Quite a few months ago we piloted the Agloco “paid to surf” affiliate program. We let it run on the site for a few weeks. I was against it for the most part as I think programs such as this are hyped up so much that they end up exploding as a result of disappointment from the members who are so quick to sign up and start building a down-line. Below I offer some suggestions on how to turn the Agloco frown, upside down!

Internet Marketing Golden Child

There was a point where I couldn’t read a blog without seeing Agloco on it. Bloggers in our niche like John Chow had over 2,600 references to the program on his site alone.

We ended up accruing a few sign ups in the quick time we plugged this program. Since it was free to join, we didn’t have the lengthy debate that normally accompanies accepting advertising .
This is a screen shot of our account today. Being in the top 97% of participants isn’t that bad, but have a look down the Total Accumulated Hours and you’re looking at some nice round zeros.

If you have some spare years, you could read this thread in our forums. It has over 27,000 views and 393 replies from WhyDoWork members who thought Agloco was their ticket.

WTF? Where’s My Money

This is a common theme in the 393 posts above.

What do I think went wrong? Classic case of over promising (in their blog) and under delivering (with their product). Agloco is positioned as a community – how can I contact my down line and interact with other members? Being entrepreneurial, this leads to my next idea:

What Agloco Should Do Now

What would you say if I gave you the following scenario:

1. You are the proud owner of a new fictional site WhyNotDoWork.com
2. This site has grown rapidly to over 1,000,000 active members
3. It is branded as a community
4. All of the members of your site are interested in making money online
5. They are eager to hear from you how they can make money

First of all, you should consider yourself lucky. One million extremely targetted members is incredibly valuable. What would you do with your site now? Would you get each of these members to install a toolbar on their computer that paid them for keeping it open?

I wouldn’t

I’d develop the site into an actual community for those interested in making money online, pay out advertising distributions to members, and everyone would be happy. Now you may think that I’ve oversimplified the situation, but to me an ad bar is not the best way to make money when your dealing with millions of active members in a specific niche. I can tell you that if WhyDoWork Inc. were in a position to buy out Agloco we would.

What You Should Do Now

If you’re one of the ones still hoping that some day Agloco will compensate you for your hard recruiting or surfing work; don’t bother remaining active. Reinvest yourself into something you know will make you money.

In the mean time, wait out management and/or service changes at Agloco. It’s doubtful that with so many targeted members involved that the company will just die out.

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