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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!

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It’s now been over a week since we released Sweeva into the world and the response has been bigger and better than any of us could have possibly imagined. I know people will always say that about something they launch, but there is something special going on and it’s been dubbed ‘Sweeva Feeva’…

First of all, my new favorite person on planet earth has got to be Arvell Lewis. This guy has become some what of a legend in Sweeva already and shows passion like no one I have ever seen in this business. Take a look at this You Tube video he made for Sweeva and you can see…Well…Why he has become one of the most famous promoters in Sweeva this past week.

You also have someone like Eric Goettman who has made Sweeva specific squeeze pages like no one else and became one of the most talked about people in Sweeva in no time at all.

What we are seeing with ‘Sweeva Feeva’ is creativity! There has been so many wonderful pages that I have seen that have made me stop and either laugh hysterically because of how brilliant they are, or have grabbed my attention in other ways. Still though, the majority of the pages in rotation are well…Humdrum boring.

This means YOU can benefit from all this and create something unique that makes you famous in Sweeva, literally in seconds. It just takes a little bit of creative thinking, a tiny bit of effort to create something and a whole lot of fun to catch the ‘Feeva’…

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

- This is issue 299 of Hit Exchange News. Scary huh? We are about to hit issue number 300 next week and every time one of these milestones comes around I always want to do something special. I’ll more than likely look over some of the past 7 years of Hit Exchange News and find cool little tidbits and big news happenings but I would love to hear from you, the reader. What has been your favorite issue of Hit Exchange News? What big thing’ or event has shaped this industry the most. I’ve got a few ideas but I’d love to hear what you think…

- Oh yeah, we’ve got a brand new blog at Sweeva too so you can keep up with all the neat things we are doing there. Check it out because we have started a brand new ‘buzz contest’ to help spread the word about Sweeva. You never know, your entry maybe a winner!

- Urgent 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 – Carl Bailey has created one heck of a program with Instant Splash. This thing is remarkable in so many ways but the biggest reason this has become ‘the splash page creator’ on the net? Simplicity! 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. StartXChange
2. Traffic Witch
3. Traffic Splash
4. Web Biz Insider
5. Traffic Swarm
6. Traffic Era
7. Web Biz Insider
8. Soaring 4 Traffic
9. Easy Hits 4 U
10. Hits Booster Pro

Note: Analysis and Tracking by T.E. Toolbox – The Official Link Tracking Service of Hit Exchange News!

Question: Hey Jon, how come I Love Hits and SWAT Traffic or Sweeva 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 Ramblings

A Really Good Idea…If You Use It

I made a few posts this week on my blog at I Love Hits and SWAT Traffic about how you can get better results from surfing Sweeva. Of course, not many people (I think only one person) acted on the suggestions so I’m not going to drag another long winded post out about how you need to be creative blah blah blah…

Instead, I want to talk about a new way of thinking and how you can use it to see big results not only in Sweeva but around the rest of the traffic exchange industry. You see, we kind of changed the game when it comes to advertising because now you get instant feedback on what you are promoting. But also, you get to interact with your viewers and this is what I think has not yet been used to it’s full potential.

Yes, it’s only 9 days old (almost 10 by now) and yes, I know things will grow, the site will mature and new ways of advertising will be thought of. However if you engage the viewer, I think you will see massive results.

Take for example the World Profit sites I see in rotation. You know, the ones by Dr. Jeffrey Lant. Why are these so popular? Because they engage the viewer. The live interaction between the ‘in surf chat’ and the person on the video camera grabs your attention and pulls you in. It’s very effective advertising, it’s like live social proof in front of your eyes.

You can do this with Sweeva! Or any traffic exchange for that matter, but the main thing is to focus on the surfer / browser. Engage them. Give them a reason to stop and see what you are offering. I recommended using a tool (a free tool at that) like uStream, that could really get your message across in real time.

But alas, not many people will give that a thought. Most will continue to promote generic affiliate pages and waste precious credits on well, something not very exciting. Engage your viewer and MASSIVE things can happen!

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Things That Make You Go Hmmm…

- Not sure if ‘Surf Wars traffic exchange’ will make the people at Lucasfilm too happy. Just ask Kjell from Star Wars Traffic Exchanges…

- Looking for creative ideas on how to advertise in Sweeva or around the traffic exchanges? You should check out ‘Thinkertoys’ by Michael Michalko on Amazon.

- “Nothing will work unless you do…” – Maya Angelou

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It’s been a few weeks since the last issue of Hit Exchange News because I’ve been way too busy it seems. First of all, I’m finally moving to Edmonton, Alberta and tomorrow is my last ‘full day’ in Saskatoon. I’m excited for the change and look forward to my new life…Speaking of which…

Sweeva Logo

I guess it’s not a secret anymore what I have also been up to lately as on Tuesday May 4th, Tim Linden, Austin Hallock and myself (with the help of the best JV team in history!!!) launched the internet’s first ever ‘social browsing’ site… Sweeva.com!

What’s unique about this site? Why should you care about it? What’s all the hype about?

Social browsing is unlike anything you have experienced before. This takes everything that is good about traffic exchanges and mixes it together with the power of social networking like nothing before. At Sweeva, you don’t surf one site at a time by yourself, you surf the entire system with every other member using the program at that time.

Let’s put it this way, you and the entire membership will be surfing the exact same time. You all see the same thing but that’s where the ‘traffic exchange’ side of things ends. Now comes the social browsing / networking side of things….

While you browse, you are in chat with the other ‘Sweevers’, each of you commenting on what you like, and what you don’t like about the site. Are you the site owner? You get to connect directly with every view on that page and walk them through any questions, concerns or problems they may have. How powerful is this?

It’s live interaction with potential clients, customers and maybe even a future business partner or two. Since Sweeva launched, the raves have been coming in and just to give you an idea of how powerful this system can be, I’d like to share with you a story we got when we asked the membership for feedback…

“I ran 2 bid accepted campaigns on my first day as a member. On the first campaign I made 2 sales in only a few page views! Second campaign, more sales. And judging from the comments received, it was viewer comments and feedback that helped close the sales! I look forward to Sweeva’s further growth and development!”

Sales! Not leads. Not clicks. Sales…

We’ve been blown away from the reviews and we hope this is just the beginning.

Have a look, poke around and experience social browsing. We’re not claiming it to be ‘the next big thing’ we’re just enjoying the ride and loving the fact that people at networking and seeing massive results!

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

- As you guessed it, this week’s Hit Exchange News is going to be very ‘Sweeva’-centric. It’s only been 48 hours since the program launched and already we are approaching 3500 members. It’s growing by leaps and bounds but the big thing to note, this is a traffic exchange (kinda) that isn’t limited to the traffic exchanges. Expect massive growth in the next few months as people catch the ‘Sweeva Fever’…

- I Love Hits, I haven’t forgotten about you! Starting next week at Bracket Surfing we are giving away another Flip HD camera to the winner. The next Brackets start on Monday May 17th, so mark that date down if you want to win a brand new camera…

- Huge congratulations goes out to Guido at Traffic Witch for hitting the 40,000 member mark in a little over 16 months…WOW! That is huge and a very very impressive stat. This goes to show every new traffic exchange owner out there, there IS a way to launch these programs and keep them viable. Guido mastered it and congratulations are in order.

- Urgent 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 – Saw this while browsing Sweeva and well, this has to be the best thing I have seen in years LOL Eric Goettman’s Squeeze Page is…Well…Perfect! 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 Era
2. StartXChange
3. Easy Hits 4 U
4. Traffic Witch
5. Traffic Swarm
6. Traffic Splash
7. Web Biz Insider
8. Dragon Surf
9. Max Traffic Pro
10. Tezak Traffic Power

Note: Analysis and Tracking by T.E. Toolbox – The Official Link Tracking Service of Hit Exchange News!

Question: Hey Jon, how come I Love Hits and SWAT Traffic or Sweeva 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 Ramblings

Creativity Is Alive…And It’s Found While Browsing Sweeva…

Yes, Sweeva.com has become extremely popular in a short amount of time, but this ‘Deep Thought’ is more about what I have seen while browsing the system for the first two days of it’s existence.

Something is happening at Sweeva and I’m absolutely LOVING what I have been seeing. We are seeing people use creative ways to build their brands like never before and promote in new ways that could have never been possible 49 hours ago…Want some examples?

Check out Darren Olander’s amazing LIVE promotion of his blog where he records himself promoting and captures it on screen. You get to see live interaction with web site viewers and well, Darren showing once again why he is a master at the game of personal branding.

Or how about Eric Goettman’s now famous squeeze page that became the RAGE on Sweeva yesterday. I mean I do not know the numbers, but I sure signed up for his list. That kind of creative branding, well, you cannot PAY for that kind of exposure.

That’s just two example of the dozens upon dozens of pages I’ve personally seen while browsing Sweeva that have left my jaw on the floor. I love it! I love the creativity this program has sparked and more importantly, I love that people are seeing results by…Yup, you guessed it…Being creative!

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Things That Make You Go Hmmm…

- Want to see something fun? Go do a search for the hash tag #Sweeva on Twitter. Now THAT is exciting stuff…

- I’m officially becoming a resident of Alberta in 24 hours…Funny ‘cycle of life’ story, I started with traffic exchanges and MPAM when I lived in Calgary a decade ago…

- “If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking…” – George S. Patton

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