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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 271 – Once A Month, T.E. Minds Come Together…

Last week, we had our second TE Town Hall meeting. Over 60 people joined us in the SWAT Traffic seminar room on Wednesday night for one of the most lively and passionate talks I have ever had about the traffic exchanges.

Well, because of the first meeting and the success of this one as well, I will be hosting a TE Town Hall Meeting each and every month. It is completely free to attend, open to every area of the industry and we want to encourage as many people as possible to attend.

However, there has been some discussion about which day would be best to host the event so I’m letting you decide…

Be sure to vote here and pick the best day of the week for you to attend the meeting. I know that time slots are another concern, so we will address that in next week’s issue.

But for not, please let me know which day of the week would work best for you. I really want to see hundreds of people at the next event, the traffic exchanges will benefit from all of our collective minds coming together a night every month, so do let me know what you think…

Oh yes, and as always, comments are VERY welcomed at this blog. Let me know =)

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

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Jon Olson
The Traffic Exchange Guy

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The News

- It’s been a month now since CB Pirate launched and for the first time in my career, I have made money each and every week at Clickbank. Yes folks, imagine that, a program that delivers as advertised *lol* It’s rare these days but I’m absolutely thrilled with my results at CBP. It really has become a set it and forget type business and I still encourage everyone to check it out. You’ll love it!

- I’m quickly becoming a big fan of Hits Booster Pro but not for the reasons you may think. Here’s a newer traffic exchange that was delivering traffic at a decent pace but not as quick as I thought they could, completely turn around and now it’s one of the most active programs on the net. Great job and one of the must join new programs of the year!

- The Reloaded and Re-Vamped Super Surf program has passed the two week mark, and when that happens, we change the 5th traffic exchange for members to surf. This week we said good bye to Tezak Traffic Power and introduced Max Traffic Pro. No need to set up new accounts, fill out forms, change email address….It’s as simple as surf and earn. Easy, just the way we like it =)

- 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 – Speaking of Max Traffic Pro, how’s this for a stop em’ in their tracks 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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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. Dragon Surf
3. Traffic Witch
4. Tezak Traffic Power
5. Hits Booster Pro
6. Max Traffic Pro
7. StartXChange
8. Farm Traffic
9. Soaring 4 Traffic
10. Traffic Taxis

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

It’s Like Downline Integrity, All Over Again…

There is clearly two trains of thought in this business. One train of thought focuses on list building, building relationships with that list and creating long lasting sustainable models for years to come. The other, focuses on downline building, and the development of teams of affiliates, promoting and earning money together.

Amazing, they seem like very compatible business plans however for years now, they have never ‘gotten along’. Why? Simple enough, one method teaches you to become an e-mail marketer and *gasp* salesperson, the other frowns on it. The latter caters to the people who can’t stand salespeople. Some folks run from the thought of making a sale or pitching things, but are trying to break into a sales environment. And we wonder why so many folks give up after a few months in business…

Want to build a REAL downline? It comes from list building. I am one of the biggest promoters of traffic exchanges on the net and someone who has built MASSIVE downlines in a number of traffic exchanges online. Did they come from me promoting those programs directly?

Absolutely not, in fact most of my downlines have been built by two things, this weekly newsletter and my list. Without focusing on ‘building downlines’ I have in fact, built big downlines. Crazy huh? This is why I DO think both methods of building a business can be joined at the hip.

It’s as simple as this, focus on list building and in turn you will build the most responsive and profitable downlines you could imagine…

It’s all in the list!

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Things That Make You Go Hmmm…

- Special thanks to StartXchange, Carnival Clicks and Tezak Traffic Power for letting their members know about the TE Town Hall meeting. Spread the word and good thing will happen =)

- Amazing little ‘rants’ taking place in Net Marketing Forum, you may want to check them out…It does concern all traffic exchange surfers.

- “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work…” – Thomas A. Edison

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Issue 218 – The Big T.E. vs. Little T.E. Debate

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.

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Jon Olson
The Traffic Exchange Guy

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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!

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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. 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)

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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!

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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.

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