Dominique,
Thanks for the clarification.
We have more exhibitors than ever before. The casinos and sportsbooks have passes for affiliates. Its their option, and some don’t exercise this option.
In the beginning, many affiliate managers were afraid to bring their affiliates to this event out of fear of introducing them to their competitors.
If the affiliate is a performer, more than likely they are signed up for numerous casino affiliate programs. So the argument they made was moot.
It took them time to learn this. Now many are opening up and bringing their affiliates. They’ve learned that you are thankful for this and end up doing three things:
1) Become More Loyal
2) Provide more real estate for their program on your portal
3) Bring them more business.
And you you increase in performance, so do they.
If you are an affiliate that performs, really performs….then by all means you should be invited by your top ranking affiliate program. If they aren’t inviting you to this event and sponsoring a pass for you….then that says alot to me and should say alot to you…..you bring them serious $$ every month, and a small investment in your pass for the event would bring more $$. I see no reason why an affiliate manager could not make the investment in the affiliate.
But again, the affiliate HAS to be a serious performer…..not one that makes no $$ and types on bulletin boards all day long. No affiliate manager would invest in someone that doesn’t already have a track record.
Marc Lesnick
Conference Organizer
http://www.CasinoAffiliateConvention.com