Partnerships are essential to the success of Connectdirector.com, and critical for delivering value to our site for visitors and advertisers.
Due to this, key in our go-to-market strategy is actively building and formalising long-term strategic business partnerships.
Started in 2003, Connectdirector.com consists now of a back-offices based in the Netherlands and Thailand and a highly motivated group of individual partners.
We are dedicated that connectdirector.com will achieve the internet status of an authority in guiding and reducing barriers by direct linking business and social needs and interests.
In partnerships we look for a perfect fit as we do business on the principles of joint result, integrity, compliance and excellence.
Connectdirector.com perceive the following 3 partnership programs
I. country representative / general manager, Connectdirector Licensee Network
A great business opportunity for professionals to become our (exclusive) country representative for content management, web-advertising services and other businesses. Lucrative for entrepreneurs that want to have a add on and strength their own separate, independent business of consultancy & management support and merchant activities between local markets and foreign buyers and sellers.
II. local agents, Connectdirector Agents Network
A selected community of self-employed persons with specific services that will benefit our net advertising and direct contacts to potential customers
III. editors, moderators, linklist-connectdirector.com, forums-connectdirector.com
Our human-edited directories on www.linkslist-connectdirector.com and discussion board on www.forums-connectdirector.com are constructed and maintained by a global community of volunteer editors and moderators
Country Representative / General Manager (exclusive licensee)
Profile
self employed, with an proven record as entrepreneur
preferably in the business of consultancy & management support and merchant activities between local markets and foreign buyers/sellers (as we suggest to use connetdirector.com to promote also own private business)
an commercial business attitude (not a web technical wizards)
willing to invest time and some money
Task
advertisement sales
content writing and update
website promotion
list / subscriber management
periodical newsletter
web maintenance & support
translations and national customising
select for to form, coordinate local Agent Network
Benefits
licensee of an sophisticated portal concept, a powerful marketing tool
attractive commission on national advertisement and subscriptions earnings
traffic to and promotion of personal web shop, services and/or business websites
national recognized expert
Personal Investment
time consuming
set-up licensee fee
yearly licensee fee
Remarks
the licensee has to live and have an office in the area/country that is allocated to the licensee
in common we will appoint for each country only 1 general manager / licensee, except if the area/country has an exceptional size and potential (starts around 75 million inhabitants) then it will be not desirable and we will split it between more licensee partners
notice that the set up is really hard work to collect, write and rewrite (high quality, content rich specialized) articles, photos, maps (that we will have to redesign) all kind of business listings (for directory listings and promotion)
the set up licensee fee is to cover (partly) our cost of the (set-up) web design
we suggest a minimum of 12 months to operate the site for free and charge no advertising costs for directory listings, advert classified subscription and advert special promotion index
on adverts we practice differentiated price-settings depending on size of business, country and site / category to make the advertisement service within reach of all businesses
our Licensee Agreement will have a target on advertisement revenue (depending on internet use and area/country business attractiveness and population), if a licensee is unable to fulfil the target advertisement revenue connectdirector.com is entitled to cancel the partnership
the yearly licensee fee is in proportion to the budget and target advertisement revenues and is an commitment-policy that will be 50% refunded if advertisement revenues are in line with the target
licensee has to pay directly (as a reduction on their own commission) their local agents for advertisement referrals
a licensee is not allowed to join or to set up a affiliate program (included Google Adsense) Connectdirector.com and therefore will have no revenue of any these affiliate programs.
Connectdirector.com will own the copyright of all content and materials published on our site
partnership and all activities of us and partners are subject to our legal forms as issued on our sites and the Licensee Network Agreement
How to Apply
send the online apply form and we (B2B Media Services, registered at the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce, registration 33291973) will contact and send additional information. Click here for apply online
visa assistants (for tourist, visa runs, for short / long time aboard, foreign embassies) real estate assistance (for short, long term rent, for buy and sale) relation ships assistance (dating, marriage), medical matters (hospitals, cosmetic surgery, dentist, laser correction)
translation and interpretation services
general interpretation general translations (letters, books, websites, brochures) formal documents translations (official legal documents) legalisation of (formal and state) documents
commercial business mediation
secretary service secretary service including post, internet services marketing search and sales support trade selection and support
Benefit
priority exposure on connectdirector.com
earnings by personal contracts (business & personal services)
referral commission on advertisers
Investment
advert costs for an associate agent
keep in touch with general country manager
Remarks
we have to be selective, although we want to offer our site visitors a broad service, the number of agents per area/province and type of service is limited
our sites have a review option integrated that could be a positive or negative promotion of an agent services.
selection procedure is will be done by our general country manager
contract will be our Advertisement Terms & Conditions with a side letter of referral commission on advertisers
How to Apply
sign up as an agent (www.agents-connectdirector.com) for your country and mark the that you would want to be an active member of the Connectdirector Agents Network and our general manager will contact you.
Connectdirector.com has the right to decline, cancel, conclude and/or adjourn an partnership at any time or subject to the provisions set out our legal conditions
Connectdirector.com will not accept any abuse of electronic messaging systems to send unsolicited, bulk messages (known as spam) and/or damage causing or conflicting interests and activities of their business partners.
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