GPWA Times Magazine - Issue 36 - October 2016

What do your family and friends think of your work as an affiliate? A lot don’t really fully understand how affiliate mar- keting works, and I get asked a lot how I actually make money. After I explain, they tend to think it’s a pretty cool way to make a living and seem genuinely fascinated. How do you manage your to-do lists? Do you use any special software to help you out? I bought a self-help book once for dealing with procrastination, but I still haven’t got around to reading it yet! True story. So yes, I do struggle sometimes with managing my heavy workload and tend to just work on the most pressing things first and work my way through, even if that means working all through the night, which I’ve done on many occasions. How much time do you devote social networking for your sites? About an hour or so each day. More and more traffic is coming via social media, so I do spend a fair chunk of time using it and trying to build up my social media profiles. It’s a never-ending job, but it’s something I will be looking to work even more on in the future. What’s the most difficult thing about running your sites? Trying to get every- thing done. There are always so many day-to-day things that need to be attended to. Just answering e-mails can be a full- time job sometimes. Added to that is that I seem to get two new ideas to add to the to-do list for every one that I cross off it! What’s the best thing about running your sites? The freedom and flexibility it can give you. You can work on them at any time and from anywhere in the world as long as you have an Internet connection. It can also be fun, and it is very rewarding to be in charge of your own destiny. What do you do to stay in shape —both physically and mentally? I like to cycle, and I go to the gym a few times a week. I would like to go more, but work often dictates when I can squeeze in a session. Running on the treadmill is also a good time to think over things and clear the head of mental clutter, allowing me to go back to work feeling rejuvenated and sharp. I also get a lot of good ideas while I am running. What do you do with your spare time? Watch sports and bet! I also enjoy travel- ing, eating out, going to shows and attend- ing various events. I run a nongambling website at Edinburgh247.com , which is a city guide and directory for the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, so I get invites to launch nights and things, which is a very nice perk. What did you dream of doing, both professionally and personally, when you were a kid? Bizarrely, I was quite keen on becoming a lorry driver as a kid. Probably the wanderlust in me. Person- ally I wouldn’t have minded being a pro- fessional sportsman, such as a footballer or a snooker player, but sadly I wasn’t good enough. If someone fromout of townwere visiting you, what’s the one place you’d definitely take them to see? Aday out in Edinburgh during the Edinburgh Festival. It’s the largest arts festival in the world and takes place everyAugust. The city just comes alive, and there are endless things to see and do. Last year there were over 3,314 shows! When you need to get as far away from work as possible, where do you go? I head for the hills! In my case that is the Scottish wilderness, especially the area of Glencoe, which I love. A bit of camping and hill-walking is good for the soul, and the silence is tangible! What’s your all-time favorite movie? The Big Lebowski . If you could invite any five people, liv- ing or dead, to dinner, who would they be? Billy Connolly, Alex Higgins, Karl Pilkington, Ricky Gervais and Carl Sagan. Name three things that people reading this magazine don’t know about you. 1. I was in a local movie called The Happy Lands as an extra, and I somehow ended up on the DVD cover and now have a profile on iMDB.com as an actor. 2. Went to Germany for the 2006 World Cup in my VWCampervan, where we were filmed for a Japanese TV show. 3. A few years ago I ran the London Mar- athon for multiple sclerosis. We try to cater to the more discerning sport punters on BetFinder.co.uk , with well- researched articles from experienced gamblers on a wide range of betting events, all backed up by solid stats and reasoning. We are all punters ourselves, too. GPWA AFFILIATE INTERVIEW SERIES Darren Moore – Betfinder 48 W W W . G P W A T I M E S . O R G