What do Networks typically view the function of their AM's as?
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Manage and Recruit affiliates, I would know I am one.
There is a fad going around and that is to hire an attractive female (that usually knows nothing about the industry) to entice men (most affiliates are men) so if you join a network because of some cute "AM" your thinking with the wrong head.
There is a fad going around and that is to hire an attractive female (that usually knows nothing about the industry) to entice men (most affiliates are men) so if you join a network because of some cute "AM" your thinking with the wrong head.
I didn't know that was a fad. The pharmaceutical industry has been doing it for at least 20 years.
I'm not saying anything about you personally, but most male affiliate managers have no idea what is going on, either.
You got me running some campaigns that's for sure.
Yep! It is smart in some aspects, the pharma industry can get away with regurgitating information and big words; its largely about selling. Its a little harder when an affiliate asks his/her AM for something technical or advice that is related to experience. I guess if you know how to speak you can dodge and answer any question though.
Ive came into the industry as an affiliate where I have "hustled" for years. I will admit though there are certain area's that I am no expert in. As an affiliate I always preferred an affiliate manager that had experience as an affiliate.
I just remembered a perfect example. A while back I was working with a pretty large network, my affiliate manager was female who had little idea what she was doing unless it came to resetting my password for me. I was tracking a campaign with prosper202, when I mentioned that to her she said not to use prosper 202 because it makes the lead and sale untraceable. I quickly moved on.
Right now I only have one running, and its been profitable before I was even managing affiliates. Its an email campaign on a list that I built and is growing virtually on autopilot. Once it dies I wont have the time to start something new. Managing affiliates is very time consuming.
From my perspective, it's too big of a conflict of interest for AM's to be running campaigns and competing against affiliates. AM's have too much access to the IP of affiliates and there is too much potential for misuse of that data.
I've heard the horror stories here on WF of affiliates who have had their LP's jacked by networks or AM's, and I wouldn't want one of my AM's being the one to do that. They'd be fired instantly.
She was right actually, you really don't know what you are doing, brah. :laughing-smiley-007
how so? prosper202 and cpvlab are staples and hundreds of affiliates use them. Unless you were cracking a joke, its hard to pick up on sarcasm.