The Mi-info Blog

Mi-info News: Dot to Dot

2008-07-23T08:44:00.000-07:00

The pattern of Mi-info's progression to being fully utilised is abit like dot to dot. We are taking each step with our next improvement firmly insight. The back office is currently a luminous array of post it notes. Our developer Les is busily getting things ready for Mi-sales to go live and with it Mi-info complete. Good news for you subscribers as this means adverts, and adverts means points!

As i have recently read in both the Mi-info forum and outside forums there is much hustle and bustle about when Mi-info will be fully functional. I know it seems like our subscribers have been signed up for a while and cannot reap the full rewards of sticking by us just yet, but there is light at the end of the tunnel. Here at the office we're frantically testing the website in every nook and cranny to check their are no underlying problems with the websites functionality. Slowly but surly we ARE making progress. As stated on th Mi-ads page we hope to be up officially by September at the latest. Thank you to everyone who has joined Mi-info and stuck with us, it will be worth it! =D

In the mean time remember their are a number of things you can do to be rewarded for taking an interest in Mi-info:

Refer, Refer, Refer those friends of yours!

Complete all profiles to enter the Smart Car & iPod Touch competition.
If you have'nt already signed up to Mi-info why not sign up through popular cashback rewards site iPoints and in return up iPoints for registering for one of their offers.

Check out our forum as we often do giveaways for interesting suggestions made to the staff of Mi-info.

Another tip to reward yourself for all your hard work is keep on an eye on the Newsletter that goes out fortnightly with helpyful hints and discounts on the internet.

So, that just about does it for one days news, hope this was helpful. If you have any suggestions you would like to make to me personally on the blog or about Mi-info in general please feel free to get in touch via the comments box on this post. Have a good day!

Mi-sales, stop beating around the bush.

2008-07-02T08:54:00.000-07:00

It would seem the launch of the Mi-sales website is on the horizon. For months there has been a stir amongst Mi-info subscribers who are desperate to see the website fully functioning and serving ads. However, without its counter part website no such action can take place. Mi-info works on the idea that subscribers will see targeted ads to their page sort of like a newspaper served to them by advertisers on the Mi-sales website. Advertisers on Mi-sales can target their consumer right down to their postcode or favourite food if they wish. Then the advertiser advert enters a bidding process with others who compete for the advertising space on Mi-ads. Should work well for both advertiser and consumer when fully launched.

Mi-sales is now in the last stages of web development with vigorous testing currently in process as we speak. All we can say for now is watch this space, adverts will be coming to a Mi-ads page near you very soon...

Newsletter Success!

2008-06-26T08:25:00.000-07:00

Mi-info have been sending out their very own newsletters for a couple of months now and have reached their fifth issue already! It came around quickly and seems to be a success with the subscribers judging by the comments left in the forum. The newsletter offers advise and tips about up and coming topics from the internet industry that our subscribers would like to read about. They also inform you of great offers and discounts from a range of online shops. The newsletter has recntly expanded to two pages detailing even more discounts and wonderful offers for everyone registered with Mi-info. Those who join up to Mi-info can only benefit from gaining points, insider news and reviews, a unique online community in our forum and the chance to earn points from adverts.

Talking of adverts Mi-info hope to launch Mi-sales by late September as they are in the process of testing as we speak. There is much to tweak and improve ready for both the advertisers and subscribers benefit. The request for people to join up as guinea pigs has been very successful. So far we have 80 guinea pigs! However, Mi-info still want more testers!

And finally, Congratulations to Wendy K from Essex who was June's winner of an iPod Touch with Mi-info!

Effortless Signature Selling.

2008-06-18T08:47:00.000-07:00

Marketing Tip of the Day:

One of the easiest ways to spark a little interest in you website or blog and it costs you nothing at all. What is it? Your signature! Using your signature as a space for a discrete link or simple logo of your brand can work wonders. People will get familiar with the companies logo and you can brand you comments in just a click. From forums to comments on other blogs, your signature tells people about who you are and what you do. So why not use this opportunity to market your company to those you talk to. If you stay loyal to a few forums you may even see people visit your website and even better TALK about it to other bloggers or forum goers. 'Word of Mouth' has long been one of the best ways to get people interested about your product. Mi-info has it's very own forum and i use the Mi-info logo as my signature in there. My reason being is that it shows people i'm a moderator and work at Mi-info so they know who to direct their questions to.

I've found signature branding works reasonably well and the more you use it the more people you can get to visit your site. Target the areas where you use the signature, particularly the types of blog you comment on and the sort of person who uses the forum you comment in on a regular basis. After all website want to attract and maintain its customer base. So it's loyaly and quality rather than quantity your after. It does'nt hurt to be fussy now and again!

Affiliate Future training for Mi-info.

2008-06-10T01:06:00.000-07:00

As an employee of Mi-info i was asked to attend a training session for Affiliate Future last Week. Thursday i went down to London to do the affiliate training and learn more about the company we deal with. Affiliate Futures has been around for a while now and they act as the middle man between merchants (Mi-info) and affiliates (other websites that promote us) to make sure we both benefit from this business relationship.

Affiliate future does this very well and so far we have been getting some great results and have on board a fair few affiliates who promote us for a set price or CPL (Cost per Lead). The training prooved to be a useful experience guiding us through some common pitfalls of being a merchant such as lack of communication with the affiliate and not using enough promotional techniques to gain affiliates. AF suggested some forms of promotion for us to try such as email affiliates (we currently use one of these but are looking to gain more) as well as incentivising our affiliates with gift vouchers or experience days. AF also hold various events or bespoke events to suit a merchant who wants to meet and greet other affiliates and get more companies on board with their campaign.

All in all this was a good training day that gave us insight into what other things we could be doing and what to avoid as well as how to use the new tools they are integrating into thier system. Watch this space for information about our promotional techniqes and companies we favour who are generating leads and sales for Mi-info. These posts will give you the reader an insight into our marketing mix that goes on everyday just to try and reach you the subscriber. It may even inspire you to try some marketings techniques for yourself.

Another feature i am going to add this week will be the Blog roll with all my favourite blogs, most of which i read on a regular basis. For example Dosh Dosh, i find this blog of great use as a marketeer its innovative techniques and ideas can be used to improve your blog and make it more inviting to you all. Apologies for the long post it seems a while since the last one and i had a fair bit to say!

Mi-info Guinea Pigs! + General Mi-info Update...

2008-05-30T08:31:00.000-07:00

In a bid to tell as many people about Mi-info as possible we have advertised Mi-info on BT's BT Tradespace pages with a place for people to leave feedback and follow links to the website. Over the next few months i will monitor how well it does. Currently things are quiet on the page but we will shall wait and see if anyone reads the page and leaves a comment.

The forum is still running smoothly with all our subscribers vewing the pages and some registering and leaving very productive comments. Cheers Everyone! =D

UPDATE: Mi-sales is still in developement, we predict it has been put back another couple of weeks. Once it has ben developed you guinea pigs can give us a much needed helping hand in testing ads coming your way. Thank you to all of you who have offered to be a guinea pig!

A Suggestion Digested.

2008-05-22T06:45:00.000-07:00

With the addition of the Mi-info forum, subscribers are encouraged to share their thoughts and opinions about the websites and indeed other similar websites that they enjoy. Mi-info ran a prize give away of a Pen Drive for who ever could come up with the best suggestion to add to Mi-info. The website recently underwent a facelift to improve userbility and design. This mostly involved the tabs at the top of the page and new features. We want to keep adding these so we gave away a Pen Drive to Caroline Thom in Cheshire. As the site progresses we hope to incorporate many more of your ideas and give away more prizes for your ideas.

The Mi-info Blog Joins Technorati!

2008-05-21T01:38:00.000-07:00

To help spread the word this blog has joined popular blog listing Technorati. With the addition of our blog to their website we hope to see more people visit this blog in future and make comments and suggestions on how we can improve this page and Mi-info. Lets see if it works...

Technorati Profile

Partner Up and Profit from Mi-info.

2008-05-14T07:47:00.000-07:00

A new scheme has been developed into the Mi-info website which allows just about anyone to partner up with Mi-info through the Partner Programme. The process is very easy jsut click on the tab at the top of the page which will take you to the Partner home page. Register your details and wait to hear wether you have been accepted onto the programme or not. Fingers crossed you get the go ahead! When we respond with acceptance, log onto your account and begin a new campaign with us. You can do this by downloading or copying the code from a selection of our creatives and pop this up on your website or in your email. Now wait for the people to click on your ad and watch the your intros come streaming in. In your partner account you can see this develop in the Partner Stats area. Sounds exciting! We've had some people already sign up to be a partner with us. So the question is what are you waiting for? This could be a great way of making revenue on the side.

Dont forget: You will be rewarded with a sign on fee and a revenue share for the ads viewed by those people. It does'nt get much better than that!

Mi-sales due to launch soon!

2008-05-08T08:52:00.000-07:00

By the end of this month we should hopefully see the sister site Mi-sales up and running and serving ads out to all our subscribers. Exciting stuff as everyone can finally start earning points from the adverts served to them. Points in turn mean shopping vouchers which everyone wants to be rewarded with. In addition theres the new competition going on every month and the Smart Car Prize Draw. Everything is coming together for the website Mi-info. If you havn't already join up today and enter our competition.

News: We have a new techie guy who goes by the name of Les who will complete the project with Mi-info and make the site even slicker than ever before. Look out for various changes to the website and new additions. Don't forget if you have any reccomendations or questions you can now tell us on the Mi-info forum! If we like your idea we might even encorporate it into the website, you never know...

Phorm plays Unfair- Don't Accept It!

2008-04-28T03:32:00.000-07:00

For those of you who are interested in current affairs i'm sure your well aware of the dispute over Phorm illegally capturing your information and selling it to ISP's for marketing information and targeting customers by their interests and lifestyle. This has caused alot of distress and anger at people robbing your personal information without your knowledge or agreement. It just seems wrong from the word 'Go'. If you are against Phorm and want to praise those who ask for your acceptance to let us use your information for the greater good not bad support Mi-info. Mi-info promises not to rob you of your identity and personal information. Read more in this article of how Mi-info differs to Phorm...

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/04-04-2008/0004786614

Mi-info offers you the iPod Touch.

2008-04-25T08:14:00.000-07:00

The new prize for our website Mi-info is due to be the iPod Touch, which in looks and most features is identical to the iPhone accept for the function of using it to text and call. This is a great gadget for those who love their music especially as this comes with the capacity to store up to 1,720 songs and 10,000 photos all in your pocket. The iPod Touch allows you to browse the internet, store photos, organise yourself and listen to all your favourite songs whilst watching movies on a 3.5 inch screen. Sounds good? Register on http://www.mi-info.eu/ to be one of the first to win our new prize.

Smarter Future in a Smart Car.

2008-04-24T03:53:00.000-07:00

Mi-info is building its membership list now. You can sign up and complete your profile to earn your points deposit and go into the weekly Nintendo Wii draw (don’t forget the free draw to win a Smart car when the Mi-sales side of the site goes live). You can also add to that deposit straight away by encouraging friends and family to sign up – each time one of your circle completes their profile, they win their deposit points and in return for referring that friend you gain bonus points. Mi-info is an all-round winner. Mi-info gives its subscribers long term profit for very little effort – a great way to click onto profit.

Safe as Houses???

2008-03-19T09:15:00.000-07:00

Hand in hand with its profit promise, Mi-info guarantees total confidentiality. The Mi-Info data security procedure is based on the requirements for BS7799/ ISO 27001 which sets the standards for the highest level of data security in the world. It is the standard that is used by organisations like MI5 and GCHQ – that’s how seriously Mi-info is taking the security of your personal details. No advertiser will ever be given a way to contact you direct by email, mail or telephone. The only way they can communicate with you is via the advertisements they place, via Mi-info on your personal page. Their lists aren’t for sale so by being a member of the website you won’t result in unwanted spam or direct mail material.

The Advertising Sharks- a way to feast on their profit!

2008-03-10T09:21:00.000-07:00

Advertisers are trying all the time to get their message to the right audience and they pay a lot of money to do that. Mi-info gives you the chance to share in that money. From the detailed confidential profile, you will only receive advertisements relevant to your circumstances, lifestyle and interests. Each advertisement will be worth a number of points and you earn points simply by confirming that you have viewed the ads. It’s not a discount scheme, it’s not linked to a purchase, and you don’t have to slog through another website to win.

All you do is click, look and collect.

Soothing your conscience with Mi-info

2008-03-07T04:19:00.000-08:00

As the site grows and more advertisers come on board, your chance to increase your points’ collection will grow. How and when you choose to convert those points to vouchers is up to you. If you are seriously not into personal retail therapy, you could still use Mi-info to profit your favourite charity. Many people would love to give a little each month to a charity close to their heart but it’s not always easy especially if you’re on a low income and have children to feed. So, Mi-info is unique in that it can offer you money you wouldn’t otherwise have; and allows you to donate this extra cash to charity, if you wish to. Mi-info will convert your rewards points to a cash value equivalent to the voucher value and donate the full amount to the charity you choose.

Click. Look. Collect. Simple.

2008-03-06T02:01:00.000-08:00

Once Mi-sales is up and running, you will have a Mi-ads page to log on to which will contain the advertisements that your profile has qualified you to view. Then all you have to do is confirm that you have looked at each ad and that’s when you receive your points. There is no purchasing involved, you don’t even have to click through to the advertisers own website if you don’t want to. It’s just a case of click, look and collect.

The Making of a Marketing Profile

2008-03-05T08:51:00.000-08:00

Anyone in the UK who uses the internet can join up to Mi-info just by completing a detailed questionnaire which profiles lifestyle and interests. The initial questionnaire takes a bit of time to complete – basically Mi-info asks you to give as much information as possible about how you live, what your interests are, things you like to buy – and would like to buy – and generally how you spend your time. Mi-info asks for a complete personal profile and in turn guarantees complete anonymity. You get rewards points just for signing up and completing the profile, and as you go on to collect more points, you will be able to exchange them for high street shopping vouchers, to spend when and where you like.

By completing the profile, your details become part of a database. The other side of the operation is Mi-sales, which will bring in the advertisements for you to view to earn points. The point of the detailed profile is that advertisers can be really selective about their audience criteria and just choose those profiles that fit with their ideal purchaser profile. They will pick you out by profile – but they will never know who or where you are.

A New Way- Long Term Income with Mi-info?

2008-02-28T08:00:00.000-08:00

With Mi-info it is quite possible to generate a long-term income provided the user makes use of the site on a regular basis. With this in mind, Mi-info is ever more appealing to the average person looking to making a little extra cash each month. In addition all their details are kept in total confidentiality so you can sign up in full confidence that you are not opening the floodgates to endless spam and phone calls from third party companies. Nobody appreciates spam and so Mi-info has made this their key priority to eliminate any possibility of spam when signing up to their initiative.

Mi-sales- Where businesses can reach YOU.

2008-02-27T02:16:00.000-08:00

Our sister website Mi-sales is currently in the making and looks close to launch for local and national business wanting an advertising medium like never before to target their customers. In the video below you can see a demo of how Mi-sales works. We're positive you will impressed as this form of advertising offers great value for money and the option to show your ad to thousands of our subscribers.

Watch and learn how Mi-sales could work for your business...

Click Here

Vouchers for Viewing Ads.

2008-02-26T03:55:00.000-08:00

Our developers are currently building the membership list and while that’s happening you have the chance to be one of its weekly winners of a Nintendo Wii games console and to go into a free draw that will be made when the site is officially launched. As a Mi-info member you will receive starter points just for joining up and when the site goes live, you can regularly add to your points balance. That balance can be converted into spendable high street shopping vouchers.

We’ve looked at a lot of internet sites promising profits, but Mi-info is one of the simplest ones yet to profit when you log onto the web. All you have to do is log on and look at a page of ads.

What could be simpler?

Prizes and Profits Could Be Just a Click Away!

2008-02-26T03:50:00.000-08:00

Congratulations to previous winners of Nintendo Wii's with the Mi-info site. We are pleased to announce a new prize draw for a Wii is coming very soon. In the meantime i would like to congratulate Najma Hussain on collecting 1000 points with Mi-info, which will reward her with a Boots voucher very soon. She is our first subscriber to do so. Well done Najma!

A Gem in the Rubbish Tip?

2008-02-25T05:59:00.000-08:00

The idea that you can make money from your internet usage is starting to grow rapidly. There are a number of sites which promise you cash back on purchases or rewards for filling in surveys but they usually involve either spending money or a lot of time – sometimes for not a huge return. Mi-info promises to be different with its simplistic idea of viewing ads for points, which can be redeemed as shopping vouchers or donated to charity. Is this the sign of good things to come from the newly launched website?

We shall wait with anticipation…