The Poker Affiliate Blog

If you guys read a few of my previous posts I’ve been talking about my new site quite a bit and want to discuss some promotions that will be open to new recruits andconsequently my current player base.

I’ve been speaking with Anton from mini-max mod this evening and have decided every player who rakes $150 will get a free copy of minimax mod !

I’m also looking into datamining and fully intend to run something where every player who rakes over $100 a week gets 25k fresh HHs of their chosen stakes emailed to them  – or at least the download link (will need to work out how to encrypt it).

Finally, the last non-mainstream way I’m adding value for my players is with some sort of agreement with a coaching site which I’m working on as we speak although don’t want to disclose any details yet ! It will be based on monthly rake as opposed to weekly rake and probably require $500 + rake a month – I’ll have to wait and see.

Obviously, the vip deals themselves will equate to a level of ‘cashback’ that’s very competitive with the current under the table deals.

and…. on top of this I hope to launch with a $20k rake race !

So the value is going to be incredibile !

Anyways I’ll keep you posted.

P.S. TY to everyone for following the blog and making it a mini success. Had quite a few people say how they enjoy reading it and that means a lot to me. I’m going to try and update once a day and edit some of my older posts to get a bit of structure.

For a number of reasons new signups are beginning to slow up a bit and I’m aeraging 2 or 3 a day now as opposed to 5 which I had in November.

So before iPokerVIP launches I’ve focused on player retention a bit and am sending out email newsletters to all my players – Such as this one: http://www.ipokervip.co.uk/newsletters/feb/news.htm

Unfortunatley I’ve not been particuarly organised with regards to my players details and have had to build a database from scratch, which isn’t hard but, just time consuming. Paid someone to do it a few months ago and they just made a huge mess of it.

I’ve had some pretty good feedback from the newsletters and hopefully it makes a real difference and lets my players know I care about them.

I’m launching my new site iPokerVIP soon. I’ve pretty much got every domain extension apart from .com – I contacted the owner (Owner of RakeMeBack – Victor Martyn) and unfortunatley realised I was never going to offer enough to get it off him. The silver lining however, is thatI’ve made a good connection I can hopefully do some work with in the future.

The concept came about for the following reasons;

1. Under the table deals are not a legitimate business and have no ensured longevity.
2. Large affiliate companies like RakeTheRake do not take networks on ipoker and ongame seriously as a consequence of the high number of under the table deals.
3. 2+2 (the lifeblood of the underground affiliate industry) has recently taken a firm stance on affiliates using the forum to recruit players.
4. For a longtime players have been wary of under the table offers. I hear a new story every week about an affiliate doing a runner with his player’s rake. Ironically I’m grateful for these morons doing their thing – without them my reliability and honesty wouldn’t set me apart from my competitors, and to be honest it shouldn’t.

It follows that under the table offers are on the way out but, the demand for them or some sort of offer still exists.

Step in iPokerVIP.

A $10k – $20k marketing campaign accross the net – 2+2 should be a big one.

A $20k rake race in March – probably mid March.

Exclusive deals with some of iPoker’s most reputable skins (to be released soon)

The dream is that ipokervip generates such interest that I can tie in exclusive deals with the majority of iPoker and kill it (that’s a far way away yet !)

Anyway, hopefully you guys have a look at iPokerVIP when its out and take advantage of the promos. If you’re on the mailing list you’ll get an email when its out and if not hopefully you see the ads around the net !