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Sharing Your Virtual ID Card

The new Virtual ID Card in your Members Area tells prospects more about you and shares your rank and success within GDI. The Virtual ID Card can be seen when new affiliates go through the sign up process, but you can also choose to share it in more places like your website, blog, or anywhere you’d like. Here’s how to show off your Virtual ID card.

  1. Log in to your Members Area and navigate to Banners in the left hand side navigation.
  2. Your Virtual ID Card will be the first banner in the Banners section
  3. Make sure the Virtual ID Card shows the information you want (to adjust what is shown, head to Contact Preferences)
  4. Copy the code listed.
  5. Paste the code anywhere that supports HTML, this might be on your blog, your SiteBuilder site or any WebSite you’re working on
  6. Check your work and share your site!

Successful Marketing: Understanding Your Product

marketingIf you’re an affiliate of GDI looking to earn income, chances are you will have to do a little marketing. Don’t be intimidated if you don’t have a background in marketing. You probably market yourself everyday, whether it’s for a raise at work, negotiating with a teacher or simply making plans with a busy person. You’re marketing yourself in each interaction. Part of the reason this is second nature is that you know a lot about yourself. So to make marketing a product easier, it makes sense to know all you can about it. Here are a few tips to learn your product inside and out and market it with ease.

What is it?

What exactly are you marketing? This may seem like a silly question, but do you know? Are you marketing the domain offering, the services that come with it, or the income opportunity? Or are you marketing all three? Take the time to learn abut GDI’s offerings and know them inside and out. The more you know about the products and services, the better you will be able to tailor your marketing pitch to each prospect. Start by watching our short Products and Services video to learn more.

What does it do?

So now you know exactly what GDI has to offer, but what can it do for someone? Get a deeper understanding of the products and services by brainstorming all the ways they can be utilized. The more ways you can think up to utilize GDI’s products and services, the more ways you can market them.

Who needs it?

Now that you’ve answered the first two questions, it’s time to think about your audience. Not just anyone, but your target audience. Who would benefit most from GDI? Who would work hardest to build their business? Identify your ideal audience then go find them! What kind of online behaviors do these people have? What sites are they most likely to visit? When you know who you’re marketing to, you can build more effective the messaging.

GDI Around the World: Helpful Tips

Around6Our newest contest launched on Monday. You can find full rules HERE. Below you’ll find a few tips to ensure your submission is counted and has a chance to win.

Stay Away from Photoshop

We want you to show the world just how many places you can be from and work from as a GDI affiliate. This means taking a picture with your sign while you’re somewhere you want to show off. So print out your sign, hold it up and snap a picture. Don’t reuse old photos and edit the banner in, we want the real deal.

Submit Again and Again

There’s no limit to the places you can work from and there’s no limit to how many pins you can submit. If you have five different places you want to show off, take a picture in all of them and pin them to share. If you have just one special place, that works too. Just keep sharing.

Your Board and Letting Us Know

Create a board of your own titled “GDI Around the World.” First log in to Pinterest and load your pin to this board and then let us know on Facebook or Twitter that you’ve added this new pin. We will check it out and decide if it’s worthy of a repin on GDICorporate’s “GDI Around the World Board.” Remember, to ensure your pin is eligible it must be a real picture with the banner in it. We’re proud of your Photoshop skills, but now is not the time to show them off.