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Originally Posted by gentmaster
Hard times? Much of what you say flies in the face of what can be seen through many sponsor promotions. Not sure about you, yet, how many nano's and XBOX 360's are they giving away again? I'm sure that can fund many intra-startups. But that's just petty nitpicking.
Look, if someone approaches you as a partner and if the opportunity seems feasable, at least have your gate keepers online usher them upwards through the proper channels in order to have their business proposals heard and negotiated through to a definitive conclusion. I can't tell you how inept sponsors look when your ICQ dorks are playing armchair executive manager and treating some of us as if we where the dimbulb affiliates you see streaming through GFY by the hundreds.
Some of us are interested in building partnerships and alliances. Be receptive to those opportunities.
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Agreed program owners should always have affilate managers make sure the requests and ideas get to the people incharge to decide.
But like Raven said above, it comes down to cost vs reward, and program owners have to work out the best medium between the two. I personally am always open to affilates ideas and we bend over backwards to implement most things for affilates but not every request is feasible but I do believe its important to keep open lines of communication and always evaluate each request. We are always on the lookout for new ideas & always have an open mind to things.