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Affiliate Manager or become an affiliate?

The job of an affiliate manager is a tough one as you must work with affiliates who will typically make far more than your job. Sometimes affiliate manager process payments for over 6 figures in a single payment and on the spot you just clicked 2 years of your salary in front of your eyes.

The affiliate manager job can be a great one but also a tough one to manage. So when considering in how you should get involved in the gaming industry you have 2 options. Start off as an affiliate and work from home and for yourself or look for a job as an affiliate manager. Affiliate marketing has a lot of potential regardless of the topic you focus on.

The decision is a difficult one as with an affiliate business you never know when you are getting your first commissions.

Overall the best thing to do is start your own affiliate site anyways. You will learn something in the process and this can be added on to your resume and actually make it easier to get an affiliate manager job.

So where do you start? You could look up listings for sportsbetting affiliate programs for example.

 

ICE London conference recap

The gambling conference called ICE or international casino exhibition in London, UK took place in Jan 2011. This conference was enormous and probably represented the best way for anybody to get a job in the gambling industry whether land based operations or online.

Everyone was here including over 10 agencies that offer betting jobs. Of course almost all of these agencies off the same thing but it just goes to show you how competitive things are getting plus the rate at which these industries are expanding.

If you really want a job perhaps you should consider attending one of the many online gambling conferences available.

To stay up to date with the online gambling conference schedules you can visit the Gaming affiliates information guide website which has relevant conferences listed.