The Chipleader RakeRace is on!!

Ok Affiliates, start your moneymaking engines, the Chipleader $200,000 in Cash Rake Race is ON (100K Rake Race on AP and $100K Rake Race on UB) so get ready to make a lot of money sending all your players to win.  This means you win too! That’s right Chipleader affiliates will get 10% of ALL their player’s winnings, an incredible opportunity for all affiliates to really cash in.

What are you waiting for?! Get on over to the HTML link factory and grab the Rake Race banners for both brands.  On AP the promotion is called: “Race Cards: The Chase is On” and for UB: “The Ultimate Race for Riches”.

Affiliates, to qualify for the 10%, you must have the AP/UB banners in a prominent location on your site(s).  So, make sure it’s in the best possible location(s) to qualify and collect the cash when your player wins.

You have to race fast, because this amazing promotion lasts only one month, from October 1st until October 31st 2008, so start your money making engines NOW and this is the time to get those banners on a great location on your sites, then watch your players convert like crazy.

We even have leaderboards (AP and UB) that will be updated daily so you can see how your players are doing.  And when they win, well, you will get 10% of their winnings.  So everyone wins.  Let’s Go Rake Racing!!!

2008 CAP Barcelona

Finally, we are here.  The weather is nice the women are hot and the booze is flowing freely.  The booths are under construction and should be completed shortly.  The trip just getting here was quite an ordeal, but after what seemed like 24 hours of traveling is over and its time to get down to business and partying.  Last night was a great start as myself, Pete, and Hux met Danielle and Paul at the EIG party which last until about 4am.  This morning was the last day of EIG so Pete and I shot over just to inspect, it was alot smaller than we thought it would be and they almost made us pay to get in until I found another entrance and just non chalantly walked in like I owned the place, which usually works…Pete followed soon after.  No big deal just a bunch of suits that think they are pretty important and have the next big innovation gaming, yawwwwn.  I just finally finished answering a plethora of emails and had to get this thread started, its Thursday afternoon and I’m going on about 6 hours sleep in the last 48 so I need to recharge the batteries for another big night tonight when we will be at Jokers for what I have been told will be the party of the week.  Also check back for my updates as I will be losting photos and commentary on the entire convention.  Cheers….

The Aruba Poker Classic 2008 September 27th - Oct 4th

Affiliates, the countdown to Aruba has started.  Just 10 days left until the Aruba Poker Classic 2008. Make sure to keep your eyes on the the right of the blog for the count down clock. And, check out the Scott Ian video, he will tell you how great the poker classic is. The Chipleaderblog will be providing frequent updates on the event so make sure you keep coming back to see what’s going on at the classic. The beautiful Caribbean, it’s going to be great in Aruba!!!

UPDATED: September 18th, 2008

According to the Aruba Countdown clock there is only 8 sleeps left before the Aruba Classic.  You can almost smell that Caribbean ocean air.  Everyone at Chipleader and UB are getting prepared for what we think is going to be the best Classic yet.  Lots of poker, sun and sand…not to forget the great parties.  All the top poker pros will be there, Phil, Annie, Scott Ian, the list goes on and on.  We will keep you posted on all the activities leading up to the great event.  Stay tuned!

50 - Seat Guaranteed Tournament 2008 Aruba Poker Classic September 13th at 5:30 pm ET

Hey Affiliates,

Chipleader and UB are giving you and your players just ONE more chance to go to the world famous Aruba Poker Classic.  This will take place at the  Radisson Aruba Resort & Casino on September 27th – October 4th 2008. Every poker player around the globe wants to be there for all the fun and sun they can handle.  Just think of all the parties, celebrities, hot girls, and winning lots of cash!!  The final 50 Seat Guaranteed is on Saturday, September 13th at 5:30pm ET.

There are several ways you and your players can get there:  Number one, buy in directly for $500+30 or number two, enter a daily qualifier to secure your seat for just a few bucks or thirdly, enter our Main Event Giveaway (leaderboard competition where over 315 seats are on the line).  So, as you can see you have several ways to make it there doing what you and your players love, poker.

Phil Helmuth, Annie Duke, Scott Ian, Tiffany Michelle, all the online UB poker pros, and you’re not going to believe this but world famous actor Don Cheadle will also be there.  Remember there is a $4 million prize pool up for grabs and $1 million on the felt for first prize.

Chipleader is also currently running the $10,000 Affiliate Giveaway, so affiliates will make even more money and send themselves or their players to Aruba.  So, make sure you go to the HTML link factory at Chipleader and upload the new Aruba Classic banners for the 50 seater.  You’re going to make tons of cash and get to play poker with the greats.

For more information go to UltimateBet.com or go to the Aruba Classic web site.

UPDATED:  September 3rd 2008

Only 22 sleeps to go before you have the chance to wake up in beautiful Aruba.  What are you waiting for affiliates??!!  Start promoting the UB Aruba Classic 2008, then grab your sunglasses, beach towel and suntan lotion!  Make sure you keep you eyes on the Aruba ticker at the (top right) of the blog, so you can plan your packing and buy some new shades.

UPDATED: September 3rd 2008

Ok affiliates, the new UB Aruba banners are up today in the HTML factory for the September 13th 50 Seat Guaranteed.  Make sure you get them up on your sites in the best possible location so your players can see them.  This is your big chance to prove to your players that your affiliate sites can take them to great places like Aruba.  Hey, you never know they might win a lot of cash there and get to meet some famous celebrities.  All thanks to you!  Meanwhile, YOUR making a ton of revenue promoting one of the best wold class poker events ever.   So, what are you waiting for affiliates, lets get those banners up, time to go to the Aruba for fun, beaches, parties and all the poker you can handle.

UPDATED: September 8th, 2008

OK Affiliates, there is only 5 days left until Sept 13th and the FINAL 50 Seat Guaranteed.  The new Aruba banners are up on the backend (with the date), and looking pretty good or should we say, ready to convert like crazy.  Everyone here is getting really excited about Aruba, which we think will be the best Classic ever.  Like Phil Helmuth says, “Bigger and Better!”  Hurry up this Saturday will come quickly and you want to make sure you or your players are packing for the best week in Caribbean world-class poker.

UPDATED: September 10th, 2008

There’s only 3 short days left to the FINAL 50 Seat Guaranteed on Saturday, September 13th.  Affiliates, now is the time to get those NEW Aruba Classic banners up on your sites and watch the revenue flow in.  Everyone is getting ready to go and we would like to see you on the beach with your sunglasses on and an umbrella in your drink.  You  might even WIN the $1,000,000 first prize.  Time is running out, so make sure you or your poker players are all signing up for the FINAL 50 Seat Guarnateed.  We’ll see you in Aruba on the beaches and/or at the tables.

UPDATED: September 12th, 2008

TOMORROW is the Big Day for the Final 50 Seat Guaranteed.  Affiliates, make sure your players know about the tourny and get them in there.  This is your chance to be a hero and possibly send your players to one of the best poker tournaments ever.  It will be a week in the Caribbean they or you won’t ever forget.  Check out the Scott Ian video on our blog.  He’s a rock star and he says it’s one of the greatest weeks he’s ever had….so think about it!!

Chipleader will be at CAP Euro in Barcelona

Hey Affiliates,

Chipleader is all prepared and ready to go to CAP Euro in Barcleona September 25th-28th.  The brand new booth is looking sharp, and we’ve got some really cool gifts for you.  So make sure you come by, we’d love to see ya.  Just look for the classiest booth at the show!  If you want to schedule meeting with us, just contact Danielle at: danielle@chipleader.com

UPDATED: September 3rd 2008

Affiliates, there’s only 19 days left before CAP Euro.  We hope your almost packed and ready to go.  You’re probably already getting all the events and party emails invitations.  We know you’ll be busy there, but make sure you set aside some time to come visit the Chipleader booth.  You will be pleasantly surprised with lots of free gifts.  We also have lots to tell you about Chipleader, AP, UB and Cereus.  Here is our location at the exhibition: Chipleader

UPDATED: September 11th 2008

There is just two weeks to go until CAP Euro.  We hope all you affiliates have booked your flights and hotels for the big event.  You don’t want to miss out on the Chipleader booth, cause you’ll be pleasantly surprised in what we have planned for you.  So, what ever you do make sure you come on over and check it out.  It’s guaranteed to attract a big crowd.  You can’t miss us, we have the best booth and free gifts at the show. And if you remember us in London, you know we have the best gifts. We’ll see you there at the show and at the many parties.

UPDATED: September 18th, 2008

One week to go until CAP Euro!! Chipleader is ready for the big event and can’t wait to see all you affiliates there.  We will be sponsoring the “Thought Conference” where all the speakers will be.  We’ll also be at all the major events and parties too, so make sure you let us know you’re there.  You can’t miss our new booth, it’s the classiest one there. We have some surprises planned for the show and we aren’t going to tell you on the blog, so make sure you come by the booth for a very pleasant surprise!  Only 7 sleeps to go and it’s CAP Euro time!!!

UPDATED: September 23rd 2008

Hey Affiliates, it’s time to fly to Barcelona for CAP.  The time has finally come. Most of you are probably in the air or on your way to the airport.  It’s going to be a great time in Barcelona at CAP and Chipleader can’t wait to see you all, so make sure you make time for us at our booth.  You can’t miss us and you’ll like what your gonna see, and we have lots of free gifts for you.  We’ll also be at all the parties, so make sure we share a drink or two.  We’ll see you there.

Absolute Poker Rakeback Affiliate Breaking News…

Absolute Poker is giving you yet another reason to smile.  As of today Absolute Poker is changing its rake collection method to Average Contributed which means more rake back for you and your players when they play at Absolute Poker.  Heres how it breaks down:

-Similar to the dealt method, but you must contribute at least something to the pot.
-If you fold without contributing to the pot then your rake consideration is zero.
For example:  If the pot was $60 then the total rake taken is $3.  Even if you contributed only $2 to the pot and there are 6 people playing, but 2 people folded pre flop then you still get allocated a quarter of the rake as 4 people in total contributed to the rake.  So even though you only contributed $2 to the pot you would still be considered to have added $0.75 in rake.

Obviously this new collection method will greatly increase your rake back revenue so get the word out to your players that AP has yet again turned on the faucet to full blast for its affiliates and players to bring you the best online poker experience and affiliate partnership possible. Don’t forget to stress the new CEREUS network and the Biggest Bad Beat Jackpots in the industry!

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Affiliate News Flash: Launch of CEREUS Network Imminent!!!

Today July 24th, the management of Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet have announced that they will be forming a new online poker network called the CEREUS network. The new poker platform will integrate customers and features from both poker rooms instantly creating the 3rd largest online poker network on the web.

It has been over a year in the making for both companies and finally after many many months of testing, development, security enhancements and new product initiatives the CEREUS network will finally be launched on October 7th, 2008. Read more

Poker Affiliate News Flash: Aruba Classic Seat Giveaways!!!

Attention all Ultimate Bet players and affiliates you could be on your way to Aruba this Septemeber and I’m not talking family getaway, I’m talking about the 2008 Aruba Classic on September 27th - October 4th at the Radisson Aruba Resort & Casino.  This saturday July 19th 5:30pm est. UB will be offering an Aruba Classic 50 seat giveaway thats right! 50 prize packages worth $8500 a piece will be won this weekend.  There are a couple ways to secure your seat:
1. Buy in direct for $500 + $30
2. Enter a daily qualifer that ranges from $1 to $3, yeah you read that right.  So qualify for less than a gallon of gas.
3. Enter our Main Event Giveaway (leaderboard competition where over 315 seats in the July 19th event are on the line)

This year there is a $4 million prize pool with the winner walking away with a cool $1 million.  Theres just 71 days left until the big event and Ultimate Bet will be holding another 50 seat giveaway on August 16th at 5:30pm est and an absolutely ridiculous 100 seat giveaway on September 13th!!! So start sharpening your skills in the $1 qualifying events being held daily.  Oh yeah and in case your wondering, YES Phil Hellmuth will be there and you will get a shot at sitting down with one of the best in the game, so what are you waiting for?  Get on the tables and win your way to Aruba!

***Affiliates this is a great opportunity to generate some singups and revenue, if you have a forum spread the word and post a banner if your a news site then this should be on the front page!!!

Click here for more information on the Aruba Classic 50 seat giveaway

Click here for a FREE UB player account and win your way to Aruba!

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Optimize your Conversion Rate

One of the most if not THE most important aspect of an affiliate partnership is making sure you are optimizing every effort to convert your players on the first visit to a particular site. There are a number of ways to accomplish this and it is up to both partners (the Affiliate and the Gaming Site) to get the most bang for your buck when it comes to converting players into registrations and real money depositors.

 

First of all it is extremely important to keep updated banners on your affiliate site, it not only keeps you the affiliate updated on new promos and events so that you may promote them, but it gives your potential clients the most recent information on a site and can help sway them into signing up with a certain website based on an available event, deposit bonus or tournament that strikes their fancy. A lot of what impacts the decisions you make for posting which types of banners should correspond to what your SEO strengths are, if your getting hits from keywords such as “poker deposit bonus” then obviously you want to have the most current banners displaying the most current deposit bonuses on them. When you’re choosing the partners you want to work with make sure they are continuously updating their creative, if they do not, then they are not fulfilling their end of the partnership and not providing the tools you need to be successful. Also placing those banners in the right spots is very important, far too many times have I seen banners from 20 different sites placed all over the affiliate site or down the left and right sides of the page allowing you to scroll down for what seems like a mile as if the affiliate has the intention of just bombarding their viewers with a barrage of banners and letting the numbers pan out and determine their conversions, this is wrong. One, you are not doing targeted marketing you are simply slinging banners around until something sticks. Second, you are more likely to get a registration that never deposits rather than a quality signup that generates revenue for the partnership. It is more effective to create your own original content that searches well and place a bonus code with a hyper link text or a banner within an article that pertains to the specific content. One, if the viewer takes the time to read your content then they are generally more interested in the subject and more likely to signup and deposit if all the equations are to their liking. Second you are targeting a viewer with specific content and the road you are leading them down is like driving down the autobahn with no traffic in site, it’s very clear and laid out for them without all the clutter and congestion of multiple banners of multiple sites that may distract and ultimately deter them from signing up. Read more