I sent a quick update yesterday about Jeff Dedrick’s re-release of his massively popular e-book Hidden Sales Project and so far, the response has been very well received.

Here’s a BIG book, it’s 120 pages of content, that focuses on what I consider to be THE MOST important aspect of online business…The sales process and how to effectively sell online. However, stuff like this just never seems to be a popular topic.

Are people scared of ‘selling’? Is the concept of online sales such a big mountain to climb that it scares away would be marketers? I’m not sure the reasons, but online selling is a topic I think should be discussed as much as possible.

You see, no matter what happens, whether you are promoting a squeeze page in the traffic exchanges or sending an email to your list, selling is always taking place. Sure, there are dozens of factors that influence whether or not a subscriber may purchase your product, but it all adds up and unless your sales process is fine tuned, you could be missing out big time.

My recommendation? Become a student of selling and learn from the masters. Want a great free resource, then pick up Jeff’s Hidden Sales Project. But then take it one step further…

Read books by Jeffrey Gitomer, Zig Ziglar, Brian Tracy, Mark Joyner…Learn why people buy what they buy, how to creatively sell to your market and create buzz around your business. Always be trying to further your knowledge of sales and selling as it’s THE most important subject you need to work on daily in your business.

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

- The first traffic exchange with no surf ratio? Huh? List Surfing is a brand new program that got launched today and puts an interesting twist on the ever lovable LJ Script. This thing is pretty cool too, you get unlimited page views as long as your account is active and you don’t surf for ‘page views’, you surf for e-mail credits to send solo ads to other members. Neat concept, let’s see how people like it =)

- Ahhhh I love it…More traffic exchanges working together! The big April Referral Contest has started at Hit Safari, Hit Pirate, Real Hitz 4 U and Soaring 4 Traffic. They are giving away over $1200 in cash and prizes and should prove to be very popular. *Golden Nugget* Traffic exchange specific pages in these 4 exchanges would be a very good idea!

- 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, I do think the April Referral Contest is going to be a lot of fun….Great splash page! 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. Dragon Surf
3. Traffic Witch
4. Traffic Splash
5. Top Tier Traffic
6. Soaring 4 Traffic
7. Traffic Taxis
8. Max Traffic Pro
9. Royal Surf
10. Traffic Bunnies

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 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 Rambling

Here’s A Suggestion…Don’t Get Your Kids To Click For You!

In the T.E. Owner’s section of Net Marketing Forum there is an interesting thread about adult content in the traffic exchanges. Since these things have existed, certain adult sites have always found their way into rotation. Sure, most traffic exchanges do not allow it but maybe we should start…

Huh?

Now before I get the lynch mob after me, let me explain. One of the issues that comes up from time to time is that people do not want to see adult sites in rotation because their children may see it. However, I tend to think the people who may complain about that actually have their children surfing for them.

That was the shock and awe part of this article, the message I am trying to get across is once again, treat every site in rotation like you would like yours to be treated. That means not getting cheat software to surf for you, not getting your kids to click, or even your neighbors kids. All joking aside, I still maintain this industry thrives when we treat each others pages with respect.

So the whole ‘adult sites’ in rotation was just me trying to stir it up, and I’M NOT saying we should start allowing those sites. Please put away the pitch forks LOL However we should always been looking at ways to keep OUR eyes on the pages in rotation. The more attention we get to each others sites, the better the results will be across the board.

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Things That Make You Go Hmmm…

- What is going on with Alert Pay? Please don’t become another statistic…

- Has anyone else noticed the amount of Twitter updates about ‘making money with traffic exchanges’?

- I’m back from Vegas. I survived 6 days with Soren Jordansen, John Merrick, Jon Atwood and Cindy Battye…

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Last night was a great night at the SWAT Traffic seminar. It was a decent turn out, not too many people but not a small group either. As usual, I asked my buddies in the room about 15 minutes before the seminar started what should be the topic. There was some great topics to chose from but someone said the words ‘tough love’ and it stuck with me.

To the seminar started and the topic of the night was ‘What is holding you back in your online business?’ I mentioned ‘tough love’ because I wanted honest to goodness answers from the people in the room. Sure we could use the warm and fuzzy ‘you can do it, keep trying’ but I wanted people to get rock solid advice that evening, not pats on the back for mediocre results.

The best thing about these seminars, is that you see the same names coming to them week in and week out, so you get a feel for what their businesses are. You can see the growth, the stumbling blocks, the successes and failures.

Guess what the number one ‘thing’ is that held us back….

Ourselves.

A lot of the time, we heard stories about lack of time management, not enough outsourcing, not following up on list mailings but the thing that was constant was that everything that was supposed to be a block, could actually be turned around instantly by each individual in the seminar room.

Myself? I’m a victim of it too. I mean, look at the above statement, I waited until 15 minutes before the seminar to decide on a topic and while it did work out in the end because it was a great seminar, I need to plan these things and not wait until the last minute. Many weeks I draw blanks on a topic because I wait until the last minute to ‘git-r-done’.

We all fall victim to our own faults, but that’s o.k. The big message in all of this is that YOU decide on what holds you back. It’s not some mystical boogieman that is hurting our business, it’s ourselves. The good news is, we can change it. We can start right now and make the changes needed to further our online business. Don’t wait until you have 15 minutes left in the day, act now!

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

- Top Tier Traffic announced today that it had reached 9,000 members…This has taken the new exchange about a month to do which in all accounts, is a great success. Server trouble still seems to be a regular issue but I’m sure that will get worked out. This is going to be one of the more popular traffic exchanges for years to come.

- Want even more proof that 2009 is another great year for the traffic exchange? Check out the affiliate tool box in Instant Bonus Page. My my my, another WONDERFUL set of splash pages, tailor made for some of the premier traffic exchanges on the net.

- 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 ‘Sean’ 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 – Ya I’m a little biased but wow doesn’t this splash page for I Love Hits look just…Peachy! 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. Top Tier Traffic
5. Traffic Witch
6. Max Traffic Pro
7. StartXChange
8. Traffic Swarm
9. Hit Pirate
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

The Art of Traffic Exchange Specific Advertising

I have brought this topic up for years but I think it’s a great time to re-visit it, simply because this tactic can soar your results. We all know that splash and squeeze pages are a must if you want to get good results from the traffic exchanges. These pages are tailor made because while 80% of traffic exchange surfers will use and promote generic affiliate links, the rest will use squeeze and splash pages.

O.k., the next technique people use is personal branding. This is something I’m a big fan of and have bored readers to death for years about the importance of using real names, pictures and business logos on every page they promote in the traffic exchanges.

But here’s the next trick you can use in your advertising that will set you apart. Traffic exchange specific pages. For example, you can go all out like Jeff Dedrick did for his new site. This may take a bit of capital to get a designer to create something eye grabbing. Or you can do like I did for a page in rotation at Easy Hits 4 U, which is simply promoting I Love Hits.

All I did in that second example was throw a few words together ‘Hey Easy Hits 4 U Surfer’…Simple, but it speaks directly to the audience you are trying to attract. Pick a few of your favorite traffic exchanges and either invest in some professional designed T.E. specific pages or just add a few words above your current pages.

This little trick, when used properly, can mean big changes in your results. Remember, 80% of traffic exchange surfers are not using splash pages, out of the 20% that do, only a handful use personal branded pages. And finally, out of that handful, only a select few use T.E. specific pages.

Stick out like a soar thumb…

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Things That Make You Go Hmmm…

- It’s Free Traffic World’s one year anniversary this month. Congrats to the ‘best traffic exchange you may not have joined yet’!

- Shari Thomas is the new co-owner of Traffic Exchange Business. Wow, there’s a blast from the past, another MPAM alum.

- Note, if you are an owner of an LJ Script, please change the ‘reply’ email in your site settings. NoReply@your-site.com is just wrong…

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Flip Your Downline, Fill Your Funnel!

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