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CHEERS everyone!

I’m writing to you from London, England where I am
attending Frank Garon’s Internet Success Bootcamp. This is
especially fun for me because it is the first time I’ve
traveled overseas and the first stamp on my brand new
passport!

It is rather rainy here (big surprise!) I don’t mind though
because it just seems fitting to walk the streets in the
famous London rain. However, I was wishing I had brought my
“brolley” (umbrella) and worn my “wellies” (boots).

I’m learning a lot here at the seminar and taking notes to
share with you all. I VERY much enjoyed meeting some of our
wonderful UK members who were kind enough to introduce
themselves to me. I got to meet our moderator, Dr. Mark (he
looks just like his forum avatar!) We went to lunch with
him and a couple of our other members at Lloyds pub near the
Hammersmith tube (subway) station. I had “Bangers and
Mash” with garden peas.

Check out the picture in the “photos” section of the blog!

http://my-affiliate-store.com/blog/?cat=7

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NEW GETTING STARTED PROGRAM
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You wanted it and you got it–a new “quick start” program
for My Affiliate Store! Here is what you asked for:

-An easy way for the absolute beginner to get started
quickly

-A PDF manual that you can print out and read

-A more step-by-step format from choosing a niche to building a
store

-The ability to burn the training videos to CD
yourself (or purchase them ready-made from us.)

-File formats that will work on both the Mac and the PC

Well I’m happy to announce that they are now in the members
area where you can download them for free. I will be sure to
let you know whenever they are updated for new features or I
add some more advanced techniques.

http://www.my-affiliate-store.com/members/home.php?page=getting-started

If you don’t want to spend the time to download them on a
slow connection or would just prefer them already burned
onto CDs you can have them shipped to your door for $17
(covers our production cost and includes shipping). This
includes 3 CDs containing the training videos, the 40 page
printable PDF manual, and the recordings of the most recent
3-hour Q & A webinar.

AND, as a special treat, they all have a photo of Len and
Bruce on them.

This is merely the first batch of training materials and
I’d love it if you would please let me know your opinion
about them. What would you like to see in future updates?

P.S. We’ve also created a new customized package of these
physical CDs which includes the 3 CDs and also a copy of Len
& Bruce’s AutoWebLaw CD which still sells every day for
$197. This is a very popular piece of legal software that
you can use for any of your web sites or newsletters.

http://www.autoweblaw.com

And as a special consideration for our current members this
entire package of all four CDs can be purchased for only $67
(shipping included) which is $147.00 discount. I’ve put the
purchase links in the forum for both of these packages.

http://www.my-affiliate-store.com/forum/showthread.php?p=5215

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COLORADO MAS RETREATS UPDATE
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I was delighted to meet a couple of people here in London
who will be joining us in Colorado for the Mastermind
Retreat weekends at Len’s mountain home. This is going to
be a very fun and educational event indeed!

Here is an update on the dates:

November 23-24, 2007 is no longer available. December 1-2,
2007 has now been added.

I’ve had several people tell me what an amazing deal this
is…

-You get FIVE additional MAS sites as a bonus for attending.
The normal price for the additional sites is $25 per month.
That is a $1,500.00 per year value right there.

-You get most of your travel expenses covered including your
food, your lodging, your transportation to and from the
airport and even your airfare up to $500.

-Bruce just announced that he will be including a home study
course on how to use public domain information to drive
traffic to our sites that he did with David Garfinkel. It
was sold to a limited number of clients and is no longer for
sale. This is a $2,500 value!

All this in addition to getting extra special attention for
your business and a fun vacation to beautiful Colorado. If
you are even part way considering this for yourself, I
strongly encourage you to grab your spot right away because
it will be an unforgettable experience.

http://www.my-affiliate-store.com/eldora/Colorado-Mastermind.html

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Well I can’t wait to explore more of London than the hotel
conference room and Frank Garon’s favorite Italian
restaurant. (Incidentally, it is “Sopranos” in Kensington
Heights.)

The pizza was pretty darned good there. I ate a
whole medium pizza by myself but only because Frank dared me
to. (Well actually Len ate the last piece when Frank wasn’t
looking. Shh. Don’t tell him).

Ta for now,
Sandy

“Success is where preparation and opportunity meet.”

This was actually a lot better tasting than it looks. Sausages and gravy with mashed potatoes and garden peas. (Not “mushy peas”. We’re going to try those later.)

Some of you may know that Len lives on an 80 acre ranch in
the mountains of Golden Colorado where he was able to buy
his dream home. I remember when he bought it about a year
ago.

Now when Len and I have our phone meetings he usually makes
it a point to say that he is calling from his hot tub or
looking out his office window at the beautiful mountain
scenery.

We’ve been talking recently about how cool it would be to
actually have business “retreats” there. Let people come
over to learn in a gorgeous mountain setting, with a relaxed
atmosphere having all expenses covered. It could even double
as a ski vacation. (There are several ski resorts nearby.
Len’s daughter is on a ski team for her school.)

Well we’re finally making that a reality and announcing the
Golden Colorado Mastermind Retreats. This is for people of
all levels whether you can’t seem to get your store going
or if you want to crank it up to the next level and beyond.
You will have a whole weekend to have Len, Bruce and myself
at your service to teach you and hold your hand through the
whole process. You can’t ask for more personal attention
than this. We might even find out if Len makes chili as good
as he brags.

There will be one fee that will cover the retreat weekend,
the lodging, the airfare, the food, and transportation from
the Denver airport.

Take a look at the photos of Len’s place–some of them are
truly breathtaking.

http://www.my-affiliate-store.com/eldora/Colorado-Mastermind.html

Since this is in a private home Len has to keep the group
very small. (About 10 people). Bruce sent out an
announcement about this earlier and I’ve been calling
people taking reservations and credit cards. We are offering
a few dates to choose from in November and December.

Right now we are at a seminar in Irvine, CA where Len & Bruce will be
speaking to the group tomorrow. I wanted to make sure our current
members all had a chance to sign up and pick your desired dates
before it fills up.

http://www.my-affiliate-store.com/eldora/Colorado-Mastermind.html

Hope to meet several of you in person!

Sandy

P.S. If you are not already a member of My Affiliate Store
and you would like to attend, just let us know and we’ll
get you set up with an account as part of the package and
waive the $497 setup fee.

Len tried to meet the president, but it looks like he liked me better.

I did some high powered networking at the World Internet Main Event in San Francisco. (Sept 2007)

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MAS Newsletter Vol 1, Issue 10

“Monetize”.

The first time I used that word around my family they
laughed. It was around Christmas time and I was at a family
dinner. Of course some family members I hadn’t seen for
awhile wanted to know what I had been up to. When I said
“Internet Marketing” I got blank stares.

I explained further that one of the things I did was to
build informational content websites on various niche topics
and get people to find them by using search engines and
other methods. Of course this made them ask “So how does
doing that make you money?” and I replied “Well, after
they get some traffic, I find ways to monetize them”.

I got no end of grief about it for the rest of the evening.
“Hey Scotty, this is Captain Kirk. MONETIZE!” My brother
asked if I was also going “Gas-e-tize” my car or
“Sock-e-tize” my feet. They all got a good laugh out of it
and I was reminded why it’s nice to go to seminars
sometimes to be with people who understand the funny
internet words that I use.

Actually it is not just an internet word. “Monetize” means
“to turn something into money”. Of course the primary way
that we montetize an affiliate store is…with affiliate
products! But there are other ways to monetize your
affiliate store. I will be exploring all the different ways
to maximize the money making potential of your store in
future issues. The most popular one is Google’s own
affiliate program called “Google AdSense”. They actually
have some really great tutorials and information on their
site for how to get the code and paste it on your site. I
recommend you take a look here and see what’s new even if
you have used AdSense before.

http://www.google.com/adsense/

Two things to remember when putting AdSense ads on a MAS
site:

1. Make sure that you don’t have AdSense Ads distracting
your visitor from doing something more important on your
page such as purchasing a product or joining your email
list. You might consider just putting them on the bottom of
those pages or not at all.

2. Don’t put on any Adsense code until you see that your
pages have already been indexed into Google. (To find out,
type in the Google search box “site:www.yourdomain.com”
(without the quotes and replacing “yourdomain.com” with
your own domain.)

Stay tuned for more tips and techniques for how to have
multiple streams of income from your web site.
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In this post, Len shares with us a template to use to get an
article to wrap around an block of AdSense text ads. Just
replace the placeholders with your information, cut and
paste into your article page. Easy!

http://www.my-affiliate-store.com/forum/showthread.php?t=246

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Ash just announced in the forum the beta release of AAFeeds.
See the announcement and some examples of how to use it
here:

http://www.my-affiliate-store.com/forum/showthread.php?t=821

Here is a message from Len about what it can do:

AAFeeds is a Press Release system that’s tied into 40 PR
sites hosted on separate C-Class IP addresses across
several severs, and accompanied by a unique proprietary EXE
software Application that allows you to compose and submit
your Press releases to each of these Sites independently,
quickly and easily.

Each of these unique sites is automatically populated by
hundreds of different RSS news feeds arranged by category.
These stories will be intermingled with your Press Releases
so the search engines see an ever changing array of new and
unique material, giving you a readily available source of
targeted inbound links to your sites.

Links the SEs will gladly follow!

Since this is a NEW program, the beneficial effects of these
links will build slowly over time, as more and more people
use it. This is the nature of ANY site, and these are no
different.

But the potential for powerful one way linking to our MAS
sites is priceless!

AAFeeds has been a long time in the making, and has been
discussed at length with many of the top SEO experts in the
field today. These sites have been optimized to help them
get ranked quickly and make your inbound links all the more
potent.

So what are you waiting for? The more you use it, the more
powerful it will become.

So be sure to add it to your list of Promotional tools, and
use it regularly!

Just another perk for being a MAS member.

Use it with my blessings

Len

PS … This is a gift to MAS members only. PLEASE do not
give this out to anyone outside of the MAS membership.

I developed this at great expense to myself, and fully
intend to sell it to the rest of the world. So please
don’t undermine me by giving it out to others for free.
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That’s it for this week folks. The next time you read this newsletter
I will be in Europe for my first time helping out at a workshop in the UK.

Talk Soon,
Sandy

“Success is where preparation and opportunity meet.”

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Hi everyone,

Len and I are here in San Francisco for the World Internet
Marketing Main Event. I lived here in the SF Bay Area for
about 10 years so it will be fun to see the city again. I’m
not sure what we’re going to see, but if I have my way
there WILL be some Ghirardelli chocolate involved…

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Have you noticed how popular review sites are lately? When
you are considering buying something it is helpful to read a
review by someone who has used the product or service
before. You can find a review site for just about
everything: books, movies, restaurants, dentists,
contractors and even college professors.

For example, when I want to book a hotel in a new city, I
always check tripadvisor.com for reviews from previous
guests of the hotel. The photos on the hotel’s web site may
look gorgeous, but only an unbiased reviewer will tell you
about the cramped bathrooms and the saggy mattresses.

Reviews help the internet shopper make a buying decision
when they can’t actually see and touch the product. They
are also a great source of free content for the owner of the
web site. That’s why we are happy to announce this great
new feature: your own ratings and review system for your
store!

Your visitor can rate each product in your store with 1-5
stars–you can even pick the color of the stars! Neato!

Then they can leave a comment about the product that you can
approve or disapprove in the admin control panel of your
store. (When you are in your “store” tab, you will see a
red alert message that you have new comments to approve).

Another nice feature is that there is a requirement to type
in a special code that computers can’t read in order to
post a review. This prevents automated spambots from posting
junk comments.

To see the instructions for how to install this cool new
feature, visit this forum thread:

http://www.my-affiliate-store.com/forum/showthread.php?t=792

P.S. If you have any trouble or don’t feel comfortable
changing permissions in your cpanel, just send a ticket in
to esupport and Ash will help you out.

http://www.my-affiliate-store.com/esupport

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Are you having an identity crisis?

We get a lot of questions about the correct ID numbers to
use for the different affiliate networks. Putting the
incorrect ID in the “Edit Network ID” tab of your admin
area could mean that your sales will not get tracked and the
vendors cannot pay you because they won’t know who referred
the sale–not good!

Fortunately, it is easy to find the correct ID when you know
how. Every network is slightly different and you can read about
them when you are in the “Edit Network ID” tab by clicking the yellow
“More Information” button.

Some vendors use the same ID for every web site you own,
others use one number for everything. For Netshops,
once you get your account ID, you are set. Just type that ID
in the “Edit Network ID” tab next to the Netshops label.
Easy!

With Commission Junction, there is another step. You are
given an Account ID when you first sign up, but they also
assign a separate ID for each web site you use. That is
called the PID. Here’s what you do…

* Log into your CJ Account.
* Click on the Account link.
* Click on the Website Settings Link.
* Your PID is listed with the information about your website.

Put this PID number in the “Edit Network ID” tab and you
are ready to make money with Commission Junction.

If you have already put the wrong ID number in for
Commission Junction, Ash has come up with a special command
code you can run to replace all of them in your store’s
“Buy URL”s. (You put this code in the “Special Commands”
tab under “Design Store”)

Read more about this and see a screenshot of where the PID
is located in this forum thread:

http://www.my-affiliate-store.com/forum/showthread.php?t=743

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Well I guess I’ve got to get going. Len keeps asking me
“Aren’t you done with that newsletter YET?” Guess he is
excited to go eat some clam chowder and a chocolate sundae
at Fisherman’s Wharf. I’ll be sure to send you all some pictures.

Until next week,
Sandy

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Hi fellow MASers,

I think it’s is really cool that with several hundred
members building web stores there are no two that are
exactly alike. (And I’ve seen a whole bunch of ‘em). Even
if they are in the same niche, they have different products,
colors, designs, photos and content so that every store is
unique.

As you all know, a MAS site is much more than just a pretty
face, and the most important tasks to focus on are:

1. Making sure your stores continue to be well stocked with
affiliate products.

2. Getting lots of traffic to your stores via linking and
other methods.

While an attractively designed site does help inspire
confidence in your buyer it’s easy to get distracted by
agonizing over things that don’t really have that much
effect on how much money you can make.

For example, when looking for a pair of designer shoes, will
anybody seriously care if your background color is “piglet
snout #ECC3BF”, “dog tongue #F6A4D5″ or “turnip
#A74CAB”? (Those are real internet HEX code colors by the
way! http://www.december.com/html/spec/colorhex.html )

However, there are a couple of things you can do to make
your store reflect your personality even more than the 80 or
so themes that are provided. Of course you can hire a
designer, or if you are handy with HTML and CSS (Cascading
Style Sheets) you can go into the Design Store section in
your admin area, choose “edit templates” and have at it.
Just remember that if you are playing around in there and
you mess up, press the “load default” button to restore
the original code and all is forgiven.

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The fastest and easiest way to give your site a fresh new
look is to design a custom header graphic (that’s the
banner up at the top of most of the templates).

You can have your banner designed by any graphic artist or
do it yourself if you have the time and the inclination. We
do have an excellent recommendation to offer because our
tech support person’s wife, Diana, just happens to be a
graphic designer who has done some terrific work for our
members.

The best way to reach her for now is to email
graphics@my-affiliate-store.com and tell her what you would
like. Ash can even install it for you so there is no techie
skill required!

See some examples of her work and read more about installing
your own custom header graphic in the forum:

http://www.my-affiliate-store.com/forum/showthread.php?t=749

(Can’t log in? Send a ticket to
http://www.my-affiliate-store.com/esupport)

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Want to REALLY go crazy with customizing? Now you have
the ability to make completely custom pages on your site.
Custom pages can be used for:

* special pages on your site
* important landing pages
* links pages
* information pages
* about us pages
* contact us pages
* thank-you pages
* highly optimized pages for search engines
* video pages
* audio pages

Ah the possibilities! And to make things even better, our
Moderator and resident smart guy, Dr. Mark has made a
video on exactly how to do it.

http://www.my-affiliate-store.com/forum/showthread.php?t=707
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Well, I’m off to do some customizing of my site.

What do y’all think? Should I go with piglet snout,
dog tongue or turnip for my color???

Talk soon, Sandy

“Success is where preparation and opportunity meet.”