Traffic Exchanges

Hi Lauren,

Traffic exchanges work by viewing a certain number of sites in exchange for views back to yours. Normally, you will have to view two or three sites to get one view back.

In general, traffic exchanges are not the ideal way to get traffic.

For one thing, everybody is doing the same thing. Clicking as fast as they can to get more credits for themselves.

There are exceptions, though. So, you need to be sure you're promoting the things that appeal to traffic exchange users. Get their attention. Make it quick. Get them on a list so you can market to them when they aren't in "exchange" mode.

I use one traffic exchange that does quite well for me, and has enough bonuses to make it a better than average return.

As a side note, you can also buy credits so you don't have to surf for endless hours to get visitors to your site. BUT, I would suggest trying any exchange for free first, to make sure you offer resonates with its users.

They can work, but only if you know how.

All the best,
Michael

I think a lot of people seem to miss the main point behind a Traffic Exchange. As Michael noted everyone is clicking as fast as they can to earn credits in order to promote their own site. Yet here is one thing I say about a Traffic Exchange, they create site BRANDING. What does this mean? Simple, studies have shown that people need to be exposed to an Ad numerous times before a potential customer can identify it. For example, how many times did we all see the Pillsbury Doughboy before we were able to pinpoint it was the mascot for the baked goods. Or how many times did we have to hear him say "woo hoo" when his tummy was pressed before it hit us..."oh yeah, that's the fluffy dough those are the fluffy cakes, muffins, etc." Well that is what a Traffic Exchange does for your site, more than increasing traffic, it Brands your site. This is due to the amount of times it is rotated in the surf page. And as Michael said, I recommend that if you are going to join one, join a free traffic exchange and test it out. There are many out there.

I think it would depend on the product you are trying to get traffic for whether or not traffic exchanges are worth the time. Of course it's always better to target your audience and traffic exchanges aren 't made to do that.

Although Traffic Swarm claims to be targeted and have an anti-cheat program. I can't say I've ever heard of anyone having good luck getting sales using Traffic Swarm and would love to hear if someone has.

what I do know is when you sign up you will be clicking around to get traffic for hours or else end up paying for credits

in my opinion, the problem with the Traffic Swarm system is that all the members have their own website they are trying to promote. These people are not shoppers in my opinion ... which is actually how I feel about all traffic exchanges

A squeeze page for free traffic tips or free how to make money with traffic exchanges works pretty well.

I used TEs years ago, when I was just starting. Obvioulsy, I made no money and got no subscribers. But it's not because of the TEs, I was just a newbie and knew nothing about IM.

However, I remember that I had a "bulk email". I used that email to subscribe to other people's list and download their gifts. However, I never read the emails that I got from them. That idea was just download the gifts without giving them my real email address.

So I never considered to build my list with TEs, simply because I think that people there would do the same thing I did when I was just starting. However, now I saw that some guys are building profitable lists with TEs, so I would like to ask them how they deal with this problem. I know that Aweber allows us to see the subscribers who have never opened an email from us. Are you using this feature to keep only the good subscribers?


Thank you,
William

Traffic exchanges are garbage complete waste of time spend your time on things that produce results....