Benefits for Entrepreneurs / Home Business Operators
Income
Multiple streams of ongoing income as the people and organizations you refer to Cagora buy products
A share of the Rewards Bonus Pool (50% of the overall Bonus Pools) as you spend money or as we allocate rewards points for being active
A share of the Founders Pool (30% of the overall Bonus Pools) if you become a Community Partner or a refer someone who becomes a Community Partner during the promotion during January and February 2008
A share of the Members Pool (10% of the overall Bonus Pools) where everyone earns a share of the Bonus pools
By qualifying as a volunteer contributor by creating and sharing at least three items of quality content (eg. photos, videos, articles, blogs etc.) to the Cagora communities you can earn all of the Google Adsense revenue generated on the pages you create
The opportunity to upgrade to be a 'Community Partner' to receive additional streams of income
Traffic
Create never ending streams of traffic to your personal and business profiles by filling out your profile(s) and participating in the Communities
By joining Communities you are interested in, you can target the traffic you receive
The opportunity to upgrade to be a 'Community Partner' to receive additional streams of traffic
You receive the FREE Online Marketing Starter Kit to Learn how to use other Social Media, Networking and Information sites to generate additional traffic
Networking
Network to build your business by meeting like-minded people and prospective clients from around the world using the Networking profiles
Enrich the networking experience with voice and text discussions using our FREE Web Conference rooms
Target your networking efforts within your Local Community or Global Special Interest Communities
Build your 'online reputation' and credibility to increase your sales
Build relationships with new and existing clients
Use the Organization Profiles to build a 'fan base'
Communicate with this fan base by email or RSS feed or have them phone you for the cost of a local call
Logout and then Log back in to your personal account to fill out your personal profile including the About Me and More About Me and My LocalWorld sections. The more effort you put in at this stage, the better your results will be. Be sure to set your privacy settings. We recommend making as much information as you are comfortable with public (with the exception of your Birthday which if made available to people who are not your friends can put you at risk to identity theft)
Join Communities that interest you to add your profile to that Community and that Community (LocalWorld or World of Interest) to your profile via the Local Menu and Interest Menu
Login to your Organization account (Business or eCommunity) to complete it
Join the Communities that are relevant to the organization. DO NOT join communities that are unrelated to the products and services offered
Go the the My Account > Account Details section of your site via the login menu in the top right corner to add additional information
Look for your friends within Cagora and invite them to accept you as a friend by clicking on the link on their profiles or profile summary. You can search via the search boxes at the top of the pages
Invite your friends that have not yet joined Cagora using your affiliate link. Unless you arre a Community Partner where you can direct people to your Community without the /go/username ending you should ensure the URL you send people to, ends with /go/usernameYou'll find marketing materials if you login to My Account or alternatively each page (other than the intro pages) has a 'Tell A Friend' link in the right hand column so you can refer people directly to your profile or the Communities you think might interest them
Start participating in the Communities by commenting on content and by creating and sharing your own content. A good starting place is to introduce yourself within the Communities you have joined, and explaining what your interest is in that Community
