I have an important announcement for you

Previously we have allowed affiliates to copy content that is owned and copyrighted to 2u.  However, because of recent changes in Google’s calculations, sites that have very similar or identical words get penalised ie not ranked or ranked much lower in the search results.

So we cannot allow the 2u content (words) to be copied - its not good for you, and its not good for us.   To be honest you are much better off with your own unique content, so it is in your own interest to create your own words.

 So …

1. DO NOT COPY ANYTHING FROM www.2u.co.uk

2. IF YOU HAVE ALREADY COPIED from 2u.co.uk then you need to create your own words.  Put it in your own unique words.

Our legal team have advised that we give everyone 2 months to fully remove all copied content from their sites.  After 2 months (ie after 17th October 2007) we will be checking up on sites that are found to have copied from 2u, and making sure they remove all copied content. 

Remember, it is not in your interest to have copied (duplicate) content and it is not in our interest to have our content copied.

We want to help you to sell, and that means having your own unique websites.

NOTE:  Your own affiliate .2u.co.uk website is OK - Becase we control the content of thhe .2u.co.uk sites you do not nee to worry about this.

If you are using the phones datafeed then you DO NOT HAVE TO change the content (mostly the phones descriptions) but I would encourage and advise you to, for your own site’s quality.

If you have an INSTANT AutoPilot site (www.instantautopilot.com), again, you do not have to change the content (mostly the phones description - FYI the IAP sites use a different set of phones descriptions to the ones on 2u.co.uk which is why it is less important that you change the content), but I would encourage and advise you to, so your site is unique and different to others - you benefit from this.

If you want to get someone else to re-write your phones descriptions, I would recommend searching for a provider (at much lower cost) at www.elance.com

If you want to do it yourself, simply start small and do a few each day.

As a rule of thumb, make sure that no 5 consecutive words are identical.  Reword it, change the words around AND use different words - insert other words, remove some words. Again, make sure that no 5 words in a row are the same as anything copied from 2u.co.ukor any other site.

If you have any questions, then contact me by replying to any newsletter you receive. 

So please do not copy in future and please remove all wording you have copied from 2u.co.uk

I hope you can see why this is necessary and in everyone’s interest.

Thank you.

The unlock price is now only £2.99.

 You will find this is VERY competitive, so use it to drive customers to your site.  You earn £1 per sale, plus they are then more likely to then purchase other products from your site.

Remember, when we send emails to your customers, they contain YOUR site’s link, so you earn commission onn the follow up marketing.

You can see the Unlock sales page at
http://www.2u.co.uk/mobile-phone-handset-unlocking/

IMPORTANT: Price drop pending

It’s time to get competitive!

In 1 week we will be cutting the price in HALF for
our instant unlocking service.

(If you’re not sure what unlocking is go to
http://www.2u.co.uk/mobile-phone-handset-unlocking/ )

Why does this matter?
If you are paying for advertising it matters.
If you want to use this price drop to sell more,
it matters

Was £5.99

Now £2.99

AND you get a healthy £1 commission per sale.

You will find by looking around that this is
an incredibly competitive price. You can
really shout about this new price.

This new price will come into effect next week.
I will update you here when it goes live.

News: All insurance products now come with

1. FREE Executive Contact Backup - Safely and securely backup and store you mobile phone address book contacts, calendar

2. FREE registration for mobile tracking, normally £29.99. See details at
http://www.2u.co.uk/mobile-phone-insurance/

In addition …

Mobile phones have no claims bonus of

1. FREE Battery (1 year no claims bonus)
2. FREE Upgrade handset (2 year no claims bonus)

Laptop / computer insurance now have this no claims bonus

FREE computer health check (2 year no claims bonus)

Use these free bonuses to encourage your visitors to buy your insurance

The old blog has moved to here - http://www.2uaffiliates.com/articles

You can catch any product or software updates here, or any news on the industry or affiliate marketing in general

I just got back from my wedding abroad last night. Thank you to the many, many well wishers who sent very kind emails. Thank you. Esther and I were very touched.

As you can imagine, 2 weeks of fun in the sun with kids, family and friends was quite tiring but great fun.

To answer the question of location - we went to Lindos, Rhodes, Greece.

It was absolutely beautiful and VERY hot - 57degrees C. All went very well, if a little non-traditional - my favourite part - after the wedding ceremony of course - was the high powered glass-bottomed speed boat for our 25 guests, armed only with 12 bottles of Moet & Chandon champagne.

So I wanted to personally receommend - if you ever want a fantastic interesting wedding, consider Linods, Rhodes. I can personally recommend our wedding planner company, who gave more than a brilliant service - http://www.lindosweddings.com/

On a separate note - The much awaited INSTANT AutoPilot should go live and be launched tomorrow. I’ll drop you a line then

I’ve got 3 things for you today …

I haven’t emailed for a while because I have had my head down
for some time, between loads of exciting things here at 2u (as
well as a new programmer), and my growing baby boy Toby (now
11 weeks old, and smiling like an angel).

There are 3 things I want to update you on that you should
know. I have some very handy time-saving FR’EE software
tools for you but first …

We have some great new projects which I have been overseeing,
including the INSTANT AutoPilot. I put a message about this
on the 2U Forum yesterday …

“The path of true development never runs smooth …

At least the planned timescales rarely actually happen exactly
as planned.

The INSTANT AutoPilot [is] still in development and being
tested. [Although I am not a programmer] if I am honest the
delay is partly my fault, because I keep coming up with ideas
to improve it and make it better and better …

“Put tracking code for PPC in the Thank You page”,
“Give full and detailed sales stats”,
“Make it easy for the customer to re-order without re-typing
their details” …

etc, so it logically is taking longer than the planned (and
smaller, simpler version of) INSTANT AutoPilot.”

So that is the update on INSTANT AutoPilot - it is coming soon,
but not ready yet because there are still a few cool and
profitable things going into it, that will help YOU more.

The second thing I wanted to update you on is about the search
engines. You may have noticed that 2u.co.uk is less prominent
than it was a month ago (and for many years previous).

There are a number of reasons for this, which we are working on
at present, because it is vital to us that we get those positions
back.

One of the PRIME reasons for this happening is some potentially
malicious behaviour by an outside company, which is currently
being investigated.

Thankfully, we have backup plans and multiple streams of income,
so it is not devastating. But rest assured - we are working
incredibly hard to build tools and processes to get the 2u site
back up the search engine positions, and to help YOU get up there
with your 2U site. The tactics laid out in the Affiliate
Training Centre at http://www.2uaffiliates.com/training-centre are still the best way
to get your site ranking well.

The third thing I want you to know is that I have just added a
LONG list of helpful and handy software tools that I use, either
regularly or have used in the passed, that you would probably
benefit from.

I put this list as a post on the Forum at
http://www.2uaffiliates.com/forum/index.php/topic,790.0.html

If you are not yet a member make sure you sign up at
http://www.2uaffiliates.com/forum/index.php?action=register

It may take a short time for you to be approved, but when you
are, make sure you have a look at this list of software (many
F’REE) at

http://www.2uaffiliates.com/forum/index.php/topic,790.0.html

2U’s public profile is growing. For you, this means that the 2U brand is increasingly trusted and known.

2U experts have previously been interviewed on a number of differetn radio shows. I have personally been on BBC Radio 3 Counties, and BBC Radio Leicester, discussing mobile phone issues such as clawbacks and cashbacks, as well as mobile phone security - how to look after your mobile phone.

Unfortunately the soundfiles are not currently available, but I am reliably informed by a producer at the BBC that for our next interview, they will be able to give me the recording soundfile, which can then be made available to you here.

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Hi,

There have been a few extra bonuses added to the 2U Phones Datafeed Updates. These include an outline of how to get the database updates automatically, and how to unzip the .gz zipped files automatically. This is fed to you as part of the 2U Phones Datafeed Updates, which you can subscribe to for FREE in your 2U Login area at https://users.2u.co.uk

Hi,

I just wanted to let you in on a very exciting personal secret of mine …

I am about to become a father! My good lady, Esther, is HUGE and our baby is due next Thursday, 28th September 2006. Maybe baby has other ideas, and might come out before then, but that is the due date.

So if you don’t hear from me for a while - that is why - I will probably be VERRRRY tired!

So if you need to ask me a question, do still email me your question to duncan @ 2u.co.uk, but it may just take a little longer than the usual quick response for me to get back to you.

Speak with you soon,