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		<title>By: Melanie</title>
		<link>http://myideaguy.com/blog/save-your-business/comment-page-1/#comment-4130</link>
		<dc:creator>Melanie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Gosh darn it!  If I live to be a hundred, I&#039;ll never understand why bad things happen to good people.  Adopting a child is one of the most selfless and loving things a couple can do.  I just hope the next agency you hire has their business management head screwed on straight.

Stu, I realize my name won&#039;t sound familiar to you.  But you and I have a mutual friend in Connie Green.  She mentioned your name in her most recent blog post so I just had to look you up on Twitter! :-)  

Hoping our social media paths will cross again and again,
Melanie Kissell</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gosh darn it!  If I live to be a hundred, I&#8217;ll never understand why bad things happen to good people.  Adopting a child is one of the most selfless and loving things a couple can do.  I just hope the next agency you hire has their business management head screwed on straight.</p>
<p>Stu, I realize my name won&#8217;t sound familiar to you.  But you and I have a mutual friend in Connie Green.  She mentioned your name in her most recent blog post so I just had to look you up on Twitter! <img src='http://myideaguy.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' />   </p>
<p>Hoping our social media paths will cross again and again,<br />
Melanie Kissell</p>
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		<title>By: Morgan</title>
		<link>http://myideaguy.com/blog/save-your-business/comment-page-1/#comment-4127</link>
		<dc:creator>Morgan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:44:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Stu

Thanks a bunch for getting back to me, but its like AAAARRRGGGHHHH , now I will probably never get my hands on a copy, does not matter if it was outdated and no more support will be given, just wanted the content, I have contacted Russels offices before but got know where with them on trying to get hold of a copy, hence why I was in contact with your support guys for over 4 months, and then found out that I can&#039;t get it from you guys anymore....

You don&#039;t have a spare somewhere do you to pay for : -)

If not, I have no idea how to get a copy now, as I don’t think Russels side would be able to help me out much.

Anyway  thanks 

Morgan</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Stu</p>
<p>Thanks a bunch for getting back to me, but its like AAAARRRGGGHHHH , now I will probably never get my hands on a copy, does not matter if it was outdated and no more support will be given, just wanted the content, I have contacted Russels offices before but got know where with them on trying to get hold of a copy, hence why I was in contact with your support guys for over 4 months, and then found out that I can&#8217;t get it from you guys anymore&#8230;.</p>
<p>You don&#8217;t have a spare somewhere do you to pay for : -)</p>
<p>If not, I have no idea how to get a copy now, as I don’t think Russels side would be able to help me out much.</p>
<p>Anyway  thanks </p>
<p>Morgan</p>
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		<title>By: Stu McLaren</title>
		<link>http://myideaguy.com/blog/save-your-business/comment-page-1/#comment-4125</link>
		<dc:creator>Stu McLaren</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:27:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Morgan,

Thanks for your comment.

The reason we haven&#039;t made the Affiliate Inferno course available was because I was in the middle of negotiations to sell that entire business..

It didn&#039;t make sense to do one final sale as I wasn&#039;t going to be supporting or updating the content.

I&#039;m proud to say that the business has now been sold to my partner on that project Russell Brunson.

I&#039;m not sure what his intentions are at this point in regards to selling it but you can contact his office by going to www.DotComSecrets.com.

Hopefully that helps.

Take care.

Stu</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Morgan,</p>
<p>Thanks for your comment.</p>
<p>The reason we haven&#8217;t made the Affiliate Inferno course available was because I was in the middle of negotiations to sell that entire business..</p>
<p>It didn&#8217;t make sense to do one final sale as I wasn&#8217;t going to be supporting or updating the content.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m proud to say that the business has now been sold to my partner on that project Russell Brunson.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not sure what his intentions are at this point in regards to selling it but you can contact his office by going to <a href="http://www.DotComSecrets.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.DotComSecrets.com</a>.</p>
<p>Hopefully that helps.</p>
<p>Take care.</p>
<p>Stu</p>
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		<title>By: Eunice</title>
		<link>http://myideaguy.com/blog/save-your-business/comment-page-1/#comment-4114</link>
		<dc:creator>Eunice</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Stu and Amy,

I am very sorry to hear this sadness, you and Amy that your dreams been in three end up in pain.I play that your dreams in three will come true in life time.

rgd

Eunice</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Stu and Amy,</p>
<p>I am very sorry to hear this sadness, you and Amy that your dreams been in three end up in pain.I play that your dreams in three will come true in life time.</p>
<p>rgd</p>
<p>Eunice</p>
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		<title>By: Morgan</title>
		<link>http://myideaguy.com/blog/save-your-business/comment-page-1/#comment-4112</link>
		<dc:creator>Morgan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:19:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Stu

Where art thou?  we made contact some time back where I was wanting to purchase a copy of your &quot;Affiliate Inferno&quot; training course, and you sais it was good to get back to you in a months time, have been trying to get a hold of you but with no luck, cant seem to get any one on the phone, voicemails cant be left, i did however manage to get through to someone in support and they promised me that the whole course would be available to download once you folks moved servers or something which should take a couple of weeks, well 2 months later and no one has still managed to get back to me?

Please let me know how I can contact you directly to talk about this matter?

And great post by the way, and just remember everything happens for a reason, and that reason is there to empower and support you for a much bigger and better outcome.

I hope you get this cause I am running out of options to try and get a hold of you.

Thanks 

Morgan</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Stu</p>
<p>Where art thou?  we made contact some time back where I was wanting to purchase a copy of your &#8220;Affiliate Inferno&#8221; training course, and you sais it was good to get back to you in a months time, have been trying to get a hold of you but with no luck, cant seem to get any one on the phone, voicemails cant be left, i did however manage to get through to someone in support and they promised me that the whole course would be available to download once you folks moved servers or something which should take a couple of weeks, well 2 months later and no one has still managed to get back to me?</p>
<p>Please let me know how I can contact you directly to talk about this matter?</p>
<p>And great post by the way, and just remember everything happens for a reason, and that reason is there to empower and support you for a much bigger and better outcome.</p>
<p>I hope you get this cause I am running out of options to try and get a hold of you.</p>
<p>Thanks </p>
<p>Morgan</p>
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		<title>By: Crystal</title>
		<link>http://myideaguy.com/blog/save-your-business/comment-page-1/#comment-4110</link>
		<dc:creator>Crystal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 03:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My condolences on coming up to such a big hurdle in adoption.  Obviously, from the way you write your blog, that&#039;s not going to stop you - so good on you.  I hope you look back one day &amp; find that this situation was a gift in disguise.  It&#039;s funny how often that happens, even if it isn&#039;t much comfort at the time.
I&#039;m in Australia, so we have a bit of a different situation down here - it&#039;s illegal for adoption to involve ANY money.  The agencies are usually social service type ones instead of businesses per se, and having been a birth mum with a fantastic experience of finding a home for my son 12 years ago (long story on why, but it&#039;s worked out really well, and since it&#039;s all open adoption here we meet up at least twice a year) my heart goes out to someone whose journey hasn&#039;t gone so smoothly.  
Best wishes on finishing that last leg...

Crystal</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My condolences on coming up to such a big hurdle in adoption.  Obviously, from the way you write your blog, that&#8217;s not going to stop you &#8211; so good on you.  I hope you look back one day &amp; find that this situation was a gift in disguise.  It&#8217;s funny how often that happens, even if it isn&#8217;t much comfort at the time.<br />
I&#8217;m in Australia, so we have a bit of a different situation down here &#8211; it&#8217;s illegal for adoption to involve ANY money.  The agencies are usually social service type ones instead of businesses per se, and having been a birth mum with a fantastic experience of finding a home for my son 12 years ago (long story on why, but it&#8217;s worked out really well, and since it&#8217;s all open adoption here we meet up at least twice a year) my heart goes out to someone whose journey hasn&#8217;t gone so smoothly.<br />
Best wishes on finishing that last leg&#8230;</p>
<p>Crystal</p>
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		<title>By: Robert Plank</title>
		<link>http://myideaguy.com/blog/save-your-business/comment-page-1/#comment-4109</link>
		<dc:creator>Robert Plank</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 22:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Stu, if having monthly cashflow is so important than how come there isn&#039;t a hosted Wishlist Member yet?  Or even a monthly fee for the self-hosted solution?  (Just yanking your chain...)

But I am totally in agreement with you... fish before you&#039;re hungry and put a MINIMUM of $1000 into savings every month regardless of how much you make.

If you make $1500 every month, then your expenses need to be under $500... and that might means you have to work a day job or freelance UNTIL your hourly rate increases when the one-time products or membership sites catch up to that same level of income, but so what?

I put away 2 years worth of income into savings before quitting my day job so that I can spend more time creating bigger ticket items and membership sites and not have to go out of business like that charity did...

BTW, here&#039;s the video you made for me at Wishlist Live in Buffalo...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYrsNJF20Kk

Thanks again!  Sarah loved it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Stu, if having monthly cashflow is so important than how come there isn&#8217;t a hosted Wishlist Member yet?  Or even a monthly fee for the self-hosted solution?  (Just yanking your chain&#8230;)</p>
<p>But I am totally in agreement with you&#8230; fish before you&#8217;re hungry and put a MINIMUM of $1000 into savings every month regardless of how much you make.</p>
<p>If you make $1500 every month, then your expenses need to be under $500&#8230; and that might means you have to work a day job or freelance UNTIL your hourly rate increases when the one-time products or membership sites catch up to that same level of income, but so what?</p>
<p>I put away 2 years worth of income into savings before quitting my day job so that I can spend more time creating bigger ticket items and membership sites and not have to go out of business like that charity did&#8230;</p>
<p>BTW, here&#8217;s the video you made for me at Wishlist Live in Buffalo&#8230;<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYrsNJF20Kk" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYrsNJF20Kk</a></p>
<p>Thanks again!  Sarah loved it.</p>
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		<title>By: Ivan</title>
		<link>http://myideaguy.com/blog/save-your-business/comment-page-1/#comment-4108</link>
		<dc:creator>Ivan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Stu,

I do understand what you and your wife are going trough...but I often wondered..why one would choose to adapt kids from far away countries when we have thousands of poor kids here in Canada?

All the best.

Ivan</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Stu,</p>
<p>I do understand what you and your wife are going trough&#8230;but I often wondered..why one would choose to adapt kids from far away countries when we have thousands of poor kids here in Canada?</p>
<p>All the best.</p>
<p>Ivan</p>
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		<title>By: Jason Fladlien</title>
		<link>http://myideaguy.com/blog/save-your-business/comment-page-1/#comment-4106</link>
		<dc:creator>Jason Fladlien</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Stu,

I also offer my sympathies to you and your wife, and I hope you can end up using this experience to grow more as a person. 

I also must say that I love your wishlist membership product and use it all the time!

Thanks,
Jason Fladlien</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Stu,</p>
<p>I also offer my sympathies to you and your wife, and I hope you can end up using this experience to grow more as a person. </p>
<p>I also must say that I love your wishlist membership product and use it all the time!</p>
<p>Thanks,<br />
Jason Fladlien</p>
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		<title>By: Stu McLaren</title>
		<link>http://myideaguy.com/blog/save-your-business/comment-page-1/#comment-4105</link>
		<dc:creator>Stu McLaren</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:14:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks Everyone for your kind words and support.

We are desperately scrambling to hopefully salvage everything we&#039;ve done up to this point with the adoption and with a bit of luck, we are hoping that everything will work out.

It&#039;s just so heartbreaking because all of this could have been avoided by paying attention to some business fundamentals.

I don&#039;t think I mentioned this in the article but the other MAJOR reason I love membership sites (and digital products in general) is because of the profit margins.

There is no other business where you will find profit margins like we experience with a membership site.

Just look at the hard costs of most businesses.  If they are lucky, they will walk away with a 20-30% profit margin (if they are lucky).

We on the other hand give away 30-50% for affiliate commissions and STILL walk away with 50-70% profits.

Crazy.

Can you see why I like memberships so much?

Anyway Amy and I REALLY do appreciate all of you and your heartfelt comments.

We&#039;ll be sure to keep you posted.

All the best.

Stu</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks Everyone for your kind words and support.</p>
<p>We are desperately scrambling to hopefully salvage everything we&#8217;ve done up to this point with the adoption and with a bit of luck, we are hoping that everything will work out.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s just so heartbreaking because all of this could have been avoided by paying attention to some business fundamentals.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t think I mentioned this in the article but the other MAJOR reason I love membership sites (and digital products in general) is because of the profit margins.</p>
<p>There is no other business where you will find profit margins like we experience with a membership site.</p>
<p>Just look at the hard costs of most businesses.  If they are lucky, they will walk away with a 20-30% profit margin (if they are lucky).</p>
<p>We on the other hand give away 30-50% for affiliate commissions and STILL walk away with 50-70% profits.</p>
<p>Crazy.</p>
<p>Can you see why I like memberships so much?</p>
<p>Anyway Amy and I REALLY do appreciate all of you and your heartfelt comments.</p>
<p>We&#8217;ll be sure to keep you posted.</p>
<p>All the best.</p>
<p>Stu</p>
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