This week, Tim Linden and I started to hang out in uStream rooms and started something that took us by surprise. We thought it would be cool, to hang out in a uStream room, stream our cameras and invite surfers to come hang out with us.

The results were amazing!

We’re still learning the ropes and we are still trying to master all the features of uStream but every day we will be hanging out, chit chatting and answer live questions all about traffic exchanges.

We’re calling it ‘Traffic Exchange Live’….Check it out here, we may be online right now =)

Streaming Video by Ustream.TV

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

- I’ve added some brand new ‘social networking’ tools to Net Marketing Forum. You can now add your Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn, and I Love Hits Profile Page to all your posts and network with amazing like minded people in the new environment. Get active, hang out and see who you will meet!

- When Tony Tezak launched Tezak Traffic Power you knew there was going to be days like this. He introduced the ‘Winner’s Quest’ this week and here’s how it works. Surf, log in, refer, assign credits, do anything and you get a chance to win insane prizes. Pretty cool huh? A traffic exchange rewarding you for being active. I like it!

- Long time traffic exchange surfer and safelist master Jerry Iannucci launched his branded new JV Giveaway Tactics ebook and report. This page turner is loaded with amazing information and cool techniques on how to build your list using the resources of other marketers. Very cool stuff and oh yeah, it’s free!

- On behalf of all the Super Surf owners, I’d like to welcome Mr. Matthew Graves from Top Tier Traffic as the guest traffic exchange for the next two weeks. This should be one of the most active Super Surf sessions in history so be sure to start surfing today. It should be a lot of fun with a lot of bonuses won!

- 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 – Now this page by Jimmy Adames is perfect! T.E. specific, personal branding and follows the ACA’s. Amazing stuff sir! 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. Tezak Traffic Power
2. StartXChange
3. Max Traffic Pro
4. Traffic Splash
5. Hit Safari
6. Farm Traffic
7. Traffic Era
8. Dragon Surf
9. Traffic Witch
10. Traffic Taxis

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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Flip Your Downline, Fill Your Funnel!

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Deep Thoughts – Jon’s Weekly Ramblings

I was surfing in StartXchange yesterday and chit chatting with other surfers and someone posted something that I haven’t be able to stop thinking about since.

A member asked why should any traffic exchange expect any surfer to surf like 500 sites a day if they are not being rewarded.

So it stopped me in my tracks. Literally I have been thinking about it because the easy answer would be ‘give us money and we’ll surf’ but as you know, a lot of traffic exchanges are trying to get away from that angle. Simply because we want to be an advertising avenue and not a ‘cash generator’. There are plenty of places to make money online, we want to be the place where you can advertise them.

So I put the question out there, what makes you surf?

Is it the games? How about the in surf chat? Team surfing? Contests? Personal goals?

What makes you, the life and blood of a traffic exchange, surf and continue to click ‘next site’?

Please add your comments below, I would love to hear from each of you. This is a pretty important topic and sometimes, a lot of owners ‘assume’ and don’t ask the question…

Not today, I would love to hear how you feel!

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Things That Make You Go Hmmm…

- I found HENry The Hitman, I Love Hits’ mascot in Wal Mart this past weekend! Don’t believe me, check out the video here!

- Just fair warning, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 comes out next week for XBOX 360. Jon Olson will essentially be out of commission for about….A month LOL

- “Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I’m not there, I go to work.” – Robert Orben

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• Issue 294 – The Birth of TE Teams & I Love Hits Is Bananas (8)
• Issue 297 – Social Networking On The Traffic Exchanges. Something You Should Be Doing More Of… (8)
• Issue 283 – This Is Broken Record Time, But We’re On To Something…Big! (12)
• Issue 282 – Traffic Exchange Live Has Changed My Life…Scary Huh? (9)
• Issue 278 – Branding! Why The Traffic Exchanges Are Perfect For It! (4)

This week’s seminar at Affiliate Funnel was one of the best in recent memory.

Not only were there plenty of new faces that stopped by to take part in their first online seminar, but that’s exactly what they did, take part.

There were loads of questions, comments, suggestions and a whole lot of great information being passed around and I wanted to not only thank each and every member who stopped by but also to highlight the importance of coming to these seminars and taking part.

Here’s a schedule of the weekly events that I host, please do post any others that you may know of and I will feature them as well in a future issue of Hit Exchange News;

Monday Nights (8pm Eastern time) in the Affiliate Funnel Room – General Q & A, A.F. Overview and Open Floor Discussions.

Wednesday Nights (8pm Eastern time) in the SWAT Traffic seminar room – Traffic Exchange Talk & Weekly Brainstorming Sessions.

Affiliate Funnel also hosts a weekend session at Noon Eastern that are must attend events. We get dozens and dozens of members that come by every week for some great list building and traffic exchange training.

Be sure to come by to these seminars. You never know who you will meet, what you will learn or what you may start to build. Take action, ask questions and take part in some great networking opportunities.

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

- Tweet Glide was released this week and while it may be a Twitter tool, there is a very cool little ‘traffic exchange’ component to it. Make 5 tweets and get your ‘ad’ shown in the Tweet Glide network. Pretty cool huh? Guess traffic exchanges do have a touch of 2.0 in them…

- Traffic Exchange List has a brand new home at Net Marketing Forum. Weekly reports, news and other goodies will be posted by Mr. Tim Linden in the forum. I’d like to welcome the List to NMF and encourage everyone to check out this very detailed and highly sought after traffic exchange ranking list.

- So I put my phone number out there on some splash pages, this blog, and around the net, hoping to get some folks to give me a ring. It’s been 7 days and I’ve only been ‘spam called’ twice. Not bad, but hey if you wanna chit chat about traffic exchange, ring ring 306-262-4648!

- 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 – Yes, this is another splash page from a program I won but WOW Jamison Raymond makes the best splash pages ever! 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. Hit Safari
3. Traffic Splash
4. Traffic Witch
5. Farm Traffic
6. Max Traffic Pro
7. Dragon Surf
8. Traffic Taxis
9. Tezak Traffic Power
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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Flip Your Downline, Fill Your Funnel!

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Deep Thoughts – Jon’s Weekly Ramblings

Branding!

As soon as you get online, especially in the traffic exchanges, you will hear people telling you that you need to be tracking your ads to see what is working and what is not.

Fine and dandy, I have no problem with that. In fact, I encourage it. I think it’s a very good idea to always be tracking your numbers.

However *gulp* you shouldn’t rely on numbers alone.

Yes, I can hear the hate mail already.

You see folks, your brand awareness is something ‘numbers’ can not tell you. There is currently no way for you to judge and accurately measure your branding power to the traffic exchange audience and that’s why I say you should not simply rely on tracking your stats.

You need to be out there…And for the long run.

Why does power promoters like Tony Tezak, Tim Linden and Soren Jordansen get some of the best results on the traffic exchanges?

Is it because that they know I Love Hits got them 51 sign ups to their blog? Sure, that helps. But it’s also because their name is out there, they ‘brand’ is solid and their reputation is stellar.

Oh yeah, and it helps that you cannot surf for 5 minutes without seeing at least one of their sites. Here’s the best part, you saw one of their sites (if not more) just as much today as you did a year ago.

Powerful huh? Yes folks, this is what I lovingly call traffic exchange brand awareness and it is THE reason so many get such great results. They ‘get’ the branding gig and excel at it.

Want a few tips on how to improve it?

Tip: Surf the most ‘active’ exchanges. And when I mean active I mean the ones that are delivering the exposure PLUS generating the most new members every week.

Tip: Use personalized splash and squeeze pages. This means adding your name, your picture and *gulp* maybe even your phone number! Why? Because your competition won’t and this tells your potential subscriber that you are a real person and someone they can trust.

Tip: Stick out like a sore thumb! Use video, use a podcast, use a blog post,comment on a blog post, go to forums, take part in seminars, be seen everywhere you can! Let me repeat that, be seen EVERYWHERE! The more people see you and recognize you, the more your brand will speak to your potential customer.

Those are just three small tips, the important thing, I think the most important thing is to never give up. Make sure you stay the course because so many people will try this and give up in a month. Do the hard work, it will pay off in huge dividends down the road.

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Things That Make You Go Hmmm…

- Best two books that I’ve read in the past month! Trust Agents and The Whuffie Factor. Mike Paetzold, you were right =)

- Remember Boom Surfing? That had to be one of the best custom scripts and designs in T.E. history!

- “Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.” – Anne Frank

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Related posts

• Issue 279 – We’re Live On The Air, It’s Traffic Exchange Live! (13)
• Issue 297 – Social Networking On The Traffic Exchanges. Something You Should Be Doing More Of… (8)
• Issue 294 – The Birth of TE Teams & I Love Hits Is Bananas (8)
• Issue 282 – Traffic Exchange Live Has Changed My Life…Scary Huh? (9)
• Issue 303 – New To Traffic Exchanges? Here’s Your First Checklist… (16)