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Ad Swaps, Solo Ads and Mailing Lists... BEWARE!
Atkin Harrell on 08/09/2015 at 2:18am (UTC) | | | Many people have discovered they can build a business selling ads in the form of mailings if they have a good size list to offer.
At first glance, this seems to be a great way to build traffic; pay a little money get a guru to do a mailing for you to their list.
You can make money selling your products and even grow your own mailing list at the same time.
Brilliant!
While this is very possible, beware. Here are the caveats:
Scam #1 - Freebie Lists
You will probably see clicks and signups but many of these scammers build huge lists of freebie seekers (lowest class of marketing segment) and then resell these "Solo Ads" to people. They promise so many open clicks for your email and usually you can get some sign ups too. The problem is that the real value is to a marketer's BUYER list. It is easy to get freebie seekers to sign up but many of these people will not buy anything.
Scam #2 - All Signups From One Place
Be careful with deals from overseas areas. You will get sign ups to your offer but they are all seem to be from one place! More than likely the people you just signed up are sitting in "overseas sweat shops" and are paid a few pennies every time they join a list or do something related to this.
Be wary of overseas list sharing or paid ads and if you see signups coming all from one IP address or geographical location, odds are you have been had and never do business with these people again.
This has become big business and unsuspecting marketers, even the big names, fall for this scam all the time! The scammers are getting better with this scam as they are using software that rotates their IP's or multiple proxies to cover their tracks.
If you do decide to try this make sure you do your homework on who is selling / swapping a list to. Look for reviews and reputable places where other marketers have reported on the success of the list they ran their ad with.
Good marketers will make this information available if they are selling ads.
If you get a reputable ad swap or buy keep in mind that you should consider removing the double opt in.
I realize some people will say this is a risk when it comes to the spam laws but the double opt in will greatly reduce your sign ups during the ad run.
Also make sure your offer for your mailing list is a really GOOD offer. It should be a good product or service that has real value.
Another factor to watch is your opt outs. If you get sign ups then a few days or week later you get a bunch of un-subscribers, either your offer sucks or again you have been taken to the cleaners.
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The TOP All Time Traffic Scams - Traffic Exchanges
Atkin Harrell on 08/09/2015 at 2:17am (UTC) | | | f you ever wanted to be a hamster on a wheel then feel free to join one of the many traffic exchanges that exist online.
What amazes me is that many people still love traffic exchanges despite the fact that very little of their traffic ever converts into anything of value.
Exchanges look flashy, colorful and it always appears like there is a whole lot going on from a marketing perspective that can benefit you.
I have seen people devoting hours each day "clicking" like mad to earn credits and what is equally ridiculous about this is that on the other side of the computer are equally desperate marketers clicking as fast as they can to do the same.
Many of the top exchanges even have incorporated a social aspect and other related MLM like services to keep you interested and yes, clicking like crazy; OR investing your money to sell your site views to others who are frantically clicking.
The problem is, NOBODY is actually LOOKING at anyone else's offers and the truth is these services are only great if you OWN the traffic exchange.
While traffic exchanges can and do send traffic to your site(s) most people discredit the psychology behind what makes traffic exchanges tick.
People believe that they are getting good quality traffic and earning visits by clicking and visiting other sites; yet most people are clicking like mad and never STOP look or engage ANY of the ads / sites that are displayed because there is no incentive to do so!
The few marketers that understand this make sure their site IMMEDIATELY GRABS the attention of visitors because you have just a few seconds to say something that will break the "clicking trance" most people are under.
Traffic exchanges work well by taking advantage of newbie's. They are duped to buying traffic, signing up to lots of offers and eventually they come to the realization that NOBODY CARES about their site(s)!
Why?
People will leave as soon as the timer allows them to (clicks are timer driven so you must stay on the current site for at least a few seconds, but the name of the game is to rack up lots of credits, so that is what people do).
If you doubt this give it a try and look at your logs for traffic stats and see how long the typical visitor from a traffic exchange stays on your site.
I guarantee you, 99 f the time; it's no longer than the timer on the exchange.
Anyone who has been on a traffic exchange for any length of time eventually figures out that this kind of traffic usually does not work to converting buyers, at least not directly. Most marketers use splash or squeeze pages and offer something to try to entice people to opt in to their offer.
Where is the REAL gold? Additional TRAFFIC offers! Think about it. Why are people on the exchange in the first place? They want traffic to their sites. So what is a good way to work the traffic sites? Make a page that promotes the exchanges with your referral ID. Here is a good example of leveraging multiple sites and rankings (cleverly disguised) this has referral ID's in each of the major traffic exchanges in it.
Since most people in a traffic exchange are curious about other ones, this works well to drive sign ups and eventually make you money and more traffic credits. You can run this page on multiple sites as well and benefit from the people looking for more traffic exchanges:
Bottom Line?
If you love traffic exchanges then find a way to sell traffic, refer other exchanges or just buy your own traffic exchange.
At least you will have a captive audience to market your clicks and other related offers to. This is the real and only reason traffic exchanges exist regardless of the crap you are told.
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The REAL TRUTH About Gurus
Atkin Harrell on 08/09/2015 at 2:16am (UTC) | | | Most marketers are lost in the fog of information overload. Because of this, they eventually are lured by a guru claiming to have all the answers to their marketing woes.
The guru also promises you can make a fortune by just following their advice.
Of course that advice comes with a hefty price tag.
So what is the truth? It is a land of smoke and mirrors, a carnival of lies that is directed at you for the sole purpose of taking your MONEY
Don't kid yourself here. Most gurus want to turn YOU into their affiliate machine, recurring ATM and USE YOU for their traffic regardless of what most promise to teach you.
Some gurus are actually SETTING YOU UP TO FAIL! They know that the MORE you fail, the more you will SPEND out of sheer frustration.
You will be given just enough information to get your interest up and then you will be asked to spend more money on the latest shiny fad the guru has.
Yet the REAL TRUTH is that many of these gurus laugh at you as being too stupid to know any better.
How Do I Know This?
Recently I attended an internet marketing seminar and actually heard some of the biggest names (you would recognize) discuss the best ways to relieve you of your money and return little or no value.
I actually heard someone say this: "Sucker punch them with a new lifestyle, dazzle them with ideas and dreams that you and I know they will never achieve, make them believe in all of this and then go for the juggler and wallet!"
Yes, YOU are being LIED TO by most of the top gurus.
I wanted you to really let this sink in because until you get this you will spend more money than a drunken sailor on leave in a foreign port.
The Same Is True Of Most Of The "Free Traffic Generation" Gurus
The gurus love the traffic niche as it appeals to almost everybody who wants to make a living online. Incidentally, people who do not understand how to generate traffic are usually clueless about marketing strategies.
Newbie's are the guru's favorite target . . .
Some of these gurus were well intentioned (at one point) and had great ideas for building traffic but they learned it was just easier to resell crappy traffic, almost worthless programs for making traffic and marketing courses for unsuspecting folks for easy money.
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