Andre wrote:
The biggest adjustment she had to make was moving from a stable, procedure driven environment to one where change happens on a daily basis, things happen at breakneck speed and everyone is trying their damndest to keep up. If you let go of the reigns for a split moment you can find yourself overwhelmed with playing catch up (and have thousands of affiliates / players on your back). Not very forgiving and not for the feint hearted.
Something I find surprising is how many sites don’t even have a single professional marketer. Those that don’t have one of the partners handle the marketing and they freely admit not knowing much about marketing.
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If you consider this industry my advice is that you are very ambitious and preferably young and single.
I am ambitious, not so young (depending if you think 42 is young or not), and am single without any dependents. I’m ready for a change.
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I don’t think there is much work that is based in the U.S. though, for obvious reasons, and casinos having staff working off site isn’t likely.
I always tell those that interview me that I am willing to relocate anywhere in the world that isn’t a combat zone. I also think that being an American marketer is a good thing in my favor for those poker sites wishing to market to Americans.
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Their user database is far to valuable and they can only keep control of it from their own environment. My wife wasn’t allowed to use a memory stick at work for example.
Quite understandable and something I would expect.
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Something to consider. Choose your first job carefully, since you will more than likely have to sign a restraint of trade, and if you hate your first job you will face a legal battle trying to get work at a competitor.
I am more than willing to sign a non-disclosure agreement but if they want me to sign a non-compete agreement, they will have to pay. That and it is very hard to enforce if I move to another country to work for a different poker site, which would likely be the case.
