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Every few months you will see a new affiliate posting either over at one of the industry forums on how they are not being treated fairly by a poker affiliate program regarding their CPA's. Anymore before I even read the entire post or hear the complaint, I already know the story.

I'll preface the rest of t his chapter  by saying that in rare occurrences, the free money or no deposit schemes by affiliates do give value to the rooms. 95% of the time however, they are nothing but fraud ...

Building a successful forum or online community can be one of the largest challenges, and most difficult things for an internet marketer to accomplish.  In the poker affiliate market, it is even more difficult due to the amount of established poker forums that are already successful.

When deciding to build a forum, you have several options of software to choose from. The most popular forum software's currently on the market are Vbulletin, PHPbb, YaBB, IVB and SMF.  I have ran communities ...

While online website marketing methods such as search engine optimization and paid advertising are most effective in the poker affiliate market, offline marketing is also a great way to promote your website and attract new readers. Just because your affiliate business is based on the Web does not mean you have to rely solely on online advertising. Many websites have discovered the power of integrating offline marketing techniques into their promotional strategies. With a little imagination and creativity, ...

Over the past couple years, blogging has become main stream in the poker affiliate market.  Almost every large poker site has a blog of some sort.  In fact many poker affiliates are using blogging software such as wordpress for their main sites.

Having a stand alone blog or incorporating a blog into your website can be very beneficial to your overall business.  A blog is a great place to establish authority in whatever niche you are promoting within.  Plus if you're running a blog alongside ...

I first published a version of this article in 2006 at PokerAffiliateWorld.com.  Since then I have spoken about it at conferences, and it has been republished in several of the industries largest print publications and magazines.  Not enough can be said about acting in good faith and being in honest with your affiliate managers.

I've never been an affiliate manager myself, but many of my good friends in this industry are AM's.  It's actually quite comical too, as long as I have been ...