Christmas Pressies

[Simmo!]

Had a really nice Harrods gift box from Gala Coral today containing Harrods champers and Port....yum! Also, a gift box of Belgian chocs from 3Dice.

Nice hand-written cards from the Paddys and Income Access, plus one from Referback too.

Don't you just love Xmas.:D Anyone else turned up trumps?

Simmo!

[bonustreak]

I have the drink from Slot O Cash and then I got a few hand written cards as well. Got a call that explained I had a gift on the way still and then another that went to the wrong address....lol

Simmo can you give me a shout when your free and remind me to ask you about 3dice.. :thankyou:

[bonustreak]

Ok this am I have received so far.

A very nice digital pic frame from Red Returns, thanks Marytn you rock!!

A box of goodies from Villento Affiliates, thanks Andre your amazing!

A very nice private email from Jonathan at CWC what a gentleman he is and so sweet.

A very unexpected and nice text message from Martin at Star Partner, he is so unpredictable and cool :)

I am told that something is on it's way still from Fortune :)

Cheers to all :D

[Spearmaster]

F - A :)

(didn't want to waste my breath explaining but the message was shorter than 10 characters!)

[Spin21]

One diary! (Thanks Ladbrokes). I didn´t even get any socks. Must be the credit crunch....

[Simmo!]

One diary! (Thanks Ladbrokes). I didn´t even get any socks. Must be the credit crunch....

Ah yeah i got a diary too from Corals! Forgot that LOL.


F - A :)

(didn't want to waste my breath explaining but the message was shorter than 10 characters!)

Ah but you're not actually not promoting anyone Spear ;)

[Spearmaster]

Ah but you're not actually not promoting anyone Spear ;)

That doesn't mean they shouldn't send me something for my past efforts... in fact they should be sending me things because they want me to start promoting again.

[Simmo!]

That doesn't mean they shouldn't send me something for my past efforts... in fact they should be sending me things because they want me to start promoting again.

Maybe there's a message there ;)

Oh yeah and apparently I received a small hamper from Market Ace - delivered to OGGS!

[Spearmaster]

Actually, it's a valid point. Let me give you an example which is not too far different.

In the past, a casino in Vegas (to be truthful, many casinos) constantly sent me offers such as free entry into slots tournaments, free room and board, free helicopter tour over the Grand Canyon, etc... even though I hadn't visited in more than a year. The reason? I was one of their "high rollers" - meaning I was in one of their preferred tiers. These offers were not relevant to how much I lost, or how much I won - but on how much they thought they could make from me on a 3-day trip, for example.

Now let's bring that back to the affiliate sphere. In the past, when I was still running Got2Bet, I delivered quite a reasonable stream of players to a number of casinos. Granted, I got my piece back in commissions - but the casinos didn't do so badly either, after all.

So the concept is - they should be able to determine an average worth from the players I sent them (let's say $1K per player per year, maybe 20-30 players). If they made $20-30K per year from my players (giving me my 25% cut, that would leave 15-22.5K) - there's a reasonable chance that they could start earning similar figures from me if they could get me to start promoting them again.

Does it not make sense, then, that they should consider investing a couple of hundred bucks to try and get me to start promoting again? I know if I were on the other side of the coin, I would gladly invest that money without hesitation.

Mind you, I don't expect anything at all from some of the great affiliate managers and owners who take me out to meals, invite me to parties, etc. even though I haven't been actively marketing for a couple of years - I think you can guess who will get first dibs when I get going again...

[Simmo!]

Does it not make sense, then, that they should consider investing a couple of hundred bucks to try and get me to start promoting again? I know if I were on the other side of the coin, I would gladly invest that money without hesitation.

But having left the industry for a few years, maybe they were assuming that you were out of it now - in an "affiliate" sense.

[Spearmaster]

I should mention that the year I left the affiliate side of things (2005) - my response would've been exactly the same - F-A.

Actually, I lie, sort of. I got a nice gift basket from Trident, but that's because Micki is a nice person :) It certainly had nothing to do with wanting me to promote her properties because she knows I would've done so anyhow.

[dominique]

I haven't heard from Mickie in a long time now... I hope she is ok.

[Simmo!]

I haven't heard from Mickie in a long time now... I hope she is ok.

I spoke to her via email about 6-8 weeks ago and she was fine, but not involved anymore. Thought she might come to London but I believe has since decided not to.