Interesting points of view here
I have 2 seperate affiliate programs that consistently make me $3k per month each, but it was another program where i am in the minus quite a bit(thanks to negative carryover)that offered to comp me to this event, i respectfully declined their invite
But it’s interesting, i would’ve preferred that one of my top 2 performers made this offer to me, i wouldn’t have gone anyway, but the gesture would have been nice, especially since i spend a nice part of my earnings on promoting their product each month(more than what it costs them to treat me to a 1st class experience)
I am considering the poker event coming up in Costa Rica as being the 1st one of these events i attend, but not if i have to go through the labour of making all my own arrangements in a strange land i have never been to before, and then being around people i have never met before.
It’s a business trip, and because of that, the affiliate programs should comp me, as they are trying to ensure our relationship remains on good terms, or trying to entice me as a prospective client, but essentially they are trying to solidify their place in the industry, and they can write off these charges as business expenses and be at least partially reimbursed for their expenses.
Having said that, i think these events should be invite only(and might i add, at more tropical and exotic locations, like select poker tourney’s), just to ensure a better crowd, i think that would be more productive for the attendees and cost less to the affiliate programs who comp the invitees
Why do i get the feeling that attending one of these things would be like living in my email box, with spam coming from everywhere