Issue 249 – Creative Traffic Exchange Owners Are Still Here!
Author: Jon OlsonWho said creativity was gone in the traffic exchanges?
I love it, these are the days that I am so proud to be a part of this industry. No, it’s not another traffic exchange being launched. No it’s not a new rotator or tracker being released. What it is, it’s creativity!
Cindy Battye’s Traffic Bunnies has been doing big things for me lately. It was ranked Number 1 last week in The Top 10 as it drove dozens of new subscribers to my sites and chances are, it’ll be ranked pretty high this week…
Never one to ’slow down’, Cindy released her brand new ‘Bunny Game’ in Traffic Bunnies yesterday and let’s just say, addictive isn’t giving it the credit it deserves. It’s a whole lot of fun and another great example of doing something different in this business.
It’s unlike anything you have seen in the traffic exchanges before simply because it’s a complete custom job. That’s right *gasp* it’s something that Cindy invested in to create for her traffic exchange.
THIS is why the traffic exchange industry will continue to grow and prosper, because we have new stuff like the Bunny Game at Traffic Bunnies being released. Creative ownership is a must, and when owners go out of their way to create something like this, I will always rave about it in Hit Exchange News!
Thank you very much for being a reader of Hit Exchange News and have a wonderful week!
Jon Olson
The Traffic Exchange Guy
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The News
- A completely re-brandable traffic exchange? Yes, another prime example that creative owners are not a thing of the past as Easy Surf Exchange has flipped it and made their entire traffic exchange re-brandable. Such a cool idea, and a first in the business. Instead of a downline builder IN the traffic exchange, the entire traffic exchange could be considered a downline builder. Great stuff!
- Big changes at Traffic Punk this weak. New script, new design, new features and a whole lot of new excitement. I always thought the Punk design was cool, one of my favorite looks in the industry but this new look is even better. And yes, while it did change from a TCN to an LJ Script, I understand this change and the past exchanges that have made the jump. Looks great, surfs great!
- As I mentioned a few times this week, there is a massive Super Surf session taking place every day of the week along with this weekend. 100% surfing bonuses are going on right now at Advertising Know How and Dragon Surf tomorrow and then all 5 Super Surf traffic exchanges on Saturday and Sunday. It’s a great time to get clicking!
- Be sure vote today for your favorite traffic exchanges at Affiliate Funnel’s Surfer’s Choice ranker. This has quickly become the most popular ranking service on the net as the surfer’s are finally getting their say. Combined with the stats to back it up and our exclusive ‘new members joining’ statistic, you can see which exchanges are showing and proving, each and every week!
- Want to win your own copy of the best selling traffic exchange book on Amazon.com, Hits, Clicks and Misses, (actually, it’s the only published book about T.E.’s on the planet), simply post a comment about this week’s issue of HEN! Congratulations to ‘Kaye’ for winning last week. Be sure to send your mailing address to me so that I can ship you a copy (hitexchangenews at yahoo dot com)!
- Splash Page Hall of Fame – Like Traffic Splash’s squeeze page / splash page combo, Easy Surf Exchange has a great look and a very powerful pitch. Note: Why do I focus on splash pages every week? Simple, you MUST be using them in the traffic exchanges to get results. Get a custom made splash page by clicking here!
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The Famous Hit Exchange News Top 10 (Disclaimer: These are my top performing exchanges for the past week. Alexa rankings and fancy numbers have nothing to do with how I rank my list. This is based on my results and my opinion, nothing more, nothing less.)
1. Traffic Splash
2. Dragon Surf
3. Traffic Bunnies
4. StartXChange
5. Traffic Witch
6. Hit Pirate
7. Top Tier Traffic
8. Max Traffic Pro
9. Royal Surf
10. Hit 2 Hit
Note: Analysis and Tracking by Hits Connect – The Official Link Tracking Service of Hit Exchange News! Sign up today and get your 30% Discount!
Question: Hey Jon, how come I Love Hits, SWAT Traffic and Click Crazey 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. (But we all know how great they are anyways lol)
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Deep Thoughts – Jon’s Weekly Rambling
Coffee Stains And Traffic Exchanges…
Weird title huh….Here’s the funny thing, I just noticed my lovely new white t-shirt that I purchase a few days ago, full of lovely coffee stains and the odd dash of curry paste. So what do ‘coffee stains’ have to do with traffic exchanges and how to get better results from them…
A few years ago I made a decision. The decision was to never work for anyone else ever again. The entire concept of waking up, sitting in traffic for two hours, to get to a dead end job and dress up like a penguin in a suit…Urgggh that’s my personal hell. So I came online, with big dreams, no money and an absolute addiction to coffee!
What did online business allow me to do? Be comfortable. I am absolutely at peace when I’m sitting in my office, sipping some Starbucks and listening to my dog snore behind my chair. This is my ‘comfort zone’!
How can you find your comfort zone with your business? You will feel pressured when you are trying to get your business off the ground, but never second guess that little voice in your mind. 99% of the time, it’s right. Your gut instinct will tell you when something feels good, and other things are too good to be true.
It’s very important to find your ‘zone’ in this business so you can plan to get there. Me myself, it was the absolute desire to never work for anyone again. I had a brand new baby boy that I had to care for, so that’s pretty motivating in itself and I wanted to be around him as much as possible. Traffic exchanges allowed me to do this. That’s why I am so passionate about them.
Will traffic exchanges be your comfort zone? Will they be part of your marketing plan? Only you can decide that, the big thing though is to always do what you feel is right. Listen to your gut instinct, it rarely lets you down…
Now time to find some Tide to get these stains out…
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Things That Make You Go Hmmm…
- Top Tier Traffic have over 11,000 members…After only 5 weeks.
- Last night’s SWAT Traffic seminar…A whole lot of Rick Rollin’ and Olson singing *lol*
- Did I ever mention that I LOVE TWITTER? lol
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Hi Jon.
Here is the history of my traffic exchange marketing journey:
First time user – rotated affiliate pages and cussed, kicked and screamed about how traffic exchanges suck!
Return user – rotated splash page after splash page after splash page and got a sign up here and a sign up there but what the hell am I doing wrong?
Current user – I now rotate splash pages with my face, name and some contact info for branding, I test and track my efforts, I remain consistent and focused – most of all I’m being PATIENT – makes all the difference in the world…
I’m a true believer dude and I have no problem telling others.
Totally love the new and improved Traffic Punk.
Jimmy Adames
Jon, Anyone who thinks traffic exchanges do not work need to read my Free Report on just how well they work.
I use the #1 ranked traffic exchanges and THEY produce. Just go to the report and READ.
http://teprofits.com/r/dwforet/5dollar.php
I’m right with Jimmy. The only exception being that I never took a break from TE’s. I went through the exact same process as he has though, and I too am a true believer in TE’s.
As a TE owner I can only say that I believe that Traffic Exchanges are a great way to start a business.
Where else can you go to find like minded individuals. If you have a winning ad in a TE, it will probably do well in other venues.
Traffic Exchanges are Great place to test your ads.
I love what Ryan did to Traffic Punk. Noticed it last week and upgraded right away. Another TCNTE bites the dust. I imagine we will be seeing alot of that. Kinder-Rush Marketing has pretty killed off the TCNTE script. Hope to see MaxTrafficPro the next one to switch to a LJScript!
As for Traffic Heroes I hope Brett keeps the current script and improves it and adds new features never seen before in the TCNTE script. A second Heroes game might be a good addition. In any event I bet you will be reporting Traffic Heroes & Brett Phillips as the next creative traffic exchange owner. I would certainly keep my eye out on it.
Rich Morris
Former Owner of Traffic Heroes
I am a big believer in Traffic Exchanges. Not only am I a regular user, I promote them also and (of course) I recommend that EVERYONE subscribe to Hit Exchange News.
Hey Jon, I’m putting people on your list!
~Rusty