Or maybe it's the rep that is in the wrong business if he/she not able to help affiliates make money!:upsidedow

I think the problem is that a lot of programs want to hire a ton of affiliate reps. Instead of hiring 5 average reps, they should hire 1-2 really good reps who know what they are doing. Pay them double or triple.

You'd be surprised how many I've come across that can't answer simple questions like which one of your sites is doing best, which creatives are getting the best CTR, etc.

I made one of my long-winded posts on this topic in another thread a few days ago. I'm feeling lazy, so rather than rewrite the same opinion for this one: http://www.gofuckyourself.com/showpo...1&postcount=28

I'd love to give my hand at being an affiliate rep, hit me up if anyone wants to give me a shot

How in the world can an affiliate rep help reduce your ratios? I've always wondered about that.

There are different kinds of sales reps. Some don't know HTML, some can code PHP and JAVA, others are really good at stats and some are just idea people.

I feel sorry for sales reps that are the only rep the company really has - like Punker Barbie. She's expected to be online nearly twenty-four hours a day. On top of this she is expected to know every aspect of the business from SEO to TGP to Free Sites while trying to manage a marketing campaign for the entire company.

A good sales rep is a jack of all trades, and when they cannot handle a certain problem they hand it off to the right person - and then follow up on it.

Same here.. I have been the only customer service rep for Click Me Media for almost 2 years.. I have to be online alot.. but I love it.:thumbsup

If you think Brandon99 from DatingGold (DG) is cute??? Perhaps ya been hangin with BoyAlley too much these days.

A lot of verbiage in the posts above. Being a lazy sob, I didn't take the time to read every last word.

Say what you will about reps and I might agree for most of them. Then I look at my DG stats and know that Brandon helped them get there. In the end, its about the MONEY for most of us. Make a few friends and that's a bonus. So Brandon, even if you are butt ugly, thanks for the efforts!!!

Now that's suckin up to a good sponsor!

You too can win with DG - Here's the link

Well they should be able to help with what pages to send traffic to amongst other things. I would think that kind of stuff would be the most basic of all things. I've come across affiliate reps who don't even know a particular site is part of their program.

BTW - A DG check arrived in the mail today. That one I drive over to the bank same day. They'll do Epassporte too. I decided to spread risk and have some sponsor checks mailed and some Epass. Seems like more and more offer the Eppasporte these days. Off Topic---

50.......... :arcadefre

From the other side of the fence, there are affiliates that want EVERTHING done for them. They sign up with an AOL or .edu account, they don't know HTML or how to download or link banners so they want you to build thier freesites for them, they want you to submit them to SEs for them, etc. For those, I gave links to Cozy Frog, Tom's Newbie's, etc. There's only so much "help" you can give someone.

Derek "Sherm" was a Great Find for us, he knows the biz. These days theres soo many programs and only a handfull of knowledgable people. So chances of finding good reps goes down.