How do you pick your sponsors?

[SheepGuy]

nise paysit! i was goona sine, butt...

[SheepGuy]

Originally Posted by SheepGuy

nise paysit! i was goona sine, butt...

Sorry, that was rude.
Long day.

[Simon IA Cash]

That's odd. No one, to my question "how do you pick sponsors?", replied "They pick and approach me."

[emmanuelle]

Originally Posted by Simon IA Cash

That's odd. No one, to my question "how do you pick sponsors?", replied "They pick and approach me."

Generally when a sponsor's rep hits me up (especially on icq), they are immediately ignored.

[hzoltan]

Originally Posted by emmanuelle

Generally when a sponsor's rep hits me up (especially on icq), they are immediately ignored.

why? what's wrong about it? a program could be good, even if nobody recommended it to you yet... not to mention that it's rude to just ignore somebody.

[emmanuelle]

Originally Posted by hzoltan

why? what's wrong about it? a program could be good, even if nobody recommended it to you yet... not to mention that it's rude to just ignore somebody.

Then they can use more appropriate channels. I consider my messengers to be for my use, not that of annoying salespeople- think of it as telemarketing and be happy to be simply ignored

[Jim]

Originally Posted by emmanuelle

Then they can use more appropriate channels. I consider my messengers to be for my use, not that of annoying salespeople- think of it as telemarketing and be happy to be simply ignored

On one hand, I hate icq so I would have to agree. ICQ is much like a phone call. You have to stop what you are doing and answer.

On the other, I have done quite a bit of business via icq in the past. When someone I was with opened a new site that seemed to fit perfectly with a freesite, I talked to the freesite owner on ICQ.

But to just blindly go after affiliates using ICQ is just wrong

As for picking sponsors, I do my very best when offering advertising here on GGandJ. If I find anything at all devious, I don't offer advertising. And, we have had a couple of sponsors that got a little funny after we allowed them in and we dropped them. I do reject more advertisers than I accept here.

It's just as easy to find a trustworthy sponsor for anyone to use. Do just a little research and you will either find out they are worthy of your traffic or not.

[Greenguy]

Originally Posted by hzoltan

why? what's wrong about it? a program could be good, even if nobody recommended it to you yet... not to mention that it's rude to just ignore somebody.

Would you consider it rude to ICQ someone that has no idea who you are? That's why there's laws in place against cold calling telemarketers - if that person didn't give you their ICQ number, odds are they don't want to talk to you.

I don't mind if they bug me a bit, but I do tend to get pissed when I tell them no & they continue to annoy me
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[Simon IA Cash]

Ok, let's get real here; this is hardly the equivalent of cold-call telemarketing. Some jackass calls me up to tell me to buy a cell phone or magazine, that's one thing. But this a person in an industry hitting up another person in the same industry to inquire about business possibilities for mutual benefit. Not raw selling for profit.

Yeah, ICQ is kinda like a phone call. So imagine this in any other industry. What person in any industry would not take a call for a business partnership from someone else in that industry? At least to see, just in case? You can tell within just a couple of minutes whether there is business potential or not. Not replying IS rude. Forget a couple of minutes. If you don't want business at all and can't spare any time to hear the person's proposal(s) out, at least a "no thanks not interested" would be fine.

Yes, adult is different than most industries, and yes, there's lots of spam and a lot of people who waste other people's time, but sponsors don't make money unless affiliates do. Sometimes there's actually good potential for business, and the sponsor contacted with good reason.