Manager Communication

Hi all

There has been many threads over the past couple years about the level of communication affiliates like from Affiliate Managers...to call or not to call etc..

So I thought I'd throw this question out there...

Would you, as an affiliate, like it if your affiliate manager called you for random chats every now and again (to discuss business related stuff as well as every day stuff)?

Do you think that builds the relationship between you and your aff manager?

Or would you prefer all contact stays strictly through 'packets' (ie over email, msn, forums etc)?

Your input would be well appreciated :)

Cheers