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Hypnotize Your Reader Immediately!

2011-01-31T16:57:00.005-05:00

Hypnotic Writing - "Hypnotize" Your Reader Immediately!

Hypnotic Writing. Imagine for a moment, that you open up your email account to find the account is full of responses to an ad that you placed. Orders Galore!!! Your heart races ... HOLY MOTHER OF ALL GET OUT!!! .... You think to yourself, 'SELF, It Finally Worked! It Finally Worked!!'

POP!... My imaginary pin has popped your bubble!!

Now think forward into a Life so stress-free, you can't even imagine what it is like to have to bills piled high, a broken down car, and have to eat ham sandwiches, again!!

I'm talkin' 'NO FINANCIAL STRESS, WHAT SO EVER!!'

Can You Imagine!

That is a taste of 'Hypnotic Writing,' a technique I picked up from Joe Vitale.

Your attempt is to get the reader into another frame of mind in which you are leading them to an imagined place that, you know, they desire to be. This type of ad copy is used to bridge the gap between you and the reader, and then give you control because you are the one suggesting that they take a minute to imagine the place that they desire, which in a sense shows the reader that you have the power to help that person get there for real.

Just the word 'Hypnotic' itself can lead readers to believe something else is going on to them besides what they are reading. The reader could be thinking or imagining all day long about what happened to them while they read the hypnotic information.

It's really like 'Planting a Seed,' and the follow up by you is what will make the 'SEED' grow.

What I mean by this is that once the reader has your company or offer on their mind, it is up to you to follow up with the reader by keeping in constant contact with them. You keep this contact by the using the same method that you reached them with the first time. Within this method is when you can offer other levels of contact, products, or services.

Make believe for a second that You are on the of edge of a huge canyon, and down below is a Stampede of Wild Animals running every where!

Dust and Chaos is Raging Everywhere!!

'A Cool Breeze brushes across your face, and you realize....I Made it to the TOP!'

Darn, there it is again...that 'Hypnotic Writing.'

Use your Imagination when it comes to how you could utilize this technique in your websites, emails, and graphics.

Have an Extra-Ordinary Day!!

Eric

Total Lunar Eclipse from Florida!

2010-12-21T15:32:00.001-05:00

I am sure no astronomer (like Carl Sagan, though), but took the opportunity to take some crappy pictures of the total lunar eclipse last night and early today, December 20 -21, 2010. Please don't fault me for such horrendous pictures - you can't even see the details of the moon because of the reflection of the sun, however, you can make out where the eclipse is taking place ... so for your pleasure, here are the shots I took:

Shot #1 at 9:16 PM before I knew how to zoom the camera:

Shot #2 at 10:58 PM after I learned how the zoom the camera:

Shot #3 at 2:30 AM:

Shot #4 at 3:12 AM:

Shot #5 at 3:42 AM:

Shot #6 at 5:43 AM:

I know you can't really see anything in shot #5, but if you look real hard you can see it. Obviously, you can see I don't know how to take pictures very well, but is was quite the experience - I woke up Maki and Ethan, but Ashton wouldn't wake up for anything. Also, the gap between the timing of shot 5 and 6 is because I fell asleep ... sorry Charley!

If I was seeing things or not, but it looked to me that when the moon was in full eclipse, it was centered directly in the middle of the constellation Pisces - if anyone knows for sure if this is the case, please leave a comment.

Great FREE Banner Exposure ... Branding Paradise!!

2010-11-21T19:36:00.000-05:00

You know I'm always on the prowl for free banner advertising and I recently came across another webmasters web-system (he has more than one website linked together) in which he has a unique traffic exchange mixed in the middle. It's been online since 2006, won awards in 2008-09, and is part of the huge opt-in combine traffic system. Here are a few words off his website:

"Granted, there are many traffic exchanges on the internet claiming to be the best. Some are even voted for and placed into list for you to view and hopefully be impressed. But just because a traffic exchange has the most members and can certainly get the most votes, doesn't make them the best. More importantly, it doesn't make them the most effective. The truly efficient exchange will get the best response from the advertising impressions they deliver. So... it comes down to one simple hypothesis. The Concept.

Websites By Jonathan Traffic Exchange shows your sites on multiple traffic exchanges all over the world! We're also one of the few places on the Internet that you can be a free member, and still make money!"

Now, this is all well and good ... wow, another traffic exchange ... right? Think, again, my friends because here is one exchange where your banners are rotated throughout the system all the time for free. You don't use credits until someone actually clicks your banners. That is a extreme change than most exchanges on the Internet. Besides the banner advertising I like, this system, also, gives you a free banner and splash-page creator...can't beat that.

So, if you looking for a different kind of advertising experience at a traffic exchange, why don't you jump over to Jonathan's site and take a look: CLICK HERE

How to Stretch Your Traffic Exchange Credits.

2010-11-18T12:16:00.003-05:00

I figured I'd try and show you an example of how I set my websites at a traffic exchange I only visit once every week or two. I try and determine how many credits I will need to amass to make sure that I have a presence in the said exchange for the entire week, not just a few days or a few hours after finishing surfing. I want to know that the time I invest in the exchange won't go to waste. If I work for an hour at an exchange, I want that hour to echo throughout the week. And, if I track and monitor the effort, I can adjust how much effort to put based on the information. But for this example, I will leave off the tracking elements and focus on the reasoning of why I am placing certain CAPS and delivery percentages on each website. The way I set these settings is my preference but, also, from years of clicking, watching, reading, tracking, and adjusting my promotions based on results I've received. You may do what ever you like, but imagine this for a second ... 150 different traffic exchanges all delivering 25 hits a day to my websites = 3750 hits a day = 26,250 hits a week = 105,000 hits a month!!! And, that's just from my individual effort; what if I had a downline?.

Sounds crazy good doesn't it?

Do you know how in the heck can I handle 150 different traffic exchanges?

The first answers is very simple. One traffic exchange at a time!

If you have a determined plan of attack going into the exchange, the exchange won't attack back and eat every credit you earned before you log out. Granted, some exchanges don't let you set these parameters, however, the ones that do free you up to spend more time in exchanges that eat credits faster than you can click. I have one exchange that stays negative the whole time clicking. It makes me feel like I'm not doing anything, except, tracking information tells me different, so I keep clicking. AdvertisingKnowHow is famous for eating credits faster than a mother trucker; hits2hits, too! But you can't beat how active those two exchanges are because one gives you free downline members for surfing and the other one has the hottest owner! You figure that one out.

Wow! I wrote that?

Anyway, back to the one traffic exchange at a time thing. Start each month at square one and choose 5 traffic exchanges to attack. The thing to do is choose a variety of exchange sizes. A couple of big ones you have to do every week, a couple of small ones you only have to visit monthly, and one may only really need to visit once every couple of months. This one day charge sets the traffic train in motion. And, if you throw in some of the super surf combination's they have running, you can earn even more credits. Over a few months of attack, attack, attack, some exchanges have piles and piles of credits ... which now gives you time to start playing with your sites and promotion message. But the first thing you need to do first is focus on stock piling traffic credits, adjusting settings to control the exchange, and broadening the number of exchanges you can actively handle. I didn't start out trying to join every exchange in one day. I chose a few each day and, worked my butt off. You work your tail off a couple of hours every day for a month and you'll have website traffic coming out of your ears. And, again, don't make me bring the downline concept to mind.

Of course, not all plans or people are perfect and some traffic exchanges end up getting neglected; however, you are sure to get a notices from owners telling you your account is either in-active or getting cancel. You can handle that situation when it happens, and with that many exchanges it will happen. You, also, don't have to be a maniac and join as many exchanges as I did. But you have to remember that joining only 15 or 20 traffic exchanges ain't going to cut it either. The best idea is to use some organizer like TrafficHoopla! or TrafficTornado!, sites devoted to helping you organize your traffic exchanges. So now you know I am crazy about traffic exchanges!

You can read more of my traffic exchange strategies in my ebook: How to Use Traffic Exchanges!

*NOTE - HAVE PATIENCE BECAUSE MY EBOOK OPENS A PDF FILE IN A NEW WINDOW

How to Use Social Networks!

2010-11-10T17:27:00.003-05:00

Building a Contact List Through Social Networks!

I have learned how to use social networks to not only meet new business associates, but, also, to meet up with old ones as well. In creating my profiles and looking for associates to network with, I have noticed an over-whelming amount of people using these communities are new to this environment and are looking for some help about what to do. Therefore, let me give a few techniques I use to build my social network's contact list. Some techniques I have learned through video training and some through trial and error, but these techniques work and will work for you, too. So let me begin!

STEP ONE - COMPLETE YOUR PROFILE

Most people upload their name and picture and then stop there...hoping a flood of people will try and get in contact with them. As with anything in life, YOU must spend the time to fill in as much information as possible (truthfully) to get the maximum benefit of the social network. Would you feel comfortable trying to do business with someone who has no information besides their picture and name...and then having the person say check out what I am offering? I wouldn't give that person the time of day. Albeit, some people are new at this and have not gotten around to filling out their profile, but it is something that is a must and should have some time dedicated for its completion. What I've learned online is that you never know who you might meet; some person could be holding the last piece of the success puzzle you are assembling or could become a life long customer, or better yet, a life long friend.

Take the time to give a description of yourself, where you are from, some info about your business, your education, hobbies and the such. Imagine you meet a business contact looking to invest money into a new product or idea, and it was because the person first noticed you read the same books or liked the same hobbies? The possibilities are endless when you've taken the time to seriously provide valuable information about yourself.

STEP TWO - ACTIVELY SEEK FRIENDS

In the event you did take the time to fill out your profile completely, your friendship level will only trickle into shape unless you actively search to network with people. That means taking some time to build your friendship base. I like to take a few hours on Saturday nights to just browse other profiles and ask for friendship. Once you are out on the networking trail, others will start to see your profile appear more often and friendship requests will start coming your way as well. It becomes a win-win situation for everyone. In this environment, power of numbers is king and builds credibility beyond belief. The more friends you have and continue to seek, the more other people will seek connection with you.

Here are some tips on how I quickly apply for friendships: I click the browse profiles link at the top of the page. I set my search criteria to find people looking for networking opportunities...this will bring me a relevant search of people I may be interested in asking for friendship. Start with the first person and right-click their link and select open in new tab. Look at the profile and see if there is a common interest. If they meet your criteria, click the 'add to contact' link; if not, then close the tab. Repeat the process. Do this once a week and your contact based will grow easily. You'll notice your friend requests are accepted and that others want to be friends with you. It works exponentially!

STEP THREE - COMMENT ON PROFILES

The next tip to speed the growth of your friendship base mixes with your time spent actively searching for connections because it follows what to do once you have made a new friendship or contact with someone (regardless of who requested the adding). It is taking the time to go to each new friend's profile page and leaving a comment. Doing this shows people you are active and are a strong candidate to help build traffic to their profile page and offer. So, doing this will bring new friend requests from your contact's friends and other people searching profiles like yours. Your contact base will grow two-fold for this time and effort. Comments don't have to be long and winded, but must be made. I like to employ the use of small quotes or positive sayings. I, rarely, add links in my comments because I want the people to click on my profile link and come connect with me at the network first. After we connect at the social network site, then they can view my offers and opportunities.

CONCLUSION – YOU NEVER KNOW

I conclude with the re-statement of 'you never know who you may meet.' You may meet someone that does the same thing you do, and it gives you more ideas that you haven't thought of before. It happened to me last week with a gentleman named Warren. I got so many ideas from his profile page and websites, I was in disbelief of not thinking of those types of strategies before … now, Warren can be sure I will be a regular visitor to his profile and as of today, he is a regular visitor of mine. And in the middle we will probably be working together on some type of online endeavor. Touché!

Copyright © 1-30-2009 Eric Smith Revised © 11-11-2010 Eric Smith

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Can You Get My Attention in 6 Seconds ... With No Sound?!

2010-10-31T16:03:00.003-04:00

The title and this post, is totally directed to the people using and promoting in free traffic exchanges. I consider myself an experienced traffic exchange user - I click every day of the week, through out the day and the night - no kidding. I've been continually clicking for the last 4 years and cannot get myself to stop ... probably because I've been making some money online for doing it ... not millions (yet) but enough to help me do other things every single month. It helps me pay for my website hosting to 2 websites, my autoresponder, and a few monthly subscriptions to my favorite traffic exchanges and other advertising websites. But, back to the basis of this post, getting my attention while I'm using the traffic exchanges. Can you do it?

I'm human like the rest of you and can't pass up a good deal when I see one. Why do you think I've spent the last 6 years chasing to the end of the rainbow to the pot of gold? If you think you can't convince old veterans into spending money on your latest online product or venture, don't be fooled by that myth. Just last week I signed up to promote another online product that cost $5 to get in (click here to see it). So, no matter how long or seasoned we may seem to be, you can still get us to stop, pay attention, and part with some cash advertising in a traffic exchange.

First, how do you think you can get my attention in 6 seconds and cause me to act?

Second, how can you do this without the aid of sound? (I surf with the sound muted)

Are you making the most of your traffic exchange advertising?

2010-07-27T12:37:00.000-04:00

To make the most of traffic exchange advertising,
it's important to use all of the tools available
to you -- including alternatives like banner and
text ads. But most people don't make the most of
traffic exchange banner advertising.

Why? Because banners are a pain in the neck to
manage. You have to set up your banners at every
traffic exchange you use, assign credits to your
campaigns, and then, just when you think you're
finished... you start using a new banner or
promoting a new program and you have to do it all
over again!

Well, I've got some great news for you! My friends
Dan Smith and Kyle Hoskins have a service that
makes managing banner ads a piece of cake!

You can put all of your banners on a single rotator --
that's right, a rotator for banner ads! -- and
get a single image URL and link URL to use in
all of your banner advertising campaigns. No more
logging in to ten traffic exchanges every time
you need to change a banner -- just log in at
Banner Keyring, change it once, and the new banner
starts rotating at every traffic exchange you use!

Banner Keyring is totally free, so you have no
excuse not to go check it out right now. Just go
sign up now, and you can be managing all of your
banner advertising in one place within minutes!

Click here to visit Banner Keyring

Best of Luck,

Eric

Simple. Fast. Without Pay.

2010-06-23T16:54:00.001-04:00

In this modern world of mass advertising and constant hard sell, I'm not surprised many consumers feel jaded.

They've been smacked left, right and center by advertisers and marketers who desperately try to shove their products down their throats. And many consumers have over the years turned a blind eye and a deaf ear to all the marketing and advertising messages that swirl around them.

Fortunately for the marketer, one effective way of getting the message across has been around for centuries – and that is marketing by trust, or in modern terms, viral marketing.

In the past, people who wanted to eat something delicious or wanted to purchase a solid, quality piece of equipment would have gone to visit a particular business based on the recommendations of friends, family, or others in general.

And guess what – this form of spreading a message virally still applies in today's context!

Click here to view my Viral Marketing Secrets

Are You Advertising into a Black Hole?

2010-06-08T11:41:00.003-04:00

Consider When To Use Your Traffic Credits!

At some traffic exchanges, you have an option to set the credit distribution to an automatic mode. This mode will automatically assign hits (clicks) to your listed websites. Therefore, I think it is best to know the time zones around North America.

For example, late one night at around 2 a.m., you decide assign credits at a few exchanges before you go to bed, a valid effort to generate traffic on your part, however, if you live in California, not many people in the United States will see your website when it is shown because of the time-zone differences. To someone in Florida, it is 5 a.m. and probably asleep. So beware of when you are clicking and assigning your credits...no one may be watching or viewing your website, or if they are they be in another country and not really understand your website.

Since I am an English speaker and live in the U.S., I concentrate on the 4 major time zones in this hemisphere (GMT-4 or Eastern Standard Time through GMT-8 or Pacific Standard Time) when releasing my traffic exchange credits, especially, during Prime Time hours - like our TV stations. Although this time frame is about 2 hours concentrated viewing from about 7 PM until 9 PM, on the Internet (to me) this viewing window is spread through the 4 zones. I start my heavy advertising at 7 PM EST (4 PM PST) until 12 AM EST (9 PM PST). This 5 hour window has always produced the most action for my splash pages.

What times or when are you most successful with your traffic exchange advertising?

We have named Rocky's new friend...

2010-05-20T13:21:00.004-04:00

After long deliberation, I've finally picked a winner for naming Rocky's new friend ... it's "Shadow!"

I chose it because it really looks like Rocky is chasing his shadow all over the place ... can you see what I mean?

Anyway, since I got the name from a member of Sweeva, I think I'll give that member some free publicity, so, stop by her profile and congratulate her for naming Shadow!!

You can see her profile by clicking the link below:

Watkinslady

Be Proud of Yourself and Your Offer!

2010-05-12T02:19:00.005-04:00

Here is my official 'two-cents' worth of advice towards the users of the new Internet phenomenon Sweeva; therefore, hello all Sweeva-holics...go home for awhile...your families miss you!!

Anyway, this is going to be very short and un-important, but I will make the suggestion none the less. So, here it starts ... the design of Sweeva is for us to actively participate with other users during the time our offer will be displayed. Thus, rendering it really important that we're around when that time does come ... Sweeva members have come to expect timely responses to any questions or site issues they want you to fix. And, it is during this process that people give out ratings on each others' pages ... in particular, the thumbs up and thumbs down rating located underneath the chat section on the right-side of the surf screen.

Although very unfair, some members choose to always vote thumbs down, just for thier kicks and grins, even though in the long run, it is disruptive to true ratings of websites or offers. Because of this little 'bump in the road,' I fight back by voting on my own site...thus, the true reason behind this post:

"DON'T FORGET TO GIVE YOUR OWN SITE A 'THUMBS UP' RATING!"

Active and engaged members routinely use this rating while surfing, continually giving out thumbs up or thumbs down ... I just didn't know how many people knew they could rate themselves, thumbs up, of course. Go on, go back and get your Sweeve on or go to where ever you came from...no more here!

Warm Regards, Eric

P.S. The fish are hungry for some food, does anyone have some old bread?

P.S.S. Does this post deserve a thumbs up? I know it got one already!!

P.S.S.S. I created a Sweeva banner for my personal promotions, and other Sweevers may use it if they'd like ... first, click the banner to open it in a new window for full-size view (it's animated), then just right-click and save it your computer:

Buckets of Banners Tutorial!

2010-04-16T21:06:00.018-04:00

By now, you know I am PRO-BANNER ADVERTISING! It has been a hidden gem for me for years because I've always created my own. However, this is not about creating banners but about creating tons of credits to use at the banner advertising website BucketsofBanners.com

BucketsofBanners is a traffic exchange for banners - not just any banners, but 468 x 60 standard that every one uses to promote on the Internet.

One of these:

While most banner advertising is for branding, if your banner is created the right way it can deliver some website traffic you've never thought about before. B.o.B. is like the icing on a cake, an extra layer of promotion for your website. While there are upgrade options available, we like to keep it simple and free. Surfing for advertising credits as a free member will give you 2 credits per view; which, really, is not big enough to really amass any credits for advertising. So, here is what I do to create fast credits at BucketsofBanners.com:

1. Join InstantSplash and find the first BucketsofBanners splash page.

2. At BucketsofBanners, find the 468x60 promotional banner in the Banner Exchange Code section (2 parts).

(part one - Banner Image: http://bucketsofbanners.com/banimg.php?rid=1032 )
(part two - TargetURL: http://bucketsofbanners.com/banlink.php?rid=1032 )

3. Join AutoSurfMyth.com

add your InstantSplash page link and set auto-credit distribution to 50%
add the BucketofBanners promotional banner (after building credits - convert to banner credits and assign.)

4. Run the AutoSurfMyth surf bar a couple of hours - watch for bonus pages (read about autosurfs in my ebook)

Setting up this system will deliver 1.5 credits per view of the InstantSplash B.o.B. splash page one. Then, you'll get 1 credit view for each banner impression. All that for just running an autosurf program ... it automatically builds your credits at bucketsofbanners. You want numbers ... how about 1,500 credits a day from the splash page and around 1,000 credits a day from the banner impression; thus, giving me about 2,500 advertising credits a day to use at BucketsofBanners, 75,000 credits a month (that's $25 worth of credits if you bought it) - all without clicking a single thing! If you had to surf at B.o.B. for 2,500 credits, it would take you 1,250 clicks at 6 seconds a click - over two hours strait clicking, nothing else! Yikes! Heck, do it the easy way!

Here are some screen shots after getting my InstantSplash link:

First at AutoSurfMyth set the auto assign to 50%:

Then, surf for a while to get credits, stop and convert.

Then assign credits to my BucketofBanners promotion.

And it delivers this to my BucketsOfBanners account:

Then I assign some credits to my autosurfmyth banner.

HERE ARE SOME OTHER RANDOM FACTS:

This way will build you referrals in the InstantSplash system automatically; then, the InstantSplash system pushes for referrals into BucketsofBanners.
Also, this will build referrals in the AutoSurfMyth exchange if you place a banner into BucketsofBanners exchange!
You can create your own banners like I do at InstantBannerCreator!

GET YOUR BANNERS ON BABY!!

Hello 'what do I call you?', ...

2010-03-30T10:54:00.002-04:00

Well ... what?

It's kind of hard to address your downline in a program when you cannot personalize your greeting; therefore, I am sometimes lost about what to write after writing the hello part. A lot of times I find other people's emails open like such:

Hello fellow marketers,
Hi guys,
Hey,

Can you see what I mean, addressed to the male gender or to no one?

Where has the language towards the female gender gone?

Did it ever start?

When I was going through technical writing classes in college, the most important point in writing was to remain gender specific or gender neutral. And, this point has been carried with me since; therefore, when I either hear people addressing a group of people, "hey guys," it drives me insane. Then, when I see others open with Hello fellow marketers or Hi guys, I'm driven even more mad.

So, how are we going to include the ladies into the conversation?

Personally, I handle this situation by greeting a group of people with a common time of day greetings, such as:

Good Morning,
Good Afternoon,
Good Evening,

In my emails, I like to use something around the actual days of the week:

Happy Tuesday to You,
Welcome to Wednesday,
T.G.I.F.

Keeping the greeting to a specific time frame eliminates the need to address the group with a gender based term, and it will make some of us older language nerds happy! Try using some gender neutral openings in your emails and greetings today and see if some long, lost forgotten ladies traveling the Internet start paying attention to you today!

What are some of the types of group email openings, or group setting greetings do you use?

Leave them in the comments below:

Are You Losing Your Internet-Riches Mind?

2010-03-29T11:46:00.004-04:00

Well, are you?

I think I loose my Internet-Riches mind at least three times a day!

In my in-box every day, there are emails from people asking me what to do next after they've signed up for multiple, multiple online money making opportunities.

What to do next?

STOP!

Stop signing up for every get rich quick website that comes across your computer screen!! If you've got a million dollars to invest in advertising all those opportunities, then go ahead, sign up, and pay the piper; but, if you don't have any money to invest in advertising, then stop wasting some of your hard-earned money on the hope of hitting it rich, acting like you're buying lottery tickets.

Personal note: I do not play the lottery because I would rather spend the dollar advertising my online opportunity to get rich, than hoping to get rich buying a chance to get rich.

If you have signed up for an online opportunity, it is in your best business interest to focus on getting it into profit. Because, once your opportunity is in profit, consistently, then you can venture out to the Internet-Riches land and pursue more gold!!

Below, I will post an email I received this morning, and the advice I gave to the individual. The name and opportunities have been changed to protect privacy.

Email received:
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Eric, I am not sure why I just saw this Email. But yes, I would like some help. This opportunity page is overwhelming to me. I have no idea where to start. I do need to make money and will be looking at some thing called that other opportunity. I have been advertising heavily with my first opportunity. If you would like to suggest a starting place for me, please do.
Thank you
JaneDoe
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End email received:

start my reply:
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Hello Jane Doe,

I'd be glad to help you!

First, it looks like you've got your hands full, and are getting fuller by the minute. My first advice is to slow down for a second and refrain from signing up for any other programs about making money online (including signing up to this opportunity) - you will get even more lost than you are now. You need to stick with one opportunity until you can, first, break-even, and, then into a profit situation before moving on. And, to do that you need to learn how to create website traffic!

I don't know what that other opportunity is, so, if you could send a website link, then I could give some advice for that one.

The first opportunity seems like a good system designed for off-line businesses to start using your on-line product to increase their productivity. Also, your first opportunity is focused in your local area. Since, you are invested here, let's work on this one. This is what I would do to get people to your affiliate link (do you know what your affiliate link is?).

google search for the term "local area free classified ads" and post your link to as many of those places as possible.
business cards with your affiliate link on it: (a) drop them everywhere - seriously, I drop cards on benches, bathrooms, on drive ways, and every place I go out to eat. (b) give them away to everyone - I give cards to mail people, ups drivers, grass-cutters in my neighborhood, guys fixing my car, and servers at restaurants. When you give cards to someone, don't say anything but take a look, my website will explain everything for me. Never Explain Your Business! If they won't go because you won't explain, say o.k., keep it mind or give it to someone else - then, end the conversation about your business. Leave it in the back of their minds and on their conscious, not yours - you did your part (Sousa Method).
take your affiliate link and put it in the places listed on my website - http://erixonline.ws
contact me if you need more help

Have a Great Day JaneDoe!

Warm Regards,

Eric
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End my reply:

The whole point of my email was to STOP them from signing up to any more money making programs. No more. The person has invested money into a yearly program, and should learn what to do to break even. And, the first step to do that requires the person to learn to ignore all the other opportunities, period. Exclamation Point! Why? Because, if the person can't fulfill the obligations of the first opportunity, how can they fulfill the obligations of the next one? Slow down. You can't skip any steps to the land of Internet-Riches. Buying an opportunity, only, will not make you rich.

Do You Super Surf?!

2010-03-03T15:29:00.000-05:00

I guess this blog is turning toward the things I experience as a traffic exchange user. Since I use exchanges on a daily basis, I mean everyday, because my Internet browser loads with TrafficSwarm. I do this because I know I'll surf a few pages there everyday and it keeps my free account loaded with about 100 credits. I, usually, do this while I'm loading everything I use to advertise my daily routine. By the time I'm set up, I've got my TS account back to over 100. That site is set for the day in a few minutes. But that is not what peaked my interest to write about today. What did peak my interest was the amount of super surfs running around the traffic exchange world lately. It all seemed to start with the big guys traffic-splash, ilovehits,dragonsurf, startxchange, and their revolving guest, which currently is SWAT Traffic. Total over-all membership of this big SS is around 300,000 people. After about six or seven months of this technique coming into the market, every traffic exchange owner in the world tried to mesh with some other exchange to form a super surf for its members. It was a mass attack of the owners on us complacent users!

So if you are a traffic exchange user, are you super surfing your efforts?!

Since I've already mentioned the biggest and original super surf, let me introduce a few other types of super surfs I use every day. Since I have a goal to become the #1 referrer at my friend Jose's traffic exchange AimHighTraffic, I use his exchange which is involved in a 3-Way super surf with HardRockHits and TipTopTraffic. The main player in this 3-way is tiptop's owner Thom because his exchange is the center of the system and 2 other smaller exchanges link up with his to build all of their bases...better for all of us users. Through Thom's site, you could virtually link up with over 50 other 3-ways involving tiptoptraffic. The advantage of this particular 3-way has to do with my affiliation with Jose and the hard work he puts into building his traffic exchange. Customer service from both him and Thom are out of this world. Totally, over-all membership of this super surf is around 10,000 people ... well worth your effort to have your site in there because you get a 20% credit bonus on your surfing.

Next, I use a very simple super surf from TopTierTraffic and it's mother site WebBizInsider. This is just a simple two-way super surf because the owners of the sites are the same person, Matthew Graves. This has to be one of my favorite set ups because his exchanges are so straight forward, and you know exactly what you get. The other added plus is you can average at least 50 free credits a day at WBI and 10 free credits a day from TTT just from the emails Matthew sends out every morning. So before even really surfing a single site, you've got over 60 free credits, plus, now, you've got a 20% credit bonus surfing his sites at the same time. In total, over-all membership between the 2 sites is well over 180,000 people; however, since he owns both and there is definite over lap, I'd say probably around 160,000 members strong on this 2-way super surf.

So in total, the first two super surfs involve 8 traffic exchanges but I'm not done yet. Into the scene comes a super fast, super surf called the Power Surf Central regulated through HitSafari with RealHitz4u, and Soaring4Traffic. What I really like about this 3-way is the set up of the surf bars. All stay the same, with the pictures to click all in the same spot ... never changing, so you don't have to move the mouse all over the screen trying to surf fast. Also, there is only one banner showing on the surf bar so it is a very clear, clean experience surfing these 3 traffic exchanges. These owners put a lot of thought towards the user when designing this one.

The final super surf I'm involved with really isn't a super surf at all. What it is is a traffic exchange combine. A large group of traffic exchanges group together to show each others member's websites. Thus, and what I do is, is surf one exchange and my site is rotated through all of the other exchanges. And, what is cool is that you only use credits when it is being shown at the site you are a member of, in this case, I am a member of Pegasus Traffic. I surf there and my website is shown through out the Opt-in Combine system ... way cool for me. The final bonus of Pegasus is it offers all of its members a free banner creator in the back office. Over all, this one has its real advantages ever for lack of a huge membership base at one exchange itself. Multiply it with a few hundred other sites all rotating your site from one membership, very cool indeed.

To conclude, using these 4 super surfs entails me being a part of 12 traffic exchanges. There are a few others I like to surf daily, so in all, I use at least 15 traffic exchanges through out the day. Depending on my mood, some super surfs are used more than others; however, I do use all 4 super surfs at least 4 times a week. So imagine this, once I adjust my credits per day CAP, I have around 6,000 hits to my sites coming from 15 different locations. So if you utilize the tools the traffic exchange owners are giving us, we can gain tons of traffic to our sites!

How many have you posted?

2010-02-20T20:51:00.000-05:00

How many 'first-time' blog entries have you posted?

Just for the fun of it, I decided to start this blog off and ponder the question of how many 'first-time' blog posts I have created over the years. I am not talking about just the blog posts of old blogs created, deleted, or abandoned, but also the posts in blogs created in all the social networking sites and the such. Just to count a few off the top of my head ... at least 4 first-time posts of deleted blogs, 6 social network sites, and 2 current blogs; all said and done, that makes at least 12 first-time posts in blogs.

WOW!

If all of these original posts were still running, that would be a lot of writing going on. I would not have time to do anything other than write ... thank goodness for the delete button! As a side note, if you are ever going to delete a blog, make sure you save all of the work you put into it. I copy and paste every article or post and save it to my computer. First, I create a content folder on the desktop of my computer, then any and everything I write, finished or not, I save in this folder. I've re-posted many articles I've written in many places, so it is good to save you work off the Internet and on to your hard-drive of your computer.

One thing I try to do with my blogs is to have each one have it's own theme or content style. My other true blog right now is for cooking called 'What He Cooks: A Chef's Kitchen at Home!' where I only write about my hobby of cooking. I was previously a professional Japanese Teppan-yaki Chef for 12 years, and I've learned a lot of things; I, also, fight in the kitchen with my wife and put it on display, too. Another example is my blog at myspace.com called Poetic Unjust and, of course, I only post the poetry I create. And, for a final example is my blog at Yuwie.com called Comment Graphics, in which I only post graphics I've created to leave comments on people's pages in social networks.

As you can see, finding material for 'first-time' posts or 'anytime' posts is rather easy to do if you determine a singe theme or idea of what information you want to give out on your blog. If you've picked a theme based on a skill, hobby, or passion you have, then writing content for a blog is easy to do. So bear with me about this blog, I am still just playing with the layout.