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How To Become a Successful Poker Affiliate – Part 2

Part 2 - If you haven't read Part one click here

What Affiliate Programs to Join? - I highly recommend joining the Poker Affiliate Programs (PAW). PAW offers higher CPA's (Cost Per Acquisition) and MGR (Monthly Gross Revenue) rates then you will find at normal affiliate programs. The Poker Affiliate Program pays once a month and has several banking options to choose from.

There are many advantages of operating your affiliate links on the PAW network, here are a few: Several affiliate programs have a certain requirement before a withdrawal can be made. Ex. Titan Poker affiliates need to make $500 before you can make a withdrawal. Now if you're sitting at $450 you can't get paid. PAW is set up differently, they will be able to pay you the $450 and all other earnings in one payment at the end of the month. If you have any more questions about the PAW network you can contact me directly via my contact page.

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Focus on 3 or 4 poker rooms to start – One of the worst things you can do, is start signing up at all the different affiliate programs. Its important not to rush this for several reasons. First off, you can probably find someone who will help you out, as in give you a link or provide you with a higher percentage if you sign up to the affiliate program under another poker affiliate. Second, you won't have to worry about promoting several rooms. When you're looking to promote a new brand, look for one that is running a promotion. Many programs will give higher percentages of MGR or bigger CPA's during a promotional period.

Its much easier for new affiliates to start small and promote 3 or 4 poker rooms. New affiliates will remain much more focused and can build better SERPs (search engine ranking positions) on their new website. When starting out, you will not have an instant full time job. It can take a long time before the ball gets rolling. However, if you can delegate your time wisely and focus on updating your site with good quality content on these 3 or 4 poker rooms, you will see the results a lot quicker then if you were spending the same amount of time trying to stay updated on 10 or more poker rooms.

Learn and become apart of a poker affiliate community – There are several poker affiliate communities around, GPWA and PAP are the most popular ones. I'm most familiar with PAP (PokerAffiliatePrograms.com). The guys that run it are great and very successful. PAP has a blog that is updated constantly with advice and affiliate news.
The forums on PAP is an absolute gold mine. There are countless threads of information on SEO, Affiliate Programs, and marketing ideas. If you have a question or need some help; you'll find the members at PAP are more then willing to give you a hand. Just remember to use the search feature first.

SEO (Search Engine Optimization) – I can't stress how important SEO will become when you start building your website. From meta information to keyword research. There is far much to cover in a paragraph for optimizing your website for search engines. You'll find countless threads at PAP and there are many websites dedicated to SEO.