12-15-2004, 10:35 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: hidden village of the sand..TRAINING TO KILL NARUTO
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Originally posted by RRRED
It's all about CONTACTS!! Old contacts, new contact, long term contacts, temporary stepping stone contacts, contacts in every corner of the industry... Traffic, hosting, scripts, processing, etc.
And always remember DON'T burn your bridges... Someone that might be useless to you probably has a friend that you'll meet at the NEXT convention that makes you a nice little commish long term.
Just because someone from a small little tgp pissed you off at a party once, doesn't mean that guy won't someday be your boss OR the boss of someone you're trying to get traffic from.
You need to be on top of your game with daily shit maintenance of webmasters (like "where's my check?") but you need to be spending most of your day learning ALL the different traffic sources out there and how you can tap into ALL of it... or at least understand it so that when you're asked something by an affiliate, you will know how to answer.
Most importantly I think is that you need to be readily available pretty much at all times. When a webmaster has a question, it's usually because they're right in the middle of deciding whether to sign up OR physically putting your links up. There's value in spreading your day out past the 9 to 5 office hours here..
#1 complaint I have heard from webmasters is that they don't get answers to their emails or just plain shitty customer service. It really pisses them off worse when they see you playing on the boards while they're being brushed under the rug.
Marketing in my opinion is a little different.. I think of marketing as how you can get attention from the masses and make a lasting impression. You know, like Turd on the toilet banners or Gabe in a baby diaper. Advertising to your advertisers is always a challenge. Creativity in this dept is a must...
Anyway I could go on and on... proceed
 And never give two cents.. give FOUR 
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