GPWA Times Magazine - Issue 35 - June 2016

COVER STORY 1-July-06 Michael Corfman purchases the GPWA 9-Nov-06 GPWA Times Newsletter launched 11-Nov-06 Launch of the GPWA Seal of Approval 7-Jan-07 GPWA grows to 4,000 members 21-Feb-07 Buzzy is born 1-May-07 GPWA Times Magazine launched 30-May-07 GPWA Seal becomes multilingual 20-June-07 Sponsor Code of Conduct published 27-June-07 Private forum launched for affiliate managers 25-July-07 Certified Sponsor Affiliate Program Seal launched 9-Oct-07 Forum hits 200,000 posts 17-Oct-07 Affiliate interview series first published in forums 5-Dec-07 GPWA joins Facebook 9-Jan-08 GPWA sets up a LinkedIn group 16-Jan-08 30,000 forum threads started at GPWA 15-Jan-08 Official domain changed from GPWA.net to GPWA.org 28-May-08 Seal of Approval program grows to 500 sites 27-Oct-08 APCW joins GPWA as sister organization 11-Feb-08 Membership grows to 7,000 11-Feb-09 Seal of Approval expands from five to 10 languages 18-Mar-09 GPWA adds international gaming affiliate section with seven foreign languages 8-April-09 GPWA joins Twitter 22-April-09 Begins offering member blogs 20-May-09 iGamingAffiliatePrograms.com launched 24-June-09 Forex affiliate marketing forum launched 27-June-09 250,000th post made in the GPWA Forums 10-Mar-10 GPWA supports mobile browsers with Tapatalk 14-April-10 GPWA begins publishing affiliate program Twitter feeds 16-June-10 GPWA membership grows to 10,000, passes 300,000 posts 27-Jan-11 GPWA earns inaugural Lou Fabiano Award for Best iGaming Community 9-March-11 GPWA announced as official media partner of Fairway Charity Golf Open 7-Sep-11 GamingMeets.com launched 26-Jan-12 GPWA earns Lou Fabiano Award for Best iGaming Community, APCW wins for Best Non- Traditional Affiliate 23-May-12 GPWA Times Magazine celebrates fifth anniversary with 21st issue 8-Aug-12 Seal of Approval program grows to 2,500 sites 12-Aug-12 300th edition of GPWA Times Newsletter sent out 24-Oct-12 Membership grows to 15,000, forum passes 400,000 posts 23-Jan-13 GPWA Magazine launches in FlippingBook format 30-Jan-13 iGaming Pocket Directory offered to GPWA members for free 8-Feb-13 GPWA wins iGB Best iGaming Community for third straight year 10-July-13 Steven Corfman leaves GPWA for law school (he graduated in May 2016) 7-Feb-14 GPWA wins iGB Best iGaming Community for fourth straight year 10-Dec-14 Forum registrations pass the 20,000 mark 14-Jan-15 FinanceAffiliatePrograms.com launched 22-April-15 Anti-scraping software installed on GPWA website 24-May-15 GPWATimes.org launched featuring complete magazine archive 15-July-15 GPWA joins Google+ 12-Aug-15 Stat update frequency added to affiliate program profile pages 19-Aug-15 Member profiles updated to include interviews and articles 6-Jan-16 GPWA passes 500,000 forum posts GPWA Timeline: The last decade The “Friend to the Village Idiot” celebrates 10 years at the helm