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Some things to know about the My Blastoff Status bar:

After logging into your Blastoff Network account, you will notice a bar to the right of your picture (or lackthereof).  The bar is titled My Blastoff Status.

This bar is only an indicator of goals set by Blastoff Network that you’ve completed.  When you first join Blastoff, the bar starts at 10%.  As you complete given goals, it will gradually move up to 100%.  Nothing confusing there.

The My Blastoff Status Goals

• Login to Blastoff(10%)
• Add your profile picture (10%)
• Customize your Blastoff Network site (20%)
• Set Blastoff Network as your browser’s homepage using the ‘Set as Homepage’ button (20%)
• Invite friends to join (20%)
• Make a purchase using your Blastoff Network account (20%)

As you can see, each goal completed will give you a % of towards a full status bar.  It’s in your own benefit to get a 100%, and I’ll explain why.

How a full My Blastoff Status bar helps us:

Although a complete status doesn’t directly affect the way Blastoff Network treats us in any way, it does affect how you will perform in your campaign.  I like the way Blastoff brings these important points to our attention in a goal-oriented way.

Adding your profile picture gives your site a more personal feeling to help you become more comforatable using it.  While currently your Blastoff visitors aren’t able to see your picture, I suspect this is going to change in the near future.

Customizing your site helps you make the layout look how you wish it to look.  This is also seen by any visitors to your unique link, so you may choose topics of general interest s well.  I actually minimized/hid them all to reduce page load time.  See my Blastoff Network page.

Setting your homepage to your Blastoff page encourages you to keep Blastoff network in the back of your mind on a daily basis, thereby encouraging you to use it more often and expand your own network.  Very wise thing to do.

Inviting friends to join is an obvious advantage, but I suspect the email invites aren’t working very well, so while you should use this to invite, I also encourage a followup email with your own unique Blastoff link just in case.

Making a purchase with your Blastoff account will help you realize what you’re offering when you recommend Blastoff as a helpful and free service.  You want to know how you’re helping others and they’ll be more likely to appreciate your advice.

By all means, browse the mall, and if you find something you would like to buy anyway, use your Blastoff account, save some money, and learn exactly what a Blastoff Mall shopper experiences when he or she wants to buy something.

Lastly, although it’s not in the status bar goals above, you want to encourage your own network to complete the same steps.  They may not understand what’s going on in their Blastoff network until they do.

Take these steps, and you’ll not only have a full 100% My Blastoff status bar, you’ll have an easy and insightful education as well as daily encouragement to expand your Blastoff Network for some extra money.