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Traffic Exchanges

Nifty Banner Creator, Your's Free!

March 19, 2010

Banners tend to be under used in the traffic exchanges. The funny thing is, they can help you brand yourself at a very low cost. But most people don't have their own banners, so they don't put any in! So that's where this really simple banner creator comes in. It was made originally by Austin [...]

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So we started TE Teams

March 18, 2010

One of the problems with traffic exchanges is information overload. After talking about it in TE Live we decided we wanted to make a simple 3 step system to get people started in the right direction. As we were talking about it, we started noticing people really digged being on a team. There is this [...]

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If you like commissions, you'll like this..

March 15, 2010

We are all here to make money, so commissions are of course a big crowd pleaser. Just remember to advertise your list first, and advertise the program to your list. The reason I'm talking about this is because Jon Olson has added commissions to ILoveHits. The same thing happened with me and StartXchange, we both [...]

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Why Building A List Wins

March 11, 2010

Many people under estimate the importance of building a list. It takes work and sometimes a bit of trial and error to get it right, but once you're in the groove it's way easy and way better than other methods. If you look at instant results, building a list isn't there. I think that might [...]

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Talking about Teams Part 2

March 10, 2010

There was incredible chatting going on from my last post, in fact there are 52 comments! It's clear that many of you have an understanding of the team concept. It makes sense too, because we are all working out of different locations so when you log in each morning it's easy to feel like it's [...]

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What's the deal with these teams?

March 9, 2010

I've seen an increase in the number of Traffic Wave teams. It's really interesting to watch. But at the core there is one goal: Building downlines. The way it's done seems to differ. Does everyone promote the same link? Do we take turns getting the benefits? How do you get paid? Is there a fee [...]

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How I Dominate the Exchanges

March 8, 2010

There are 181 exchanges that are ranked on Traffic Exchange List. It's a miserable job to go in and manage your advertising in all those exchanges. Miserable. So how do I dominate the exchanges? Well I don't. But I do have a few tricks up my sleeve. What I do is go to Traffic Exchange [...]

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Now for a matching banner

March 6, 2010

I usually forget about banners, but Steve Ayling recently launched a site called Buckets Of Banners. He was just in Affiliate Funnel talking about how important banners are. I totally forgot.. So I of course grabbed the imagery from my splash page and made a banner with it to match. It's not the best banner, [...]

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Orange Burst Splash Page

March 5, 2010

A few posts back I did that testing on browser sizes, so I thought it was time to create a new splash page. I took the sizes into account and created this: I've linked to the page so you can see how it was done. Essentially it's a 600x300 sized ad that is centered with [...]

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A Slice of Humble Pie?

March 4, 2010

It's kinda funny that I posted the whole "Who's Job is it Anyway" post. Shortly after making that post I received feedback from two people on two different sites. The first one was a rather unhelpful comment on the blog saying TEList wouldn't let them unsubscribe. Unhelpful because they put a fake email and name, [...]

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Window Sizes in Traffic Exchanges

March 3, 2010

I've got something interesting to show you. I tracked 178,862 hits yesterday from many exchanges (ok so I didn't count that) and recorded the size of the browser windows the ad was being displayed in. Then made a headmap of it so you can see exactly which areas had the most view time: You can [...]

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Dealing With Wasted Space

March 2, 2010

There are so many toolbars, browsers, computers, etc that your big monster screen might trick you into thinking your advertisements are great. In realitiy, there's lots of wasted space happening: See, out of my huge monitor only about half of it is showing your advertisement. OK so I don't really surf with that many toolbars [...]

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Who's Job Is It Anyway?

March 1, 2010

Sometimes things don't work properly and owners don't know about it. But who's job is it to make sure it works? This is the topic for the day. I've been noticing more and more things not working on exchanges. From big to small it seems the technical problems are coming up, and many times remaining [...]

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Your Privacy is at Stake

February 26, 2010

I'm in the process of joining an exchange, I read the Privacy Policy and it all seems normal to me: We will not sell, share, or rent personal information to others. Sounds good right? Until you look above it where your referrer's email address is. Oh, but guess what, I didn't have a referrer. It [...]

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I'm calling this a Surfdown..

February 22, 2010

I've been in on this for a little while now, watching Jon Olson add a super cool new thing to ILoveHits. I'm calling it a Surfdown. The Surfdown is for surfing what the smackdown is for wrestling. Or something like that.. There are now brackets, and you surf against different people every day. All you [...]

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3 Things Every Owner Needs

February 18, 2010

There are literally hundreds of exchanges online today. Which means there are hundreds of owners out there too. I've tried my best to offer services to owners that will help them be better owners. The more quality exchanges we have online, the better our industry will look to those coming in. #1 Traffic Exchange Owner [...]

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Direct Selling in Exchanges

February 15, 2010

I've noticed more and more people selling products in the exchanges. It's kind of interesting. Most of them are around being healthier, whether it's drinks, chocolate, or even coffee. To all those people selling out a physical product in the exchanges out there.. How's it working for you? Are you seeing any sales? My approach [...]

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5 Reasons Why an Exchange Dies

February 9, 2010

It's common in the traffic exchange industry for an exchange to die. It's really easy to get a script, so it's really easy for an exchange to open. When it's that easy, the number of exchanges dieing (or maybe never even being "born") is going to be high. The exchange was mis-managed. This can happen [...]

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What's Worse?

February 8, 2010

This happens frequently with traffic exchanges. They die. There are a few reasons for them to die, some more profound than others. But there comes a time when the owner makes a decision: Sell the exchange Delete the exchange Ignore the exchange My question is which one is worse? In my opinion the only viable [...]

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What are you doing?

February 6, 2010

I talk alot about me, but what about you? What are you guys up to? There is such a variety of people surfing the exchanges it's crazy. So feel free to post a comment with some info about what you are up to. It would also be interesting to hear how you found out about [...]

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