Before you click away if you are thinking I do not have time to view other peoples sites, I must tell you that you do not have to as all exchanges sell advertising so if your short on time you can buy ads without any work.
These programs provide you with a very powerful and cost effective way of :
- Putting your product or service in front of a very diverse audience - Seeing what other folks are promoting - Getting an idea of how your competition is targeting their campaigns - Branding your name, gather leads, and yes, even make sales
Traffic Exchanges are member based, so you must open an account with each exchange you intend to use. This is a simple task that can be completed in just a couple of minutes, and for FREE exchanges it costs nothing to join.
Traffic Exchanges operate on a credit system. Members earn credits by participating in a variety of ways, and then "spend" these credits on website visitors to their own pages, banner ad impressions, text links, and in some cases, even email advert's.
By maintaining active memberships in a few good exchanges, you can generate a tremendous flow of traffic for any web site you wish to advertise. When used properly, these resources are an excellent way to promote just about anything.
So now you know the basics on what a Traffic Exchange is you will need to know what types of exchanges to use.
There are Manual Traffic Exchanges and Auto Surf Traffic Exchanges:
Manual - These are the exchanges that I always use as you have to click to the next site after so many seconds. This means you have to see the page to click.
AutoSurf - I stay away from these as members can just switch on and leave it scrolling from site to site while say making a cup of coffee, No one need actually see your page and in my experience many if not all don't.
You can have combination exchanges that have both but they tend to be avoided by myself.
Now you know the two types of exchanges you must now choose a FREE or PAID Exchange.
FREE - A Free exchange costs nothing to join or use and is a great free advertising resource.
I belong to over 40 FREE Exchanges.
PAID or PRO A Paid exchange or PRO exchange as they are also known requires a one time joining fee to join but this can be good as you know that every person using the exchange has actually put their hand in their pocket and spent some money online. These in my view produce better results than the free exchanges but generally have a lot less members so not as wide a reach.
(Courtesy of Steve Ayling.com)
Check out Steve's traffic exchange HERE
CLICK HERE for another great source for info on using traffic exchanges from my very good friend, Sunny Suggs.
You may want to join her traffic exchange so CLICK HERE
Speaking of traffic exchanges,(prepare for a shameless plug from Yours Truly!). I'll be launching my new traffic exchange, TopFlightTraffic, very soon. To find out the exact launch date and time GO HERE
I'll give you a link to join TFT very soon as well.
Leading you to quality tools and resources on your Success Avenues,
Randy Ritter
P.S. To find some more of my favorite traffic exchanges GO HERE and don't forget to sign up for some free training while you're there!
