There’s literally 2000 casinos to promote now and a lot of them get frustrated that no one is pushing them
True, the market is saturated and there will be a contraction soon.
Also, it is getting so that solicitations are getting really annoying, with some people being pushy and aggressive about it. And I don’t mean sending me a ton of mail – that is to be expected. I have resorted to putting my dial up number on my business cards.
I don’t know if my gender encourages them to behave like that, but with me being pushy is a sure fire way to get me walking off in the opposite direction.
What is the affiliate manager to do then?
Set up a nice program, send updates, send creatives – I have been swayed in the past by getting good HTML mailers for me to send out. These came unsolicited in the mail – but I liked them and signed up and mailed them out.
Don’t make the mail too long – make it useful.
I also like to have personal contact with the affiliate managers – it gives me more confidence in the honesty of the program.
And as of now, I will give preference to programs that list with J.Todd’s organization, the APCW. Merely the willingness to undergo scrutiny speaks volumes.