Archive for November, 2008

The Importance Of Attending Industry Conventions & Reading Industry Forums »

This is a question that comes up quite often from both new and experienced poker affiliates. Often times when looking at the costs of attending one of these events, it can be hard to justify. After all, more than likely you are going to have to fly to another country, pay for airfare, [...]

Earning Residual Poker Affiliate Income Through Mentoring & Sub-Affiliates »

Incorporating sub-affiliate revenue into your overall poker affiliate model can be quite lucrative if done properly. Most poker affiliate programs will offer you some type of sub-affiliate scheme if you can refer legitimate new affiliates. I don’t think it is a big surprise that I have done quite well in terms of leveraging [...]

Incentive Marketing, No Deposit Bonuses, & Free Poker Money »

Every few months you will see a new affiliate posting either over at one of the industry forums on how they are not being treated fairly by a poker affiliate program regarding their CPA’s. Anymore before I even read the entire post or hear the complaint, I already know the story.
I’ll preface the rest of [...]

Building A Successful Online Poker Forum or Community »

Building a successful forum or online community can be one of the largest challenges, and most difficult things for an internet marketer to accomplish. In the poker affiliate market, it is even more difficult due to the amount of established poker forums that are already successful.
When deciding to build a forum, you have several [...]

Offline Poker Affiliate Marketing »

There is no question that online poker affiliate marketing will produce greater results than offline poker affiliate marketing. Nonetheless offline marketing should not be overlooked. . Many websites have discovered the power of integrating offline marketing techniques into their promotional strategies. With a little imagination and creativity, you can develop and offline promotional strategy [...]

The Benefits Of Blogging For Poker Affiliates »

Over the past couple years, blogging has become main stream in the poker affiliate market. Almost every large poker site has a blog of some sort. In fact many poker affiliates are using blogging software such as wordpress for their main sites.
Having a stand alone blog or incorporating a blog into your website [...]

Ethics – The Expectations Of Poker Affiliate Managers »

I first published a version of this article in 2006 at PokerAffiliateWorld.com. Since then I have spoken about it at conferences, and it has been republished in several of the industries largest print publications and magazines. Not enough can be said about acting in good faith and being in honest with your affiliate [...]

Choosing The Right Poker Affiliate Commission Plans – Revenue Share or CPA? »

One of the most common questions both new affiliates and even existing affiliates often ask their affiliate managers is whether they should choose a CPA plan or Revenue Share plan.
I’ve written on this topic before, and oddly enough my answers sometimes change from month to month. The answer to this age old question however [...]

Converting Poker Affiliate Web Traffic To Depositing Players »

In the world of poker affiliate marketing, there are several affiliates who do an extraordinary job of driving targeted traffic to their sites. Unfortunately, getting the traffic to your website is only half the battle. Remember, as a poker affiliate you don’t get paid on traffic. You get paid when your visitors [...]

The Importance Of Choosing A Poker Affiliate Niche »

So let’s discuss something in this article that I am sure every poker affiliate is interested in, MAKING MONEY!
For many years now I have been writing, blogging, and speaking about the importance of niche marketing. This is especially important in the poker affiliate industry. Let’s start by defining what a niche is. A niche is [...]