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How to Get the Most Value from Your Membership
(last revised 12-27-07)

This information was prepared with the newcomer in mind, with simple, step-by-step instructions that hopefully everyone will be able to understand and implement to their best advantage. Here's what every member needs to do to start making money as quickly as possible, even if you're on a budget ...

THE QUICK VERSION:

1. Read through the forum and get familiarized with the information and resources that are available.

2. Don't panic if you don't have full access right away to the forum. As stated on the signup page when you registered, memberships are processed manually, not automatically! You will have limited access to the forum immediately after registering, but the confirmation process is handled manually. Please allow at least 24 hours for your membership to be fully processed and your account activated.

3. Make sure the domain (iggyboo.com) and main email address (admin@iggyboo.com) is in your email address book and white listed. We use the email address you provided upon registration to keep you updated regarding your club membership, and is the main database we use for announcements and updates.

4. After your registration has been confirmed, you need to read through the forum to get caught up on happenings, events, program changes, announcements, etc.

5. Go through the program list in the Due Diligence section and review the programs listed there, taking note of the risk levels, approximate time it takes to be in profit, and the cost involved for each program. Then pick out the programs that interest you most and participate.

THE NITTY GRITTY STUFF:

1. Get Organized. Get a large 3 ring binder and gather together all your paperwork regarding any internet home-based businesses you may already be participating in. Be sure to make yourself a printout of all the pertinent information, including your username, password and login URL to each program's site. You may already have this information stored on your computer in your email folder, but you need it written down as well. Things happen to computers far too often. When you least expect it, that information will disappear and be lost in the void unless you have a hard copy to refer back to. Make a separate section for each program and print out everything -- and more importantly, keep it updated on a regular basis.

2. Check your Stats. If you're already involved in some internet opportunities, review your stats for each program, pulling together the figures of how much it cost to join, what your monthly fees are (if applicable), how much you've spent advertising each program, what your "return on investment" (or "ROI") was, and how much, if any, you've gotten in return from the program. If this is something you haven't done or kept up with, you might be surprised at just how much money you've already spent with little to show for your efforts. If you're not already involved with any internet opportunities, this is something you will need to do on a regular basis so you can keep up with what's working for you and what isn't. To ignore this bookkeeping chore is a sure fire way to lose money -- lots of it. This is the only way to tell if you're actually making money or just spending it.

3. Review the Forum. Make sure you review the information contained in the forum regularly. Click on the links, print out the information, and check back on a regular basis to see if any of the information has changed and/or been updated.

4. Review the Forum on a Regular Basis. Be sure to login regularly to get the latest news, updates and announcements. If you're a new member, it's important to review the information here so you can catch up on what's been happening, what's currently happening and where we're headed. It's very important to take a few minutes out of your busy schedule to do this. The forum is where all the announcements are made about new programs, changes to programs, updates to your membership, time sensitive issues, etc.

5. Review the Programs. Review the programs listed in the Due Diligence Section and make a note of which programs appeal to you the most. Then go through the websites of your favorite picks and review the information presented there, making a business plan of the programs you want to participate in right away as well as those you would like to join later. Be sure to review this list regularly as changes and updates are posted as needed.

Please Note: When communicating with others outside the club, please remember that you are NOT allowed to disclose the names of ANY of our programs, nor any information that is published and located in our private member forum! All our information is proprietary and reserved only for paid members in good standing, and is not to be revealed to anyone until that person has joined and paid for their private membership! Our program information is an extremely valuable asset and is not to be given away freely! Any member found violating this rule will have their membership revoked, lose all benefits, and leave themselves open to legal action.

6. Review the Main FAQ Page. If you haven't already done so, be sure to review the FAQ page. It's good information to know and may help you get a better handle on utilizing your membership to its fullest extent.

7. Take Advantage of the Due Diligence Service. This is an additional benefit for members, particularly those who like to take a more pro-active approach to building their online business instead of sitting back and waiting for things to happen. If you run across a business opportunity that peaks your interest, be sure to look in the Due Diligence section of the forum first. If the program is not listed there, submit it for review and we'll take a look at it for you and give you a report on what we find out about it, including anything negative as well as the good stuff. This will give you a leg up on programs over other folks because you'll have a much better idea of the whole picture and whether or not that particular opportunity (a) is all it's cracked up to be, (b) will fit into your budget and lifestyle, and (c) is worth your time, money and effort. With the power of our private membership behind me, I can usually get program and business owners to "open up" and give me information that they would otherwise not provide to an individual wanting to know more. Individuals who ask detailed questions are usually instructed to pay up first before their questions are answered, and by that time it's too late. As a large organization, the program and business owners don't have a problem catering to us and answering my questions because there's the possibility of a whole bunch of paying members coming into their program all at once ... not to mention we know what questions to ask in order to find out if they know what they're doing or not. There's a lot of people that start a biz opp with only good intentions and no experience in how to set up a business properly and have it run smoothly. Unfortunately, good intentions don't pay the bills.

8. Advertising on Your Own. If you're not the type of person to sit around and wait for others to do the advertising and promoting for you, we can provide a list of advertising resources for those that want to give advertising a try on their own. Just be careful because there are tons of ways to spend your money on supposed "sure fire" internet advertising methods, most of which are outdated and no longer work -- some will even get you in trouble! The problem is, you won't find that out until after you've spent your money. If you're unsure of a particular method or need help in this area, let us know and we'll point you in the right direction.

9. A Note about Passive Programs. While passive programs are great ways to make money with little to no work involved, they tend to be slower than what most people would like them to be before they start producing a significant monthly return, especially for those starting out on a limited budget. That is the biggest drawback to passive programs, the time it takes to build your income streams to the level that they can start paying out a good monthly residual income. However, unless you plan on going somewhere in the next 2-3 years where you don't need any money, by participating and starting to grow those streams now, you'll be in a much better place by this time next year, and an even better place the year after that, and so on, especially if you take advantage of the power of compounded earnings. In other words, you're still going to need that money just as much later on as you do now, right? And if passive programs are all you're interested in doing and you don't start growing those income streams now, you'll be in the same dead end situation this time next year as you are right now, maybe worse.

If you're in a situation where you need to make money right away, I suggest you get a couple of passive streams going first and then add to that a pro-active biz opp since these types of business opportunities can start producing an income almost immediately. While difficult with an already full schedule, it isn't impossible as long as you choose a business opportunity that can fit into your existing schedule. If you're in this particular kind of situation, browse through the Due Diligence section of the forum for a non-passive opportunity that peaks your interest, then contact me and I'll help guide you through the roadblocks of working a pro-active business.

10. Buyer Beware! Everyone needs to bear in mind that when joining any kind of business opportunity, the terms of the program can change at any time. We've seen several programs do this, and surf-for-pay programs do it all the time. This is why it's so important to read a program's Terms of Service ("TOS") before you join because this is an important factor to consider when weighing the risks of a program. I realize there's usually a lot of legal mumbo jumbo there, but it's still important to work your way through it because it's there to protect the program, not you. And the one constant that runs through all these TOS agreements is the fact that no matter the opportunity, they all have the option to change the terms of their program at any time and as often as they want, even so far as to totally change it from what it was when you joined up.

Every program has a TOS that more than likely states that you agree to these changes and even if they don't, there's not much you can do about it except pull out and not participate. This is standard across the board so please bear this in mind when joining programs. They can change at the drop of a hat and sometimes the reason they're changing is because the program is not doing as well as they anticipated it would. Good changes are pretty obvious, it's those "other" kind of changes that should start setting off alarm bells for you. Sometimes there's nothing you can do but ride it out, but if you watch out for these little "hints," you may be able to pull out and salvage an investment before the boom falls.


(This member's guide is to be considered a "work in progress" and it will continue to be revised and refined as needs dictate. If anything has been left out or something is not as clear as it should be, please do not hesitate to contact us. Your comments and suggestions are always welcome.)