ISMmagic – Great Pre-Launch Opportunity

By admin  |  2011/08/31 15:09 Posted in News  |  Comments (0)

What Is A Pre-Launch?

A pre-launch is a period of time prior to the launch of an opportunity or product usually intended to create a “buzz” around it and allow members to build their downlines ready for launch. Unfortunately, this often includes a lot of hype to maximise people’s interest which more often than not doesn’t equate to a member’s experience when it finally does launch. Upgrades and monthly fee costs are often not available until launch and only then can you find out how many people in your downline will actually upgrade and make your hard work worthwhile.

ISMmagic’s Pre-Launch

The same can’t be said of ISMmagic which is currently in pre-launch. Owner Russell Chapman has a self-confessed “inherent dislike of hype and the outrageous promises which permeate this industry” and has purposely kept it to a minimum to let the opportunity speak for itself. What you see is what you get at ISMmagic.

So what DO you get and why is ISMmagic going to be THE social networking site of 2011?

The answer is simple. The site has been developed by internet marketers for internet marketers based on our experiences with other social networking sites both in what works and what doesn’t. Basically, we know what you want and are providing it at ISMmagic!

A steady stream of features has been rolled out so far during pre-launch, all designed to make your internet marketing experience exactly what you want it to be and to provide you with all the tools you need from a social networking site to promote your business successfully online. These features include

  • Improved Social Wall functionality to encourage conversation.
  • Magic School with classrooms for many topics (both business and pleasure) and a playground.
  • 4×9 Midas Matrix with full reporting on direct referrals, matrix downline and referral competition stats.
  • Blogs which appear in Google search results and are accessible to the general public.
  • Groups with discussion and bulletin announcement options for group leaders.
  • Promotional tools.
  • Private messaging.
  • Event scheduler.
  • The ability to add personal and business information to profiles.
  • Upgrades and associated benefits.

There are obvious problems associated with developing a live site but we have tried to keep interruptions to a minimum and development is ongoing. Expect to see more features added over the next few days, including the long-awaited Magic Points and Magic Bonus for active participation, in preparation for launch very soon.

Relationship Marketing

By admin  |  2011/08/15 13:55 Posted in Articles  |  Comments (0)

When it comes to marketing online it seems that people have forgotten one basic fact – people like the personal touch. Whatever happened to relationship marketing?

What Is Relationship Marketing?

Basically it’s about building a relationship with people before you try to sell to them. People buy from people they know, like and trust and it’s all about branding yourself as that person. It’s about putting people and their needs before your business. It’s useful to look at the order of the words in the phrase “relationship marketing” – relationship comes first, business comes second.

The Role Of Social Networking Sites In Relationship Marketing

As an active member of several social networking sites aimed at internet marketers, I’m always surprised by the number of members who think getting others to join their opportunities is just a case of dashing in, posting their affiliate links in as many places as possible and dashing out again to do the same somewhere else. Well guess what! The’ve just wasted their time because it doesn’t work!

Social networking is a very effective way to build your business if it’s used correctly and the perfect place to practice relationship marketing. Socializing with other members lets you build relationships in a way that no other advertising method does.

How To Use Relationship Marketing In Social Networking

If relationship marketing is all about people then it makes sense to get to know as much about them as possible. What do they need? What problems do they have which your product could solve? Show you’re interested in them as people rather than just as prospects for your business but above all be genuine because it will be obvious if you’re not.

 

Win a FREE Upgrade at ISMmagic!

By admin  |  2011/08/06 14:33 Posted in News  |  Comments (0)

ISMmagic is an amazing opportunity to get in at the top of something big and to make it even better we’re holding a referral competition to reward our members for working so hard at bringing in new referrals.

Because it’s hard for many people to find referrals in large numbers, we have included spot prizes as detailed below to make it possible for any member to win a prize.

Main Competition Prizes

1st 1 year Gold Membership of ISMmagic, commencing 1st Sept 2011.
2nd 6 months Gold Membership of ISMmagic, commencing 1st Sept 2011.
3rd 3 months Gold Membership of ISMmagic, commencing 1st Sept 2011.

Spot Prizes

1 month Gold Membership of ISMmagic, commencing 1st Sept 2011.
To be awarded to the referrer of the 2000th member and every 1000th member thereafter.

The Rules

The competition will run to the 31st August 2011. Each member will receive points for direct confirmed referrals as at 24:00 31st August 2011, based on each direct referral’s status.

Free 1 Point
Intermediate Upgrade ($15 per month) 3 Points
Full Upgrade ($25 per month) 5 Points

Cancelled members will not count.

The winners are the three members with the most points.

In the event of a dispute as to who the referrer of a member is, the decision of ISMmagic will be final.

It is against the rules of this competition to encourage, in any way whatsoever, existing members to cancel and re-register. Doing so will result in immediate exclusion from the competition and such future competitions as decided by ISMmagic, whose decision will be final.

Members may only win 1 prize.

If a spot prize is won by a member winning 1st, 2nd or 3rd prize or a previous spot prize, the spot prize will be passed to the referrer of the member following those stated above.

In the event of a tie for any of the top 3 positions, the following will determine the order of the winners.
• Number of full upgraded referrals
• Number of intermediate referrals
• Date/time of joining in reverse order

The prizes are as stated. No monetary equivalent will be awarded.

The winners must be a confirmed members of ISMmagic as at the close of the competition.

As an extra incentive to promote, members will receive 50 bonus activity points for each confirmed referral as at 31st August 2011.

Can Free Members Really Earn at ISMmagic?

By admin  |  2011/07/29 18:52 Posted in News  |  Comments (0)

You will almost certainly have seen the ads for ISMmagic which say that free members will be able to earn there and you may be wondering how this will work.

If you join a program for free and expect to get rich, you will get nothing but disappointment. Whatever anybody might say, it just doesn’t work like that. You get out what you put in and that applies to money as well as time. Generally speaking, you need to invest in an opportunity to make any money with it.

Yes, there are free to join programs which pay you but you will need to put in a lot of time and effort for what you will be able to earn. This is common sense – if most members aren’t paying anything in, where is the money coming from to pay you? All that happens is you get a lot of members joining for free (most people want something for nothing) and expecting other members to upgrade so they can get paid. If too many join with the same expectation, nobody makes any money before the program fails.

However, there’s no getting away from the fact that “free” attracts. If you look at Google’s search results for “earn for free” you will see what I mean. The key is to get people in for free and then show them the benefits of upgrading. Whether or not this happens depends on if they’re joining for the right reasons but many, especially newcomers, can be guided in the right direction.

So how will ISMmagic be different? Can free members really earn there?

It’s absolutely true and here’s how it works. All members (including free) earn a Fast Start Bonus of $5 when a direct referral upgrades to full or intermediate level for the first time. All members (including free) receive a residual $3 a month (including the first month) for each month their direct referrals remain upgraded.

On top of all this, all members (including free) earn $0.50 a month on all upgraded members in their downline down five levels of their uncompressed matrix, even if they didn’t refer them!

This makes it a particularly good opportunity for people who don’t find it easy to get referrals.

However any income earned by free members must be used to upgrade. This has several advantages.

  • It keeps the money in the opportunity to be used for activity bonuses, etc.
  • It encourages upgrades.
  • It gives a purpose to the free membership level.
  • It allows members who would otherwise not be able to afford the fee upfront an inroad into earning online (and not just for pennies).
  • It gives free members the opportunity to upgrade to take full advantage of all the features.

Members should not expect to earn by using ISMmagic as a sort of PTC site. It is a social networking site for business where as an upgraded member, you can network with other marketers, exchange ideas, learn from the more experienced members, find business partners and socialize with friends.

Treated as a business opportunity in itself, you can earn a substantial income from the matrix and particularly if you join now when we’re not even in pre-launch yet. For the serious marketer and anyone wanting to learn how to be successful online, it’s an amazing opportunity to get a top level position. I think that’s a pretty good reason to upgrade!

ISMmagic Is Online!

By admin  |  2011/07/18 19:56 Posted in News  |  Comments (1)

Social networking’s newest site goes live – ISMmagic’s auto-registration system is up and running!

The site isn’t due to pre-launch until 1 August so it’s currently just a shell with most of the features disabled but it has allowed its 1500 members who have reserved their positions in the matrix early the ability to log in and get an idea of what it will be like. At the moment all they can do is fill in their profile details and connect with other members but it does give them a headstart in two very important areas of social networking – getting seen and building relationships.

ISMmagic features

Originally intended to be personal invitation only until pre-launch, the site has grown so quickly it’s been necessary to automate the signing up process. All current members have been emailed with login details to access the site but it’s important to remember that what you see now is not what you’ll get on 1 August! Virtually all features of the site will remain switched off prior to pre-launch to facilitate development work.

Please note also that the full site graphics (.css file) will not be available until then either. Full instructions for the new registration system can be found here.

This is the perfect time to get in early and promote to build your matrix. Banners are available here and email copy will be available soon.

Teamwork Is The Key To Success In Business

By admin  |  2011/07/09 17:48 Posted in Articles  |  Comments (4)

I like teamwork. There’s something very satisfying about being part of a group of people all working towards a common goal. It’s even more satisfying when the group consists of experienced marketers and complete newcomers to IM. Being able to help others and share your knowledge gives you the feelgood factor.

This is what our Skype group for ISMmagic is all about. Set up by the owner, Russell Chapman, everybody who becomes a member is invited to join us.

This is an opportunity for people of all levels of experience. It’s rare for the average marketer to be given the chance to get in early at the top of something like this where they stand to make a considerable amount of money. Even better, complete newcomers or people who are struggling to make money online can get on-the-job training from other members of the team which will help them in all aspects of IM.

In most programmes you join, it’s also not often possible for members to speak to the owner himself for first-hand information, updates and solutions to problems. Russell and the project leaders, Ed Blount and myself, are available in the group most of the time. We also have other experienced members who generously share their knowledge and give advice on getting referrals, the best places and methods to promote and practical advice for those who need it.

There is a very important social element to the group. Strong friendships have been forged and this is demonstrated very clearly by the comments made by members, Julie McBride, Lydia Verblackt and Muhammad Yakoob Jokhio on their blogs. Motivation is another key element – it’s all too easy to get discouraged when you’re working alone and the support of a network of friends can make all the difference.

During this pre-pre-launch period while the site is still in development and there are limited promotional tools available, the group members have made and shared banners, videos, written email copy and ads to help one another get referrals. It really has been a team effort and this video made by Craig Lindfield demonstrates this perfectly.

ISMmagic is all about teamwork. We really are helping one another succeed.

The Midas Matrix – How Does It Work?

By admin  |  2011/07/06 16:00 Posted in News  |  Comments (3)

You’ll be hearing a lot about the Midas Matrix in the next few months.

This is the term used by Russell Chapman, owner and admin of ISMmagic, to describe its matrix pay plan. Why Midas? Because it’s pure gold and particularly if you get in early now before the site pre-launches on 1 August.

Just a few weeks since the site was announced, membership now stands at 1300+ and top level positions are going fast. If you know about matrices, you’ll know that’s where you want to be.

So let’s look at the matrix in detail.

ISMmagic has a 4×9 forced matrix – that’s 4 people in your level 1 and 9 levels down.

How A Matrix Works

I’ll just explain briefly how a matrix works for anybody who doesn’t understand.

Imagine a triangle shape with you at the top. In a 4×9 matrix, you can have 4 people in your first level and those 4 people can all have 4 people in their first level so you have 16 people in your level 2. The 16 people in your level 2 can all have 4 people in their first level, so you have 64 people in your level 3 and so on down 9 levels.

A forced matrix is a system where there is a limit to the number of referrals a member can refer. This is what creates spillover as once the member has filled his level 1, if he refers more members, they “spill over” into his level 2 and are placed under his referrals in his level 1, helping to build their downlines for them. This method helps you to fill your matrix much faster as it’s filled by you and your sponsor and maybe even your sponsor’s sponsor. Sometimes there are qualifications required, for example a minimum number of direct paying referrals, to open up the lower levels for you to earn on them.

How ISMmagic’s Midas Matrix Works

With the Midas Matrix, you have the best of everything. All members (including free) earn on all upgraded members in their matrix down 5 levels. Fully upgraded members earn on all 9 levels, ignoring any levels which consist only of free members and being paid on the first 9 upgraded members in any route down through the levels. This is real-time compression and is what makes ISMmagic unique.

Here’s an example of how this might work.

ISMmagic's Midas Matrix

As you can see, this system is designed to maximize your earning potential, allowing you to earn on levels which would not otherwise be applicable. Combine that with the fact that there are no qualifications for fully upgraded members to earn on all levels and that free members will be encouraged to upgrade by being able to earn their upgrade without paying anything out upfront and you have a winner!

ISMmagic – Your Chance To Get In Early

By admin  |  2011/07/04 14:48 Posted in News  |  Comments (0)

Getting into a new opportunity early is often one of the key factors to earning a substantial income with it, particularly if there’s a matrix involved.

When an opportunity is new, it’s much easier to promote and get referrals for it because it’s a fresh face on the Internet Marketing scene. There’s a general feeling of urgency to get in early because people know that being at the top is the place to be.

Unfortunately, most new launches are monopolised by the JV partners who always tend to be the same people. Take a look at the leaderboards for most launches and you’ll see what I mean – the same names crop up over and over again. Being well-known in IM and having a large list of prospects makes you a prime candidate to be invited to participate in a new launch. New program owners want to get the word out about it and get the maximum amount of new members in the shortest time and that’s the easiest way to do it. It also means that the rich are once again getting richer, leaving the average marketer to hoover up the crumbs.

That’s why it’s particularly refreshing when a new program launches which is aimed at letting the “little guy” get in early. ISMmagic is just such a program. Owner and admin, Russell Chapman, hand-picked his team of four leaders to head up his new social networking site and I’m proud and honoured to be one of them. I met Russell at Swom, another social networking site – a clear example that these are great places to do business.

I really like the idea of giving newcomers to IM and those who’ve been struggling to make money online without success an inroad into something which will be a great place to learn how to be successful and an opportunity to make some serious money. I’ve contacted everybody I can think of, who I believe could benefit from this opportunity, to offer them a top level position in my team. Some have joined me and some haven’t, for whatever reason. I understand that others won’t necessarily see the benefits as I do and may be busy with other things but to say they’re turning down an opportunity in a million is an understatement. To those who have joined me I say congratulations on an excellent decision and hold on tight for the ride of a lifetime!

If you’re reading this and can see the advantages of getting in early and you wish someone had offered YOU an opportunity like this, you’re in luck! There are still a few top level positions available if you act now! Reserve your position here and join me and my proactive team and let’s find success together!

ISMmagic Social Networking For Business

By admin  |  2011/06/30 19:11 Posted in News  |  Comments (0)

Integrated and Social Marketing Magic (ismmagic.com) is a new social networking site for internet marketers pre-launching 1 August 2011.

I am proud to have been one of the first members invited to participate and honoured that I have been able to have some input. This is an amazing opportunity to be in at the top of something BIG.

Social networking for business has become increasingly popular and is fast taking the place of the more traditional methods such as email marketing. The reason for this is obvious – people like to do business with people they know and trust. Social networking sites provide the ideal opportunity to do this. Connecting with other members, socializing and discussing business in a relaxed atmosphere allows you to build relationships in a way that other advertising methods can’t.

So what makes ISMmagic stand out from the rest?

The site, which is currently in development, is the result of a year’s careful research. It is designed to provide the social and marketing facilities to make your internet marketing easier and more effective and it incorporates a 4×9 forced matrix which gives you the opportunity to earn a substantial income.

There will be three levels of membership – Top Level (monthly fee $25), Intermediate Level (monthly fee $15) and Free. One of the things which make ISMmagic different is that free members will be able to earn fast start bonuses on direct referrals and downline commissions on all members in their matrix down 5 levels, whether or not they have referred them. These commissions can be used to upgrade only, making it far more likely that your downline will upgrade and be active since there is no upfront fee.

Upgraded members earn on all 9 levels of the Midas Matrix, so called because of its effectively real-time compression. Basically, if you travel down every route in your downline you receive payment on the first 9 upgraded members in each route.

Other features include blogs, groups, Magic School (for the serious and the trivial), downline builder, events and bulk messaging to group members and downline.

Site development is in two phases.

Phase 1 – Pre-launch 1 August 2011, Full launch 1 September 2011
Phase 2 – 1 November 2011

To view the spec and reserve your early bird top level position, click here.

ISMmagic is the site designed to please all the members, all the time. Don’t miss out on your opportunity to be a part of something BIG!