If your office doesn’t have a dry erase white board, I strongly suggest you get one. This is the easiest way to keep your most important goals and initiatives right in front of you all day. Without my white board I would be lost. (that and the BetUs.com bikini calendar hanging next to it) I constantly add new tasks and X out completed ones there.

For me, staying organized and knowing what the important goals of the day are revolve around this board. Plus it’s so much easier and “in front of you” than putting your tasks in outlook. Maybe it’s not for everyone, but that is my tip of the day, and what works for me.

Anyhow, in our industry, lately affiliate managers have really taken a beating. I think this sucks because most of the AM’s are great people and several are friends of mine. For the record, this is not about one or two rooms……. it’s about all the people that service us on a daily basis.

Throughout the years I have seen a lot of affiliates that want to be affiliate managers. But let me tell you, it’s not the best job in the world. Our A.M.’s in the industry have to deal with tons of bullshit on a daily basis. Imagine getting 5 emails every day from affiliates promising 100′s of players if they can just host (1) $200 freeroll. Or having to deal with the multiple CPA scammers complaining about their payments. Most affiliate managers have to deal with all this type of stuff on a daily basis.

Yet the good ones in our industry have still found a way to service us and provide us with everything we need. We really do have a nice handful of affiliate managers that still take great care of us. I want to do something special for these guys.

I am in a unique position that I can actually do something like this, so I am going to take advantage of it. I am going to declare a certain day (not yet decided) as “Affiliate Manager Appreciation Day”. I will allocate $1000 to this day to somehow show affiliate managers our appreciation for them. Maybe we have freeroll just for AM’s with money added, or perhaps we award an A.M. a spa package and VIP day at spring break. I am not sure yet the best way to do this yet. This is where I need you guy’s help.

It’s a great idea, and there should be a day that we all email our top A.M.’s and tell them what a great job they are doing. Being an affiliate manager can be a thankless job at times.

So give me some suggesstions on what we should do as a promotion with a $1000 budget, if I pick your idea I will ship you $100. It’s easy money, plus our great AM’s in the industry deserve some recognition.

There are some really amazing AM’s out there. I like the idea of the spa package or even 18 holes (since spring is right around the corner) at one of the top courses in their area. I think you should include the spouse or signficant other as I am sure they would appreciate that extra day spent with thier wife/husband. I would even nominate you for daycare Jeremy since I am sure a few of them have kids or you know “puppies” that need tending to.

I think something worthy of greed and accomplishment both. I would send over some sort of large silver ounce bar they can use in their office as a paper holder. Or some insane trophy they could proudly display in their office. Its hard to get too specific because it depends what country they are from.

Well if you give something away at spring break, obv I dont know the difference in locations from where events will be held but this place looks beautiful, offers a great golf course with sea side views and you can throw in a spa package within the same resort.

http://www.aphroditehills.com/cyprus_home/1/1006/

and than give them one of the official PAP Sweat Sedos

Great idea. Maybe you could make people vote on the best AMs, and give a couple of iphones to the best two. But I agree that the spa idea is great, the problem is having AMs from several places in the world.

There really are some great AM out there and they need a good pat on the back. Us affiliates can be pains in the ass sometimes.

No Monday morning motivation post???? C’mon, I need my fix!

He is in Cali with the family

I like the monday posts also but back to the awards. Another idea is these people work on computers most of the day. How about some really really nice computer gear. Top Notch Monitor, etc… Might be just a little side award.

“”"”He is in Cali with the family”"”

ah, thanks Kaus, I forgot..

I think computer gear would be nice too.. I think just showing some of the AM’s we really understand how much work and crap they have to take/do will mean a lot though

Nothing shows understanding more then money in this business.

Everyone deserves a vacation once in awhile.
Find out the major airline close to the winner, order gift card and let them decide where they want to go. e.g. https://giftcards.aa.com/

A kick ass blackberry

If its a sports fanatic, maybe some gear, items from their team. Collectors items, could even put a little wager in for their team to win the title. I would guess most AM’s are probably into sports.