Why do Affiliate Managers Exist?

[Noah Hawryshko]

Other than that. Who says they are not doing both jobs.

It is like the naive question that you come across. If SEO people can rank websites, why don't they do their own instead of selling their services????...........Who the fuck told you they had no websites?

But I think those two questions are different. On the AM side, I don't see the warrant in workload to pay ratio.

Take you for instance. You make a lot of money already because you obviously know your stuff, right? So why would you want to pile extra work hours into your week to gain an extra fraction of that? You're obviously capable of making much more using that time for your personal endeavours, right?

So if someone like you has an SEO agency, they can find good workers, get them to do the SEO, and then take a cut. But if you're an affiliate manager, your workload is directly proportional to your money. You can't outsource being an affiliate manager, which is where I'm confused as to why anybody who knows their stuff would do it.

I'm almost becoming convinced that AM's just either don't like to or can't run profitable campaigns. I'm not trying to be a jerk, I just can't find a more plausible reason.

 

[NX_NULL]

Other than that. Who says they are not doing both jobs.

It is like the naive question that you come across. If SEO people can rank websites, why don't they do their own instead of selling their services????...........Who the fuck told you they had no websites?

if they be caught, they will be fired, No network owners want their AMs compete with their affiliates. They usually hire people with university degree but no actual experience in affiliate marketing.
If I get into a network as AM, the first thing I will do is to copy the high profits campaigns and run it myself on another network.

 

[irfanrufi123]

Asking the real questions, Noah but I guess they're doing both? Like this guy http://www.lukepeerfly.com/

Ste, is that Sam from Freaks and Geeks?

 

[mickyfu]

But I think those two questions are different. On the AM side, I don't see the warrant in workload to pay ratio.

Take you for instance. You make a lot of money already because you obviously know your stuff, right? So why would you want to pile extra work hours into your week to gain an extra fraction of that? You're obviously capable of making much more using that time for your personal endeavours, right?

So if someone like you has an SEO agency, they can find good workers, get them to do the SEO, and then take a cut. But if you're an affiliate manager, your workload is directly proportional to your money. You can't outsource being an affiliate manager, which is where I'm confused as to why anybody who knows their stuff would do it.

I'm almost becoming convinced that AM's just either don't like to or can't run profitable campaigns. I'm not trying to be a jerk, I just can't find a more plausible reason.

I can only speak for the several I have come across. They are not affiliates, they are educated in being people persons. Most seen really interested in what you do and how you achieve it. They have very little knowledge in SEO and marketing. But again, that is speaking for the people I have come across. Without doubt there will be all kinds out there.

An affiliate I know used to be a manager in his prime time. I am not sure if he still is (don't think he is). However, he will have learnt a lot by taking up that roll. To the point these days of running several successful white label casinos.

 

[Banned member 185991]

Ste, is that Sam from Freaks and Geeks?

He's nothing more than a gif to me

 

[irfanrufi123]

He's nothing more than a gif to me

 

[Banned member 185991]

Top gif'ing sir

 

[Capo Dei Capi]

Other than that. Who says they are not doing both jobs.

It is like the naive question that you come across. If SEO people can rank websites, why don't they do their own instead of selling their services????...........Who the fuck told you they had no websites?

Maybe the SEO services is just to know more about the competition.

 

[Aatrox]

I'm calling bullshit on that...

"I used to be an affiliate, but now I just want to answer the same question 50 times a day and help people with shite instead..."

The only way you would take that job is to find the high earning affiliates and track what they do, sign up to another network, make it work then say fuck this and walk out.

Good thing you're not an affiliate manager then.

 

[Banned member 185991]

Maybe the SEO services is just to know more about the competition.

I was thinking of giving away free SEO tools just to get peoples money site URL's and keywords........

Maybe I am just a cunt.

 

[Banned member 185991]

Good thing you're not an affiliate manager then.

How do you know I'm not?

 

[DrPorn]

Some of the AM's I used to speak to were marketers, but they hit broke and got hired by friends or people they know who set up a network. For these people it's an opportunity to steal methods from publishers and repeat them to make the network more money. Those doing the hiring know this. Their goal is to find out what others are doing and steal methods.

A lot of AM's are clueless. They've been trained to speak with publishers and offer any help relating to the network. They try to give advice, but their advice is from 1999 and doesn't apply. It's shocking how many people believe them though.