Sarah-Jane wrote:
I see this as a very relationship-driven career, which makes is great for someone social like myself. It is by no means a quiet cubicle paper-pushing position – your days are spend communicating with affiliates, meeting new affiliates and getting in touch with long-time affiliates. You develop quite a few relationships and even some friendships! I’ve found that the gaming affiliate community as a whole has introduced me to some of the most fun and friendly people I’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting. Some people confuse this job with more of a customer service position, and while the element of wanting to keep our affiliates happy with our programs is there, it goes much further than that – we aren’t simply here to solve any issues as they come up and leave it at that – we pride ourselves in taking that extra step to welcome affiliates to our programs and reach out to them to build a relationship.
Beyond the social aspect of this position, there is also the element of creativity that I love to bring to my day to day tasks. Writing newsletters, creative consulting, marketing strategies – there is so much to be learned and mastered in this position. A good affiliate manager is so many things – a friendly resource that affiliates can come to with any issue, a statistical analyst, a marketing professional, a copywriter – all in all, makes my daily experience the opposite of boring! Thanks as well goes out to my fellow employees at Income Access as well as the fantastic clients I work with.
:woohoo:
It sounds almost like heaven to me.