Build Your Own Affiliate Program

Weekly Recommended Resource

If you, or a client needs to build a quick affiliate program but don’t want to pay 1ShoppingCart $99 each month to have a few products available to affiliates, or don’t have sufficient sales to become part of traditional Affiliate Networks such as Commission Junction (CJ.com) Linkshare, Azoogle, etc., consider PayDot.com.

PayDot.com is free to join.

PayDotCom Vendor/Affiliate Accounts are free. You are allowed one free Vendor account to sell your product. If you, the Vendor, want to offer an unlimited number of products for sale you have the option of paying for a lifetime membership which will cost you the munificent sum of $29.

Sales are paid directly to your merchant account or Paypal account.

You can sell physical and digital products.

You can collect monthly subscriptions.

You get paid instantly. You are not required to way 30 days as with most affiliate networks.

There is no pre-approval, meaning that you don’t have to prove that you have a pre-specificed amount of sales each month to qualify.

You have access to your stats tracking.

You can provide promotional tools to your affiliates.

You will very likely need a Paypal account as most Vendors choose their as their payment method.

Your customers can pay you via your PayPal account. They can use their available PayPal funds or they can use their Checking Account, Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, Eurocard, Bravo, Visa Debit, MasterCard Debit, or Novus that is on file with their PayPal account. So if you don’t already have a PayPal account, be sure to sign up now.

Once you have your affiliate program set up, please revisit this page and let us know where we can find your products!

Weekly Recommended Resources

I get so many requests for tips and advice on the resources that my Virtual Assistance and Web Development companies use that it seems a great idea to publish a weekly resource.

These are online resources that will help you develop, gain knowledge, find new information and absorb new ideas.

Enjoy!

This Weeks Recommended Resource

WordPress Tip of the Day is a free video podcast from the “Internet Genius” Ben Cope that delivers high-quality video training for WordPress in 5 minutes or less every day in a format that is easy to follow, easy to understand, and always free!

Does Your Business Phone Accept All Callers?

Quick question. Does your small or home-based business lose potential business or miss connections with a potential client by refusing to answers callers with a blocked number?

This post is going to explore how accessible your business phone should be.

Recently I was given a couple of recommendations for (insert service here) by somebody whose judgment I trust. I called both people and had no problems at all connecting with the first person on that very short list.

However, the second recommended business person would not allow my blocked number call to go through. Now understand that my phone number is blocked for some very legitimate reasons, one being that if my direct phone number became widely known, I would never get anything done. That number is given to my clients and team members. Period. My toll free number is published on all my websites/blogs and is embedded into my business emails. We are easy to get in touch with!

Now, I really did want to speak with this person about a project for a client and just kept going down the numbers given me until I reached a toll free number where I was relieved to be able to leave a message. That was three days ago.

This is where the accessibility question comes in.

Today my call was finally returned and when I mildly expressed my concern with not being able to reach this person’s business phone I was treated to fairly huffy explanation of their reasons. When I explained why my number is blocked (remember now, I have several reasons, all of them legitimate) the response was, “Well that’s weird.” Not a great start to a working relationship.

So my question is, why would a business, whether brick and mortar, or home-based block callers who may not want to show their phone number right away? Isn’t this where voice mail become a wonderful business tool? I have to wonder just how much potential business this person is actively turning away by refusing to accept calls.

Your thoughts?

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“Toni – The Perfect Administrative Professional”

I admit it…. I am an absolute sucker for Southern humor. I find most Southern humorists deliciously and uproariously funny. Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall, Ron White, Larry the Cable Guy, Rodney Carrington and Jon Reep are all on my all-time favorites list.

I recently came across Jeanne Robertson who leaves me rocking back on my heels from sheer enjoyment of her humor and wit. In this clip she is discussing her assistant Toni Meredith who is clearly somebody any service professional, whether onsite or virtual, should emulate. I often pontificate on the absolutely critical need for superb customer service, but Jeanne explains it so much better than I ever could!

Enjoy!

To find more Jeanne Robertson videos click here. I would LOVE to hear your reactions to these video clips!