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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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So a few weeks ago Tim Linden, Austin Hallock, John Guanzon and myself had this crazy idea…How do we benefit from the concept of team downline building and bring a simple system into the market that allows members to build their downlines easily and creates massive networking opportunities…

We’ve seen the massive success of programs like Ocean Swell, TE Profits and other easy to use programs and to be honest we’re really trying to build something special at both Traffic Wave and TE Toolbox, so we bumped heads together and came up with TE Teams.

There was no JV launch, no special announcements, it just got released (and it made quite a few people scratch their head). This is a surfer-centric system where teams are created, team owners are born and complete control is given to the individual team. It’s got a total of 7 programs in it to join, so this isn’t going to build your downlines in a huge number of programs…Remember, this system was created to be a kick start, a smart start into building downlines mostly in Traffic Wave and TE Toolbox.

The idea is there, the concept and belief in the team building way is in place, now we just need to go to town with it. A team can be set up and managed as the team members and owner sees fit. Want to have a structured downline? No problem, you can. Want to make it a straight downline builder, no complicated math, you can. Want to just have a place where you can hang out with your networking associates? You can do that here too.

It’s a new twist on a age old concept, good things happen when we work together. So which TE Team will you be on?

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

- The Traffic Exchange Wonder Kid, Mike Gartner launched something VERY cool that I have not done a good enough job talking about this week (don’t worry Mike, I’ll get it out there). It’s called List Getting and it’s an all in one list building system complete with rebrandable downloads ot give your list of subscribers and the plug and play simplicity of this system is second to none. You’ve got to see this puppy in action, it’s amazing…But of course, it’s from Mike Gartner. Awesome!

- With all the madness going on at I Love Hits these past few weeks, I got some new splash pages created to promote both Bracket Surfing and the new commissions being offered. There are also a few new banners to help promote ILH and *gasp* now there is actually a reason to promote it. I know, I know, I’m about 4 years late to the party…

- Speaking of I Love Hits, we’ve come up with the top prize for this week’s Bracket Surfing contest and it’s a brand new Logitech Wireless Headset. Be sure to surf for your chance to win at the new and improved I Love Hits…Yeah, we’ll keep giving away prizes like this to spread the word that we’re BACK!

- 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 – These guys ‘get it’! Bill Portnova and Mike Murphy have been kicking butt with their recent release of List Building Maximizer and that splash page shows you why! 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 Splash
3. Max Traffic Pro
4. Hit Safari
5. Tezak Traffic Power
6. Thumb Vu
7. Traffic Witch
8. Traffic Era
9. Dragon Surf
10. Traffic Swarm

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 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

The ‘Lazy Way’ Usually Sucks

Seeing T.E. Teams get released about 36 hours ago has really woke me up to a big problem facing the traffic exchange industry. Now before some people come to my house to lynch me, please allow me some time to explain my point here…When people hear that ‘a team’ will build their downlines, they usually get very lazy, don’t promote themselves, give up and then cuss the entire traffic exchange industry claiming they don’t work.

One look at the sheer size of one of the teams in T.E. Teams and you can see a big chunk of those people are gravitating towards it simply because of the names in the team and the thought they they can sit back and get results from doing nothing themselves.

Now if you are new to this industry and are struggling to see results, the idea and concept behind T.E. Teams is perfect for you. It’s true that team work helps everyone but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t pull your own weight.

I know, this is nothing new in the traffic exchanges as for years we have seen the latest greatest money makers come and go but it’s a cycle I think we can all do without. Here’s the scoop, if you want to take advantage of something like T.E. Teams, get ready to put in effort. If you are going to get into list building? Get ready to not have an exciting life for a few months while you learn the ropes. If you want to get into traffic exchange brand awareness, you better have your patience in check.

Fact is, it does not matter what side of the industry you are on, this stuff takes effort and a lot of hard work. There are great tools and services out there that help you along the way but here it is folks, and some people may not like me after I say this but you are going to have to….Work for it.

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Things That Make You Go Hmmm…

- Want to stay up to date with everything going on in ‘T.E Guy land’ and watch some pretty cool videos while you are at it? Check out my official YouTube page. Neat stuff.

- 1 Week A.A.D. (After Acer Death) and it’s about time to say I LOVE MY iMac!

- “A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way…” – Mark Twain

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I’m going to town these days at I Love Hits. Last year was a real bad year for all my traffic exchanges as I got very ‘lazy’ and well way too comfortable. I thought I was at the top of my game and no one could ever hurt my business.

I was so wrong.

So wrong in fact that at the beginning of this year I made a conscious effort to roll up my sleeves and turn everything around. It all had to start with my baby though, it all started with I Love Hits. The best thing that has happened to my traffic exchange was that I brought Austin Hallock on board. This guy has literally saved my life in more ways then I can mention, he’s a great guy and one of the best programmers I have ever met.

Also people like Tim Linden, John Guanzon and the entire family at TE Live have been such an amazing group of people…They all helped turn I Love Hits around with the release of Bracket Surfing so this week I needed to ‘celebrate’ by doing something a little different for the prize….Check out the video to see what I mean…





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

- Huge news this past week as the guys at KRM have done it again with the purchase and ‘re-launch’ of Traffic Dealer. And if I know Paul Kinder and Tim Rash, they’ve already got plans to grow this exchange outside of the industry like no one else could do. Jump in the game, this could be quite the ride!

- TE Browser has been getting a lot of press lately. From being the first ever program NOT owned by Logiscape to be promoted by them, to the recent security issues addressed by Traffic Hoopla, it’s amazing to see how well this program may or may not do for it’s upcoming launch. Stay tuned…

- So the guys at TE Live have been bumping heads together and we think we may have one of the coolest new programs ever to be seen on the traffic exchanges…And we’re almost ready to launch it. Stay tuned for breaking news when we do as it could be as soon as later this evening *crossing fingers* Another reason why it’s a good idea to hang out at TE Live…You never know what people will come up with…

- Oh yeah and finally another bit of news from I Love Hits, I’ve started to pay commissions at the ‘little traffic exchange that could’. I decided it’s time to let loose and really go to town. So now if you are a Heavy Weight member you can earn up to 30% on all upgrades and purchases your downline makes. And yes, Light Weights can make money too. New promo tools will be ready very soon…

- 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 – How’s this for traffic exchange specific? Michael Purvis gets it! It’s simple, it uses audio and video and it’s been very effective. 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. Hit Safari
2. Tezak Traffic Power
3. StartXChange
4. Traffic Splash
5. Max Traffic Pro
6. Traffic Swarm
7. Thumb Vu
8. Traffic Witch
9. Dragon Surf
10. Traffic Era

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 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

This Week At Traffic Exchange Live, And Tim’s Blog…

Wow! That’s what I think when I look back at the past 48 hours or so at both Traffic Exchange Live and Tim Linden’s blog. To say ‘we struck a nerve’ would be an understatement and I just wanted to go over a few things about the Ocean Swell team and it’s creator Rusty Shelton…

First off, Rusty is brilliant. I mean the man has created this ‘movement’ and very popular Traffic Wave downline builder by using two simple tools. A rotator and an autoresponder. Remember all the whining I’ve been doing about being creative, well this guy is creative plus some…I applaud his vision and his team atmosphere.

The problem I had with how things were set up were the promises. The wording on the squeeze pages I saw were that some people were guaranteed a downline in as little as 1.8 days and the main focus of this Ocean Swell team seemed to be the money side of Traffic Wave, not the benefits of list building.

Now I understand there are different ways to make money with a program like Traffic Wave and that’s cool. I just know how powerful list building can be and how important a tool like Traffic Wave can be for anyone’s marketing.

All in all, Ocean Swell is a pretty cool idea. If it was worded a bit differently to encourage the USE of the autoresponder first, the affiliate program second and that there was no ‘guarantees’ I think this thing could be bigger than it is now. People love the idea of downline building, heck I love the idea of building huge downlines, I just don’t want to see something this innovative go the way of randomizers and doublers.

So I salute Rusty and the entire Ocean Swell team for doing something new, unique and very simple. Innovation doesn’t need to be programming masterpiece, it just needs to get people thinking differently.

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Things That Make You Go Hmmm…

- It’s official, I’m completely done with my Acer computer and PC’s forever. Jon Olson is now 100% Apple compatible…

- Speaking of Apple. Wonder who will be the first traffic exchange to have an iPhone App?

- “If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we’d all be millionaires…” – Abigail Van Buren

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