New Addition to Hadley Family - Luke Dale Hadley, born Monday, August 1, 2005

August 05 Affiliate Newsletter Volume 2 Issue 7

Welcome to the August LearnSpanishToday.com Affiliate Newsletter!

Hi,

If I've been hard to get a hold of this last week, I apologize, but I have a real good excuse. Monday afternoon my wife delivered a beautiful baby boy! He is number one for us and his name is Luke Dale Hadley. He was 7 pounds 12 ounces, measured 20 inches and, thankfully, was healthy as could be. Both he and his mom are doing well and are now recovering at home.

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This issue:
1. Top 10
2. Affiliate Tip
3. New Affiliate Content

Top 10

Here are last month's top 10 affiliate earners:

Top 10 Affiliates in July '05:

Commissions Earned (USD)

1. $289.29

2. $240.90

3. $211.89

4. $174.72

5. $161.67

6. $159.91

7. $116.28

8. $100.87

9. $97.46

10. $87.47

Affiliate Tip

Navigation Links and A Good Time to Promote the Lessons

Navigation Links
An effective way to present the Visual Link Spanish Lessons to your visitors is to include a link to them in your navigation menu. The text you use in this link can help make your site more effective and help those visitors who will end up buying the course see the free lessons. Here are the keyword phrases we have found to be most effective in navigation menus on our sites and on the sites of our top selling partners:

Spanish Lessons
Free Spanish Learning
Learn Spanish
Free Spanish Lessons

In your navigation menu, have these links lead right to your module and the free lessons for optimal effectiveness.

A Good Time to Promote the Lessons
Many of our customers buy our Spanish course after they return from a trip to a Spanish speaking country. Being around Spanish speakers is great motivation for learning Spanish and it is still fresh in their mind just after they return from their trip. Take advantage of it!!!

Finding a way to present the free lessons to a customer just after they have returned from their trip will help make more commission, plus it will get them thinking about their next trip down south, which you of course want them to book through your site.

New Affiliate Content

Newsletter Ad

If you have a newsletter here is a great little Spanish lesson for you to add to your next issue:

The "Thief Sign"

By Dave Clark
Visual Link Spanish

If you visit Latin America and decide to take the public transportation system it is important to know the "thief sign." Since seating on city busses is usually limited, you'll most likely have to stand in the aisle holding onto a rail. Be sure to look down at the mothers and grandmothers sitting on the seats; watch their hands carefully to see if they make the "thief Sign." If anyone does, hold onto your things more carefully than normal because a "thief" or "pick pocket" is around.

The "thief sign" is made by putting the hand with the palm sideways and all four fingers extended. Then, one at a time, all four fingers are bent to touch the palm until a fist is formed. In other words, first the "pinky" or small finger is brought in to touch the palm, then the ring finger, then the middle finger, and finally the index finger. This gesture takes less than a second to make.

In Latin America, even if you don't see the "thief sign" it is important to watch your belongings carefully. During the two years I lived in Latin America, I took hundreds of busses and walked through thousands of city streets and was never robbed or pick-pocketed. Here are a few of my recommended safety precautions for Latin American travel:

Don't wear expensive jewelry including rings and watches. An $8 Casio watch worked great for me and was not a tempting item to steal.
Don't take expensive cameras that could be stolen.
Put money and wallets inside a money belt under the clothes.
If you have to put money in a pocket, put it in your front pants pocket then turn the pocket lining around if possible.
If you carry bags, don't drape them over your shoulder or put them on the ground. Instead, carry them in front of you with one or both arms around them if possible.

These precautions will help keep your belongings safe. Remember to watch for the "thief sign" on busses and in public places and if you see it, be on extra alert.

¡Buena suerte! (Good luck!)

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Feedback

That's it for this month. Please let me know if you have suggestions, or if I can help with anything.

Take care,

Brock M. Hadley
US Institute of Languages
Affiliate Director
www.learnspanishtoday.com
brock@learnspanishtoday.com
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