I’m back from Las Vegas! What an incredible experience and even though I went there with one agenda, new opportunities arose from hanging out with some of the movers and shakers of the internet marketing industry.

There is so much power to attending these live events, I cannot even begin to describe how much they can help your business. If you ever get a chance, make sure you attend an event, it truly is a life changing experience.

This was seminar number 9 for me and I plan on going to a whole lot more. What’s even better, is the attention we got, Robert Puddy, Soren Jordansen and myself when we all said in unison…

“Yes, we all own traffic exchanges and YES they really do work!”

It was a shock for many internet marketing professionals who have been force fed to rely on ‘article marketing’, PPC marketing and other highly effective yet demanding forms on online advertising. You see, we have something that the rest of the internet wants…And we have limitless supply of traffic.

The trick to using this limitless supply though, is leveraging the traffic. DON’T USE generic affiliate pages, use a squeeze page that grabs your viewers attention. DON’T SURF for hours on end without a direct benefit for you, branding, list building, etc. This is critical!

As time goes by, expect massive things soon from our attendance in Las Vegas, we’ve got some very cool stuff in store for the traffic exchanges. More bang for your click, guaranteed!

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

- I Love Hits hit a milestone last week and I’m so honored to announce that we have hit the 100,000 member mark! Special note for everyone that loves to put ILH and me down, this does NOT mean 100,000 active members, this means 100,000 users have joined the system since it started. Still, I consider ILH to be a medium sized exchange with plenty of growth still in it, with 400-500 new members joinign every week, the future looks very bright for the old work horse!

- StartXchange continues to knock down competition left and right by adding it’s new ‘Surf N chat’ feature. While not a new feature to the traffic exchange industry as a whole, it’s new to StartXchange and cements them as one of the most active exchanges in the net.

- Traffic Gold Rush is almost at 5000 members. Heh, not too bad for an exchange that is only a month old. It’s kind of funny to me to see these programs that have been around for years and years and cannot reach 5,000 members and Mr. Conway does it in a month. Still not convinced this thing is here to stay? I am!!!

- 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 ‘Rob’ 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 – TE Profits is one of the best examples of HOW to promote in the traffic exchanges. Great stuff! 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 Splash
3. StartXChange
4. Traffic Era
5. Web Biz Insider
6. Traffic Gold Rush
7. Advertising Know How
8. Royal Surf
9. Traffic Swarm
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

I Love Twitter! Twitter Loves Me!

If you haven’t been living under a rock, then you have heard of the wonderful world of Twitter. This is the first 2.0 service that I really embraced, I mean sure I used blogs and Facebook but Twitter had something I just fell in love with from the start.

Think of it like text messaging on the web. Short, simple messages that let your ‘Twitter list’ know what you are up to. What’s even more exciting about Twitter is the neat little applications that have been created because of it.

Soren Jordansen’s Tweet My Blog in a wonderful little tool that lets you notify the ‘Twitter’ world about a new post on your blog. And that’s just one tool, there are hundreds of these cool little programs to help you get out there more in the world of the ‘Tweeps’.

Want even more proof that you should be involved with Twitter, aWeber just added a Twitter service that let’s your email list know when you have sent a message via aWeber itself. Wow. That’s right, this thing just got released and should be massive for both aWeber and your Twitter account.

Don’t delay, be sure to get involved with Twitter today…Oh yeah, and be sure to join my ‘Twitter team’ too =)

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Things That Make You Go Hmmm…

- For the record, Mr. Smiley…I’m a 330 lbs, not 380. Thanks for caring about my weight. Nice to see you think someone’s weight has anything to do with success online. But I appreciate the hate, it keeps me going =)

- Did I ever mention that I love IM success Formula? Yeah, a few times huh…

- Special thanks to Franscisca at Hit 2 Hit for acting on all those reports I give in the Owners Forum at NMF. Thanks so much, it’s good to know they are not being reported in vain.

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Related posts

• Issue 303 – New To Traffic Exchanges? Here’s Your First Checklist… (17)
• Issue 301 – Widgets Are Here But Will Hit Exchange News Be? (12)
• Issue 299 – Sweeva Feeva Is Here! And It’s Only Been 9 Days… (20)
• Issue 298 – Social Browsing Is The Game, Sweeva Is It’s Name! (13)
• Issue 284 – Are The Traffic Exchanges Too Complicated? (3)

Does anyone remember the entire auto surf fiasco? I sure do. I also remember the bubble game, gifting program, cycler, doubler and randomizer fiascos too. These little fads did a lot of damage to the traffic exchanges because the exchanges used to be flooded with these ‘risky’ programs and a lot of people lost a lot of money in the process.

2008 and you could imagine my surprise when a well known traffic exchange decides to launch their own version of a randomizer. I won’t mention it by name here because I do not wish to give it any extra promotion but it’s a very sad day for traffic exchanges when one of our own decides to go this route.

I am asking for all surfers, owners and everyone who has ever used a traffic exchange to stand up and demand that these kind of programs do not get any support at all. They have done nothing but hurt our reputation and yes, they do flood the exchanges from time to time, so if you see one, talk about it, discuss it, report it, and let the owners know you do not want to see these things in rotation.

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

- Blue Surf announced this week that it had hit the 5,000 member mark. Not too shabby for a brand new traffic exchange in this day and age. I just wanted to thank Scott from Blue Surf for creating something new, unique and fun for surfers. A custom script can go a very long way.

- I’ve got a good feeling about Traffic Taxis as a traffic exchange to watch this summer. It was not ‘launched’ in the general sense of a big promotional release, but with it’s solid design and responsive owner, it has the potential to be a very solid addition. Let’s see how things go.

- So you wanna own a traffic exchange huh? For any would be owner, I highly recommend reading this very ‘eye opening’ post at Net Marketing Forum . Fellow owners and surfers alike offer some great input on why someone would want to own and operate these little programs.

- 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! Congrats to Jesus Moreno for winning last week, if you can send me your mailing address to hitexchangenews at yahoo dot com, I’ll get you your copy shipped a.s.a.p.

- Splash Page Hall of Fame – This is one of the most creative splash pages I have seen in recent memory! 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 Swarm
2. Traffic Splash
3. Traffic Era
4. TS 25
5. Traffic Wonderland
6. Dragon Surf
7. StartXChange
8. Easy Hits 4 U
9. Traffic At The Races
10. Max Traffic Pro

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

Creativity – And Why It Should Matter To You!

I got an invite today from a couple of traffic exchange owners and they let me in on a brand new program they will be launching in a few weeks. When I heard it was a new traffic exchange, it got me worried about what this thing could possibly bring ‘new’ to the table. Wow, I was blown away!

Here’s what they did…They used creativity to build their new program. They took a stock LJ Script (the same base script that I Love Hits is on) and completely edited it to fit their needs. The thing has some wonderful features that you wont find anywhere else and here’s the best part…It should show people what CAN be done when you use a little bit of creativity.

Great, how does this help you. Hopefully it gets you thinking about what you have at your disposal right now, in your marketing arsenal. Once you see what you have, try to find new ways to do the same thing. Maybe it’s a different design, maybe it’s a new headline, maybe it’s a complete make over. The main point is to do things differently!

There’s a wonderful book I like to read to help with creative thinking, it’s called ‘Thinker Toys’. This book has helped me so much in looking at a product or service and seeing what I can do with what I have to make it more interesting, make it stickier and more attractive to my members.

I’ve always been a big fan of sticking out from the crowd, and now more than ever I feel it’s one of the most important things you can do for your business, especially in the traffic exchanges!

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Things That Make You Go Hmmm…

- I got a sneak peak at a brand new traffic exchange that will be launching in a few weeks. get ready to be blown away…Wow!

- Hoopla keeps throwing digs at my top 10 list, and say over and over again that it’s just my opinion…Ummm yeah, has anyone else seen the big red sign that says it’s an opinion?

- Rumor has it that a new commercial traffic exchange script is about to be released into the market…

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Related posts

• 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 299 – Sweeva Feeva Is Here! And It’s Only Been 9 Days… (20)
• Issue 297 – Social Networking On The Traffic Exchanges. Something You Should Be Doing More Of… (8)
• Issue 295 – Cash For Surfing Is Here To Stay…Whether We Like It Or Not! (10)