Reach Out to Affiliates for Increased Revenue

Having released a few products already this year on the forum, I clearly understand the power of affiliates. In fact, I would go as far as to say that 85-90% of all sales are from affiliate promotions.
Wherever possible I try to reach out and nurture relationships with those affiliates at some point during the promotion and afterwards to respect the difference they have made to my campaigns.
I am also an affiliate and do promote products for other vendors and cant quite believe how many Warriors don't actually reach out & connect with their affiliates.
For example, I promoted maybe twice for one vendor this year and had modest sales. They never once contacted me, never once said thank you and even ignored my skype contact request. Now, how does that make me feel when I see them releasing another product? Do you think I am ready to jump all over it and promote it?
You know, of course I want to earn money from my promotions but not to the point of being used or ignored by other vendors. For me, the connection and relationship is just as important. Also, if the vendor cannot be bothered to reach out to me after I have put effort into making them money, is it reasonable to think they maybe treat their buyers in the same way?
I want my connections to be happy about the products that I mail and therefore I want to know they will be treated well and not ignored.
So the BIG point here is for you to just take the time to reach out and connect with your affiliates, it will make a world of difference and they most likely will also mail twice or three times if they have a connection rather than the one quick fishing trip.
Just as a closing thought though, there might be an affiliate out there who maybe promoted for me and hasn't heard from me yet. This is partly because of the limitations in my affiliate platform that restricts the amount of mailing to affiliates but you can be sure, any affiliates who convert are getting messages from me and I try hard to build networks.
Don't leave money on the table, make your affiliates feel valued and I guarantee your revenue will increase...simple basic rules of engagement I feel but still, it needs saying.
And as to the person who never tried to reach out to me, I am sorry, they have just lost out on whatever sales I would have driven to them. No big shakes but every sales counts I believe.