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I've got a personal rule that I won't send ANY traffic to a sponsor unless I've met them beforehand and we know each other. This creates a level of trust on both ends and helps so there's less confusion when accidents like what happend to fly present themselves.
When I got into this biz 4 years ago, I emailed my first sponsor Maxcash the day I got my first check cashed just to say "thanks for paying, I'm new and this is really cool". That email started a great relationship that has profited us both for many years.
85% of my traffic goes to Maxcash, always has, always will. So when I go to shows, other than MC no one really knows who I am or what I make. But you know what, I don't care. I'll walk up to ANY sponsors and say hi and be cool with them. And I "expect" them to talk back and treat me as if I'm there BIGGEST affiliate. Well the ones that are really cool and down to earth will get a bit of my 15% play around traffic. The ones that act like big shots and are snub loose out. So far most people I've met are very cool. I guess it does help when you're walking around with important people too, lol
Fly while at the Show you really should have went up to "someone" from Shaw Internet and mentioned your past problem. If anything just to see what kind of reaction you get. Do they come off sincere or snub you? Cause u know darn well when u were there u had your problem in the back of your mind :-)))) cause u NEVER forget when a sponsor doesn't pay, lol :-)
I had small problem with Lensmans program a while back. I didn't get paid, but it was a misunderstanding on MY part where I unintentionally broke there rules (sent them too much foreign traffic from my freehost headers). I wasn't really aware of there foreign traffic policy at the time. It's a free host after all so I wasn't exactly redirecing incoming traffic and cheating my members. Well I didn't get paid for a few months and found out that I was cancelled for "cheating". I didn't dispute it or argue. I knew I broke there TOS. Oh well...mistakes happen.
But guess what.. When I was in Florida I met Ram at a party. I was really cool with him and I did bring up this story. Basically just to get his reaction and to clear my name, since after all it was some unintetional petty thing anyways. Well he came off really cool and wanted to even rectify this. I was like don't even worry about it cuase it was a while ago and I really didn't care, especially since I was in the wrong anyways. Point was I still brought it up.
Well I'm rambling away, lol. Point is if u do this full time, go to as many shows as you can and meet your sponsors. Your bottom line will enjoy it :-)
..Meloman
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