Anyway, with the growing desire to continue to diversify outside of gambling affiliation, the idea of affiliating for precious metals made a lot of sense. Besides, I tell all my friends and family, and peers on internet forums why I think the answer to the question of should you buy silver or gold is a strong ‘yes’ for most people and making a site focused on gold and silver was a no brainer for me since this is something else that I am already very interested in, believe in, and can be passionate about.

I like buying silver because it has a low entry price point, especially compared to gold. It is liquid, anyone with any problem solving skills can liquidate an oz of silver fairly quickly, even faster than an ounce of gold.

Now I know this post really is not that much about poker affiliation but it is just one example of other markets that we can use our skills in gambling affiliation to quickly and easily create a money making website in other niches. Plus I needed a link to that site If you want to promote gold or silver then sign up to cj.com and search for the gold plan from APMEX. They offer $20 CPA’s that scale up to $40 and besides it is being led by the team we are already familiar with from over at PAL. Also it is virtually the only precious metal affiliate program on the market other than using something like ebay.

You can check out the APMEX Affiliates site for more info, listen to the gold affiliate radio show on Wednesdays, assuming they keep it up. (no more mac poker lawsuit calls please, lol wtf man).

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I am in the process of having banners created for our texas holdem dealing course and wanted to get some feedback. This is the 1st revision of the banners. I can’t change up the text as what it says but I can revise the images the colors and things of that nature. They are designed to grab the attention of the poker player and show them an opportunity to make good money doing something they are interested in already. Feel free to post your thoughts in the PAL thread requesting a critique of these poker dealing banners.

My thoughts are that pretty much these are about what I expected and I’m fairly happy with them. I think they will flow from the banner through the landing page fairly well even if the green colors are a little off. I think they should stand out being something a little different, they are not ‘too annoying’ but should get noticed. I think I need to change the roulette background image to something more poker dealing related…

What do you think be brutal, I have 5 free revisions I can work with so I would love feedback.

After awesome advice and critique from the members over at the PAL Forums, I revised them and they turned out like this: Poker Dealer Affiliate Banners

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I am always looking for innovative ways to use content to not only drive traffic to websites but to also work off of one another and create synergy across the network of websites, products, services and offerings that in turn earn income for the business. If you are struggling to send traffic to online poker sites, or if you are having a hard time finding alternative offers to put in front of your traffic (how many pokerstars banners can they see anyway, right), consider promoting Dealer-Training.com for a 50% CPA deal all paid through clickbank.

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Anyway, the following here is pure gossip / speculation but I’m just going to say it.

Skins come and go but the true value is the affiliate relationships.

You seemed to handle it pretty good from Stinky to Chan to Aced but this one stuck you pretty good. Hell I feel for you because I know you were in a bad spot, I can understand. You want to keep that traffic coming to show that new investor the ROI he demands and if you get that new investor you may be able to pull it off and get everyone paid and back on track but when you are paying the bills with credit cards then your in trouble. It was a gamble… a desperation gamble even at that and you lost. I know I expected big things from Aced.com when they launched and it seemed like once the Jamie Gold fiasco happened that there were no additional ideas or efforts to recruit a base of poker players. Maybe I’m wrong but I don’t think so.

Shitty situation and I expect more and more skins to fail, especially those skins that do not actively market to bring in RECREATIONAL players. This is the way the wind is blowing. Plan accordingly fellow affiliates.

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• Calling out Brandon Berndt – Aced.com Poker Manager
• Aced transitions to PDC Affiliates

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Sportsbook.com Affiliate Program – Refer Your Players to Sportsbook

In 2006, when the UIGEA first went down (and ironically today is the day it is supposed to be enforced) I was invited to be one of the first affiliates of the new Sportsbook.com site and I jumped at the chance. You can sign up at commissionaccount.com or Sportsbook.com affiliate signup here. I’ve been working with the account manager back from the Paradise Poker days, one of the very first online poker rooms to offer real money poker and I recommend them to most affiliates I network with.

The Sportsbook.com brand has consistently converted as well as any of the major online poker rooms listed on the site, and better than most.

This is due in no short part to their credit card processing, which is second to none and super important or the conversion rate if you are sending recreational players (which is what the rooms want!).

I’ve sent a bunch of affiliates who are quite happy that they began promoting them and many have them as their number one room. Join the healthy group of high quality sub affiliates and together we can accomplish more. Plus you’ll get Stephen for your affiliate manager and he is one of the best in the biz.

In the 5+ years I’ve been doing business with them, he has always been professional and spot on. We have not in that time seen any player issues from poker and sportsbook traffic. However I know some respectable old school affiliates have major negative issues with the long time ago parent company and I respect that. In my own personal experience, the affiliate program at Sportsbook has been a quality, reputable organization for both affiliates and players. I would deposit my own money there.

Sportsbook Affiliate Program Benefits

• Regular on time payments every month
• Multiple payment options (wire, check, ewallets etc)
• Convert like gangbusters – seriously these guys are always ahead of the credit card processing game – vital for the recreational player
• Healthy CPA’s – however the attached sportsbook and casino + ease of deposits mean MGR should be a serious consideration
• Read More about the Sportsbook.com Affiliate Program

If you do not have US or Canadian traffic, you can pretty much not bother promoting them as the players they accept is restricted to those two North American countries at the moment. As far as choosing between MGR and CPA, you have to decide what makes the most sense to your business whether you take MGR or CPA but you can negotiate both but be prepared to begin with MGR if you are an unknown / new / unproven affiliate. You will get a fair deal and once you prove your player value you can then consider negotiating for a CPA deal if you wish. CommissionAccount.com is the direct link to sign up.

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