When traffic exchanges first began they were primarily used by people who owned their own websites, so there were very few duplicate sites and great variety.  As exchanges became more popular to the masses of people promoting affiliate programs, variety was quickly replaced with duplication and boredom.

Flat out, looking at hundreds of the same advertising messages over and over again causes people to lose interest.

Television, radio, newspaper and magazine advertisers all get this but it seems few members of traffic exchanges do.  I’m sure you’ve noticed that the ads you read, hear and/or see are periodically changed to grab and keep the advertiser’s message in your mind.

Most companies don’t have thousands of other people advertising their products for them so, while you may see or hear their advertising message over and over, you rarely see or hear them back to back, and their messages are usually intermixed with other things that hold interest.

A huge contributor to people not paying attention to the sites rotating in an exchange is that the members are lazy with their advertising.  The most frequent thing done by the majority of people using traffic exchanges is to use the same company provided affiliate pages that hundreds of other people are also using.

Fact is, many traffic exchange members contribute to their own poor results by not taking the time to make sure their advertising message is unique and stands out from the crowd.

Some members further contribute to their failure by not properly observing who their target audience is, and then trying to meet their wants or needs.  This frequently results in people advertising things that are doomed to failure from the start because few exchange members are interested in what they are offering.

Don’t be lazy with your advertising.  Make sure your message stands out, grabs attention, and is unique, and then keep it fresh in the minds of your audience by changing it frequently.

It is time to take responsibility for your results and that means learning and putting to action those things that make a difference.  If you want to change your results, STOP advertising the same affiliate pages that everyone else.  Either take the time to make your own splash pages or lead capture pages, or hire it done.  There are lots of great services that will make them for you, and plenty of online services that let you do it yourself as simple as 1, 2, 3.

By doing so you will have done your part to keep variety in the exchanges you use and the more people who do this will ultimately end with better results for everyone.

Are YOU making traffic exchanges boring?

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You cannot simply surf and surf, ignoring everything you see, seeking only to gain traffic for yourself and expect others to behave differently.

If you are the type of person who surfs and never pays attention to what you’re viewing… who never signs up for or purchases anything… you are doing a disservice to other traffic exchange members, and a disservice to yourself too.

To gain the full benefit of using a traffic exchange, it is necessary to pay attention to and learn from what others are doing at a traffic exchange. You can improve your own results by paying attention to what others are advertising, how they are advertising, and what tools they are utilizing.

You should be watching for what catches your eye… what grabs your attention… what tempts you to or actually gets you to join or purchase. Take ideas from the use of titles, colors, and wording and use these in ways to improve your own advertising.

Please don’t plagiarize the exact usage but use things to perfect and test new ideas of your own that can greatly improve the reaction you get to your own advertising.

Try to be objective in your observations too. For instance, don’t automatically discount something being used by someone else simply because you don’t like it personally. A good example of this is audio.

Often, traffic exchange members express that they don’t like audio. Some even say they won’t purchase or signup for anything that starts audio automatically. However, it’s been proven time and time again, that simply adding an appropriate audio to a splash page or squeeze page, often greatly increases the conversion rate (number of sales or signups) of that page.

If you know that fact, as an advertiser, would you worry more about the few people that won’t like your advertisement because it has audio on it or the many more who will respond to it? Your answer had better be the later of the two or you might as well give up.

And finally, watch for products and services that might help you improve your own results, or that might offer more opportunity than what you’re promoting now. Don’t be constantly jumping from one thing to another, but be watchful of trends and changes in the industry. Watch for things that might stimulate ideas of your own.

And, be on the lookout for the better “mouse trap” — paying attention might help you pickup on when things are shifting or when a new idea is first being introduced. Sometimes, your timing and ability to recognize such things can make a significant difference to your financial success.

Keep in mind that if you want to change your success online using traffic exchanges it begins with you. You have to stop being passive, just letting things happen to you. You need to take an active part in making your success happen.

Just throwing a web page out there and driving traffic to it isn’t going to do it.  You need to learn how to get the most out of the traffic you drive to those pages.  How to make those pages convert to signups or sales.  You need to learn about list building.  You need to track and perfect your results.

There are many people who are successfully marketing on traffic exchanges… making six-figure incomes… are you?

What income are you making?

Are you making more than you’re spending?

How long have you been doing that?

If you aren’t making money and you’ve been at it for 6 months or more, perhaps it’s time to start listening to those who are.

I know it’s cliché but it’s also very true… its time to stop doing the same old thing you’ve always done and expecting a different result.

Remember, opportunity may knock but it’s not going to walk into your house, setup shop, establish customers for you, and deliver cash to your bank account all on its own.

So why the big speech on the “soap box?”

Funny thing is… most traffic exchange owners “actually” want their members to succeed.

Weird, huh?

Okay, get in there and make things happen for you!

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