I know I'm throwing these at you fast, but again, the most important thing is for you to have some early success. By following the advice and recommendations in this course, you will get a really solid handle on using traffic exchanges to begin building referrals and your list.
This email is about getting your promotion campaigns really going strong!
The first place I am going to recommend is Link Referral - Now, it's not a typical traffic exchange with timers, etc. Quite simply it's the Best Free Targeted advertising you can get! LinkReferral is great - I can plug in almost any opportunity here and get leads and signups. For free traffic, you can't beat it.
Join Link Referral Here
Getting TONS of hits to your site, with less surfing, will require some money. I am of the opinion that it is worth it to spend some money, rather than a bunch of time.
If you can spend some money, I recommend the Home Income Team Traffic Exchange Upgrade.
The Home Income Team Upgrade can start sending 10 - 15,000 hits per month (or more) to your sites, Right Away. Without advertising you will get very few results...and then you will quit (like 97% of online marketers). I have wasted a couple thousand in online advertising that got me ZERO results over a 3 or 4 month period.
This will cost you $54 to start and will start getting you results almost immediately. That is a very small amount to pay when it basically covers your advertising costs for a couple months.
Once you start getting referrals and leads, you are much more likely to stick with your online business. Please name me 1 other business you can start (effectively!) for $50? It took me 5 months and a LOT of frustration before I started figuring anything out. This can help you right away. Sign up as a free member and get the offer for Traffic Exchange Pro Upgrades at 7 different, QUALITY exchanges - This is $54 and gives you a pro upgrade at 7 different exchanges - Most of which are 3 months. This, along with about 20min's/day surfing, will enable you to get 40,000 visitors to your site, for a 1 time fee. This is the best deal regarding traffic exchange advertising that I have found.
Join Home Income Team and get the Traffic Exchange Pro Upgrade Here
The main reason I recommend the Home Income Team Upgrade is because it saves you MASSIVE TIME. You get 40k hits to your sites (over 3 months) AND the Pro 1:1 surf ratios. Meaning you get twice as much traffic (at least) as surfers who are free members. With the Home Income Team offer you will save yourself Hours & Hours & Hours of surfing time. You will be able to plug in your Track that Ad rotator immediately and start driving large amounts of traffic THIS WEEK.
It is up to you, but in my experience this is the quickest way to get big traffic.
Go get it HERE
If you want to start driving huge amounts of traffic, here are some of my favorite ways to spend a little money.
Swat Traffic 5,000 credits/month package for $15. This will enable you to send 150 hits to your site every single day of the month, and never have to surf. Swat is part of the Home Income Team Pro Upgrade and you get 1 month pro membership here...after that it's $15/month for pro membership. What I decided to do was cancel my pro membership here and just buy the 5k hits. It works out to 50cents/day for what "should" get me 1 signup/day (if I get 1 referral out of 150 page views)
ILoveHits - This is the only place I INSIST you keep your Pro Membership! It's $9.97/month but ILoveHits has the BEST surfing ratio's for pro members I've found. You get at LEAST 1.25 credits for each page viewed and they also have "Henry Hours" where you earn 2.5 credits for each site surfed. Also, the more you surf, the higher the ratio goes. If you surf an hour here on a Henry Hour you can earn 3.5+ credits PER SITE! You can rack up 500 credits here in 2 hours of surfing! That's CRAZY GOOD! Also, they have another hit package where you get 3,500 hits/month for $12/month.
HitPirate - 3,500 hit package for $11/month. Again, this is a way for you to send 100+ hits to your site, everyday, for about 40cents/day. You cannot beat this kinda deal! Also, they have pretty good surfing bonuses here. I kept my pro membership and surf here everynight - I love HitPirate.
With the 3 credit packages above, we just got you 12,000 hits every month for $38/month...This takes care of almost 1/2 of our monthly surfing needs for a little over $1/day!
Compared to how long it takes to surf for this many credits, this is a STEAL! (even if your not a pro member at these exchanges, you can join free and buy these hit packages. In my opinion, it's the best investment you can make for this much hands off advertising.
WebBiz Insider - Not only is it my favorite free traffic exchange, they also have some very good premium membership deals. You don't have to jump at it right away, but read the emails for credit. They offer some very good deals sometimes. The one I bought was 6 months Premium Membership for $60 total.
This sounds like a lot, right? Well here is what I got - 2,800 credits/month, delivered on a daily basis. 5 downline members added every month (30 total downline members that I can email and send promotions to). 2 credits for every site I surf AND Credits from my referrals surfing! So basically I end up with 30 prospects and 120+ hits/ every day for $10/month! On a Premium Traffic Exchange! Oh yeah, this also included 10,000 banner impressions every month and a bunch of text link impressions. That's a lot of traffic for $10/month.
When you see something that good, it's worth looking into.
Target Blaster Pro:
This is a 1 time fee of $9.95 and allows you to send YOUR ads everyday, to a opt in list over 2million people. It also comes with 100% resell rights.
This is a no-brainer -
Anyway, this isn't a be all and end all list for you - It's just some suggestions to get you STARTED. Nothing in my program is set in stone. As much as I'm trying to teach what works for me, there are things you have to learn yourself. You also have your own personality and creativity. Some of the exchanges I love, you might hate.
You may have some great advertising resource I've never used.
So take it for what it is - An immediate way for you to drive traffic to your websites. Once you start driving traffic, you WILL get signups and referrals...it's just a matter of numbers.
These should help get your marketing going so at this point you should be focusing on driving traffic to your sites. There is more to come, but for now, you are ready to get started. This series is not over...I have more tips & tools, but I want you to focus on driving as much traffic to your sites as you can.
For me, I get the stuff listed above and surf about 4 to 5 hours a week. I'm getting nearly 30,000 hits/month with this simple setup and a few other traffic exchanges I use. For you, decide how many hits you want to your site and base your surfing & spending on that. If you want 20k hits/month, you simply need 2,000 hits/month (avg.) on 10 different exchanges. That works out to 500 hits/week for each exchange, or about 70 per day. Figure out what you want and how to accomplish it. Go in and allocate your credits on a daily basis and try to keep up. Adjust your goals and figure out what works for you.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Power Traffic 4: How to Surf efficiently
Welcome back to Power Traffic. I want to use this email to help you shorten your learning curve with surfing, and how to best use your time.
I would recommend surfing about 4-5 hours per week, possibly more. By using Firefox and 5 exchanges, you can get about 100 hits per hour, per exchange. So 1 hour would equate out to around 500 hits, if your using my exchanges and getting the good surfing ratios.
Once you get comfortable, and find a few more exchanges, you can surf 8-10 at once, earning even more credits and driving more traffic.
Only you can decide when to move up to surfing 10 exchanges at once. When I first started surfing 5 at once I felt like I was going nuts :)
But within a few sessions I got the hang of things and slowly added more exchanges to surf.
Just make sure you don't miss bonus pages and credits. Missing a 3 credit bonus link is like having to surf 6 extra pages!
What I do is I get all my surfing done in 1 or 2 sessions per week. I'll go in and crank out 2-3 hours of surfing one night, then a few days later, go do a couple more. I try to surf 5-6 hours per week, but never all at once.
You need to figure out your own surfing schedule. Some people like to go in and just do a quick 30 minutes and be done.
1 reason I don't do that is because a lot of exchanges have PROGRESSIVE surf ratios. What that means is the longer your surf session is, the more credit your getting towards the end. This gives you a chance to earn more credit for the same amount of surf time.
You'll often see happy hour surfing times, or weekend specials where you surf 100 and get extra credits etc.
You always want to get the most credits you can when surfing. So do what works best for you, but keep that in mind.
How Many Websites Should I Promote?
This is something I feel is crucial to Traffic Exchange success, and I want to expand my thoughts here. If you have more than 2 or 3 sites that you are promoting on exchanges, STOP.
Traffic Exchanges often offer "unlimited URLs" as incentive to go pro. I feel that promoting more than 2 or 3 sites is a huge mistake and here is why:
You Dilute your effort!
How do you know if your advertising is getting results if you send 30 hits/day to 10 different sites? It is much more effective to send all those hits to 1 or 2 sites that build your list and get referrals in multiple areas.
I saw on Traffic Splash there was a testimonial about how the guy was getting 1 lead for every 120 page views.
That was a testimonial from someone who really knows how to use exchanges!
Think about that for a moment, cause it really tells you a lot. Most of all it gives you some idea about what kind of results you might be expecting. If his campaigns get 1 in 120, you might get 1 in 150. So for every 150 credits, you get 1 lead.
So you want that lead to give you a chance to really DO something for you.
My entire goal with traffic exchanges is to get a lead - That's it. By getting that lead, they can then go check out the program or my email list on THEIR time.
So whatever your promoting, make sure it is focused on getting a lead and send ALL your traffic to that!
I used to have 30 different websites and try allocating credits to all of them. They were all just affiliate sites that didn't work. I didn't get signups, I didn't get an email list. I just wasted Thousands and Thousands of credits.
Don't do that - Even if your not using the programs I recommend, make sure you are using a splash page and make sure that it builds your list and gives you a chance for the surfer to check things out later, on their time.
Allocating Credits:
Most exchanges are going to have forced allocation of credits, so that whenever your surfing, a certain % of your credits are automatically allocated. I set mine as low as possible.
I like to go in manually and allocate my credits. I don't want all my credits allocated JUST at night, or JUST in the afternoon.
I also like to have some credits to use later. What I do is go in and allocate 100 credits and do it on a daily basis. This spreads out my credits and I get to show my sites everyday.
There is no hard and fast rule here, I just want you to realize that traffic credits go FAST. You don't want to surf for 3 hours and be out of credits after 1 night surfing. Your page could have been shown to the same surfer 5 times -
Goal Setting:
What I recommend is you set yourself a goal. Something like "I want to send 10k hits/month to my sites". By setting a goal, it gives you motivation and a way to keep track of your results.
If your goal is 10k hits/month, then at 500 hits/hour, you would need to surf 20 hours a month.
This sounds like a fair amount of surfing, and it is. But if you want to start getting referrals, signups and building a list, you need to get those hits.
Use the right splash pages, surf when you can, and set goals for what you want to achieve.
Doing it right now will be very beneficial for you later on.
I would recommend surfing about 4-5 hours per week, possibly more. By using Firefox and 5 exchanges, you can get about 100 hits per hour, per exchange. So 1 hour would equate out to around 500 hits, if your using my exchanges and getting the good surfing ratios.
Once you get comfortable, and find a few more exchanges, you can surf 8-10 at once, earning even more credits and driving more traffic.
Only you can decide when to move up to surfing 10 exchanges at once. When I first started surfing 5 at once I felt like I was going nuts :)
But within a few sessions I got the hang of things and slowly added more exchanges to surf.
Just make sure you don't miss bonus pages and credits. Missing a 3 credit bonus link is like having to surf 6 extra pages!
What I do is I get all my surfing done in 1 or 2 sessions per week. I'll go in and crank out 2-3 hours of surfing one night, then a few days later, go do a couple more. I try to surf 5-6 hours per week, but never all at once.
You need to figure out your own surfing schedule. Some people like to go in and just do a quick 30 minutes and be done.
1 reason I don't do that is because a lot of exchanges have PROGRESSIVE surf ratios. What that means is the longer your surf session is, the more credit your getting towards the end. This gives you a chance to earn more credit for the same amount of surf time.
You'll often see happy hour surfing times, or weekend specials where you surf 100 and get extra credits etc.
You always want to get the most credits you can when surfing. So do what works best for you, but keep that in mind.
How Many Websites Should I Promote?
This is something I feel is crucial to Traffic Exchange success, and I want to expand my thoughts here. If you have more than 2 or 3 sites that you are promoting on exchanges, STOP.
Traffic Exchanges often offer "unlimited URLs" as incentive to go pro. I feel that promoting more than 2 or 3 sites is a huge mistake and here is why:
You Dilute your effort!
How do you know if your advertising is getting results if you send 30 hits/day to 10 different sites? It is much more effective to send all those hits to 1 or 2 sites that build your list and get referrals in multiple areas.
I saw on Traffic Splash there was a testimonial about how the guy was getting 1 lead for every 120 page views.
That was a testimonial from someone who really knows how to use exchanges!
Think about that for a moment, cause it really tells you a lot. Most of all it gives you some idea about what kind of results you might be expecting. If his campaigns get 1 in 120, you might get 1 in 150. So for every 150 credits, you get 1 lead.
So you want that lead to give you a chance to really DO something for you.
My entire goal with traffic exchanges is to get a lead - That's it. By getting that lead, they can then go check out the program or my email list on THEIR time.
So whatever your promoting, make sure it is focused on getting a lead and send ALL your traffic to that!
I used to have 30 different websites and try allocating credits to all of them. They were all just affiliate sites that didn't work. I didn't get signups, I didn't get an email list. I just wasted Thousands and Thousands of credits.
Don't do that - Even if your not using the programs I recommend, make sure you are using a splash page and make sure that it builds your list and gives you a chance for the surfer to check things out later, on their time.
Allocating Credits:
Most exchanges are going to have forced allocation of credits, so that whenever your surfing, a certain % of your credits are automatically allocated. I set mine as low as possible.
I like to go in manually and allocate my credits. I don't want all my credits allocated JUST at night, or JUST in the afternoon.
I also like to have some credits to use later. What I do is go in and allocate 100 credits and do it on a daily basis. This spreads out my credits and I get to show my sites everyday.
There is no hard and fast rule here, I just want you to realize that traffic credits go FAST. You don't want to surf for 3 hours and be out of credits after 1 night surfing. Your page could have been shown to the same surfer 5 times -
Goal Setting:
What I recommend is you set yourself a goal. Something like "I want to send 10k hits/month to my sites". By setting a goal, it gives you motivation and a way to keep track of your results.
If your goal is 10k hits/month, then at 500 hits/hour, you would need to surf 20 hours a month.
This sounds like a fair amount of surfing, and it is. But if you want to start getting referrals, signups and building a list, you need to get those hits.
Use the right splash pages, surf when you can, and set goals for what you want to achieve.
Doing it right now will be very beneficial for you later on.
Power Traffic 3: How to build YOUR OWN List
Welcome back to Power Traffic. The first 2 emails are about laying the groundwork for you to build a solid base.
Whether you choose Affiliate Funnel or Viral Pond or you have your own program that you really like, I want you to see the main reasons I use them: Both are 1 program that builds VARIOUS areas for you. They are also specifically centered around traffic exchanges, which is what you want. Quick splash pages that offer surfers what THEY need.
If you just used those, you would begin building a decent foundation.
There is something I feel is crucial to your success and that is building your own list.
With your own list, you are able to contact people anytime you find great new stuff.
You know how many times I've updated just THIS training series? At least 6 times - I'm always finding new stuff that I think will help other online marketers the same way it helps me. I am always learning and always searching for new ways to earn money.
By spending the time to build a list, you will have it available to you anytime you find a great new exchange, or a new affiliate program you like.
The problem here for a lot of online marketers is the cost. Having your own list requires an autoresponder. And not the endless "free" ones where they make you join 3 different programs to use what equates out to nothing better than a safelist.
When I first looked into autoresponders, I tried everything cheap. I got for a 1 time payment of $19.95. Supposed to be "easy to use" and required no technical knowledge.
It came with a 16 page manual and all kinds of crap - I spent about 8 hours trying to put it together before I finally just gave up.
I have tried several others as well. Trying to save some money. I would recommend you do yourself a favor, and just get Aweber right from the start.
It actually IS easy to use. You get unlimited autoresponders and you can create follow up messages and do broadcast emails anytime. It also comes with a Spam filter to let you know how your email "ranks" before you send it. This is important because the simplest words and phrases can send off spam alerts like crazy - With Aweber, it tells you exactly what it is so you can re-phrase or delete stuff and make sure your emails get delivered.
Here is an Aweber link, if you don't have an account -
The reason you need this is to build your very own splash pages and use them in Traffic Exchanges.
Get an account with SynthaSite - They give you free web hosting and pages to use. You can upload pictures there, edit the layouts and put whatever you want to. Most of all, you can add YOUR autoresponder form and begin building a list.
What should your page say? I have dozens of thoughts for splash page titles, but all I can say is that this is up to you. While your surfing exchanges, what catches your attention? What draws you into checking out some offers over others?
What got you to sign up for THIS course?
Try to catch their attention and fast - You only have a few seconds.
Create your own follow up series - About what? About whatever you are using, trying, etc. Things that work for you and things that don't.
At this point, you might not be ready to do that. And that is fine. You need to learn how to do things yourself, before you can offer help to others.
But even something simple like "your favorite traffic exchanges" will work - Out of over 40 exchanges I've used, I only recommend a few. That's my experience and that's what I can use.
Eventually, this will be your biggest asset in your online marketing career. You can mess around and try different pages, edit writing your own follow up series. It's no rush -
But this is something you will really appreciate having, after you put the work in to making it happen.
There is much more still coming in this series, but I feel like this is an important aspect in your online marketing efforts. So when you have time, start working on it.
To YOUR Success
Whether you choose Affiliate Funnel or Viral Pond or you have your own program that you really like, I want you to see the main reasons I use them: Both are 1 program that builds VARIOUS areas for you. They are also specifically centered around traffic exchanges, which is what you want. Quick splash pages that offer surfers what THEY need.
If you just used those, you would begin building a decent foundation.
There is something I feel is crucial to your success and that is building your own list.
With your own list, you are able to contact people anytime you find great new stuff.
You know how many times I've updated just THIS training series? At least 6 times - I'm always finding new stuff that I think will help other online marketers the same way it helps me. I am always learning and always searching for new ways to earn money.
By spending the time to build a list, you will have it available to you anytime you find a great new exchange, or a new affiliate program you like.
The problem here for a lot of online marketers is the cost. Having your own list requires an autoresponder. And not the endless "free" ones where they make you join 3 different programs to use what equates out to nothing better than a safelist.
When I first looked into autoresponders, I tried everything cheap. I got for a 1 time payment of $19.95. Supposed to be "easy to use" and required no technical knowledge.
It came with a 16 page manual and all kinds of crap - I spent about 8 hours trying to put it together before I finally just gave up.
I have tried several others as well. Trying to save some money. I would recommend you do yourself a favor, and just get Aweber right from the start.
It actually IS easy to use. You get unlimited autoresponders and you can create follow up messages and do broadcast emails anytime. It also comes with a Spam filter to let you know how your email "ranks" before you send it. This is important because the simplest words and phrases can send off spam alerts like crazy - With Aweber, it tells you exactly what it is so you can re-phrase or delete stuff and make sure your emails get delivered.
Here is an Aweber link, if you don't have an account -
The reason you need this is to build your very own splash pages and use them in Traffic Exchanges.
Get an account with SynthaSite - They give you free web hosting and pages to use. You can upload pictures there, edit the layouts and put whatever you want to. Most of all, you can add YOUR autoresponder form and begin building a list.
What should your page say? I have dozens of thoughts for splash page titles, but all I can say is that this is up to you. While your surfing exchanges, what catches your attention? What draws you into checking out some offers over others?
What got you to sign up for THIS course?
Try to catch their attention and fast - You only have a few seconds.
Create your own follow up series - About what? About whatever you are using, trying, etc. Things that work for you and things that don't.
At this point, you might not be ready to do that. And that is fine. You need to learn how to do things yourself, before you can offer help to others.
But even something simple like "your favorite traffic exchanges" will work - Out of over 40 exchanges I've used, I only recommend a few. That's my experience and that's what I can use.
Eventually, this will be your biggest asset in your online marketing career. You can mess around and try different pages, edit writing your own follow up series. It's no rush -
But this is something you will really appreciate having, after you put the work in to making it happen.
There is much more still coming in this series, but I feel like this is an important aspect in your online marketing efforts. So when you have time, start working on it.
To YOUR Success
Power Traffic part 2: Building Your List
Welcome to part 2 of the series, building your own list.
It took me a long time to realize that I wasn't focusing my energy in the right places. I splashed all over the place. I would just sign up for program after program and go add it to my exchanges. With no idea if what I was doing was even working.
What your goal should ALWAYS be is to get the most effective results, with the least amount of work
If you are simply promoting straight affiliate links to business programs, you need to stop. The short answer is it doesn't work. Even if you drive massive amounts of traffic, you don't get many signups this way.
The longer answer is this: You will hear a lot of people say that traffic exchanges don't work and that they are a waste of time.
The truth is that traffic exchanges are full of people like you and me. People who are looking for ways to build and promote their own business.
Traffic Exchanges absolutely work, but you need to use them right.
When I say using them right, I also mean as effectively as possible. What this means is that you promote 1 or 2 things and drive massive traffic for each of those 1 or 2 things.
Your main goal with Traffic Exchanges needs to be building a list. You should make it your core goal, cause it is that important.
I sort out list building into 2 types: Program or Dowline List Building and Personal List Building.
Program List Building is where you use a program that gives you the opportunity to build referrals and leads (and a list) for various programs, by just promoting 1 link.
Personal list building is different in that you build your very OWN email list of people you can market new programs to. This will be your most effective list, if you do it right, and is incredibly valuable.
This email is about Program or Downline List Building.
I have joined a ton of different downline building programs and had varying degrees of success. Some just have so many programs in them, that 90% of referrals never even do anything with the program - It's just too complicated.
What you should be looking for is the best and most efficient way to build a downline, with the least amount of work.
Here are 2 programs that I use and why: Affiliate Funnel & Viral Pond
Affiliate Funnel is great for building up your own email list. It is also a great way to start building up referral credits in traffic exchanges. By building exchange referrals, you get more hits for your sites, by helping other people find good traffic exchanges. There is also a business building aspect where you get to promote you and your preferred programs.
It gives you a ton of great splash pages with your links already in. If you only used Affiliate Funnel, you will build up an email list, traffic exchange referrals and some extra income. It also gives you some leverage with business building, by giving you a spot to promote your programs.
I really like Affiliate Funnel for these reasons. It really teaches you a lot about how to start building a complete business online, while giving you all the tools to build a very solid base.
There is another program I use that builds up an email list and my business - whether you are in 1 or all of them. If your not in any of these programs, it gives you a chance to review them on your own time and take a look if they are right for you or not.
If you are already a member of GDI, Freebie Force or Pyrabang, then this is a great way to build up referrals in these businesses, while building your email list as well. There are some other downline builders here as well, but I'm trying to focus on the real reason I use this one:
Building residual income.
The problem most people have as members of any of the 3 programs above is finding ways to promote them. Viral Pond gives you a great way to do this.
Viral Pond uses GDI, Freebie Force and now Pyrabang as the 3 core businesses. It explains the benefits of each program and gives your referrals a chance to join any or all of them.
Affiliate Funnel gives this opportunity as well, but it's more "in the background" in my opinion, while Viral Pond makes building your residual income a top priority.
It does all the explaining, all the selling, and builds referrals in the background. By just promoting Viral Pond, you are really given a chance to build all 3 businesses with just 1 tool.
The most crucial thing, in my opinion and experience, is to get the most effective results for your advertising efforts.
Affiliate Funnel & Viral Pond both will build your list for you. You will gain traffic exchange referrals and business knowledge, while building a long term business that works for you behind the scenes - All you do is focus on giving exchange users what THEY need. And that is ways to build their own list, and promote their own programs etc.
When surfers see the same program over and over, they begin to trust it. When they start to see that so many people are in it, they begin to think they should give it a look.
You get all of that by just promoting 2 pages. The rest is done on autopilot.
And no selling! That is a big one -
Once you join and take a look around, you will hopefully begin to get an even clearer picture of what I'm talking about above.
Join Affiliate Funnel Here
Join Viral Pond Here
That should give you enough to do tonight. Join Affiliate Funnel & Viral Pond. Take a look around and pick 1 or 2 of the splash pages to add to your rotator.
Remember all of this is still setting up to get your promotions started strong and smoothly. We will get there shortly, but setting up right is crucial.
If you are in other downline builders and prefer them, that is great too. These are what I use for the reasons outlined above.
The next email is about building your Personal list and I believe it is the most important list you will have. In the meantime, you need to begin building a little bit of everything, with the best tools you have at your disposal -
Building your own list, getting more exchange referrals and begin building YOUR business plans
It took me a long time to realize that I wasn't focusing my energy in the right places. I splashed all over the place. I would just sign up for program after program and go add it to my exchanges. With no idea if what I was doing was even working.
What your goal should ALWAYS be is to get the most effective results, with the least amount of work
If you are simply promoting straight affiliate links to business programs, you need to stop. The short answer is it doesn't work. Even if you drive massive amounts of traffic, you don't get many signups this way.
The longer answer is this: You will hear a lot of people say that traffic exchanges don't work and that they are a waste of time.
The truth is that traffic exchanges are full of people like you and me. People who are looking for ways to build and promote their own business.
Traffic Exchanges absolutely work, but you need to use them right.
When I say using them right, I also mean as effectively as possible. What this means is that you promote 1 or 2 things and drive massive traffic for each of those 1 or 2 things.
Your main goal with Traffic Exchanges needs to be building a list. You should make it your core goal, cause it is that important.
I sort out list building into 2 types: Program or Dowline List Building and Personal List Building.
Program List Building is where you use a program that gives you the opportunity to build referrals and leads (and a list) for various programs, by just promoting 1 link.
Personal list building is different in that you build your very OWN email list of people you can market new programs to. This will be your most effective list, if you do it right, and is incredibly valuable.
This email is about Program or Downline List Building.
I have joined a ton of different downline building programs and had varying degrees of success. Some just have so many programs in them, that 90% of referrals never even do anything with the program - It's just too complicated.
What you should be looking for is the best and most efficient way to build a downline, with the least amount of work.
Here are 2 programs that I use and why: Affiliate Funnel & Viral Pond
Affiliate Funnel is great for building up your own email list. It is also a great way to start building up referral credits in traffic exchanges. By building exchange referrals, you get more hits for your sites, by helping other people find good traffic exchanges. There is also a business building aspect where you get to promote you and your preferred programs.
It gives you a ton of great splash pages with your links already in. If you only used Affiliate Funnel, you will build up an email list, traffic exchange referrals and some extra income. It also gives you some leverage with business building, by giving you a spot to promote your programs.
I really like Affiliate Funnel for these reasons. It really teaches you a lot about how to start building a complete business online, while giving you all the tools to build a very solid base.
There is another program I use that builds up an email list and my business - whether you are in 1 or all of them. If your not in any of these programs, it gives you a chance to review them on your own time and take a look if they are right for you or not.
If you are already a member of GDI, Freebie Force or Pyrabang, then this is a great way to build up referrals in these businesses, while building your email list as well. There are some other downline builders here as well, but I'm trying to focus on the real reason I use this one:
Building residual income.
The problem most people have as members of any of the 3 programs above is finding ways to promote them. Viral Pond gives you a great way to do this.
Viral Pond uses GDI, Freebie Force and now Pyrabang as the 3 core businesses. It explains the benefits of each program and gives your referrals a chance to join any or all of them.
Affiliate Funnel gives this opportunity as well, but it's more "in the background" in my opinion, while Viral Pond makes building your residual income a top priority.
It does all the explaining, all the selling, and builds referrals in the background. By just promoting Viral Pond, you are really given a chance to build all 3 businesses with just 1 tool.
The most crucial thing, in my opinion and experience, is to get the most effective results for your advertising efforts.
Affiliate Funnel & Viral Pond both will build your list for you. You will gain traffic exchange referrals and business knowledge, while building a long term business that works for you behind the scenes - All you do is focus on giving exchange users what THEY need. And that is ways to build their own list, and promote their own programs etc.
When surfers see the same program over and over, they begin to trust it. When they start to see that so many people are in it, they begin to think they should give it a look.
You get all of that by just promoting 2 pages. The rest is done on autopilot.
And no selling! That is a big one -
Once you join and take a look around, you will hopefully begin to get an even clearer picture of what I'm talking about above.
Join Affiliate Funnel Here
Join Viral Pond Here
That should give you enough to do tonight. Join Affiliate Funnel & Viral Pond. Take a look around and pick 1 or 2 of the splash pages to add to your rotator.
Remember all of this is still setting up to get your promotions started strong and smoothly. We will get there shortly, but setting up right is crucial.
If you are in other downline builders and prefer them, that is great too. These are what I use for the reasons outlined above.
The next email is about building your Personal list and I believe it is the most important list you will have. In the meantime, you need to begin building a little bit of everything, with the best tools you have at your disposal -
Building your own list, getting more exchange referrals and begin building YOUR business plans
Training Series Part 1: Getting Started with Traffic Exchanges
First of all, I just wanted to take a moment and thank you for subscribing. This will be a short series that I put together from my own experience of what works for me. It will take you a little bit of time and effort to get setup, but remember that anything worth value is worth putting your time into!
The most valuable thing you can get by learning this is Promotional Power. What I mean by this is that no matter what programs you join, you will be able to promote them all, instantly, anytime.
Because I have spent SO many months building my list and learning how to drive traffic, I am now able to send my ads to over 750 people on my PERSONAL email list.
I am able to send over 20k hits/month with minimal surfing.
Yes, there is some work involved here. But you must keep in mind the ultimate goal - And that is in a few months you will be able to drive traffic to ANY site you like. Building referrals, downlines and income all at the same time.
I spent 3 months learning this stuff the hard way. I also worked my butt off for Another 3 months to really "get this down" and as streamlined as I could.
You can learn in 2 weeks what took me 6 months. There is also additional resources later on in the series that give you even more promotional power. A lot of that was learned by me over the past few months.My disclaimer is simply this: I don't have "The Answer" - I don't find online marketing to be particularly easy. It's work and if you think you'll become rich in a week, stop fooling yourself. However, what this WILL do is give you a rock solid foundation for generating traffic and begin building a real online business.
Experts estimate that a new person looks into making money online Every 2 Minutes. That is a staggering number! Did you know that 97% of them fail? It can be very frustrating and I have almost quit a few times myself. I have been involved with over 20 different affiliate programs myself. I started in February 2008 and my first 6 months I invested a lot of time, money and resources. For the most part, all I really got were tough lessons.
I'm going to dive right into the training series so you can get going right away. Please don't get overwhelmed! There will be a lot of stuff here but just take your time and do it step by step.1st thing you need to do is get yourself a Rotator. You will be using 1 rotator on all your traffic exchanges. A rotator is essentially a tool you can use to add any website address you want, and assign it a weighted value. The higher the value, the more of your hits get sent to that particular site.
The best thing about a rotator though is that it makes your life a LOT easier. Instead of running around changing your websites at 10 different exchanges, you just change your rotator. Whatever your rotator is set to will AUTOMATICALLY update all your exchanges for you. This is a great tool to have and I wish I had found one earlier in my marketing career - It would have saved me a LOT of time!
First, join TrackThatAd
For the purposes of this email series, you only need the 1 rotator.
For starters you will need your rotator URL - It will look like http://www.trackthatad.com/?s=xxxxx (with the xxx's being YOUR personal rotator number). We are going to enter our rotator as our Main URL on ALL Traffic Exchanges.Using 1 rotator is going to allow you to maximize your advertising efforts. Traffic Exchanges are simply a numbers game - A rotator will allow you to focus your efforts to the sites that perform the best for you.Also, if the exchange only allows 1 url (like WebBiz Insider) then you just enter your rotator as the 1 site.
Anyway, I'm probably going on and on, but once you use one and have to change things 1 time, you'll see how useful this is.Now that you have your rotator, it's time to setup (or update) your traffic exchanges.These are my top 5 list of free exchanges:
EasyHits4U - Great surf ratio, unlimited website, always highly ranked.
TrafficSplash - Lots of bonuses, super quick surfing, run by Great Owners!
WebBiz Insider - Great surfing here, lots of great information, easy to earn lots of credits
HitSafari - Lots of bonuses, great exchange
Traffic Swarm - The biggest exchange online, recently ranked #2 at Traffic Hoopla!
Already in any of these? maybe looking for 1 or 2 others?
Other Top Considerations:
ILoveHits - Fast surfing, bonus pages, outstanding exchange
4x4Hits - Nice bonuses, previously my #5
Traffic Bunnies - Fun to surf, very nice exchange
If you want to know the reasons these are my top Free exchanges, read this article:
http://affiliatecurve.blogspot.com/2008/11/difference-between-free-exchanges.html
It explains the differences between free exchanges, and "not so free" exchanges.
Best example: Hit2Hit - Great exchange, top ranked, and I'm an active member. But you get a 3:1 surf exchange unless you upgrade at some point, meaning you surf 3 sites and get 1 credit. There are better ways to spend your time than by surfing other exchanges where you are working 3x as hard for the same traffic.
The sites above are always well ranked and excellent if you don't want to spend money. If you can spend some, that comes later:You need to download Firefox and learn how to surf with what is called Multi Tab Browsing - This sounds complicated, but it's really very easy to learn. Download Firefox, type in the address for 1 exchange and log in. Then, just go to FILE and open a new tab. Open your next exchange and log in. Rinse & Repeat. Personally, I get the most surfing done with 8 pages. You can open 12 or more, but with 8 you will be able to get through the pages faster - This will help you REALLY rack up credits. Surfing 8 pages on Firefox means your basically getting 8x the results, with the same effort. Start with 3 or 4 to get the hang of it, but add more as you learn it. For me, I'm able to get almost 800 credits each hour of surfing (overall).
This is the only way to surf anymore. We need massive credits to generate traffic. You need to get those credits as efficiently as possible. Don't go so fast that you miss your bonus credits though. Make sure you can at least see what's going on :)
SO, Spend tonight getting your rotator and adding JUST your rotator to whatever exchanges you are a member of (or join some new ones)The next email is on how to start building your own list - This is going to be the most important thing you can build. Even if you find that magic program, you should always be building a personal email list. Programs come and go, but YOUR list is yours forever - And one of the most valuable things you could spend your time on.
By the time this series is over, you will be able to plug in ANY program and get referrals and income.
The most valuable thing you can get by learning this is Promotional Power. What I mean by this is that no matter what programs you join, you will be able to promote them all, instantly, anytime.
Because I have spent SO many months building my list and learning how to drive traffic, I am now able to send my ads to over 750 people on my PERSONAL email list.
I am able to send over 20k hits/month with minimal surfing.
Yes, there is some work involved here. But you must keep in mind the ultimate goal - And that is in a few months you will be able to drive traffic to ANY site you like. Building referrals, downlines and income all at the same time.
I spent 3 months learning this stuff the hard way. I also worked my butt off for Another 3 months to really "get this down" and as streamlined as I could.
You can learn in 2 weeks what took me 6 months. There is also additional resources later on in the series that give you even more promotional power. A lot of that was learned by me over the past few months.My disclaimer is simply this: I don't have "The Answer" - I don't find online marketing to be particularly easy. It's work and if you think you'll become rich in a week, stop fooling yourself. However, what this WILL do is give you a rock solid foundation for generating traffic and begin building a real online business.
Experts estimate that a new person looks into making money online Every 2 Minutes. That is a staggering number! Did you know that 97% of them fail? It can be very frustrating and I have almost quit a few times myself. I have been involved with over 20 different affiliate programs myself. I started in February 2008 and my first 6 months I invested a lot of time, money and resources. For the most part, all I really got were tough lessons.
I'm going to dive right into the training series so you can get going right away. Please don't get overwhelmed! There will be a lot of stuff here but just take your time and do it step by step.1st thing you need to do is get yourself a Rotator. You will be using 1 rotator on all your traffic exchanges. A rotator is essentially a tool you can use to add any website address you want, and assign it a weighted value. The higher the value, the more of your hits get sent to that particular site.
The best thing about a rotator though is that it makes your life a LOT easier. Instead of running around changing your websites at 10 different exchanges, you just change your rotator. Whatever your rotator is set to will AUTOMATICALLY update all your exchanges for you. This is a great tool to have and I wish I had found one earlier in my marketing career - It would have saved me a LOT of time!
First, join TrackThatAd
For the purposes of this email series, you only need the 1 rotator.
For starters you will need your rotator URL - It will look like http://www.trackthatad.com/?s=xxxxx (with the xxx's being YOUR personal rotator number). We are going to enter our rotator as our Main URL on ALL Traffic Exchanges.Using 1 rotator is going to allow you to maximize your advertising efforts. Traffic Exchanges are simply a numbers game - A rotator will allow you to focus your efforts to the sites that perform the best for you.Also, if the exchange only allows 1 url (like WebBiz Insider) then you just enter your rotator as the 1 site.
Anyway, I'm probably going on and on, but once you use one and have to change things 1 time, you'll see how useful this is.Now that you have your rotator, it's time to setup (or update) your traffic exchanges.These are my top 5 list of free exchanges:
EasyHits4U - Great surf ratio, unlimited website, always highly ranked.
TrafficSplash - Lots of bonuses, super quick surfing, run by Great Owners!
WebBiz Insider - Great surfing here, lots of great information, easy to earn lots of credits
HitSafari - Lots of bonuses, great exchange
Traffic Swarm - The biggest exchange online, recently ranked #2 at Traffic Hoopla!
Already in any of these? maybe looking for 1 or 2 others?
Other Top Considerations:
ILoveHits - Fast surfing, bonus pages, outstanding exchange
4x4Hits - Nice bonuses, previously my #5
Traffic Bunnies - Fun to surf, very nice exchange
If you want to know the reasons these are my top Free exchanges, read this article:
http://affiliatecurve.blogspot.com/2008/11/difference-between-free-exchanges.html
It explains the differences between free exchanges, and "not so free" exchanges.
Best example: Hit2Hit - Great exchange, top ranked, and I'm an active member. But you get a 3:1 surf exchange unless you upgrade at some point, meaning you surf 3 sites and get 1 credit. There are better ways to spend your time than by surfing other exchanges where you are working 3x as hard for the same traffic.
The sites above are always well ranked and excellent if you don't want to spend money. If you can spend some, that comes later:You need to download Firefox and learn how to surf with what is called Multi Tab Browsing - This sounds complicated, but it's really very easy to learn. Download Firefox, type in the address for 1 exchange and log in. Then, just go to FILE and open a new tab. Open your next exchange and log in. Rinse & Repeat. Personally, I get the most surfing done with 8 pages. You can open 12 or more, but with 8 you will be able to get through the pages faster - This will help you REALLY rack up credits. Surfing 8 pages on Firefox means your basically getting 8x the results, with the same effort. Start with 3 or 4 to get the hang of it, but add more as you learn it. For me, I'm able to get almost 800 credits each hour of surfing (overall).
This is the only way to surf anymore. We need massive credits to generate traffic. You need to get those credits as efficiently as possible. Don't go so fast that you miss your bonus credits though. Make sure you can at least see what's going on :)
SO, Spend tonight getting your rotator and adding JUST your rotator to whatever exchanges you are a member of (or join some new ones)The next email is on how to start building your own list - This is going to be the most important thing you can build. Even if you find that magic program, you should always be building a personal email list. Programs come and go, but YOUR list is yours forever - And one of the most valuable things you could spend your time on.
By the time this series is over, you will be able to plug in ANY program and get referrals and income.
Friday, February 27, 2009
Why you NEED Promotional Power
I've been thinking of LOTS of different post topics lately. What I have wanted to do is something along the lines of a "What I learned in my 1st year of affiliate marketing" -
The problem is that is a WIDE topic - And what it needs to be is bore down to the essentials.
Last night I came to some conclusions and Promotional Power is what I came up with.
What I'm talking about is a short compilation of the BEST of what I've learned how to do in my 1 year in online marketing.
I will absolutely premise this article and say that I am NO expert, by any means. In fact, far from it - I don't know much about SEO, I don't know much about keyword traffic, I don't know much about advertising outside of PPC & Traffic Exchanges. There is such a long list of what I don't know, I will stop there :)
But what I do know is what works best for me in my business: I've now been online for 1 year as of Feb 21, 2008, which is pretty cool. I feel a bearing to write new stuff though. This new stuff is only a short and sweet version.
It's Absolutely to both test and "prove" that I know SOME things. But need to be able to deliver it well. I read a comment on Link Referral tonight and the guy was absolutely right - My PBX review isn't a "review", it's a sales page. It's an ad - And I kinda new it when I put it up, I really kinda had a feeling. But I should have had more than a feeling - This was serious Sales Pitch type stuff, and I HATE that stuff.
So this is my "project" for the next 2 weeks or so - Possibly a month, and it probably should be a month. Give me something to focus on - Which I need to do sometimes (Like Now)
Here is what I'm doing: I'm building a "short & Sweet" version of using and promoting on traffic exchanges - A lot of what is in this blog entry will be in there - At least the "main reasons", just less background and my endless babbling of reasons :)
This is so "in process" that i'm ending here, and leaving all my notes (below) right here, so I can use them, read them, double check them etc.
You will all know when it comes out - the short and sweet Power Traffic 2!
notes - intentionally left blank spaces - easier for me to come back and edit this blog post later :)
This is both a review AND some of the autoresponder messages setup to send on my next splash page campaign. I'm working on a 2nd series to my original Power Traffic. I think there is a lot of good stuff in there, but even as an email series it requires SERIOUS attention span. I wrote the thing off 6 months experience - I knew how to get the basics. Tons of Traffic Exchange hits & a few other promo things help you get signups. I knew how to send 30k hits to my sites in as simple time as possible - But it is STILL too long.
It needs to get shorter and more efficient - I'm going to base my series off TESTING hard core for a few weeks first. Revising Power Traffic, building 1 new splash page (but leaving the other up on just exchanges - it still works, kinda, after 3 months online. Kinda is like 2-5 signups daily on "autopilot". When I go in and allocate traffic credits though, I get 7-10 - Problem is I don't go allocate my credits enough (anymore).
Anyway - Stick to the point here and focus :)
I'm writing this to prove that it works - without just updating my current Power Traffic Course.
So here is what I'm doing -
I'm going back to exchanges to build my list - Plain and simple. In that medium I will say what programs I'm in and what works for me. My first 6 months onine I was in a dream like state. I was looking for the get rich quick button, without really trying to learn what it was about. Everyone says that but I really lived it. In my first 6 months online I earned $193 - Yep. And spent about $1,200 or so. Last 2 months I have built my GDI team up from 20 to over 90 (although I've had help of course).
I thought I was good enough now to start proving myself - So I had a co-worker join under me. I told him what I was doing, but I wasn't pitching anything (at least I really FEEL like I didn't and if it was, it was unintentional. We were talking about money, so I mentioned that i got $200 in GDI Bonus money this week, and that was 3 weeks in a row where I had 29 total signups, and should have had $400 in bonuses at least I thought - I got $200. Still, not bad. It was certainly some success. But I still couldn't Prove anything)
So he asked to join - This is someone with zero online marketing experience, and here's how it happened: I told him I'd pay his first month and he wouldn't have to spend anything else (I got him a sandwich here, but yeah, i still owe him $10 real money - i'll admit :)
I used GDI Gold Rush, had him setup an account with GDI (through Gold Rush though, no other way for me to share the system). He picked a domain name and signed up for the trial.
I finally felt confident enough that I knew I could get him at LEAST 10 signups under him, to pay his monthly $10 in case he is done with it and never wants to use it again - He'll still make money. I put maybe 10 in his downline -
He got 8 signups on his own, in the first 10 days!
I showed him how to setup, use the Yahoo credit of $100 free advertising. How to setup his ads, and how to put tons of keywords in. We setup everything the same as me - And most things happened just like me. His first 2 days no signups - Not a big deal though because I had already put 5 in his downline - I was moving Every Member under him to make SURE his team grew, as quickly as possible.
He got tons of clicks everyday. We set his budget to $7/day - we figured this gave us a few days to test everything and see what wasn't working.
We unchecked africa and south america. He got 2 signups the next day. This made a big difference. It gave him less clicks, but better quality. I love to get emails from people who really want to try something, and tell me $10/month is too much - I am totally understanding of this, but there isn't much I can do for them. Sorry if that sounds crass, but sometimes you just do what you can - I have to grow my business and make money also.
He had 8 signups in his first 10 days. It was beautiful - Here was something i could really prove, but there was a problem - It ONLY promoted GDI and didn't get me anything else. So since most of my current email list are either in or done with GDI (really done), I couldn't HIGHLY recommend it (although I probably did - I'm not a hypey salesperson much, but there were a few - I WAS EXCITED BECAUSE SOMETHING WAS WORKING! really working -
I wanted to build my next campaign, but I was limited. The Gold Rush site kicked butt for me, but I was spending more in advertising than I was making - The bonuses helped a bunch as I ended up with $500 in bonuses.
But what was it Missing? For Traffic Exchanges to work for you, you have to be short & effective. My Power Traffic page drew a fair amount of signups - It was different and I promoted it a LOT :)
I need my new thing to work in the concepts of traffic exchanges - I needed to "Sweeten It", again. This means being a salesperson - Plain and simple. (Yes, right now, this is it :)
Traffic exchanges sales pages are simply building a list - Their are 2 ways to build lists.
1: Building your list using a Downline Building Program
2: Build your Own Personal List using Squeeze pages and promoting it using traffic exchanges
There are BIG differences of course. Here are my explanation of the differences.
Downline builder programs CAN be great. I have signed up for maybe 30 of these and paid attention to about 3 or 4 at once. I don't know if I ever "fully explored" everything Each program had to offer, but these are my favorites for Building a List for Free, using only Exchanges - Period.
This is what I'm doing: I'm editing the messages right now (I'm editing THIS blog broadcast, even thought it's live - This blog message has been edited once already :)
Number 1 is my list - I have a personal email list of just over 800 people now. That is nowhere near the numbers that are worth preaching about - But there is a HUGE difference in MY LIST, and any safelist, email blaster, email advertising etc.
My List stays with me, for the most part, AND they open my emails. 10-15% and click through. You don't get that with safelists or blasting emails.
I never send long sales letters to my list - I never send "Join Now or You'll Regret IT!" type of stuff at all - Never sent anything even resembling the masses of emails that experts recommend. That just isn't me - I am very honest and open with my list - And I believe that they know that, and is why I get such good feedback and a pretty good % of people who stay subscribed.
That list was built 95% from Traffic Exchanges - Period
Took about 4 months to get to the 700 mark -
My most recent "example" of how good MY list is this: My last broadcast I sent out a review of Rev. Matrix - I got 11 Signups over 2 days - All from names I recognized on my list.
So Building your OWN List is just that important - To be honest, I don't "sell" much at all to my list. I send maybe 1 broadcast every week or so.
Anyway, the point is that a large majority of leads who join my newsletter, stay with me.
Traffic Exchanges:
I am easily able to send over 20k hits each and every month on Traffic Exchanges. There was a 2 month period when I didn't surf AT ALL - Still sent tons of traffic. These days my schedule is easing up a bit and I surf about once/week. The main reason I surf nowadays is to see "What's New" and the trends going on.
I have over 150 personal referrals to EasyHits4U, about 100 to WebBiz Insider, 30 or 40 on Traffic Splash, close to 50 at HitSafari -
Not once did I ever add a referral page on any traffic exchanges - How in the world do you get 150 personal referrals on EasyHits WITHOUT advertising them in exchanges?
I LEARNED HOW TO USE TRAFFIC EXCHANGES!
I spent a Solid 3 months surfing like crazy. I got Zero results, but I finally learned about how to use them - What works on them - How to use Splash Pages - How to generate Lots of traffic - My personal favorite exchanges (out of over 30 regularly used!)
When I started, all I did was join a few affiliate programs promising instant riches, and advertised them on exchanges. I figured this was the way to Instant Riches and was counting down the weeks til I could retire (Yes, absolutely dillusional)
The biggest Realization I had about Traffic Exchanges was when I found Home Income Team. I basically realized (FINALLY) that traffic exchanges are FULL of opportunity seekers - All you needed to do was give them something THEY WANTED -
What a revelation huh? Now it seems absurd to me that I didn't even consider what OTHER surfers might be interested in. I just sent hit after hit to my affiliate page, expecting signups and huge money rolling in -
It was HIT that I really LEARNED about how to get massive traffic on exchanges. They had a 1 time deal where you got a pro-upgrade at 7 different exchanges for $54 - In my mind, I saw this as $17/month for really "giving traffic exchanges a shot" - I knew in my mind there had to be SOME success using them, and I must have just been doing it wrong -
I was doing it wrong - For one thing, I was thinking that using 2 traffic exchanges and sending 50 hits daily was HUGE.
Maybe I should "shorten" this a bit - I learned how to surf 12 exchanges at once, i surfed about 1/2 hour daily and sent 30k hits to my sites the first month.
I built my OWN splash page - Used a catchy title and offered my experience - How to drive massive traffic and use traffic exchanges - I built a follow up series of about 5 emails outlining what MY experience had taught me.
I actually still didn't have much of a business at all. I had just joined GDI and was basing my business "around" that. I signed up for Hits2U & SpiderWeb...both of which use GDI as the centerpiece.
It did okay. I had about 100 in my email list in a month or so. Not very many GDI signups but at least I was "growing a list"
I was always QUESTIONING my own advice and results - This came full front when I looked at SpiderWeb. I had over 200 signups for SpiderWeb in around 6 weeks - Yet, my GDI Downline was nothing near profitable. I had about 15 members in my GDI team.
So here I was, getting massive signups for Hits2U & SpiderWeb - These were "supposed" to be building income AND GDI for me - And it did NONE of what it promised - Every program after GDI was VERY expensive, and most people never bothered to finish signup -
So I knew I had to move on -
It was about this time that I undertook PPC advertising and Affiliate Junktion - roughly 8 months into my Online Marketing career now and I had tried what I "Thought" was everything.
I began spending LARGE amounts of money on PPC - I was spending close to $40/daily on advertising campaigns. And it worked - I was getting 100-150 LEADS daily from Affiliate Junktion. This was supposed to be $200 - $300 per day!
I was ecstatic - I raised my daily spending and thought I'd FINALLY figured it out.
The rate of what I was earning should have been anywhere from $6k - $9k EACH MONTH!
Amazing income - truely
Then Affiliate Junktion basically started to fall apart for me. I kept spending and getting clicks, but they changed terms and leads reason almost daily. What was before $300/day, was becoming $50/day - Shit, I was already spending $40/day, so that wasn't looking good at ALL -
But it got even worse - I spent about $5k in just over 3 months advertising Affiliate Junktion - I earned what was supposed to be over $10k, even with all the changes and restrictions etc.
I got 1 check for $753 US for my September earnings - Then next month I got nothing - No reason, no explanations, nothing - Were going on and on.
Despite this, I HAD learned how to really use PPC - Anything I plugged into Google & Yahoo was CERTAIN to get clicks.
So what does all this mean?
Here is the POINT -
The point is that after I learned how to USE traffic exchanges, I could go in and plug ANYTHING I WANTED into them and get hits.
Now that my list is built, I now have over 800 people that read my emails and follow my program recommendations.
Now that I know PPC advertising, I can plug in ANY SITE and get hits and traffic (whether it works is a different story though! LOL)
To get to this point took MONTHS - It took so many lessons I could write PAGES here.
But what I have NOW, despite not being "Guru Marketer" level, is what I would consider very valuable.
In order to get to this point, it takes time -
Luckily you have me (or unluckily, depending on how long you've been following me :)
This is my "quickest" way to begin achieving what I now have:
My Power Traffic Course!
Despite needing to revise some things and get some new stuff in there, this is still a GREAT guide to what works on Exchanges!
You need your own splash page (and NOT a "builder" but something YOU control!)
Get a FREE SynthaSite website! I tested one out a couple weeks ago - I was able to upload my Aweber script into it so you can start building your email list. I was able to upload, edit and put web pic's on my SynthaSite - I took 3 different screenshots of my latest GDI leaderboard pic's where I had 29 signups in 3 weeks -
When you build your site make it short and snazzy - Give the surfers something YOU would want to sign up for!
This builds your personal email list - and there is nothing more important, in my opinion
NEXT - Blogging - You must be using a blog. I never applied any specific principles to my blog. I used my blog strictly as a way for me to organize my thoughts.
Why Blog?
Already way too long - I'm going to save this and edit later - Needs to be short and sweet, like my new site http://www.realmoneyfromhome.info/
Coming back soon!
The problem is that is a WIDE topic - And what it needs to be is bore down to the essentials.
Last night I came to some conclusions and Promotional Power is what I came up with.
What I'm talking about is a short compilation of the BEST of what I've learned how to do in my 1 year in online marketing.
I will absolutely premise this article and say that I am NO expert, by any means. In fact, far from it - I don't know much about SEO, I don't know much about keyword traffic, I don't know much about advertising outside of PPC & Traffic Exchanges. There is such a long list of what I don't know, I will stop there :)
But what I do know is what works best for me in my business: I've now been online for 1 year as of Feb 21, 2008, which is pretty cool. I feel a bearing to write new stuff though. This new stuff is only a short and sweet version.
It's Absolutely to both test and "prove" that I know SOME things. But need to be able to deliver it well. I read a comment on Link Referral tonight and the guy was absolutely right - My PBX review isn't a "review", it's a sales page. It's an ad - And I kinda new it when I put it up, I really kinda had a feeling. But I should have had more than a feeling - This was serious Sales Pitch type stuff, and I HATE that stuff.
So this is my "project" for the next 2 weeks or so - Possibly a month, and it probably should be a month. Give me something to focus on - Which I need to do sometimes (Like Now)
Here is what I'm doing: I'm building a "short & Sweet" version of using and promoting on traffic exchanges - A lot of what is in this blog entry will be in there - At least the "main reasons", just less background and my endless babbling of reasons :)
This is so "in process" that i'm ending here, and leaving all my notes (below) right here, so I can use them, read them, double check them etc.
You will all know when it comes out - the short and sweet Power Traffic 2!
notes - intentionally left blank spaces - easier for me to come back and edit this blog post later :)
This is both a review AND some of the autoresponder messages setup to send on my next splash page campaign. I'm working on a 2nd series to my original Power Traffic. I think there is a lot of good stuff in there, but even as an email series it requires SERIOUS attention span. I wrote the thing off 6 months experience - I knew how to get the basics. Tons of Traffic Exchange hits & a few other promo things help you get signups. I knew how to send 30k hits to my sites in as simple time as possible - But it is STILL too long.
It needs to get shorter and more efficient - I'm going to base my series off TESTING hard core for a few weeks first. Revising Power Traffic, building 1 new splash page (but leaving the other up on just exchanges - it still works, kinda, after 3 months online. Kinda is like 2-5 signups daily on "autopilot". When I go in and allocate traffic credits though, I get 7-10 - Problem is I don't go allocate my credits enough (anymore).
Anyway - Stick to the point here and focus :)
I'm writing this to prove that it works - without just updating my current Power Traffic Course.
So here is what I'm doing -
I'm going back to exchanges to build my list - Plain and simple. In that medium I will say what programs I'm in and what works for me. My first 6 months onine I was in a dream like state. I was looking for the get rich quick button, without really trying to learn what it was about. Everyone says that but I really lived it. In my first 6 months online I earned $193 - Yep. And spent about $1,200 or so. Last 2 months I have built my GDI team up from 20 to over 90 (although I've had help of course).
I thought I was good enough now to start proving myself - So I had a co-worker join under me. I told him what I was doing, but I wasn't pitching anything (at least I really FEEL like I didn't and if it was, it was unintentional. We were talking about money, so I mentioned that i got $200 in GDI Bonus money this week, and that was 3 weeks in a row where I had 29 total signups, and should have had $400 in bonuses at least I thought - I got $200. Still, not bad. It was certainly some success. But I still couldn't Prove anything)
So he asked to join - This is someone with zero online marketing experience, and here's how it happened: I told him I'd pay his first month and he wouldn't have to spend anything else (I got him a sandwich here, but yeah, i still owe him $10 real money - i'll admit :)
I used GDI Gold Rush, had him setup an account with GDI (through Gold Rush though, no other way for me to share the system). He picked a domain name and signed up for the trial.
I finally felt confident enough that I knew I could get him at LEAST 10 signups under him, to pay his monthly $10 in case he is done with it and never wants to use it again - He'll still make money. I put maybe 10 in his downline -
He got 8 signups on his own, in the first 10 days!
I showed him how to setup, use the Yahoo credit of $100 free advertising. How to setup his ads, and how to put tons of keywords in. We setup everything the same as me - And most things happened just like me. His first 2 days no signups - Not a big deal though because I had already put 5 in his downline - I was moving Every Member under him to make SURE his team grew, as quickly as possible.
He got tons of clicks everyday. We set his budget to $7/day - we figured this gave us a few days to test everything and see what wasn't working.
We unchecked africa and south america. He got 2 signups the next day. This made a big difference. It gave him less clicks, but better quality. I love to get emails from people who really want to try something, and tell me $10/month is too much - I am totally understanding of this, but there isn't much I can do for them. Sorry if that sounds crass, but sometimes you just do what you can - I have to grow my business and make money also.
He had 8 signups in his first 10 days. It was beautiful - Here was something i could really prove, but there was a problem - It ONLY promoted GDI and didn't get me anything else. So since most of my current email list are either in or done with GDI (really done), I couldn't HIGHLY recommend it (although I probably did - I'm not a hypey salesperson much, but there were a few - I WAS EXCITED BECAUSE SOMETHING WAS WORKING! really working -
I wanted to build my next campaign, but I was limited. The Gold Rush site kicked butt for me, but I was spending more in advertising than I was making - The bonuses helped a bunch as I ended up with $500 in bonuses.
But what was it Missing? For Traffic Exchanges to work for you, you have to be short & effective. My Power Traffic page drew a fair amount of signups - It was different and I promoted it a LOT :)
I need my new thing to work in the concepts of traffic exchanges - I needed to "Sweeten It", again. This means being a salesperson - Plain and simple. (Yes, right now, this is it :)
Traffic exchanges sales pages are simply building a list - Their are 2 ways to build lists.
1: Building your list using a Downline Building Program
2: Build your Own Personal List using Squeeze pages and promoting it using traffic exchanges
There are BIG differences of course. Here are my explanation of the differences.
Downline builder programs CAN be great. I have signed up for maybe 30 of these and paid attention to about 3 or 4 at once. I don't know if I ever "fully explored" everything Each program had to offer, but these are my favorites for Building a List for Free, using only Exchanges - Period.
This is what I'm doing: I'm editing the messages right now (I'm editing THIS blog broadcast, even thought it's live - This blog message has been edited once already :)
Number 1 is my list - I have a personal email list of just over 800 people now. That is nowhere near the numbers that are worth preaching about - But there is a HUGE difference in MY LIST, and any safelist, email blaster, email advertising etc.
My List stays with me, for the most part, AND they open my emails. 10-15% and click through. You don't get that with safelists or blasting emails.
I never send long sales letters to my list - I never send "Join Now or You'll Regret IT!" type of stuff at all - Never sent anything even resembling the masses of emails that experts recommend. That just isn't me - I am very honest and open with my list - And I believe that they know that, and is why I get such good feedback and a pretty good % of people who stay subscribed.
That list was built 95% from Traffic Exchanges - Period
Took about 4 months to get to the 700 mark -
My most recent "example" of how good MY list is this: My last broadcast I sent out a review of Rev. Matrix - I got 11 Signups over 2 days - All from names I recognized on my list.
So Building your OWN List is just that important - To be honest, I don't "sell" much at all to my list. I send maybe 1 broadcast every week or so.
Anyway, the point is that a large majority of leads who join my newsletter, stay with me.
Traffic Exchanges:
I am easily able to send over 20k hits each and every month on Traffic Exchanges. There was a 2 month period when I didn't surf AT ALL - Still sent tons of traffic. These days my schedule is easing up a bit and I surf about once/week. The main reason I surf nowadays is to see "What's New" and the trends going on.
I have over 150 personal referrals to EasyHits4U, about 100 to WebBiz Insider, 30 or 40 on Traffic Splash, close to 50 at HitSafari -
Not once did I ever add a referral page on any traffic exchanges - How in the world do you get 150 personal referrals on EasyHits WITHOUT advertising them in exchanges?
I LEARNED HOW TO USE TRAFFIC EXCHANGES!
I spent a Solid 3 months surfing like crazy. I got Zero results, but I finally learned about how to use them - What works on them - How to use Splash Pages - How to generate Lots of traffic - My personal favorite exchanges (out of over 30 regularly used!)
When I started, all I did was join a few affiliate programs promising instant riches, and advertised them on exchanges. I figured this was the way to Instant Riches and was counting down the weeks til I could retire (Yes, absolutely dillusional)
The biggest Realization I had about Traffic Exchanges was when I found Home Income Team. I basically realized (FINALLY) that traffic exchanges are FULL of opportunity seekers - All you needed to do was give them something THEY WANTED -
What a revelation huh? Now it seems absurd to me that I didn't even consider what OTHER surfers might be interested in. I just sent hit after hit to my affiliate page, expecting signups and huge money rolling in -
It was HIT that I really LEARNED about how to get massive traffic on exchanges. They had a 1 time deal where you got a pro-upgrade at 7 different exchanges for $54 - In my mind, I saw this as $17/month for really "giving traffic exchanges a shot" - I knew in my mind there had to be SOME success using them, and I must have just been doing it wrong -
I was doing it wrong - For one thing, I was thinking that using 2 traffic exchanges and sending 50 hits daily was HUGE.
Maybe I should "shorten" this a bit - I learned how to surf 12 exchanges at once, i surfed about 1/2 hour daily and sent 30k hits to my sites the first month.
I built my OWN splash page - Used a catchy title and offered my experience - How to drive massive traffic and use traffic exchanges - I built a follow up series of about 5 emails outlining what MY experience had taught me.
I actually still didn't have much of a business at all. I had just joined GDI and was basing my business "around" that. I signed up for Hits2U & SpiderWeb...both of which use GDI as the centerpiece.
It did okay. I had about 100 in my email list in a month or so. Not very many GDI signups but at least I was "growing a list"
I was always QUESTIONING my own advice and results - This came full front when I looked at SpiderWeb. I had over 200 signups for SpiderWeb in around 6 weeks - Yet, my GDI Downline was nothing near profitable. I had about 15 members in my GDI team.
So here I was, getting massive signups for Hits2U & SpiderWeb - These were "supposed" to be building income AND GDI for me - And it did NONE of what it promised - Every program after GDI was VERY expensive, and most people never bothered to finish signup -
So I knew I had to move on -
It was about this time that I undertook PPC advertising and Affiliate Junktion - roughly 8 months into my Online Marketing career now and I had tried what I "Thought" was everything.
I began spending LARGE amounts of money on PPC - I was spending close to $40/daily on advertising campaigns. And it worked - I was getting 100-150 LEADS daily from Affiliate Junktion. This was supposed to be $200 - $300 per day!
I was ecstatic - I raised my daily spending and thought I'd FINALLY figured it out.
The rate of what I was earning should have been anywhere from $6k - $9k EACH MONTH!
Amazing income - truely
Then Affiliate Junktion basically started to fall apart for me. I kept spending and getting clicks, but they changed terms and leads reason almost daily. What was before $300/day, was becoming $50/day - Shit, I was already spending $40/day, so that wasn't looking good at ALL -
But it got even worse - I spent about $5k in just over 3 months advertising Affiliate Junktion - I earned what was supposed to be over $10k, even with all the changes and restrictions etc.
I got 1 check for $753 US for my September earnings - Then next month I got nothing - No reason, no explanations, nothing - Were going on and on.
Despite this, I HAD learned how to really use PPC - Anything I plugged into Google & Yahoo was CERTAIN to get clicks.
So what does all this mean?
Here is the POINT -
The point is that after I learned how to USE traffic exchanges, I could go in and plug ANYTHING I WANTED into them and get hits.
Now that my list is built, I now have over 800 people that read my emails and follow my program recommendations.
Now that I know PPC advertising, I can plug in ANY SITE and get hits and traffic (whether it works is a different story though! LOL)
To get to this point took MONTHS - It took so many lessons I could write PAGES here.
But what I have NOW, despite not being "Guru Marketer" level, is what I would consider very valuable.
In order to get to this point, it takes time -
Luckily you have me (or unluckily, depending on how long you've been following me :)
This is my "quickest" way to begin achieving what I now have:
My Power Traffic Course!
Despite needing to revise some things and get some new stuff in there, this is still a GREAT guide to what works on Exchanges!
You need your own splash page (and NOT a "builder" but something YOU control!)
Get a FREE SynthaSite website! I tested one out a couple weeks ago - I was able to upload my Aweber script into it so you can start building your email list. I was able to upload, edit and put web pic's on my SynthaSite - I took 3 different screenshots of my latest GDI leaderboard pic's where I had 29 signups in 3 weeks -
When you build your site make it short and snazzy - Give the surfers something YOU would want to sign up for!
This builds your personal email list - and there is nothing more important, in my opinion
NEXT - Blogging - You must be using a blog. I never applied any specific principles to my blog. I used my blog strictly as a way for me to organize my thoughts.
Why Blog?
Already way too long - I'm going to save this and edit later - Needs to be short and sweet, like my new site http://www.realmoneyfromhome.info/
Coming back soon!
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Revolutionary Matrix Review
I joined Revolutionary Matrix a few days before I went to Chicago last week. I liked the honest feel of the creator in his explanation of why he created the site.
For those who haven't seen, Revolutionary Matrix was created by a former top GDI recruiter. On his site he has a video right on the top that plays while your looking through the details...
The site could use some brighter colors, in my opinion :)
It has a GDI 'type' of matrix with a few key differences. It's a forced 5x6 matrix - what they say happens is you fill up 5 members, then your spillover from your upline and your referrals go into filling your 2nd, 3rd, 4th levels etc - What the difference is with this is that they add a 6th level and pay you $2/referral on the 6th level -
GDI doesn't have a 6th level (sorry, they actually DO, but you have to get like 5k recruits and have like 100 members on 5 levels deep - so if your already a GDI millionaire, you can get a 6th level payment :)
When reading through the details, I will admit it looks like and promises the same as so many others do - "Spillover" and "Forced Matrix" and "Great Resources" - all that type of stuff that you see in ANY matrix program...
But listening to the audio kind of won me over a bit - He talked about how he was a top recruiter in GDI and despite HIS success, his downline members were not having the same type of success. He talked about how all MLM companies are set up so that the guys at the top always get the biggest piece of the pie - About how MLM systems are based off plain greed etc
So I did what I normally do when i'm semi interested in a new program. I leave my name and email and see what is sent to me.
They have some automatic follow up, which is nice. The best thing I can say about SpiderWeb was that automatic follow up is a great thing to have - It "reminds" people about the program.
I liked the follow up letters I got and so I decided to join
I sent an email to my list and had 7 people join my downline...
Last night I went in and saw that they offer a free rotator in THEIR paid advertising. Now, I've been in tons of programs and many offer a rotator - but it ALWAYS costs money and even when I have paid money, it was never very effective...but still, I thought "hey, it's free and all I need to do is post my referral link in the forum"
so i did that last night -
This morning I went to see how things looked - To my Utter Amazement, I had 9 new signups - OVERNIGHT -
My downline went from 7 to 16 in 1 night - all I did was take advantage of the free rotator...
Well, to say the least I was incredibly pleased - It is not often that an online marketing program actually DELIVERS something that it promises - In fact, not once in my experience has anything lived up to what it promised...
But Revolutionary Matrix did - So far I now have 20 members in my downline and I haven't even started any "real" advertising efforts...
I am happy to report I may have actually found a Real Winner this time!
Beyond this, Revolutionary Matrix is showing up on safelists and "blast emails" everywhere - It's a very hot new program and it's taking off -
I think you need to get in on Revolutionary Matrix, and get in fast - It's only $10/month. Right now there are only 318 links in that rotator, and all of us are getting referrals FAST!
And the fact the rotator is free is unbelievable - Considering I got 9 signups OVERNIGHT, I'm not sure how long they will keep giving everyone that -
Anyway, looks like a real winner and I am recommending it to everyone - NOW
Join Revolutionary Matrix HERE
For those who haven't seen, Revolutionary Matrix was created by a former top GDI recruiter. On his site he has a video right on the top that plays while your looking through the details...
The site could use some brighter colors, in my opinion :)
It has a GDI 'type' of matrix with a few key differences. It's a forced 5x6 matrix - what they say happens is you fill up 5 members, then your spillover from your upline and your referrals go into filling your 2nd, 3rd, 4th levels etc - What the difference is with this is that they add a 6th level and pay you $2/referral on the 6th level -
GDI doesn't have a 6th level (sorry, they actually DO, but you have to get like 5k recruits and have like 100 members on 5 levels deep - so if your already a GDI millionaire, you can get a 6th level payment :)
When reading through the details, I will admit it looks like and promises the same as so many others do - "Spillover" and "Forced Matrix" and "Great Resources" - all that type of stuff that you see in ANY matrix program...
But listening to the audio kind of won me over a bit - He talked about how he was a top recruiter in GDI and despite HIS success, his downline members were not having the same type of success. He talked about how all MLM companies are set up so that the guys at the top always get the biggest piece of the pie - About how MLM systems are based off plain greed etc
So I did what I normally do when i'm semi interested in a new program. I leave my name and email and see what is sent to me.
They have some automatic follow up, which is nice. The best thing I can say about SpiderWeb was that automatic follow up is a great thing to have - It "reminds" people about the program.
I liked the follow up letters I got and so I decided to join
I sent an email to my list and had 7 people join my downline...
Last night I went in and saw that they offer a free rotator in THEIR paid advertising. Now, I've been in tons of programs and many offer a rotator - but it ALWAYS costs money and even when I have paid money, it was never very effective...but still, I thought "hey, it's free and all I need to do is post my referral link in the forum"
so i did that last night -
This morning I went to see how things looked - To my Utter Amazement, I had 9 new signups - OVERNIGHT -
My downline went from 7 to 16 in 1 night - all I did was take advantage of the free rotator...
Well, to say the least I was incredibly pleased - It is not often that an online marketing program actually DELIVERS something that it promises - In fact, not once in my experience has anything lived up to what it promised...
But Revolutionary Matrix did - So far I now have 20 members in my downline and I haven't even started any "real" advertising efforts...
I am happy to report I may have actually found a Real Winner this time!
Beyond this, Revolutionary Matrix is showing up on safelists and "blast emails" everywhere - It's a very hot new program and it's taking off -
I think you need to get in on Revolutionary Matrix, and get in fast - It's only $10/month. Right now there are only 318 links in that rotator, and all of us are getting referrals FAST!
And the fact the rotator is free is unbelievable - Considering I got 9 signups OVERNIGHT, I'm not sure how long they will keep giving everyone that -
Anyway, looks like a real winner and I am recommending it to everyone - NOW
Join Revolutionary Matrix HERE
The Point of Building Residual Income Online
Been busting my HUMP lately with all sorts of new projects. Tons of stuff going through my mind and what I need to do. I wanted to post this blog entry because I feel like there is something most online marketers never get to -
I don't want to go on and on with this, but back in December I decided to REALLY work on my GDI business. The main reason was that I knew I needed something REAL - something I could count on and something that would, hopefully, get to the point where it was building itself.
Couple weeks ago the GDI Gold Rush site went down. Despite the fact that I was using PPC for 95% of my signups, it was incredibly effective. I was spending about $10/day advertising and if you look at it strictly from the Cost vs. Income perspective, it was not worth it at all.
I think this is the main problem most people have with GDI - They join under all the hype and premises that it's overnight wealth - It's not - It takes work and it takes effort. I worked my BUTT off getting 20 signups for GDI my first 4 months! I used everything imagineable - SpiderWeb, Hits2U, 3Cash Machine -
Since using Gold Rush of course, my GDI signups went nuts. I made the potential leaderboard almost weekly for 2 months straight. Before Gold Rush went down, I had 29 potential signups in 3 weeks!
Then Gold Rush was taken down by GDI for reasons I won't go into here - I was crushed - I felt like I deserved a freaking break after the Affiliate Junktion debacle and a full year of online marketing - My main income earner was gone - And I had no solution...At least nothing that I wanted to go back into - I was not going to invest all my time into traffic exchanges again, or posting free ads - That stuff just doesn't deliver sales -
I shut off all my GDI advertising and tried to figure out what I was going to do -
Then something happened during the past 10 days that made me realize what the ENTIRE point of building a GDI business is all about - My downline went and got 10 signups when all of my advertising was off -
See the entire point of building a long term income, with an MLM type structure, is that you start to reap the benefits of all your hard work - Those 10 signups that my downline got were all from THEIR efforts. That is 10 new people in my downline now that didn't cost me 1 dime or 1 moment of my own time -
Granted, I had to get my downline to over 90 members in the first place - I also built a training series JUST for gdi and gave them every thing I new about online marketing - Yes, that all took time...But for all that hard work, I was rewarded with 10 new members - 10 members that all are part of my team. And as they build their GDI business, it builds mine as well -
If I never put another penny into advertising GDI, my monthly income will continue to grow - Because I built it up and got enough people that want to build THEIR business the same as I built mine -
And that is what residual income is all about - It took me a lot of work, a lot of money and a lot of effort to get my GDI team to where it is today - But now all that work is paying off because my team is building GDI for themselves -
This is not to say I"m going to stop building my GDI team - On the contrary, I want to build my GDI team to the point it's earning me several thousand per month. My goal is to get 200 personal members in my GDI business, and show each of them everything I learned about how to build a GDI team themselves. Several of my team members contact me by email daily, asking me tips and ways to improve - Some of them are very hungry, and that's all it takes - A few members who want to really build an online business...
I wish I had me when I first started, but then I'd never have any good "hard lesson" stories to tell :)
But for 10 days, despite me not doing any advertising myself, my income grew simply because of all the hard work I had ALREADY put in -
Residual Income is not easy - it takes time, effort and often money. But once you have put in that time and effort, it starts to grow for you.
And there is no better feeling (in online marketing terms haha) than having a reliable monthly income that grows each and every month -
That's all for now
I don't want to go on and on with this, but back in December I decided to REALLY work on my GDI business. The main reason was that I knew I needed something REAL - something I could count on and something that would, hopefully, get to the point where it was building itself.
Couple weeks ago the GDI Gold Rush site went down. Despite the fact that I was using PPC for 95% of my signups, it was incredibly effective. I was spending about $10/day advertising and if you look at it strictly from the Cost vs. Income perspective, it was not worth it at all.
I think this is the main problem most people have with GDI - They join under all the hype and premises that it's overnight wealth - It's not - It takes work and it takes effort. I worked my BUTT off getting 20 signups for GDI my first 4 months! I used everything imagineable - SpiderWeb, Hits2U, 3Cash Machine -
Since using Gold Rush of course, my GDI signups went nuts. I made the potential leaderboard almost weekly for 2 months straight. Before Gold Rush went down, I had 29 potential signups in 3 weeks!
Then Gold Rush was taken down by GDI for reasons I won't go into here - I was crushed - I felt like I deserved a freaking break after the Affiliate Junktion debacle and a full year of online marketing - My main income earner was gone - And I had no solution...At least nothing that I wanted to go back into - I was not going to invest all my time into traffic exchanges again, or posting free ads - That stuff just doesn't deliver sales -
I shut off all my GDI advertising and tried to figure out what I was going to do -
Then something happened during the past 10 days that made me realize what the ENTIRE point of building a GDI business is all about - My downline went and got 10 signups when all of my advertising was off -
See the entire point of building a long term income, with an MLM type structure, is that you start to reap the benefits of all your hard work - Those 10 signups that my downline got were all from THEIR efforts. That is 10 new people in my downline now that didn't cost me 1 dime or 1 moment of my own time -
Granted, I had to get my downline to over 90 members in the first place - I also built a training series JUST for gdi and gave them every thing I new about online marketing - Yes, that all took time...But for all that hard work, I was rewarded with 10 new members - 10 members that all are part of my team. And as they build their GDI business, it builds mine as well -
If I never put another penny into advertising GDI, my monthly income will continue to grow - Because I built it up and got enough people that want to build THEIR business the same as I built mine -
And that is what residual income is all about - It took me a lot of work, a lot of money and a lot of effort to get my GDI team to where it is today - But now all that work is paying off because my team is building GDI for themselves -
This is not to say I"m going to stop building my GDI team - On the contrary, I want to build my GDI team to the point it's earning me several thousand per month. My goal is to get 200 personal members in my GDI business, and show each of them everything I learned about how to build a GDI team themselves. Several of my team members contact me by email daily, asking me tips and ways to improve - Some of them are very hungry, and that's all it takes - A few members who want to really build an online business...
I wish I had me when I first started, but then I'd never have any good "hard lesson" stories to tell :)
But for 10 days, despite me not doing any advertising myself, my income grew simply because of all the hard work I had ALREADY put in -
Residual Income is not easy - it takes time, effort and often money. But once you have put in that time and effort, it starts to grow for you.
And there is no better feeling (in online marketing terms haha) than having a reliable monthly income that grows each and every month -
That's all for now
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