The pulse of the traffic exchange industry and the random ramblings of 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!
O.K., the headline was supposed to make you laugh at first…But then give you one of the biggest ‘tips’ you will ever get in online business. Plain and simple, 99.9999999% of the people that come online, will give up! Yup, I’ve been in this business for 13 years plus and it’s the only constant thing that seems to happen…Year after year.
People come online, they either put in zero effort and blame the ‘gurus’…Or they come in, guns blazing, spend hundreds if not thousands on their first month…See zero profit after 37 days and then poof….Gone.
Here’s a little tip Justin Ledvina has been talking about a lot recently in TE Live…Once you get in line, stay in line!
Let’s look at this for a second and I’ll give you my example to show you how this has worked for a lot of people online but specifically, yours truly. Years ago, when I first started I was SCARED! I didn’t speak up in seminars, I wasn’t making any money and essentially I was the king of slot machine marketing, joining every ‘opportunity’ I could…
And even though I never made a penny, I still kept going. I found MPAM (for all you old school marketers) and was adopted by it’s community. I took part in the training, I took initiative and showed up everyday. I did the ‘fundamentals’ day in and day out for years…And did it pay off right away? Absolutely not!
But I stayed the course…
The owner, became so busy with his other endeavors that one of his web properties started to suffer and he decided it was time for one of the ‘dedicated’ people in his community to get a chance to shine…That person was me and the property was a little site called I Love Hits.
Case in point, because I showed up, everyday, did the work every day and was a part of the community…An opportunity presented itself.
I wasn’t looking for it, I wasn’t expecting it…I just knew I had to stick with it and not give up!
That’s my story LOL Hope you enjoyed it but more importantly….I hope you see that you can NEVER give up and make sure no matter what…You stay the course!
All good things come to and end, and after almost a decade of being online, the granddaddy of all downline builders has closed it doors.
Today I wanted to salute not only the legacy of MPAM but also it’s owner, Micheal Russell. The ‘Massive Passive Advertising Machine’ was the basis for everything I know online. Back in 2001 and 2002 this was THE program of choice for thousands upon thousands of marketers.
MPAM’s traffic exchange training system was one of the best ever and it’s community atmosphere was the breeding ground of some life long relationships and business dealings. This was due to Mr. Russell’s huge heart. The guy loved working with people and is the guy who gave me my first ‘shot’ at this business.
It’s sad to see MPAM go, just because of the history it has but if you take a look around, you will see shades of it’s influence everywhere. In fact, my program Affiliate Funnel has quite a few MPAM touches in it as do a lot of what I own or co own online.
Micheal, thank you again for all the help over the years and for creating the MPAM community. It’s been a great ride. Let’s see what will come next of MPAM’s massive influence…
Thank you very much for being a reader of Hit Exchange News and have a wonderful week!
- Top Tier Traffic just hit the 20,000 member mark. And it’s only 5 months old! That is an amazing statistic and a special congratulations has to go to Mr. Matthew Graves for this accomplishment. Way to go TTT!
- SWAT Traffic has made the turn around of the year so far. In less than 3 days, this program went from delivering about 40 hits per URL per day, to well over 150. All due in part to Mr. David Foley and his ‘jackpot’ methods. Be sure to check out some of the massive changes at SWAT, I know you’ll love them!
- 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 – It’s an education and a sales pitch, all in one! Hits Connect latest splash page gets the job done on two fronts! 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.)
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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
The Anti-Sound Brigade
This is a topic that seems to come and go on a monthly basis. Every time a splash page gets a decent amount of rotation, some folks come out of the wood work to complain about sound while surfing the traffic exchanges.
Here’s the deal, we are advertising. In the sea of dull web sites that seem to populate the traffic exchanges, why is an advertiser shunned for using something to spice up their site? Why are people not allowed to ‘grab attention’? This is what we are doing right, advertising?
It’s a funny argument, and something I have never really understood. Especially because the most effective and attention grabbing splash pages, are usually ones with sound or voice…Still, some folks seem to have a problem with this.
I say use whatever you want! If you are seeing good results, use whatever combination you like. If people do not like it, they don’t like it. Nothing you can do about it. But time and time again, sound on splash pages has created some very memorable campaigns.
What are you doing to stick out like a sore thumb?
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Things That Make You Go Hmmm…
- Wow, what a great rant session at SWAT Traffic’s seminar last night…
- Over 600 hits per URL, per day right now at I Love Hits. Please make sure to assign credits to your sites so we can bring this down a wee bit LOL
- Gotta love this business. People demanding a refund after they have downloaded all your products that they paid for…
