Hit Exchange News

After a few weeks of tweaking the best dang programmer in the traffic exchange industry Austin Hallock created something I am very proud of and a complete 180 degree turn from what you may be used to at I Love Hits…

It’s called ‘Bracket Surfing’ and it’s essentially head to head surf competitions between surfers on I Love Hits. Think of ‘team surfing’ but instead it’s individual efforts being put to the test between each other. To cap it off, you go up against a new opponent every day for the week, and the top surfers every day win great prizes, credits and extra goodies that you won’t see on any other traffic exchange…

Tim Linden wrote in his blog that this will make him surf more because it’s been so addicting and that’s exactly the reaction I’m trying to get with Bracket Surfing.

Give it a shot and let me know what you think. We’re only a few days into it and the feedback has been very good so far but I know it can be improved with your feedback!

Surf I Love Hits here and be one of the first to try it out.

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

- Ryan Hogan’s Affiliate Jumpstart had a great launch and has become what I consider to be a new version of Soren Jordansen’s epic ‘IM Success Formula’. This is a wonderful ‘paint by numbers’ ebook detailing how to set up various funnels in the affiliate marketing world and FINALLY build the downlines you’ve been looking for. Be sure to check it out today!

- Startxchange has created a great new feature called the Suggestion Box where users can input their feedback directly to Tim. This is a very cool new feature and something I would love to see owners follow. Great stuff man, great new addition.

- Special thanks to the managers of Traffic Swarm for featuring Hit Exchange News in their February issue of the T.S. Newsletter. I’ve got to commend this company, this is the BIGGEST traffic exchange in history but they still are always looking to work with others and promote other businesses in the traffic exchange industry. This is a program to support!

- 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 – Sean Supplee’s Maniac Traffic ebook has a great little lead capture page which caught my attention numerous times while surfing. 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. StartXChange
2. Traffic Splash
3. Max Traffic Pro
4. Tezak Traffic Power
5. Hit Safari
6. Traffic Era
7. Thumb Vu
8. Traffic Witch
9. Traffic At The Races
10. Dragon Surf

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

When Need More Of This…

Tony Tezak’s Traffic Exchange Solutions was a huge success and this week Ryan Hogan’s Affiliate Jumpstart got a lot of attention. Even my little ‘Bracket Surfing’ mod at I Love Hits raised some eye brows…

This is the kind of news we need to happen in this industry and the kind of innovation that will help us grow and have a great 2010. I have been really trying to push the importance of ‘news’ not only so I have something to write about every week, but also to see this industry grow and prosper.

So this isn’t a rant this week, it’s more of a ‘pat on the back’ and encouragement for new marketers to stop thinking that you need to launch a new traffic exchange to get into the ownership side of things. There is HUGE potential in this industry for catering to the surfer. Both of those ebooks catered to the surfer, and my new feature could have been an entire new traffic exchange, instead I put in into an existing one.

We don’t need new traffic exchanges launched every week, but we do and SUPPORT new launches from quality products and services targeted to the traffic exchange industry.

There is a huge slice of the pie that savvy marketers like Tony and Ryan ‘sold’ to these past few weeks. I hope you see how you can too cater to the traffic exchange surfer without the need of launching a new traffic exchange.

We need more products and services like this and I hope that you will be the next marketer to make it happen. And hey, it gives me something to write about too. Double bonus =)

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Things That Make You Go Hmmm…

- Special thanks to Carnival Clicks for being one of the only owners to let their members know about Bracket Surfing. Much appreciated sir…

- Ha ha ha ha I’ve got an ego and I need more ‘fans’ on Facebook! Stop by and ‘fan’ me if you can, thank you very much!

- “If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking…” – George S. Patton

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So here’s a newsflash…Tony Tezak launched his Traffic Exchange Solutions ebook this past week…

O.K., it’s not a news flash because EVERYONE seemed to promote it and well, for very good reason. When you have done everything right like Tony has, it’s not rare to see this level of support for any of your projects!

That’s just one reason. For me, this is what I would consider the perfect traffic exchange companion because it tackles the main issues I see facing surfers these days…But it’s not limited to ‘today’ as this ebook I feel will be relevant in two years down the road…

But the real power of this ebook is the ‘complete’ affiliate package it provides for quick thinking surfers who ‘rebrand’ it and start to give it away to their own subscribers, referrals and down line team members. (I will go more into this in my Deep Thoughts article further down the page.)

Without jumping on the hype machine too much here, I am very happy to see Tony’s ebook do so well. It’s quality programs like this that move the traffic exchange industry forward and with a strong message behind the product of ‘surfing the right way’ it’s somthing I see that will be supported for years to come.

Be sure to grab your copy here!

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

- Not to be forgotten but the past two weeks have seen HUGE launches of Buckets of Banners and List Effects. It’s three for three it seems and so refreshing to see innovation and quality programs being released. 2010 is starting out to be a very good year in traffic exchange land!

- A traffic exchange owner newsletter? Tim Linden started a little list today where he plans on sending weekly updates catering to the traffic exchange owner. Nice idea Mr. Linden and good to see this new list come to light. Looking forward to reading your thoughts on this!

- Something big is coming to I Love Hits in a day or two. I gave people a sneak peak yesterday at the SWAT Traffic seminar and hopefully this will become a very popular new feature and addition to the traffic exchange industry. I’m going to left field with this one folks, stay tuned for something very unexpected in ILH land…

- 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 – Surprise surprise! The best book about traffic exchanges ever will of course have some of the best splash pages ever? T.E. Solutions has so many cool pages for your advertising, you’ve got to check them out! 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. Hit Safari
2. StartXChange
3. Traffic Splash
4. Traffic Witch
5. Tezak Traffic Power
6. Thumb Vu
7. Dragon Surf
8. Max Traffic Pro
9. Traffic Punk
10. Traffic Era

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

Why You Need To Rebrand Certain eBooks…

With the launch of Tony Tezak’s Traffic Exchange Solutions this week, it brought some thought back in my mind of how important it is to rebrand certain ebooks and ‘keep them’ in your back pocket for huge payoffs down the road.

Why do I rebrand ebooks like Tony’s?

I think it was Russell Brunson who coined the term ‘affiliate landmines’. We plant these ‘landmines’ around the net. We give away rebranded ebooks, we add our referral links to splash pages, we fill out all the programs in certain downline builders, we basically put our mark in as many places around the net as possible and wait….

And maybe we wait for months…

But then something amazing happens. You check your inbox and you have a referral notification here, you get a commission notice there and you may scratch your head and ask yourself ‘where did this come from’?

It was from the affiliate landmine. It was potentially from a rebranded copy of Traffic Exchange Solutions you gave to your new down line member a few months ago. How powerful can this be? It’s huge!

I get notifications daily from work I did months ago and the payoffs are huge. For example I gave away copies of IM Success Formula over a year ago and I still get notifications to this day of the work I did way back then.

Call it ‘set it and forget it’ if you want, I call it smart marketing. And with Tony’s ebook promising to be the gold standard for years to come, this is something every traffic exchange user should be rebranding…

In a year, you’ll thank me =)

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Things That Make You Go Hmmm…

- If you like EasyHits4U you would have loved EZhits4u…

- I’m still looking to giveaway a book this week from NetMarketingBooks.com. Last week Jean Grainger won for simply…Posting a comment! Jean, send me the book of your choice along with your mailing address to teamtechinc at gmail dot com for your prize. Keep the comments coming folks =)

- “Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the propensity to dream, the urge to make dreams come true and the tendency to miss lunch…” – Tim Berners-Lee

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