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Comment on Why Woopra Failed by Randy

Randy — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 06:17:27 +0000

Yeah exactly, we were one of the first too – I didn’t know Loreille Left, that explains a lot. I cannot understand them removing the forums like they have. That’s just a poor business decision. Most companies spend a ton of money trying to get feedback from their customers, Woopra had it for free and they decided to ignore and delete them. I also see they send out their first newsletter in month, pushing their “new Iphone app” – Hell, they have had an iphone app, so I’m not sure why they are dumping resources into that. Especially given the shrinking market share of apple users. IMO they should have one an Android app first, apple second.

I’m in the GA Real Time beta as well, it’s great and I think woopra has missed the boat.

Comment on Why Woopra Failed by Challenge

Challenge — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:56:51 +0000

We’re disappointed too! Our site was one of the first bèta-users in the beginning of Woopra. We got great feedback from Loreille van Vossen while she was working there. But when she left, all communications stopped. A lot of people payed for services they never got.
Those companies don’t understand that communication with customers is vital. You can see the same happening with all other new ideas (e.g. Klout.com). Klout is also bèta, but buggy, does not solve problems and does not communicatie clearly.

We are now in bèta with Google Realtime. Not like Woopra, but that may come in the future…

Comment on Poker Affiliate Tip – CPA vs Revshare by Randy

Randy — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 07:01:11 +0000

Once again, I dropped the ball responding to your comment Nick. My apologies bud. But to answer your question, the best way I’ve found at getting good deals, is to negotiate. Another great tip is, do not promote sites without getting some type of personalized deal, or a deal where you have goals to hit to increase your margins.

I also wrote a post last year on negotiating. If you follow this simple guide, you will find it works. check it out here: http://www.onlinepokerseo.com/featured/top-5-negotiating-tips/

Comment on Poker Affiliate Tip – CPA vs Revshare by Nick

Nick — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 08:50:06 +0000

So the obvious question now is “How do you get $200-300 per cpa?” now that you have bragged about it. Is this for new US players or for int’l players? Congrats on those awesome cpa’s.

Comment on 3 Sites you Must Visit by Randy

Randy — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:32:05 +0000

Ah heck just noticed these comments. I must have notifications turned off. Anyway, you both are welcome, its me who should be thanking you guys!

Comment on 3 Sites you Must Visit by Michael Jackness

Michael Jackness — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 03:46:41 +0000

Randy – Thank you very much for the kind words. It’s very humbling that you would take the time out of your day and write something like this.

Comment on 3 Sites you Must Visit by Andrew Warner

Andrew Warner — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 19:50:25 +0000

Thanks for highlighting my work on your site!

Comment on A look back at SEO in 2010 by Indian seo company

Indian seo company — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 10:54:20 +0000

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Comment on Top 5 Negotiating Tips by Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:51:22 +0000

Thanks for the article Randy. This is one of my worst skills, I suck at negotiating deals and I think I have enough sites in good positions that I can be negotiating stuff, will have to work on it.

Comment on Top 5 Negotiating Tips by Der Poker Profi

Der Poker Profi — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:07:09 +0000

Hi Randy – this is really a great article. I’m a fellow reader of your articles at PAL.
It is absolutely correct to point out that there are ways than SEO to increase the revenues of us affiliates. I would add a sixth tip, even though it slightly overlaps with some of the tips you gave:

Tip #6: Find Win-Win Situations by Increasing the Options Space
Negotiations are not by definition a digital thing: If one gains something, the other one loses it. There are plenty of ways in finding a negotiation result which benefits both parties. A precondition for this is to understand the option space of the other party (the affiliate manager). Of course it might be the case that he cannot alter the standard ToC in any way and that he has no decision authority at all. But in most cases, he will have at least some room for negotiation. To illustrate this, I’ll give you three examples:

The boss of the AM might have asked him to increase the number of players signed up through his affiliates by 20% in the fourth quarter of the year. The AM has a strong personal interest that you send him more players. Therefore he might agree to grant you an “exclusive first deposit bonus”. This must not necessarily be the highest possible CPA. He could agree to give your players five tournament tickets worth 11$ each when signing up. With this solution, you would be able to make an “exclusive offer” and you would both profit from this by having more players signing up

Or imagine that the AM is reluctant to give you a higher CPA today. A solution might be to agree on targets (number of new players per month) and if you beat that target for each of the next three months, he could pay you an additional one-off bonus of $1,000

Or think of an AM that is not allowed to alter the CPA deals, but might have a marketing budget allocated for “freerolls for new players” and he could offer your new sign-ups an exclusive 1,000$ freeroll. Similar to the first example, this might attract more players, which would also earn you more money

Therefore, the next time when you negotiate a deal with an AM, try to figure out the options space first and then try to negotiate a deal with which both parties gain.
(I hope you get my point – I’m not a native English speaker…)