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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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If You Give Up, A Kitten Cries…

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!


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Why I Love Traffic Exchanges Part 17

I got the idea for this blog post last night while I was surfing some of the TimTech traffic exchanges. I remember when I first got started in this business over 13 years ago, one of the most exciting aspects of traffic exchange advertising was the feeling of ‘what will the next click bring me?’

Would the next web page I viewed translate into someone seeing my site and earning me a referral? Would this next 30 minutes of surfing earn me enough credits to get someone to take action on one of my pages? I’m not sure if you share these same kind of feelings when you surf, but for me it was what made me fall in love with surfing. You just never knew what that next click would bring…

Fast forward to today and we have even more ways for you to ‘get your message across’ with social surfing combined with what you chose to promote in a traffic exchange itself. Something very cool happened last night specifically in I Love Hits chat, that made me fall in love with traffic exchanges even more. It was late, maybe about 1am Eastern time and while the chat was still active, it had slowed down quite a bit.

A member asked a question about how to get the brand new ‘Nerd Surfing’ feature working for them in StartXchange. It took about a minute but along came Diane Merriam and walked the member through the process. Awesome!

I had to say something because it’s things like this that make me love traffic exchanges (and of course social surfing) even more and more. You never know who is watching, but Diane was being helpful without any direct benefit to herself, she helped a member because that’s what communities do. Things like this need to be rewarded and showcased more because I think that’s the true power of being active and visible in these traffic exchanges!

Like I just said, you never know who is watching or what the next click may bring! So while the next click you do today, might earn you a referral or sale, it’s pretty awesome to see that the next person you help out, may become someone you will work with for years. Or maybe a lifelong customer.

That’s the real power of social surfing in the traffic exchanges and I encourage everyone to give it a shot. It’s awesome!


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