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    • Victory Poker Launch Weekend Part 2
      Poker professional and Rake Tracker player Tom Luts wrote part 2 of the Victory Poker launch party weekend on the Rake Tracker blog. Victory Poker Launch Weekend Trip Report
    • Full Tilt Reduces Rakeback Affiliate Commissions March 1st
      Poker Affiliate Solutions just concluded a meeting with Full Tilt Poker management. Effective March 1st Full Tilt Poker commissions on all new players will be set to 3%. This affects ALL rakeback affiliates of Full Tilt Poker. These changes are not retroactive and rates on existing [...]
    • Tip 30: Free Logos
      This one isn’t so much a tip as a freebie. I’m hosting a PSD file with many of the Poker Room logos I access on a regular basis for various design department tasks.  The logos each have transparent backgrounds and are [...]
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    • Tip 32: What’s your problem?
      Most new affiliate websites have an easily identifiable problem – lack of quality content, products, or services.  A few websites have popular products, but neglect to pitch affiliate offers.  Some websites have quality content, but don’t offer services or updates [...]
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    • Monday Sales Call: Writer’s Block
      I wasn’t sure what to write about tonight. I have been slammed with work all day and my brain is mush! Couple that with lack of sleep this weekend (blackjack is the devil) and my creative writing skills are that [...]
    • AP / UB Merge
      Hello Everyone! My name is Danielle and I am one of the Affiliate Managers for Chipleader, The Affiliate/Marketing program that represents two outstanding poker brands Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet. Chipleader has worked closely with Chris for quite some time now [...]
    • WSOP, PAS, F.U.N
      PAS had a company outing to Vegas last week. There are a few guys who work in the Nashville office who hadnt met some of the guys who work in the St. Paul office, it was a great time meeting [...]
    • Players Only (Cake Poker) Added to Rake Tracker
      We are happy to announce that Players Only has joined us at Rake Tracker. They are a member of the Cake Poker Network. The rakeback percent is 33% and the first deposit bonus is 100% up to $650. [...]
    • LOST
      i want to do a cannonball
    • Monte Carlo Hotel Fire in Las Vegas
      That is not a small fire.  Initial reports are saying that no one is hurt or trapped.  Hopefully that holds up.
    • Just bought the Dell 3007WFP
      I couldnt resist and had to do overnight shipping. Hopefully i will get this setup soon and take some pictures of my setup.
    • This blog needs some pictures
      I had the number four put on this bad boy to represent my bantam league soccer number.
    • Why We Have This Blog
      Raketracker.com, YourPokerCash.com, AffiliateEV.com, Checkraised.com and all of the rest of our properties have been around years. Raketracker, the business was born in 2003. Raketracker, the website, began back in 2004. All the work we have done for years has [...]
    • New User Friendly Interface – PAS v3 Preview
      How is the new PAS more user friendly?  We’ve been asked this question a lot lately. I’d like to go over a few of the improved PAS Admin pages and show how they are now easier to use: New Publisher Control [...]
    • Multiple Campaign Management – PAS v3 Preview
      As promised in my last blog post Tony and I will be writing about the new features in the highly anticipated Poker Affiliate Solutions v3. For this weeks article I am going to cover some of the new campaign management tools we will be [...]
    • Poker Affiliate Solutions v3 Launching in March!
      After over a year in development Poker Affiliate Solutions v3 is ready to launch this month! The latest version of our software is the strongest yet. Featuring the same Ruby On Rails technology that powers Twitter, Basecamp, and YellowPages PAS v3 will be the most powerful poker [...]
    • Victory Poker Launch Weekend Part 2
      Poker professional and Rake Tracker player Tom Luts wrote part 2 of the Victory Poker launch party weekend on the Rake Tracker blog. Victory Poker Launch Weekend Trip Report
    • Who Does Your Business Depend Upon?
      One of our biggest partners announced some changes this week that surprised, upset, scared and even outraged quite a few people.  The simple truth is that these changes will likely have a real bottom line effect on many of our [...]
    • Full Tilt Reduces Rakeback Affiliate Commissions March 1st
      Poker Affiliate Solutions just concluded a meeting with Full Tilt Poker management. Effective March 1st Full Tilt Poker commissions on all new players will be set to 3%. This affects ALL rakeback affiliates of Full Tilt Poker. These changes are not retroactive and rates on existing [...]
    • Victory Poker Launch Party Weekend Part 1
      This past weekend Arthur and I flew to sunny Las Vegas to attend the Trash Talk Championship of the World hosted by Victory Poker at the Hard Rock Casino. Friday morning I woke up at around 5am to shower and get [...]
    • A Radical Idea, Advertise Products You Use!
      At PAS, we pride ourselves in giving you options.  We’ve been adding a new rakeback offer almost every month and Tony has been working hard to bring you quality CPA and Revenue Share offers. Why so much choice?  Well, I like [...]
    • Top Rakeback Website Trends of 2009
      I’ve recently done a survey of some of the larger players in the rakeback industry and I’m a bit disgusted  with the  lack of creativity on display.  It’s very natural for there to be pervasive trends in web design, and [...]
    • PAS Rakeback site 101
      Hey all, my name is Tim and I am the new affiliate manager alongside Tony here at Poker Affiliate Solutions. I have been a rakeback affiliate since 2004 and in the spring of 2008 I became a Poker Affiliate Solutions [...]
    • A home for Fresh Ideas
      Chances are that rakeback isn’t your passion.  Poker might be your passion and rakeback might even be your favorite or predominant source of income, but do you love it? It’s hard for most to rise above the pack without being self [...]
    • Happy Holidays from PAS
      In the states, as in many other places around the world, we are celebrating the years biggest holiday this week.  This Christmas season signals the end of a profitable and productive year at Poker Affiliate Solutions. Poker Affiliate Solutions has grown [...]
    • Goals VS Expectations
      Publishers with expectations rarely do well. They expect that when they make a website people will come.  That when people come, they will sign up.  That when they sign up they will play.  That when they play, they will tell friends. When [...]
    • Online Poker Promotion Pages
      It’s a good idea to keep up with promotions at your most popular online poker rooms.  Especially around the holidays, rooms offer many great incentives in addition to your PAS rakeback or bonus offers to attract players. Additionally  you may [...]
    • Start with a Plan
      Learning to use HTML while attempting website design on the fly can be a monumental and intimidating task.  When planning a project, it’s usually best to first do just that, plan. You don’t need advanced technical skills to make a blueprint.  [...]
    • Tip 36: Learn from the little things
      Small things can tell you a lot about the big picture.  Has your first member signed up yet?  Have you sent him a personal greeting?  How did he find your site?  What poker site does he play at?  What does [...]
    • Tip 35: Getting Organized
      It’s very easy to underestimate how far a little organization can go when it comes to growing your affiliate venture and padding your bottom line.  Every new idea, spark of inspiration, or shared insight has the potential to put you ahead of [...]
    • Tip 34: Poker Room Screenshots
      We recently collected a library of screen shots showcasing the sign up processes for each website that PAS is currently partnered with. We are happy to make them available to you for your use on your websites.  It’s up to you [...]
    • Tip 33: Troubleshooting
      Our content management system gives you freedom.  The freedom use your words.  The freedom to customize your design.  The freedom to completely break your website. That’s right, we admit it, our software is not idiot proof.  It’s not even – [...]
    • Tip 31: Using Revision History
      The revision history is an important tool for both advanced and beginning web page developers.  Especially for beginning web page developers!  Not only does it allow you to undo mistakes, but it can take your page back to the state [...]
    • Tip 30: Free Logos
      This one isn’t so much a tip as a freebie. I’m hosting a PSD file with many of the Poker Room logos I access on a regular basis for various design department tasks.  The logos each have transparent backgrounds and are [...]
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    • Three New PAS Offers
      Poker Affiliate Solutions is proud to announce three new partnerships.  The first partner we have recently  added is Interpoker.  Interpoker has been a long time partner of PAS.  Interpoker, once a member of the Cryptologic Network, joined Boss Media earlier [...]
    • Tip 32: What’s your problem?
      Most new affiliate websites have an easily identifiable problem – lack of quality content, products, or services.  A few websites have popular products, but neglect to pitch affiliate offers.  Some websites have quality content, but don’t offer services or updates [...]
    • Monday Sales Call: Interactive Marketing for Poker Affiliates?
      Last Monday Herb and I went to the Minnesota Interactive Marketing Summit. The afternoon keynote speak was none other than marketing guru Seth Godin. Regrettably i didn’t take notes for you guys. If you haven’t read his blog or any [...]
    • Monday Sales Call: Blogs I Read
      I’ve had this blog for a almost a year now.  Even though I am only ‘part time’ blogger, I still struggle with post ideas.  I am amazed at how professional bloggers like Seth Godin and Shoemoney consistently come up with [...]
    • Monday Sales Call: BAC Trip Report
      Tuesday night I rushed to the airport at around 6:30. I had a fantasy football at 7:00 pm and my flight left at 9:30. I was able to draft for about 7 rounds in the Delta terminal before Herb and [...]
    • Monday Sales Call: Budapest!
      Herb and I are flying to Budapest tomorrow night for the Budapest Affiliate Conference.  We will be visiting with several of our poker rooms partners and a few PAS Publishers.  I am really pumped for the trip.  I have never [...]
    • Monday Sales Call: Monetization Methods….Part 1
      Two weeks ago we told you 61% of Rakeback users’ and 56% of Rakeback trackers had lifetime MGR (rake) over $500. Whether you run an existing poker affiliate website or are considering getting your feet wet in online [...]
    • Monday Sales Call: A Visit from an Old Friend
      We had the pleasure of meeting with a long time PAS publisher last week. Rakebackaces came into the office Friday morning. We have worked with RBA for the last 18 months and have been industry friends since the Party days. [...]
    • Microgaming Shuts Down Eurolinx and BetOnBet
      It was reported today by several sources that Microgaming terminated their licensing agreement with Eurolinx.  Almost immediately Eurolinx players were locked out of their accounts.  Some players were playing and locked out in the middle of hands.  Shortly there after [...]
    • Drive Revenue
      61% of user accounts and 56% of trackers had lifetime MGR over $500.  This is only of user accounts that ever generated greater than zero and trackers that generated greater than zero. What is the significance of this?  You tell me. [...]
    • Monday Sales Call: Sleep and Whiteboards
      The last 2-3 weeks have been non-stop work for me and my co-workers. I hit a wall Friday night and slept for 15 hours straight!  The launch of PAS Traditional added a good deal of work for our tech and [...]
    • It Just Takes a Little Time
      If you have read my last few blog posts, you know I’ve posted some of the numbers behind a rakeback business.  First, I said a rakeback customer was worth $520.31.  I also said that value varies widely based on where [...]
    • Monday Sales Call: Broaden Your Target Market
      As you may or may not know, Poker Affiliate Solutions has expanded our poker affiliate network. We are now offering affiliates CPA (cost per action) and non-rakeback Revenue Share deals. I have chatted with several PAS Publishers who plan on [...]
    • Monday Sales Call: Twitter Update
      Last week I talked about how I finally created a Twitter account to promote PAS. I have spent the last 8 days “Tweeting” about PAS, poker, movies, and music. So far I have 46 followers. 8 are spam accounts. Last week [...]
    • Taking a Break
      This week, I’m taking a break from posting the hard numbers of rakeback value, statistics, and analysis.  I want to tell you about what made my Thursday afternoon and early evening. We all have to do something we’re passionate about.  For [...]
    • Monday Sales Call: I Finally Gave into Twitter
      I finally gave in and created a Twitter account for PAS. The account will be used to market PAS as well as update our existing publishers on new rooms, software upgrades, promotions and much more. I will also throw in [...]
    • The Intersection
      Last week, PAS told you a rakeback customer was worth $520.31. We also told you the 80/20 rule was a factor.  But, as you may have guessed, we still have more information we have not shared.  Regarding time to produce [...]
    • Monday Sales Call: Writer’s Block
      I wasn’t sure what to write about tonight. I have been slammed with work all day and my brain is mush! Couple that with lack of sleep this weekend (blackjack is the devil) and my creative writing skills are that [...]
    • How Much is a Rakeback Customer Worth?
      We are often asked some version of the question: How much is a rakeback customer worth? The number is, of course, a crucial one.  Based on this number, a rakeback provider can determine how much can be spent to acquire a rakeback [...]
    • Monday Sales Call: Reducing Your Variance as an Affiliate
      In poker, we can reduce our variance by changing our playing style, stakes, types of games played (example: tournaments have more variance than cash games), and table selection. As affiliates, we can and should reduce our variance by means of [...]
    • Monday Sales Call: Vegas Trip Report
      Friday Wake up in pain because I took a softball to the face the night before. My nose got busted open and there is some swelling. Other than that, life is good cause it’s Vegas time. Byron and I get on [...]
    • Making an Appearance at Major Poker Events
      While we are all internet marketers it is extremely important that we don’t miss out on opportunities that the brick and mortar world presents to us.  I bring RakeTracker and PAS business cards to all live poker games and have [...]
    • Monday Sales Call: Vegas Baby
      Byron (el presidente de PAS) and I are heading to Vegas this Friday to meet up with PAS friends, partners, and publishers. The last time I was in Vegas I went with my dad who was in town on business. [...]
    • Monday Sales Call: My Adventures in Retail
      My father and new step-mother were in town this weekend.  They were supposed to come up for a sales conference but my dad’s company had a swine flu scare!  So instead of listening to boring presentations, my dad and step [...]
    • Poker Rooms and Their Deductions
      I get asked often about poker room deductions.  Each room has their own way of computing MGR.  Here is a list of all offers from PAS and what is deducted. Full Tilt Poker – Bonuses, payment processing fees, overlays and points [...]
    • Cake Poker Changes Full Ring Tables
      Cake Poker recently changed their full ring tables from 10 seats to 9 seats.  This makes Cake Poker’s full ring tables conform with what has become industry standard.  While this may not seem like a big deal it actually is.  [...]
    • Monday Sales Call: Are you Experienced?
      I have decided to play a WSOP event this year. My reasoning in doing so is two fold: 1. Take a shot at winning a bracelet and ship a 6 figure score. 2. Soak in the experience of playing a WSOP event. The [...]
    • This Week at PAS
      The big news this week was that the echeck and paper check processor for Poker Stars and Full Tilt went down.  Countless players were bounced checks and currently players in the U.S. are unable to deposit by echeck at those [...]
    • Party Poker Million Dollar Hand Promotion
      Party Poker is offering its Million Dollar Hand Promotion for a second time.  The first time Party Poker held the promotion they gave away over $700,000.  Nobody was lucky enough to make the Royal Flush for $1,000,000 so they are [...]
    • Monday Sales Call: Call to Action with Permission
      I was out of the office last Monday on vacation and I forgot to post. 30 straight weeks of blogging on Mondays came to an end. My quest in becoming the Cal Ripken Jr. of bloggers is over. I went to [...]
    • This Week at PAS – May 31 2009
      Starting tomorrow June 1st the Cereus Network, which consists of Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet, will start deducting 50% of all cleared bonuses. While this is still better than many online poker rooms it is still not as good [...]
    • Monday Sales Call: Call To Action and Permission Marketing
      I have been thinking a lot lately about what makes the perfect blend of Call to Action and Permission Marketing. Call to Action marketing can often be misinterpreted by marketers and the result is never pretty. The thought of succeeding [...]
    • Publisher Spotlight: RakebackAces
      It’s the summer of 2007 and I have made the decision to go back to school and finish my college degree. I started out with a small schedule and added a few more classes by spring semester. I was getting [...]
    • Monday Sales Call: Creative Tips for Rakeback Affiliates
      Whether you are a newbie rakeback affiliate or a baller looking to expand your existing business, the tips below WILL increase your site’s brand, traffic, and revenue. - Write rooms reviews from a players perspective.  Listing deposit methods, rake calculations, games [...]
    • This Week at PAS – May 10th
      This week is payment week for players and publishers. Player payments went out today, publishers will have their balances available tomorrow. It appears that by tomorrow all payments will be made and it will be another smooth month. Everest [...]
    • Monday Sales Call: A Trip Down Memory Lane
      I went to visit my father’s side of the family in Chicago over the weekend. On Saturday, my dad and I took a ride down to the neighborhood where he grew up.  We ended up stopping by an old building [...]
    • This Week at PAS – May 4
      This has been quite a week at PAS. Not only is it time to gather stats and get payments ready for our players and publishers but we have some big announcements to make. We will now go to [...]
    • Minnesota Online Gambling Ban
      The Minnesota Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement Division announced plans to attempt to ban online gambling in Minnesota today.  They have sent a letter to 15 different ISP’s requesting that access to 200 online gaming sites be disallowed.  The state agency [...]
    • Monday Sales Call: The California Online Poker Bill
      The California Online Poker Bill was unveiled last week. The bill outlines a plan to regulate online poker in the state of California and was brought to the state’s legislature in January. “Licenses to operate intrastate Internet poker websites under this [...]
    • This Week at PAS – April 26
      There were a couple of big developments in the industry this week. This biggest news came from the Cake Poker Network. Effective May 1st all Cake Poker Network sites will change the way MGR is calculated. Cake [...]
    • Monday Sales Call: Mixed Games and Mixed Feelings
      Last month I started playing the 8 Game rotation on Poker Stars (2-7 triple draw, LHE, Omaha H/L, Razz, Stud, Stud H/L, NLHE, and PLO). The challenge of learning new games has somewhat quenched my poker fix. I would [...]
    • This Week at PAS – April 18
      This week was payment time for Full Tilt, Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet. Unfortunately though there have been some delays. Full Tilt Poker was able to pay our players around 2am ET on the 16th. While typically [...]
    • Monday Sales Call: A Few Questions
      “No matter what your product is, you are ultimately in the education business. Your customers need to be constantly educated about the many advantages of doing business with you, trained to use your products more effectively, and taught how to [...]
    • This Week at PAS: Design Promotion Results
      In January we announced an incredible opportunity for PAS publishers. The promotion was Win Thousands in Free Marketing Designs and Ad Space and was a huge success. We are happy to announce the winners right now. The [...]
    • Monday Sales Call: Don’t Be Ordinary
      Last week I talked about branding and the impact it had on a recent purchase I made.  Building a brand is extremely tough; especially so on the Internet. There are thousands of sites which promote online poker and most of [...]
    • This Week at PAS – April 4
      This week Merge Gaming announced a new VIP Program that will replace the old freeroll and bonus system. Now players that rake $500 or more in a month will be given extra rakeback and extra perks. These extra [...]
    • Monday Sales Call: A Recent Purchase
      I have been in the market for a new cell phone for quite some time now. This past Saturday I purchased the new Google G1. I have been a loyal T Mobile customer for many years and struggled with [...]
    • This Week at PAS – March 27
      This week we removed Poker4Ever from PAS. Poker4Ever started deducting 100% of bonuses from our commissions. This essentially meant that the more players we sent to Poker4Ever claiming a first deposit bonus, the more in the red we [...]
    • Cellsino Rake Chase Promotion
      PAS will be running a $5,000 Rake Chase at Cellsino April 1st – April 30th. This is a great opportunity for PAS Publishers to promote a new and exciting room. Payments for players who qualify for the Rake Chase will [...]
    • Publisher Spotlight: MegaRakeback
      I started MegaRakeback.com in 2005 for a couple reasons. I got in when things were still in the early stages and saw some different opportunities. Opportunities for what? Of course I wanted to make money, but I also had the [...]
    • Monday Sales Call: PAS Promotions
      The PAS Design Promotion is heading into the final stretch. We have a tight race and are eager to see the results on March 31st. I am excited to announce a new promotion for our Publishers here at PAS. Publishers will [...]
    • This Week at PAS – March 20
      This week saw the end of an online poker pioneer close its doors. Once loved by all bonus players Cryptologic closed its doors early Thursday morning. Poker rooms like Betsafe and Sun Poker had already left the network [...]
    • Monday Sales Call: Sanity Management Software
      There was a discussion on an industry forum last week about the different work management software affiliates use. This got me thinking how grateful I am for my CRM and the sanity it promotes in my workday. I use Highrise [...]
    • This Week at PAS – March 13 2009
      This week is the week publishers and players all look forward to. This week was payment week. There were a couple of bumps this week that have been straightened out. First Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet experienced [...]
    • Monday Sales Call: A Brief Moment of Clarity
      I had a moment of clarity last night. Well, that may be a little dramatic. Let’s call it a brief yet profound revelation. My Sundays are generally spent playing online poker tournaments. I mainly play cash games during the week when [...]
    • This Week at PAS
      The first week of the month is always a busy one. We have been busy gathering and importing stats from February as well as answering inquiries from players about payments. Typically we start importing monthly stats sites around [...]
    • Monday Sales Call: The New Office
      Here are some before and pictures of the new office. As you can see, our landlord and his crew did a great job of turning our vision into reality. Street View Before the build-out The foyer with our new conference table. We have [...]
    • This Week at PAS
      Every Friday we are going to post the news of the week in “This Week at PAS”. News will include new rooms added to PAS, exclusive bonuses, promotions and industry news that is important to all poker affiliates. NoiQ Poker, [...]
    • Publisher Spotlight: SloRakeback
      I started with affiliating some 4 years ago, that were times when Party Poker was prevailing the poker market. I signed up a few friend and also dropped some offline material in the biggest card room in Europe (at this [...]
    • Monday Sales Call: A Breath of Fresh Change
      We moved office spaces over the weekend and I find myself in a new work setting.  I generally despise change of any kind and I have a fairly strict schedule that I rarely deviate from . I find myself uncomfortable [...]
    • Monday Sales Call: Putting Out Fires
      When I was 15 I worked at a local pizza parlor.  There were a few times when the oven broke and I remember the managers freaking out.  They would run around frantically screaming at the cooks, asking how this could [...]
    • Two New Offers From PAS
      We have added two new rakeback friendly poker rooms to our ever growing list of offers. Cellsino Poker, a member of the Everleaf Gaming Network and Aced, a member of the Merge Gaming Network have both been added. [...]
    • Monday Sales Call: Competition in the Rakeback Industry
      Last week I had the pleasure to be a guest on Affiliate Life Radio. On the show we discussed the current rakeback market and how the industry has changed through self-regulation.  PAS , RaketheRake, and a few other major players [...]
    • Paradise Poker Added to PAS
      Paradise Poker, a member of the Boss Media Network, has been added to PAS. Players will receive 30% rakeback which is the cap on Boss Media. Players will also receive a 100% up to £500 that is not deducted [...]
    • Publisher Spotlight: TAGPoker
      The only way that I can really sum up becoming a poker affiliate is by accident. I played a crazy amount of poker and started to feel myself burn out. I was simply getting bored of the grind and the [...]
    • Merge Gaming Now Includes Tournament Fees in MGR
      Merge Gaming announced today that players now get rakeback on tournament fees. This also means that affiliates now get paid on their player’s tournaments. Obviously this is great news for both players and affiliates. Merge Gaming skins [...]
    • LuckyAce Poker Now Offered on PAS
      LuckyAce Poker, a member of the 888 Network, has been added to the PAS offerings. LuckyAce Poker is a bonus only offer as rakeback is not allowed on the 888 Network at this time. The bonus is a [...]
    • Monday Sales Call: Coffee Is For Closers
      I was sick last Monday and was unable to make my weekly post on Monday Sales Call. I hate being sick mainly because I dread laying on my couch, wasting brain cells watching TV.  However, I was fortunate enough to [...]
    • Publisher Spotlight: VIPRakeback
      Around 2 years ago I met the person that introduced me to what an affiliate was. He owns his own branded rakeback site and is doing very well. I kind of worked for him recruiting players and [...]
    • Improving Search Engine Performance
      In my last two blog posts I went over the importance of meta tags and original content. There are several other simple items a webmaster can do to do improve their performance in the search engines. These [...]
    • Publisher Spotlight: PokerWhip
      When my business partner and I started my poker training site a few years ago, we had no idea how to monetize it. We knew that we could find an audience, and we knew that we could teach [...]
    • Monday Sales Call: PAS 3.0
      On Friday I had a chance to check out some of the development pages for PAS 3.0. While the project is still in its beginning stages, I was blown away by the work that Craig and our development team have [...]
    • The Importance of Using the Meta Tag Feature on Your PAS Site
      In my last blog post I covered the importance of using meta tags on your PAS site.  These can be added by going to CMS/Main CMS, going to the page you wish to add tags to and clicking “Edit Meta [...]
    • Ultimate Bet Now Pays Rakeback on Tournament Fees
      Effective January 1 2009 Ultimate Bet has started paying affiliates for their player’s tournament entry fees.  This means that affiliates and players alike now benefit from playing tournaments on Ultimate Bet as players now get rakeback on these fees as [...]
    • Monday Sales Call: Google AdWords and Poker
      Google AdWords recently announced an alteration to its policy regarding online gambling.  Internet gambling affiliates can now bid on popular industry search terms.  Income Access, a marketing agency for the Internet gambling market, broke the news last Friday. While this [...]
    • Adding Original Content to your PAS Site
      When you join PAS we provide you with basic content for your players for your new PAS website.  This is a great starting point for you.  We highly recommend taking a day creating your own content based on our content.  [...]
    • Monday Sales Call: The Office
      I started working for PAS in August of 2008. Prior to actually working here, I would frequent the PAS office for a game of foosball with Chris and Byron. Our office is a residential house on the strip of a [...]
    • Working on the Road During the Holidays
      While many people in the industry were able to take the last couple of weeks off I am not able to being the main support person for PAS.  This created quite a challenge.  Not only did I have a road [...]
    • PlayersOnly Added to PAS
      PlayersOnly has been added to PAS.  PlayersOnly is a member of the Cake Poker network.  PlayersOnly accepts players from only the U.S. and Canada.  Players will receive 33% rakeback and a 100% up to $650 first deposit bonus.
    • 2009 Kicks Off With Changes in the Poker Affiliate Industry
      It is still 2008 and already we know of major changes in the poker affiliate business coming in 2009. The biggest news came from Microgaming last week. Microgaming announced that skins on their network can no longer appear on any [...]
    • PAS Promotion Winner: Trip Report
      Hello Guys, My name is Rodolfo and I was the one who won the first PAS PUBLISHERS PROMOTION. The prize was an entry to the British Poker Tour Main Event, that was held in Bristol, England. The package included [...]
    • Monday Sales Call: New Year Resolutions
      The New Year is upon us and we need to start thinking about where we want our business to be this time next year.  Every promising business should have a plan of action. Whether a detailed business plan or a [...]
    • Happy Holidays
      Support, blog posting, and development will be a little slow around here for the rest of the week. I want to take a second to thank everyone here at Poker Affiliate Solutions for their hard work.  Everyone on the team desrves [...]
    • Monday Sales Call: The PAS News Feed
      We will be launching the PAS News Feed function for our Publishers this week.  The News Feed allows Publishers to post current poker room news as well as news specific to your rakeback site (such as new offers, promotions and [...]
    • Why Rakeback Caps are Necessary
      My rakeback experience dates back to the very beginning of rakeback sites and rakeback offers. I entered the industry with my rakeback directory concept in November 2004. At that time few affiliates had websites. Most did their business in forum [...]
    • Virgin Poker Added to PAS
      Virgin Poker, a member of the Boss Media Network has been added to the PAS list of offers.  Players will receive 30% rakeback and bonuses are not deducted from MGR.  Virgin is a widely recognized brand, especially is Western Europe.  [...]
    • Monday Sales Call: Spam
      As Internet marketers, we are confronted with spam everyday. We see spam in our email box, the forums we visit and the blogs that we read. At PAS, we send out emails to potential partners that we would like to [...]
    • Everleaf Gaming Rakeback Cap
      Everleaf Gaming was the only network that did not have a rakeback cap.  In the last few months there have been countless skins popping up on this network hungry for a piece of the action.  As what has happened on [...]
    • Monday Sales Call – Cereus Network Launches
      The long awaited merger between US friendly poker rooms, Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet, went into effect last Tuesday.  With players from both online rooms playing together at the same virtual tables, Cereus has now established itself as one of [...]
    • Monday Sales Call – Refer A Friend Program
      The Refer A Friend program on your rakeback site is essential to growing your player base. The Refer a Friend program has played a huge role in Raketracker becoming one of the top rakeback sites in the world. Word of [...]
    • Joe Made Me Do It
      Not sure if all of you know Joe Tall. He’s got a coaching site and is one of the founders of Deuces Cracked. If you don’t know Joe or Deuces, you should. If you haven’t thought of a cross promotion [...]
    • Our Apologies
      Our servers were down for about six hours today.  We find this as unacceptable as you.  Normally, we do not even need to request a server reboot – it simply happens.  Our hosting provider has a 99.9% uptime guarantee.  This [...]
    • Sun Poker Moving to iPoker
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    • Monday Sales Call – The PAS Community Forum
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    • What does the Cryptologic/Boss Media Merger Mean to us?
      There have been some conflicting opinions on what the Cryptologic/Boss Media poker merger means to players and affiliates.  Some argue that less competition is bad for the industry. Others are worried that their Cryptologic players will not like the software [...]
    • BetOnBet Added to PAS
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    • Russian Players Cannot Get Rakeback at Cake Poker
      New Russian players can no longer get rakeback on Cake Poker.  This does not affect existing Russian players.  The alternatives for Russian players signing up for rakeback are CardSpike and Red Star Poker.  Red Star Poker offers a Russian version [...]
    • Betfair Added to PAS
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    • Monday Sales Call – The PAS Top 5
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    • Monday Sales Call 11-3-2008
      And the Winner Is … MenosRake.com.br! Congratulations to the winner of the first ever PAS Publisher Promotion! Menos Rake wins a £1,500 seat plus accommodations to the Gala Coral British Poker Tour Grand Final, courtesy of Poker Affiliate Solution.  Good Luck! [...]
    • PAS Introduces Our First Publisher Promotion!
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    • Monday Sales Call 10-20-08
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    • Monday Sales Call 10-27-08
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    • Rakeback for Existing AP/UB Accounts
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    • Monday Sales Call 10-13-2008
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    • Monday Sales Call 10-6-2008
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    • How Much Can You Make With PAS
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    • Monday Sales Call 9-29-2008
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    • Monday Sales Call 9-22-2008
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    • Rakeback for Inactive Existing Accounts on Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet
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    • Online Poker in the Current Economic Crisis
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    • Monday Sales Call 9-15-08
      Proactive Customer Contact It is important, in the rakeback business and in the poker affiliate business in general, to proactively contact customers when the situation warrants it. This may include news, special promotions, freerolls, or anything else that your customer may [...]
    • Monday Sales Call 9-8-08
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    • Getting the Most Out of Your Domain Name
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    • Monday Sales Call 9-1-08
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    • Bodog’s Woes
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    • My Take on Poker Trillion vs Boss Media
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    • Monday Sales Call #1
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    • PAS Voyeur – Response to “Estimations”
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    • Estimations
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    • PAS Voyeur – The First Post
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    • Leveling the Playing Field
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    • AP / UB Merge
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    • Poker Blogs We Read
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    • WSOP, PAS, F.U.N
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    • When Poker Rooms are a Pleasure to Add
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    • What Can Go Wrong When Adding a New Poker Room to PAS
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    • The Three Ways Your Site Can Be Structured
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    • Online Poker Regulation
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    • PAS Tutorial: The header
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    • Features v. Pricing
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    • Following the Herd:
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    • The difficulty of good, fresh content
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    • the FOOS
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    • Entrepreneur
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    • Niche and Brand
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    • How to be a Good Customer
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    • Promoting the Promotions
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    • Project Management
      Ryan and I usually dont need to speak to eachother. We can go through a series of grunts and half read email exchanges to understand what one another is working on, where there are problems, and where we are headed. [...]
    • Stop Trying to Be a Perfect Online Poker Marketer
      Most people are driven by fear and greed. If you play online poker, you can see it very acutely. Fear can overpower, then, within seconds, greed can consume you. But not as many people realize the same exact thing [...]
    • problem solving vs. blame assessment
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    • Creating Goals for Your Poker Affiliate Business
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    • Affiliate Speedpay
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    • Rake Calculation Information
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    • Victory Poker Launch Weekend Part 2
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    • Spin32 Offers Amazing $1000 First Deposit Bonus
      Until the end of the year Spin32 Poker is offering a 100% up to $1000 first deposit bonus.  The bonus clears at a rate of 250 Comp Points per $1 and releases in $10 increments.  It is deducted from MGR.  [...]
    • Rob Hollink won event No. 30, $10,000 World Championship Limit Hold’em
      Rob Hollink won event No. 30, $10,000 World Championship Limit Hold’em: Here were the chip counts and seat assignments for the final table: Seat 1): Andy Block- $370,000 Seat 2) Rob Hollink- $893,000 Seat 3) Tommy Hang- $578,000 Seat 4) Cy Jassinowsky- $231,000 Seat 5) [...]
    • John Phan wins event No. 29, $3,000 No-limit Hold’em
      John Phan is not a new face to the realm of poker. He’s finished runner-up twice previously at WSOP, but never has he walked away with a bracelet until this year. Phan won $434,789 and his long sought after gold [...]
    • Phil Galfond wins event No. 28, Pot-Limit Omaha with Rebuys
      The chips counts and seat assignments went as follows: Seat 1) John Juanda- $694,800 Seat 2) Phil Hellmuth- $119, 000 Seat 3) David Benyamine- $1,014,000 Seat 4) Gerasimov Kirill- $558,000 Seat 5) Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond- $1,393,000 Seat 6) Daniel Negreanu- $460,000 Seat 7) Brian Rast- $1,176,000 Seat [...]
    • Vitaly Lunkin wins event No. 27, $1,500 No-Limit Hold
      Vitaly Lunkin wins event No. 27, $1,500 No-Limit Hold Chip counts for the final table: PhilipYeh- $1,360,000 Jeffrey Brown- $310,000 Vitaly Lunkin- $1,030,000 Trevor Donaldson- $265,000 Barry Schultz- $1,340,000 Kenneth Terrell- $650,000 Richard Alm- $500,000 Bobby Firestone- $920,000 Brett Kimes- 1,500,000 Yeh opened the hand by going all-in [...]
    • Barry Greenstein wins event #26: $1,500 Razz
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    • Kenny Tran wins event No. 25, $10,000 World Championship Heads Up No-Limit Hold’em
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    • Max Pescatori wins event #24, $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold’em/Omaha
      The starting chip counts for the final table were as follows: Kyle Kloeckner- $494,000 Allen Cunningham- $484,000 Lennart Holtkamp- $253,000 Max Pescatori- $212,000 Kyle Hegeman-$198,000 Greg Hurst- $197,000 Jonathan Depa- $185,000 Minh Ly- $177,400 John-Paul Kelly-$79,000 Kelly was the first to get eliminated. Kloeckner raised to 25,000 and Kelly [...]
    • Blair Hinkle wins event No. 23, $2,000 No-Limit Hold’em
      Blair Hinkle wins event No. 23, $2,000 No-Limit Hold’em: This was an historic event. Blair Hinkle won his first WSOP bracelet and $507, 563 in prize money, an impressive achievement but not historic. Grant Hinkle, Blair’s older brother won Event [...]
    • Event #22, $3,000 H.O.R.S.E, is won by Jens Voertmann
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    • Scott Seiver won event #21, $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em
      Scott Seiver won event #21, $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em: The chip count information were as follows: Scott Seiver- $2,512,000 Rejesh Vohra- $1,040,000 Jacobo Fernandez- $848,000 Dave Seidman- $653,000 Adam Geyer- $645,000 Ben Sprengers- $441,000 Chuck Sklar- $439,000 Scott “SCTrojans” Freeman- $423,000 Anders Henriksson- $311,000 Scott Freeman was the first to [...]
    • Daniel Negreanu wins Event #20: $2,000 Limit Hold’em
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    • Vanessa Selbst wins Event #19 Pot Limit Omaha
      Vanessa Selbst wins Event #19 Pot Limit Omaha Selbst became the 12th woman to win an open event at the WSOP, when she outlasted a field of 758 competitors. Seat 1: Jamie Pickering — 329,000 Seat 2: Eugene Todd — 127,000 Seat 3: Mel [...]
    • “The Mouth” wins event #18, No Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball
      “The Mouth” wins event #18, No Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball One of poker’s most vocal players, Mike Matusow, won his third WSOP bracelet, beating the 84 other entries in this smallest of WSOP events. The seven players in the final table [...]
    • Jason Young wins WSOP event #17, $1,500 No-limit Hold’em Shootout
      Jason Young wins WSOP event #17, $1,500 No-limit Hold’em Shootout Seat 1: Casey Coleman Seat 2: Matthew Giannetti Seat 3: Thomas West Seat 4: Rory Monahan Seat 5: Kyle Bowker Seat 6: John Strzemp III Seat 7: Mike Schwartz Seat 8: Sergey Rybachenko Seat 9: Jason Young Seat 10: Alexander [...]
    • WSOP event #16, Limit Omaha Hi/Lo goes to Andrew Brown
      WSOP event #16, Limit Omaha Hi/Lo goes to Andrew Brown This year’s #16 event may best be remembered for the player who came in 3rd. Jim Pechac started the final day with 2,000 in chips; less than 1% of the chip [...]
    • Svetlana Gromenkova wins event #15, $1,000 Ladies No-Limit World Championships
      Svetlana Gromenkova wins event #15, $1,000 Ladies No-Limit World Championships: The tournament started off full of warm welcomes and smiling faces. But all that was gone as the number of opponents dwindled . This was not Le’s first to walk [...]
    • Jimmy Schultz wins event #12, $1,500 Limit Hold’em
      Jimmy Schultz wins event #12, $1,500 Limit Hold’em The chip counts for the final table started as follows: Jimmy Shultz- $830,000 Ali Eslami- $400,000 Zach Fellows- $320,000 Brendan Taylor- $280,000 Markus Golser- $235,000 Vinny Vinh- $150,000 Teddy “Iceman” Monroe- $130,000 Chung [...]
    • Eric Brooks Wins WSOP event 14, World Championship Seven Card Stud
      The 2008 World Championship Seven Card Stud event crowned a new champion, who won $418,856 but left with only the bracelet on his wrist.    Final table seats and chip counts are as follows:   Seat 1: David Oppenheim — 508,000 Seat 2: Alex [...]
    • Duncan Bell Wins Event #13 of WSOP, $2,500 No Limit Hold’em
                    Duncan Bell came to the final table as the chip leader and walked away $666,777 in prize money. He also walked away with his first WSOP bracelet.   The seat assignments and chip counts for the final table were as [...]
    • Philip “The Chairman” Tom wins event #11, $5,000 NLHE Shootout
        With a starting field of 360 players, Day One reduced the field to only 36. On Day Two, the 36 remaining players were divided into 6 tables and played down to the final 6.   On Day 3, the seat assignments [...]
    • Farzad Rouhani wins WSOP Event #10, $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better
      Official chip counts for the start for the final table: Seat 1) Yequi “Rich” Zhu- $87,000 Seat 2) Tom Chambers- $235,000 Seat 3) Greg Pappas- $304,000 Seat 4) Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi- $231,000 Seat 5) Daniel Mowczan- $122,000 Seat 6) John Racener- $180,000 Seat 7) John [...]
    • Rep Porter wins WSOP Event #9, $1500 6-max NLHE
      Rep Porter beat out more that 1,200 people to win the $1,500 six-handed Hold’em tournament. Although this was his 10th WSOP cash, this was his highest finish. After a long final table he won $372,843 and the bracelet. Official [...]
    • Anthony “Tongni” Rivera wins WSOP Event #8, $10,000 Mixed Event
      The starting chip count and seat assignment were as follows: Seat 1) James Mackey-$742,000 Seat 2) Matt Glantz-$1,115,000 Seat 3) Sam Farha-$374,500 Seat 4) Michael DeMichele-$434,000 Seat 5) Tom “Durrrr” Dwan-$642,000 Seat 6) Eli Elezra-$76,000 Seat 7) Anthony “Tongni” Rivera-$274,000 Seat Jeff Madsen-$149,000 Anthony Rivera beat out a [...]
    • Matt Keikoan wins WSOP Event #7, $2000 NLHE
      Shannon Shorr fell short of a bracelet in this years WSOP event #7, 2k No limit Texas Hold em’. Instead, Matt Keikoan won event #7 and took home $550,529. Shorr went home in second with $349,142. The final table seat [...]
    • Thang Luu Wins event No. 6
      The majority of the attention of the WSOP Omaha eight or better event #6 was on Scott Clements, who in this competition was shooting for his third WSOP bracelet. But surprisingly, he was the first to go. Thang Luu ended [...]
    • Michael Banducci wins WSOP Event #5, $1,000 NLHE Rebuy
      Michael Banducci, at the $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em with Rebuys, walked away with $636,736 in prize money. His highest performance before this big win was 3rd place at last year’s WPT Borgata Poker Open. He has had 14 previous cashes in [...]
    • Erick Lindgren Wins First Bracelet
      Erick Lindgren came into the #4 event of the WSOP as being known as the best poker player to never win a bracelet. By the end, he walked away with $374,505 in winnings and a bracelet. The chip count to [...]
    • David Singer wins WSOP Event #3, $1,500 PLHE, earns first WSOP bracelet
      David Singer has won the $25,000 Heads-Up World Championship, placed 9th in the WSOP Main Event and finished second in several WPT and WSOP events. Until today, he had never won a WSOP bracelet. The final table at the $1,500 [...]
    • Grant Hinkle wins largest preliminary event in WSOP history.
      The second event of the 2008 World Series of Poker was the largest preliminary event in its 39 year history with 3929 players. Grant Hinkle was rewarded with $831,462 and a bracelet for his efforts. The final day leaves us with [...]
    • Nenad Medic wins WSOP Event #1, $10,000 Pot Limit Hold’em
      Nenad Medic strikes first at the 2008 WSOP. Besting a field of 352 in the $10,000 Pot Limit Hold’em event, Nenad Medic takes home his first bracelet and $794,112 in winnings. The final table consisted of a strong line up of [...]
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    • Win Your Seat to the World Series of Poker 2008
      Many Rake Tracker partners have set up special promotions to give you a chance to play in the Main Event and other side events. These partners include Ful Tilt, Ultimate Bet, Cake Poker, Bodog and Poker Stars. The [...]
    • SunPoker.com releases new Flash, No Download, Mac/PC Poker Room
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    • Poker Kings (Boss Media) Added to Rake Tracker
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    • Red Star no longer US friendly for rakeback players
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      Sun Poker announces the addition of a GBP cashier. Players no longer have to worry about currency exchange rates while receiving Sun Poker rakeback.
    • Microgaming Shuts Down Eurolinx and BetOnBet
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    • Making an Appearance at Major Poker Events
      While we are all internet marketers it is extremely important that we don’t miss out on opportunities that the brick and mortar world presents to us.  I bring RakeTracker and PAS business cards to all live poker games and have [...]
    • Poker Rooms and Their Deductions
      I get asked often about poker room deductions.  Each room has their own way of computing MGR.  Here is a list of all offers from PAS and what is deducted. Full Tilt Poker – Bonuses, payment processing fees, overlays and points [...]
    • Cake Poker Changes Full Ring Tables
      Cake Poker recently changed their full ring tables from 10 seats to 9 seats.  This makes Cake Poker’s full ring tables conform with what has become industry standard.  While this may not seem like a big deal it actually is.  [...]
    • Party Poker Million Dollar Hand Promotion
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    • Improving Search Engine Performance
      In my last two blog posts I went over the importance of meta tags and original content. There are several other simple items a webmaster can do to do improve their performance in the search engines. These [...]
    • The Importance of Using the Meta Tag Feature on Your PAS Site
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    • Ultimate Bet Now Pays Rakeback on Tournament Fees
      Effective January 1 2009 Ultimate Bet has started paying affiliates for their player’s tournament entry fees.  This means that affiliates and players alike now benefit from playing tournaments on Ultimate Bet as players now get rakeback on these fees as [...]
    • Adding Original Content to your PAS Site
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    • Working on the Road During the Holidays
      While many people in the industry were able to take the last couple of weeks off I am not able to being the main support person for PAS.  This created quite a challenge.  Not only did I have a road [...]
    • 2009 Kicks Off With Changes in the Poker Affiliate Industry
      It is still 2008 and already we know of major changes in the poker affiliate business coming in 2009. The biggest news came from Microgaming last week. Microgaming announced that skins on their network can no longer appear on any [...]
    • Why Rakeback Caps are Necessary
      My rakeback experience dates back to the very beginning of rakeback sites and rakeback offers. I entered the industry with my rakeback directory concept in November 2004. At that time few affiliates had websites. Most did their business in forum [...]
    • What does the Cryptologic/Boss Media Merger Mean to us?
      There have been some conflicting opinions on what the Cryptologic/Boss Media poker merger means to players and affiliates.  Some argue that less competition is bad for the industry. Others are worried that their Cryptologic players will not like the software [...]
    • Rakeback for Inactive Existing Accounts on Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet
      An exciting announcement was made late today by Chipleader, the affiliate program for Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet.    These two poker rooms, who will soon create the Cereus Network, announced that they will allow players that have not played [...]
    • Online Poker in the Current Economic Crisis
      Everywhere the news is reporting a complete economic crisis.  Banks are failing, stocks are plunging, housing markets are a mess and people have stopped splurging on many things.  How will this affect online poker? Just because the economy is in bad [...]
    • Getting the Most Out of Your Domain Name
      The domain name you choose is the most important part of your start up website.  This is not only true with your performance in the search engines but also with how easily your potential customers will identify and remember your [...]
    • Bodog’s Woes
      Anybody that follows the online gambling forums knows that Bodog has seen better days. Bodog was founded in 1994 and has never met such a challenging time in their entire existence. Bodog has had several issues that go beyond [...]
    • My Take on Poker Trillion vs Boss Media
      Poker Trillion has been in a war with Boss Media for the last five months over being kicked off the International Poker Network (IPN) that Boss Media manages. There has been a lot of emotional mudslinging on the part of [...]
    • Multiple Campaign Management – PAS v3 Preview
      As promised in my last blog post Tony and I will be writing about the new features in the highly anticipated Poker Affiliate Solutions v3. For this weeks article I am going to cover some of the new campaign management tools we will be [...]
    • Poker Affiliate Solutions v3 Launching in March!
      After over a year in development Poker Affiliate Solutions v3 is ready to launch this month! The latest version of our software is the strongest yet. Featuring the same Ruby On Rails technology that powers Twitter, Basecamp, and YellowPages PAS v3 will be the most powerful poker [...]
    • This Week at PAS
      The big news this week was that the echeck and paper check processor for Poker Stars and Full Tilt went down.  Countless players were bounced checks and currently players in the U.S. are unable to deposit by echeck at those [...]
    • This Week at PAS – May 31 2009
      Starting tomorrow June 1st the Cereus Network, which consists of Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet, will start deducting 50% of all cleared bonuses. While this is still better than many online poker rooms it is still not as good [...]
    • This Week at PAS – May 10th
      This week is payment week for players and publishers. Player payments went out today, publishers will have their balances available tomorrow. It appears that by tomorrow all payments will be made and it will be another smooth month. Everest [...]
    • This Week at PAS – May 4
      This has been quite a week at PAS. Not only is it time to gather stats and get payments ready for our players and publishers but we have some big announcements to make. We will now go to [...]
    • This Week at PAS – April 26
      There were a couple of big developments in the industry this week. This biggest news came from the Cake Poker Network. Effective May 1st all Cake Poker Network sites will change the way MGR is calculated. Cake [...]
    • This Week at PAS – April 18
      This week was payment time for Full Tilt, Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet. Unfortunately though there have been some delays. Full Tilt Poker was able to pay our players around 2am ET on the 16th. While typically [...]
    • This Week at PAS: Design Promotion Results
      In January we announced an incredible opportunity for PAS publishers. The promotion was Win Thousands in Free Marketing Designs and Ad Space and was a huge success. We are happy to announce the winners right now. The [...]
    • This Week at PAS – April 4
      This week Merge Gaming announced a new VIP Program that will replace the old freeroll and bonus system. Now players that rake $500 or more in a month will be given extra rakeback and extra perks. These extra [...]
    • This Week at PAS – March 27
      This week we removed Poker4Ever from PAS. Poker4Ever started deducting 100% of bonuses from our commissions. This essentially meant that the more players we sent to Poker4Ever claiming a first deposit bonus, the more in the red we [...]
    • This Week at PAS – March 20
      This week saw the end of an online poker pioneer close its doors. Once loved by all bonus players Cryptologic closed its doors early Thursday morning. Poker rooms like Betsafe and Sun Poker had already left the network [...]
    • This Week at PAS
      The first week of the month is always a busy one. We have been busy gathering and importing stats from February as well as answering inquiries from players about payments. Typically we start importing monthly stats sites around [...]
    • This Week at PAS
      Every Friday we are going to post the news of the week in “This Week at PAS”. News will include new rooms added to PAS, exclusive bonuses, promotions and industry news that is important to all poker affiliates. NoiQ Poker, [...]
    • Who Does Your Business Depend Upon?
      One of our biggest partners announced some changes this week that surprised, upset, scared and even outraged quite a few people.  The simple truth is that these changes will likely have a real bottom line effect on many of our [...]
    • A Radical Idea, Advertise Products You Use!
      At PAS, we pride ourselves in giving you options.  We’ve been adding a new rakeback offer almost every month and Tony has been working hard to bring you quality CPA and Revenue Share offers. Why so much choice?  Well, I like [...]
    • Top Rakeback Website Trends of 2009
      I’ve recently done a survey of some of the larger players in the rakeback industry and I’m a bit disgusted  with the  lack of creativity on display.  It’s very natural for there to be pervasive trends in web design, and [...]
    • PAS Rakeback site 101
      Hey all, my name is Tim and I am the new affiliate manager alongside Tony here at Poker Affiliate Solutions. I have been a rakeback affiliate since 2004 and in the spring of 2008 I became a Poker Affiliate Solutions [...]
    • A home for Fresh Ideas
      Chances are that rakeback isn’t your passion.  Poker might be your passion and rakeback might even be your favorite or predominant source of income, but do you love it? It’s hard for most to rise above the pack without being self [...]
    • Online Poker Promotion Pages
      It’s a good idea to keep up with promotions at your most popular online poker rooms.  Especially around the holidays, rooms offer many great incentives in addition to your PAS rakeback or bonus offers to attract players. Additionally  you may [...]
    • Start with a Plan
      Learning to use HTML while attempting website design on the fly can be a monumental and intimidating task.  When planning a project, it’s usually best to first do just that, plan. You don’t need advanced technical skills to make a blueprint.  [...]
    • Tip 36: Learn from the little things
      Small things can tell you a lot about the big picture.  Has your first member signed up yet?  Have you sent him a personal greeting?  How did he find your site?  What poker site does he play at?  What does [...]
    • Tip 35: Getting Organized
      It’s very easy to underestimate how far a little organization can go when it comes to growing your affiliate venture and padding your bottom line.  Every new idea, spark of inspiration, or shared insight has the potential to put you ahead of [...]
    • Tip 34: Poker Room Screenshots
      We recently collected a library of screen shots showcasing the sign up processes for each website that PAS is currently partnered with. We are happy to make them available to you for your use on your websites.  It’s up to you [...]
    • Tip 33: Troubleshooting
      Our content management system gives you freedom.  The freedom use your words.  The freedom to customize your design.  The freedom to completely break your website. That’s right, we admit it, our software is not idiot proof.  It’s not even – [...]
    • Tip 31: Using Revision History
      The revision history is an important tool for both advanced and beginning web page developers.  Especially for beginning web page developers!  Not only does it allow you to undo mistakes, but it can take your page back to the state [...]
    • Tip 30: Free Logos
      This one isn’t so much a tip as a freebie. I’m hosting a PSD file with many of the Poker Room logos I access on a regular basis for various design department tasks.  The logos each have transparent backgrounds and are [...]
    • Tip 32: What’s your problem?
      Most new affiliate websites have an easily identifiable problem – lack of quality content, products, or services.  A few websites have popular products, but neglect to pitch affiliate offers.  Some websites have quality content, but don’t offer services or updates [...]
    • Tip 29: Become an Internet Celebrity
      A faithful reader of our blog and forums will know that there are many other quality poker affiliate marketing websites on the internet.  Not all of these resources will take kindly to attempting to grab some free ad space, but [...]
    • Tip 28: Be a Salesperson
      You’ve just built an architectural wonder of a store.  It’s on prime real estate right next to an infinitely large highway.  You’ve swept the aisles, organized your merchandise (and its good merchandise) and put on your best suit and hat.  [...]
    • Tip 27 Learn from Poker Rooms
      The previous tip raised the topic of learning from your competition. I suggested that you also examine websites very different from your own. When doing so you would certainly be remiss to overlook the websites of online [...]
    • Tip 26: Learn from the Competition
      Learning from other websites is one of the most important, and most misunderstood, tools in your development arsenal. There is emphatically a right way and a wrong way to use what others have done before you to get a [...]
    • Tip 25: Partner Up
      The daily operation of PAS requires a team effort in which each individual plays a critical and fairly specialized role. To the best of my knowledge there is at least one very important thing that every employee does better [...]
    • Tip 24: Just the FAQs
      Hopefully as an avid reader of the daily tip column you now know that the forums are full of very useful information, as well as immediate answers to many of the questions you may have. I strongly recommend everyone take a [...]
    • TIP 23: How to Choose a Designer
      After reading the last post have you concluded that you’ve violated most of my top design mistakes? Maybe its time to hire a designer. Whether you plan to spend $100 or $10,000 choosing the right designer/web developer for [...]
    • TIP 22: Top Design Mistakes
      These aren’t necessarily the most common or the worst mistakes I see on rakeback websites, but they are pretty egregious and I encounter them way more often than I should. In no particular order… 1. Colored text that is hard to [...]
    • TIP 21: Alternative Marketing
      A common mistake among new publishers is to advertise in saturated, highly competitive markets. Although poker forums are obviously populated by poker players, many of them already know about rakeback and have taken advantage of an existing program. [...]
    • TIP 20: Refer Friends to PAS
      Referring other publishers to PAS has potential like no other referral. By pointing someone else to PAS you can earn a percentage based on the NET profits of any website the person you referred creates. PAS referrals literally [...]
    • TIP 19: Explain Effective Rakeback Effectively!
      We offer all our publishers over 100k in promotions each and every month. What does this really do for you? The industry, years ago, set caps on the amount of rakeback can be given at a particular site. [...]
    • TIP 18: Give your players a custom greeting!
      Currently when a user signs up he is simply taken to the my account page. By using some fairly simple javascript, you can greet your new users with a custom message. You might want to remind them how [...]
    • TIP 17: Learn Photoshop
      For those intimated by Photoshop, unsure of how to learn the program, or, well, anyone who ever plans to use Photoshop I present one of the most expansive catalogs of resources I’ve seen. 300+ Resources to Help You Become a Photoshop [...]
    • TIP 16: Post your offers anywhere
      The Offers XML feed allows you to post a list of your offers and link to them from anywhere on the internet. If you have a top level domain and a subdomain you can use this to post a [...]
    • TIP 15: Incentive Based Links
      Did you know you have a built in system to reward people who link to your site? Giving people a direct reward for bringing you successful conversions is one of the easiest and most tested ways to encourage others [...]
    • TIP 14: Help us help you!
      We depend on your input for developing software and tailoring our services. Because all of us manage different parts of the operation, very few of us at PAS experience the software the same way you do. Please take [...]
    • TIP 13: What are they searching for?
      You might think that by this point all the best rakeback key words and phrases have been stolen away by timely opportunists. On the surface, that sentiment is difficult to argue with. If your are targeting the word [...]
    • TIP 12: Show us your features!
      Even if you have a small budget and a simple design, working with Poker Affiliate Solution’s software suite means your players have access to sophisticated account features. (NOTE: Please be cautious not to show private offers on outer pages! [...]
    • TIP 11: Ditch TinyMCE
      The TinyMCE Rich text editor is not your friend, really. For those who don’t know what I’m talking about, TinyMCE is one of the editor style options available to you in your CMS editor. This option is attractive to most [...]
    • TIP 10: Keep your CMS organized
      TIP 10: Keep your CMS organized Categories: Site Customization Keeping your HTML markup clean and organized is important for keeping edits simple, tracking problems and even improving SEO a bit. You can use the folder system to neatly file pages and [...]
    • TIP 9: Keep up with current events
      We work very hard to provide you with helpful tips, answers to frequently asked questions, and announcements on current events and upcoming promotions. It might be easier than you think to stay on top of much of the informative [...]
    • TIP 8: Amass an army!
      If your an avid reader of our blog, you know that a rakeback customer is worth over $500. A less impressive number in the same article is $223 – the value of a referred customer. I assure you, [...]
    • TIP 7: Go to print!
      Using print material to advertise your site is probably both easier and more effective than you think. Selling something 1 on 1 and in person has tremendous advantages over marketing blindly on the internet. Every single customer can [...]
    • TIP 6: Sign up for Analytics
      Simple tip for a Monday. If you haven’t done it, take a moment to sign up for Google Analytics. We’ve made this free service easy by allowing you to post the code right into your CMS.
    • TIP 5: Contact your users!
      You may not be able to compete with larger, more established sites on design, marketing or SEO budgets, but you can absolutely equal or out perform anyone on personal service. Your objectives when making contact with your audience should [...]
    • TIP 4: Software/Products/Resources I love
      As a Desk Jockey who clings to the internet like a lifeline, I’m constantly on the computer and occasionally using it for work. Today I’m sharing with you a collection of software, websites, products and resources that make being [...]
    • TIP 3: Write Good!
      Monday I wrote briefly about the importance of adding new pages to your websites and developing them using search friendly techniques. I have long contended that most developers focus too much on SEO and far to little on creating [...]
    • TIP 2: Learn to love firebug
      Firebug, Firebug – Web Development Evolved, is an amazing tool that no novice or expert web developer should do without. Using this easy to install (as always) Firefox extension, will make editing your websites MUCH easier. How it’s done 1. [...]
    • TIP 1: Create new harmonious pages
      Create new pages and synchronize key elements by making them consistent. Tackle Page Name, Page Title, Headings, Content and inbound links. How it’s done 1. Create a new folder in your CMS, perhaps called customized pages, or something more semantic [...]