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UseTraffic Exchanges to advertise PTC sites free

When used correctly TEs can be an effective free way to advertise PTC sites. However if you use them in the wrong way TEs can be a complete drain on your time, your energy and your mouse button!.

On this page, I am going to give you some advice about the right way to use TEs, so you don’t end up missing the excellent marketing opportunity they do in fact offer.

What is a Traffic Exchange?

For those of you who are not already aware, here is a brief explanation of what a Traffic Exchange is.

The concept behind TEs is simple, ie: “You view my site and I’ll view yours”

After a very simple registration process, you log into your account and surf for credits for a set amount of time each day by looking at single web pages promoting a variety of different products and services. After viewing the site for between 6 and 30 seconds (depending on which TE you are using) you are usually asked to click on a symbol to verify you’ve viewed the page before being able to move on to the next. Once you’ve done this you are awarded credits, which can later be exchanged for guaranteed visits to your own site. Most sites offer bonuses providing you surf a set number of pages in any one session. The more you surf - the more bonuses you will get.

How not to use a Traffic Exchange

The first point you need to take into consideration is that most people surfing the traffic exchanges are sellers not buyers, who are clicking furiously from one page to the next in order to earn credits. Although they do need to have one eye on the ball, generally speaking they are surfing the TEs for their own gain, not to find out what you or any other members have to offer.

It is precisely for this reason that you will be completely wasting your time if you use an information loaded affiliate page to promote your product in any of the TEs.

Many Traffic Exchanges strictly forbid the promotion of certain genres of sites, such as pornography, gambling and High Yield Investment Programs. Don’t bother wasting any time trying to find ways around this, because you could end up being banned altogether.

Always use a splash page

You have a 10 second window to grab the attention of your fellow exchange surfers, so it is really important that you use a short, sweet ”splash” page which they can’t fail to sit up and notice. You’re not trying to sell your product, you’re simply trying to tempt your visitor with your splash page - so make sure you have some mechanism in place to capture their name and e mail address so you can follow up at a later stage. If you can create your own splash page, this is by far the best option. [Don’t worry if you haven’t got a web site or any web design skills, because there are several free programs you can join which do all the hard work for you. Full information about how to create an eye grabbing splash page can be found on the how to make your own splash page section of this site.]

Alternatively, if you are promoting a downline building program you will be given your own pre-designed splash page coded with your affiliate links, with an inbuilt autoresponder ready to capture the names and e mail addresses of anyone who joins under you. As soon as a new referral joins through your link the program admin automatically  sends you their name and e mail address so you can build a list of referrals and follow up with them manually.

All of the individual PTC sites have their own predesigned splash pages, but my advice is not to use these in Traffic Exchanges. If you are going to promote PTC sites using the site’s own custom built splash page, you are much more likely to get results advertising at PTC sites. Another point to note is that even if you are lucky enough to attract a referral through advertising a PTC site splash page in the Traffic Exchanges, you will in most cases not be given their e mail address, so you have no means of offering them help or sharing other opportunities with them.

Use tabbed browsing to speed up your surfing sessions

Although it does yield results, Traffic Exchange surfing can be a long and tedious task. You will, however dramatically reduce the amount of time you need to spend surfing for credits if you surf multiple exchanges side by side.

To do this you will need to use what is known as tabbed browsing.

 It is possible to use tabs within Internet Explorer but I’ve found the process to be much easier using Mozilla Firefox. It’s free to install, safe and reliable and you can download it quickly from this link: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/

If you don’t already know how to set up and use tabbed browsing, full instructions can be found at Step 4 of my step by step guide on this website. The instructions provided in this guide assume you are using the Firefox browser.

By using tabbed browsing, you will comfortably be able to surf all five of the recommended Traffic Exchanges below in one session. To give you a rough idea, one hour of surfing = approximately 750 views of your website across all five exchanges (possibly more depending on how many bonus credits you get along the way).

How many Traffic Exchanges should you join?

I’ve read many e books and articles which tell you that you need to join as many Traffic Exchanges as possible if you want to see any sort of results. However... I’m going to totally contradict this theory (and I’m speaking from experience) and tell you that where TEs are concerned the key word is quality not quantity. There are hundreds of exchanges out there but some of them are as good as useless and you could waste hours of your precious time surfing for virtually no return if you choose the wrong exchange and you don’t follow a few simple rules.

Personally, I split all of my traffic exchange surfing time between less than 10 programs. Believe me it works far better than spending hour after hour trying to keep a presence at 30 exchanges.

Which are the best Traffic Exchanges?

There are hundreds of Traffic Exchanges out there, but only a fraction of these deliver real results. Some offer you a 1-1 surfing ratio whilst others only offer 5-1. Some offer bonus credits providing you surf a minimum number of pages, but the amount you are awarded varies greatly. Almost all offer upgraded memberships and the ability to purchase credits if you don’t want to spend hours surfing.

When choosing which TE to join, you should be looking for exchanges that reward free members with extra credits every time they sign up a new free member and who give additional credits based on how many pages each referral surfs. This can potentially add up to hundreds of extra credits banked in your account every week... credits which you do not have to spend a minute surfing for. All of the seven exchanges I am recommending to you below offer these bonuses and more, plus they consistently deliver results.

Its a good idea to forward your affiliate links for any Traffic Exchange you join to all of your new PTC referrals. If they sign up and start surfing for credits, you will directly benefit. Time is money after all.

My top 10 recommended Traffic Exchanges

Of all the Traffic Exchanges, this is the one I personally have had the most success with. I believe this is due to the fact that you can target your visitors by both geographical location and interest channels. Recently TrafficG has made the surfing experience even more user friendly by giving members the chance to select their native language at the start of their surfing session.

Another bonus is that TrafficG provides one of the best surfing ratios for free members. After you’ve surfed so many pages and completed a number of what are known as “skill cards” you can build up to a ratio of 110%. Each ad has  a 20 second timer.

Extra credits are awarded for introducing active new referrals down 5 levels, and also for their surfing activities.

TrafficG is part of a network of 8 different advertising sites, giving members a selection of different ways to promote their opportunities.

These three sites are owned by experienced marketer Matthew Graves, and each site has a number of different features which make them very attractive to their members. All of the sites offer a 1:1 surfing ratio, which in itself is a bonus, but if you surf all three sites at the same time you will receive an additional 20% in credits.

In addition to surfing for credits, you will receive regular e mails from other Webbiz Insider members containing generous credit links (anything from 5 credits to 100). By clicking these links you can very quickly earn hundreds of extra credits each week which in turn makes a huge difference to the amount of times your page is shown to other members, and the amount of surfing time it saves you.

With Top Tier Traffic you are awarded downline members each week based on how many sites you have surfed at all three TEs. You can contact each member in your downline directly with details of any opportunity you are promoting for a period of 7 days from them being allocated to you.

One of the key features of Splash Page Surfer is the "Recommended Programs Downline Builder". By joining the sites featured in the list of programs and keying in your personal id or user name, anyone who joins underneath you will automatically become a member of your downline if they join too. You will also recieve regular e mails from Matthew offering you very generous amounts of banner and text ad credits in exchange for surfing a small number of pages at Splash Page Surfer.

Easy Hits 4 U is just as much an online community as it is a Traffic Exchange with an amazing 470,000+ members to date.

Members have two surfing options: A 1:1 ratio with a 20 second timer for each ad or a 2:1 ratio with a 15 second timer. Bonus credits and prize draw entries are awarded every 25 pages.

For every 1000 pages you surf you are credited with $0.30, and each time one of your referrals surfs 100 pages or more you are credited with $0.10. Once your balance reaches $3 you can request a pay out.

Other advantages of joining Easy Hits 4 U are that you can geo target your ads, post internet marketing related articles, earn bonus credits for your referrals’ activities - down 5 levels and make connections with other users.

Hit 2 Hit is consistently voted the number one Traffic Exchange by Traffic Hoopla members and it’s easy to see why. With a fast 6 second timer, 2:1 surfing ratio and quick delivery rate you really do get more credit for your click.

There are cash prizes for those who refer the most members and free yearly and monthly upgrades on offer all through the year. It’s a simple, straight forward layout and has a generous 1 tier referral program for free members.

There are at least two bonus surfing opportunities each week, when you are awarded 30 or 40 additional credits for every 100 pages you view. If you do join Hit 2 Hit, keep an eye on your inbox for when these bonus surfs are taking place. They are very popular amongst members and from experience I can tell you I have generated many more referrals during these sessions than I have at a regular Hit 2 Hit surfing session.

These three exchanges have linked up to offer what is collectively known as Power Surf Central. Generous daily bonuses are offered providing you surf a minimum of 100 sites at each exchange in any one session. The more times you surf each month - the more you are rewarded. These can add up to saving you hours of surfing time each month if you take part and surf all three participating exchanges regularly.

The owners of the three exchanges have now made it even easier for you to promote their programs and build your downline by offering you a free e book, which gives you detailed instructions about how to use the three TEs to get the most out of them and the rewards you can earn each day. Not only this, but you can rebrand the e book with your own affiliate links and share with your referrals all for free. It has been made very simple - there are no files to unzip or complicated instructions to follow.. You simply download the e book using the link below and then follow the one click instructions. 

Click Voyager have done everything possible to make your surfing experience a fun one. The surfing ratio is one of the lowest (5:1), but you can substantially increase your credits along the way by taking part in simple games like hangman. For every 50 sites you surf, you also get one CV slot credit. This is like an online fruit machine which often awards credits when you spin the slots.

From a surfing point of view, an advantage of this program is it’s quick 6 second timer, but in my opinion the best feature is the free splash page maker. More details about this can be found on this page: how to make your own splash page  

Rewards for referrals are generous and span 5 levels.