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Old 04-24-2006, 03:25 AM  
shermo
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Originally Posted by CuriousToyBoy
Fuck you are a wise man dude.

I post a similar question, how many affiliate rep out there have NEVER sent a join in their life, let alone depended on their ability to do so to survive ?

Not saying there is not a place for reps to that, reps, but there are a few who tout and pout and carry on like they know everything when they actually don't know shit from clay but have a large expense account.

I was always my own rep. When I spend money it is MY money that I have hard-earned to spend.

I now work for a company (LionDollars, for those who came in late), and I still do some for my own stuff and employ others to do the bulk of it.

My role with LionDollars I must point out is not just affiliate management, but also internal traffic development.

And working with such a switched on and brilliant bunch of peeps is a buzz.

But at the enjd of the day, if push came to shove, I could lose everything but I still have the ability to start from scratch and make it all back.

It would be hard, but I can do it.

How many other reps could do the same thing ? And when you are asking for advice on how to maximize you bank, who would (or who should) you be talking to - the rep who has never sent traffic or the one who made what they are building their own ?

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My thoughts exactly... How can a rep work with affiliates if they've never been in their shoes? It should be a pre-req that an affiliate manager can do more than just speak. If I owned a program and were hiring an afffiliate manager, I'd make sure that that manager knew how to generate traffic, and in a variety of ways. Even if his/her job isn't to generate income for the company, they need to at least know how to deal with affiliates sending a variety of traffic: free sites, mgp/tgp galleries, blogs, mail, etc.
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