I am not an affiliate manager but I would like to say that often affililiates will tar programs or managers they don’t know with the “evil” or “spammer” brush.
What I mean is that because they have been screwed over a few times in a variety of ways I often see some affiliates not willing or not interested in speaking to new managers or new programs. That said I am not saying that you should dive in and promote a completely untested company, but you shouldn’t immediately go on the defensive and close your self off because they posted an introduction in a forum or approached you at a conference.
I hope that makes sense :sarcasm: