Issue 212 of Hit Exchange News. It’s time for my yearly ‘rant’ and ‘rave’ about the traffic exchange industry and how far it’s come in the decade since Click Thru first came online. You know, after 212 issues of this e-zine one thing has remained constant in this business…The people!

I have met the best people in the world through these programs, from my ‘GOB’s’ at Net Marketing Forum, to the big boys at the offline seminars, this industry brings together the best of the best in online marketers. It’s not easy and it’s an uphill battle at times, but the traffic exchanges seem to breed winners and winning mentalities.

So here’s another feather in the cap to the traffic exchange industry. Keep generating the hits and developing some of the leaders of today and leaders of tomorrow in this industry. We’ve come a long way but 10 years later, we are still the most reliable and stable form of free traffic generating online!

Jon Olson
The Traffic Exchange Guy

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The News

- I Love Hits hit 90,000 members this past week. At this pace, we will hit 100,000 members in a few months. Now this does not means 90,000 active members, but 90,000 people have come through the doors at ILh since it launched in 2001. Not too bad for an LJ script, a funky design and a cartoon boxer huh?

- $1000 is still up for grabs! Traffic Wonderland is in it’s final days of the 1000 dollar giveaway. This hot new exchange has become the sleeper hit so far of 2008 with over 2000 members in only 7 short weeks. This is not to be missed folks!

- Alive Hits will be changing ownership int he next few days. Sam, the original owner, has chosen to leave his post and find new management to take over this very solid traffic exchange. Good luck to both Sam and the new owner of Alive Hits.

- Rumor has it that Jennifer Herold and John Guanzon will be releasing ‘New Way 2 Surf’ in the next day or so. Be sure to stay tuned for reviews and news about this proposed ‘revolution’ in the traffic exchange industry. This T.E. surfer is eagerly awaiting to see what they have in store for us.

- Congratulations to ‘Keith’ 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 – DeeDee Medcoff is one of the most well known T.E. administrators on the net. And this splash page sure does help her branding!

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

Where Does It End, How Low Do We Go?

Disclaimer goes here: Yes, I know I Love Hits and SWAT Traffic are some of the lowest priced traffic exchanges to both upgrade in and buy credits. But the kicker is, I have never lowered the prices ever in either program, in fact I have even raised prices in SWAT Traffic. End disclaimer.

Rant time. There’s a new program out in the traffic exchanges this week that brags about being the last ‘affordable’ T.E. to upgrade in. Of course, it costs a buck or so to be an upgraded member. I’m all for free enterprise, but wow. Is this what this industry needs? An already dirt cheap form of web site advertising, going even lower in price points?

I for one cannot understand this marketing move. This has been known to kill industries since day one when we start to lower and lower and lower the prices. Let’s put this into perspective, an upgrade at I Love Hits is $9.97 (or even lower if you took one of the offers) that’s roughly 33 cents per day to be upgraded in a traffic exchange with over 90,000 members. Not a bad investment I would think.

Now this program comes on talking about one dollar to upgrade, and at least half of that goes to a payment processor for service fees. The owner is left with 50 cents roughly. It would take a whole lot of upgraded members to make that exchange profitable, which means less money for the owner to advertise, which means less new members coming into the program to look at your sites.

Hey, maybe I’m making a big deal of of nothing so please do voice your opinion below. And even better, tonight’s seminar at SWAT Traffic will be on this topic. A hot topic maybe, but something that needs to be talked about.

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Things That Make You Go Hmmm…

- Only a few more days at Affiliate Funnel’s Laptop giveaway. Win a lap top PC, a digital camera or a Sirius radio from the wacky owners of AF.

- Hey UA, we are still waiting for Dealer!

- Wow! I love Traffic Asylum!

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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!

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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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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