I too would like to know about last week’s “risky problem du jour?” I want to avoid it too.

Thank you.

Royal Surf – I could get to this one a month ago, but now I just get an error page in my browser, it can’t connect to that website.

However, as a member of some TEs, support of innovation in the industry is not my concern. I look at this very simple. Either you innovate, bring me traffic and more importantly new eyeballs or I move elsewhere.

As a member does the “innovation” bring me new eyes from outside the TE community.

Bottom line is that all the cool bells and whistles are great but if they are not bringing in new eyeballs they are useless.

I want to know so I can avoid it.

Thanks for the exchange news and have a great vacation.

I agree innovation is the key to success. I am constantly trying to add new features to WBS, though nobody seems to care. We have an awesome package for our upgraded members, that includes sub domain hosting. I have built a site just for upgraded members!

I found your profile page to be quite good, and decided to use it on our site. I plan to take it one step further and create profile splash pages for our members. We have tested it by advertising Affiliate Funnel on one of our splash pages. Members can add their AF ID in their profile, and have it show on their personal splash page. Your innovation has sparked a whole new kind of promotion at WBS… thanks!

Have a great vacation… maybe I’ll see you hanging around WBS when you get back?

DA

1.) The little guys who surf are the bread and butter of the TE industry. Without people clicking there are no page views to sell, no reason to upgrade (no income for TE’s). A TE owner would not pay the hosting and do the service if there were no hopes of income. The big guys run little guy ads for them all of the time (free from clicking or paid). So, this “little guy” card must refer to TE owners?

2.) Little guy (new) TE’s pop-up every day. They are someone’s dream of someday becoming a big guy, and maybe they will. Are little guys jealous of the big guy’s? Well, let’s just say they bought the script and paid the fees in hopes, aspiring to become a big guy.

I have seen no discrimination by the big guys against running little guy ads on their exchanges, whether free from clicking or paid.

It takes persistence, desire,marketing and money to start most businesses offline, why would online be any different?

Thanks, as a former real estate broker maybe you just gave me a niche! Little guy TE’s going nowhere fast because the owner can’t or wont throw money (marketing and improvements) at them might have a resale value? If the dream is lost, move on, don’t be a whiner. Maybe I’ll do a TE’s for re-sale biz?

Keep up the great work!

Max

I don’t think many people look at it from my point of view, but it’s served me well over the years. I still believe one of the best features of any TE besides traffic, is residual traffic. If done right, it can pay off for a lifetime.

Of course I don’t suggest promoting a new TE every week, but a new one that’s worth endorsing each month doesn’t hurt much at all. If a TE owner has a good program his/her members will continue to use their TE regardless of the new competition.

I am wondering if traffic exchange owners are losing their punch by promoting the new traffic exchange of the week. I was talking to some of the members of my surfing team at trafficEra. They sure say it is the case. Team members were wondering if all those exhange owners are in fact stating that the new exchange of the week they are promoting is better then the one they own.

They thought the exchange owners might want to spend the time advertising pushing their own traffic exchange.

Just food for thought.
Cheers!
Tony Tezak

I’m a firm believer that there is room in this industry for anyone who is willing and motivated enough to take action, and invest some time, work and yes money into their business.

Those individuals who spend their time whining about their results might try investing that time into reworking their capture page(s), or as you said, networking with those more successful than themselves.

Thanks for continuing to offer up your own brand of “tough love” advice Jon. Those who “get it” appreciate your efforts more than you may realize.

Enjoy your vacation, we’ll try to survive without HEN next week.

~Jamison