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Any idea how to contact Mike Wittmeyer, I have been looking to contact him for weeks now and got no answer from his old emails and etc, if someone could help would be great.

Not sure about you Jeremy - but UIEGA ended up being one of the best things that ever happened to me. It was a harsh reminder of how business can be(as before it it was just so easy to make money you get complacent), really forced me to diversify - and I actually ended up having two of my most profitable affiliate relationships ever post-UIEGA as Full Tilt became a major force, and Cake absolutely killed it for awhile.

Black Friday was obviously nasty. I didn't work at all with Chipleader and much with Pokerstars so that wasn't a big deal, but Full Tilts closure was brutal for me. Thankfully like you - diversified well enough that it wasn't as big an issue as it could've been.

I think all in all - the best lesson learned from it all is that you can never actually rely on that money. So in situations like Lock Poker for example - I don't promote them, but if I did and this crap happened I would be prepared for it and move on. So any gambling income - well, any income I make overall - I never rely on it, and don't count on it until it's actually in my hands.

I do miss when my business was 90% poker affiliation on rev share though - because it was so hard to mess that up. Every month you'd just have a steady growth with no swings for the most part. It was nice having a "reliable" income like that.

Yea that was awesome to contribute Dealer Dan, thanks for the opportunity. I would love to see more of these in the future.

I can only speak for myself, but I took a very significant hit after UIGEA, however luckily had money saved for a rainy day, on my money mattress! And again in 2011, I took another hit. By then though I was pretty well diversified making money on paid advertising and consulting, and not as reliant on affiliate commissions as I was the first time.

So for me it was not as bad as some other U.S. facing affiliates that relied solely on their checks from say, FT, UB, AP, and Stars.

Not gonna lie, FullTilt stung for me though. I remember sitting in a dentist's chair and seeing the news come across my phone. All I could think of was, "Aw man, this shit again"

I do miss the easy money and making it rain hundreds though! Now days in my old age, I am back heavily immersed in gaming, but more on the business side and not as reliant on straight affiliate revenue.

I make a little money off sites like Carbon, Bovada, etc. here in the U.S. But I'd personally be reluctant to invest too much time or effort into U.S. facing rooms again and making them anything more than incremental income, unless of course they are regulated rooms.

I think the swings as a gambling affiliate can be just as bad as a player sometimes.....over a longer period though.

[QUOTE=TheGooner;bt5843]Failed to ask the question that we all had ... how did you finances handle leaving online gambling affiliation behind.[/QUOTE]

Or for any pre-UIEGA affiliate; did sleeping on a bed of money dry out your skin? :)

I'll do more of these in the future though for sure and your question is a great one. Would love to have you on a roundtable sometime Gooner.

Failed to ask the question that we all had ... how did you finances handle leaving online gambling affiliation behind.

One of the best articles I've read in recent memory. Especially #5 - Good stuff sir

Facebook ads unsure if they still count robot traffic

I bought a nice domain for D3 item auctions.. But havent touched it since....

I play D3 and if Blizzard doesnt make the end game better, people wont need to buy gear because they wont be playing the game anymore.

Ok mods, please cut my comments down to 1... :D keeps getting an error when hitting post.

Graham is DA MAN !

Yeah nice work Graehams . Will be trying to remember the twitter stuff more... :)

Great interview Graeme! And thanks Graham for sharing!

Oh my! The new AB is sexay! Good job on that Graeme.

Loving the new Affiliate Bible Graeme - looks great! Will definitely be spending a lot of time there

It's nice having a brand too because people can't lie to you and can't just buy the .org version of your site, copy the inbound and outbound link structure and rip you off.

Your site Casino Answers! The Ultimate Online Casino Guide is a GREAT example of how to do this Dan, I've got something big in my head for branding soon too so I was glad to see this post.

I agree, building a site that doesn't rely on google to drive traffic seems to be the key to a good nights sleep these days. Easier said than done, but solid advice.

[QUOTE=DealerDan;bt4602]Yep. I actually wrote about that on my never-used [url=http://www.dealerdan.com/news/i-dont-really-write-here-much-anymore/]blog[/url] when someone asked:



Once the new site launches though I'm going to be doing something with comments and feedback for user interaction.[/QUOTE]

Yeah I can see your point. Maybe do a 50/50, open the comments for articles that you would be ok with people commenting, and keep em closed when you want to get to the point and avoid the "great tips - Thanks!".

Thanks to both DD and Roger. Awesome read!!