A New Affiliate Resource For Traffic & Links

[TheDonk]

Hello Everyone,

I'm very excited to announce my new site to you RSSPoker.com! It's an affiliate resource site that will offer aff's exactly what they're always looking for - more traffic, in-content backlinks, and more exposure for your sites. I've done everything I can to offer as much value for affiliates as possible.

The concept of the site is to offer visitors a wide variety of poker news, gossip, strategy, and promotions. With articles written by various poker webmasters all over the world (you?), visitors will be able to get promotional information for more rooms than most of us individually promote. Visitors are encouraged throughout the site to subscribe to the various RSS feeds, giving your articles as much exposure to the most dedicated poker players as possible. I'll run down all of the features below, but first let me tell you that the first 100 articles posted are free! Here's how it works:

1. Write any poker related article you want and submit it for posting. Articles have a 500 word minimum.
2. Add one link to anything you want per 400 words written. Links must be relevant to the topic and worked within the content as seemlessly as possible. For example, if you write a 1600 word article, you can add up to 4 links. You can link to your homepages, use deeplinks, and even link directly to poker rooms using your aff code! Yeah, you can sign up players straight from RSSPoker.com!
3. You get a free link on the top of your article which says 'Written By: XXXX.com'
4. All articles (except strategy) are posted on the homepage with your website name at the top of each article. On your articles page, your website name is linked to your homepage. This is an extra link, not counting towards the 1 link per 400 word rule.
5. Strategy articles hold relevancy longer than promotional content, so these articles are posted on static pages. They don't get indexed as quickly, but they'll be highly visible for life and generate traffic for life as well.
6. All articles posted on the site are for life, they will never be removed.
7. There are no poker room reviews, bonus code lists, ratings, or anything of that nature posted on the site by us. We do not compete with you, your articles will only compete with other articles. While I will post articles myself, I will not be adding any static content that may take away from your articles effectiveness to sign up players.
8. The banners located to the right are 4 rotating 125x125's. Those only have poker room ads in them until those spaces are sold to affiliates to promote their sites. Once sold, the poker room banners will be gone for good. If you're interested in advertising in those spots now, please PM me.
9. Starting today, the site will be generating traffic from an aggressive Pay Per Click campaign. I expect the site will be generating 50-100 well targeted, unique visitors daily from PPC alone.
10. The site is designed to make it easy for you to generate interest in your article. With the 'Share This' button located at the bottom of each article, you're encouraged to Stumble and add your articles to your favorite social bookmarking sites. This will also increase traffic to the site, and exposure to your articles, sites, and links.
11. The top 5 writers each month will get a free sitewide link (including homepage) for the following month which will link back to your homepage.
12. Articles posted in the Poker News>Online Poker or Live Poker will be posted with pics generated by me. Those articles offer the most exposure. Although this section is really designed for news, the most complete and well written Gossip & Scandal, and Poker Promotions articles will be placed there as well. This is designed to encourage writers to write the best articles they can. While most Gossip & Scandal, and Poker Promotions articles will be posted in their corresponding categories, exceptional articles may be posted here.
13. An author Bio at the bottom of each article. This is your chance to tell visitors what you or your site is all about and encourage them to visit your site.

Once the first 100 free articles have been submitted, the site will become a pay-per-article site, based on the number of words in the content. Although the prices will be reasonable, they won't be free. It's a good time to get your articles and links submitted as you can get them posted before the next PeeAre update. I'm currently working on a form to submit articles through the site, but in the mean time you can submit them to:

Jess@RSSPoker.com. Be sure to include your name, email address, and links within your content.

I hope you love it! If you have any questions, comments, constructive criticism, please post it here or PM me. I'm looking to make this site as useful and value packed as possible for both affiliates and visitors, all suggestions are welcome!

Thanks,

Jess

[hazo]

Wow, really really cool. Top design as well. You need hotter pictures of Tiffany Michelle though because they do her no justice.

Is it possible to reserve one of those spots for a free article?

[TheDonk]

Thanks Hazo! This has been my secret baby for a while now, I really want this site to turn into something special for both aff's and visitors alike. Honestly, the idea of creating something that lots of people enjoy is my strongest motivation with the site.

For articles, all you need to do is send 'em over to me, no reservations needed!

Jess

[poker69]

Great idea Jess... should be a hit

I would like to reserve a free article spot as well!

[Notspot]

Looking good! Like the idea too - hope it's a great success for you!

[Ridge]

Nice site Jess, where do I send an article to?

[TheDonk]

Thanks!

Articles can be sent straight to me via email for now:

jess@rsspoker.com

[Jeremy]

Great idea Jess! We are having Jess on the radio show tomorrow night to discuss his new product. If you would like us to discuss anything specifically or if you have any specific questions, you can continue on in this thread or ask on the air or in chat tomorrow.

[Back In Black]

So this is basically ezinearticles for poker?

[TheDonk]

Originally Posted by Back In Black

So this is basically ezinearticles for poker?

Well, kinda sorta, yeah. To a poker player/visitor the site simply looks like a great poker news/stategy/info site. To aff's it's a resource to generate traffic, backlinks, player signups and exposure to your sites.

The idea is to have a place where poker players can get quality poker information from various sources, and get introduced to these sources as well. This offers a wider perspective than most sites in that there's no specific niche or 'attitude' consistent within the site. Many of our sites use 1,2,3 writers and the perspective is often similar within the entire site. Beyond all of the poker news & info, visitors will also get exposed to the individual attitudes of each writer/website and learn more about what your site offers.

As an affiliate you gain in-content backlinks to anything you want, plus you can drive your readers straight to poker rooms using your own aff code. So, you can sign up players straight from rsspoker.com.

The only links within content you write are yours. No links will be sold on the site, this includes footers or blogroll. The 5 writers who post the most articles each month also get a free sitewide link under 'Top 5 Writers' the following month, again adding to your SEO benefits, exposure and traffic.

I also tend to think the site is a bit cleaner and more interesting looking than ezinearticles , adding a professionalism and non-spammy look. Spammy articles will be denied. The content needs to be of quality for visitors to keep coming back and signing up for the RSS feeds. Quality content is the key to the success of this from all aspects. Players will come back to the site and subscribe to the rss feeds only if the content is of high quality, so that's what it'll be.

Make sense?

Jess