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Hello Interested People,

We joined AAN a few weeks ago and since then, it looks like nothing is happening, but that is far from the case! In fact, our funds are working for us, the site is just not reflecting that yet. They are working on a software update that will automate the entire administration and until it is done, it may look like nothing is happening. Just know that it is.

In the forum  (http://forums.affordableaffiliates.com )
they announced that they had closed all tickets dealing with "deposit not showing up" issues because they are automating that as well and it should be correct now in your back office. If it still is not correct, please resubmit your support ticket. Expect a response time of 48-72 hours until they have the full site ready, at which time they will expand support again for faster support responses.

I have listened to the two conference calls/webinars, but I am going to give MANY THANKS to fellow member Faith Sloan for providing the following synopsis from the last one on 3/30 which is not on line yet (THANK YOU Faith!):

http://www.affordableaffiliates.com/webinar/mp3/AAN-Webinar-031609.mp3

http://www.affordableaffiliates.com/webinar/mp3/AAN-Webinar-032309.mp3

Faith Sloan's Take on the Webinar

Tue Mar 31, 2009 1:49 am
AAN Webinar #3 - 30March2009 Notes: Faith Renee Sloan

The meeting began at 9:00pm EST and lasted a full 2 hours until 11:00pm EST.

Jen welcomed us and introduced the President/CEO of AAN, Mr. Chris Bell.

Chris introduced himself again and stated that his company has been live for 20+ years and that he has been in the "...buy/sell industry..." for 25 years.

Other AAN principals on the call were as follow:

1. Cody whom you all know as the head Tech Guy who was charged with presenting the questions from the membership to Chris

2. Jen of course who is at the top of the leader chain and have brought in many of our top 10 leaders

3. David Cheyne who is no longer the Director of Marketing but is now the new VP of AAN

4. James River who is the 10th most influential on one of my favorite social communities -- Twitter. He is charged with assisting the tech folks and using his passion for content and user-interface design in order to get the layout of the site looking sharper. He will also be responsible for ensuring that all of the inventory items which will be displayed on the site to potential buyers look their best using multiple views. He will be working on the inventory acquisition detail pages. He will also lead the effort to post content on the site for all of our charities. So not only will the charities receive cash from this opportunity but they will also have their own corner in the AAN portal, if you will.

You know that I will be following all of the above folks via Twitter after I complete my research on their online presence. :D

Chris stated that tomorrow or before end of week, he will have an update on the blog and will ensure that the updates are continuous from here on out since they have ramped up their staff.

The next step in terms of priority is to get those darn deposits straightend out with Cody's technical assistance; get those support tickets resolved and closed and finally to get the inventory assignment automation up and going so that we can truly see what the heck they are doing for us -- their valued members.

Cody was the 2nd speaker.

Mr. Tech Guy stated that there was some good news and some bad news.
1. Good: 99% of deposits are fixed. (i'm not sure about this as my downline deposits just decreased 50%) ;) But I'll be patient.
Ellen of STP is helping to ensure that all of the data they need in terms of member info and accounting to integrate with their inhouse systems will be done correctly. Their main programmer is very sick. Wishing him/her well of course.

2. BAD: 303 deposits were made manually and not from the website. This proved to be problematic in that they still have to manually perform the matching and contact members to figure out what stp usernames match with which aan account numbers. They have written a tool for customer support to address these individually. Supposedly everyone is fine. If not, then submit a support ticket. Well, guys you gave folks the go-ahead to do these manual deposits but yes let us move forward. So ANYONE with incorrect deposit amounts or NO deposits recorded in your backoffice, submit a support ticket. Yes, I know you have already. But do it again. They made a boo-boo and are trying to make it right.

3. BAD 2: A lot of folks cannot log in. The 'Forgot Password' tool is using an offsite mail server which hiccups and sporadically refuses to send mail with the new passwords. Personally, i have not experienced this. I request a new password almost every 3 days and no problem with the email to my hotmail account. :lol: Nonetheless, they ae consolidating their servers in order to fix this. PLEASE DO NOT CONSOLIDATE THE WEB SERVERS with the DATABASE SERVERS with the MAIL SERVERS. :D It will be fixed early this week or en of week. Total migration of everything will occur within the next week. Expect a smooth transition but downtime may occur due to the need for DNS propagation. So downtime may be experience while the propagation happen throughout the world. They say within the next week. I say within 2 weeks at least. ;)

4. GOOD: Support Response is now 24-48 hours now. If you have an open ticket before 16March2009 or have submitted a ticket that has anything to do with PayPal, STP, deposits, alertpay, etc, those tickets have been deleted. See #2 above.

Finally in terms of deposits. NEVER NEVER NEVER send a Manual payment through AlertPay, SolidTrustPay or any future payment processor. USE THE AAN BACKOFFICE after you log in. ALWAYS!

Mr. David Cheyne (yes, I researched you David. not finished though) the new VP of AAN spoke next. Chris basically introduced him and he had a small bit to say. He is a Professional Buyer, Managed Chris' facilities, warehouses, etc. He created approx 30 successful websites relate to e-commerce and affiliate marketing. He has vast knowledge of online marketing. Chris says that David expertise goes hand-in-hand with AAN being able to move into multiple markets from China, Europe, etc.

David said that his primary focus initally will be to address members issues. He will be training us particularly in the areas of affiliate marketing and how to boost our affiliate income across the site. Now that is something I find of tremendous value. If my downline who have not been successful in their past at getting others on board or are not familiar with the whole concept of marketing online, David can bring some much needed education to the masses.

The charity approach.

With the addition of Rob Lind as Director of Aboriginal Affiliates and Laura Corby (was either on Oprah Winfrey's show or in her Magazine) as Director of Autism Affiliates, they can start making it happen. This will enable charities serving the Aboriginals and those with Autism to participate as members of AAN. AAN will provide 10 packages each for both groups. The goal is to have them become members. There will be 10 Aboriginal elders and 10 families from Autism-related charities invited in to the AAN mix as members. This would be an awesome opportunity for them to create sustainable and long-term revenues for themselves, their families, and their communities.

I will digress and jump ahead here. Since we are on the topic of charity, a few folks including myself wrote that those free folks should not be able to participate as members and make money when they themselves have not put a dime into the pot. What I really said was that I was unsure whether bringing in free members and paying them to recruit would make AAN non-compliant with our government entities. Because they COULD be looked upon as a company not providing a product or service and are paying folks to recruit. I still need more clarification on that just to make sure that AAN doesn't get dinged on that technicality.

But the charitable act behind the same is well-taken. There are many that you and I know who are financially in dire straits. They are either poor, or have been laid off, or just are simply the working poor who pays all of the taxes. Why not give them the opportunity for future wealth? Why not give them the opportunity to earn commission which will allow them to invest and share in the wealth? Sounds rather noble to me. But I say let us work on ensuring the legality of the same. If it can't be done in the way proposed by AAN, then let us brainstorm to find another way. I'm all for local and global collaboration for the success of all.

I like what Chris said... "They deserve privileges too. Don't lock out the financially strapped. Everyone should have potential for life time profitability". He also said "We are not a greedy company". AAN wants everyone to contribute to this to being the largest entrepreneurial endeavor to help others".

James River spoke (I think. Chris could've been simply talking about him) He is the guy I mentioned above who is the 10th most influential person on Twitter with a huge reach in terms of his network. I have to check out that claim. LOL! I know those darn Twitter movers and shakers!

Mr. Chris Bell spoke again. Chris mentioned that we have over 7000 members in over 130 countries! He also mentioned that it is imperative that folks not keep their profits in but draw out your cash rather than let it become a 'greedy rollover'. I say use it to do something OFFLINE like a trip with the family or paying off some debt. But if you choose to take your capital profits and put it back in, that is okay too as many of us have different needs and different strategies to meet those needs. Just be prudent, I say. Chris says that he really wants the members to have a sustainable future income. So my friends mix it up. Put some pennies in your pocket and put some back in for compounded growth. Make it your win-win. If not, contact me so I can give you my address, so you can send your cash to me so I can indulge in Sushi and Plum Wine.

In the end, I actually came to the conclusion that this is bigger than I thought or even fathomed from the first leadership meeting I attended.

I feel more comfortable that the AAN principals do understand the critical success factors and are willing to do what is necessary to execute.

With that said, I will remain an outspoken advocate for the membership but I now have an appreciation for the huge task they have ahead of them in terms of Operations, Technology, Infrastructure, Corporate Structuring, Customer Support etc. They have a lot of work to do and given the challenges ahead, I will be a bit more patient and lenient. ;) But I still will spank them when their communication fall down. You should ALWAYS have time to communication. ALWAYS. Because you can have the best laid plans, the best product, the best marketing, the best technology, the best staff and support mechanisms, but without 'constannt' communication to those who are willing to build this company in partnership with the principals, you have absolutely nothing and failure is a high liklihood.

But folks as Chris said, "...where else can you buy into a strong business model where you have no overhead, no bills, no management issues, etc for years to come"" Believe me I know. It took a lot of door knocking for me to find $3 million for my first startup with 2 other women. We laughed, cried, ate crappy food, got rejected over and over again until someone gave us the cash. And then we had the headaches involved with growing the company. But in the end, it was good and still is profitable.

I see the true future value of the business and the efforts they are putting forth behind the scenes. It is wayyy bigger than I imagined and being a serial entrepreneur I see an feel their startup pains. Only a masochist would be willing to go through this.

Their progress is indeed impressive. But it shouldn't take a webinar to communicate this. We are all in this together. Faith will always have something to say but feed her so she can feed her team. Help us to help AAN.

The point Chris continued to make is that we should bear with them. This is not a get rich scheme. He is still asking for our patience to let them mature... to get the right people, right framework, right technology infrastructure, etc.

And I say yes to that.

I'm tired, so listen to the webinar which should be up in 1-2 days. There is much more which was discussed and my handwriting is becoming a blur.

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What is AAN?  A real GEM of a perfect passive program:

Affordable Affiliates Network (AAN)

Seems like the big recruiters got hold of our gem and membership is skyrocketing. Admin posted on the blog that they have added staff to take care of the additional workload... they have been approving the spends manually, so that has taken time and because of the delay of doing it manually, support emails skyrocketed and so on. But it seems that all is under control now.

You can use alertpay or SolidTrust Pay to fund this one and it will soon be automated so no more delay. Min is $100, maximum is $500. You can't invest more than $500, even though you will want to! But your account balance can grow beyond that, as part of your monthly earnings are added back in and part are paid to you and part are paid to charity.

This is a really cool program and you can see from looking at their ebay store that they are doing exactly what they say they are doing.

This is a MUST program for all passive investors, affordable, legit and it is open internationally too. Don't miss out, this is a real gem.

But just please go here now and create an account for f r e e and have a look around, I know you will be impressed:

http://www.affordableaffiliates.com/v2/opportunity.php?ref=665

The program only allows a maximum of $500.00 and a minimum of $100.00 investment in TOTAL (You will see how this works when you check out the site). A portion of your profits are given to the charity of your choice, which is VERY cool.
 
This is a really unusual program.  Totally different from
anything I have ever seen on the internet.  

The program only allows a maximum $500 investment
and part of the profits are given to the charity of your choice.

What they do is  buy low and sell high and only $10 of any
one investors funds are involved in any purchase.  The range
of investment is from $100 to $500, which means that the
funds would be used as part of 10 to 50 purchases.  When the
item is sold then the profits are shared out.  

Profits are shared out: 10% is paid to the investor at the end
of the month, 10% plus the seed money are placed back into
the account, 5% is paid to the sponsor and 5% to the charity
of the investor's choice.

In effect this provides both automatic payment and automatic
compounding monthly.

There is an added measure of safety provided by guaranteeing
against loss.  If an item does not sell or sells at a loss the original
investment in the item is returned to the investor's account so
there is no possibility of loss.

What are the potential profits? on any item the profits can be
anything from very small to huge.  The largest profit was on a
set of books purchased for $3000 and which were sold for
$494,000.  The profits were split between the participants. Cha-Ching!

The program is run by a very experienced ebay
seller, Chris Bell, who has a great deal of experience at
identifying items which can be sold for significantly more
than they can be purchased for.

This is totally passive since there in no need to do anything
at all once the account is funded.  You earn whether you refer
or not, although you do earn more if you refer.

This is the perfect investment for those who want a totally hands
off program but at the same time with the potential for large profits
which increase monthly.  It also does not require a large investment.

http://www.affordableaffiliates.com/v2/opportunity.php?ref=665

You can join for f re e and look around the site before you do your
investment.

Have a great week and THANK YOU!

Suzanna