Congratulations to my friend, my business partner and one of, if not the best, traffic exchange owner in history. Paul Kinder and his entire team at Traffic Splash celebrated a huge milestone this past week with the announcement that they had reached the 50,000 member plateau.

There is only a handful of traffic exchanges online that can claim 50,000 members and while this is a remarkable feat, the biggest jaw dropper is how Paul, Tim and the T.S. team took a dying traffic exchange, flipped it, put a ‘Dolphin’ theme to it and transformed it into a powerhouse in about two years.

Think about that for a minute if you will. 50,000 members in about 2 years. Remarkable and I think I speak for everyone who has ever surfed a single page in Traffic Splash, congratulations and a job well done.

Here is a perfect example of someone coming online, being a sponge for the first little bit, learning the in’s and out’s, aligning himself with the right people and then creating his own brand. Above all that, Paul prides himself of customer service and goes above and beyond when it comes to customer support…This has translated into loyal customers, incredible reputation and a very successful money making empire. Way to go man, it’s been a joy to watch!

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

Jon Olson
The Traffic Exchange Guy

————–

————–

The News

- According to some surfers, Clicks Matrix is telling their members that eMazing Hits is a scam in their opinion. In my years of working online in the traffic exchanges, I have never seen owners tell their members directly that a legit traffic exchange is a scam. Very scary that people would do this, but alas, the cream with rise. It always does!

- *Golden Nugget* Did some searching the other day and did you know that Traffic G is the number one site that shows up in Google if you type in ‘free website traffic’. If I was an advertising guy who spent time in the traffic exchanges, I would sure like to get my site in rotation there. It would be a pretty good bet that this program generates a LOT of new surfers looking for ways to make money online and generate free traffic…. */Golden Nugget*

- 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!

- Splash Page Hall of Fame – YES! This is exactly what I mean when I say traffic exchange specific advertising! Perfect! Check it out, this is great! 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!

———

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. Soaring 4 Traffic
4. StartXChange
5. Traffic Taxis
6. Traffic Bunnies
7. Top Tier Traffic
8. Traffic Witch
9. Royal Surf
10. Max Traffic Pro

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)

———–

Flip Your Downline, Fill Your Funnel!

———–

Deep Thoughts – Jon’s Weekly Rambling

I Want To Make Money Online….How Do I Do It?

In these uncertain times, a roller coaster economy and the ever changing world of technology, internet business is in a very unique position. You see, when times are great, people look to make extra money online. When times are bad, people look to the internet for potential revenue. There is a mass migration to the internet right now, as more and more news outlets spread the word about how millions of people make money from home.

Lots of people come online, very few get the right advice sadly. Does this sound familiar?

“Join XYZ Program, grab your affiliate link, find ways to drive traffic to that affiliate link.”

Not the most in depth training, but sadly this is not a rare thing online. The number one problem that I think people are not being trained to do, is to build their mailing list from the get go. Sure they hear the popular saying that ‘the money is in the list’ but after that, nada. I also noticed that people get scared of deciding what to write about and what to send their contacts as far as content goes. This is a daunting task and has been for years, because most of us are not Pulitzer prize authors, however it’s always force fed to us….You need to write about something.

So along comes a program called Daily Niche Idea, and some of you may have heard about it already. I started to call this thing the ‘No Excuse’ tool because this was the great equalizer. Each and every week, Daily Niche Idea gave you the content, they gave you what to write about and best of all is free to join.

Content and knowing what to write about is a tricky thing. You need to have passion for it, find a topic that holds true to your heart and constantly provide solid content for your subscribers. Daily Niche Idea does this for you. Sure it’s only one step, but it’s quickly becoming a must have tool for internet marketers. Turn the excuse into action and get ready to embrace the massive influx of new people, coming online everyday!

————

Things That Make You Go Hmmm…

- Anyone know what’s going on with the owner of Traffic Planets or the program itself?

- Rockstar Platinum event is happening next week, there will be no issue of Hit Exchange News next week, but I’ll be back the following week.

- Speaking of which, any H.E.N. reader that shows up to the event next week, gets a free dinner courtesy of yours truly. And no, that does not mean a Big Mac and fries…

———-

———-

Related posts

• Why Is ThumbVu Important? (7)
• Issue 303 – New To Traffic Exchanges? Here’s Your First Checklist… (16)
• Issue 302 – Two Of The Best Weeks In Traffic Exchange Land… (6)
• Issue 301 – Widgets Are Here But Will Hit Exchange News Be? (12)
• Issue 299 – Sweeva Feeva Is Here! And It’s Only Been 9 Days… (17)

Is A Weber trying to shut down their affiliation with traffic exchange owners? It sure seemed that way early this week. A few traffic exchange owners got a weird email from A Weber that asked them to stop promoting their affiliate links.

Here’s the kicker, some of these affiliate links where being promoted in a tutorial that taught new traffic exchange surfers the importance of building a mailing list. It was even more shocking to get a response from A Weber’s support staff that demanded all links be removed from said traffic exchanges because of it’s ‘un-targeted’ traffic.

Imagine that…A tutorial that taught new marketers how to build a mailing list was being called un-targeted.

Cooler heads did prevail though and A Weber is now working with some of these exchange owners to help understand the traffic exchanges and see their importance to the internet marketing community.

I have to laugh though. Over ten years, traffic exchanges have been online, hundreds of thousands of surfers, owners and internet marketers have come through their doors…But still, these things never get the respect they deserve.

C’est la vie! Be sure to check out a detailed description of the ‘issue’ at my good friend Jon Atwood’s blog.

Jon Olson
The Traffic Exchange Guy

————–

————–

The News

- Do you enjoy I Love Hits or S.W.A.T. Traffic? I’m testing out a brand new ‘audio testimonial’ service and uploading members testimonials to different pages within the system and would love to hear from you. Want to leave an audio testimonial? Simply call this number (+1) 678-255-2174 and use this extension 5547. Simple huh? Thanks so much in advance for your time and feedback!

- Looks like Hover Surfing is generating much more attention. 24 7 Traffic Pro added the option to hover surf or regular surf to it’s surf bar this week. What’s even better, they gave credit to both John Guanzon and Jennifer Herold for coming up with the concept of hover surfing on a traffic exchange.

- Surf 4 The Earth released a brand new feature in their traffic exchange called the Traffic Express co-op. It’s essentially a co-operative advertising service like Doctor Traffic and TE Blaster, but it’s exclusive for members of Surf 4 The Earth. I’m a big fan of co-op’s, as they are the perfect addition to your traffic exchange advertising.

- Congratulations to ‘Paul Upp’ for winning last week’s copy of Hits, Clicks and Misses. Want to win your own copy of the best selling traffic exchange book on Amazon.com (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!

- Splash Page Hall of Fame – Now this is what I mean about grabbing your attention! T.E. Blaster’s classic splash page sticks out like a sore thumb. Exactly what you want to do in the traffic exchanges! 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!

———

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. Dragon Surf
2. Traffic Era
3. Traffic Swarm
4. Traffic Splash
5. Traffic At The Races
6. Hit Safari
7. Royal Surf
8. Easy Hits 4 U
9. Max Traffic Pro
10. StartXChange

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)

———–

———–

Deep Thoughts – Jon’s Weekly Rambling

The Big vs. Little Debate

I’m fed up! I wrote about this topic this week at Net Marketing Forum because it’s getting very frustrating to hear the same thing over and over again.

Apparently (in the capitalist era of the internet) some of the larger traffic exchanges are ‘against’ the release of smaller programs. This is absolute hog wash in my books and here’s why.

1. The best traffic exchanges will always grow and prosper. This comes down to proper ownership. A great owner can turn a brand new traffic exchange into a thriving community in a year or less, if they have the right skills and know how. It’s not rocket science, but it can be done. Proof? Dragon Surf, Traffic Splash, Max Traffic Pro, Hit Pirate, Advertising Know How, Traffic Era…There is PLENTY of evidence to support this.

2. Every single traffic exchange starts with zero members. Unless you magically import members from one exchange to another (and I know this has happened before) every program starts on the same page. The best ones, grow! The lousy traffic exchanges seem to get a max of 1000 members and never grow.

3. I LOVE smaller traffic exchanges because you get to see what different owners do with their membership and program. How do they treat their membership, how do they grow, what tools and services do they provide to make themselves stick out from the competition. Smaller exchanges are a wonderful lesson in management…For those that can see it.

There are so many other points, but the big thing I want to stress is this. I was never and will never be against the release of new traffic exchanges. In fact, I encourage it…if it’s done properly. I’m against lousy ownership and people that treat this business like a hobby.

There are dozens of owners out there that bust their tail week in and week out to build their BUSINESS. These are the exchange I focus on. These are the traffic exchanges and owners I support!

————

Things That Make You Go Hmmm…

- Traffic Era is doing another one of their massive credit giveaways. It’s a good time to have some active campaigns.

- Someone at Net Marketing Forum brought this old exchange up in a conversation…And it’s still around. Web Meld anyone?

- Did you know that I am now known as Jabba The Hutt according to a few traffic exchange owners? Ya I know I’m an extra large dude, but thank you so much for comparing me to a character in one of my favorite movies of all time.

———-

StartXchange Owner Tim Linden is giving away 20,000 hits to a random subscriber of his blog! Subscribe by Sunday May 25th below!

———-

Related posts

• Issue 303 – New To Traffic Exchanges? Here’s Your First Checklist… (16)
• Issue 302 – Two Of The Best Weeks In Traffic Exchange Land… (6)
• Issue 301 – Widgets Are Here But Will Hit Exchange News Be? (12)
• Issue 299 – Sweeva Feeva Is Here! And It’s Only Been 9 Days… (17)
• Issue 298 – Social Browsing Is The Game, Sweeva Is It’s Name! (13)