GPWA Times Magazine - Issue 17 - September 2011

How much time does it take to keep your sites updated? My sites don’t take too much upkeep although the forums need a lot of attention. I believe if you are run- ning a forum you should be a major par- ticipant in the topics and post as much as possible. I spend most of my time just chatting on the forums or adding/up- grading features to keep members happy and coming back. At the moment I am just about ready to upgrade my HTML pages to a sleeker CMS-driven site for pokerbanter.com. That will take up huge blocks of time in the near future but will be worth it. What prompted you to join the GPWA, and how has it helped you so far? I found the GPWA while I was browsing Google, looking to start increasing affiliate earn- ings. So far it has opened my eyes to the realization that although I am only one affiliate, there are hundreds out there who will all help you and share their ex- periences, good and bad! Time management is one of the biggest issues facing affiliates. What time man- agement tips can you offer your fellow webmasters? Time management is some- thing which everyone suffers from no matter what they do in their lives. If you are looking for advice on time manage- ment from me, please understand that I take a rather relaxed view and my motto is “Work to Live, Don’t Live to Work.” I think that serves me well. Private lives and home happiness always come before anything else, and I believe if you are hap- py at a home level then you will be hap- pier in your business life. If you could have dinner with any five people, living or dead, who would they be? Great question! If only it were pos- sible! Well, I will start with my wife, Tahnee. If I end up not liking my other choices then I know my wife will be there for me and I’ll have someone to laugh at my bad jokes! My second choice would be Stephen Fry. He is funny as hell and has so many stories the table would never go quiet. Third I would have to choose Jesus so that I could prove whether or not he was the real deal! Fourth would be Stephen Hawking as he is one of the great thinkers of our time and I would love to hear all his theories. My last choice would be Gordon Ramsay and needless to say he would be cooking the meal! When you need to get as far away from work as possible, where do you go? Well, working fromhome it isn’t easy to “get away from it all” but I do like a game of golf or a few racks of pool. It’s also nice to have a to- tal break and head off on holidays to a great theme park for some adrenalin rushes! How do your family and friends feel about how you make your living? My friends and family are all very supportive. If they weren’t then I would show them in more detail and change their minds. I wouldn’t stop if some- one had a hard time accepting it! What are three things that nobody knows about you? I am terrified of moths, butterflies and generally any flying insects. I don’t like eating any vegetables. I love watching Judge Judy on TV and could watch it all day. 1. 2. 3. What’s your all-time favorite movie? My favorite movie is The Matrix . It was groundbreaking at the time and the story was brilliant. Who knows – it may even be true! 49 AGE: 36 HOMETOWN: Dunfermline, Scotland Living in: Dunfermline FAVORITEFOOD: Pepperoni pizza MUSTREAD BOOK: Glue by Irvine Welsh SITES: PokerBanter.com PokerBanter.co.uk RakeBanter.co.uk GPWA Affiliate Interview Series