The day of reckoning is coming [split off from other threads]
Mar 29, 2019, 10:32 pm
#31
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Reminds me of the time on Mad Men when the British buyers found out that Don Draper wasn't under contract.
Mar 31, 2019, 4:58 pm
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Would TPG even try to buy up the BA heavy-weights? TPG seems to have the audience it wants and seems intent to build it up by poaching writers who have their following but are small enough to be bought by it on the relative cheap.
Apr 1, 2019, 1:31 am
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It seems Brian of TPG has taken over the role Randy played a few years ago and is now courted by the travel loyalty industry (and the credit card companies, but that is more of a 2010s phenomenon and was never really Randys thing). Gary and Ben were pushed/promoted by Randy in the past (eg when a news outlet called to get an appearance etc) but not to the extent to replace him entirely.
Neither managed to clearly step out of the shadow of Randy and while the credit card commissions flowed and some ad revenue came in, Brian/TPG gets the limelight.
Neither managed to clearly step out of the shadow of Randy and while the credit card commissions flowed and some ad revenue came in, Brian/TPG gets the limelight.
Apr 2, 2019, 3:55 am
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It seems Brian of TPG has taken over the role Randy played a few years ago and is now courted by the travel loyalty industry (and the credit card companies, but that is more of a 2010s phenomenon and was never really Randys thing). Gary and Ben were pushed/promoted by Randy in the past (eg when a news outlet called to get an appearance etc) but not to the extent to replace him entirely.
Neither managed to clearly step out of the shadow of Randy and while the credit card commissions flowed and some ad revenue came in, Brian/TPG gets the limelight.
Neither managed to clearly step out of the shadow of Randy and while the credit card commissions flowed and some ad revenue came in, Brian/TPG gets the limelight.
Big difference: Randy was always a bit of hippie and that kept him from selling out entirely (even when he sold FlyerTalk he tried to make it happen again with MilePoint rather than staying on his knees before his new corporate overlords). Brian has no such qualms.
May 17, 2019, 1:37 am
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There is something here though. Ben has card links, others do not. Under some sort of structures, Ben could probably take control and then make the other BA writers subaffiliates using his permissions. Could be lucrative.
May 17, 2019, 8:40 am
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As the 80/20 rules is at play here, probably no-one unless Ben gets a big cut of the equity,
There is something here though. Ben has card links, others do not. Under some sort of structures, Ben could probably take control and then make the other BA writers subaffiliates using his permissions. Could be lucrative.
Lots of BA bloggers have abundant credit card affiliate links. Ben isn't at all unique in that regard.
May 17, 2019, 1:11 pm
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GSTP already subleasing cc affiliate links from Ben. Ok,, so more do among BA blogs...but that market is inherently limited (think 5/24, amex once in a lifetime, etc)...
While GTP has deals with Business Insider and a crapload of other heavy traffic sites dealing wit newbies who had never had a CSP before.
#developing
While GTP has deals with Business Insider and a crapload of other heavy traffic sites dealing wit newbies who had never had a CSP before.
#developing