Author Archives: Dealer Dan

Mini sites are popular, and mini sites focused on a specific event like March Madness or Black Friday are also becoming popular. Yet I see people running these websites, and doing everything wrong…  Continue reading

One of the best things in the world is competition. Competition is what should drive you on to be better. Don’t be scared of competition or competing websites – thrive on it!  Continue reading

Getting Inside the Visitors Head is something I find many affiliate marketers just don’t do – they don’t stop and think about the visitor, or examine their browsing patterns. Yet this is one of the most important things a webmaster should do.  Continue reading

One of the most innovative concepts in the poker affiliate world is Poker Affiliate Solutions, who offer the best deals for many rooms, and out of the box website setups so you can have a rakeback site in mere minutes. I interviewed two of the PAS founders for more information on this excellent service.  Continue reading

I’d like to take some time out from my usual articles to give thanks to a few affiliate programs. The …  Continue reading

One common mistake affiliates make is to not keep your articles updated. Yet the best websites are built on trust, so you need to keep updating your articles to build that trust with your visitors.  Continue reading

This isn’t some random “Top X” Wordpress Plugins list that people use for linkbait – this is a list of every Wordpress plugin I have ever used, and my opinions, positive or negative, on it. I update this as soon as I try out a new plugin.  Continue reading

I’ve built over 100 websites in the last few years. It’s at the point where I’ve did it so often, …  Continue reading

When Share the Chili first launched, along with Chili Poker, Share the Chili offered a sub-affiliate program, which is standard …  Continue reading

If you’ve been in the affiliate business for at least a couple of months, you’ve probably built up quite the domain portfolio. I know webmasters with over 10,000 domains just sitting there, inactive. Such a waste. Let’s fix that right now..  Continue reading

The Referback Affiliate Program has now closed. All brands under Referback as well as all affiliate accounts and income were …  Continue reading

While this article is on Rush Poker, it’s more a general lesson: think about what you’re about to promote, and don’t “rush” to start marketing the next new thing. Pardon the Pun.  Continue reading

Affiliate conferences can seem like a very daunting and nerving experience – here’s how to get the best out of your first affiliate conference, no matter what type of conference it is.  Continue reading

2010 is going to be a very interesting year, with Google looking to make some major changes in the way their search engine works, as well as the potential MSN/Yahoo merger. Here are my top affiliate tips for 2010  Continue reading

One of the toughest things about being a gambling affiliate and working from home in general is the lifestyle. It’s so easy to get distracted especially with no boss to keep you in check. Let’s change that!  Continue reading

The ‘Dealer’ theme giveaway contest has now closed. I want to thank everyone for entering – I had over 250 …  Continue reading

In this day and age, it’s so much easier to create a website. With content management systems like WordPress, you …  Continue reading

If Content is King and Link Building is Queen, then Calls to Action have to be the Prince and Princess. Calls to Action are one of the most vital parts of a website, and good calls in action can be the difference in making hundreds of dollars or thousands of dollars per month.  Continue reading

Casino Coins is now closed. It’s a shame as Casino Coins an excellent affiliate program, ran by an even better …  Continue reading

Unfortunately I have to blacklist Bet2Win. Bet2Win have an online casino and online sportsbook. Due to a complete lack of …  Continue reading

This is a list of all affiliate programs that I’ve encountered, and had enough problems with that I don’t just drop them from my sites – but I warn everyone about them. Stay away from these scumbags!  Continue reading

A follow-up to the above article where I don’t exactly practice what I preach. I still worked really hard though!  Continue reading

Affiliate marketing is easy – you can have a website ready to go within a few hours if you want. Here’s how to build a website in one day. Alternative title for article: How to waste a morning.  Continue reading

A good way to make some money is by writing poker content. I know some people who do it for a living, others who do it part-time. Either way, if you want to last as a poker content writer you need to read this article – because there’s always people ready to charge less than you, for more words.  Continue reading

On March 1st, 2018 after many years I added Europartners to my blacklist and am advising people not to promote …  Continue reading

Before playing at a online casino, players like to see what the software is like. Therefore one of the best …  Continue reading

Chris Zelver is the best affiliate manager at Euro Partners, which hosts a variety of great products to promote like Titan Poker, Titan Casino and Titan Bet. I sat down with Chris to talk about the Euro Partners products, and for advice on how to get the best out of them.  Continue reading

One of the first decisions you will have to make when signing up with a poker affiliate program is to go on CPA or Revenue Share. Read the pros & cons of both in this article to help you decide what to choose, and when.  Continue reading

Nick “Hazo” started out as a poker affiliate, before getting into the casino affiliate game. Nick is one of the smartest affiliates I know, and someone that really “gets it”. I talked to Nick about a whole variety of topics, including the jump from poker affiliation to casino affiliation.  Continue reading

Looking at my sub-affiliate income, it doesn’t surprise me to see so many casino affiliates making less than $100 a month. In this article I discuss exactly why they’re making absolutely nothing, and what they are doing wrong.  Continue reading

There’s no affiliate market quite like online casinos – your balance can be $2500 one day, then $50 the next. In this article I discuss the swings you can expect from promoting online casinos, and how to handle them.  Continue reading

While the “house always wins”, sometimes the affiliate loses. There’s nothing worse than seeing someone win big and withdraw, leaving your casino affiliate account in the negative for months to come. Avoid that problem with our list of casinos that have no negative carryover.  Continue reading

Poker merchandise is a hot product, with hundreds of thousands of searches a month for phrases like “poker chips” and “poker table”. I sat down with one of the leading website founders in the poker merchandise business to have a chat about how affiliates can best market actual poker products.  Continue reading

The Affcoins Affiliate Program has closed down. All of the brands they promote are now under “Bestpay Partners” like Rockbet, …  Continue reading

One of the first decisions you have to make as a casino affiliate, is whether or not to choose revenue share or CPA when promoting online casinos. In this article I discuss what the better choice is between revenue share and CPA.  Continue reading

It amuses me these days how the concept of linking to another website is like asking a webmaster to kill …  Continue reading

The first true 3D Poker Room was PKR, which really set shockwaves around the industry. In this interview we talk with PKR Affiliate Manager Margaret Burke about the history of PKR, and how best to market it to players.  Continue reading

The Chipsplit Affiliate Program officially closed down on June 1st, 2015. I have mixed feelings on how they handled everything. …  Continue reading

I’ve been running forums for years, and without a doubt the best forum software is VBulletin. While they recently switched to VB 4, a lot of people(myself included) are still using VB3. Here are some great mods for it that I use on most of my forums.  Continue reading

Cardspike Poker can be added to the list of rogue affiliate programs and poker rooms to add to your poker …  Continue reading

As both a poker affiliate and poker player, it boggles my mind sometimes how selfish and greedy poker rooms can …  Continue reading

Seriously – just read this one.  Continue reading

Casino games are popular with poker players – just look at all the poker clients integrated with casino games like Blackjack. Cut the middle man out and start sending your poker players to an online casino.  Continue reading

When running a poker forum you need to remain active at all times, and encourage people to start discussing. Here are just ten great topic ideas to kickstart your new online poker forum.  Continue reading

Unfortunately in this industry, there are always going to be affiliate programs where you encounter problems. Some are small like …  Continue reading

Pokerstars is without a doubt the biggest online poker room at the moment. Ever since their inception they have been …  Continue reading

Anyone can come up with an idea, however ideas don’t always equal money. Sometimes, it’s the opposite. In this article I discuss how to turn those ideas into money, how to think every idea through, no matter how crazy it may sound.  Continue reading

In December 2007, I wrote an article here thanking Cake Poker. The reason for that article was that they sent …  Continue reading

Affiliate marketing isn’t just about online marketing -you can market offline too, and there’s a lot of techniques that you can use to market to people around you. Read this thorough guide of a variety of offline marketing methods you can use.  Continue reading

Every affiliate has grand plans on making the biggest site on the internet – and that’s great! Well, not right away. If you’re new to the affiliate game it’s very easy to burn out – you need to start small, and work your way to the top.  Continue reading

If you’re looking to make a quick buck, or you just aren’t convinced about the retention of a poker affiliate program, then it’s best to go on a CPA plan. I have a list that is regularly updated with all poker affiliate programs that offer CPA.  Continue reading

The Full Tilt Poker affiliate program as we know it, is closed. You can now promote Full Tilt Poker under …  Continue reading

The Cake Poker Affiliate Program – as I knew it – is now closed. The last few years in Cakes …  Continue reading

I just want to send out a thank you to all affiliates who read, and reacted to my letter to …  Continue reading

As I’m sure most existing Full Tilt Poker affiliates know, Full Tilt Poker recently made the decision to enforce their …  Continue reading

One of the most important things an affiliate can do is share the workload, via outsourcing, partnership or other means. In this article I discuss all the various methods of sharing the workload, and the pros and cons of them all.  Continue reading

Despite only being in existence for approximately 18 months, I firmly believe Cake Poker are one of the best poker …  Continue reading

I can’t believe my last update here was in August! Over a month without an update – sorry about that …  Continue reading

It’s not enough to just throw a website about any topic up – you have to understand who your audience is, and how to market it to them. In this article I use one of my sub-affiliates websites as an excellent example of how to understand your audience.  Continue reading

Affiliate marketing isn’t all about hard work – it’s about pleasure and enjoyment too. So you’ve worked hard, and earned your first paycheck from an affiliate program? Here’s what you do with that hard earned money…  Continue reading

I’ve been having a lot of server problems lately, and work on them as well as launching a couple of …  Continue reading

Switching servers and content management systems is so much fun! Well, not really. It’s been a long process, but I’ve …  Continue reading

A question I am asked often is in this current climate, should we still be marketing to US players? Let’s …  Continue reading

Note: All Affiliate Program reviews are revised and updated on a monthly basis for total accuracy. This Focal Click review …  Continue reading

One key element to building a website is Search Engine Optimization, hereafter referred to as SEO. You should at least …  Continue reading

One thing you’ll encounter as a poker affiliate is freeroll whores – run a poker tournament for your players and you’ll soon be harassed by freeroll whores wanting to join. Don’t turn them away though – you can actually make money of these parasites!  Continue reading

Hi everyone, just wanted to check in with a quick miscellaneous site update. The VIP section, exclusive to sub-affiliates, will …  Continue reading

Sorry about the lack of updates; things have been busy around the Dealer Dan household. Affiliate work aside, we’re also …  Continue reading

One thing that all affiliates need to do when they’re first building a site is determine their target market. I …  Continue reading

Fortune Poker and its affiliate program are now closed. After almost 10 years online they closed in March 2013. This …  Continue reading

Chipleader are an affiliate group that I have had blacklisted since 2007, when the super-user scandal occurred. My reasons for …  Continue reading

In 2004, I signed up with Party Partners to promote their Party Poker brand. This was a very successful partnership. …  Continue reading

In 2006 I penned this article on whether to promote rakeback or not as a poker affiliate. Since this article a lot has changed. I’ve kept it up for historical purposes, however I will be writing an update on this article shortly.  Continue reading

If you’re a beginner or new poker affiliate and still unsure about the poker affiliate world, be sure to read this introductory article to being a new poker affiliate. Being a poker affiliate ain’t easy – read about the sort of work you’re in for before starting out.  Continue reading

This article was written in early 2005 about whether to choose CPA or Revenue Share as a Poker Affiliate. I’ve left the article up for historical purposes, however I recommend you read the article below on CPA vs Revenue Share for a better perspective.  Continue reading

It’s a cliche but it’s true – content is king when it comes to building websites. The only way to bring visitors in is by providing content for them. The more content, the better content, the better your website will be, and the more visitors you’ll get.  Continue reading

It’s the big question everyone has these days: should you translate your website? What languages should you get it translated into? Every site is different, but there’s a very easy(and free) technique to see what languages your website is popular in.  Continue reading