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Originally Posted by inthecrack
You presume that making money is the primary goal. Actually it is not. Taking pride in a quality unique product and customer satisfaction is our primary goal. Making money is secondary for me. If it were only about making money then I would not fly the crew and models to exotic locations or spend the countless hours on post production (which coincidentally costs the affiliates nothing). I could make a shitload more money if I didn't do that. I sacrifice a lot to get what I have. I do what I do because it is what I am passionate about. I enjoy the adventure and the rewarding experience of creating something unique. To have thoughtless affiliates that think they own us then go and butcher it is an insult.
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If you are under the impression the OP is a thoughtless affiliate who thinks they own you, you need to close up your affiliate program, because you don't understand it. It's great that you take pride in your work, it really is, and I really do get that, as I do your passion coming above the desire to make as much $ as possible. Thing is, passion for your work, and making $ aren't mustually exclusive. You obviously want to make
more money, otherwise you wouldn't have the aff program in place - the second helps you achieve more of the first.
http://www.google.com/search?tbm=isc...l927 l0.6l6l0 Does Google think it 'owns' you? This affiliate (and many affs, across many programs), juggle text, advertising, placement, the best pic for the type of traffic their particular site gets, size, compression, calls to action, and a bunch of other stuff that I can't be bothered to try and recall right now, to make the best overall advert for the site they are sending to. They don't do these things so they can sit there thinking they 'own' anyone.