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No doubt by now you are aware that a new service for TE users has just launched this morning (Tuesday, June 1st, 2010).

This new service is a membership site called TE Command Post, from the innovative mind of Paul Kinder and company.

What follows is my personal review of the new site along with how we can use it to help grow your TEP referrals and OBA business.

First a review of the membership site…

Obviously this site is geared toward TE users by providing them with a service to assist in their TE advertising. TE Command Post gives you a central location to view your TE advertisements (credits) without logging directly into each TE individually.

Within your command post you get:

* Up to the minute account information for every listed exchange almost instantly.

* How many credits you have waiting to be assigned

* How many credits you have already assigned

* Which URLs are running low on credits

Design and layout of the membership site is simply first class. It is totally custom-built on a new script developed by KRM (Kinder-Rash-Marketing) and is extremely easy to navigate.

When you first log in, the Members Home page provides you with clear steps to set up your command post quickly.

Step 1: Grab a copy of the user guide

The user guide is presented in PDF format for easy off-line reading. With a menu-driven table of contents, you can jump to any section of the guide for information you need.

Step 2: Set up your exchanges

I was fully impressed with how easy it is to add a TE to your command center. You simply go to ‘Traffic Exchanges’ on the main menu, scroll through the built-in list of TEs you can add, enter your username or ID number for an exchange to add, click the ADD button.

If you are adding a TE that you are not already a member of, you can join from a banner link on the right. (This serves as a referral builder for you automatically.)

When you click the ADD button, you’ll be asked to enter your username and password for the TE being added. This allows TECP to access the credit balance information in your individual TEs without having to log into them individually.

In less than two minutes I was able to add Blue-Surf and Traffic-Splash to my control center. You only have to add each once and you’re set. With experience, you’ll probably able to add a TE in about 10 seconds flat.

Step 3: This step takes you to the second referral builder in TECP. You can also reach this referral builder by going to ‘Other Resources’ on the main menu.

At this time, three other resources are included: Affiliate Funnel, TE Toolbox and ViralMailProfits. (More on this below)

Step 4: This step is where you take control of your TE Credits. It’s the main feature you’ll likely be using in the command center.

You can skip to this section by going to ‘TE Credits’ on the main menu, but you will not be able to view your credits until completing Step 2, above, for each TE you wish to manage.

Here’s a look at my control center with the first two TEs added:

Clicking the green plus sign next to an individual exchange expands the view to display each URL you have entered in that TE. You’ll be able to see exactly how many credits are currently allocated to each a URL.

You are not able to manage your credits directly from within TECP (which would be a nice feature, but could pose a security risk); however, a convenient link to each TE is also displayed for quick access.

In addition to managing your TE Credits assigned to your URLs, you can see how many banner and text link impressions you have in your TEs by going to the appropriate item on the main menu. (Upgraded members are able to access details on banner and text impressions rather than just your overall total.)

That’s a basic overview of the primary features in TE Command Post. The clear benefit to you is the amount of time this will save you from logging into each TE individually to check the status of your advertisements.

In my personal (and professional) opinion, this is a must-have tool for any TE marketer with any experience level.

Experienced marketers with dozens of TEs to manage will save the most time. However, the system is so easy to set up that any newbie can use it quickly and easily.

The immediate benefits of TE Command Post are clear.

What are the hidden benefits?

How can TECP build YOUR business?

It short, TECP can benefit your business on the ‘back end’ in two ways:

First, by assisting you to gain referrals in the built-in ‘downline’ builders.

The main downline builder is for the traffic exchanges you have set up in your TECP back office. However, in my honest opinion, most people will simply use TECP to manage their existing TE memberships. As with any TE downline builder, having too many TEs to join is a disincentive rather than an incentive to join them all.

Side Note: This is the primary reason we use Traffic Hoopla as the starting point for building TE referrals. With a smaller list of TEs and a solid reason to join them, referrals to Traffic Hoopla naturally join your TE downlines.

The other downline builder in TECP is for ‘Other Resources’ mentioned above. I do believe it would be good to join each of those resources mentioned as these are more likely to gain referrals automatically.

The second way TECP can build your business on the ‘back end’ is with added income and commissions. This is an advanced strategy that is used within our TEP marketing system to liquidate expenses. Our advertising and marketing tools become revenue generators rather that costly liabilities.

If you are just starting out in your marketing, I suggest you do NOT join new product launches and upgrade solely on the hope of gaining referrals and earning commissions with the new service. Doing so misses the primary benefit of the service and will detract from what you need to focus on… building your traffic and lead generation.

On the other hand, if you are experienced and have started building your own list of leads by all means promote new product launches to your list. It certainly won’t hurt and the added ‘back end’ business is a bonus for building your list on the front end.

Looking ahead…

TE Command Post will be added as a recommended resource in TE Profits. This will allow you to continue focus on your traffic and lead generation, while gaining referrals in TECP on autopilot.

The TECP sister site, ViralMailProfits, which provides a similar service for email advertising in List Building tools will also be added to TE Profits.

All of my efforts are currently spent on making TE Profits your primary resource, while building your referrals in other top programs automatically. This proven strategy maximizes your advertising power by adding your referrals in these high quality programs without diluting your advertising efforts.

To wrap this up…

We have a real opportunity for reciprocity with TE Command Post.

Remember the ‘Other Resources’ section of TECP mentioned above?

During the launch for TECP, a referral contest is being held. These contests are highly competitive, especially for anything Paul Kinder has created.

The top 20 referrers in the contest will receive an extra program placement in the ‘Other Resources’ section of TECP.

This morning I sent an email to my personal subscriber list. That always gets new referrals and often puts me on the affiliate leader board.

In this launch, that alone will not be enough. For TEP to be one of those added to the TECP downline builder, I will need your help.

If you have not already joined TECP and would like to help TEP be one of the top 20 promoters, join now via my affiliate link  by clicking the banner below.

You need to join anyway. It may as well be in a way that brings benefits back to you.

Enjoy your new Command Post!

YFAP,
Scott

PS. After a nice 3 day weekend (I was actually working on TEP all weekend), I really did not want to spend half a day promoting a new product launch. Please realize I took time out to do this with your best interest in mind.

It’s not about me, TEP, or even the OBA. It’s about YOU. If you get nothing else from this post, get TE Command Post and save yourself a lot of time managing your TE credits starting today.