Living & Learning IM

Reviewing Traffic Exchanges ???

Some time ago a colleague was considering starting a serious
campaign using several traffic exchanges to promote a new
internet business in a niche he had researched thoroughly.

After checking several TEs he settled on 5 to test. He predetermined
that he would use all of them for 90 days. He "bribed" his 13 year old daughter to do most of the surfing! He also took advantage of the
offers to purchase packages of credits that were offered when starting
a new account with each of the TEs (sound familiar?).

He started all TEs on the same day........

I was very interested in how this "test" would turn out because both
he and I have been in the IM industry for a few years and had tried
TEs on very limited efforts before. The big difference here was that
after 45 days he UPGRADED in all 5 TEs! Cost: approximately $200.00.

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Summary: Not good! First 45 days, - a very weak response. Second
45 days, about 20% better. Dollar wise, he netted approximately
$365.00. Very disappointing! (...for a LOT of surfing)

WHY? Well it could because of several factors. He had adjusted the
text in his adds. He had timed some of the releases as to when the ads would run, - he checked his hit counters regularly, - but the month
was May (summer time was not the best season), - maybe his niche was
not as good as indicated in his research.

So promotion/advertising is still a gamble and usually no where near as
good as "advertised" by those promoting a certain advertising method.

Due Diligence is still "The Order of The Day"!
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by Dick Morrison http://www.2nd-incomz.com
Maybe you should take another look/consideration about this.

PS For More Traffic:
http://www.leadsleap.com/blog/seo-after-penguin-update/?r=diger4