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Originally Posted by angeleyes
I have to agree that some companies have thousands upon thousands of webmasters and on top of running a company can't talk to each webmaster, every single time. (Not because they don't want to, they have only so many hours in the day). That is why VP of sales, etc are hired. I've held all kind of positions. Some ppl have not liked me I'm quite sure, some have written to my bosses about how good I am at being on top of the game, but one person alone can't do everything or the company couldn't grow. The company grows and they can raise payouts. Plus these people also have families and a few hours of sleep a night they need, that is why they hire people to help. That is just my 2 cents. I can't even imagine at my old job, the owner handling all affiliates when they own 7 programs now, each with multiple sites, it just can't be done. That would be one owner handling about 10,000 affiliates. (When they need over 8 that are over loaded). This is not my current employer and it's something good to be said about my previous because they grew from nothing to huge and they did it working with ppl that worked hard for them. That is how these small programs grow, a bunch of quality people chipping in and working overtime and brainstorming, it's a unique dynamic.
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Thats pretty much what is happening here right now, there are two owners and 3 employees working on a range of projects, some new affiliate programs that we have in development, some mainstream ebook affiliate programs, some service related sites and also a mainstream bricks and mortar type business, the company owners simply do not have the time to be dealing with everything 24/7 so they hired the three of us to handle what id call the 'grunt' work, coming up with site concepts, affiliate relations, marketing and promotion of their resource sites and ad sales, etc, etc....
Between the 5 of us, when we all get together its great because we all have a unique perspective on where we want to grown our online businesses for the company owners, ourselves and our affiliates, sometimes we all agree on the direction we should take, sometimes we dont but its these brainstorming sessions that i personally find to be the most valuable in learning new things and it also helps me appreciate the fact that even though im a general rep for several web presences, i know i can grow with our company as it evolves whether that is in the online world or in the bulk commercial real estate world working on multi million dollar foreclosure deals for hedge funds.
Bottom line is, the two company owners have a limited amount of time of their own, by hiring someone to be a frontman for their online businesses it allows them to focus on growing their businesses, not worrying what is actually going on in the industry with them.
Part of my job is to keep them appraised of what is new and developing in the biz, programs that have launched new sites, niches, new boards that have popped up, companies we should be looking to work with, etc... This alone is pretty much a full time job LOL