Ijango Letter From Steve Smith Ijango Steve Smith Part1
To our Ijango Family of iJango Registered Customers and
Community Ijango Directors,
I would like to start with a quote which serves as a mantra at the
Ijango Home Office:
"Man often becomes what he believes himself
to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing. It is possible that I may end by really
becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the
capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning."
-Mahatma Gandhi
As we complete our first month of ijango operations, we have established the
foundation of the iJango opportunity. In a very brief period, we have registered over 12,000 ijango customers
in the iJango community. And I assure you all: We can do it because we are destined to success simply because
we are unwilling to fail.
Our meteoric rise has also revealed issues with the current technology and ijango
business terms which are extremely solvable, though time does play a part in the ijango formula that will bring
resolve to all of these ijango concerns. You may have already noticed improvements to the ijango portal that
include a new improved ijango search functionality, alterations to the header, performance improvements as a result of
dramatic database modifications, and much more. We will continue to aggressively address all open items
as we move iJango forward, and I will share with you more details on our plans below.
Ijango Customer Referral and Promotion Updates
Being a part of iJango in these early days is not easy, and it is not a role that
everyone is equipped to play. Those that endure should be rewarded, and to facilitate the promotional path of
our ijango Directors, and as previously communicated in the Message Center of the ijango Back Office, the
Ijango Leadership Fast Track Promotion (formerly the July
Pre-Launch Promotion) has been extended until October 23, 2009 11:59pm CST. (It is important to
note that if you are promoting to Ijango National Community Director (NCD) or Ijango International
Community Director (ICD), you must submit an issue ticket through your Ijango Back Office in order to
notify the ijango corporate team that you have met the promotional requirements.)
Upcoming Online Ijango Adjustments
As you are aware, the ijango portal was not delivered to you or the company as it
was promised, and taking it from its incomplete condition to where it needs to be is an effort we immediately
initiated and one that has already gained traction as I mentioned earlier.
First and foremost it was imperative that we assess the condition of the portal
that we received it in, build the development team to repair and carry it forward, allow that team to
assimilate the infrastructure itself, and create a development strategy to carry us forward.
The above has been completed for the most part, and at this time, I would like to
share with you part of the ijango strategy that we have developed for the ijango portal, and the corresponding
changes that you will see in the coming month.
This month you will see the iJango Portal's tabs reduced to include sections
which are fully functional. This is a direct reflection of our strategy to remove all of the flawed portions of
the interface. The areas of the ijango portal that we will be focusing on will be:
· Search
· Email
· News
· Shopping
This will allow ijango members to provide a service that is without
technical issues, and increase the usefulness of the ijango tools and ijango utilities thus allowing you to
provide a ijango service that you can be proud to share with your online ijango community. As ijango
members move forward with additional value added ijango features, you as a ijango member can be sure that
they will be fully functional before being released.
In addition to this streamlining of the ijango portal, this month you will also
see a new ijango web presence that allows people to learn about who we are and what our ijango service is all
about. This revamped ijango site will combine the information currently located in our ijango ".biz" site,
but add the ability for your prospective ijango customers to create their own ijango portal without having to
visit someone else's.
These ijango modifications and improvements will be implemented within the coming
weeks and I am confident that you will be pleased with the impact they will have on our offering.
AETNA Health Insurance
Please remember to communicate to your ijango community
that open enrollment in the iJango/Aetna
Insurance Plan ends September 30th. After September 30th, the Plan will only be available to new ijango
Representatives within 30 calendar days of his or her enrollment. Please check the Back Office ijango
Insurance page under the ijango Resources tab for details.
Ijango Communications
Over the past week, I hope that you have seen the follow through on my commitment
to increase our communications to the field. Our ijango Back Office announcements page continues to be updated
daily, and if you are serious about staying in the loop with iJango, you need to be logging in daily to this
important source of ijango information. In addition to that, the field can expect corporate calls and written
communications such as this on a weekly basis. In addition to these communications efforts, we are also
initiating a ijango comprehensive recognition program for outstanding contributions to the iJango
community.
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