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Get Traffic To Your Blog

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It’s funny how conversations in Skype rooms can give you a topic for a blog post and this one is going to surprise you on how to get traffic to your blog.

I was just in a Skype room and the conversation was that one site owner was not allowing blogs in their site.  So it was asked why as a blogger I like to get people to my blogs to help people from not going through some of the things that I have learned the hard way.

The conversation went to that the reason they didn’t was because people were just adding their main page and to me I agree that is just as bad as adding the home page or main page of a TE (traffic exchange) and wonder why you are not getting any referrals.

The one thing that came out of this conversation was think of advertising in TE’s as a billboard along a highway.  That ad on the billboard has to grab your attention going down the road at 65 mph.  Online advertising is no different – you members are surfing at 6, 8 and 10 second timers – you have that time frame to grab their attention.

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HOW DO YOU DO THAT?  You have to get creative as an advertiser and put out splash pages or squeeze pages that are going to give them a REASON to click.  Just like the billboards along the highways – give the driver a reason to take the next exit and visit their store.

I recently did a blog post on What Happened to Creativity?  When is the last time you looked at ads in a magazine, newspaper, or even google ad examples?  Study those ads and notice how they are set up and that there are only key points there so that you will go to the store, go to their website, etc.

Bottom line is if you are trying to get traffic to your blog then you need to give me a reason to click and go to your blog – put on your creativity hat and can’t wait to see your ads that you create.   Below is one example of how you can get people to your blog.

Help Me I can’t decide

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thinkingThere are so many times that I hear from members that there are just so many pages at a site that it makes them hard to pick the one to use to promote and I hear Help Me I can’t decide.

While I can tell you which ones get the best results for me as I track – I have also found that what works for one does not work for others.  So I have a simple solution for you  and it really does not take that long to set up and this WILL save you time and credits in the long run.

In sites where there are so many wonderful pages to choose from and even I have hard time deciding which ones to pick – well here is what I do…………….I go to Zaney Clicks and then I pick out 5 of the ones that I want to use and I set them up as trackers – now if you want to save time down the road – you can add them all in there and then go and set up a rotator.

161777811584436570_IxPBd3u7_bFor this example, I will use Zaney Clicks as there are soooooooo many to promote – I simply set up zcsplash1, zcsplash2.  Believe me I started out that way and now I get a little more descriptive in my names zccatsrule, zcspring, zcwaitingcats – well you get the idea.

After you add your trackers, then you go and set up your Zaney Rotator and then you add five of them in that rotator – then take that rotator URL and put it all over.  That’s right this is a great way to save credits – as the 5 trackers that you have added will rotate each time your rotator is shown – pretty cool huh

Now here is the best part, test these and if you are not getting referrals, then go in and pick a couple more to change out.  This is where you learn to work smarter and not harder – because you have your rotator URL all over – you just go back to Zaney Clicks and take out a few and then add a few more and test them.

You know how much time you just saved yourself because you didn’t have to chase all over and change the URL – you make your changes and they are changing where ever you had that rotator URL

cat14That is how you save time and credits – because now instead of trying to assign credits to 5 of your favorite URL’s you only have to assign them to ONE URL .  Now I know you are thinking wow I could do that with 5 favorite sites, my 5 money makers, or my 5 sites that get me referrals – easy peasy huh???????

I don’t know about you but do you ever get to the point that you get CRS and you can’t remember where you even have your links – well I admit that I suffer from that occasionally – well until I started using the free tracker and rotator services that many sites offer – when you look at your stats – you will see exactly where everything is showing and how many times.

So the next time that you just can decide and want to say Help Me I can’t decide – try this and as always would love to hear how this works for you – I know it’s been a true blessing for me now that I have gone back to work.

shhhhhkittyTIP:  Some sites have a splash page rotator and that is even a gold mine – put that in YOUR rotator and that site is covered – then just find 4 more that offer that shhhhhhhh don’t tell anyone that I let that slip out

Work Smarter, Not Harder (part 2)

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161777811584436570_IxPBd3u7_bWell I’m going to take a few minutes to put an answer to a question that I have gotten over and over the last week on the previous post Work Smarter, Not Harder and I love the feedback that I get from these post – so feel free to leave comments here or Skype me @ nancyradlinger

People have mentioned to me that they has been trying this theory and so I asked each one to tell me what they had been doing with the site they were promoting.  Each said they had put in the site url, added a banner and text link in other TE’s and assigned credits to that one url, banner and text – that the sites would only allow the url to be added once.

cat14After hearing this, I realized that I didn’t mention that the way to utilize ALL of your sources that is available to you did not fully explain what I was thinking and that you all are not mind readers – sorry my fault for not explaining further.

Here is what I do when a site will not allow the same url to be repeated – I will go to the site and grab the urls of the splash pages as they are all different urls – and if you go to the site that you are promoting you will hopefully see that the site has offered you a variety of pages to promote.  Oh I know you are thinking why would I want to do this.

There are a few reasons why this important to do – when you are picking out a splash page to promote you are picking the one that you like and I learned from years ago that just because I like it – others may not have the same taste as I do.

See I owned a gift shop for years and when I would go to buying shows I would take a couple girlfriends along to go with me and then I would order a variety of things from what I liked and what they liked.  This is a big mistake I made for years with the gift shop till I learned that just because I would never like this particular thing – it doesn’t mean someone else might.

Well the same works in promoting your ONE site – when you are picking the splash pages that you like based on the graphic, colors, etc. – you are limiting your audience.  So that is why it’s important to pick a splash that you don’t like, colors that you think are just ucky as there are some out there – it could be their favorite and they click.

cutekittenNow I know you are thinking, Nancy you have really gone Zaney – there is no way that someone is going to click on an add just because they like the colors, the graphics etc. well I did a test oh about a year ago and tested it – same ad and just changed the background in it – now here is the interesting part – I got the same results from each page.

So with so many talking to me this week with similar stories thought I would do a follow up post on Work Smarter, Not Harder as there might be more of you out there with the same issues.  Grab those splash page url and add them to your tracker and bet you will be surprised what your results will be.

When is it SPAM

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spammingIt’s been interesting over the years all the definitions of SPAM as when you Google the word this is what you get irrelevant or inappropriate messages sent on the Internet to a large number of recipients – so want to mention a few things as to when is it Spam.

Over the years, when someone drops a link in a chat room they were considered to be a spammer and people had no tolerance for it but I listened to James Dias Traffic Exchange Daily  the other day and I have added it here and this will help clear up some questions on when is it SPAM

So how many have done that on the social sites??????? I know I’m have been guilty and this was an eye opener for me as I have been banning people for years for adding a link to my chats on my sites and even in my Skype room – YET I would throw links out on Twitter and Facebook.

Would love to hear any feedback on this and also any suggestions on how I as a site owner can change things up when I’m asking you to hit that Twitter or Facebook buttons on the site.

So the next time before you hit that button or throw your link into the social media – hope you will think about this post and when is it SPAM.

Letting the Cat out of the Bag

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catoutofbag3Well I was chatting with another owner this morning and thought as long as I had my stats up that I would share as I do get asked this quite a bit so decided it’s time of letting the cat out of the bag.  Now I will say that you can ask others and you will probably see different results – these results are for Zaney Clicks

The first I would like to share – there were sorted by signups and I went with the top 20 on this one as I wanted you to see the variety of sites.  This is also what all these number mean and I did put in the banners as I wanted to show that banner advertising does work.

source URL, hits, signups, banners hits, signups

clicktrackprofit.com     3356     127     2755     9
nerdbux.com     88761     38     60     0
google.com     539     18     51     0
tesurfing.com     60     15     2037     24
trafficswirl.com     35353     11     6334     0
costaricaclicks.net     18690     11     41161     7
plus1te.com     70750     9     27055     0
you2surf.com     8825     9     1048     0
donkeymails.com     69     9     0     0
perfectpromotion.weebly.com     28     8     0
hitbandit.com     19224     8     901     0
froggyhits.com     50758     7     52109     5
traffic2prosperity.com     12592     7     9535     7
prosperityhits4u.com     202412     6     11954     0
bizklix.com     29943     6     125855     3
trafficleads2income.com     20     6     3275     7
solomatictraffic.com     63326     5     94705     0
surfsumo.com     44999     5     33850     0
easyhits4u.com     33586     5     41912     1
stepuptraffic.com     44352     5     83358     1

judgingcatNow to narrow this down further as I really wanted to show you all that banner advertising does work – here are some of the results with now sorting by banner signups – For all of you that think banners don’t work hmmmmmmm well am hoping to change you mind here

source URL, hits, signups, banners hits, signups

tesurfing.com     60     15     2037     24
traffix.us     23827     5     29853     20
magicaljourneypromotions.com     57     0     205268     12
clicktrackprofit.com     3356     127     2755     9
traffic2prosperity.com     12592     7     9536     7
trafficleads2income.com     20     6     3276     7
ptcbuxteam.com     4     1     369     7
costaricaclicks.net     18692     11     41169     7
froggyhits.com     50762     7     52118     5

fatcatmoneyOk now I know you want to talk money and sells so I did one more set of stats for you – hope that you will start seeing why it’s so important to have some sort of tracking on what you are doing.

And for the purpose of this post – wanted to show you another top 10 sorted this time by top sells and I did this one on purpose as I want you to look closer at this one


source URL, hits, signups, banners hits, signups

froggyhits.com     50765     7     52123     5
tetoolbox.com     1039     0     56705     3
gianthits.com     1867     0     17986     1
ptcbuxteam.com     4     1     369     7
clicktrackprofit.com     3356     127     2755     9
solomatictraffic.com     63332     5     94715     0
smileytraffic.com     89925     4     8244     0
tesurfing.com     60     15     2037     24
lost.myt-bear2.com     76     2     9897     1
trafficfugitive.com     1431     1     0     0

Ok now did you see that sometimes that sometimes it’s could only be one signup from a site and you make a sale but did you also see that some of the sales came from the banner signups – so do keep them in mind and use all the available resources that are out them as you just NEVER know where that next is coming from.

148a84aa823a70b30c8d1035ccba6319Also, I hope that this gives some insight on why you will hear so many say track, track, track as if you go back all these you will see a pattern of some sites that stick out in each way they were sorted and that is how you know where to make sure you have credits, the places that if I see a deal on the sites – that is probably where I am going to put my money

So hope this letting the cat our of the bag opens your eyes some and answered some of the questions that I get from members on what is working and how do I know where to advertise at.

Safety Precautions

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safety1Working online can be very rewarding and fun but there are safety precautions that a person can do and should be doing and believe me this is just a few that I have learned along the way.

There are some things that I just wanted to highlight in this blog post to make you aware and use caution here online.  These are just some things that I have learned the hard way and some I have heard from friends.

Phishing

Most of you probably know what this word means but if you were like me you had no clue what it meant when I first started online.  Phishing pronounced fishin is the activity of defrauding an online account holder of financial information by posing as a legitimate company.

This happens in emails, Skype, Facebook, Twitter, etch so it really keeps a person on their toes.  My rule of thumb NEVER click on any links that you do not know where they came from and DO NOT even click on any links from friends unless you are talking to them at the time.  I will even take this one step further – ask a question that only the person you are talking to will know the answer as some hackers will even talk to you – I had that happen on Skype before pretending to be the friend of the account they had hacked.

Trojans

Yes that is a scaring word to lot of people but do you know there are hackers out there that will download them on your computer to get info from you.  They can be disguised in ways that look harmless.

Drive-by downloads

Did you know that hackers can sneak malicious code on to legitimate website – when you think that you are downloading a legit file or even pictures.  That happened to me once when I download a picture that I wanted to use from Facebook and Google.

1069368_10151561408673925_171554819_n Bypassing passwords

As I was researching, I was quite surprised to find out that there is a software that will actually install virus and can read what you type on your computer – thus giving the hackers your passwords.

This info was gotten from this post on USA Today and here is the link to the post and really think that everyone should read this 5 Ways Hackers Attack You. 

This all has been a real eye-opener for me and actually my research started on all this as my support guy is always on my case about logging out of my sites vs just hitting the X at the top and closing out.  Well this does NOT close you out and leaves a door open for hackers – in fact there are a group out there that are doing just that.

So this all started out with me just giving you a eye-opener and like with any thing that you do there are safety precautions that you have to do.  Take the time to log out of your site, your cpanel, the TE you are surfing etc.  I know it’s a PITA and quicker to hit the X but don’t be leaving your doors open and invite unwanted intruders in.  This is like locking your front door and leaving the back door unlocked thinking that a burglar wouldn’t bother to check – think again.

cat5A couple more places that I would like to send you to especially if you share a computer or might have to use the computer at the library or school.  The Data Goldmine

AND this one for sure as I have been guilty of this and that is using the same password at many of the sites that I’m on because it’s easier to remember.  Keep in mind once they have your password – that means that all the accounts with that same password is up for grabs.  Password Hacked and 9 Things To Do After Your Email has Been Hacked

 

Why Affiliate Funnel?

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So often we get caught up in all the new programs that we forget about the old ones that are working and in my opinion is a must join and I’ll try and tell you why Affiliate Funnel.

If I was starting out today, and really didn’t know what I was doing yet, needed some training and guidance, was overwhelmed with all the traffic exchanges and safelist out there, this is where I would start.  Well in my opinion, Affiliate Funnel offers the answers that you need and will give you the source to build your list and earn commissions as an affiliate.

Here are some of the reasons that I enjoy using Affiliate Funnel – the best part is that as an upgraded member you are allowed to pick programs to add to a splash page that is in your affiliate toolbox – this is what mine looks like.  My Affiliate Funnel Page (Yes this is even available to free members – two programs can be added)  This gives you the opportunity to promote the programs that you pick along with Affiliate Funnel at the same time – how cool is that

When you first start or even a seasoned marketer,  it’s really hard to know which sites are new, which one have been here awhile – well this will gives you a great list of the ones as to even be listed in the downline builder you need to have reached 3000 members.  Now some of you might think that is not fair, but it helps to weed out the ones that are really here for the long haul, ones that are serious about growing their business.

Now one of the biggest mistakes I see people do when they join is look at all those pages and think WOWWWWWWWWW there is no way I can join all those sites and why would I want to – good question.  But with this list it will give you a place to start – some guidance which ones to join if you don’t have a mentor to ask.  The other mistake is not filling in your affiliate id’s when you join a site.

AND did you know that they give you a free guide to help build your list – so basically took the excused away and made available the tools that you need to build a list and start earning online.  There are squeeze pages already built for you – you just need to add your autoresponder info.

Still confused after viewing the site – well you can bring your questions to a FREE webinar on Saturday’s at NOON EST and the gold nuggets (tips of the trade) that you can get by attending these and listen to Marci Jones is a priceless.

So I will ask you Why Affiliate Funnel?  This program is one of the best list building tools out there offering your many avenues to be able BUILD YOUR LIST.  AND you don’t even have to request your money, you are paid directly to your Paypal or Payza account once you have earned 10.00 or more.

Join my Team now and get started building YOUR list 

How to stop being in the 97% who don’t make it

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worthwhileOver the years, I have put myself out there as a friend, coach, mentor, business owner and what does that mean – well it means that I have opened the door for many people to be able to come to me for advice and try to be that person that I had wished I had found when I first started – thus today’s post how to stop being in the 97% who don’t make it.

It’s funny how the saying comes to mind as I’m writing that you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make them drink – well I keep hoping that if you keep leading them to that water often enough – they will finally drink.  Do I know all the answers, NO  or will everyone agree with me, NO but what you will get is my honest opinion based on things that I encountered in my years online and lessons I learned the hard way.

Often times I get asked if I was starting out now what would I do to get started.  Added to that is how can I ever earn money if I don’t have my own site like you do.  Well I’m going to try and answer both of those comments for you.

Things keep changing on the net and with so much out there to choose from and new things popping up each day that people can just go pogo jumping around and never accomplish anything but wasting their time.

If I was just starting online now and I didn’t have lot of money in my budget to get me started there are a couple sites that I would join to get me started – and I know you are going to say I don’t have any money to invest in anything.  Well I’m going to be right up front with you and say that if you don’t have some money put aside to invest in your business (which working online is) then you are going to stay in the 97% who don’t make it.

Ouch huh?  I know I must have shocked a lot of you by saying that BUT I can give you some options at least what I would do if I was just starting out.  There are sites out there with minimal investment and I’m going to recommend them here.

Now before I do, I have to say this – if you are not going to treat these sites like YOUR business and promote, track, tweak, promote, track, tweak what you are doing until you are getting referrals then don’t waste your time or money.

stayfocusedYou NEED to stay focused on these two sites – you NEED to promote ONLY these two sites in everything that you are doing – TEs, safelists, mailers, social net working and you NEED to track your results so that you can see what is working and what is not.

Now I know you are thinking what 2 sites am I recommending that I can promote like my own business – well they are Quality Pro 4 U and Easy Cash List Building System.

Now you are thinking why would I pick these two sites – one they are both run by honest owners, owners that have been working online for years and have great reputations, they offer affordable investment opportunities.  Both sites will not be disappearing like I see a lot of sites do and I know that if YOU are SERIOUS – then these two sites can be the start of your journey to how to stop being in the 97% who don’t make it.

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Branding – is it worth the time

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brand It’s interesting when I first came online and started learning, I had a friend of mine tell me that to make it online you have to learn to sell yourself, brand yourself and at the time I thought right – who is going to want to know about me.  Well I learned fast that he was right and I have some examples today that I’d like to share and then you tell me – Branding – is it worth the time

You know it’s funny as actor/actress have been doing this for many years when you think about it and it don’t necessarily have to be your name – example when you hear these lines does an actor/actress come to mind
I’ll Be Back – right away you picture Arnold in the Terminator
May the Force Be With You – didn’t Star Wars pop in your mind
There’s No Place Like Home –  didn’t Dorothy pop in your head from the Wizzard of Oz
Go Ahead, Make My Day – Can’t forget Clint Eastwood
Beam Me Up Scotty – can’t forget Star Trek

Well you can do the same thing online and I have been watching many people in the traffic exchange industry to the same

IT – now James has done excellent job with just this one word
Fred – Doug decided to use his dog – everyone on TEland knows Fred
Cows – everyone know that you don’t mess with Mo’s cows hehe
Flash – didn’t you think about Cathy and Jo right away and their name was not used
Horror – Bet Don popped in your head with that scary header he has
Frogs – didn’t Froggy just leap into your head
Krazy –  Only one crazy enough to use Krazy – WTG Kaye
Splash – bet the dolphin popped in your head right away
Tezak – and bet you are a tezzer now

Now I could go on and on with examples – you don’t necessarily have to use your name to brand yourself – but you do need to have something that will make people think of your of your site right away.

I have one more example that I want to share as it’s kinda impressive what branding can do for a person – you all have heard of TimTech.  Well they just launched a new PTC site and because everyone does know them, they know they have been around and will be around, and because they have branded themselves – I just happened to notice the stats on their main page today at Nerdbux

Total Members: 18973
New Members Today: 1093

Members Earned: $4,683.87

So think about it some and then leave me a comment – Branding – is it worth the time?

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Promote, Promote, Promote – Does It Pay?

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promote2So often I get asked how do I earn money online and what is it that I do that causes me to get so many referrals, earn commissions and grow my sites.  The bottom answer is promote, promote, promote – Does It Pay?

Well I have some examples that I would like to share with you and some of the mistakes that I have made and what I have learned over the years.  First of all I hear so many talk about not having their own program so don’t know what to do and that was my first excuse that I used.  Well the first thing I suggest doing is find a program and become an affiliate for the program.

Now I’m not just saying join a bunch of sites and throw out your referral links – I’m saying find a program and yes it can be a traffic exchange, a product someone has created or a program that is something that will benefit others.  It took me many years to get this thru my head but finally that light bulb went on.

As most of you know that I have been a member of Global NPN for years and I know the first question that I get is what is NPN.  Well NPN is a program that offers tools that you need to grow your business and saves me money each month –   I have everything I needed before I got my own site and this is where I started.  This program offer tracking, rotators, page creator, your own blog, autoresponder, domain hosting all under one roof.

I started this program at the entry level and have worked my way to the director level and receive a nice monthly income each month.

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The training videos in the back office has taught me many ways to get traffic but still boils down for promote, promote, promote.  Looking for a program to get started take a look at My NPN Profile Page.

Back in May you will recall that I wrote a blog post Are you drowning? Here is your lifesaver well I am pleased to report that many of you are doing quite well and are very active in this program and I really thank you.  There is nothing like getting up on Monday and starting your week off with Just thought you’d like to know ViralCommandoProfits sent you 146.30 USD.  Now why did I get an email like that well, bottom line again promote, promote, promote and it’s does page.

I know most of you have seen the page that I created and plastered it all over – and this is why I tell you all the time do something that is going to be different, something that will pause the member when they are surfing, and yes I also use mailers but everyone got to see this page http://zaneyclicks.com/t/vcp3 and yes I left the link in here so that I can show you that I set the page up on a tracker so I know where the site was being seen, how many hits it was getting.

Now for all of you that grab a referral link and pop it in here and there and add say 1000 credits to it and then think wow well this site didn’t work – well after watching the hits that this page and anything that I promote gets 1000 is NOT enough these days to get you the results you are looking for.  The problem that I see so many doing is giving up before doing all they can to make it work.

You see when I believe in a program, I keep at it – promote, promote, promote – does it pay?  Yes it does and all I can say is find something that you really believe in, learn that program, and then get out there a do everything you can think to do to tell people about that program.  It can be a splash page, a blog post, a video, sending out solos on the mailers and safelist, etc – try it all – track what you are doing and your will soon find what works for you.

resultsYes I said YOU, I can sit here all day and tell you what I am doing but what is working for you may not work for you and what you find that will work for you might not work me me or anyone else.  BUT if you don’t do something – take action – you will NOT get results.  So stop making excuses, stop blaming everyone that you are not earning money – get out there and take some action.