"Become a Friend"
As a Friend, you can get premier ad spots in any LinkingCommunities.com website systems that you initiate. You can register any type of community (neighborhood, business, church, nonprofit, family, Law Enforcement, schools and more) by going to the portal and clicking on "Sales Manager", "Manage Communities" and "Add Communities". Complete the entire form and the system will automatically pull your desired advertisement (i.e., Child Shield, etc.) into this community website. Click here to register in our Affiliate Portal
How do you make money?
Become a Sales Affiliate The first thing you must do is print out the following forms below. Mail the forms (with signatures) and payment to LinkingCommunities.com at 119-D S.E. Main Street, Simpsonville, SC. 29681. 1. The Affiliate Application Form 2. An IRS 1099 tax form 3. Independent Sales Contractor Agreement 4. Nondisclosure Agreement 5. Send in Payment with the above forms 6. Click here to register in our Affiliate Portal. What type of payment is accepted to be a Sales Affiliate? 1. Credit Card - The information is listed on the application. Please be sure to sign under the credit card information. MasterCard and Visa is accepted. 2. Check made out to LinkingCommunities.com. Checks could take up to 2 weeks to clear. 3. Money Order made out to LinkingCommunities.com. What is the approval process to be a Sales Affiliate? 1. Once all documents have been approved and payment has cleared, the National Sales Manager will personally contact you via phone to welcome you as a new Sales Affiliate. At this time, you will be given instructions on how to log onto the sales portal where you can view all of the necessary resources needed to be successful. 2. The marketing kit will be mailed out to you once you have been approved. What type of support is available to you as a Sales Affiliate? 1. You will be asked to take part in a weekly conference call for training purposes. All weekly calls will take place on Wednesdays at 7:00 PM EST. Instructions for the calls will be posted on the Sales Portal under the "Conference Call" tab. 2. You will be given the opportunity to also dial into a daily conference call for Sales Affiliates where you will be given the opportunity to ask questions. This call will take place from 11:00-12:00 EST. Instructions for the calls will be posted daily on the Sales Portal under the "Conference Call" tab. 3. You can email support at sales@linkingcommunities.com. Your questions will be answered within 24-hours. 4. There is a "live chat" feature within your Sales Affiliate Portal that has a customer service representative online to help you during business hours. 5. Emergency calls (need to close a deal but have an immediate question?) - call 1-888-222-4446 ext. 1. How can Sales Affiliates make money? LinkingCommunities.com is able to give these community websites away for FREE because they are sponsored by local business advertisement. When a business buys advertising "sponsors" within a community, (or in all of the communities within a zone (city/town), Affiliates will be paid a commission. We pay all our affiliates biweekly for the sales that they have closed and collected on within the two weeks (via Pay pal deducted from customer accounts). Checks will go out on Friday's by the close of business. All Sales Affiliates will be able to attend weekly national conference calls & training to answer any questions or concerns they may have. The dates for these calls will be posted on the Affiliate portal. SALES AFFILIATE PROGRAM Sales Affiliate One-time fee of $299.00 $149.00 (Affiliates pay $149.00 if they sign-up prior to April 1, 2008) 1 license set-up fee 100 personalized business cards 100 "Get Your FREE Community Website" post cards 100 LinkingCommunnities.com brochures Access to sales portal 1 "Media Kit" (business sales presentation) 1 premiere ad space in all community websites that you set-up * Shipping and Handling included on above * There will be a charge for reorders on marketing materials. As an Affiliate, you can sponsor (put your own advertisement) in as many zones (city/town) as you would like for an additional $25.00 per month per zone (paid via automatic debit with a 1-year commitment). You will be required to pay annual $100.00 license fee to LinkingCommunities.com. This fee tells us thatyou are committed to promoting and selling LinkingCommunities.com and continues your residual commissions. Earn 25% income on every sale & 5% quarterly bonus We have 6 levels for business sponsors to choose from. As an affiliate you earn 25% commission (plus a 5% quarterly bonus) on every ad you sell in a LinkingCommunities.com community website in your zone. All sponsor levels are paid by the business on an annual basis. As an Affiliate you are responsible for renewing your sponsor's ads. How do you order additional marketing materials? Many of the Sales Affiliates prefer to have business cards with their name & phone number printed on them (instead of the generic ones mailed to you). If so, place orders by calling our customer service department at 1-888-222-4446 ext. 1. Pricing & quantities for marketing materials can be found on the Sales Affiliate web portal under "Forms and Documents" and "Marketing Materials". How do Sales Affiliates receive payment for sales commissions? Please refer to the Sales Affiliate portal under "Forms and Documents" and "Compensation". How do Sales Affiliates promote LinkingCommunities.com to a potential community? There are several ways to spread the word about the FREE community website systems. A couple of suggestions might include handing out the 4x6 postcards or presenting a demo of the website system to an HOA board (or similar). A PowerPoint presentation outlining the features and benefits can be downloaded from the Sales Affiliate portal under the "Forms and Documents" area. Back to Top Click here to print this page
The first thing you must do is print out the following forms below. Mail the forms (with signatures) and payment to LinkingCommunities.com at 119-D S.E. Main Street, Simpsonville, SC. 29681.
1. The Affiliate Application Form 2. An IRS 1099 tax form 3. Independent Sales Contractor Agreement 4. Nondisclosure Agreement 5. Send in Payment with the above forms 6. Click here to register in our Affiliate Portal.
1. Credit Card - The information is listed on the application. Please be sure to sign under the credit card information. MasterCard and Visa is accepted. 2. Check made out to LinkingCommunities.com. Checks could take up to 2 weeks to clear. 3. Money Order made out to LinkingCommunities.com.
What is the approval process to be a Sales Affiliate?
1. Once all documents have been approved and payment has cleared, the National Sales Manager will personally contact you via phone to welcome you as a new Sales Affiliate. At this time, you will be given instructions on how to log onto the sales portal where you can view all of the necessary resources needed to be successful. 2. The marketing kit will be mailed out to you once you have been approved.
What type of support is available to you as a Sales Affiliate?
1. You will be asked to take part in a weekly conference call for training purposes. All weekly calls will take place on Wednesdays at 7:00 PM EST. Instructions for the calls will be posted on the Sales Portal under the "Conference Call" tab. 2. You will be given the opportunity to also dial into a daily conference call for Sales Affiliates where you will be given the opportunity to ask questions. This call will take place from 11:00-12:00 EST. Instructions for the calls will be posted daily on the Sales Portal under the "Conference Call" tab. 3. You can email support at sales@linkingcommunities.com. Your questions will be answered within 24-hours. 4. There is a "live chat" feature within your Sales Affiliate Portal that has a customer service representative online to help you during business hours. 5. Emergency calls (need to close a deal but have an immediate question?) - call 1-888-222-4446 ext. 1.
How can Sales Affiliates make money?
LinkingCommunities.com is able to give these community websites away for FREE because they are sponsored by local business advertisement. When a business buys advertising "sponsors" within a community, (or in all of the communities within a zone (city/town), Affiliates will be paid a commission.
We pay all our affiliates biweekly for the sales that they have closed and collected on within the two weeks (via Pay pal deducted from customer accounts). Checks will go out on Friday's by the close of business.
All Sales Affiliates will be able to attend weekly national conference calls & training to answer any questions or concerns they may have. The dates for these calls will be posted on the Affiliate portal.
SALES AFFILIATE PROGRAM
Sales Affiliate One-time fee of $299.00 $149.00
(Affiliates pay $149.00 if they sign-up prior to April 1, 2008)
* Shipping and Handling included on above
* There will be a charge for reorders on marketing materials.
As an Affiliate, you can sponsor (put your own advertisement) in as many zones (city/town) as you would like for an additional $25.00 per month per zone (paid via automatic debit with a 1-year commitment).
You will be required to pay annual $100.00 license fee to LinkingCommunities.com. This fee tells us thatyou are committed to promoting and selling LinkingCommunities.com and continues your residual commissions.
Earn 25% income on every sale & 5% quarterly bonus
We have 6 levels for business sponsors to choose from. As an affiliate you earn 25% commission (plus a 5% quarterly bonus) on every ad you sell in a LinkingCommunities.com community website in your zone.
All sponsor levels are paid by the business on an annual basis. As an Affiliate you are responsible for renewing your sponsor's ads.
How do you order additional marketing materials? Many of the Sales Affiliates prefer to have business cards with their name & phone number printed on them (instead of the generic ones mailed to you). If so, place orders by calling our customer service department at 1-888-222-4446 ext. 1. Pricing & quantities for marketing materials can be found on the Sales Affiliate web portal under "Forms and Documents" and "Marketing Materials".
How do Sales Affiliates receive payment for sales commissions?
Please refer to the Sales Affiliate portal under "Forms and Documents" and "Compensation".
How do Sales Affiliates promote LinkingCommunities.com to a potential community?
There are several ways to spread the word about the FREE community website systems. A couple of suggestions might include handing out the 4x6 postcards or presenting a demo of the website system to an HOA board (or similar). A PowerPoint presentation outlining the features and benefits can be downloaded from the Sales Affiliate portal under the "Forms and Documents" area.
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