September 4, 2003
What's New - Casino Affiliate Convention in Las Vegas
This Weeks Special - Reach 2 Million Women for $989
Marketing Tips - Get the Most from Your Email Marketing
Feedback - Email Mania
Hound Humour
Personalized Greeting Zone
What's New!

Casino Affiliate Convention in Las Vegas

Portal webmasters, online gaming operators, affiliate managers and other great marketing minds will converge on the Stardust Resort & Casino in Las Vegas September 14-15th to learn more about global internet marketing for the online gaming industry.

The event, which focuses on increasing traffic and conversion rates, promises to cover a wide range of topics through a series of morning lectures and seminars, and afternoon workshops, featuring a broad cross-section of industry experts. Scheduled speakers include the top executives from Findwhat.com, Overture.com, iMarketing News, William Hill Casino, Casino Affiliate Programs to name but a few.

The 2 day event should be a great opportunity for industry networking, provocative thought, and a great precursor to the Global Gaming Expo which follows on Tuesday, September 16th through to the 18th. All in all, it's a great week for industry professionals to arm themselves with valuable information necessary to succeed in this rapidly changing business. For further information about the CAC, visit www.cac2003.com. For information regarding the G2E show, visit www.globalgamingexpo.com.

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This Week's Promotions

Reach 2 Million Women for $989

This week marks the launch of the FunHound, a co-op mailer targeting gaming, sportsbook and bingo demographics. In each issue, three advertisers will get their message sent to a minimum of 2 million double opt-in recipients. To view the mailer template, click here. The first issue targets women, 35 - 55, who are interested in lottery, sweepstakes, and entertainment. This demographic group has never been the recipient of a gaming mail promotion. For further information on costs and creative requirements, contact Sales@spotteddogmedia.com.

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Marketing Tips
Get the most from Your Email Marketing

Finding the right subject line that delivers the highest open rates on your email campaigns can be a lengthy, and costly exercise. Targeting multiple lists makes the process even harder. Instead of using just one subject line for your mailings, use as many as 10. The initial set-up efforts for tracking each mailer will be well worth the rewards of detailed results.

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Feedback
Email Mania

In 2003, it is estimated that each of us can expect to receive 3,681 e-mail messages a year - with 2,603 of those unsolicited. By 2008, it is estimated that we will each receive 40 unsolicited e-mails a day at work, and 54 at home, with some of us receiving as many as 130 to 400 unsolicited e-mails daily. Why are the levels increasing so dramatically? By giving e-mail addresses out to enter a contest, or make an online purchase, many users have inadvertently opted into mailing lists & requested additional consumer information. Studies by the Jupiter Group estimate that 30% of what users consider "spam" is actually opt-in mail. In addition, thanks to better e-mail harvesting technology, e-mail lists can also be gathered from chat rooms, newsgroups and free personal web page services, making response rates as low as 1 in 40,000 profitable for mass mailers. (Source: Wired Magazine, Sept. 2003)

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Hound Humour

Did you ever notice when you blow in a dog's face he gets mad at you? But when you take him in a car he sticks his head out the window!

The other day I saw two dogs walk over to a parking meter. One of them says to the other, "How do you like that? Pay toilets!"

Why don't dogs use computers? Because they can't stick their heads out of Windows XP.

Win a Week at Ritz Carlton, San Juan, Puerto Rico!


Spotted Dog Media, in conjunction with World Casino Directory, will be giving away a FREE week for 2 at the Ritz Carlton San Juan Hotel, one of the premier resort properties in Puerto Rico. Visit us at our Booth #736 at the G2E show in Las Vegas, to enter. Prize drawing will be September 17, 2003 at 5:00 PM.

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Dave Hallonquist
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www.spotteddogmedia.com
Tel. 604.980.5361
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