GPWA Times Magazine - Issue 6 - September 2008

Page Title 53 | GPWA Times Chrisisan affiliatemanagerfor AffiliateClub.com, which functions solely with the use of telecommuters. He was born and raised in Gibraltar and is based in Spain. Before joining AffiliateClub, Chris worked as a marketing and affiliate manager for Carmen Media, where he promoted brands such as JackpotCity, Riverbelle and the GamingClub. He then moved on to MANSION, where he was affiliate program manager for two years and oversaw its growth to more than 5,000 affiliates. this helps me perform better as I am not distracted by casino issues during that time frame. For the rest of the day, I will login to all the forums, speak to my affiliates/ colleagues, and reply to e-mails as they come in or need to be dealt with. I like structuring my morning with certain things that need to be done, but I try to leave the afternoons a little more open to be able to react to the e-mails I sent out in the morning and to speak to affiliates. I also like checking all the major keywords in Google in a variety of our main target countries and see who is performing well and who has dropped/risen, etc. All in all, being flexible with your time is key to succeeding (or trying to succeed) in this role. I have my list of “musts” that I do every day, but managing to deal with all of the day-to-day activities quickly, effectively and within certain time periods will free up my day. That way I get to spend more time with the important issues such as developing relationships, reading the forums, understanding the stats and giving a good interpretation of how to react in order to continually maximize the suitability and appeal of our brands both to players and affiliates. I consider myself quite organized – and some people think I have OCD – but not knowing what you are doing next or the status of a query is something that I could not cope with.