Well, today marks my second year anniversary with Yuwie.

As it turns out I was offline a good portion of the last year so am now having to catch-up with the things that are new and improved and to realize that without constant promotion my downline group growth is less than I had envisioned:

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It seems that the bulk of my group has lost interest in this upstart social network and only a handful are at all active.  I am surprised that so many have left, but believe that Yuwie is still a viable social network and is just going through growing pains in it's early years.

I've discovered some new additions to Yuwie and am of the opinion that they show a positive influence and as newer additions continue to be developed that Yuwie will be competitive in it's genre and viable over time as it forms it's own "niche" in the social networking scene.

Most successful business ventures grow slowly and generally become "established" sometime around their fifth year.  Online start-ups can vary widely from that depending on various conditions that only internet companies might have to face.

My guess is that Yuwie will meet and beat the difficulties in it's path and I expect to post my third year anniversary blog to a larger number of members next September.

Expect Success

John3

Battered by rising mortgage delinquencies and defaults, and by the sinking value of its mortgage portfolio, WaMu has lost nearly 70 percent of its market value this year."

and this

"In July, the bank reported a $3 billion second-quarter loss — the biggest quarterly loss in its history — as it increased its loss reserves to more than $8 billion to cover bad loans.

The company expects cumulative losses in its residential mortgage portfolio to total $19 billion, the high end of previous guidance, and has said 2008 will be the peak year for provisioning.

During the second quarter, WaMu announced plans to exit the wholesale lending business and close all remaining standalone home loan centers, resulting in 3,000 job losses. The bank said it would instead focus its mortgage-originating efforts in its retail bank branches and Web site, and by expanding its call center operations. WaMu announced an additional 1,200 job cuts in June."

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Do you know of which "social Network" this story relates to and if so, are you worried about this announcement as far as you being paid what they promise now and in the near future?

I'm sticking with Yuwie myself.

From Wikipedia:

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Considering that Yuwie is now a year old and still attracting new members and advertisers, and is not quite nearing the point where growth will accelerate wildly yet (I would now guess at maybe the 3 to 5 million member mark) through 'word of mouth' and press attention - what sort of 'gimmick' (besides the obvious one of shared revenue) does Yuwie need to spur growth through 'buzz'?

There is apparently a music player in the works (see a blog posted by RAKRadioAnthony  called "*****SNEAK PEAK AT YUWIE MUSIC PLAYER*****" here: http://ww1.yuwie.com/blog/entry.asp?id=338018&eid=358423) which will be a big boost!  But what else would you members like to see as far a widgets or such?

What will put Yuwie 'on the map' big time?

YUWIE #1 GOLD TEAM

Expect Success

John3

Just a short note to share that I've received a hassle-free 

Paypal payment of $25.51 on July 1st!

Thank you Y-Guy for doing all you do to make that possible, 

and Thank you to my wonderful direct upline sponsor Noel....... [SUCCESS HELPER] 

for introducing me to this opportunity and guiding me to success with it, 

and my GOLD TEAM downline family for coming through for me by being active!

YUWIE #1 GOLD TEAM

Expect Success

John3

p.s.  Find and click on his link on my top friends list and take a minute to visit 

Noel and friend him - he is very nice, very helpful and very active!

p.s.s.  Congrats again to Noel - his profile is currently featured on the

Yuwie homepage!