Big step foward with PNB

March 22, 2010 By GerryPolt 1 Comment

If you bother to read this blog you will know that I am the owner of Poker News Boy, and recently been looking a partner to help take the site foward. Well, I found my partner.

For over the last week I have been talking to a number of affiliates who have been interested in joining PNB, even nearly accepting 2 offers before turning them down or talks breaking down at the last minute. I think in total I had 7 people enquires before accepting the offer from Kevin.

Kevin is better known as his PAL username (Kef272) and is also the owner of The Poker Fish, as well as many more mini sites. He is an expieranced affiliate and has been affiliating for over 4 years. However, this isn’t really why it was Kevin that I choose in the end up. The biggest reason was the fact that he wanted to help, he wanted to be involved. Which was exactly what I was looking. I was wanting to find an affiliate who was as excited about the places PNB can go, [Read more...]

Filed Under Poker News Boy Tagged With Google News, PNB, Poker News Boy, pokernewsboy

Looking a partner for PNB

March 16, 2010 By GerryPolt Leave a Comment

So I have been thinking for a few weeks now about selling 45% of PNB (PokernewsBoy.com). The main reason is that, As I have stated before, I am a useless poker affiliate. So what I am looking is some affiliate to come onboard and help me turn PNB into the money making machine it can be.

To be honest I am in no hurry to sell, as thanks to a bit of help from Dealer Dan and Unknown Webmaster, PNB has seen a large increase in sign ups and money from ad space. So I could easily plod along slowly increasing traffic and slowly increasing income until I finally get where PNB should be. The only problem is PNB can be much more. I see the terms that PNB is nearly ranking for, not the word nearly, page 2 for best rakeback offers on google and page 4 on google for best full tilt bonus doesnt get traffic. But alittle help and I believe PNB could rank for near anything that it focused on.

So what am I looking? well see this is the thing. People will assum that I am actually looking to sell a share of PNB, but what I am actually looking is someone, with expierance that can see the potential [Read more...]

Filed Under Sales Tagged With PNB, Poker News Boy, PokerNewsBoy.com, Tower affiliates, Tower Gaming

Reason we are poker affiliates and not poker players.

March 10, 2010 By GerryPolt 6 Comments

To be 100% honest, I think I am talking about 90% of poker affiliates here, and myself also included. If you want to reply saying I am a good Poker Player as well as a Poker Affiliate, your in the 10%. That should save any arguments.

Now that the excuse statement has been made, I can get to the point. As probably most poker affiliates, I like to play poker. Although like playing poker and being good at poker are two different things. The reason I actually got into Poker Affiliating was because I went bust playing poker, and was looking for some fast cash to get back in the game. That was my first mistake, their was no fast cash. However, it did get me hooked on Poker Affiliating. [Read more...]

Filed Under Ramblings Tagged With Poker Affiliates, Poker Affiliates who play poker

Thanks for the Help.

March 3, 2010 By GerryPolt 1 Comment

This week and last week I have been looking at exactly where I am as an Affiliate. Plus, looking at my main sites and wondering WHY I haven’t retired yet. However, after first getting some great advice from Dealer Dan about taking PNB to the next level, I realized I am probably nowhere near the poker affiliate I need to be.After talking to Dealer Dan for 5 minutes I quickly realized I was miles behind him, as an affiliate and webmaster.

But after thinking about it I am now looking to sell off 49% of my PNB, to an affiliate with the skills PNB needs, has the spare money to buy in, and has the time to put work in the site. Should be no problem! But I would like to say a big thank you to Dealer Dan for taking the time to look over the site and give me honest advice. And more than that great advice.

Then a few days later I asked Unknown Webmaster for some advice on a basic technical problem. Most affiliates would know how to make a go/ folder no problem. However I am not one of them. Anyway, I asked Unknown for some advice, and I never got advice I got a far more.

He actually spend about 2-3 hours explaining everything about the go/ folder. How it works, why it works, why you should do it and anything else that came up while we where talking. If I have ever meet an affiliate who knows what he is doing when it come to analysing stats, he is the man. So I would also like to say a big thank you to Unknown Webmaster.

I just wish I had half the knowlegde Dealer Dan had, and half the patients of Unknown, and I would be flying. But this week [Read more...]

Filed Under Thanks Tagged With Dealer Dan, Unknown Webmaster