Comments on: Issue 246 – How To ‘Olson Proof’ Your Business…

By: The T.E. Guy

The T.E. Guy — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 18:53:07 +0000

Oh yes, thank you everyone for the wonderful comments and posts. Great stuff!!!

By: The T.E. Guy

The T.E. Guy — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 18:51:31 +0000

George – Bang on. Thats why all my Top 10 lists should be seen as opinion only. Sure I track and test my numbers, but it’s from promoting my stuff. Just like other lists are ranked because of what is being promoted for them. Use these lists, as guides, not the be all end all of TE results.

By: George Culp

George Culp — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:14:19 +0000

Thank you Jon!

You hit the nail on the head about most important feeling about TEs.

You have to test, test & test some more to determine which TEs are doing the best for YOU. What might work for me may not have the same results for you but testing & gut instinct are imperative!

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:03:35 +0000

Jeff’s last couple of products have been key to my list building over the last few months, and now his latest has breathed new life into many pages throughout my web estate. I’m glad to see he’s become so well enamoured of the TE world.

Exciting start to 2009 indeed, long may it continue.

Rob

By: Paul Livingston

Paul Livingston — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:22:58 +0000

Yo Jon…

I know exactly what you mean about those voices. I get them too!

And thanks very much for mentioning my video. My views have more than doubled since the SWAT meeting…I might actually win this thing cuz of you guys!

Glad you liked it too Jackie, thanks! And no, Ted, I still haven’t figured out the editing thing :/

Thanks again Jon and everyone who watched my vid!

By: Richard Morris

Richard Morris — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 07:39:35 +0000

About 70% of the traffic exchanges that pay commissions pay me within 72 hours of my requesting them. The other 28% take up to a month and several requests to get paid. The remaining 2% take longer then a month and give excuses after excuses.

When I owned Traffic Heroes, Jon you never had to ask for your commissions. As soon as you qualified for your commissions you were paid on the 15th of the month. The money wasn’t mine. It belonged to the person who earned the commission and I made sure everyone was paid on the 15th of the month that they met the min payout amount so we didn’t carry any debt.
I’m sure Brett it paying in a timely manner as well.

You really shouldn’t have to ask for thye commissions that you earned yet 90% of the exchanges that pay commissions do make you request them. Ever now and then I will come across a exchange I forgot about that paid commissions and I will have several hundred dollars built up. I can’t imagine carrying that much debt. They are usually the 2% that take over a month to pay and have a different excuse why they haven;’t paid you. They are apparently using your money to operate there exchange. I always maintained a separate account where all commissions and prize money automatically went to and Simon had a mod programmed to do a mass pay on the 15th of every month to members owed commissions. Free members were paid when they hit $20, Hero members were paid at $15 and Super Hero members were paid at $10. Yearly and Lifetime members could request payment as often as they wanted to $1 or higher and were always paid within 24 hours usually within minutes if I was awake.

Speaking of which I should go request some payments that I am owed!

Rich Morris

By: Jackie O

Jackie O — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 02:43:24 +0000

Paul Livingston’s video was absolutely hilarious! Nice to see the “real” side of a marketing video, LOL. Thanks for sharing that Jon.

By: Annette Hopkins

Annette Hopkins — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:09:44 +0000

I haven’t cashed out commissions very often (I like to trade them for credits or upgrades); but I’ve always been paid in a timely manner. A couple of months ago one of my members wrote through the contact form to let us know that she requested payout; but I never received the request. That’s how we discovered a glitch in the script. We got a programmer to fix it and it should be working fine now. I wonder if this may have been the same cause of some of your unpaid commissions?

By: Ted Dwyer

Ted Dwyer — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:45:37 +0000

Jeff keeps coming out with great stuff and over delivers.
The video from Paul Livingston was fantastic. I wonder if he’s done editing it
Keep up the good work Paul!

By: Max Ziegler

Max Ziegler — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:23:28 +0000

Hmmm, interesting about TE slow payment, non-payment after reasonable time. We all agree that payment should be prompt. What would a reasonable minimum pay-out amount be?

Thanks for the excellent work Jon! -Max-