How to Get the Most from Traffic Exchanges

When you are starting our online business and you don't have the knowledge on promotion it is really hard at first. I know when I first started my online business I had no idea what traffic exchanges were, I didn't even know they existed.

My sponsor from one of my affiliate networks that I'm a member of was the first who lead me to this incredible free and easy to use way of promotion.

As time passed by I realized that Traffic Exchanges (TE) are a must in your marketing plan, because they'll bring you the traffic that you need for free.

When you join a TE you agree to surf other peoples pages and in return, they'll surf yours.

TE have been around for ages, with the largest list of subscribers, so submitting your webpage, blog or gateway to a TE you will potentially give it the exposure you need for succeeding in this business.

There are 2 types of TE, manual and auto surf. The manual TE you click through webpage’s your self and get credited each time, on the other hand with auto TE you automatically surf without the need to click. In my opinion I wouldn’t use the auto TE because, most of the surfers there don't actually read through your site or view it and you don't get potential buyers from this kind of sites.

What are the advantages of TE?

Well, it's a cheep and often free method of sending targeted traffic to your website, blog or gateway. This can help you with your page ranking in Search Engines. The traffic you generate arrives almost instantly. Some TE also allow surfers to choose an ad which is associated with pages they view. This is a good way of testing your copy before you spend money placing it in the out side world. Most TE also allow you to build a downline by referring others to them. You usually get credit for their activity, and over time your traffic becomes almost solely generated by the efforts of others. And finally you'll be exposed to a lot of products and services you wouldn't normally see, which means you'll have a better appreciation of your market and you'll pick up some good ideas about promoting your product.

There are also some downsides to TE:

*People surfing these programs are mainly trying to promote their own websites and not looking at yours. This means that you'll need to generate a lot more hits for each sale.

*When you start out you can spend long hours generating traffic from your own surfing, and because of this I recommend that you start to build your own downline as soon as you join, to eliminate this downside.


Ok, we went through the benefits and the downlines, so, now let's go through some tips on how to get the most out of TE:

Join the ones with the highest subscriber/member list, this way you'll get your pages to a wider audience.

Only join the manual TE, this way you'll get your pages more likely to be read and seen.

Find TE with the surf ratio 2:1 or better, this means that for every 2 pages you surf your site is getting viewed once.

Join TE that give you credits when your downline surfs, this allows you to generate more free traffic as you refer more and more people.

When you are choosing TE to join, look for those that have been around for a while. You are going to put a lot of work in to building your client base, and if they have been in business for over 2 years they have a better chance of lasting for 4 more.

I do recommend that you join as a free member first, until you understand enough about the program to decide if the paid benefits are worth your time and money.

At the beginning join only two or three programs, to begin with. This way you can allocate some of your traffic to promoting each TE to the other customer base. In this way you'll grow your down line and the amount of traffic you get for free.



Join at least one that allows it's surfers to choose the page they view by selecting an ad associated with the page. This will give you a valuable insight to the effectiveness of your ad copy.

Take advantage of your surfing time. Take note of the pages you view and the reasons that that made it attractive or not to you.

The pages you select to promote must convey their message at a glance ideally should contain a free offer. Your goal is to encourage the surfer to find out more, setting up a future sale.

And we are all done, with this information you'll get more visitors and buyers to your pages and also over time your TE program will feed itself to provide free traffic forever.