In this week’s Deep Thoughts, I really get emotional in my post. Some folks are going to take it the wrong way, some folks will agree with me but please understand this…

Everything I write about, talk about, teach about, surf about…All this is from the heart. I have been in love with traffic exchanges since day one and Hit Exchange News has always been my release. Instead of keeping thoughts all bottled up, I write (passionately) every week about these programs.

When something is good in this industry, I am glowing. Sounds cheesy I know, but nothing makes me happier than seeing programs like Traffic Exchange Solutions, T.E. Toolbox, Thumb Vu (just to name a few) get launched and supported. It’s good for the industry when quality programs are seen by the masses.

And when something bad happens in the industry, I cringe. The whole cash for surfing thing, I know people may love it, but when I see this, I scratch my head. I always thought this way about exchanging traffic? When I see constant ‘commercial scripts’ get released with absolutely no innovation at all, I cringe even more.

I know I’m being critical. I know I may annoy some of you, but please remember. All this is from the heart, and not some commentary from someone without any interest at all in surfing. You would be blown away at the amount of people that claim they love traffic exchanges and support them but don’t surf a single page a week.

This is Hit Exchange News. This is traffic exchange commentary from the heart. We’re almost at issue 300 and I don’t plan on slowing down and changing how I write anytime soon.

Thank you very much for being a reader of Hit Exchange News and have a wonderful week!

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Jon Olson
The Traffic Exchange Guy

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The News

- We have started something big over at I Love Hits. Bracket Surfing has been a huge success and well, way too addicting. One glance in the ILH Chat and you’ll see what I mean. Special thanks to everyone for making this such a success, it’s all because of the members =)

- Traffic Splash has passed 90,000 members! Wow. Amazing to think of how this program started out, stumbled and then found a guy by the name of Paul Kinder and well, the rest is history. Way to go KRM!

- Keith Butterworth’s Traffic Exchange News is a must read for anyone looking for daily deals, specials and news about EVERY traffic exchange out there. Great stuff and a bookmark I will be checking out for months to come.

- Notice: Cast your vote today for your favorite traffic exchanges at Affiliate Funnel’s Surfer’s Choice ranker. This is YOUR voice and YOUR opinion on what traffic exchanges you feel are the best in the business. Be sure to vote every day and get your opinion heard!

- Splash Page Hall of Fame – Mike Gartner (the brains behind Thumb Vu, Link Crews and Traffic Dealer) is up to something… This is going to be HUGE! 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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HEN Top 10

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. Tezak Traffic Power
3. StartXChange
4. Max Traffic Pro
5. Hit Safari
6. Dragon Surf
7. Traffic Swarm
8. Traffic Witch
9. Traffic Era
10. Thumb Vu

Note: Analysis and Tracking by T.E. Toolbox – The Official Link Tracking Service of Hit Exchange News!

Question: Hey Jon, how come I Love Hits 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. (But we all know how great they are anyways lol)

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Deep Thoughts – Jon’s Weekly Ramblings

We Don’t Need More Of This…

It’s not new, commercial traffic exchange scripts have been around since the beginning of this industry. And while we’re no longer in the days of 4 new traffic exchanges launching every day, we still see new programs launching on a weekly basis…

Here’s what I like and what I think we need to change. First, I love the business savvy of people. Program ownership is very empowering and something I encourage everyone to dive into. You will make so much more money online OWNING something rather than just promoting something. At least from my experience. So I do believe in it, and encourage it.

BUT!

I don’t think the world needs more ‘cookie cutter’ programs. We do not need another commercial script with nothing new to add to this business. I always teach in my seminars that the market for traffic exchange users is very profitable if you release a product catering to them, they don’t need another ‘same old’ traffic exchange but they can use another ebook on how to get results, another training tutorial on proper squeeze page creation, etc…

I see it far too many times, people purchase a script and immediately think they are going to be in business. This takes THOUSANDS of dollars and months upon months of networking to launch a new traffic exchange properly.

Sure you may make a few bucks to start with but the real test comes a year down the road after the hype has died down. Is it still profitable? Is it growing everyday? Are your members talking about new features you are releasing?

I’m trying to scare you away, seems mean, but the truth of the matter is after a decade plus of doing this, there have been way more horror stories than successes when it comes to traffic exchange ownership. If you are going to launch one, PLEASE do something different. Create something that ADDS to our industry and gets everyone talking about it.

I don’t think there can ever be enough good traffic exchanges, I just think there are too many poorly managed ones…

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Things That Make You Go Hmmm…

- Have you seen the latest RANTS in Net Marketing Forum? They may surprise you…

- LOL Read the ad copy on this. It’s pretty funny, courtesy of Tim Linden!

- “My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can…” – Cary Grant

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