Who said creativity was gone in the traffic exchanges?

I love it, these are the days that I am so proud to be a part of this industry. No, it’s not another traffic exchange being launched. No it’s not a new rotator or tracker being released. What it is, it’s creativity!

Cindy Battye’s Traffic Bunnies has been doing big things for me lately. It was ranked Number 1 last week in The Top 10 as it drove dozens of new subscribers to my sites and chances are, it’ll be ranked pretty high this week…

Never one to ‘slow down’, Cindy released her brand new ‘Bunny Game’ in Traffic Bunnies yesterday and let’s just say, addictive isn’t giving it the credit it deserves. It’s a whole lot of fun and another great example of doing something different in this business.

It’s unlike anything you have seen in the traffic exchanges before simply because it’s a complete custom job. That’s right *gasp* it’s something that Cindy invested in to create for her traffic exchange.

THIS is why the traffic exchange industry will continue to grow and prosper, because we have new stuff like the Bunny Game at Traffic Bunnies being released. Creative ownership is a must, and when owners go out of their way to create something like this, I will always rave about it in Hit Exchange News!

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

Jon Olson
The Traffic Exchange Guy

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The News

- A completely re-brandable traffic exchange? Yes, another prime example that creative owners are not a thing of the past as Easy Surf Exchange has flipped it and made their entire traffic exchange re-brandable. Such a cool idea, and a first in the business. Instead of a downline builder IN the traffic exchange, the entire traffic exchange could be considered a downline builder. Great stuff!

- Big changes at Traffic Punk this weak. New script, new design, new features and a whole lot of new excitement. I always thought the Punk design was cool, one of my favorite looks in the industry but this new look is even better. And yes, while it did change from a TCN to an LJ Script, I understand this change and the past exchanges that have made the jump. Looks great, surfs great!

- As I mentioned a few times this week, there is a massive Super Surf session taking place every day of the week along with this weekend. 100% surfing bonuses are going on right now at Advertising Know How and Dragon Surf tomorrow and then all 5 Super Surf traffic exchanges on Saturday and Sunday. It’s a great time to get clicking!

- Be sure vote today for your favorite traffic exchanges at Affiliate Funnel’s Surfer’s Choice ranker. This has quickly become the most popular ranking service on the net as the surfer’s are finally getting their say. Combined with the stats to back it up and our exclusive ‘new members joining’ statistic, you can see which exchanges are showing and proving, each and every week!

- Want to win your own copy of the best selling traffic exchange book on Amazon.com, Hits, Clicks and Misses, (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! Congratulations to ‘Kaye’ for winning last week. Be sure to send your mailing address to me so that I can ship you a copy (hitexchangenews at yahoo dot com)!

- Splash Page Hall of Fame – Like Traffic Splash’s squeeze page / splash page combo, Easy Surf Exchange has a great look and a very powerful pitch. 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.)

1. Traffic Splash
2. Dragon Surf
3. Traffic Bunnies
4. StartXChange
5. Traffic Witch
6. Hit Pirate
7. Top Tier Traffic
8. Max Traffic Pro
9. Royal Surf
10. Hit 2 Hit

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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Flip Your Downline, Fill Your Funnel!

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Deep Thoughts – Jon’s Weekly Rambling

Coffee Stains And Traffic Exchanges…

Weird title huh….Here’s the funny thing, I just noticed my lovely new white t-shirt that I purchase a few days ago, full of lovely coffee stains and the odd dash of curry paste. So what do ‘coffee stains’ have to do with traffic exchanges and how to get better results from them…

A few years ago I made a decision. The decision was to never work for anyone else ever again. The entire concept of waking up, sitting in traffic for two hours, to get to a dead end job and dress up like a penguin in a suit…Urgggh that’s my personal hell. So I came online, with big dreams, no money and an absolute addiction to coffee!

What did online business allow me to do? Be comfortable. I am absolutely at peace when I’m sitting in my office, sipping some Starbucks and listening to my dog snore behind my chair. This is my ‘comfort zone’!

How can you find your comfort zone with your business? You will feel pressured when you are trying to get your business off the ground, but never second guess that little voice in your mind. 99% of the time, it’s right. Your gut instinct will tell you when something feels good, and other things are too good to be true.

It’s very important to find your ‘zone’ in this business so you can plan to get there. Me myself, it was the absolute desire to never work for anyone again. I had a brand new baby boy that I had to care for, so that’s pretty motivating in itself and I wanted to be around him as much as possible. Traffic exchanges allowed me to do this. That’s why I am so passionate about them.

Will traffic exchanges be your comfort zone? Will they be part of your marketing plan? Only you can decide that, the big thing though is to always do what you feel is right. Listen to your gut instinct, it rarely lets you down…

Now time to find some Tide to get these stains out…

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Things That Make You Go Hmmm…

- Top Tier Traffic have over 11,000 members…After only 5 weeks.

- Last night’s SWAT Traffic seminar…A whole lot of Rick Rollin’ and Olson singing *lol*

- Did I ever mention that I LOVE TWITTER? lol

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• Issue 284 – Are The Traffic Exchanges Too Complicated? (3)
• Issue 303 – New To Traffic Exchanges? Here’s Your First Checklist… (17)
• Issue 302 – Two Of The Best Weeks In Traffic Exchange Land… (6)
• Issue 301 – Widgets Are Here But Will Hit Exchange News Be? (12)

I mentioned last week about how I thought a traffic exchange could even be considered a Web 2.0 type of site. You see, it fits the bill. It’s user generated content, the members decide what goes into it and there is the potential of a lot of communicating between members.

Traffic Era really got a lot of folks thinking when they launched about the massive potential these programs could have, if they embraced the 2.0 way of doing things. This week I Love Hits took it one step further and introduced the ‘ILH Profile Pages’. So what are they?

Here’s an example and while they are still a work in progress, the main idea is for I Love Hits’ members to communicate with each other, use the best social networking sites on the net, and help build their personal brand within the system and outside of it.

I’m pretty pumped about these new pages, and plan on really doing a lot of work with them to create a brand new ‘angle’ in the I Love Hits community. I’m a big fan of personal branding and I hope these pages go a long way in helping people realize the power of their personal network and how important it is in their business!

Have a great week and thanks very much for being a reader of Hit Exchange News!

Jon Olson
The Traffic Exchange Guy

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The News

- I Love Clicks, one of the first and largest traffic exchanges on the net, has closed it’s doors this week. What’s more, on the front page they are trying to sell the domain, script and all it’s assets. That’s fine, but they also say they will not discuss the ‘workings’ of the program. You know, the good stuff like how much does it make every month, how many subscribers, how responsive is the list. What a shame, especially for all us old timers that have been there since day one. This was a one time GIANT in the industry.

- Dragon Surf added dynamic surfing to the program this past week and here is something that has been added to a lot of traffic exchanges but actually helps the members get even more traffic to their sites. Simply put, the more you surf, the higher your surf ratio increases. Surf more, get more. A very simple yet effective concept!

- What is going on at the AMCS traffic exchange service? Rumors had it that all the databases were lost for the dozens of traffic exchanges on their server, and then another side of the coin said everything was fine. You can read more about it by visiting the Net Marketing Forum.

- A big ‘pat on the back’ has to go to 24/7 Traffic Pro for taking the bull by the horns and starting a customer survey. This has been a WONDERFUL trend I have seen this past month in the traffic exchanges and I look forward to seeing even more input from surfers around the industry!

- Congratulations to ‘Brian Rickert’ 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 – Want to see how to properly brand yourself in the traffic exchanges and build your list at the same time? Check out the latest capture page from Paul Conway! 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.)

1. Dragon Surf
2. Traffic At The Races
3. TS 25
4. Traffic Swarm
5. Traffic Splash
6. Max Traffic Pro
7. StartXChange
8. Traffic Era
9. Easy Hits 4 U
10. Traffic Wonderland

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

Tell Em Why You’re Mad!!!

I love a good rant! So this week, I’ve got the perfect topic and a wonderful platform on which to spread my ‘fumes’. Ready? Here goes…

This wee saw the launch of a new traffic exchange that was…Well…A copy of any other traffic exchange that has been released in the past few months. Sure, it had nice graphics, a very tempting JV offer, great potential and a new owner that looks to be dedicated for the long haul, but other than that, it was a plain jane traffic exchange.

Now here Jon comes along and releases the ‘Profile Pages’ at I Love Hits which is something new in the traffic exchanges and should increase the awareness of these programs around the internet but do you know how much coverage I got? Nada. In fact, a popular ‘T.E.’ blog that talks about everything that happens in the traffic exchange industry didn’t mention my Profile Pages at all, and of course had their affiliate link pasted everywhere on their blog for that new T.E.

Am I bitter? Not really because I’m always in this stuff for the long haul but here’s the kicker. In a few months, the whining will start that there is ‘no innovation’ in the traffic exchange industry. And how close we are to total collapse. And how we need to change the way we do things or else. Or how we HAVE to find new members that will join ans surf the exchange…

I will then mention people go read this blog post again and laugh because here’s something innovative that could potential raise the stakes in this business, but we are concerned about earning 5 bucks a month from promoting a new traffic exchange.

Ahhh the irony of it all. I’ve come to the conclusion that this industry does not want innovation, they want ‘sexy’ new launches. They want their 5 dollars a month commissions. They want their JV launches. They want all this, but heaven forbid we actually develop tools to HELP our members…That would be shocking wouldn’t it?

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Things That Make You Go Hmmm…

- Traffic Splash announced it has over 26,000 members this past week. All I can say is, wow!

- S.W.A.T. Traffic has a brand new merchandise store!

- Funny Contradiction of the Week – A new auto surf investment scam telling people on it’s front page that it’s ‘bringing back the good old days of auto surfing’. I wonder how many millions will be lost this go round?

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• Issue 297 – Social Networking On The Traffic Exchanges. Something You Should Be Doing More Of… (8)
• Issue 293 – Ocean Swelling, I Love Hitting, & Random Acts of Traffic Exchange Goodness… (13)
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