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Jon Olson (that's me!)

I've been writing Hit Exchange News since 2003 and have been involved in the traffic exchanges for over a decade. Enjoy the 'news', and thank you so much for making this THE must-read traffic exchange blog on the internet!

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Issue 211 – Rich Taylor Launches Traffic Asylum

This is kind of a short story but there is a reason for it. When I first started in traffic exchanges, I was introduced to a program called MPAM. This was the famous ‘Get 10,000 hits to your site a day for free’ marketing system that became one of the mainstays in early traffic exchange history.

I met so many great people through my experience with the program but one guy in particular became not only a great friend but one of my mentor’s in this business. To be brutally honest, I owe a ton to this guy and he is one of the reasons I focused so much on the traffic exchanges.

His name is Rich Taylor, and today marks something very special in his career as well as the industry as a whole. You see, Rich has been involved with these programs since day one. In fact, he started Traffic Roundup, Click Crazey and a host of other successful programs and today he’s at it again.

Traffic Asylum is Rich’s brand new traffic exchange and I’m honored to be on board to help him launch it. It’s a great day for traffic exchanges and I wanted to wish Rich nothing but success with this new launch.

Thanks again Rich, for everything you have done. Not only for me, but for the entire industry! Be sure to check out Traffic Asylum and support Mr. Taylor on his latest endeavor!

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Jon Olson
The Traffic Exchange Guy

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The News

- Want to win $1000? Traffic Wonderland is giving away $1000 to it’s top 5 referrers during it’s new contest. This 7 week old exchange is already making big waves and the new cash giveaway is no different. There is still only 1700 members in this program so it’s a great time to join and promote it for your chance to win.

- Wolf Surfer is one of the biggest traffic exchanges on the net and unfortunately, it hit a road block the past few years. Poor management almost destroyed this gem of an exchange, but no need to worry. Be sure to check out the new design, script and owner behind Wolf. It’ll make you roar, pardon the pun! LOL

- Remember all that talk about 5 second timers last week? Well it looks like someone was reading your posts to HEN. Traffic Splash actually raised their timer last weekend in a surprise move. This program has always had a lower timer so it was quite a shock to see it raised over the weekend. Kudos to the Dolphin team for making this bold move.

- Congratulations to ‘Zo’ 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 – Traffic Asylum is going to be fun! Just one look at this creepy, yet attention grabbing, splash page and you’ll see why!

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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. Traffic Swarm
3. TS 25
4. Traffic Bunnies
5. StartXChange
6. Magnify Traffic
7. Dragon Surf
8. Hit Safari
9. Traffic Era
10. Easy Hits 4 U

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

We Want Results…Kinda…

With all the talk recently about which ranking service should be considered the ‘gospel’ of the best traffic exchanges online, one thing remains a constant. The importance of tracking your own results.

I have been tracking the traffic exchanges for over 5 years now and it’s something that has helped me in so many ways. It tells me which programs are delivering the hits. It tells me how many people need to see my page before I get a new subscriber. It shows me the most active days of the week. It tells me so much and this is useful information I use to get the most from these programs.

However, there is something tracking cannot tell you and this is a golden nugget that has helped me build my businesses using these programs. You need to keep your site in front of people in the more active programs. This is critical. So why you may not get immediate results according to your tracking, keeping your site in rotation at a very active and larger traffic exchange will help you in the long run.

I call it traffic exchange brand awareness, where you want your site seen as much in 6 months as you do today. And having this in mind when you are starting a campaign is something your competition will not.

So do I track my results? Absolutely. But I also know the importance of keeping your site visible in the active traffic exchanges for the long run. The results may not be there right away, but they will increase simply because of the sheer activity and size of the membership.

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Things That Make You Go Hmmm…

- The next Focus seminar is quickly approaching. Want a free dinner courtesy of yours truly? Be sure to attend the seminar in August! More info to follow as we get closer!

- Hey UA, when are you planning on launching your new program?

- There’s a new ‘way to surf’ the traffic exchanges. Check out the topic at Net Marketing Forum as the members talk about ‘hover surfing’.

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Related posts

I’m going to be giving away a copy of my book Hits, Clicks & Misses: The Traffic Exchange Experience every week to a reader of Hit Exchange News. It’s been a while since H.E.N. has had any kind of giveaway so I decided to do one every week from now on.

How do you win? Pretty simple really. Post a comment about the week’s issue. Agree, disagree, like something, hate something. I want to really get not only reader feedback from the newsletter but also get a feel for what people are thinking about traffic exchanges.

Already have a copy? No worries at all, we’ll be sure to get you something of similar value if you win. There is no science to this, as you know I’m very ‘opinionated’ and like to just do things at the drop of a dime. So get those comments posted and let’s talk traffic exchanges!

Have a great week and happy surfing!

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Jon Olson
The Traffic Exchange Guy

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The News

- Robert Purcell has come on board to be the full time programmer at I Love Hits. You’d think that this would have happened earlier but being the tech savvy dude that I am, I didn’t get him on board when I should have. However, he’s on board now and we are going to do amazing things at our little traffic exchange that could! Welcome Mr. Purcell, your valuable input and skills are going to be a great asset.

- Magnify Traffic announced that they have some massive changes and a new design on the way. This should be a great bit of news for anyone that uses this program. It’s one of the best custom scripts out there and with the design and changes on the way, should help catapult this program into the traffic exchange elite.

- Get ready for the next massive traffic exchange launch in a few weeks. This is going to rival Traffic Era as the biggest launch of 2008 and I’ve already been test driving this for the past few weeks. It’s going to be a lot of fun and has the potential to become the biggest traffic exchange on the net. Two great guys are behind it, one that I owe a ton of credit to for helping me build my business and the other who has shared countless hours in a rental car with me, traveling from city to city on our way to various seminars. get ready to be IMPRESSED!

- Splash Page Hall of Fame – StartXchange has a new look and a very cool new splash page to go along with it…

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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. Traffic Swarm
3. Dragon Surf
4. Traffic Bunnies
5. Royal Surf
6. TS 25
7. StartXChange
8. Max Traffic Pro
9. Traffic At The Races
10. Traffic Era

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

I Love Spending Money…

In the traffic exchange industry that is. You know, this may sound corny and just plain silly but I love to pay other traffic exchange owners when I buy credits / page views or upgrade in their program.

Why? What’s with the warm and fuzzy feelings?

Simple, when we are investing in each other’s business, this proves a healthy and growing industry. Everyone benefits when we buy traffic, upgrade in a program or purchase a site of the week or two. You see, the more money that is spent, the more money that goes around in the business.

I used to have a very specific budget that I followed for the first two years of my business. I spent ONLY 75 dollars a month, and this paid for my ad tracking, my hosting, my rotator and mailing list provider. I was left over with a few extra bucks to spend on traffic. And I used it wisely!

After time, it grew and grew and the more money that my businesses earned, the more I spent in other people’s business. It takes the entire ‘co-op advertising’ angle to a whole new level. I scratch your back, you scratch mine I guess. But one thing is for sure, it sure does feel good to see these programs grow and grow…

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Things That Make You Go Hmmm…

- I love the new look of Start Xchange. What a great new layout and color scheme.

- Why do I keep getting reminded that my Web Biz Insider upgrade expired…2 years ago? No matter, I get 100 credits every time I’m reminded…

- A quick reminder that I will be in Toronto next week. If anyone is around the G.T.A., drop me a line. Let’s try to hook up for a coffee and chit chat about…Yeah, traffic exchanges. =)

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