Matt McWilliams

Matt McWilliams is the Affiliate Manager at Legacy Learning Systems in Nashville, Tennessee. Legacy's 'Learn and Master series' has a mission of "Bringing Personal Dreams Within Reach," making difficult skills, such as guitar, piano, drums, ballroom dancing, and more accessible through multimedia self-education courses.

Matt previously served as Chief Operating Officer and managed the affiliate program at HometownQuotes.com, growing the program over 1000% in the first year alone and establishing himself as one of the top affiliate managers in the world.

While at HometownQuotes, Matt received an honorary ACCertified Affiliate Manager Certification from Affiliate Classroom (click here to read the press release), one of only 14 awarded worldwide. He has also won awards from ABestWeb, the leading online affiliate community, for his affiliate management skills and advocacy of affiliate marketing.

He has been a presenter for WebinarStock and other affiliate marketing forums and conferences and often serves as a mentor or listening ear for new or aspiring affiliate managers.

Matt and his wife Tara live just outside of Nashville and reside with their two dogs, Benton and Jasmyn. They enjoy reading, hiking, music, exercising, cooking, and serving their church and community together.

What Others Are Saying about Matt

“Matt is a top notch affiliate manager. His efforts have been instrumental to HometownQuotes.com winning the 2007 Best in Business Award by the Nashville Business Journal. He is responsive, relationship-oriented (an important part of the affiliate marketing business), passionate and diligent. I highly recommend Matt to anyone who may be looking for an affiliate manager.”
-Geno Prussakov, Affiliate Marketing Consultant, Affiliate Manager, AM Navigator LLC

“Matt helped me make my affiliate business more profitable. Before I started working with HometownQuotes my affiliate income was a minor part of my income. Now it is my primary income stream. Since I'm a self taught programmer and webmaster, I needed a lot of hand-holding in the beginning. Matt and his staff helped me tremendously.”
- Alston Balkcom, affiliate of HometownQuotes.com

“My company has worked for the past two years as an affiliate for Hometown Quotes. Matt was the COO / Affiliate Manager for most of that time. He was extremely proactive, both in terms of staying in touch and in suggesting ways that we could boost the number of leads that we sent.”
-Chris Brooks, affiliate of HometownQuotes.com

“Matt is a visionary in the development of Affiliate Marketing programs with unique contributions to the art of affiliate relationship development. Matt is a thought leader in the affiliate space and was an integral contributor to the development of the HometownQuotes insurance platform. I would highly recommend Matt McWilliams.”
-Todd Chapple, Chief Marketing Officer, NetQuote Inc.

“Matt is awesome to work with. He is professional and works hard. He has great followup skills and always finds a solution. He has been a pleasure to work with the last few years. He is very proactive and that's what you want in an Online Marketer.”
-Evan Weber, CEO, Experience Advertising

“Matt is one of those guys that just gets things done. He is creative, charismatic and thinks outside to box the achieve results. He brings a powerful presence to any situation and is truly an asset to those fortunate enough to work with him.”
Hunter Ingram, CEO, HometownQuotes.com

“Matt is one of the most knowledgeable affiliate marketers I've had the privilege of coming across. He is generous with his time and expertise. He also does things the right way. It is clear to me that Matt understands the needs of his advertisers at all times, while focusing on maximizing the revenue opportunities for his affiliates.”
-Howard Yeh, VP, Corporate Development, HealthCare.com, Inc.