Last Updated: November 1st, 2025
These Affiliate Terms of Service ("Agreement") govern participation in the Salem Speaker Bureau Affiliate Program ("Affiliate Program").
By applying to, accessing, using, or participating in the Affiliate Program, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be legally bound by this Agreement.
If you do not agree to these terms, you may not participate in the Affiliate Program.
This Agreement is entered into by and between EZMetrics LLC, a Michigan limited liability company operating Salem Speaker Bureau, SalemSpeakers.com, and related brands, products, programs, services, websites, intellectual property, and properties (collectively, the "Company," "Salem Speaker Bureau," "we," "us," or "our"), and the individual or entity participating in the Affiliate Program ("Affiliate," "you," or "your").
Participation in the Affiliate Program does not create any ownership, partnership, employment, agency, franchise, reseller, licensing, fulfillment, white-label, private-label, subcontractor, or joint venture relationship between Affiliate and the Company.
The Affiliate Program exists solely to allow approved Affiliates to market and refer prospective customers directly to the Company in exchange for potential commissions as described in this Agreement.
Affiliate's role is limited to marketing and referring prospective customers to the Company.
Affiliate does not sell, fulfill, provide, administer, control, manage, license, sublicense, or own Company services.
All Company services are offered, sold, administered, and fulfilled directly by the Company.
Nothing contained in this Agreement authorizes Affiliate to act as a reseller, distributor, service provider, fulfillment provider, agency, representative, subcontractor, franchisee, licensee, white-label provider, private-label provider, or other intermediary for the Company.
Affiliate is an independent contractor and not an employee of the Company.
Affiliate acknowledges and agrees that:
Participation in the Affiliate Program does not grant Affiliate any right to resell, redistribute, sublicense, repackage, bundle, fulfill, white label, private label, or otherwise incorporate any Company product, service, membership, program, opportunity, platform, deliverable, or intellectual property into Affiliate's own products or services.
Affiliate may not, directly or indirectly:
a. Represent Salem Speaker Bureau, EZMetrics LLC, SalemSpeakers.com, or any related Company product or service as a service provided by, through, on behalf of, or as part of Affiliate's own company, agency, coaching program, membership, product, package, offer, or organization.
b. White label or private label any Company service, product, membership, platform, deliverable, opportunity, technology, content, or intellectual property.
c. Resell access to Company products or services.
d. Bundle Company products or services into Affiliate's own product, membership, subscription, consulting agreement, coaching program, agency service, course, package, or other offer.
e. Describe Company services as "included," "complimentary," "provided by us," "our service," "our speaker bureau," "our team," "our fulfillment," "our backend," a bonus, an added benefit, or similar language that could reasonably cause a customer to believe the Company or its services are part of Affiliate's business.
f. Represent or imply that the Company is Affiliate's vendor, subcontractor, fulfillment provider, backend provider, third-party service provider, strategic partner, department, team member, or service delivery partner.
g. Collect payment from customers for Company products or services.
h. Include the cost or perceived value of Company products or services within an amount charged by Affiliate for Affiliate's own products or services.
i. Purchase, register, establish, control, or maintain a Company membership or account on behalf of another person or entity for the purpose of fulfilling Affiliate's obligations to that person or entity.
j. Create proposals, invoices, contracts, sales pages, checkout pages, advertisements, presentations, or marketing materials presenting Company services as owned, controlled, managed, provided, or fulfilled by Affiliate.
k. Represent that purchasing Affiliate's products or services automatically provides access to Company products or services.
l. Create any arrangement designed to accomplish indirectly what this Section prohibits directly.
Every customer referred through the Affiliate Program must understand that Salem Speaker Bureau is a separate and independent business.
Customers must purchase Company services directly from the Company and are subject to the Company's own pricing, agreements, terms, policies, billing procedures, qualification requirements, and customer relationship.
Affiliate's participation in the Affiliate Program does not establish a reseller, licensing, fulfillment, subcontractor, franchise, white-label, private-label, or service-provider relationship.
Any violation or attempted circumvention of this Section constitutes a material breach of this Agreement.
Customers purchasing Company products or services are customers of the Company with respect to those products and services.
The Company maintains sole authority regarding:
Affiliate may not interfere with, control, modify, administer, or misrepresent the Company's relationship with a referred customer.
Payment of an affiliate commission does not grant Affiliate any ownership interest in a customer, customer account, Company revenue, subscription, contract, or customer relationship.
Affiliate agrees to market the Company truthfully, ethically, professionally, and lawfully.
Affiliate may not:
Affiliate is responsible for ensuring that all marketing performed by Affiliate or anyone acting on Affiliate's behalf complies with applicable laws and regulations.
Affiliate must clearly and conspicuously disclose Affiliate's financial relationship with the Company whenever required by applicable law, regulation, advertising standard, or platform policy.
Affiliate must make it reasonably clear to consumers when Affiliate may receive compensation or commissions from purchases resulting from Affiliate's promotion.
Affiliate may not intentionally conceal the fact that Affiliate is financially compensated for referrals.
Affiliate is responsible for compliance with applicable Federal Trade Commission endorsement, advertising, consumer protection, and disclosure requirements.
The Company may provide suggested disclosure language, but Affiliate remains independently responsible for ensuring Affiliate's marketing complies with applicable law.
The Affiliate Program is intended to compensate Affiliates for legitimate third-party customer referrals.
Unless expressly approved in writing by the Company, Affiliate may not earn commissions from:
Affiliate may not:
The Company reserves the right to determine whether a referral constitutes a legitimate qualifying referral.
Fraudulent, manipulated, abusive, or improperly attributed referrals are not eligible for commissions.
Affiliate is granted a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license to use Company-approved brand assets solely for legitimate affiliate promotion during Affiliate's active participation in the Affiliate Program.
No ownership rights are granted.
All trademarks, trade names, logos, photographs, videos, sales materials, copy, websites, designs, databases, training materials, systems, processes, intellectual property, and other Company assets remain the exclusive property of the Company or their respective owners.
Affiliate may not:
Affiliate may not use the name, photograph, voice, likeness, biography, or identity of Jacob Salem or any Company employee, contractor, spokesperson, or representative in a manner implying personal endorsement, partnership, sponsorship, ownership, or direct involvement without written permission.
The Company may revoke permission to use any Company asset at any time.
Unless expressly approved in writing by the Company, Affiliate may not purchase paid advertising using Company trademarks, trade names, personal names, or confusingly similar terms as keywords, ad copy, display URLs, domains, or targeting criteria.
Affiliate may not bid on branded search terms including, without limitation:
Affiliate may not run advertisements designed to appear to be official Company advertisements.
Affiliate may not direct paid traffic to misleading pages or pages that obscure Affiliate's independent status.
The Company may establish additional paid advertising policies at any time.
Affiliate may not sublicense Affiliate's participation in the Affiliate Program.
Affiliate may not establish a sub-affiliate network using the Company's Affiliate Program without written authorization.
Affiliate may not permit employees, contractors, agencies, salespeople, influencers, or other third parties to engage in conduct that would violate this Agreement if performed directly by Affiliate.
Affiliate is responsible for marketing activities conducted on Affiliate's behalf.
Subject to this Agreement and the continued operation of the Affiliate Program, Affiliate may earn thirty percent (30%) recurring commissions on qualifying paid referrals properly tracked through Company-approved affiliate links.
The term "recurring" describes the Company's current commission structure and does not create a lifetime, perpetual, guaranteed, vested, irrevocable, or ownership right to commissions from any customer or customer account.
A commission is earned only when the Company determines that the applicable transaction constitutes a qualifying referral and the requirements of this Agreement have been satisfied.
Recurring commissions apply only while:
If a customer cancels or ceases payment for any reason, future commissions associated with that customer stop.
If Affiliate's participation is terminated or the Affiliate Program itself is terminated, suspended, discontinued, or closed, Affiliate has no contractual right to future recurring commissions on customer payments received after the applicable effective date except as expressly required by applicable law or agreed to by the Company in writing.
The Company does not guarantee that Affiliate will earn commissions or any particular amount of money.
The Company's tracking records and systems will control attribution of referrals and commissions absent a clear technical error identified and accepted by the Company.
The Company does not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free affiliate tracking.
Affiliate is responsible for using the correct affiliate links and tracking methods provided by the Company.
The Company is not obligated to manually attribute a transaction to Affiliate when the Company's tracking system does not identify Affiliate as the referring party.
The Company reserves the right to investigate disputed or suspicious attribution.
If a customer receives a refund, successfully disputes a payment, files a chargeback, or otherwise has a transaction reversed, any related commission is void.
Previously credited commissions associated with refunded, reversed, fraudulent, manipulated, improperly attributed, or charged-back transactions may be deducted from future commissions otherwise payable to Affiliate.
Affiliate will not ordinarily be required to repay previously paid commissions directly to the Company unless Affiliate engaged in fraud, intentional misconduct, misrepresentation, manipulation, or other unlawful conduct.
The Company may offset amounts properly owed by Affiliate against future commissions.
Subject to this Agreement, eligible commissions are generally paid on the first calendar day of each month.
If the first falls on a non-business day, payment may be processed on the nearest following business day.
Payments may be processed through GoHighLevel or another payment system selected by the Company.
Affiliate is responsible for maintaining accurate payment, identity, banking, and tax information.
The Company is not responsible for delays resulting from inaccurate information, payment processor delays, banking delays, technical failures, compliance reviews, fraud investigations, or circumstances outside the Company's reasonable control.
The Company may temporarily hold commissions reasonably associated with suspected fraud, abuse, chargebacks, attribution disputes, violations of this Agreement, or other legitimate compliance concerns while investigating the matter.
Affiliate must notify the Company in writing of any alleged commission error within sixty (60) days after the date the disputed commission would ordinarily have appeared in Affiliate's account or payment records.
Affiliate waives claims concerning commission discrepancies not reported within that period to the extent permitted by applicable law.
Affiliate is solely responsible for all federal, state, local, and other taxes arising from commissions or income earned through the Affiliate Program.
The Company does not withhold payroll taxes or provide employee benefits on Affiliate's behalf.
Affiliate agrees to provide any tax documentation reasonably requested by the Company.
The Company may investigate suspected violations of this Agreement.
During an investigation, the Company may temporarily:
Affiliate agrees to reasonably cooperate with investigations concerning suspected fraud, customer complaints, misleading advertising, brand misuse, commission manipulation, unauthorized resale, white labeling, bundling, or other violations of this Agreement.
Failure to reasonably cooperate may constitute grounds for termination.
The Company may suspend or terminate Affiliate's participation in the Affiliate Program at any time, with or without cause, subject to applicable law.
Affiliate may also discontinue participation in the Affiliate Program.
Upon termination:
The Company expressly reserves the right, in its sole discretion and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to modify, restrict, suspend, replace, discontinue, close, or permanently terminate the Affiliate Program, in whole or in part, at any time.
The Company does not guarantee that the Affiliate Program will exist or operate for any particular period.
The Company may close or discontinue the Affiliate Program for some or all Affiliates at any time.
The Company may also modify or discontinue any commission percentage, recurring commission structure, product offering, pricing model, tracking platform, payment method, eligibility requirement, promotional method, or other feature of the Affiliate Program.
Upon the effective closure, discontinuation, or termination of the Affiliate Program, Affiliate will have no contractual right to commissions based on customer payments received after the effective date of such closure, discontinuation, or termination, except to the extent otherwise required by applicable law or expressly agreed to by the Company in writing.
Commissions fully earned and payable before the effective date of the Affiliate Program's termination will be handled in accordance with this Agreement, subject to refunds, chargebacks, clawbacks, fraud investigations, attribution disputes, violations of this Agreement, and applicable law.
Affiliate specifically acknowledges and agrees that:
To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Company will not be liable to Affiliate for lost future commissions, lost profits, lost opportunities, loss of anticipated revenue, or other damages resulting from the lawful modification, restriction, suspension, replacement, closure, discontinuation, or termination of the Affiliate Program.
Affiliate may receive non-public information relating to the Company, including business practices, customer information, pricing strategies, marketing information, internal communications, sales information, systems, processes, affiliate data, and other proprietary information ("Confidential Information").
Affiliate agrees not to disclose or use Confidential Information except as reasonably necessary for authorized participation in the Affiliate Program.
Confidential Information does not include information that becomes publicly available through no breach of this Agreement.
Affiliate may not use confidential Company information to compete with, interfere with, damage, impersonate, or circumvent the Company.
This obligation survives termination.
Affiliate must comply with applicable privacy, data protection, email marketing, telephone, text messaging, advertising, and consumer protection laws.
Affiliate may not obtain, scrape, harvest, sell, disclose, or misuse Company customer information.
Participation in the Affiliate Program does not grant Affiliate access rights to Company customer databases, customer communications, internal systems, CRM records, prospect lists, or proprietary data.
Nothing in this Agreement prohibits Affiliate from providing truthful reviews, opinions, testimony, legally protected communications, or statements required by law.
Affiliate may not knowingly publish or communicate materially false statements of fact concerning the Company, its products, services, employees, contractors, customers, or representatives.
Affiliate may not intentionally interfere with Company customer relationships, contractual relationships, business operations, affiliate tracking systems, websites, technology, or intellectual property through unlawful or independently wrongful conduct.
This Section survives termination.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Affiliate agrees to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Company and its owners, members, officers, employees, contractors, representatives, affiliates, successors, and assigns from third-party claims, damages, liabilities, penalties, losses, judgments, settlements, costs, and reasonable attorneys' fees arising out of or relating to:
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE COMPANY WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO AFFILIATE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFITS, LOST BUSINESS, LOST OPPORTUNITIES, ANTICIPATED COMMISSIONS, OR LOST COMMISSIONS ARISING FROM PARTICIPATION IN, MODIFICATION OF, SUSPENSION OF, OR TERMINATION OF THE AFFILIATE PROGRAM.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE COMPANY'S AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF THE AFFILIATE PROGRAM WILL NOT EXCEED THE COMMISSIONS ACTUALLY PAID TO AFFILIATE DURING THE SIX (6) MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM.
Nothing in this Agreement limits liability that cannot legally be limited or excluded.
The Company may modify this Agreement and Affiliate Program policies from time to time.
Material changes will become effective after notice is provided through reasonable means, which may include email, Affiliate's account, the Affiliate Program platform, or publication of revised terms.
Affiliate's continued participation in the Affiliate Program after the effective date of revised terms constitutes acceptance of the revised Agreement to the extent permitted by applicable law.
Changes will not retroactively eliminate commissions already fully earned and payable before the effective date of the change except where necessary to address fraud, errors, refunds, chargebacks, improper attribution, violations of this Agreement, or unlawful activity.
Failure by the Company to enforce any provision of this Agreement on one occasion does not constitute a waiver of that provision or the Company's right to enforce it later.
Any waiver must be in writing and authorized by the Company.
Affiliate may not assign, transfer, sell, delegate, or sublicense Affiliate's rights or obligations under this Agreement without prior written consent from the Company.
The Company may assign this Agreement in connection with a merger, acquisition, sale, restructuring, transfer of assets, change of control, or other business transaction.
Affiliate agrees that notices and communications relating to the Affiliate Program may be delivered electronically, including through email, Affiliate's account, the Affiliate Program platform, or other electronic means reasonably used by the Company.
Affiliate is responsible for maintaining accurate contact information.
This Agreement is governed by and interpreted according to the laws of the State of Michigan, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, any legal action arising from this Agreement or the Affiliate Program shall be brought exclusively in the appropriate state or federal courts located in Michigan.
Affiliate consents to personal jurisdiction and venue in such courts.
If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be invalid, unlawful, or unenforceable, that provision will be enforced to the maximum extent legally permissible or severed as necessary, and the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect.
Any provision that by its nature should survive termination will survive, including provisions concerning intellectual property, confidentiality, indemnification, limitations of liability, customer and data privacy, non-interference, payment adjustments, governing law, and obligations arising from conduct occurring before termination.
This Agreement, together with any written Affiliate Program policies expressly incorporated by reference, constitutes the entire agreement between Affiliate and the Company concerning participation in the Affiliate Program and supersedes prior discussions, communications, understandings, or representations concerning the Affiliate Program.
Affiliate acknowledges that Affiliate has not relied upon any representation, promise, guarantee, or commitment not expressly contained in this Agreement.
BY APPLYING TO, ACCESSING, USING, OR PARTICIPATING IN THE SALEM SPEAKER BUREAU AFFILIATE PROGRAM, AFFILIATE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT AFFILIATE HAS READ, UNDERSTOOD, AND AGREES TO THIS AGREEMENT.
AFFILIATE SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE AFFILIATE PROGRAM IS A REFERRAL PROGRAM ONLY AND DOES NOT AUTHORIZE AFFILIATE TO RESELL, WHITE LABEL, PRIVATE LABEL, BUNDLE, PACKAGE, FULFILL, OR REPRESENT COMPANY SERVICES AS PART OF AFFILIATE'S OWN PRODUCTS OR SERVICES.
AFFILIATE FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT "RECURRING COMMISSIONS" DO NOT CREATE A LIFETIME, PERPETUAL, VESTED, GUARANTEED, OR IRREVOCABLE RIGHT TO FUTURE COMMISSIONS.
AFFILIATE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE COMPANY MAY TERMINATE AFFILIATE'S PARTICIPATION OR MODIFY, SUSPEND, DISCONTINUE, CLOSE, OR TERMINATE THE AFFILIATE PROGRAM ITSELF AS PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT.
Affiliate further acknowledges that commissions constitute compensation for legitimate qualifying referrals and do not create any ownership, partnership, reseller, agency, fulfillment, licensing, white-label, private-label, or other service-provider relationship with the Company.