GPWA Times Magazine - Issue 35 - June 2016

tions over the last 2-3 years, I can men- tion poshfriends.com and azartcash.com. They have good and quick support, and they provide a lot of information about the players. What’s your preferred method of com- munication with affiliate managers? Mainly Skype. We very rarely handle any- thing by phone. What prompted you to join the GPWA? How has it helped you? I do not remem- ber where I saw your logo and decided to enter. Wow, what a great forum! We need to be here, too. You’ve been a member for more than five years, but are one of our many “lurkers” with only 10 posts in that time. What might prompt you to join in a conversa- tion at the GPWA? The language barrier prevents me from this, so I just watch and very rarely write. If you could change one thing about the industry, what would it be and why? I would change the approach of partners to their affiliates. I would provide much more information on the basis of which it would be possible to quickly make con- clusions about appropriate and inappro- priate approaches. What do your family and friends think of your work as an affiliate? I try not to discuss what I’m doing. My friends who know about my job have a positive atti- tude toward it. Do you gamble online? No, I played rou- lette in brick-and-mortar casinos in Macau and Singapore a few times just to see how it feels in real life. How do you manage your to-do lists? Do you use any special software to help you out? No, I don’t use special tools. Nowadays there are so many of them on the market that you can hardly choose something. It would be interesting to hear from experts in this area and to look at how they use them. How much time do you devote to SEO? We have ceased to deal with SEO in its conventional sense. Now, almost every- thing is more or less established, and our project has internal rules that strictly pro- hibit the use of any means of promotion that even remotely resemble spam. We are just taking care of our site, making it use- ful to our visitors. You are quite active on Facebook and Twitter. How important have these so- cial networks been to your success? The activity is present, but we don’t see that players are coming from social networks. At least that’s what the situation looks like on the Russian-speaking Internet. What’s the most difficult thing about running your sites? It is difficult to ex- pand the team of programmers. The proj- ect requires new individuals, but because the site was written from scratch, it’s dif- ficult to find someone who is able to get quickly into the swing of work without spoiling everything, so it wouldn’t be nec- essary to correct their mistakes. We have a lot of negative experience associated with this problem. What’s the best thing about running your sites? To be sure, it’s cool to have a lot of free time. When you need to go somewhere, you can do it. A job can be delegated or you can do it remotely. It’s difficult to overstate this advantage. What do you do to stay in shape – both physically and mentally? The gym saves me physically. Mentally, everything is more complex. The world is changing! The world is as it was before the First and Second World Wars. Read Melchizedek. He greatly changes the state of your con- sciousness and perception of the world. When you start to understand geopolitics and global governance, it changes your attitude to life and your priorities. The values imposed by the business literature become more important and universal. What do you do with your spare time? I spend a lot of time readingworld political news and analysis of the global economy. I’m also trying to bring everything I have learned to the attention of my friends. I’m trying to discuss and ask questions when people do not have the answers, to make them think and not blindly trust the infor- mation that is obtained from the TV. I’m also trying to travel. What did you dream of doing, both pro- fessionally and personally, when you were a kid? Almost everyone in the Soviet Union dreamed of becoming an astronaut or Uncle Petya (a cartoon character who was a very positive policeman, always coming to the rescue). When I was 13 years old, I got a ZX Spectrum computer and I was sure that when I grew up I would run my own software company. You’ve said that you “often change your location.” What are some of the places you enjoy spending time? Mentally I really enjoyed staying in Goa in India, and in Ubud in Bali. I spent most of the time there. However, having visited the Sochi Winter Olympics, I began to appreciate Sochi. I advise you to visit it too. You can, for example, visit the Formula 1 race that takes place there. In general, I have a dream to reach Vladivostok by car. In Russia, there are a lot of incredibly beautiful places. Many Russians fly off to some unknown coun- tries without seeing their own country. GPWA AFFILIATE INTERVIEW SERIES On holiday in Rome GPWA Affiliate Interview Series