03-04-09 Xtream Global Marketing Important Announcement

From the xtream iChannel:

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Prayer request: Please keep Elizabeth Rooney in your hearts and prayers as she wrestles with a very serious condition. Please note that many of her websites have been down in the meantime.

Changes in Progress:
As Xtream moves forward into 2009 a number of changes are in the works.

1. Meetings: We are changing and rearranging meetings. We found that we were trying to do too many things in the one-hour Professionals’ Meeting on Mondays. So, we are breaking that meeting up into two separate meetings.
2. All Members’ Meeting. This one which will involve all our members and will cover resources, various outside venues, network partner venues, and etc. We will have open discussions as well as Guest Speakers. The All Members meeting is open to all members and subscribers of Xtream and will be held on a week end day.
3. Business Meeting. This meeting will address marketing the overall company specifically, and will be soley for those people who are marketing Xtream and helping us move forward with the overall Xtream business.
These will be bi-monthly meetings, occuring on opposite weeks. Exact times are still being determined and will be announced on the Schedule.
4. Communications: We will communicate business and company information through the xtream ichannel, which will also be published at our blog http://xtreammembers.com/news.html For the most part the only email you will receive from us will be periodic reminders that News has been published. The All Members Meetings will include announcements along with Guest Speakers from within the Xtream Network.
5. Not So Daily News: It is being re arranged into distinct, recurring sections that will include Training, Resources, Marketing, Getting Started and Using Xtream Resources, as well as in-general information and re-occuring colums like Andy’s Advice. It is intended to keep all our members informed and up-to-date on Xtream and our Network Partners as well as pass on online marketing tips, strategies, and productive resources and recommended programs.
6. Networking: Xtream continues to seek out Network Partners with similar goals and service models. We are excited to have recently partnered with Rich Parker of Varisearch and Andy Wooten of My-Traffic-Plan. Other partners include Judy Young of Jdana/Evergreen Marketing, Elizabeth Rooney of Wild Rose Marketing, and Vern Chumbly of Smileytraffic.
7. Conference Rooms: We will continue holding Training sessions and live webinars in the Resource Center, and will hold the All Members Meetings there as well. http://tinyurl.com/3b5d35 (formerly the Meeting Room) is being re-branded to Smiley Traffic; http://tinyurl.com/2nfg3d (formerly the Work Digital Room) being re-branded to VS-Ten. Business Meetings will be held in http://tinyurl.com/2sqe2x (formerly the Training Room), which will be password protected.
8. Training and live webinars: Judy Young is beginning a Back To Basics series starting this coming Tuesday at 9pm eastern in the Resource Center. It is designed to get people on track with their marketing in a simple, step-by-step regime. Thursdays will be reserved for Advanced Marketing – which will include seo.
9. Affiliate Program and Business Opportunity: Based on feedback from a number of sources, we have come to the conclusion that:

A. Our price is too cheap and
B. In order to entice people to promote xtream we must have an affiliate compensation plan that appeals to the masses.

To this end we are working on tweaking our Business System to include a Binary, and then various Subscriber Options. We will run a Free Membership designed to introduce people to our resources that have free memberships or free options. We will then have various subscription prices that will also include a one-time set up fee. We are also looking at incorporating other business models as well into our compensation plan.

We look forward to moving the overall business into profitability this year and positioning Xtream into being a major supplier of internet advertising for online marketers.