Originally Posted by Rochard

Affiliate managers will always be needed. Why? Because from time to time, as an affiliate, I have questions. I didn't get paid, I need a banner of a certain size that I can't find, can I get access to the member's area to grab some content for my blogs, what exactly are your rules for promoting, can I use my own tour blah blah blah blah blah.

Affiliates will always have questions, and questions will always need to be answered. If I can't get someone to answer my email in forty-eight hours, I've already moved on and I'm sending my traffic some place else.

Also, affiliate managers do a lot more than recruit and assist affiliates. They update websites, create new galleries, send out affiliate emails, etc etc etc. And in some cases they do a whole lot more.