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AdlandPro
Community & Member News
THE TREASURE HUNT GAME!
by Marilyn Ali
WE HAVE A WINNER!!! Yes, we have a winner for the current Treasure Hunt game!
Our winner is JULIE RYAN!!!
Congratulations to Julie for being the first person to send in all of the correct answers.
Julie has won many valuable advertising credits from our CEO Mr Bogdan Fiedur!
Great job Julie.
To all of our readers, please continue reading and supporting our Newsletter, and maybe
you will be our next winner of the Treasure Hunt game! Good luck to all next time!
Here are the answers to the Treasure Hunt game:
1) Marilyn Ali , 2) Rick Martin, 3) Devasish Gupta, 4) Jennifer Raison-Green,
5) Rick Martin, 6) six, 7) Helen Gibbs, 8) Kenneth Sword Jr, 9) Adelaide, Australia
10) 100, 11) Patrick Jones, 12) El Paso, TX
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR!
Hello All Community Members! This is Marilyn L. Ali, Editor here for the Community Newsletter!
As you may have read I started this section of the Newsletter for anyone wishing to contact
me with comments, questions, concerns, suggestions or complaints.
So, get writing and let me know you're out there!!!
While I have your attention, I would like you all to welcome a new member to the team,
Rick Martin. On behalf of all the team and AdlandPro members, congratulations Rick and
welcome aboard.
Marilyn L. Ali EDITOR
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DO YOU
WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER?
Do you know
of any community happenings or events that are going on?
Do you know of an interesting member in the community that you would like
to write about, and have your article in the next issue of the Newsletter?
How about a New Member in the community that you would like to Introduce
to the rest of the Community?
Or, how about a great forum going on that
you would like others to know about?
If anyone has something that they
would like to share with the rest of the Community, write an article and
send it to us! If we like what you have written, it will be published in
the very next Newsletter!!
Wouldn't it be fun and exciting to contribute
to our Community Newsletter that goes out to over 30,000 members? I think
so!!!
Just remember, it can be about anything as long as it is related to
the AdlandPro Community.
When you finish writing your articles please submit them to one of the
following emails:
Venerina
Conti
Marilyn Ali
Or, you
may use our personal message box here at AdlandPro:
Venerina
Conti
Marilyn
Ali
The team is
looking forward to hear what you have to write
about...so start writing!!
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COMPETITION AREA
**WIN**WIN**WIN**
IT'S TIME AGAIN FOR ANOTHER TREASURE HUNT GAME!
It's time again for another great scavenger hunt!!
The Treasure Hunt game is a great way for our reader's to earn alot of free advertising
credits which have been donated by own CEO, Mr Bogdan Fiedur.
It is very easy to play
the Treasure Hunt game, it is merely a scavenger hunt! Just look at the questions and
then find the answers throughout the Newsletter.
You may have to click onto one of the
many links within the Newsletter, but the answers are really not hard to find.
The first person that send in all of the correct answers will win the prize.
So good
luck to everyone, and have fun!
And remember, if you do not win this time there is always
the next issue, so keep playing, you never know who will win!!
1) Who won the last Treasure Hunt game?
2) Who just joined the Newsletter Team as our New Co-Content Manager?
3) Who is the forum owner of "The Art of Blogging"?
4) Who is our featured Power Member in this issue?
5) Who is our featured New Member?
6) Who is behind mystery link #8?
7) Which Newsletter Team member has a birthday this month?
8) Who is featured in the Interesting Member section?
9) Where is our featured Power Member from?
10) What is the name of the business that our featured forum owner is Co-Owner of?
11) Where is our Interesting Member from?
12) Where is our new Co-Content Manager from?
by: Marilyn Ali
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In each issue of AdlandPro's Community Newsletter we will be picking one forum that we find
to be interesting, and one of the better forums in the community. The Newsletter Team decided
to do this feature to help bring more exposure to the forum and it's owner, as well as to
show our readers forums that they may not even know existed.
The forum picked to be featured in this issue of our Newsletter is:
"The Art of Blogging"
started by Kenneth Sword.
When I first went to check out Kenneth's forum I was amazed at the range of threads it has.
Here are just a few that caught my attention:
How To Get People To Your Blog
Earning and Protecting Your Reputation
Designing a Page That Compliments Your Content Pt.1
He really covers the subject from many angles, but I did have a few questions for him. Here's
what he had to share.
Q. As the Co-Owner of Bizzy Blogz, I can see how you
came to start a forum on blogging, but what got you interested in blogging to begin with?
A: Blogs have been around for many years. AP Wire, REUTERS and other news media have been
using them to post news stories for publications. There was a story on CBS News in the US
about the President (Bush) and how some documents were found to discredit his background
in the military. It turned out the story was fabricated. CBS was in hot water and a reporter
had to quit because of it. How was it found out it was fabricated? Bloggers. People writing
and answering to what they knew and could prove - within MINUTES! I said to myself, "Self,
There is another marketing tool."
So I started on Blogger, also known as blogspot.com. It wasn't that much difference from
webpage design as far as the templating and easier to update your info, known as a post.
This was the cool part. Being able to change your info without having to redo your webpage.
Q. In your forum I've seen questions ranging from "What is a blog?" to technical
questions on transferring content from one blog to another and how search engines view blogs.
Just how difficult is it to set up a blog and which thread on your forum would you advise
people to check out if they are just getting started?
A: Let me start with the a forum address.
This is an AdlandPro Advisory Forum
that I was selected to be the Advisor for.
Where to start? I would say the thread
Google, Yahoo, CBS, AOL and ASK are now confirming my vision ...This will give everyone
a broad scope of what the blogging industry is heading to and has started. It's long reading
but it's a BIG FIELD and still young and wide open to pioneers.
Setting up a blog can be as easy as just signing up to a blog service, selecting a
template, filling in your profile and typing away. Or, You can install your own blogging
script on your hosting account, design the template(s), add plug-ins to get it to do what
you want, add extras to the database, oh and you need to create a database on your host for
your blog, a blog domain name needs to be bought if not part of a site ... shall I go on?
Some people do like that sort of stuff. I would rather write than program and fix errors
on a blog program.
Q. Is there anything you'd like to add about your forum or your experience as "Blog Master"
at AdlandPro?
A: First, I am not a blog master, but yes, I am knowledgeable on the subject. There are so
many directions that blogging can go that it would take a team of specialists to cover a
'masters' status. Blogging can be used for personal, business, groups, and business teams
internally. It can be private or open to the public. Blogs are starting to cover communications
the way we use email. Start a topic, post a comment just like a reply. You forward email,
just tell someone to go to the blog instead. Whatever you can think of you probably can do
via a blog.
One last thought. The industry has been skewed by many people including the news media.
Places like MySpace, Friendsters, and other social networking sites are not blogs. They
have a blog feature in their overall service. The term blog got misused by many teens that
were actually posting comments to their friends and they considered that blogging.
Blogging and AdlandPro combined can be a powerful force in any advertising strategy for a
person's business. As some may know
The AdlandPro Community Newsletter is posted on Bizzy Blogz. Since search engines love
changing content blogs get scanned faster than sites. The newsletter that's posted on the blog
will be scanned within 30 minutes of posting. And that means all links, profiles, stories,
etc. are being cataloged and prepared for search engine display.
You can get a free blog account at " Bizzy Blogz ". You get 2 blogs with your free account.
Kenneth R Sword Jr
WRITTEN BY: JUDY WOODSON
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GETTING TO KNOW OUR POWER MEMBERS
You may have seen those red letters "Power Member" beneath their pictures in a forum, but
just who are these people? To answer that question we feature one such member each issue.
This issue the Power Member to be featured is:
Marion Tucker.
Hi Everyone!
Judy Woodson here. When I heard that Marion was to be featured this issue, I couldn't
wait to interview her as she was one of my first friends here at AdlandPro. Marion was
born in Germany, but moved to the U.S. when she was just 1½ years old and now lives in
Georgia. She is a lover of both people and animals and is devoted to both her family and
her church. She's been on the Internet since 2001, made the usual mistakes and has developed
quite a good business sense. She also has an excellent sense of humor which is evident by
her
Something To Make You Smile forum.
If you don't know Marion you can invite her to be friends
Here.
Now, on to the interview:
Q What first brought you to AdlandPro, Marion?
A. I was looking for more forms of advertising for my online business opportunity at the
time, long before the community was even around. That was in 2002 I believe.
Q. Can you tell us a little more about yourself?
A. You can learn all about me by going to my profile and clicking on
"About Me."
Don't want to take up more space on the Newsletter than necessary.
Q. Could you share some thoughts about AdlandPro and the community we have here?
A. We have many fine people in AdlandPro from all over the world, all different age groups,
ethnic backgrounds and different professions. You can learn so much from these people and
there is always someone to help you out no matter what kind of problem you have, be it
personal or business related.
I have made some wonderful friends and I feel blessed to have them. Everyone is more like
family minus a few undesirable ones I have encountered, but you find them anywhere you go.
Q. What do you feel you add to the community with your presence here and/or why do you
think you were chosen as a Power Member?
A Well, I hope I was helpful to anyone who needed help getting around AdlandPro. Also I
offered some useful information and made a contribution.
Q. Is there anything else you would like to add?
A.I would just like to thank all my AdlandPro family for being there when I needed them
and please feel free to
personal message me if I can be of assistance to you.
My time is more limited now as far as coming to AdlandPro as my business with
Direct Matches has
taken off and I have to focus on that. Plus I have added
GDI into the mix as well.
I was approached by a personally sponsored person in Direct Matches who is deaf and asked
me to join GDI. I told him I would do so to help him out and be his ears if anyone needed
to talk. My main focus is on Direct Matches though and I have enjoyed meeting many wonderful
people in there as well. I love getting paid to meet people!
God Bless You All!
Marion Tucker
Written by: Judy Woodson
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New Lawyer
Joe grew up in a small town, then moved away to attend college and
law school. He decided to come back to the small town because he could be
a big man in this small town. He really wanted to impress everyone.
He opened his new law office, but business was very slow at first. One day, he saw a man
coming up the sidewalk. He decided to make a big impression on this new client
when he arrived.
As the man came to the door, Joe picked up the phone. He motioned the man in, all
the while talking..
"No. Absolutely not. You tell those clowns in New York that I won't settle this case
for less than one million.."
"Yes. The Appeals Court has agreed to hear that case next week. I'll be handling
the primary argument and the other members of my team will provide support..."
"Okay. Tell the DA that I'll meet with him next week to discuss the details.."
This sort of thing went on for almost 5 minutes. All the while the man sat
patiently as Joe rattled instructions.
Finally, Joe put down the phone and turned to the man.
"I'm sorry for the delay, but as you can see, I'm very busy.
What can I do for you?"
The man replied "I'm from the phone company..I came to hook up your phone."
Be Inspired
(Venerina Conti)
Empty yourself of everything
Let the mind rest at peace
The ten thousand things rise and fall while the Self watches their return
They grow and flourish and then return to source
Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature
The way of nature is unchanging
Knowing constancy is insight
Not knowing constancy leads to disaster
Knowing constancy, the mind is open
With an open mind, you will be open hearted
Being open hearted, you will act royally
Being royal you will attain the divine
Being divine, you will be at one with God
Being at one with God is eternal
And though the body may pass, God will never pass away
We are all eternal, the eternal is all that remains
Our Special Prayers go to:
Louis Pominville and his girlfriend Linda who is battling against cancer and, also,
Gene Tinney and his wife and Arild Haukeland. Our thoughts and prayers with you all.
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INTRODUCING ONE OF OUR INTERESTING MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY
Each issue of the Newsletter we will write about one member of the community that we find to
be a very Interesting Person! In this issue we have chosen to
feature Ashley Elias
1) Our readers would like to know more about you as the V.P. of Australia WOSAT.
It was a wonderful privilege to have been appointed the position as Vice President, my position has been fun and challenging and very rewarding, when you have a great team behind you who believe in you and you all are able to work comfortably with. I hold my position because of the great support of my Australian team!
2) What brought you to AdlandPro and why?
A wonderful blessing brought me to AdlandPro community, as I had no direction at the time, a real newbie to the internet world and just funnily enough happen to fall across AdandPro while searching for another program I could not seem to find, Adland just popped up in front of me on my screen and I read enough to realize the programs potential for myself, and how much I may learn.
What I did not realize at that time was not knowing the possibility of ever having so many beautiful sincere long-lasting friendships, that money could never buy!
3) What do you think about AdlandPro and the community?
AdlandPro community is an Awesome program, I love the attitude of the members, their sincerity, their love and friendship and most of all their willingness and need to want to Help the people in the community.
In Adland Business is Business, but Money is not everything!
4) Now that we know more about you as a business woman, we'd like to hear more about you on a personal level...how do you like to spend your time when you are not working.
I love to spend my time with my seven year old son Joshua, we are good mates and when time does allow we both know how to enjoy ourselves, we both have the attitude of loving life and we both try to make the best of it and enjoy all that the good lord has to offer.
We often go to the beach to the rock pools, lots to discover, Joshua loves to search for the little water creatures, under the rocks and waits around the little cubbie holes where he may find something interesting hiding.
We go bush walking and enjoy our church social BBQ's, its great to sit around and enjoy good company and just have a good laugh, sitting back relaxed, either taking in our wonderful countryside or the view of the Ocean.
5) Is there anything else you would like to add Ashley?
Thank you to AdlandPro for the privilege of being chosen to share with everyone, and to say a big Thank you to my good friend Rick Martin, he's a great mate!
Thank you Adlanders for taking the time to read this!
My sincere love and friendship to you all!
God Bless!
Thanks again Ashley, the Newsletter Team really appreciates you taking the time to share a little bit about yourself with us! Our readers can certainly see why now Ashley Elias was chosen as the Interesting Person to write about in this issue. The Team would like to wish Ashley a lot of continued success and happiness in her life!
If you are not a friend of Ashley's already please take the time to get to know this very interesting and friendly lady! Here is Ashley's link so you may invite her to become your friend Ashley Elias
Written By: Rick Martin
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Dear Community Members,
As you all know I have been absent for a while ... but I am back on my feet and getting stronger
by the day. I owe a lot of you a heartfelt thank you for all your beautiful messages, prayers and emails,
they have been a true, very much appreciated, Godsend.
My message, this issue, is going to be a little different to all other issues as I feel that, in the light of
events, in my absence, I would like to remind everyone about the meaning of a true community,
whether it be online, such as here at AdlandPro or offline, in your neighbourhood, your community.
In every community there are members who are closer than others, just like family members,
there are always certain rivalries and competition, which is healthy, in measurable doses. There is always
some degree of discord and some degree of misguidance and misleadance but the one thing that holds a
community together is mutual respect and respectful communication.
Respect and respectful communication are the foundations upon which human relations are built.
Listening is more important than talking, when you listen you show you care. Talking is a way of
sharing, understanding, enquiring and equalising.
Every word has a powerful meaning and each one occupies its own space and time and has
its own, appropriate, place for expression. Hurtful words attract hurt, happy words attract positivity,
sad words attract tears. Freedom of speech does not mean the freedom to hurt others and there
is no excuse valid enough for such a gesture, not even envy or competitiveness.
It takes a stronger individual to be kind than it does to be harsh but being kind should not be
confused with being insignificant. Just because a person says only a few words it doesn't mean
they are not hurting. Just because some shouts, it doesn't mean they don't love.
Remember the old saying: "Do unto others as you wish done unto you"? and have you heard
that a drop in the ocean, on one side of the world, can cause a tidal wave on the shore of
another side of the world?... well ... this is true enough for words as well... One word can spark
a flame that can, eventually, cause a war.
The real significance of our AdlandPro Community is to have a place where people can come to, to chill out,
to network, to show off their talents, to learn, to share but most of all to meet other people. Even if
you only joined for promoting your business, remember ... nobody does business with people they
do not like or do not trust...
AdlandPro is very visible on the Internet, so any outsiders looking in see what you have to say,
they see your profile and your business, as well as our community ... so please ... think wisely before you post, for the
sake of being a respectful to others, for the sake of making our community a place where
outsiders would feel welcome to come to, (remember, more members equals more business opportunities),
and for maintaining the integrity of your business, as well as your own personal integrity as a human being.
God Bless you all
Venerina
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Branding - Your Name and Image That Will Stick In Peoples' Heads - Part 1
Every famous thing has a name. It may be one word that says it all - Motorola.
It may ride off of the success of others, as in Sprint Cellular Phone by Motorola.
Whatever name you choose will establish your brand.
It will be the name that people
remember and will be with you forever.
This is vitally important. What would happen to Pepsi if the name was changed tomorrow
to Phiz-Pop.
Would you still buy it even if it tasted the same? Would they still be the
popular drink that they are?
The name, that was built carefully over many years, is the
most valuable asset they own. Your brand will do the same for your blog.
Does Branding Need To Be Relevent To Content?
The question immediately arises whether your name needs to be descriptive of your
content, and the answer is, "maybe."
Sometimes it helps, as with AdlandPro you expect it has to do with ads, but you didn't
expect a forum community within.
But the blog Boing Boing, a techno-babble blog on tech
gadgetry. Who would have guessed? Nothing descriptive in the name to suggest hi-tech toys.
Kenneth R Sword Jr
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Introducing one of our new
members
to AdlandPro
In each Newsletter we will be picking one of our New Members and introducing them to you, our community, so that they can get more familiar with other members of the community, and vice versa. This person will be someone that has already
started to be quite active in the community by posting in forums, and making new friends.
Greetings everyone at AdlandPro from John Sanchez!
I hope all is well with you as you read this article on the New Interesting Member of
Adland. I've been here about a year and half and in that time I've met some really interesting
people and I've made some great friends.
Because of this I've wondered at times what new
interesting people will I meet in the coming months and how will these new relationships
effect me.
I've had the privilege of actually meeting in person a couple of friends I've made
at Adland and others I've spent hours and hours on the phone with. Some I've gone into business
with and with others I've exchanged valueable information with. In one way or another
I've been effect my many of the relations I've made here in our community.
This place is a
Melting Pot
of people brought together from around the world to do business or to make friends or both.
Take the time to really get to know the folks you've invited to be your friends you'll be
surprised how each one of them can bless you in one way or another. Now let me introduce
you to person who is a published author and someone who like most us is looking to expand
her horizons, her name is
Anita Kosik-Roden.
Q) Anita, What brought you to AdlandPro and why?
A) I came to AdlandPro to get exposure for my sites, being a new business I need all the help
I can get.
Q) What do you think about the AdlandPro community?
A) The community is fantastic. I was overwhelmed with invitations from the 1st day, and am
still reading and replying.
Q) What do you think your presence here adds to the community?
A) Like a lot of others in the community I feel I can enlighten other members with
information and help my own business at the same time.
Q) Can you tell us a little bit more about yourself and what you do?
A) About myself, I am, a mother of 3, The grandmother of 5, with the 6th due in March 2007.
My husband and myself have been raising one of the grandchildren since she was age 2,
now she is 10. An Author of 1 published Book, The owner/ operator of 2 web sites, 1
to promote my work as an Author, The other is a retail store that is newly opened. I also
substitute at a local school as a custodian when one of the regular workers have to take
of for weeks at a time.
Q) Is there anything else that you would like to add?
A) I'd like to add that I am thrilled with the opportunity to meet so many people and
potencially learn so much from so many who have been in my shoes.
Thanks to all at AdlandPro
Sincerely and with Respect
Anita L Kosik-Roden
My store on the web
The home of my Book on the web
Anita, thank you for doing the interview with us. We hope your time here at AdlandPro
will be pleasurable and profitable. Now Folks, please invite Anita to join your
list of friends, welcome her to the community and take time to get to know her.
Love and blessings to all of you
From
John Sanchez.
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