Why You Need A Squeeze Page

Step It Up With A Squeeze Page

In the last post I talked about Kreating a splash Page .Splash pages are a great way to advertise in traffic exchanges since they are fast loading and much more attention grabbing then most long  (or even short) sales pages.

If I were to list the possible pages you could use in order from least effective to most effective the list would look like

4. Direct sales page or affiliate link

3. Site provided splash page

2. Unique Splash Page

1. Squeeze Page

Now a squeeze page is just like a splash page, it should be short to the point and attention grabbing. The big difference between the two though is  that a splash page will have a call to action like “click Here For More information”

A squeeze page will instead have an opt-in form on it and ask for a name and email in exchange for the information.

So why use a squeeze page?

Ok lets use an example. Lets say you are promoting “awesome juice” ( just a made up product but wouldn’t surprise me if such a thing exists)

Now if you are promoting your affiliate link and assign 1000 credits that means your affiliate link was shown 1000 times. That may sound good but if there 100 other affiliates also promoting the same page with their affiliate ID attached the chances that some one will join from your link instead of someones else  is greatly reduced.

At best you have a 1 in 100 chance that its going to be your link.

But whats even worse is that after seeing the ad so many times most members are going to become “blind” to it, meaning they have seen it so many times they dont even pay any attention to it at all.

Now if “Awesome Juice” provides a splash page that you can use, by all means use it its going to stand out from all the other members that are using just the affiliate link. It also will break through the blindness for a bit and if some one clicks on it for more information then chances are they are going to take the time to look it over and see what its about.

Now you wont get all 1000 members viewing the sales page but thats OK because when they click on your splash page its going to open the sales page in a new window where they can focus more on the sales page, and as long as the sales page is converting should convert much better than taking a lottery aproach of just putting the sales page in and hoping some one joins from your link.

Now the problem with this is that there are going to be other members that do this too.

So you are still competeing for attention from the same members using the same ads . Even though the ads do work better your still sharing with all the other members using the same ad.

To totally eliminate this issue you should create your own custom splash page so its unique to only you. And it will increase the clicks you get.

But.. If you put an optin on the page and make it a squeeze page. Instead of getting that click and sales page open in a new window.

You get their email address first, then you can send them to the sales page. Then on top of that you can send them a serries of emails telling about how awesome “Awesome Juice” is

And if they still dont sign up for Awesome Juice with you, maybe you can send them an email about how you promote Awesome Juice and recommend some tools for them (using your affiliate link)

So now instead of showing them the sales page just once you can show it to them several times, tell them about how cool er I mean awesome it is, and even recommend other products.

And this is all just because you changed your splash page into a squeeze page.

Kreating A Splash For Traffic Exchanges

How to Get Noticed on Traffic Exchanges

In the last post we discussed getting noticed or how to stand out when using a free traffic exchange , and I said you should be using a splash page.

This is so that you stand out from others, and so you grab the attention of the members that are surfing traffic exchanges.

Now more and more sites and programs are providing their members ready made splash pages to use on traffic exchanges. These are much better to use than an affiliate link directly to the sales page but it isnt the best way.

That is because every one in the traffic exchanges are going to be using the same one, so after a while it is not going to stand out.

So if you really want to stand out from the other splash pages you are going to have to make your own.

Now if you are experienced in HTML, CSS, and graphics design then Im sure that sounds easy enough to you.

But if you are like most us on the traffic exchanges thats not the case.But have no fear for we have…

Tools For Traffic Exchanges

Ok well we are talking about getting free traffic so it would only make sense I tell you about  free tools.

There are a few free and paid splash page makers available out there but by far I think the best one (and yes its even free) is AdKreator.

This nifty site will allow you to create a splash page using their pre-formatted templates, add graphics and customize them with any text you could ever want. And then they also host the page for you so you dont even need your own hosting account.

I could spend all day talking about how great AdKreator is and how to use it but it would be easier to just show you a video William Brant made:

Using it in Traffic Exchanges

Adkreator has plenty of training inside to tell you how to use it and how to make splash pages.

But what we need to look at now is how do we use it for traffic exchanges?

Remember you are a rock star so get your name and picture on there. Don’t be shy.

Also use bright colors even contrasting ugly colors if you so choose, what ever you deside it needs to stand out. You are not looking to create something that every one looks at and says oh that looks nice.

Your main goal is to grab attention so dont be afraid to do things different.

Aside from just the look, you are going to need an attention grabbing headline. Something that grabs everyone and pulls them into the page.

Think about your audience, the people viewing your splash page are going to be people using traffic exchanges, so take a bit of time and think of what other members may want.

Then use that in your headline, one great one is “turn your credits into cash” try to think of a way to turn your product or list into a headline along those lines.

And the last thing you need is a clear call to action. Be sure to tell the person looking at your splash page exactly what you want them to do. “Click Here And Join” you may know exactly what you wany people visiting the page to do but unless you put it on there they may not so again don’t be shy dont ask for anything tell them exactly what you want them to do.

This may all sound almost too easy, all you need is a attention grabbing page with a good headline and then tell people what to do, but really its that simple to get results in traffic exchanges, there are a few more things you can do to improve on this and we will get into those next time, but for now get into Adkreator and start messing around and building a splash page.

Using A Free Traffic Exchange

Let’s Get Started Using A Free Traffic Exchange.

Ok so I mentioned it earlier but just to be sure the point gets across I do not recommend auto-surf exchanges.

Instead I strongly recommend using a manual surf free traffic exchange. This way there is some one there at the site when your page is shown.

Notice I say that there is some one there when your page is shown, that doesn’t mean they are paying attention to your site.

I would like to be3 able to say that their undivided attention is given to your page but realistically I know they are doing other things, they may be surfing more than one site at a time reading emails catching up on celebrity gossip, or who knows what else.

Now by those standards it may sound like no one is viewing your pages.

A Free Traffic Exchange will send you real visitors.

But they are, and they have to look at the page even if just for a few seconds to determine what image or word or whatever they need to click to get to the next site and earn a credit.

Luckily for you though that is all you need is just a brief glance, this is where you are going to shine and where you can get better results than 90% of other members that are surfing.

Let me explain..

You know that you only have a brief moment, so you, being the wise and crafty marketer that you are, are going to use a page that demands attention.

A page that is going to stand out on a free traffic exchange and draw members eyeballs to your page.

You are going to use a splash page.

Now if you surf for any amount of time you will see that most other members are using long sales letters or some are using splash pages but they are the ones that were provided by the program they are promoting.

But not you right?

That’s right because you are a rock star and you know how to demand peoples attention so you are going to create your own splash page and you are going to make it stand out and make free traffic exchange members say WOW, I want more information.

So how do you create a page like this?

I’ll show you in the next post until then keep on rocking, and using free traffic exchanges

Setting Up Your Free Traffic System

So here we are , you are ready to go and start driving traffic now right? You have The Rockstar mentality, you know where you can get free traffic so now its time to start sending it!

So where are you going to send it?

Is it to your own site, an affiliate product, a membership site?

Well if you aren’t the owner of those sites or the product ( or even if you are) just sending traffic to a sales page is a waste of traffic.

That is unless you have a system in place.

What do I mean by a system? I mean some way to automate the site you are sending people to.

You should be capturing peoples email addresses, if you want to send them directly to a sales page then put some type of exit pop up on it or some way to try and get their name and email address before they leave.

To do this you will need an autoresponder account of some kind and a follow up serries of emails that will be sent to people when they join your list.

This way when people come to your site if they don’t buy you can follow up with them tell them more about your product or services.

This could easily go off into the importance of effective list building and how to manage a proper list but thats not what we are talking about in this post so if you want some great listbuilding strategies I would recommend checking out 13 Deadly Listbuilding Tragedies.

OK so now we are really all set, we have everything ready to go and are ready to start sending free website traffic to our sites so in our next post we will talk about effectively using a manual traffic exchange

Your Free Traffic Gig

Ok so are you ready to rock?

If you are and you have the mind set that you are going out there and be a rockstar then you are already ahead of the crowd.

Speaking of crowds, your going to need one to perform in front of.

And you just dont want any crowd do you? You want to be in front of the biggest loudest most engaged crowd you can find.

So where do you go? Where is that big crowd of people hanging out that you can put your advertisments in front of?

Where can you get free traffic to your website?

As you may have guessed, we like traffic exchanges around here. And yes that is one great source of no or low cost traffic.

There are a few others out there as well and we will get into them all in up coming posts.

Let me just throw a couple of them out there for you now and we can go into more details about each one and how you should best prepair for each one too.

You wouldn’t prep for a concert in a night club the same you would for a headlining stadium concert would you? And preparing for these different traffic venues is the same.

Traffic Exchanges – These are basically a co-op between all the members where everyone agrees, that they will look at your site if you look at theirs.

Safelists – This is similar to a traffic exchange except you agree to read peoples emails and they will read yours. These lost their effectiveness for a while but with the invent of credit based safelist they have once again become a great way to increase web traffic.

Forums – Forums are great for getting in front of people that are all interested in similar topics. Its also great way to see what people are looking for or what problems they need a solution to. And if used correctly they are great source of free traffic.

Blogging – Well if your reading this post right now,and you weren’t paid to do so….     see blogging can get you free traffic, cool huh?

Article/Bum Marketing – Writing and submitting articles to article directories and ezines. This builds your back links and can send people to your sites.

These are mostly the big ones you will see people talking about when the topic of free traffic generation comes up and the reason is because they are effective, there are still many others too but we will explore them later.

Thats all for now but I will be back soon to help you get your pre-show attire ready.

Are You Ready To Be A Rock Star?

OK I mentioned that I was going to tell you ways to stand out among the thousands of users online surfing traffic exchanges. There are a bunch of tricks up these sleeves, but before we get the them lets get this first hurdle out of the way.

There are literally thousands of members surfing the exchanges every day. They are all trying to find traffic and they are all trying to sell something, and they are your audience.

Now think of the traffic exchange as your stage.

The TE owner is the promoter, they are in charge of filling the audience, getting everyone through the gates and waiting excitedly to see your act.

The crowd is full but no faces or names really stand out, yes there are some out there with big groups of friends, friends that call them surfer123 or hotrod321 or maybe even by their real name but outside that circle inside that crowd no one knows them.

They are all there for the same reason, they came to see the star.

Are you that star? Are you going to walk out on stage and have your circle of friends clapping and cheering while every one else looks on, or is the entire audienc going to take notice?

A rock star would run out on stage make themselves known, they would use their name or bands name. They would grab the mic and yell and scream untill every one there knew who they were and why they were there.

They would take the opportunity while they were on stage to show off what they can do, to show off their talent and hope you liked enough to go home and talk about it, to tell your friends.

Are you ready to do that?

Are you ready to run out onto your stage and tell everyone who you are, what you are going to do n and show them your tallent?

Or are you going to hide behind your username and try to blend into the audience?

When you are ready to be the rock star , ready to go out there and put the spotlight on yourself, and scream and yell then you are ready to be successful online.

At the end of the day no one is going to know who was in the audience but everyone will remember and talk about the rock star on stage.

TE Command Post Launched – Traffic Exchanges Changed Forever!

OK so I said the next post was going to be all about getting peoples attention and standing out.

But that was before TE Command Post was launched. We will get back on to the topic of standing out and getting attention but this new tool will save you so much time and frustration as a surfer that I just had to wrote about it.

Want to see how it will save you time? Check out this video that William Brant Posted on You Tube  yesterday

How much time do you think this will save you? Not convinced yet? Mike Paetzold also posted a video about how it saves him time too.

Ok so what do you think? TE Command Post is not just a time saver, its a life saver for any Traffic Exchange enthusiast.

And that is just cracking the surface. It is a traffic exchange downline builder like no other. Most downline builders are biased in some way either they have strict guidlines for allowing sites in, or they are hand picked by the owner.

TEcommandpost is different though.

Any traffic exchange owner that wants to have their site listed can. So if you happen to join and your favorite exchange isnt listed send the owner a note and see if they want to add it.

This can be huge for a lot of smaller exchanges out there to get their sites listed along side all the bigger exchanges that normally dominate all the other downline builders.

This is a game changing program in the traffic exchange community, Kudos goes to Paul Kinder and Scott Martin for this great innovation.

Manual Traffic Exchanges Vs. Auto Exchange

In the world of ever increasing computer technology the trend is to try and automate as many tasks as you can.  I mean who wants to do a simple repetitive thing if a computer can do it for you. Most of the times computers can do it faster and more accurately then a human can any way, free us up to do more enjoyable and meaningful tasks.

With this in mind its no wonder that the autosurf exchange was born. Why sit there and click on link after link to view other members pages when you could just sit back and relax and let the computer do it?

Well in my last post manual traffic exchanges were described as a basic co operative site where I look at your site and in return you look at my site.

So now with an autosurf I just don’t have to click to go to the next site. In fact if I have to get up and stretch or use the restroom The sites will still be shown even if I’m not there watching. Well hmm now that I think about it, instead of using the computer to surf during the day when I have other things I should be doing, I could get my work done and then before I get off the computer for the day open up a couple of tabs and let the auto exchanges run, while I go have dinner play with the kids watch some TV with the wife and even while I sleep.

This is the internet dream isn’t it?

I just push the button and go off and live my life while my computer does all the work for me and drives thousands of hits to my site every day.

Sorry to break the news to you… but it is just that , a dream.

You see if you are off living your life while the computer is off surfing for you, you are not viewing any bodies pages. If your not seeing other peoples sites you can’t join them or fill in an opt in form to get more information or anything like that.

Most of the times you will come back to the computer and you will see that its not surfing for you any more anyway because some site that was in rotation stopped the exchange from moving forward or even worse your computer is now infected with several viruses from sites that have come and gone in your absence.

That’s not even the point I was trying to make though, remember the core idea behind the traffic exchange was that you look at my page and I look at yours.

But you didn’t look at any of my pages you were off watching the season finally of your favorite show.

Guess what, I love that show too, I was off watching it as well along with everyone else, so who was it that saw your sites?

Some one had to have right? I mean your hit counter says during the last two hours there were hundreds of hits to your site right?

If it wasn’t me , and it wasn’t you, there had to be someone….

Oh wait thats right the computers did it for us we didn’t even have to be there, And since we weren’t there, we never saw any of the sites and so no one ever joined. No one ever filled in the opt in form or even clicked on a link on our pages because no one was there.

So unless your dream was to sell bandwidth to a bunch of computers that are constantly running, its not coming true.

That is where the manual traffic exchange comes back into play.

It is the owners of these sites that bring in new members that will be there to look at your site. It is their job to put anti cheat protection in and what ever they can do to make sure there is actually a person there looking at your site , and that you are there looking at theirs.

All you need to do is do exactly what you joined the traffic exchange to do look at other peoples sites so they will look at yours. There are some tips and tricks I have for you that will show you how to get those other surfers paying close attention to your ads. How you can make them remember you and click on your links. Stay tuned for the next post that will start going into some of these ways.

Using Manual traffic Exchanges To Increase Web Traffic

The idea of traffic exchanges is not new. There have been many forms of it in the past and continues to be new twists and innovations in it as the years go by.

The concept is simple, you look at my site and I will look at yours.

There have been attempts to make this an automated proccess but that just makes the idea no longer work. Since you no longer have to actually look at my site and I don’t have to look at yours.

This is why the manual traffic exchange still remains. It is the perfect implementation of the traffic exchange concept.

There are those that do still try to game the system and get their page views automated but a good traffic exchange admin along with a properly updated traffic exchange script will combat this.

So how do you increase your web traffic using one of these ad exchanges?

The process varies depending on the site but the basis is the same.

You join a free traffic generating program such as Traffic-Splash and enter the members area.

There is normally an option to upgrade to a pro or paid account which will get you more visitors to your sites.

Once within the members area of the site you can then add the URL of the site you wish to generate more traffic to.

Be sure to check the sites Terms of Service to make sure the link you are adding will be allowed.

Now that your site has been added you need to assign some credits to it so it will be shown to others.

Another way to think of credits is to consider them site views , for every one credit your site will be seen one time.

There are some variations and some sites my charge more than one credit but the idea is the same.

Now in order to earn credits you will have to do one of several things.

1. You can “Surf” for them. This is where others will see your site and this is how you can view theirs. THis is the best way if you have the time to put into it but not the money, this way you are exchangeing your time for other members time.

2. You can buy them, if you are short on time or earn more per hour than you can generate surfing for an hour than buying credits is a verry fast and easy way. In this case you are exchangeing money for other peoples time.

3. You can earn it. Sites are different buy most have other types of traffic tools to help you generate credits. Some have a banner exchange or text link exchange that you can earn by showing on your websites.

Most also have some type referral system that rewards you for telling others about the site by giving you credits and or commissions .

This is just a basic run down of the manual traffic exchange concept. As you read you may think that it is not a perfect system, or heard others say that these methods of traffic generation are not the best.

In the next post I will talk about some of things you may have heard before and show you how to avoid them and not only get great free traffic from the exchanges but also how you can tap into some of the hidden gems that they hold .

Welcome To Traffic-Exchange.Net

Welcome to Traffic Exchange dot Net, your home for all things traffic exchange related. Over the coming days, month’s and yes years, we will be explaining all there is to know about exchangeing traffic with others to increase web traffic.

Traffic-Exchange.net will cover everything you need to know about generating visitors to your websites, building lists, and more importantly what to do to convert that traffic into sales.

Generating website traffic is easier than a lot of people out there will lead you to believe and we are here to set the record straight.

Now we aren’t saying there is no work involved in driving website traffic, but we will make it simple and easy with the tips, tricks, and strategies that we will reveal for you.

We will share some of our best traffic tools, some that you have probably tried and dismissed such as manual traffic exchanges, which depending on your niche, can be  one of the best sources of targeted website visitors you can find.

Yep you read that right, manual traffic exchanges can provide you with highly targeted visitors.

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