Peering into 2007...

Alright, a couple of things to touch on today...

The Truth Episode 9 (featuring Jake from ASA) WILL be up tomorrow afternoon. I've gotten through the entire interview, edited and equalized where neccessary, so now all that's going to be done is my intro and conclusion. The Truth is coming back in a big way, and this episode is going to be huge, it'll probably be available in three different downloads as its so large.

Stella from SolidTrustPay, Ted from Autosurfextreme.com, and Mrs. Vee from http://www.mrsvees.blogspot.com will be on in the coming weeks, what order remains to be seen, just wanted to let you guys know they HAVE been confirmed and will be on the show in the very near future.

The Truth will now be available every Saturday morning/afternoon as my schedule has had to be reset due to recent events in my professional career both job and school-wise. Have no fear, however, as I think from tomorrow afternoon, I'll be able to do the show on a consistent and weekly basis without missing a beat.

I spoke to Mrs. Vee last night on the phone for a lengthy period of time, great woman to talk to, and look forward to having her on the show. Drama never seems to stop following her, and she'll address a number of issues on The Truth when she does do the interview. I've spoken to her about becoming a regular contributer and the possibility of working on some things in the future, she seemed open-minded and I think that's a great thing for autosurfers everywhere. Andrew from Midas has tried to use her name to bolster the horrendous autosurf he's "running" (and I use that term loosely), people what stop at nothing in order to steal a couple of extra bucks, for the record, Vee is being cordial with him, but isn't supporting or fighting for him and his site. Just so we're clear on that.

Be careful right now, as Jake mentions in this weeks interview, the industry's going through some really hard times, so don't be surprised if your favourite autosurf falls by the wayside or catches some problems, its to be expected, so I advise extreme caution before jumping into any site right about now.

Alright, so expect the show tomorrow morning/afternoon, I know you'll enjoy it.

You'll hear me tomorrow, boy, it feels good to be back!

Andrew

The Truth RETURNS!

I know, I know, delay after delay has pushed the Truth Episode 9 farther then Tyra Banks' hairline, but I'm here to confirm it WILL be back, by Friday evening for sure. You can expect a HUGE comeback as I sat down with Jake for the better part of an hour and a half for this week's return episode. He talks about everything and I think this is the interview that should have been recorded the first time around, but I wasn't capable or ready to do in my initial podcast. Thanks Jake for sitting down with me, it was much appreciated. I think the autosurfing industry will greatly appreciate both the candid nature and depth the interview was conducted with. Future guests include a variety of guests for the "Wrap up of '06" episode and Ted from AutoSurfExtreme after the new year. How's that?

In other news, spoke at length with Stella over at STP, she seems confident that 2007 will be a big year for both the investment program over at http://www.solidtrust.info and the payment processor. First-class service as usual, I have to honestly say, I can't recall EVER having better customer service then I've had with Marc and Stella. Nothing but exceeding my expectations with those two individuals.

In other news, it appears many individuals were not so pleasantly surprised when Andrew from Midas-Surf appeared from the hole he crawled into to start promoting the "Return of Midas-Surf." The staff sent out a bunch of emails the last couple of days and began posting on the ASA forums about not being paid over at The Network, even stooping as low as to get Mrs. Vee involved for the sake of gaining some credibility. Mrs. Vee, being the fair individual that she is, has asked Andrew to provide some proof of the payments Stormy (or Sandra) still owes him, she has stated that should Andrew provide sufficient evidence that he was not paid what he was owed from the Network that she would verify and take up his case with Stormy herself. Needless to say, I'm not holding my breath on this one, I personally told Vee myself not to waste her time with Scam-Drew, in fact, that's my new name for him, from here on in, Andrew from Midas will now be referred to as Scam-Drew. HA HA HAAAAA!

Also, I'll be speaking with Mrs. Vee tonight after work (FINALLY) which I think is a great thing, getting to pick her brain and establish a date for her to do a Truth interview is on top of the priority list there.

Spoke to Israel over at CommandSurf/Bravo today, he seemed confident that both sites would achieve their mass payouts on the 1st of January. If he and Matt pull this off it could be a great thing for both sites as it would finally put all the doubters to rest that they need new members to pay out the old. I was always a little weary of Bravo's higher ROI, but it looks like they're going to be successful.

Yes, I haven't forgotten about starting my own autosurf, its in the works, rest assured, the ROI will most likely be considerably lower then what you're accustomed to seeing in this arena, but at the same time, there won't be any lies, drama, deceit, etc. It'll be maintained legitimately and I'll gladly post the portfolio for all to see everything I'm investing in, it'll be different, to say the least.

That about wraps up this rant of the day, hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and fantastic holiday season. Remember to spend some time with your families and friends and sit back and relax if you get the opportunity. In life we're not often given a moment of time to relax with our daily hectic schedules, so if you get the chance, savor and enjoy it, because I can assure you, it doesn't last long.

Peace, you'll be listening to The Truth sooner then you think!

All the best,

Andrew

Interesting Developments...

Wow, what a week can do to the autosurfing industry. In just under a week and half, 13dailypro, 12by12daily, and even EZSurfNEarn have closed their doors and left countless autosurfers without their money right before Christmas.

I'm saddened (like many of you) over the recent developments and believe me, I sympathize with you guys, I would not like to be the person who risked more then he could afford to lose right now. I always stress the fact that this may be safer then betting it all on red or black, but at the same time, that's no excuse for someone to risk their childrens' education fund or life savings.

For veteran autosurfers, this is nothing new, as we've been through this before, and will most likely go through it again. For those that have not left due to the volatility only the autosurfing community can provide, I encourage you to look at the silver lining of these storm clouds, that simply being you've learned a valuable lesson the hard way. I know these recent events have hurt some of the Truth listeners first-hand, and I'm sorry for your losses. Please keep that in mind the next time you plan on autosurfing.

As far as The Truth is concerned, I've spoken to Jake from ASA last night, originally he was supposed to come on and do a 5 minute update video for the "wrap up of '06" episode, but after speaking to him, it was clear he had a lot to say on a number of things. So, rather then have Jake on for the five minutes, we've decided to do a whole "Truth Exclusive" interview with him, the way it was supposed to be done the first time. As long-time listeners know, the first couple of episodes of The Truth were horrible at best. Maybe the actual substance was always good, but the audio quality and my lack of experience coupled to what is now an unbearable show lol. There were matters that I was perhaps too afraid to go in-depth with and that's going to be changed this time around. I know its short notice but if you've got some questions for Jake go on and send them over to autosurfingpro@hotmail.com with the heading "Questions for Jake" in the subject line. He's been given free reign, he can speak about anything he'd like for any amount of time. There are no rules, guidelines, etc. I think this is going to be the best interview we've put out yet, so please look out for Episode 9 which should be available for download Friday morning/afternoon.

Thanks for your patience during these last couple of weeks, I know I haven't dedicated as much time as I'd like to the podcast and blog, but I'm going to do a lot better in the coming weeks.

All the best,

Andrew

Quick Update

I know what you're all thinking, Andrew, where is The Truth? I must apologize, I thought I'd be able to make the time to produce the show this weekend but I was mistaken, too many things came up last minute and I wasn't able to complete the show, therefore I just scrapped it and saved the good bits for next week. I'm here to tell you guys that The Truth is not finished, and is only beginning. Within the next couple of weeks I'll be moving to my own domain, which means you won't have to wait a minute before downloading the shows. I thank you for your support these last couple of weeks, I cannot even begin to describe just how hectic everything has become. Nonetheless, I'm not about to abandon the show nor the website just because of a couple of bad shows.

I've already began putting the next two shows, the first will be the "Christmas Special" which will be released later this week, basically, a huge wrap up where I discuss all the recent changes in the autosurfing industry since I've been gone. No guest as the show will probably be long enough as is. At the same time that's going on I've begun booking guests for the '06 Wrap Up show which will be uploaded by the 29th of December, that show will be a follow up with all (or some...cough cough, Andrew from Midas) the guests we've had on The Truth and where they are at the moment, where they're going, and what they expect for their own sites along with their opinions of the industry and other sites going into 2007.

13DailyPro (one autosurf I never promoted nor joined) appears to have scammed over the last 72 hours, I don't know why, I just had a feeling this was going to happen. They weren't transparent, and although they paid considerably less then their biggest competition (12by12daily) I had a feeling their intentions weren't honest, and were waiting for the right amount of E-gold before making their departure.

Mrs. Vee and I have been playing phone tag for the last two weeks trying to finally get to speak to each other, we have two very different and challenging schedules, so as soon as I get the chance to speak to her I'll let you guys know. People who know me know how much I trust her advice, opinion, and intentions, she's the last of the best. So I'll let you guys know when I get the chance.

Ryan from Denali-Surf and I spoke for a bit during a chat session last night, I will be speaking to him via telephone on Tuesday night, so whether or not he'll be on The Truth in some capacity remains to be seen, but I will definitely have some more information for the next episode of the show, or at the very longest, the New Year's wrap-up show.

Kudos for another successful week at Tri-Star Media, wow, is all I can say about Bob Krimm and Co., they're not slowing down, taking no prisoners, and creating income opportunities for their members. I've tried getting in contact with Bob for a possible appearance on the show, but I know he's an extremely busy man, so lets hope he'll be on sometime after the New Year.

I'm going to also invite Jake from ASA on the New Years Wrap-Up show...no for real, I'm serious. He was guest number one so I'd like to see if we can resolve any of our disputes and or differences of opinion during the podcast, needless to say, there won't be any editing required for that portion of the show, I'll allow Jake to speak his mind if he chooses to show up.

Shout-outs to Ted from Autosurfextreme.com and Stephen from GEM for keeping up the good work producing informative and enlightening shows while I've been gone. Yes, I will be posting my first article for CommandBlogs, target date 2009 lol. Joking it should be up in the near future, along with links for all the previous shows and summaries.

Later guys,

Andrew

12by12daily, EZSurfNEarn, Command Network...

Good afternoon all,

The Truth Episode 9 is on schedule to be released this Friday morning/afternoon, although I had originally hoped Mrs. Vee would be joining us, we were unable to arrange anything so I should have something recorded for the week after. It's actually not a bad thing, since there is SO much that has happened since the last podcast, maybe its better to get everything out there at once anyways.

Off to some news...

12By12Daily Institutes 50/50 Rule and suspends Commissions

Not too happy about this one but I'm sure many saw it coming, the 50/50 rule was hardly surprising, I think it was done a little late, in my opinion, but at least its being enforced now. The Referral Commissions being suspended was a good idea as well, since I think in general referral commissions hurt a program far worse then they help. I'll go into detail with my thoughts on referral commissions as a whole either via a CommandBlog article or on the Truth this week. I think 12by12 is hurting in a serious way right now, which came far earlier then I anticipated, I had a feeling they'd be good through February but that doesn't seem to be the case. Many have stated that since they stuck with only E-Gold that hurt their cause due to the flucuations in Gold prices. Since they're inception in July, however, the gold prices have consistently increased, so I think the opposite, it only benefitted them. I think the reason this program is beginning to falter is because so many people had trust from the beginning, and a whole bunch of people keeping max upgrades instead of slow and steady growth hurt this program, and it seems it will not live up to the famous (or infamous, however you wish to look at it) 12Dailypro. I'm hoping the 50/50 rule allows them to cashout, and I was paid for my 26th of November expiry this morning, I'm keeping my 50% in there as I'm pulling for 12by12, I think its obvious to all DND members, however, that the chances for getting a payout there are highly unlikely. I'm trying to be optimistic, but I anybody playing with more money then they can afford to lose should really get out in case it does fall.

E-Z Surf N' Earn Delayed E-Gold Payouts

This isn't affecting me in the slightest as I use STP exclusively on this site. All my cashouts have been on time (including commissions) and I think they've done incredible without a 50/50 rule in place. People complaining because cashouts aren't done on the same day of expiry are just plain spoiled, suck it up, it's a good program, I'll gladly wait seven business days if it helps them stay the excellent and prosperous program they've been since they've opened.

Command Network Takes TSMC

This can be viewed as both a good and bad thing, I love the Command Network and I spoke to Israel last night, he maintains that neither CommandBravo nor CommandSurf rely on other sites to achieve their proposed ROI's. Hey, they've been here since April so they are doing something right, XLO recently celebrated a year, and I think the closest contenders to achieving that level of stability would be these guys. On that same note, though, I think that tapping into TSMC's membership base is a good move, and the fees we collect would go to help out the programs, so that's a plus. In the same token, though, I'm worried that this move has hindered their chances at lasting for a year, because I strongly feel that TSMCs will be viable as long as Bob's programs are running. That's a good thing, if they last a year, if they do falter or the PP is shut down for any reason, then that could cripple a program like Stormpay did to DND. I know Israel and Matt are honest and straight shooters, and I know Bob doesn't plan on going anywhere anytime soon, I'm just hoping they've done their research. If track records show any indication, then they have and this will prove to be another good move.

Denali-Surf Makes the "Safelist"

A lot of people (myself included) are happy Denali made it on the Safelist, good for Ryan. I'm going to try to set something up with him in the near future, to get some more information, but from the initial emails/PM's I've heard from him, he is an intelligent and professional individual. I'll be pushing this site to the fullest once I get some money out from other sites. Remember, unlike others, I promote the sites I have MY OWN MONEY in.

Be careful before joining any new site right now, stick with Vee's picks, as I agree with her, scammers are coming out of the woodwork this holiday season, nothing says "Merry Christmas" like a scammer stealing your money lol (heavy sarcasm intended). Watch out, don't join a bunch of new surfs for the hell of it, spend that money on ludicrously overpriced PS3's and the such, at least you'll get something out of it, instead of giving some dirty swine who probably won't have anyone to spend it on!

All the best, CHRISTMAS IS COMING!!!!

Later,

Andrew

APG Returns!

Good evening everyone,

Thank you to all my listeners/readers for the understanding during my brief hiatus these last two weeks. In what I've personally called "hell week" has finally come to pass, and it was filled with many memorable moments such as 17+ hours at work and school, 3 consecutive days with no sleep, etc. (sarcasm intended). As you probably all know, I have social and professional interests that stem far beyond the autosurfing industry, and I don't really put THAT much weight into all this stuff, it can be an expensive (if the scammers have their way) or lucrative hobby, at that, but still something I try not to get involved too much. Especially during this Christmas season, I encourage all my listeners/readers who spend every waking minute in the forums or autosurfing in general to relax, spend some time with your families and friends, organize your New Years festivities, etc. Autosurfing is a highly addictive hobby whether you're winning or losing (probably even more-so when you're losing lol) and if you don't watch out, it can consume you. The reason I stress this point in my opening paragraph is because I'm beginning to get worried, too many people I know spend their free time on the internet, and while yes, it is a valuable tool, please keep in mind that regular excercise and social activity is a necessity of life, and should be treated as such.

Now that school is over and I won't be working more then 12-17 hours a day I'll be able to focus on what has become one of my true delights working on, that being the "Truth" podcast which WILL return this Friday, the APG blog, and finally, updating and beginning to post regularly on the CommandBlog network.

Within the last couple of weeks there has been PLENTY of news to cover, and that's what you can expect from the Truth Episode 9, tons of observations, news, and I'm trying to get Vee to jump on this week! The following week's Episode 10 will hopefully feature all my previous guests in five-minute fashion giving everybody a heads up on where their programs are today and where they will be in the near future. One person that has already confirmed is Stella from STP, so please go ahead and forward any of your questions/concerns/etc. to be read to her on the show to autosurfingpro@hotmail.com with the title "Questions for Stella," I'll try to read any and all emails I get. Needless to say, Andrew from Midas-Surf will not be appearing, he's far too busy spending our upgrade dollars this holiday season! As you know, over here at APG we don't have a million hits a day, probably never will, but at the same time, we don't promote every single program we come across in a cheap scramble for some referral commission. I'm definitely not a favourite person on many peoples' list, but then again, I've never intended to be, if I was, then obviously the Truth really wouldn't be, THE TRUTH.

Jake over at ASA has openly challenged me (in not-so-nice terms) to name ONE (just one) program that's scammed and has been "endorsed" over at ASA. Needless to say, I know what many of you are thinking, "Andrew, leave him alone, you've openly spanked him and ripped his credibility time and time again, what do you have to prove?" and I agree with that sentiment. I cannot, however, in good faith, allow yet another opportunity to shred whatever ounce (ok, maybe grain) of credibility he has left. I give the man respect, however, as he isn't able to put together a coherent sentence all the time, so I applaud him when he does. It is what it is, and I'll get into that during Episode 9.

In other quick news tidbits, I had my account balance deleted by an appearent script glitch over at TSMC a week ago, it was scary to say the least. I contacted Brookie (who forwarded my request over to Bob) and within minutes my account was restored to its previous balance along with an apology from Bob, I didn't need the apology, him fixing my account within 5 minutes from the time I let Brookie know was good enough. Kudos to Bob, like him, love him, hate him, there's no disputing the man runs a hell of a network, second to none, in my humble opinion.

12by12daily.com institutes a 50/50 rule, no surprise here, I knew David Cannard was not going to let the program falter so easily, I always said that "as soon as upgrades started slowing down, the 50/50 rule will be enforced," so it came as no real shock to me. I am supportive of his decision as I think it would alleviate this "down period" we get during Christmas time and could realistically propel his program to last all the way until March/April. I had originally estimated February as the time this program would need the 50/50 rule, so I guess I was off there, but I knew it was coming at some time or another, no doubt about that. The question now becomes will David use that money wisely and actually use it to help payouts, his track record states he will, but that remains to be seen. I've actually got three cashouts pending at the moment, the oldest being created on the 26th of November, so in support of the program I've done my 50/50 upgrade and I'll let you know how that goes this Friday morning on the Truth podcast.

Please check out Ted at Autosurfextreme and Stephen over at GEM. They both do one hell of a job, and deserve your viewership. I thank them both for the "cheap plugs" I've received and appreciate all they do, real recognize real, and that's why I think we get along most of the time. Check out Mrs. Vee's blog over at http://www.mrsvees.blogspot.com when you get the chance, new layout, I like it, and always useful and informative information for those seeking to use it.

Thanks for all the patience during the last two weeks, I've gotten some great emails, most of them were hilarious, APG is starting have some loyal listenership, and that's all I could really ask for.

Take Care,

Andrew