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Traffic Exchanges

Splash Page Ethics

January 30, 2009

There is a thread in NMF about this, and a related thread in the suggestions box, so I thought I might as well talk about it..  What kinds of Splash Pages are Ethical, and which ones aren't? Really what it comes down to, is the promises being made on them. And since that in itself [...]

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Receiving HTML Emails

January 28, 2009

I decided to try sending out the StartXchange newsletter in good old fashion HTML format. With the StartXchange header at the top even (just a resized version for email). I think it looks fantastic, but I'm wondering what your thoughts are? Did you get the email, and did it look OK? I know if you [...]

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Let's Work Together, Shall We?

January 26, 2009

Originally I envisioned 2009 as being the year the bar was raised on traffic exchanges. My first attempt at raising the bar, while it got the point out, had more negativity than positivity. So I realized I needed to go about it in a different way. Yes, drama sells and gets people reading, but in [...]

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TEtoolbox with Hits Connect

January 23, 2009

You hear people talk about Hits Connect all the time. You hear people talk about TEtoolbox all the time. Well, now you can use both very easily. I made it so if you put a Hits Connect tracker inside the TEtoolbox rotator, it will pass the tag to the tracker as a user parameter. So [...]

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Traffic Exchanges on Facebook

January 21, 2009

Well this is exciting, I saw a post in NMF talking about Facebook. I was like yeah, I got an account, but it's for friends only. Then Jon posted he had two, and I thought, well, let's try that! Next thing you know, I started the Traffic Exchanges group, and already there are 34 38 [...]

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Filtering Traffic Exchange Emails with Gmail

January 20, 2009

Ok so yesturday I talked about why you should read the emails. Great, you realized these emails are good, but are you still overwhelmed? Well that's where Gmail comes in! Today I'm going to show you how to setup filters to automatically label the emails. This way you can choose if the emails go in [...]

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Why you should be reading those emails

January 19, 2009

Any time the topic of email comes up regarding traffic exchanges, immediately I'm surrounded by comments on how members get too many emails. While I agree, I do get too many traffic exchange emails, I disagree that it's the owner's fault. It's mine. You see I've joined about 100 different traffic exchanges. That was my [...]

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100's of Traffic Exchanges, 100's of Owners

January 17, 2009

One of the funnest things about running this blog, is learning about all the new owners. Finding new people commenting and seeing the new names and exchanges that I've never heard of. I thought it would be a good time to setup a database of sorts for all of this. Basically it's a Google Form [...]

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The Big Bad Tim Linden

January 15, 2009

My post yesterday, The Big Bad List, generated quite the feedback. 47+ Comments on the post, and 23+ Posts in NMF about it. Today I just wanted to clarify, that while the name of the post was The Big Bad List, the owners of the exchanges listed aren't big and bad. That and me saying [...]

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The Big Bad List

January 14, 2009

Well a pet peeve of mine is bulk emails without an unsubscribe link. I've mentioned it a few times on the blog, I've spoke about it in the Affiliate Funnel conference, and now I'm making a list. This list is traffic exchanges that have sent me mail in the last 24 hours or so without [...]

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23 Subscribers from 1956 Hits

January 7, 2009

This really surprised me. I received 23 new subscribers yesturday to the blog from the new Prize Page on StartXchange. I started late in the day, and so only received 1956 hits, but I still managed to gain 23 subscribers! On top of that, every member of StartXchange is already given multiple opportunites to subscribe [...]

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Do Unique Hits Matter?

January 5, 2009

There is this misconception amongs traffic exchange users that high unique ratios are good. I can understand the thought, higher % sounds good right? Well today I hope to clear up the confusion. First off, what is a unique ratio? Well its the ratio of unique hits to total hits. Unique hits are people who've [...]

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My Game Plan to Double New Members This Year

January 1, 2009

Jon Olson asked what my New Year's Resolution was for StartXchange, one of my replies was to double the number of new members joining. Currently we average 60 per day, I want it 120! This is my game plan: Make New Splash Pages - This is my downfall, and I'm sure many of us have [...]

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Branding with Banners

December 17, 2008

Many exchanges will allow you to win banner impressions while surfing, and I get complaints all the time about it. Over and over people tell me that banners are useless, or they have no banners, or they just don't want banner views. What they are forgetting about is branding. It's simple really, and it's something [...]

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Cleaning up the Industry - CAN SPAM Compliancy

December 12, 2008

For traffic exchanges to be taken seriously outside of the industry, many exchanges need to clean up their act. One area we are failing in, is Email Reputation. Disclaimer: When I say WE, I mean as an industry, my email reputation is clean. I was accredited by ISIPP / SuretyMail and have applied to be [...]

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Traffic Exchange Basics: How you Track

December 5, 2008

Tracking your results is important with traffic exchanges because you don't want to be wasting your time surfing, only to get no results. The most critical part of advertising is actually the tracking. Without it you are just wasting your time and money. How you track in traffic exchanges is up to you, but here's [...]

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Traffic Exchanges, 2008 Year In Review

December 3, 2008

Well 2008 isn't over yet, but already speculation has begun on the year in review. Everyone's talking about this past year with exchanges in Net Marketing Forum. It's crazy to think that I've been doing this since 2001, this past year flew by faster then the rest! So it's your turn, answer these questions, and [...]

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Traffic Exchange Basics: What you Advertise

December 3, 2008

With so many new people coming in from Traffic Witch, I thought it'd be important to go over the basics again. The number of people using traffic exchanges incorrectly is astounding, so I figure it doesn't hurt for you to hear them again if you just need to be reminded. Today I'm going to talk [...]

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TEList joins Google Friend Connect!

December 1, 2008

Traffic Exchange List is now powered by Google Friend Connect. You can login to Traffic Exchange List with your Google, Yahoo, AIM, or OpenID account and write your own reviews for the exchanges listed! It gets even better because the side bar shows the members and you can interact with them, get to know them [...]

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198 Subscribers from Traffic Witch

November 28, 2008

So far I've received 198 new subscribers to my blog from Traffic Witch alone! I'm really excited, so welcome to all the new subscribers! Today I'm going to tell you how I did it, and why I think it worked so well. I've got some cool graphics to show you as well. This is the [...]

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