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THE TREASURE HUNT GAME! We did not have a winner of the last Treasure Hunt game! Don't forget to play the new Treasure Hunt game here in this issue and maybe you will be our next lucky winner of some great advertising credits!! We can all use advertising credits, right? So, Good Luck and Have Fun Playing! Here are the correct answers from the last Treasure Hunt; ******************** LETTERS TO THE EDITOR!********************
The Team has added this great new section to the Newsletter!! Here we have articles that will give some great tips & advice on how to use the ALP site to your full advantage! There are many new people that do not know what all ALP has to offer, and/or how to use the many different tools. So, read this section and you might just learn something you didn't know before!
We've been working our way through the tab bars on your profile and Adlandpro. Whether you are a free member or a paying member you want to maximize the potential for Adlandpro to build your business. Letting people know what you do, and what your opportunity is, is critical to your success. So are you using the AD tab effectively? Have you peeked to see what's behind the tab? Have you posted an ad? If you have posted an ad have you come back to update it recently? The Ad tab is simple to use. You open the tab click on "New Offer" and type in or copy and paste your ad, check that it looks right and that your links are live, then hit post. There you have it. Your new ad! Now I have to admit that I haven't used this feature to the fullest, so I thought I would make a couple of suggestions on how to use your posted AD. The first thing to note is your ad has a hyperlink. Just click on your ad and look at the link that comes up in your browser bar. Here is what the link will look like: http://community.adlandpro.com/go/ngrimshawe/iHaveWant.aspx?PostID=1128350 I'm not bashful; it's a link to one of my ads. With this link you can send a message to your friends, asking them to take a look at your offer. You could post it online or send the link to your list. You can even ask people to comment on your ad, or ask questions to create a forum around your ad. This creates more interest. Another more subtle way to get people to your ad is to drive them to your profile by suggesting prospects learn more about you by viewing your profile. If you have taken the time to set up your profile fully, then you are offering a really good idea of who you are to people who you want to network with. When you send these links also include your AdlandPro email address to encourage people to contact you directly as well. Don't have one yet! I'll go over that next time out. Do you have any unique ways or ideas on how to use the Ad Tab? Let me know. I am interested in your feedback, comments and suggestions. You can reach me at grimshawe@adlandpro.com Written By: Nick Grimshawe Hi Everyone! This is Marilyn Martin, the Editor here, and I just wanted to let you all know that I would love to hear from you. Do you have any comments or suggestions you would like to make about the Newsletter? If so, feel free to contact me any time, and let me know what you have to say...positive or negative! I have no problem with criticism because that just lets me know where we need to improve. Please submit questions or comments to me here: |
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Marilyn Martin and her team members work very hard to bring this forum WINNERS OF "ADLANDPRO'S WEEKLY PARADE OF STARS" FOR 2008"  Introducing our 13th Shining Star: MS DIMITRA BRAVOU DIMITRA is a very loving, caring, and kind friend and ALP family member. Dimitra is happily married with 3 wonderful children, and she lives in Greece. Some of her interests include gardening, travel, and cats...just to name a few. Please help us to Congratulate this beautiful lady on being one of this week's *Shining Stars* HERE  Introducing our 14th Shining Star: MR KARL JONES. MARILYN, yes we finally got her to agree to feature her here after much persuasion. There is so much that can be said about this very lovely lady that it is hard to know where to start. She is very dedicated, kind, loving and an all around good person. She has a heart of gold! Please help us Congratulate our very own, Ms Marilyn, on being named one of this week's Shining Stars! HERE Written By: Rick Martin ***********************************************************
 MS JILL BACHMAN is our FORUM OWNER in the spotlight for this edition of the Community Newsletter. Jill Bachman made history recently when her forum surpassed the 1000 page mark. You don't reach such a milestone which out showing a huge ability to manage all the dynamics that spills out of her forum on a whole host of issues.
If you haven't been to "Journey to the Mountain of Love" I suggest you do so through this link. My suggestion is to go to the first page and read all the introduction material so you can get a grasp of the amazing material Jill is working with, then got to the last page of the forum and read backward to get a feel for what is being discussed at the moment. Then jump in and join the fun. I had the opportunity to interview Jill and here is what she had to say to me; Q. Can you tell us a little about the genesis of "Journey to the Mountain of Love" and what you hoped to do with the forum? A. The Journey forum was born from my true fascination with Mt. Shasta, CA. This mountain is known as one of the most sacred places on earth, and from the very first time I saw it, it just made me shiver. I knew it was very special, and I knew the mountain had a message for humanity. My fascination led me to read everything I could get my hands on, historically and particularly about the many legends and lore. This led me to realizing in my heart that there was indeed a loving energy emanating from the mountain, and as the legends and lore would later reveal, that is due to the ancient Lemurian city of Telos deep within the mountain. Yes, it took me a long time to believe that this could even be possible (and I never spoke it to anyone including my family), but when I did....the rest was history. As we began evolving closer to the 2012 "Shift of the Ages" (The Golden Age of Aquarius) according to the Bible and the Mayan calendar, an abundance of information all of a sudden started coming from everywhere. What I thought was a myth 2 - 5 years ago, has now not only become possible....but a total reality. Also, in the early 1990's, I was inspired to write a mission statement. It appeared short and simple at first: "Unite the Hearts of the World through Wisdom and Knowledge." When this message came to me, I had no idea how I would accomplish this deed. Then, at the end of 2006, I just started creating the website "The Mountain of Love - A Spiritual Journey" with all the wonderful stories and facts I had collected. By then, I was so excited I just wanted to share the web site, so the forum was born in January 2007. Q. When you created the forum what were your expectations? That is a really good question, because all I knew is that I wanted to share information that would help people understand the planetary transformations going into 2012. Well, first of all I can tell you I was very nervous because I knew the majority of Adlanders may not be ready for such outlandish information. So you might say that I just KNEW I was supposed to share this information and I was hoping beyond hope that I could touch lots of people. Q. As with any creation they have a habit of changing from the original idea into something else all together. When did you first suspect that your forum was going to take on a life of its own? The forum never changed from the original idea, but the test was to convey the "idea." I was really hoping it would take on a life as its own, because I could see a "journey" gaining momentum through the next 5 years as new information continued to unfold. It started out a little slow, but that was good because it took people a while to read and digest the material on the web site. Once they came back to the forum a 2nd time, I really got excited. That is when we really begin to get into exchanges of information, and everyone brought their own stories/ideas/knowledge to share. The success of the forum is due to ALL its many participants, whom I thank from the bottom of my heart. Without them, the forum would not be possible. Q. Recently your forum hit a milestone of over 1,000 pages, a feat I do not think any other Adlander has accomplished. What would you say contributes to the longevity of your forum? What accounts for its popularity? Longevity is due to the ongoing nature of the topic. Another really important factor is that we made it clear in the very beginning that we would "respect each other's truths" because it is easy to bring both religion and politics into light of many discussions. I believe its popularity is due to the fact that people are hungry for knowledge. Everyone knows that the date 2012 is significant, and they also know in their hearts that "something" is changing on earth. For those who are open and ready to join the journey, the forum almost becomes addictive. We are writing a chapter in life that has never before been written, and everyday there is new information. lol Q. In many forums, new threads are created to handle each subject, with "Journey to the Mountain of Love, you did not follow that path. What was your reasoning for keeping everything in one basic thread? That is funny, because I stayed awake nights trying to envision how to set up separate threads and keep some orderly fashion to some topics. So much for that idea! The subject matter is so vast (which I soon learned), and it all ties together, so even early on...this became an issue. Finally, I just decided that it had to evolve according to whatever subjects people wanted to share from their hearts that day. It was not unusual to see posts about NASA, super novas, earthquakes, ancient history, extraterrestrials, government reform and spiritual messages all back to back. We are proud to say the "organization" of the forum is out of control, but that ALL the subjects meld nicely into the purpose of the journey. lol Q. For Adland members just about to embark on the adventure of hosting their own forum, do you have any advice, words of wisdom, or suggestions? Yes, I do. The key to starting a forum is to be comfortable with your subject matter and pick something that brings "value" to people's lives. Strive to build relationships with like-minded people. Make friends, not sales. Choose something that you have a passion about. It could be hiking, gardening, knitting, cooking, animals, children, education, inspiration, etc. etc. Just make it a reflection of who you are, and you will begin making friends galore. Written By: Nick Grimshawe
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Did you hear about the farmer who ploughed his field with a steamroller? He wanted to grow mashed potatoes! *********************
Do you know about the two TV antennas that got married? The wedding was terrible, but the reception was terrific. ********************
I once wrote a book called "How to Keep an Idiot Entertained for Hours". It went like this: To keep an idiot entertained for hours, read the next sentence. To keep an idiot entertained for hours, read the previous sentence." It didn't sell very well. I thought with the short attention span of people these days it may have been too long, so I rewrote it. The 2nd edition went: "To keep an idiot busy for hours, re-read this sentence." It's doing pretty good. I have a deal for the sequel. The 3rd edition is going to go: "Re-read this line." Trouble is, I'm not as sharp as I used to be, so it's become my favorite book to curl up with on a rainy day. It absorbs me for hours. Contributed By: Nan Herring |
* * * *THE ART CORNER* * * *
 I am so happy to introduce the 3 lovely ladies that bring us this wonderful forum! We have ROSE ENDERUD, JENNY SJ, and VENERINA CONTI, and they work really hard to bring us this forum every 3 weeks. It is a real pleasure to be able to write the article for the "Art Corner" because I love artwork and the members here are so talented! CATHERINE WALKER is the featured artist for this edition of the Newsletter. Cathy is another one of our veteran members here at AdlandPro, being here since July 2006. Cathy is one of our friends that lives in the "Land Down Under", and like many other Aussie's here, she is well liked by the Community. Cathy loves to paint! She will paint on anything she can find, such as, canvas, wood, furniture, ceramics...just anywhere that will hold paint, says Cathy! lol Cathy also does artwork with charcoal and pen and ink, but acrylic painting is her favorite medium. Cathy has had her work shown at a few exhibitions in Melbourne and Sidney, Australia, and she had one solo exhibition at a public gallery in Victoria. Cathy says the exhibition in Victoria did not bring her monetary gain, but it definitely brought her emotional gain. Please visit Cathy's artshow to learn even more about this lovely lady and to see more of her artwork. You may be interested in looking at Cathy's website which shows alot more of her talent, click HERE to visit. Please INVITE Cathy to be your friend if you are not friends with her already. Here are some examples of Cathy's awesome talent;
  
Thanks for reading, and I hope you enjoy the Art Exhibition as much as I did. Written By: Ebony Diggs
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