As we reflect on the past year we can see both good and bad and now look towards another year. It is worth looking at the past year’s achievements because they can easily be forgotten. Of course not everything went to plan, in fact there was a couple of setbacks that were unforeseen and in some ways we still feel the effects of them. We do not want to sugar-coat and ignore the setbacks. We can learn from them. The real test is to get back up and keep moving forward which is what we will always do. So here is a summary of 2015 and then what you can expect moving forward this year.
January 2015
- The last co-founder positions awarded
- The pre-matrix sources stopped
February 2015
- The matrix officially released
- Re-coding of the website deep underway
- Precious Metals Launch discussed (this is currently shelved)
- $9 Ad Network projected for a March release
March 2015
April 2015
- Task Network set for a June release
- Website upgrades made
- Alt Convention announced
- Business Builders Club Launched
May 2015
- Announced Task system may be delayed
July 2015
- Task system launched at the start of the month
- Business Builders Club matrix commissions added
- Conversion of credits in BBC implemented
- Orphan members being distributed to BBC members
August 2015
- BBC Co-op launched
- Agency Launched
- Commission earned and missed emails implemented
September 2015
- Top Earners page added
- Alt Convention major sponsor did not come up with funding and withdrew
October 2015
- Announced that Alt Convention made an overall loss
- Major code rewrite on the ad network to improve the server usage. Prior to rework server was operating at 99% CPU and 98% memory usage. After the rework it averaged 7% CPU and 15% memory usage. This had been causing problems over the previous month with the website occasionally going offline.
- Announced that the dashboards were all going to be brought under the one site instead of subdomains
- Announced simplified compensation plan
- Announced Paid and bonus credits system
- Announced new dashboards Money Maker, Traffic Monster, Advertiser, Publisher and Business Builder
November 2015
- New totally upgraded website released
- Task system simplified
- Business Builder renamed Team Builder
- Minimum withdrawal limit lowered to $75
- GBBG setup Google Hangouts and YouTube channel for streaming
December 2015
- Publisher earnings changed to daily instead of monthly
- Revenue Pool earnings changed to daily instead of monthly
- Energy earned explained
- Earnings on the site now able to be exchanged for credits
- New surprise earning source announced for 1st of January
- Social channels all streamlined including new YouTube channel
- New newsletter design implemented
January 2016
- Shop @ bitbillions launched
- API added so that new member registrations go straight onto the newsletter
Major Achievements
In the last 12 months bitbillions has:
- Launched five earning sources
- $9 Ad Network
- Business Builders Club (now Team Builder)
- Task Network
- Agency
- Shop @ bitbillions
- Members have been paid $10,656
- The website has been upgraded to a much more professional look and feel
- Coding has reduced server loads by over 80%
- New members are getting newsletters straight away meaning they will be informed and more likely to become active
Moving forward into 2016
You can see we have achieved a lot in 2015. Not everything has gone to plan, notably Alt Convention, however we have a solid foundation to move forward this year. There are still some major things that will happen in 2016 but the focus will be on developing and marketing our existing products.
Shop
The shop has only just been released and allows members to promote products to anyone. Free members can earn from sales and even get a commission if they buy something themselves from it, effectively giving them a discount. Members that join the shop co-op for 5 credits per year will earn double commissions as well as qualify for 7 level roll-up commissions. They will also get extra traffic to their links. This is a great product and we are going to have some major marketing for it at some point when it is a bit more complete.
Members that are logged in will be able to see marketing materials for each product. Visitors to the site will not see those materials. You can use them to promote the individual products, sending them to the shop page or even to the product’s own sales page. There are also widgets that you can put on your website for the products.
Currently the shop only has around 25 products implemented. Imagine what it will be like when it has 250 products, or 400 products. That will happen this year along with a marketing effort that will benefit the co-op members and allow anyone to promote.
Already many members have had earnings from the shop co-op commissions and there have been a few product sales as well. The commissions from product sales will take 2-3 weeks to show in your earnings because GBBG has to receive the money from the source of the sale first. Make no mistake, commissions from products can be very good and we think there will be some members that really take advantage of this.
Many of the affiliate networks we are dealing with only pay to a handful of countries. We have opened this up to 190 countries. That means there are many members that for the first time ever will have access to using these affiliate networks to earn. You can imagine how that can open us up to a lot of serious marketers around the world.
$9 Ad Network
The dashboards for the $9 Ad Network are still on sub-domains however this will change as they will be brought into the main bitbillions dashboard system. Personally I think the Ad network has been neglected by members despite some publishers having great earnings.
The reality is we need many more good publishers and that will mean better results for advertisers, which in turn will mean more advertisers will join. It creates a good scenario as that then means more money for publishers which in turn attracts better publishers and so on. We need to have that critical mass and things can really grow well.
It is possible that more features will be added to the network during the year although nothing can be confirmed at this stage.
SEO and Website Program
This is something that has been discussed on webinars and in the Skype room. There is a plan to have custom websites and SEO available to sell from bitbillions. Now with the shop setup that will most probably be where it is sold from and will become a product in there. There is a possibility though that it may be setup separately to aid in promotion and visibility online. It is planned for 2016 but no date has been set. It is hoped to be in the first half of 2016.
tagvillage
This has also been discussed on webinars. It is planned to revamp and relaunch tagvillage with new concepts that will make it better than it ever was before. There is no set date for this to happen although it is hoped to be in the first half of 2016. This will depend on other programming commitments as well as financial resources.
Agency and Team Builder
For these programs we will be looking at trying to increase the traffic to member links. That may happen naturally with more people promoting the shop meaning there will also be more generic traffic finding bitbillions which ends up with a Team Builder link. We will be looking at what we can do to improve the return members are getting.
Promotional Materials
For all programs we are working on getting promotional/marketing materials made. This sounds easy enough but it is an ongoing process. We have had materials in the past that do not apply to the sources as they are right now. While that is unfortunate it just means we need new ones. This is something that is already being worked on and we hope to have some great promotional materials available over the next couple of months.
Make the most of it
2016 has already started strong and we have lots in store. In 2015 we paid out $10,656 and had 2,535 members make a total of $26,388 in earnings for the year. Already, in January 2016 there has been $3,347 in commissions generated.
We expect growth to increase during the year as our products become better and promoted more. That is where you the come in as a member. We have the products, you are the main source of the promotion. We need to get the word out so that members are joining and using the products. The more people using them the more revenue that will come in for you. We expect that there will be some members earning hundreds of dollars a month easily. Some members already have been earning that with our limited products. What we want to see is members earning over $1,000 a month! It is possible, now more than ever. 2016 will be our year.
I look forward to hearing about your success!
David Newman
GBBG|bitbillions CMO
GBBG|bitbillions CMO
