This is the best thread of the year :hattip:
I would like to share my experience when I first started up as an affiliate manager for Towergaming / Toweraffiliates
When I started I took all my experience from my work outside the gaming world (had no experience in gaming)- I wanted every single affiliate I worked with to feel like they were part of my team and a true partner. If an affiliate only brought in 1$ or $100,000 I would give them both the equal amount of respect and help were I could. I actually learned from new and old affiliates.
When I first started I started to chat with a new affiliate who was only making $100 a month – we started to share information and trying new things. We both worked very hard and put in a ton of effort to make things happen. Communication and hard work paid off – and with in 90 days the affiliate was making over 6k per month and now makes 30k+ per month and has hired 3 people.
It was never about how much money the company(mine or his) would make – it was about how can we help each other succeed.
I try to install this attitude in all my affiliate managers and the affiliates we work with. It’s not just talk 
It truly is a two way street – effort must be made by the affiliate and by the affiliate manager. My first question is always – what do you want to achieve? Then lets work together to help you get there.
The cool thing is, that the affiliate that grows because of hard work on both sides it becomes a friendship.
So if the effort and the hard work is there – it’s the foundation of success.
We all started out small :wink-wink