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!
So it’s official! I’m no longer a resident of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and I am finally moved into my new home in Edmonton, Alberta. It feels good to start a new life in a new province and hey it makes it all better when the city is home to your second favorite hockey team…
Let’s just put it this way though, moving SUCKS and I’m so glad to be done with it.
I didn’t get a chance to be as active as I usually am this past week but still there was plenty of news and trends happening in the traffic exchange industry. Here’s what I noticed during the past week or so…
- Sweeva hit 20,000 members! Boy oh boy was I pumped when I saw it click over. I’ve been a part of a lot of programs during my decade plus in this business but nothing has excited me more than seeing the growth of Sweeva and the massive potential it has. Special thanks to EVERYONE who has made this such an amazing experience…We are just getting started!
- We hit 20% of our goal at Traffic Exchanges Care. Over $1000 has been raised so far to fight water shortage around the world but we still need your help. Special thanks to Winter Perkins for creating that amazing new splash page. Please feel free to use it or download the image and use it wherever you can! We need your help, so please donate if you can spare a dollar or two =)
- T.E. Profits got a major overhaul and was relaunched this week. I’m upset that I didn’t get to give this the attention it deserved with my moving obligations. And Scott Douglas, in my opinion, is the perfect example of someone who ‘gets it’ when it comes to making money WITH traffic exchanges. He doesn’t own one but still manages to be one of the most popular and effective traffic exchange advertisers in history. T.E. Profits is a must join for any serious traffic exchange marketer.
- I was pretty upset this weekend too for getting a Pay Pal dispute filed against me from a FELLOW traffic exchange owner. This pretty much left me ranting away in NMF and caused me to potentially lose some business but to be honest, when someone files a false dispute against you, doesn’t attempt at all to call you and work the issue out and it’s from another traffic exchange owner…Well…Good riddance. Filing unwarranted Pay Pal disputes is BAD for our entire industry!
- And finally, I’m thrilled to see all the changes taking place at IM Faceplate. The guys at Logiscape are really trying to build something special here and slowly this is becoming a wonderful place to grow your network. Remember, all this internet marketing stuff is useless without a solid network of contacts. Get out there and meet your fellow surfers!
That’s it for this week. We’re also back every day at T.E. Live, so do stop by for some water cooler chit chat and maybe a Tim Linden ‘blend or two’…
So there was this little event that took place this week in America, something called a presidential election. But you must be absolutely sick and tired of politics by now, for the past few years it’s been non-stop…
There’s one more vote that you should be casting though, and here’s the best part, it’s not political and you can do it each and every week.
Affiliate Funnel re-launched it’s traffic exchange ranking service, Surfer’s Choice, this past week with some very impressive new features. Of course, your voice is what counts. This is the first traffic exchange ranker that cares about what you say and your vote determines where a traffic exchange will rank on any given week.
But the coolest new addition has got to be the ‘New Members Per Week’ feature that shows you, the traffic exchange advertiser and surfer, which exchanges are bringing in the most new members in any given 7 day period.
Wow!
Think about that. You will now be able to see how many new sets of eye balls are checking out YOUR sites in the top ranked traffic exchanges each and every week. We have also added some wonderful new tracking services that monitor unique hits, hits delivered and so much more.
This is the complete traffic exchange ranking service, comprised of YOUR VOICE and the numbers to back it up.
Be sure to check out the ranker today and cast your vote for your favorite traffic exchanges each and every week!
It’s time for change and it’s time to put the power back in the surfer’s hands!
Thank you very much for being a reader of Hit Exchange News and have a wonderful week!
- Splash Page Maker was re-launched last week with a brand new look and some very cool new splash page templates in the members area. What’s interesting to note, after all the press and publicity splash and squeeze page advertising has gotten over the years, still only about 30% of traffic exchange advertisers use these kind of pages.
- Hit Safari’s referral codes have changed! be sure to note, now that Safari is on an LJ script, usernames have changed to user ID numbers. Make sure you have changed your usernames to user ID’s around the net.
- Want the daily updates from all your favorite traffic exchanges? Be sure to swing by Net Marketing Forum daily and check out our hosted forums at the Traffic Exchanges of NMF. We have popular exchanges like Traffic Splash, I Love Hits, Dragon Surf and others along with amazing up and coming programs like Easy Surf Exchange and Blue Surf, all hosting their support and news forums there. Pop by for the all the latest!
- 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 ‘Andrew’ 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 – Another Top 10 List? Yup, from Affiliate Funnel and it’s a pretty good list might I add. 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.)
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
Pitch Me or Leave Me Alone part 2
After last week’s little rant I thought maybe, just maybe, owners would get the message and stop emailing their members about who won what contest the previous day.
Boy was I wrong…
My inbox was flooded this week with useless notifications about who won the surfing contest from the previous day along with absolutely NO pitch, NO log in links, and No useful tips or tricks at all.
Guess what they are doing?
I spoke to dozens of surfers in the SWAT Traffic seminar room this week that are fed up. They are now not even reading traffic exchange updates, simply deleting them when they come in. So now even when there is a critical notice like the one I got from Hit Safari this week, chances are the majority of users have deleted the email without reading it.
This needs to change! Again, it’s fine to give people notices of past winners, that’s not the problem. The problem is not giving your members value in the email. Imagine if with every ‘notice’ there was a short blurb about using splash pages…Or list building…Or proper traffic exchange surfing. Imagine…
Give some reasons for people to read your emails and I’m sorry, but it’s not enough to tell them the 5 people who clicked 2500 sites the day before.
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Things That Make You Go Hmmm…
- Is MegaLido the next 12 Daily Pro?
- Sure would be cool if Web Biz Insider could get an IPN so I could get my credits right away. I wanna buy lots sir.
