Sods law dictates when time is tight for every step forward you take two back.

Them their gremlins are at it again, no sooner had I posted “A cry for help” see below, They decided to get me.

The server started to run very slowly, at times it took up to 60 seconds for a page to render, a post off to tech support and try to carry on, the frustration building feels like running backwards.

By now you are probably thinking what’s he rambling about?

If you have ever tried watching a video on line and you hear two words then the frame freezes for several seconds and it repeats like that continually, that’s how I felt the work was going, My cental sales and affiliate management system (in my opinion, the best in the world) has to be worked on live on line. Usually it flies through from one page to the next.

With the rescue sale being time sensitive working at a perceived quarter of the speed or less certainly does no favours to the blood pressure.

What is probably worse tech support have not as yet come back to me about a solution, lack of communication, I know they are working on it as the speed is up a little but still not at an acceptable level.

To compound that problem the mysql developed a fault thankfully tech support for the program are on the ball with good communication and a speedy fix.

Mel’s situation is getting critical, the court order has her out 0n the 30th with the technical delays we have had to put the launch back until Sunday or even Monday. That is pushing it to save Mel from being homeless.

If you did try to sign up as a JV partner but thought the system broken, please do try again have a little patience as the server is still running slowly, give the pages time to render.

I have faith that tech support will solve the problem, and between us. We will be able to help Mel.

http://www.johnaustwick.com/jv/rescue.html

Well the new year got off to a good start for some, not so good for others.

Talking to an old friend on new years day I was distraught to learn of her current situation, back in 2001 Mel and I had partnered up to build an online buisiness, it was in fact this action that allowed me to go full time on line in 2002, in 2004 we had to sell the buisiness due to both Mel and myself having health problems, we decided we could mot maintain our customer service levels so passed the buisiness to someone we trusted to maintain our high standard.

Our paths went seperate ways but we always kept in touch, Mel’s illness and other cercomstances eventualy took her down the path of employment, As Mel is a great administrator she managed to find a good position which she could fit around looking after and home schooling her little boy Cody who also has severe health problems.

In October of 2008 the company Mel worked for folded, try as she might in the present economic climit she can not find work, as she was also classed as part time at her previous company she receives very little help to survive. At the time of wrighting this Mel is days away from eviction, Cody will have to go into care and Mel out on the street she realy does not have anywhare to go.

As Mel lives in Texas being 5000 miles away and on another continent I can’t offer shelter BUT I can still offer help.

I have put together a huge fire sale with the intention of raising enough money for mel to keep her house but thats not all within the fire sale I have created a high value low cost membership site which Mel can run as the base for returning to Internet marketing therefore giving her some income to build from.

Mel is working on this as we speak.

I am looking for JV partners who can move quickly to help with this project, If you have any interest please visit http://www.johnaustwick.com/jv/rescue.html

Your help will make a difference.

Good things DO come from bad.
After spending Christmas Eve with my friends next door, wrapping presents and making merry I finished the day off chatting to an old friend 4000 mile away on line.

Having been good friends for a lot of years she knows the details of a family tragedy in 2004, very recently thanks to her memory of that event she had the good sense to call for help after recognizing a bad reaction to some medication which in all probabilities saved her life.

I am so pleased good things came out of one of my family tragedies, our friendship goes from strength to strength, although we have never met each other in person, she has a good heart and has always been there for us in times of adversity as I hope we have with her.

At this time of year I hope if you are troubled in any way you too have a friend like Mel bringing joy in your life.

I wish all Family, Friends and acquaintances piece and joy of the season.

John Delavera changes the way Internet Marketing
works! The revolution starts on December 7 at
10AM EST and I AM SO EXCITED being a DOer in this
change of History!!!

John Austwick and John Delavera

When John does something as good as thisI just have to let you know so I copy and paste the latest message I got from John since he has his Delaverian way to say things better than everybody:

Read on – again this is FRESH HOT NEWS:

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Today I feel like rewriting my own history.

As you may know I started on the Net as a newbie
by creating a script: TurboReferer – back in 2002.
For the records: I was a newbie in the GLOBAL
market; and I am glad to say that my credentials
on the local market and off-line are gems in my CV.
That also means that I was planning my attack
for about 8 years… Learning… Testing things…
Baking ideas, one after another… teaching myself
through my mistakes…
So my first arrow, TurboReferer hit the target.
TurboReferer made an impact because there was NO
other script that could reward affiliates automatically
for the referrals they’d send to a site. TurboReferer
thus was a TAF (Tell A Friend) system with many
twists and a build-in affiliate program.

Years pass fast, at it always happens, and I had
to stop the development of TurboReferer, because I
wanted to include the functionalities to my new
flagship product JVManager. And then to Fantasos.
That’s what I did.

However…

Web 2.0 Era challenges us all; we need to stay
updated and use modern tools in our marketing.
We cannot hit airplanes with javelins…
(I wrote an article about this in 2003 I think…)

I had been thinking about this…

I did my research and finally ended up to point 0 – again…

I could not USE a third-party Tell A Friend script…
I HAD TO CREATE SOMETHING that could work
as a stand alone solution and also be fully compatible
with what I trust: Fantasos.

That script is ready.

Introducing:

*TurboReferer PRO*

That’s why I feel today like rewriting my history.

TurboReferer PRO is the best script out there that
allows people to IMPORT their CONTACTS from their
email accounts AND also add friends manually…

Of course, there are scripts that do the same thing…
TurboReferer PRO starts where other scripts end
- as it happens with all my flagship solutions.

Here is where the Magic starts – and this is a real
example so you can click on the link below:

Say you suggest your subscribers to visit this page:

TurboRefererPRO.com

Tom, one of your subscribers, visits that page and
decides to act upon the challenge offered there:
Win a legacy version of TurboReferer (of value $147)
just for sending 100 people on that page.
By the way.. and for your information, the legacy
TurboReferer script is quite rare today and cannot
be found easily online. And it still works fine:)

So all Tom needs is to refer 100 people to that page
by suggesting the page to his Gmail account’s contacts
… or he can use his Hotmail account’s contacts… or Yahoo…
or MSN.. or AOL…. and perhaps add some more friends
manually.

And that’s what he does.

Tom sends the invitation to more than 200 people.
Can you guess what happens next?
Remember: All you did was to send people to
www.TurboRefererPRO.com

NOTHING ELSE.
By doing so….
…YOUR affiliate link is included automatically
to ALL outgoing messages…
So if Tom refers 100 people they all get your
affiliate link inside. Same if Tom suggests the
page to 200, or 300 or to 1000 people….
Can you feel the power here?

As said, that’s where the Magic starts.
Because we are talking about a TURBO script.

The real beauty of TurboReferer PRO is what happens
inside the administration area…

The admin (myself in the real example used above)
added a referral plan inside the script that rewards
affiliates too when they SEND 100 people on that site.

I could add a SECOND plan too.

For example, send another gift automatically if
affiliates SEND 500 people on that page…

Or a 3rd plan, say give free access to a membership
if 50 people visit that page above, and then follow
the link to http://www.SantaDealTime.com
and ordered the access…

How is that possible?

Because TurboReferer PRO counts orders too.

I have more options inside the admin area…

I can even BAN people… IP addresses, email addresses…
if they misuse my system.

I can add more than 1 link inside the message to
be sent through all invitations, up to 5 links actually
and have all those links carrying the affiliate ID
of the affiliate that sends traffic to that page…
Reread the above paragraph, because from what I know
there is NO other solution that allows you to suggest
MORE than 1 page IN THE SAME message and
have affiliate links inside for ALL the products/websites
mentioned…

As said TurboReferer PRO works with Fantasos but
works with ANY other solution… All the admin needs
is to define the Affiliate ID parameter inside…
Or it can work without an affiliate program in action.
Just as a TAF system.
Yes, I can do many things inside the admin area…

I can control the users by limiting the times
they can import contacts from the same account…
I can forbid them to use the system unless N hours
have passed… Say 24 hours, or 72 hours, etc…

I can even control the layout of the submission form…

I can use a CAPTCHA system so to add security.
(Users will need to verify the number displayed in that
CAPTCHA image.)

And…

MUCH – MUCH more I do not want to disclose now…

Why?

Because, you see…

TurboReferer PRO is ONE of my contributions to
Santa’s Deal Time event that starts on December 7, 2008
at 9 AM EST here:

http://www.SantaDealTime.com

People that will get access from tomorrow can use
this powerful system…

Plus my other 2 new scripts, web 2.0 compatible too:)

Plus the TONS of goodies delivered by my online fellow
marketers…

More surprises come…

Because I am going to use something that will make
my affiliates RAVING about it…. That something
if used correctly by my affiliates will allow them
to COMMUNICATE with you MORE EFFECTIVELY.

Hint: They can add their bonuses Online to THEIR
customized affiliate page…

Yep… Revolution starts tomorrow.
It’s good to re-write your own history and move on…

Will you be part of that History tomorrow?

http://www.SantaDealTime.com

Because early birds always get the better price…
(that’s another hint…:))

Enjoy!

John Delavera

Little steps turn into giant leaps.

Having the responsability for the children I went back to collage on a part time basis to brush up on Maths and English, teaching methods have changed a great deal from my schooldays, the refresher was just the thing to help the children with their homework and education in general.

This is also a help with my writing having been into computers from the 1970s using American spell checkers in the UK for years created serious confusion with spelling, not that I was good with spelling in the first place.

Knowing I needed to get the business back on track, I also had the time to reflect on what I could have done better, after all I was virtualy starting from scratch. Most of my lists were gone and my sites with the exeption of the hosting were in disaray.

The first thing was to get better organized with my computer files, I came across a fantastic piece of software called the

IM Index

. Just the job to have all my information, programs and scripts in a very easy to find format. as I have never been the most organized in filling, I estimate this little program has saved me hours every week with now being able to find anything on my computer with just a couple of clicks

Having done some programing and it is a good compliment to hosting I purchased a ready made re branded resell rights site

http://www.fivedollarscripts.com

along with some exclusive scripts to start rebuilding the business.

I also realised very quickly the promotion methods I had used previously were now much less effective, I needed to retrain myself.

THE PLAN

Education is the key:
Having used, bought and promoted training courses in the past, some very good, some not so good I had to find a way to go for the courses that would give me the greatest benefit. Having spent years in isolation behind the keyboard when the opportunity arose to attend my first live event in the UK, tickets bought hotel booked away I went to the Focus marketing seminar. The prime objective to find a good mentor.

After Sheila’s passing, I was an emotional mess, I had the good sense to arrange for two of my lovely grandchildren to come stay with me, Charlene (15)

charlene at 15

and John (10)

John at 10

Without them I would probably have been joining Sheila within three months,

Having my grandchildren to look after (or were they looking after me?) Parental mode kicked in and life started rebuilding, with what focus I could muster being directed toward school life and parental guidance for the children.

The business killer came in May of 2007 when my main hosting company was attacked and the server and backup were destroyed. My hosting business disappeared along with all my own sites. Total loss of business.

One huge lesson learned ALWAYS keep a current backup of your server away from the host.

Sods law dictates!

The same week my hard drive also packed in (now partial data recovered) but thankfully not before I managed to upload some (but incomplete) parts of my own sites back to a new server, I lost all but two of my hosting customers (only to be expected) In my grief depressed state; I had neglected my business.

Thankfully, as I had been doing some things right cash was not a real problem, as I was still deep in depression work on resurrecting the business was slow.

The recovery starts… Part 3 to follow.