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What's In This Issue?

• 1.0  Community Central - Community Overview - [ View Article ]
• 1.1  New Community Features - What's New and Coming Up [ View Article ]
• 2.0  Feature Article - Getting Started on the Community - [ View Article ]
• 3.0  Recommended Forums - [ View Article ]

_{1.0  Community Central}

Community Overview

As with any business, the determining factor in its success is going to be how well and how quickly it listens and responds to its consumers or customers.  Very often there is a large gap in between customers and the company.  The Adlandpro.com Community was developed to address this issue while simultaneously providing its members with a more personalized means of interacting with potential customers and fellow-business owners.  Since its launch in early 2004, the Adlandpro.com Community has experienced exponential grown in terms of activity and number of registered members which is impressive to say the least and we're expecting even greater growth in 2005.  If you haven't been back in a while, it may be time to come visit us again and take advantage of the great changes and additions we've made.  Here is a broad overview of the Adlandpro Community Features:

Profiles - Our user profiles give other members a chance to find out more about you and a chance for you to tell people more about yourself.  Upload your photo and put a face to your name, share your interests/hobbies, display your company website address, make a mini webpage, manage friends and much more!

Profile Friends Ads Web Page Stats UbiFone   Michael's General Info There are three kinds of people in the world. Those who can count and those who cannot.    [view] 32 Friends Member since 12/1/2004 Mr. Michael Cruz Gender Male Location Winnipeg, MB, Canada Interests Rollerblading, Guitar, Programming, Graphic Design, Video Games, Driving, Singing, Coffee Sessions     Company Adland Pro URL View Adland Pro's web site Industry Customer Support, Marketing, Design, Retail Sales

Shameless Plug for the Support Department and Editor of this newsletter.  Yes that is me!

Forums - Discussions boards allow our members to discuss topics of their choosing.  Discuss current events, share success stories, offer tips and advice, promote your business, and more. 

Public & Personal Networking Channels - Through our networking section, you can interact with individuals on a public channel so people can view your conversation or securely in a private channel if you so desire.  Post and review offers and requests for products or services.  The control is yours. 

Ubifone - If you want that added personal touch, activate a Ubifone account and be heard as well as seen.  The Ubifone component when activated will allow you to connect with other Ubifone members so you can talk to each other online in real time.  The latest cutting edge technology allows crystal clear audio connections over thousands and thousands of miles.  It's so good, you'll think they were in the next room. 

Calendar - Manage your time wisely.  The Community calendar allows you to schedule tasks and events for yourself and program reminders to be sent to your email a specified period before the event so you don't forget. 

Stats - You may have noticed something a little different the last few weeks with your profile.  If you haven't visited your (or a fellow-community-member's) profile in a while, have a peak now. 

Several new statistics have been added to the "Stats" page on profiles.  Namely:

• How active you are in actual forums
• How many people you are blocking
• How many people are blocking you
• How many visits you've received to your profile

Although in its primary stages at the moment, there are plans to develop this rating system into a more robust rating structure which will give other members further insight into what a person is like prior to declining/accepting their proposal to become "friends".  Stay posted in the new year for these and other exciting new changes!

Mini Web Page - You can create a small webpage for yourself and use it as part of your profile.  You can edit both in Visual Mode (Type and Save your page) or edit in HTML Mode which allows you to enter raw code for more advanced website programmers. 

Free Web-Based Email

Adlandpro.com is now offering free web-based email as part of our continued effort to provide our members with useful tools to promote their business each and every day.  Take a minute and check out the "Email" tab now located in your members section.  (The very last tab on the right side of the page) and if you don't have an adlandpro.com email account yet, you might want to consider signing up for one! 
 

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_{1.1  New Community Features}

Just Around the Corner - Features Set to Launch

We're setting up for some huge changes in '05 as the new year starts to kick into high gear.  Our programmers are hard at work developing and designing new features for our members.  Here's a taste of what's to come in the next two weeks:

• Rating System - See at a glance exactly who your friends are through our rating system.  The first implementation goes in within the next two days.  A scale/comment based rating structure will allow people to rate community members.  An instant email sent to the rated party though will give them an opportunity to thank the rater (or post a rebuttal if applicable). 

Adlandpro.com 2005 - Planned Site Enhancements

Here's what we've got in

• Improved rating system - More features to track genuine negative replies, user credibility, etc.
• New Reporting Facilities and Alerts showing:
  • newly registered users
  • most active users
  • users with the most friends
  • and more...
• High-Speed RSS feeds - For remote forum promotion
• Real-Time Remote Forum Display - Modules which allow forum owners to display functional copies of their forums on their own websites updated in real-time.
• Integrated Voice and Video Conferencing - See and hear community members
• Geographically-Localized classified system - Promote Directly within your area
• Integrated Sales Modules - Modules which will allow selling of product without a website.
   

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_{2.0  Feature Article}

Getting Started on the Community

Being part of an community can be a very rewarding experience but if you don't know where to start (How to get registered, set up profiles, contact people etc.) then it can also be a very overwhelming and confusing one.  We want your experience in the Community to be a  positive one starting with your very first visit and moreover, we want you to stay.  To make sure that happens, here are some tips on how to get rolling with the community. 

1. Create/Update Your Profile
   Your profile is the single most important part of being in a community.  With the Adlandpro Community Wizard, setting up a profile is a snap.  When you first click the "Networking" tab from Adlandpro.com, you will be presented with the Profile Wizard.  Follow each step and enter the correct information in the fields as you go.  Please do not leave any information you are not comfortable sharing as this will be seen in your profile once your member registration is complete.
2. Upload a Photo
   A Picture Speaks A Thousand Words.  Yours will too.  If you upload a photo, you will immediately gain some trust from many of the members of the community.  Plus it gives people the chance to see what you look like.  Don't be afraid to put one up there.  Besides, the silhouette that's used if you don't upload a photo is very ugly. 
3. Create a Web Page
   You can have a mini-web page as part of your profile.  You can put little ads here for your company or whatever you like.  (Within reason of course).  Those will little web-programming experience will enjoy the easy "Type-and-Save" editor while the more web-savvy may opt for the "View HTML" mode to enter code directly.  Whichever you choose is entirely up to you.
4. Finish the Wizard
   Once you're done the wizard, you are now a member of the community.  So now what do you do?  Well, for starters...
5. Check Out The Forums
   Here is where our members go to discuss whatever it is community members discuss.  We have topic categories here ranging from Automotive to Health and Wellness.  There's a topic for every age range and every type of personality, male or female, it doesn't matter.  You'll find something here I'm sure you'll want to share your opinions on.  Click the topic of choice and select a discussion to read or participate in.  Did I mention you get emails whenever there's new posts or replies to posts on each forum?
6. Find People
   A Community can be a very big place if you don't know anyone .  You can do a People Find to find people who share your interests, hobbies, or people from the same area as you.  Click the "People Find" link at the top of the page and enter some criteria.  This will bring up members who share your interests, live in your area, work for a similar (or the same) company as you do, and other criteria.  Click on each link to view these members profiles.
7. Make Friends
   While you are on the forums or searching for people on the people find, you can make these people your friends and put them on your Friends List so that you can contact them easier without having to search for them every single time.  Click the "Invite To Be Friends" link and make them your friend!
8. Send Messages
   When you have friends on your friends list, you can send them messages directly over the Community.  Click the "Send Message" link to send messages to the currently selected friend.  It's Simple!

These 8 basic starting points should help you on your way to becoming a known member on the Community and help you make new contacts online.  The next issue will show you how to create and manage forums on the Community.  Stay tuned...
 

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_{3.0  Recommended Forums}

These forums have been hand-selected as top forums on the Community as a result of their activity, topic, number of participating members, number of posts etc.  They're definitely worth the look and a good starting point if you've never been to the forums before.  Check them out!

Do you have a forum you think should be featured here?  Let us know!

 
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