Have you ever wondered about what goes into creating the back office or login area of any Affiliated program? Well hey, its not your problem, or is it! Let me tell you that the login area is one of the most important parts of any Internet based affiliated marketing program. What is provided or in many cases, or not provided can make the difference between you succeeding or not! So you ask why do I only now after 3 years marketing, make this monumentius discovery? Lately I`ve been helping other peoples downline members. Why ? because their company wasn`t providing enough training, support and or promotional material. So next time you check your sales stats have a close look at the tools and marketing material you are provided with to promote your companies products and services. In the past there have been 6 main areas I recommend you look at and consider when joining any company or marketing program. 1. Quality product and services, consumable or renewable monthly. 2. Good promotional and marketing material. 3. User friendly website. 4. Well set out compensation plan, residual income. 5. Ongoing training and support. 6. The Company, its past record ..... Now I believe there is a seventh item to consider. When you consider what is supplied in the back office area I`m sure you will agree this is a very important factor to consider. Most companies do supply promotion material. The software that tracks your affiliated member sign-ups, opt-ins, commissions, product sales, along with the software that replicated or creates an ID and the new members websites and even the servers that host everything, these are the basic structure of any company. We normally take all these things for granted, they are the responsibility of the company but they can and sometimes do affect your income or even your access to your opt-in lists... I have personally been affected by a company who were upgrading the back office area and in the process all tracking of sales and sign-ups disappeared. In the end the company went under through bad management and the affiliated members leaving in droves. Affiliated member programs come in so many different shapes and sizes. I have come across 2 lately where they had a lot of advertising material but.... The first one had heaps of promotional stuff from ClickBank and all came with the company owners links but really lacked in a product and the other made some amazing, to good to be true promises about its proposed product. Remember if it sounds to good to be true, don`t be a sucker. With more experienced companies they will have a support team and include a whole range or promotional material. There is less risk for a new comer to Internet Marketing joining a proven company and a proven product range. The more information I am provided with, the happier I am. Every company uses different software and has a different marketing focus. Here is a short list of options that I like to see provided by companies for their affiliated members, either in the back office or easily accessible. a. An easy to follow reporting system of people you sponsor. b. Good commissions recording system right down to each product if there are more than one. c. A means of contacting your downline. d. A means of tracking where, when and how your visitors arrived at your site. e. A forum or similar where members can interact with each other and learn from each other. f. A good range of promotional material including pre-written e-mail, ad-copy, banners or other images, supply a list of places to promote the company and product range, I pleased to say that all of these and more are being provided by "ItsYourNet" http://main-10534pg.ItsYourNet.com in their new F`ree to join Affiliated membership program. By offering a F`ree ID to prospective members or a F`ree member Program like ItsYourNet, allow you to gain access to the back office area to be able to make an informed decision. With ItsYourNet there is an online store accessible from the back office which is a really cleaver move for more than one reason. Firstly with the 2 Tier program you earn a commission on any products you purchase from your own member site. This allows you to login and make the purchase directly from your own site. But one of the strategies ItsYourNet has developed is that you are able to promote this concept of purchasing from your own site. It happens in many programs and is frowned on but with ItsYourNet they have factored this in to their 2 Tier Affiliated Member system. When a prospect wants to make a purchase of any of the products, all you do is suggest they become a member to receive a commission from their purchase. Is that simple or what! It is simple but the concept of getting potential customers to join the ItsYourNet program as an affiliated member is one very clever move. There is no pressure put on people to join but there is an incentive where they receive a commission from their own purchase, not only that but they will be exposed to the full product range which at present includes dialup, hosting, 3D Destiny Worlds citizenship, and the 3D shopping Mall has just been opened, a number of stores have already been rented. I believe all the current products of ItsYourNet and the WiFi and other products to be introduced are products or services that have a good general appeal to the public. So in my opinion ItsYourNet is destined to be a business model or bench mark that you can use as a comparison when looking at other Internet ventures. The original back office software ItsYourNet used had limitations which were discovered so they have gone to great lengths and have changed to a system that can be expanded and added to at any time in the future as their product lines and members increase. So what was a major hurdle for ItsYourNet, will be of major long term benefit for all their customers and members. The owners of ItsYourNet are long term Internet marketers so have experienced the good and bad and know exactly what to provide to develop and train people to reach their potential. In my mind any company that has the fore sight to provide the product range and back office support ItsYourNet has provided for its customers and members will be around for many years to come. This is a bench mark for other companies to aspire to. |
