I'm very pleased to report the nineteenth issue of the GPWA Times Magazine is being distributed at two great industry events this week - January 24-26 at the ICE Affiliate Zone and January 27-29 at the London Affiliate Conference (LAC). We're hoping to see many of you at these shows, the first major get-togethers of 2012. Thanks in large part to what the U.S. Department of Justice announced at the end of 2011, there will definitely be a lot to talk about!
GPWA Times Magazine - Nineteenth Issue Cover
Our cover story, on fractured online gaming markets around the world, comes in six pieces: Vin Narayanan, Anna Sainsbury, Frank Pracukowski and I. Nelson Rose discuss different aspects of the U.S. side of the story, while Yehoshua Gurtler ("Thanks for nothing!) and Melanie Ellis recap some of what's been going on in the EU and the U.K.
Also in this issue: we reveal the interesting and sometimes surprising results of our Second Annual Member Survey, Sinead Lambert tells us what's hot in sports betting, Paul Reilly and Gary Beal share innovative SEO strategies, Jeremy Enke offers valuable tips for choosing new poker programs, Jason Rosenberg and Claire Wellard show how private tournaments can increase your traffic, the camera of Alex Pratt takes us on a tour of Barcelona, and we say farewell to beloved GPWA member Pat Chapdelaine (giggles7p), who passed away in October.
This issue features five new affiliate interviews: casinoman from London, LazyRiver from Poland who shares his time between Warsaw and London, gamblingdomainer who lives in Mauritius and India, joshac who grew up in Sydney and spends time there and in Los Angeles, and tg12345 of Toronto. We also have two affilaite manager interviews - Katy Stafford of InterPartners and Anthony Prissman of Fortune Affiliates.
And there are the usual Departments - the latest industry news, numbers, notable quotes, and updated list of GPWA sponsors, the cartoon caption contest, the APCW Wall of Shame and our calendar of upcoming industry happenings.
How to Subscribe
Of course, if you are not able to pick up a copy in person at ICE or LAC, we would be more than happy to mail you a copy. If you are already registered on the GPWA site, then to subscribe to the GPWA Times Magazine just click on the "Edit My Details" option under the "My Account" menu bar navigation item (you need to be logged in for this option to be available). If you fill in your mailing address information in your profile, we will mail a copy of the magazine to you and we'll also include some prior issues if we have not already sent you them. If you are not already registered on the GPWA website, then just click the "Join GPWA" link above the navigation bar, and follow the "Register Now" link on that page, being sure to provide your mailing address when you register.
We will be mailing out the new issue next week, so be sure to add or update your information by the end of this week to be included in next week's mailing.
Once you enter your mailing address you will automatically receive future issues.
UPDATE: All past issues of the GPWA Times Magazine are now available online. Just click on the following link to see the nineteenth issue:
www.gpwatimes.org/magazine/issue-19/
Michael