Our agreement to work together

Please read and print out a copy and if you agree then send me an email or fax your response to me on ... fax number +27-11-454-2869

Preamble ....

The parties to this agreement have a mutual interest to make profits from creating interesting web based information that will be posted to the Internet on what will be called JV Websites. In this regard the parties willingly enter into the following basic agreement. This agreement is based upon intent and not legalese. The intent of both parties is to mutually support each other on an ongoing basis since it is difficult to succeed on the Internet without an ongoing commitment to fresh content and updated web pages... However to try to highlight specifically important points to agree upon I have created the following.

Definitions ...

Focus may relate to Focus Garden Products or its owner Tony Roocroft depending upon whether the agreeing author or partner is a private individual or company

Author or Partner may be Focus or the party agreeing to this agreement. In general it refers to the person agreeing to this JV opportunity rather than Focus because it is envisaged that most content for the JV Website will be created by the agreeing party.

JV Website ... a website created and paid for in full by Focus based upon articles submitted by the author in approved format. Income will be split 50% to the author and 50% to Focus

Income ... any income derived from the JV Website ... it is envisaged this will be derived from selling advertising space, electronic goods, and a wide range of affiliate opportunities. No promise of any kind is made that profits will be generated. However subjects chosen as the basis for any JV Website are based upon a high degree of probability that good profits will be made

Duration of agreement ... ongoing subject to agreement between the parties

Specific Agreements Between The Parties

1. All information provided by either of the parties and posted to the Internet on websites owned by Focus will become the property of Focus Garden Products Pty Ltd and its owner Tony Roocroft (now referred to as Focus). This ownership will in no way impede the author from publishing elsewhere.

2. All profits made from the JV Websites will normally be collected by the party agreeing to this agreement and not Focus.

3. All profits will however be shared by the parties on a 50/50 basis and the party collecting the profits will ensure that the 50% owing to Focus is paid upon receipt of the profits from the 3rd party whomever that may be ... eg affiliate partner, advertiser etc

4. Upon the agreement coming to an end the author of the website content (excluding that created by Focus) will forfeit any rights of any kind to any future profits from the JV Website created for this purpose. The author will be free to use the information submitted in any way they desire ... eg should they wish to start a new website by themselves the information submitted by them can freely be used on the new website. The author will have no right to any information from the website that was not expressly created by the author. Nor will they be entitled to any market intelligence or intellectual property of any kind created by the publishing of the website

5. The author will agree to keep confidential any marketing techniques specifically learned from the involvement with the JV Website work.

6. IMPORTANT & STRESSED .... All work submitted by any author MUST be original non-copyrighted written articles. Focus will be indemnified by the author against any claim that may arise from the copying or abuse of any other author's work anywhere in the world.

7. Each article ideally needs to be about 400 to 600 words long and submitted in an elctronic format to be supplied to the partner signing this agreement.

Our Obligations To You

1. To register a "dot com" domain at no charge after receipt of first 5 web pages submitted in the approved form by the author

2. Arrange professional hosting at no charge to the author

3. Create and design website content from information supplied by author in standard format with colours chosen by the JV Partner at no charge to the author

4. To train Partner on how to write the articles for web success

5. To create Google and Yahoo site maps to assist quick indexing by Google and Yahoo

6. To show Partner how to create links to the website for improved search engine performance

7. To publish provided content to the Internet within 1 week of receiving the first 5 articles

8. To apply confidential search engine optimization skills to the JV Website.

9. To show Partner how to apply for contextual advertising account so that traffic to website can be monetized

10. To show Partner how to search for potential affiliate links to be able to monetize site

11. To provide Partner with suggested affiliate Partner list

12. To provide full CV of author on website with contact details if required by the author

13. Not to publish any offensive material of any kind as judged by normal standards ... we are final judge here

14. To publish on a web page appropriate advertising based upon our Partner successfully applying to the advertisor or affiliate merchant and providing the html code thereof

15. To allow 1 personal advert (eg for a product or service provided by the Partner) free of charge.

16. To provide a form for email address collection on the website ... eg for a newsletter subscription  (see application form for example)

17. To allow access by Partner to articles published by us on behalf of other Partners in appropriate cases

18. Where possible to assist a Partner with publishing electronic information (belonging to the Partner such as books, manuals, plans etc) and to offer such electronic information products for sale using our Esell system in return for a 50/50 profit share

19. To disclose any income from this arrangement with the relevant authorities in the normal way. The arrangement would be between my company Focus Garden Products Pty Ltd and yourself or Weblux Pty Ltd our Internet Marketing JV company depending upon subject to be written about.

Obligations of Author or Partner To Us

1. To contract to provide ongoing targeted text articles in good English based upon format supplied by us and at an agreed rate of production. Successful websites thrive on regular and new content additions. Over the last 5 years I've cretaed many hundreds of articles and variations of those hundreds too.

2. To create original articles NOT to plagiarize, infringe upon or violate any copyright

3. Format must be electronic in format supplied by Focus and preferably in html or if not possible simple txt format

4. Images to be supplied in gif or jpeg format

5. Each article shold be at least 400 words

6. To indemnify Focus and its owner Tony Roocroft from any copyright infringement of any kind whatsoever

7. To allow us free and permanent access to any article submitted for no charge

8. To pay us 50% of all earnings made by website registered as above by us on a monthly basis and based upon full disclosure of all earnings

Sharing of Confidential Information

Partners who show exceptional ability and commitment to this project will be developed into skilled Internet Marketers through intensive training and development workshops FREE of charge (for South Africans only).

At these workshops partners will be shown all they need to know to make a major success of any Internet efforts.

1. All domain names for any future sites to be developed with content written by partner will be registered through Focus.

2.  Ultimate ownership of the domain resides with Focus in return for developing the partners' skills and creating the profitable JV arrangement.

A computer and email address is essential of course