There are a large number of exchanges on the internet and most are free to join. Most have some form of paid upgrade option which allows members additional credits, bonuses or privileges. Thus if you want to get traffic to your site faster you can upgrade or buy a batch of credits from the special offers they all seem to have.Some have introductory free credits which allow you to get a flying start to your advertising. Some sites offer full screen ads others are more restrictive for example short text header ads unless you upgrade.
My advice is to select 5 or 6 traffic exchanges with plenty of visitors viewing their ads ( most show their stats on their site) and include those offering free promotional introductory credits.
In this way you can try and test each one ,comparing results of your ads, using the free credits before you need to decide whether to upgrade or buy more credits. When you stumble upon a new interesting exchange to try out you can then drop the poorest performer and still keep the number of sites you surf manageable.
In addition to earning credits for surfing other peoples ads you can also earn credits (and sometimes cash) by referring new members and from the surfing of new members.
What strategy are you going to use for traffic exchanges?. You can use them purely as a means of advertising your business by surfing and earning free credits to advertise and/or use them as a business opportunity in themselves by advertising the individual traffic exchanges and gaining commission income and free credits from new members who pay to upgrade. Surfing in itself can be tedious and boring so the latter approach is worth serious consideration.
Whatever strategy you decide if you are going to advertise on traffic exchanges you have to be aware that your ad is likely only to be seen for about 10 seconds on each view. It is essential that your ad stand out from the crowd as an attention grabber and loads rapidly otherwise you will not get your message across. I personally have seen examples when i,ve been surfing when a web page has loaded right at the end of the 10 seconds and by then i am waiting to go to my next ad so don't even read the ad. For this reason you will find that traffic exchange members invariably use preformatted splash pages which load rapidly and give maximum chance of exposure.
New users of traffic exchanges need to be conscious of the way others use exchanges. It is said that most users seem to be frantically surfing ads to gain their credits and they are not really in a buying frame of mind.Maybe something new and exceptional can disturb them from their main purpose but it is recommended that advertisers dont use a strategy on traffic exchanges to direct sell but more use the ads as a way of building their opt in email list which gives further opportunities at a more appropriate time. Therefore most users adopt the strategy of offering something free such as a report for an email address to generate further leads rather than to direct sell. You will notice that businesses who adopt this approach use a variation on a splash page called a squeeze page which includes an email capturing facility.
To conclude traffic exchanges can be fun and interesting ways to start your advertising campaign and they are easy to join and surf. I use them to promote my website and my favourite traffic exchanges are given for you at the end of this blog together with a site which offers you the opportunity to create your own splash and squeeze pages for free from ready made templates.
Good luck with you venture i hope it is a great success.
Ps. I also use traffic generators to advertise for free and to view my blog on this and favourite traffic generator sites please visit http://www1st-opportunitycouk.blogspot.com/2009/11/traffic-generators-pros-and-cons.html
About the Author:
Mal Metcalfe is the owner of http://www.1st-opportunity.co.uk/ and reviews popular home business ideas and opportunities.At this site you can get your own money-making website setup in 24 hours, join free affiliate programs! And get loads of free business information and a free e-book on the science of making money online
Favourite Traffic Exchanges..
Free Traffic Bar
( this is a great downline builder as well as a traffic exchange.)
Traffic Splash
Traffic Witch
Advertising Know How
Hit Safari
Dragon Surf
Vinefire - a traffic exchange with a difference
Adlands Pro
Splash Pages and Squeeze Pages
Instant Squeeze Page Generator
For a free report on traffic exchanges send an email to support@1st-opportunity.net
and insert' tx report' in subject field
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