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[Laxie]

I think maybe the point of this is...they aren't making any dosh after all expenses of running the place are taken into consideration.  At the end of the day, Blonde is a business like any other and should be seen to be making SOME sort of profit for the lads who have it all resting on their shoulders.  I, for one, won't begrudge them this.  They're under enough pressure trying to keep us all happy, without paying for the privilege out of their own pockets.  At the end of the day, while it means a few bob in the coffers, it also means more perks for the members of Blonde.

Welcome to Blonde Ladbrokes!

[ifm]

I think maybe the point of this is...they aren't making any dosh after all expenses of running the place are taken into consideration.  At the end of the day, Blonde is a business like any other and should be seen to be making SOME sort of profit for the lads who have it all resting on their shoulders.  I, for one, won't begrudge them this.  They're under enough pressure trying to keep us all happy, without paying for the privilege out of their own pockets.  At the end of the day, while it means a few bob in the coffers, it also means more perks for the members of Blonde.

Welcome to Blonde Ladbrokes!

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[TightEnd]

Ian

We would like to rely on our card-room to pay costs and fund the growth of the company (investment plans are in our mind but haven't been affordable). The fact of the matter remains that that our card-room does not provide sufficient profit on its own to do this.

At the same time a number of partners want to work with us, which I take as a compliment and encouraging. These deals come, as a matter of course, with benefits to members too.

Most of the revenue we gain from these partnerships is re-invested into added value for our own comps, which we struggle to provide off our own cash resources..witness the seats to live events added in recent blonde comps. We should expect this to increase in frequency and amount in the coming months now that Kev has a sensible budget to help promote our own site.

[turny]

doesn't it make kevs job harder when we are promoting so many other sites? it cant be easy to sell your own site when the forums are emblazened with other sites logos.

im not knocking here as the benefits passed to blonde members through these deals are immense it was more an observation than a critisism.

[KarmaDope]

I think ifm was joking guys...ITB makes a good point though, does this have an adverse effect on the cardroom?

[vegaslover]

I don't mind them at all, doesn't affect the forum for me at all.
Very noticable that kev has been trying to get value and adding prizes to comps.
Personally I think that such added value comps should be restricted to those that actually use the cardroom, not just signed up. At least the value goes towards those that support the room.

[TightEnd]

doesn't it make kevs job harder when we are promoting so many other sites? it cant be easy to sell your own site when the forums are emblazened with other sites logos.

im not knocking here as the benefits passed to blonde members through these deals are immense it was more an observation than a critisism.

it does in a sense, but our strategy is that revenue earned helps fund our own card-room's initiatives and doesn't affect our rake negatively. This is because the value the third party rooms provide is played as extra by blonde players, not instead of on our room

Of course if we had a card-room say twice the size (figure picked at random), then we'd have no commerical need to look for partners..we don't so we have to follow a dual pronged strategy 

[TightEnd]

I don't mind them at all, doesn't affect the forum for me at all.
Very noticable that kev has been trying to get value and adding prizes to comps.
Personally I think that such added value comps should be restricted to those that actually use the cardroom, not just signed up. At least the value goes towards those that support the room.

yes, our financial flexibility is greater, so Kev has a budget to spend which goes back to the blonde players. He never used to!

You make a good point about the potential restrictions. We've introduced that we only give passwords out for third party added value comps to those who have blonde card-room accounts. Maybe the next stage as the amount we are offering through partners increases, is to take that a stage further and only giuve out passwords to active rakers. We've been a bit nicey nicey to be frank lol

[turny]

doesn't it make kevs job harder when we are promoting so many other sites? it cant be easy to sell your own site when the forums are emblazened with other sites logos.

im not knocking here as the benefits passed to blonde members through these deals are immense it was more an observation than a critisism.

it does in a sense, but our strategy is that revenue earned helps fund our own card-room's initiatives and doesn't affect our rake negatively. This is because the value the third party rooms provide is played as extra by blonde players, not instead of on our room

Of course if we had a card-room say twice the size (figure picked at random), then we'd have no commerical need to look for partners..we don't so we have to follow a dual pronged strategy 

we have more than two pronges on our fork lol ladbrokes, william hill, poker trillion, dusk til dawn, virgin, mansion, gala etc etc

but i get what your saying tighty hopefully it wont slow up the growth of the blonde cardroom.

[TightEnd]

two prongs..a) third party sponsorships and promotions and b) blonde card-room

virgin, dtd, mansion were active in 2007, and not now

to date none of it has slowed the growth of our card-room and members here get GREAT customer service and promotions on our room and a range of added value from others

[turny]

two prongs..a) third party sponsorships and promotions and b) blonde card-room

virgin, dtd, mansion were active in 2007, and not now

to date none of it has slowed the growth of our card-room and members here get GREAT customer service and promotions on our room and a range of added value from others

i was jesting tighty lighten up lol

[TightEnd]

two prongs..a) third party sponsorships and promotions and b) blonde card-room

virgin, dtd, mansion.com/?trackid=248366]mansio[/url]mansion.com/?trackid=248366]n[/url] were active in 2007, and not now

to date none of it has slowed the growth of our card-room and members here get GREAT customer service and promotions on our room and a range of added value from others

i was jesting tighty lighten up lol

i'm fine Paul. I slip into corporate mode FAR too easily.....

[Laxie]

Who are we kidding?!  In fairness.  How many times do I have to sift through mountains of posts on Sunday ALONE (never mind the rest of the week) where someone is looking for a PRO on sites OTHER THAN BLONDE?  Yet we've been left alone to do that.  We have, in effect, been promoting all the other sites anyway.  Without interference from Blonde, but also without benefit to Blonde. 

 

[turny]

Who are we kidding?!  In fairness.  How many times do I have to sift through mountains of posts on Sunday ALONE (never mind the rest of the week) where someone is looking for a PRO on sites OTHER THAN BLONDE?  Yet we've been left alone to do that.  We have, in effect, been promoting all the other sites anyway.  Without interference from Blonde, but also without benefit to Blonde. 

 

im never looking for PRO i never go that deep 

[M3boy]

Who are we kidding?!  In fairness.  How many times do I have to sift through mountains of posts on Sunday ALONE (never mind the rest of the week) where someone is looking for a PRO on sites OTHER THAN BLONDE?  Yet we've been left alone to do that.  We have, in effect, been promoting all the other sites anyway.  Without interference from Blonde, but also without benefit to Blonde. 

 

im never looking for PRO i never go that deep 

I may do if I can ever win a KK va AK or a KK vs QQ race