Question for portal owners?

[Melaniea]

We've been working on giving more tools and support for our webmasters. I was wondering, how much help is too much. Or what is there not enough of?

We've implemented a system of partner account managers, with more promotional tools.

Would you be interested in receiving marketing help? Like guides on how to do seo, copy write, etc?

Your feedback is greatly appreciated!

[pixmaster]

I've seen in other programs a "Call me now" button. You click on the button and the Account Manager calls you on the phone when available

[Melaniea]

Have you had to use it yourself? That's an excellent idea actually.

[pixmaster]

Have you had to use it yourself? That's an excellent idea actually.

Yes I think I've seen it at Fortune Affiliates or something - I'm not sure but its pretty cool


Actually you should have a "Visit me now" button just for me since I live right accross Le Scratch at Laval k:

[Melaniea]

Are you serious?

Would you like to drop by our offices?

[VPJunkie]

Actually you should have a "Visit me now" button just for me since I live right accross Le Scratch at Laval k:

:LOL: :LOL: :LOL: Mel, I'll get back to this thread later - too busy to post at the moment.

[Melaniea]

No rush, Cindy! And my offer stands Pix.

[pixmaster]

sure I would like to drop by and meet with you guys

[Melaniea]

Please send me an email at mel@casinofreedom.com and we'll arrange a meeting.

[VPJunkie]

Hi Mel,
Things webmasters like to see available -

1. Fresh banners fairly often
2. Pre-written reviews for them to use
3. Tech tricks for banner display
4. Screenshots of the games
5. Mailers

That's all I can think of right now.

[universal4]

Heres more.

Being able to request password by email.
Being able to change password (on the fly) with an email confirmation.
Accurate stats.
Campaign tracking.

Rick
Universal4

[Melaniea]

Wow guys and gals, these are some excellent pointers.

For the reviews, I guess, the more the merrier?

[breakbets]

Reviews that don't sound like ads are also much appreciated. I usually alter them anyway, but it's nice to tone down the exclamation points and things, cause a lot of the stock reviews look like spam...

[Melaniea]

You actually replied to another question I had. I read a lot of the reviews provided by some affiliate programs and they sounded like a sales pitch.

Would you prefer something more factual like the casino's stats or something that sounds personal?

I am considering all options. Again, thank you all for this feedback. If you have anything else, please please please let me know. It's very much appreciated!

[universal4]

Give it both ways....

The more information the webmaster has at their disposal, the easier it is to write the review and the more disversified all the reviews will be accross the net.

Rick
Universal4

[Melaniea]

What about rich media ads and flash games?

Are those useful?

The creation of contests for both players and webmasters?

[J]

Flash games are cool (If you make some free flash games that I can integrate :LOL: HEHE) but I find the flast 'ad bursts' eat away at the site. Remember, more is always better as different people have different requirements and wants for their sites.

[universal4]

I just read your thread elsewhere and decided to post here.

How about this one that takes the custom art a bit further.

Give us a few stock creatives that we can customize such as adding a bit of teext naming our properties etc...

Fine, give us a few basic guidelines and require us to get them approved first, but the WE coul add small logos or statements about a promotion at our site....this may relieve a small bit of the burden from the creative dept.

For the custom work, Gee I could use 2 or 3 sizes at a dozen sites so thats less than 50, and affil B has 4 sites and needs 2 sizes, and affl c.....

Rick
Universal4

[Melaniea]

Thanks Rick and Casino Dudes for your candid answers.

I think "blank" type banners are a terrific idea where webmasters can co-brand the advert and then have them approved by us.

The custom banners is something we already offer. Of course, it's always within the limit of what is reasonable and feasable. For example, Slycin asked me about a particular Blackjack feature we have where when you get three 7's of spades, you automatically win $5000. We then made banners promoting this very feature.

Or another type of custom tools we offer is through the distribution of our software with your tracking code preembedded in it, where we will create a master cd with your affiliate code in it and send it to you. You can then copy it and distribute it through your own channels.

[universal4]

Great...

If you offer the art....animation is nice....but static is better.

Ok..."some" people can edit them, but I would need static because the editing I do would probably be just a single layer and if it was animated I might not get the right layer.

As an example, I use Paint Shop Pro a lot....and in that I can really only comfortably work with static images.

Rick
Universal4