DAY # 209 -- Launch!

UPDATE: Monday, 02-Jan-2006 10:43 AM

Today I will start to expand marketing efforts as part of our launch.

There is no fancy party --just a proclamation to "do everything" to help our IRs and Members succeed.

I remember in the 80's Honda of America opened an auto plant in Marysville, Ohio (USA). At the ceremony they didn't do much at all --just got production going. However, several month later they looked over that had gotten done and celebrated looking back at a very successful start. Perhaps, I will also do it that way --work like hell now and then in the spring I'll through a BBQ at the end of the work week. I think by that time I will have earned a nice cold beer!

Now to get some things in order. I pulled out my "TO DO LIST" last night, as I do at the start of every month. I got a lot done, and plan to get much more done this month as there is much more time.

On top of the list are several items that I need to complete.

In order to accomplish that, I will do the following during the month of January. Today is the launch, but the entire month of January will be used to get all of our operations moving. They include:

A> Complete a report regarding marketing the network, offering free services such as AffiliateMINT.COM and the Clickbank Mall. I need to show all the IRs how powerful this concept is and what it can do for them. I also know that as a free service, they may not value it, but that is a major mistake.

B> Complete Ad Materials --banners, text ads and publish it in the Quick Start report. Most of the QUICK START REPORT is done. However, I need to go over it several times and make sure that what I am advising the IR do in the first 90 days will work nicely and get their success growing.

C> Get biig.com and the KEY WORD LOCK feature operational as soon as possible. I have setup the system so that IRs have to pick a set of key words/phrase to manage in the system. Once they do that, the IR will need to go into admin and manage different aspects of the phrase. For example, they need to approve links, accept advertising and help build Member success.

D> Get Maxsimo.com and the Merchant questionnaire operational. In order to get the Global Discount Card working, I need to ask the right questions from the Merchants that are making offers. This questionnaire is the start of that process. When I ask the right questions, it is far easier for the card using members to find savings.

E> Get biig.net operational. The site biig.net is suppose to deliver a system that generates a lot of traffic for Members. I will work on debuting this system before the end of the month.

F> Make improvements to the AffiliateMINT.com site. I 'look and feel' is functional now, but I would like to clean up the text and give it a fresh look.

G> Once all of the above are done, improve the Maxsimo.NET referral site. I have edited the text on two occasions. I will do it again to get the 'final' version published. I put that in quotes because there should always be room for improvement.

H> Contact list of "large internet" promoters on behalf of some key IRs that have trusted me. I have had a few goals with each of the IRs that I am helping. I need to evaluate that I am on track to delivering what I have promised or set as a goal.

I> Continue operations to convert our IR management programs to the new software running on Windows Server.

J> Get newspaper advertising moving along. From my 14 years of network marketing experience I know of 3 places that reach the target market better than anything else. I will during the month setup all of these advertising locations to get the network moving rapidly. I am still targeting around 100,000 members during this year. I think that is a realistic goal and one that would make many of our IRs very successful.

K> Get newspaper network advertising moving along. In the USA, there is a network of 6,000 small-town newspapers that reach millions of monthly readers. I will post an ad in these newspapers advertising for IRs and then continue to advertise for members. I think a good size ad will generate a few hundred sign ups on a monthly basis and be a good recruiter of IRs for our CO-OP program.

L> Office area update, equipment update. I need to update our security at the office so that data is backed up to my home network on a daily basis and then backed up again to another secure back-up location. I have been lucky when it comes to data loss simply because I have several hard drives that seem to contain copies of all the data I have. All of my files are in "My Documents" and all of the programs that are installed have their working files in the same folder. And that folder is backed up for fire, flood and worst of all, theft.

Once all of this is updated, I need to run a scenario of what I'd do IF their was a disaster.

M> I need a couple of days off.

I think this is a good list of items to work on during the month of January 2006. Cannot believe how fast 2005 went by, so I have to assume that 2006 will do the same. Then I better get to work now. Carpe Diem, Sam.

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