Issue 184

One To Click On by Jon

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The Traffic Exchange Guy

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In This Issue

The News

The HEN Top Ten

Deep Thoughts

Program Review -- Visit Maniac

Things the make you go...Hmmmm

Advertising Options

The News

• A very cool announcement from Affiliate Funnel this week. Thanks to my partners (these guys bust their tails every week for this program) a brand new way to earn income from the program was added. We have added affiliate products where you can sell directly or indirectly from your Affiliate Funnel account. Another cool addition from the 'anti-downline builder'.
• Today is a great day to surf Traffic Splash as they are having another one of their $1000 surfing giveaways. Pretty simple concept and very effective, surf and win money! The more you surf, the more chances you have to win some cash.
• News from the 'POAD' front this week. It looks like they will be changing the way their program is structured. Hopefully this can bridge the gap between the POAD owners and the concerned traffic exchange owners as well. Good things happen when open dialogue takes place.
• This Week's Splash Page Hall of Fame Entry is this page! Darrell Dean is someone who has really embraced personal branding and it shows. A simple looking splash page, that brands him very well and touches a topic everyone has been interested in. Great splash page!

  
  
  

The HEN Top Ten results are based on traffic statistics (unique hits, traffic flow, hits delivered, traffic quality) and a touch of good old fashioned 'opinion'. The industry changes just like in the real world, so an exchange may not be on the list this week, but will be number 1 next week! Discuss this week's Top 10 list in the Net Marketing Forum!

Enjoy this week's list!

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Hey Jon, how come I Love Hits, Click Crazey and SWAT Traffic are never on the top 10 list? Since I own them, I feel it would be a conflict of interest to place it on any of my rankings. If you want to see how well they are performing each week, please check TestHoopla top 20 weekly ranking!

Deep Thoughts - Feature Articles

I Think I Read Too Much...

Something I am very passionate about when it comes to online business is the power of self education. I did the 'college' thing, and even though I have a diploma in Business Administration, it is not what helped me the most in my career to date. The first, of course being the experience. Rolling up the sleeves and getting it done is one of the best teachers you could ever ask for. But the second trick has been self education. Basically I took it upon myself to learn everything and anything I could about business, selling, internet marketing, customer service, customer loyalty and essentially everything about the career path I have chosen.

So much so that I've become an addict of sorts for any book that teaches me a new trick or tip on how to get the most from my time online. Take for example my recommended reading library and you can see just a few selections that have helped me in my business. I'm an absolute lush when it comes to learning and I like to soak up everything I can.

It's pretty powerful stuff really, you'll be amazed at how you to become a sponge and digest some of the best lessons they don't teach you in college. Now I'm not saying that college is a bad thing, I'm sure lots of people with MBA's are ready to defend their school. But just as in life, you should not stop learning once you get that diploma. Stay learning, stay growing!

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Program Review - Visit Maniac

The obvious first, this looks exactly like Click Crazey. From the theme, to the 'graphic', to the script, it's very similar. However, this new program is trying to blaze it's own trail and that should be noted.

The design looks great. I really like the layout, and if you are familiar with the LJ Script, the learning curve is very small. It has quite a few problem sites in it that makes surfing difficult at times, but this is not limited to Maniac, but across the board it seems.

However, here's the big plus of this program. Traffic delivery is lightning quick. You cannot seem to keep credits in your account and if it keeps going like this, delivery will never be a concern here.

The similar look of this program may help or hurt it, but again it's never the program that determines how successful it will be, it all comes down to ownership.

Overall Rating: 3.0 Mouse Clicks (Rating out of 5.0)

Have a look at Visit Maniac by clicking the link!

Things That Make You Go...Hmmm? (A 'Different' Look at the Industry!)

• Where did everyone's URLs go in TS25? Hmmm....
• 'Change is a good thing! But people are still scared to death of it...' - Mr. K.W. Olson (My pops) Hmmm....
• Surefire sign you surf too much? You get excited when you hear the term 'increased surf ratios'. Hmmm....

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Jon G. Olson
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