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What
do I need to do to “get things going”?
Should
I subscribe everyone automatically, or allow them to “opt-in”?
How
can I invite people to join my list?
How
can I set up a banner on my website to allow people to subscribe
to my list?
How
do I create a pop-up window on my website to allow people to subscribe
to my list?
How
do I add e-mail addresses to my list?
How
do I delete addresses from my list?
How
does someone delete one subscription if they are receiving two
or more?
How
do I correct e-mail addresses on my list?
What
do I do about “Returned Mail”, or bounces?
How
do I find out who is on my list of subscribers, and how many subscribers
I have?
What
is the Insights Special, and how often is it sent out?
How
do I find out if people on my list have purchased the Insights
Special or other products?
Is
there a limit to the number of lines in my “signature block”?
How
do I change my Return Address, signature block, or other parts
of the daily message?
Who
owns the names on my list, and what can I do with them?
How
do I sign up Affiliates under me, so that I receive a commission
on their sales?
How
do I ask questions that don’t appear above?
What do I need to do to “get things going”?
The
basic steps to getting your Insights list going are as follows:
(1)
Determine whom you want to subscribe, and how you want to invite
them (see FAQs for further information). Provide that information
to scott@insightoftheday.com.
(2)
Determine how you want to promote Insights (see FAQs for further
information).
(3)
Watch your e-mail for the notice that you’ve received your
first commission! Back to top
Should I subscribe everyone automatically, or allow them to “opt-in”?
This
is a decision you’ll have to make. Here are your options:
(1)
You can provide us with your contact list, and we’ll import
them all. They will begin receiving Insights the next day, so
you’ll want to notify them that you’ve provided them
with a “complimentary gift subscription” to Insights,
and that they can unsubscribe at any time by merely clicking the
link in any e-mail. See “How do I add e-mail
addresses to my list?” for more info.
(2)
You can send an e-mail to your contact list, inviting them to
opt-in to Insights. See “How can I invite people
to join my list?” for more info.
The
obvious advantage to #1 is that more of your contacts will end
up on Insights. We have virtually no negative feedback from this
approach, since the quotes/stories are perceived as a valuable
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How
can I invite people to join my list?
There
are two ways to do this: a "passive" way and an "active"
way.
The
"passive" way is to add a "signature line"
to every e-mail you send out in the course of your day. There
is a sample link available on your Affiliate Program Administration
Area. To get to the admin area, go to...
http://www.myaffiliateprogram.com/u/bpap/login.htm
....
and enter your AffiliateID (4 digits) and password, which was
sent to you by Affiliates@BobProctor.com.
If you don't know your password, just enter your AffiliateID number
and click on the "Lost Password" link.
Near
the top of the first page, you'll see "To see the various
banners and text links available to you, Click here." Click
on the link, and you'll see "Insights Signature for your
email". Click on the link, and follow the directions from
there!
The
"active" way to invite people to join your list is to
send them an e-mail with sample quotes and stories, encouraging
them to sign up on your list. There is a sample message available
on the same Affiliate Program Administration Area described above.
Log in as directed above, and when you get to the page of links,
you'll see "Signup new Insights Subscribers". Click
on the link, and follow the directions from there! If you have
any questions, please e-mail Support (Affiliates@BobProctor.com).
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How can I set up a banner on my website to allow people to subscribe
to my list?
We
are working on a tool to allow you to do this. Please check back
soon for complete details! Back
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How do I create a pop-up window on my website to allow people
to subscribe to my list?
Have
your webmaster insert the following script into the page on which
you desire the popup (see www.bobproctor.com
for an example - the small window that pops up when you first
visit is site is the one defined below). Back
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<script>
function openpopup(){
var popurl="http://www.insightoftheday.com/register.asp?affid=9999"
winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=575,height=280,,")
}
//Check if box has popped up
function get_cookie(Name) {
var search = Name + "="
var returnvalue = "";
if (document.cookie.length > 0) {
offset = document.cookie.indexOf(search)
if (offset != -1) { // if cookie exists
offset += search.length
// set index of beginning of value
end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", offset);
// set index of end of cookie value
if (end == -1)
end = document.cookie.length;
returnvalue=unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, end))
}
}
return returnvalue;
}
function
loadornot(){
if (get_cookie('poppedup')==''){
openpopup()
document.cookie="poppedup=yes"
}
}
loadornot()
</script>
NOTE:
this script must reside in the <head></head> area
of the HTML code, and the "affID" referred to in the third
line (9999) must be replaced by the Affiliate's ID number in order
for the subscriber to join the correct list. Back
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How do I add e-mail addresses to my list?
There
are two ways to add addresses:
(1)
Go to http://www.insightoftheday.com/register.asp?affid=9999.
You will need to REPLACE the last four digits (9999) with your
AffiliateID. (This is the number that you received via e-mail
from Affiliates@BobProctor.com
when you first signed up for the Insights Business Opportunity.)
You can then enter the First Name and e-mail address of each person
whom you want to subscribe. Naturally, you can direct the individual
to do the same thing for him/herself.
(2)
Send your list to scott@insightoftheday.com.
The format should be an Excel spreadsheet with two columns: the
first column should be First Name, and the second column should
be e-mail address. We will run your list through an “e-mail
scrubber” to verify each e-mail address. We will then send
your list back to you, with the invalid addresses highlighted
so that you can determine the correct addresses if you like.
In
either case, please remember to notify the recipient that you
have subscribed him/her so that they don’t assume that Insights
is junk mail and immediately delete themselves! Back
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How do I delete addresses from my list?
We
leave it up to (1) the subscriber or (2) the list owner to unsubscribe
individuals from the list. The subscriber can merely click the
“Remove” link at the bottom of any e-mail, and that
subscription will be stopped. If they “reply” to the
message (which would then come directly to you), you can also
click on the Remove link for them. Because it’s so simple
to unsubscribe, we ask that you not send unsubscribe requests
to us. Back to top
How does someone delete one subscription if they are receiving
two or more?
Each
subscription is a unique combination of a user ID and an affiliate
ID. What that means is that clicking the “Remove” link
in one e-mail will stop THAT subscription, but will not have any
effect on other subscriptions coming to the same e-mail address.
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How do I correct e-mail addresses on my list?
Click on the
update link at the bottom of your daily email.
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What do I do about “Returned Mail”, or bounces?
We
leave it up to the list owner to handle Returned Mail, often called
bounces, for three reasons: (1) you might want to know when an
individual’s address is no longer valid so that you can contact
him/her to get an updated address; (2) you might want to know
how many addresses are being removed from your list over time;
and (3) it’s so easy to delete them! To remove bounced addresses
from your list, simply click on the “Remove” link which
is either in the body of the bounced message, or in the attachment
to that message.
We
do run your list through an “e-mail scrubber” prior
to importing it, to virtually eliminate the possibility of bounces
when you first start sending your list. Back
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How do I find out who is on my list of subscribers, and how many
subscribers I have?
To
see the number of people on your list, and get a list of their
names, click on...
http://www.insightoftheday.com/affLogin.asp
You
can copy the list of subscribers into another application, such
as Microsoft Excel, and do whatever you wish from there!
If
you do not know your username/password to access your Insights
list, please e-mail the Insights administrator by clicking
here. Note: this is a different login from your Affiliate
Program login. Back to top
What is the Insights Special, and how often is it sent out?
The
Insights Special is an offer exclusively for subscribers of Insights.
It is sent out twice per month (near the beginning and middle
of the month), and features products by Bob Proctor and other
best-selling Nightingale-Conant authors. You, as an Insights list
owner, receive a commission on every product purchased by one
of your subscribers! Back to top
How do I find out if people on my list have purchased the Insights
Special or other products?
Go
to the Administration area of our Affiliate Program:
http://www.myaffiliateprogram.com/u/bpap/login.htm
....
and enter your AffiliateID (4 digits) and password, which was
sent to you by Affiliates@BobProctor.com.
If you don't know your password, just enter your AffiliateID number
and click on the "Lost Password" link. The page that
comes up will display your commissions, and you can scroll down
to click on your transaction history to see more details. The
page will not list specific products, but does list total sales
and your commissions from those sales.
If
you're wondering how we ensure that you get credit for purchases
by your subscribers, we automatically encode the Insights Special
Offer link with your AffiliateID. For instance, the link may read:
http://bobproctor.com/a.asp?bpap&9999&isp
...
in which case, Affiliate #9999 would receive credit for the sale.
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Is there a limit to the number of lines in my “signature
block”?
You
may have up to five lines of text with or without HTML tags for your signature block.
You are also supplied a 6th line for a URL.
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How do I change my Return Address, signature block, or other parts
of the daily message?
Simply
go to
http://www.insightoftheday.com/afflogin.asp Back
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Who owns the names on my list, and what can I do with them?
You
own the names on your list for as long as you are an Insights
list owner. If you choose to discontinue sending Insights, we
will send a message to your subscribers indicating that you will
no longer be able to provide the service, and that we will continue
sending it under a different name unless they notify us that they
no longer want to receive it. You can send anything to your list,
any time you want to do so (see “How do I find
out who is on my list of subscribers, and how many subscribers
I have?” for more info). Naturally, you’ll want
to be careful to not overload your list with e-mails, since they’ll
unsubscribe from Insights if you do. Back
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How do I sign up Affiliates under me, so that I receive a commission
on their sales?
If
you want to ensure that an Affiliate is signed up as your sub-affiliate,
please do the following:
Step
1. Have them click on...
http://www.myaffiliateprogram.com/u/bpap/cookietest.asp
If
it says "You have no affiliate cookie on your browser.",
proceed to step 3 below.
Step 2. If it says, "Your affiliate cookie is 1234. Click
Here to remove this cookie.", then they have a cookie set
for Affiliate #1234 (or whatever the number is). Ask them to "Click
here" so that the cookie is removed; this is the "foolproof"
way to ensure that everything is correct.
Step
3. Have them click on...
http://bobproctor.com/aff.asp?bpap&9999&affiliateprogram_terms.htm
...
and fill out the form there. NOTE: You will need to REPLACE the
last for digits (9999) with your AffiliateID [this was provided
to you in the “welcome” e-mail from
scott@insightoftheday.com]. Once they fill out the form, they
will automatically be registered as your sub-affiliate!
Step
4. If they want to send out their own "Insight of the Day"
to their own list, have them e-mail scott@insightoftheday.com
with their AffiliateID to request that they be set up as an "Insights
List Owner". Scott will take it from there! Back
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How do I ask questions that don’t appear above?
Just
e-mail scott@insightoftheday.com
– we try to respond to every e-mail within 24 hours! Back
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