New Affiliate Questions

[insoutide]

I am a mod at a poker forum and i guess i need some advice on where to start. I have a couple questions if someone wants to help me out.

1. What is more important, advertising a poker site or trying to get the good bonus from the site for the players or both?

2. How do i keep players coming back for more at a site? Seems like most people want freerolls but obviously sites arent going to approve freerolls if noone is depositing there.

3. In what ways can my affiliate manager help me besides setting up events and getting bonus'?

I would really appreciate any help or advice i can get. I have been looking over this forum for a couple hours and i think my head is going to explode! There is alot or info here i dont even understand.

[SunPoker.com]

Originally Posted by insoutide

1. What is more important, advertising a poker site or trying to get the good bonus from the site for the players or both?

I think ultimately you want to provide your users with poker rooms that you approve of and that you can recommend them to play at. Everyone has their own criteria of what is important to them in an online poker room. Play at a number of rooms to get a feel for the differences and then give your players some honest advice about the pros and cons of each. I would start out with 5 or so poker rooms and differentiate between big and medium sized rooms. Then adjust accordingly based on what you like and what your players are enjoying.

Once you start sending some players, you can negotiate with a poker room and see if you may be able to offer something extra like private tournaments or a special bonus.

Originally Posted by insoutide

2. How do i keep players coming back for more at a site? Seems like most people want freerolls but obviously sites arent going to approve freerolls if noone is depositing there.

Real poker players will come back to sites that they like, as simple as that. You should do the research to determine the best sites for you and your players. If you give them quality information about the poker sites, they can be better informed and if you give them quality poker sites, they will come back over and over again.

Originally Posted by insoutide

3. In what ways can my affiliate manager help me besides setting up events and getting bonus'?

Over the past 4+ years of affiliate management, I have seen what works and what doesn't work. We can help you determine how to best market our brands to your customers, whether it be specific copy, tournament information or bonus information. I can also help give you tips on the best ways to market your site overall. Kind of like an online marketing consultant. I have given a number of tips to beginner affiliates over the years and enjoy helping people out.

Best of luck.

Mark

[insoutide]

Thank you for your reply! I appreciate all the help i can get I have thought of another question too

If i wanted to try one of the bigger poker rooms like Full Tilt(just for example) many players already have been there and done that, so should i even bother?

[SunPoker.com]

Originally Posted by insoutide

If i wanted to try one of the bigger poker rooms like Full Tilt(just for example) many players already have been there and done that, so should i even bother?

Yes, there are plenty of new players that have not played at Full Tilt and all the other poker rooms for that matter. You should include a nice mix of big poker rooms like Full tilt and Pokerstars, and mid sized rooms like Sunpoker.com and UB. Then you can test and see what rooms work best for your traffic.

Best of luck.

Mark