Wow! Woke up to several messages from folks that ranged from honestly curious/confused to downright snotty and accusing. It occurred to me that if these people didn’t get the memo, there may be others who didn’t either, but just aren’t speaking up. So I thought it might be helpful to post a general announcement to shed some light on things.

On August 18, I sent an email to all my affiliate members letting them know that my old e-junkie affiliate program was being canceled as of Sept. 1 and asking them to be sure and sign up at my new store so they could continue to earn commissions on their referrals of  my Virtual Assistant business forms and tools.

Now lots of things happen with messages. Sometimes they end up in spam/junk mail folders. Sometimes they get glossed over and deleted. Sometimes ISPs, in their overzealous spam-fighting measures, block perfectly legitimate mail from reaching intended recipients. Sometimes people use spam-blocking programs that prevent email from reaching them. There are all kinds of things that happen beyond the sender’s control. If you didn’t get the message, I’m sorry about that but short of having a magic wand, I’m not sure what more I can do.

The other thing that I didn’t realize is that with e-junkie, when an affiliate is removed, an automatic message is sent to the affiliate letting them know they have been removed. The exact language it sends is apparently this:  “Your affiliation has been removed on [date/time]. Your affiliate links will not work any longer.”

Some people felt this was curt and were offended. To them I apologize, but all I can tell you is that I didn’t send this message, e-junkie did. I wasn’t aware that it sent a message like that. If I had been and it allowed me to, I would have edited it to include the reminder about why it was being canceled and a link to sign up again at the new store.

At any rate, below is the body of the message I sent to everyone on August 18. I’ve had record sales these past few months and I would love to be able to share the wealth with you and give you a little sumpin’ sumpin’ back for those referrals and recommendations you would be making anyway so be sure and sign up to be an affiliate at my beautiful new store!

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO AFFILIATES

Hi there!

Hope you’re having a lovely, productive, summerful week.

I won’t take up too much of your time–just wanted to send a quick, but important, note to all of you who are signed up for my affiliate program. First, I want to officially let you know that my new store is now on its own website at http://www.virtualassistantbusinessforms.com. Which means that I will be discontinuing my e-junkie store as of September 1, 2010.

If you wish to continue earning great commissions from your recommendations and referrals of my products to others, you’ll need to get a new affiliate link from the new store. It’s super, super easy–all you have to do is register yourself at the new store and then simply replace all your old e-junkie affiliate links (which won’t work after Sept. 1) with the  new one that will be automatically displayed in your account. You can get a clear and complete walk-through here: http://virtualassistantbusinessforms.com/affiliate-program

Also, in case you weren’t aware, I have a new premium product out called “How to Price & Package Your Support Based on Value & Expertise–NOT Selling Hours” (abbreviated title is “Value-Based Pricing & Packaging Toolkit”). It’s priced at $147 so your commission on each sale of that product would be $36.75. I could really use your help in getting the word out–this product is really going to help so many people. Of course, I never want anyone making recommendations unless they really believe in the quality of the products (particularly if they’ve used them themselves), so if that’s the case for you, nothing would make me happier than to be able to give back to you in this way for referrals and recommendations you would make anyway.

If you have any questions about anything, feel free to shoot me an email.

Many thanks!