dan Ariely

Again a psychology book, and even more so, one focused on irrational economics decisions people make. I still think this is a great addition to this list, for the single reason that knowing many of the irrational but predictable behaviours people have in their day to day life, will help you understand and predict actions in the workplace too.

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