Merianna is a talented teacher and thinker and is now exploring the idea of using affiliate marketing in her educational business.

I’ve encouraged her to sign up for the main networks and a few CPA networks I’m close with, but I neglected to do much in the way for introductions to the folks in the affiliate community who would steer her in the best direction. Part of that is on purpose and part of that is because I hadn’t realized how strong the community of female affiliates had grown lately.

That is a fantastic development, of course, and points to a healthy future for the industry.

What got Merianna particularly fired up was this post from Missy…

Kickass Resources for Women Entrepreneurs by @Sugarrae — MissyWard.com

From there, I’d point her to the AffStat Report on Women in Affiliate Marketing 2011 that was also published by Missy and Shawn in July as discussed on this episode of AffiliateThing.

From its beginnings, affiliate marketing has had a healthy dose of strong female leadership and voices. That is one of the qualities that makes the industry so vibrant and democratized.

So, where else would you suggest Merianna look as she ponders her potential part of the affiliate industry?