Well i appreciate all the kind words and the support, we affiliates stick together when we are treated unfairly. Or when there is free beer!
It’s almost 24 hours since i first posted this and i’ve not heard from henry or his boss. The account is still locked.
Henry, you blew it. The correct first contact would have involved this line:
“I don’t seen any banners on your site and no traffic coming to our casinos. Our terms allow us to close accounts that aren’t promoting us, so I’m hoping that you can give us some coverage. Please let me know if there are any issues that are keeping us off your site, otherwise I need to see some action on your part in the next month or two to keep our relationship “going”
nice, simple, polite and it points out that you are within your rights to take action.
Instead, you wanted to play power games, but guess what? I’ve got a lot more power in this industry that you do. And because of your actions with me, your words here and your inability to admit you made a bad mistake, your reputation has been badly scarred. On the other hand, it’s quite possible, that despite my outrageous language, that both my power and prestige has expanded…..strange huh?
The real lesson here, isn’t “Know who your talking to, before you utter your first word”, though that is a great one. Rather: “In the affiliate game, the affiliate is your customer, not the other way around” until you pay me in advance or guarantee a certain level of revenue, you have no right to demand anything!
So, henry, i’m sorry i had to drag you into the public square and put you in the stocks, but your behavior, before and since indicate that you still don’t get it.
I think it’s time that you get your boss in here and have him/her tell us that he supports you 100%, so we can all move on from here. My guess is you still haven’t told the boss that you’ve started a war, hence my prediction that you won’t be around much longer.
Henry, make my prediction a errant one, deal with this correctly, learn from your mistakes and make sure you keep your job.
Don’t let your ego ruin your future in the Affiliate industry and hurt your employer’s business.
The ball is in your court.