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Beginners, How To

What Not to Do as a Beginner

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Starting something new can be overwhelming no matter what it is. As a new GDI affiliate, you are undertaking something that is easy and designed to help you succeed, but no less overwhelming. It’s important as a new affiliate to understand why you’ve joined GDI and what you hope to achieve. These are two things you must ask yourself when you join. Questions other than these can be answered by your helpful upline, online resources, or our support team. There are many ways to succeed with GDI, but there are a few ways not to, below you’ll find our two biggest beginner DONTS.

When you are new to GDI DON’T:

 Panic

As we said above, it’s easy to get overwhelmed, but it’s important not to respond by panicking. This means taking the time to address you fears and ask questions related to them. What is so scary about starting a new opportunity? Work to answer these questions yourself and then think of thoughtful questions for your upline. If you’ve identified what you’re afraid of, ask for help on that topic. GDI is a small investment to start your own business. Take the time to work through your fears and questions and don’t panic. Doing something the right way takes time.

 Quit

If you’ve had the pleasure of joining us for our webinars in the past, you have been able to hear one lesson from top affiliates again and again. Huge success takes time to build. Many of our top affiliates started out slowly, and if they quit in the beginning they never would have been able to achieve the level of success they have now. Each affiliate should take the time to build their business, work with their upline and take advantage of the marketing tools GDI has to offer. Success cannot be achieved by throwing in the towel early.

Best of luck to our beginners!

To our seasoned affiliates, have you ever panicked?

Advice, Beginners, How To

10 Quick Tips to Help You Succeed as an Affiliate

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  1. Ask others for feedback. Share your site with friends and family and ask their opinion. Is you site clear? Appealing? Attention grabbing? Make changes accordingly.
  2. Have a call to action on your WebSite. What do you want people to do when they visit your site? Ask them to do this with a clear call to action.
  3. Get active on social networks and share your site. Social networks offer a huge opportunity for affiliates to network and share.
  4. Blog, guest post, and leave comments. These help to give you a bigger foot print online and show your commitment to building your business.
  5. Market offline. Online isn’t the only area to market your program. Reach out to local businesses or even consider flyers.
  6. Offer something different. What knowledge sets you apart from other affiliates? Share this on your WebSite and with team members.
  7. Invite sharing. When you post on social networks invite others to share your posts. Remember that only excellent content is worthy of sharing.
  8. Create videos. Videos are easily shared and allow visitors and potential team members to relate to an actual person.
  9. Keep it simple. Find a system that works for you and can be easily duplicated by team members then share it. Simple is repeatable.
  10. Don’t give up. Some weeks or months may be hard, but keep working at it to see continued success!

Beginners, How To

WebSite Setup in Two Simple Steps

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If you’ve joined GDI to take advantage of our great affiliate opportunity, welcome! Now it’s time to start taking advantage of your .WS domain. Follow two simple steps to get your WebSite running in no time.

Choose Your Site

GDI offers multiple website building tools as well as replicated sites for you to use. Browse our options including WordPress, SiteBuilder, hosting, forwarded and replicated sites to decide which might be right for you and your needs. If you’re unsure which option is best for you, head to the Tutorials section in the Members Area to see guides to each option. To build your site, navigate to Build Your WebSite or to Plugins, both of which appear under the Domains section. Once you have decided which service to use, it’s time to build your site. Once again, if you need help head to the Tutorials area for step by step guides for each site building service. Once your site is completed, ensure that your domain name system is set to the option you wish to display. Navigate to Domains in your Members Area and select DNS. Here you will see a list our settings for your domain, choose your option. For more information on DNS, you can find a video explaining it in the Tutorials.

Send Emails

Now that you have built your site, invite people to visit it with our Inviter. If you’re a basic member, simply input the email addresses of people you would like to check out your page and learn more and GDI does the rest of the work for you. Even better if you’re a premium member, the Inviter can grab email addresses right from your personal email account, allow you to decide which people you want to invite and send the emails out for you. When it comes to social networking, the Inviter can help you compose a post for Facebook or a tweet inviting everyone to check out your website, instantly.