While most sites including traffic exchanges have bonus login offers displayed, normally they belong to the owner or admin of these sites. It has been my desire to make it available for members. While it may seem like an easy process, the issue has been that many members may not have HTML knowledge. Nor did we want it to be difficult for anyone no matter the experience to add their offer.

Of course other issues included a method of rotating login offers so that all members would share in traffic views. All issues have been resolved thanks to our awesome programmer.

The new feature to allow members to add a login bonus offer to rotate on Pro Click Exchange’s login page and various other pages within the members area is now live.

In order to ensure user friendliness, we have incorporated adKreator.com as the source to create login offers because of it’s ease of use, professional design, and easily generated graphic login bonus offers without requiring html knowledge or other technical requirements.

To limit the number of offers, we have made this available to only our CEO upgraded members. An additional free option that does not require traffic credits or purchases. Each CEO upgraded member is allowed one login bonus offer with the option to change it at any time or as many times as they desire.

It is now live and functional… members may login and take advantage immediately!

We felt a deep obligation to the few loyal members who had been with Pro Click Exchange from the very beginning, so our only option was to make it worth something for their efforts and long term support.

Through our experience over the last few years of using and owning a traffic exchange, we had some ideas we wanted to put in place that would create a more result oriented traffic exchange and one that members would enjoy using.

Our main objective was to make the system easy to use, easy to read, simple instructions, larger font, details on each page, easy to surf and to maintain an uncluttered professional looking site all would enjoy using.

After several months of discussion, a few months of programming,  and a month of planning the new script changeover, all was complete. I am now happy to report that Pro Click Exchange has now been on the new script for about 35 days as of this writing.  Member feed back has been positive, more new members have joined in the past 30 days than in the past 2 years before.

That is with just members promoting without the help of JV partners, guru’s or online marketers with huge lists of subscribers.  Members only promoting and mainly using traffic exchanges to do so.  Just think if we had invited JV’s to promote. We could have gotten even better results but felt the members of PCE deserved more and less competition.

A few of the differences incorporated into the new script…

Surf bar remains in one place at the bottom of the screen, member banner in the middle, enlarged member text link to the right of the banner. Members receive banner and link impressions when clicking them, results are your banners and text links are clicked at a higher percentage than on other exchanges.

Many of the normal stats you see on a surf bar are now hidden, however still available using links below the member banner with a drop down menu.  Ease of use in reporting sites, banners or text links, all with one link.

Surfing is rewarded… each 20 sites surfed by members the surf ratio increases and the timer decreases up to max of 60 sites viewed.  Ratio and timer remain constant from that point on for the remainder of the day server time.

Upgrades are inexpensive yet have major rewards while surfing, referring new members and earning commissions.

Assigning credits is simplified with a quick assign mod to distribute credits quickly, applies to banner and text impressions also.

Adding/Editing Sites is done on one page, instructions on the top of the page for ease of use, site listings are formatted to show name, stats, current status and other useful info for members sites.

Site Rotator for members is provided that will rotate all their current active sites, banners, and text links, plus include their referral url to promote Pro Click Exchange.

Member testimonials can be added by the member including their favorite site url to be rotated on the main member page of PCE.

These are just a few of the new script enhancements with many more to come in the future.  We value each members comments and recommendations as we develop this site further.  With the help of members we feel that when we say “Pro Click Exchange” the emphasis is on the word PRO. Results do matter, that is our ultimate goal.

Feel free to leave your comments and suggestions below. We do listen and pay close attention to members needs!

You can now brand your copy of Pro Click Exchange Introduction without downloading a zip file or uploading the graphics and branded copy of your book to your own website. Now it’s possible to deliver your branded copy of the e-book with one single link, much like an affiliate link for other programs.

This has been made possible through a joint venture with Power Surf Central. a joint venture between Paula Zuehlke and myself, Ray White.

The purpose for the joint venture was to provide members of both sites extra rewards for doing what they do everyday. Surf both exchanges regularly, remain active, and keep their sites in rotation as all should, 24/7. By providing these extra rewards in advertising credits, we have created a system to give members what they deserve. We discussed and searched for months on how best to achieve this goal.

Our motto is, You deserve it, now we have the system to provide it!

BUT, that was to be only our first step. We have other projects in the works, and tons more working to continually add more benefits for members who want and deserve them, which leads me to this announcement.

Power Surf Central is adding a resource center with an easy way to grab free re-brandable e-books. Not only a resource for the books, but an easy system to re-brand and deliver your branded copy.

Best way to describe this is by demonstrating the delivery page for the Pro Click Exchange Introduction E-Book. Check it out HERE! Notice how you are provided with the download link, no email required. That is my branded copy of the book, delivered with an affiliate url.

That is the exact same page you could use to deliver your branded copy. Got it? No website uploads needed.

Of course if you wanted to use the book as a free gift to gain new subscribers, you could have them subscribe to your list first, then give them your branded link, which would be the above page.

Also note that instructions for rebranding the book are given. In this case to rebrand this book, instructions are given in the book itself and requires membership in Pro Click Exchange to get the details.

Those details are yours now after logging into your account at Pro Click Exchange and clicking on the “Marketing Resources” link. Members should check it out now, see how easy and smooth this operation really is.

Let me know if you have any issues with the links, download, test, and rebrand your copy. Use the contact link or post your results here in comments. Since you are getting the first notification of this process, would like to know your opinions.

And of course, once you have done your branding process and given your link, start advertising it to build your PCE referrals. Read the book to know all the benefits of doing so.

By the way, after the one time process of setting up your branding links, you will find more reports to brand. This is an ongoing project, more will be added later for your benefit. So be sure to keep the login link to get your branded links.

Comments and questions welcome.

First the overall results.

75% voted No to auto playing audio…..25% voted yes to allow it on Pro Click Exchange.

These numbers do not surprise me in the least, since I experimented with a similar test on Soaring4Traffic last year. But, we did have some interesting comments and suggestions.

Of the 25% that said yes to allow it, over half said it really didn’t matter because they have to surf traffic exchanges with their sound muted anyway, mainly because surfing with 3-5 tabs open, auto playing audio becomes a real nuisance. Of those that voted no, a great percentage also stated that as their main reason for voting no.

Some comments were:

“yes auto audio gets my attention but only to look for the pause or stop button”

“Auto playing audio is the reason that I don’t surf traffic exchanges with my ’speakers on’…”

“If someone wants an audio file on their site they can make it clickable or place it on a follow up page. The first page you see should be *short *simple *lightning fast to load on a slow connection and *get your attention to stay on site and click to the next page. People try to put way too much on the first page.”

“I would be curious as to where these people that get results with sound, are truthfully getting the results….and if everyone is turning off sound, the results just may be coming from the page itself.”

“If they want audio then it should have to be clicked on to start it, NO AUTOMATIC AUDIO”

“When surfing TEs, auto-playing sites represent a serious disturbance. I have disabled all use of audio and video in my browser, and for site owners who are using this, they are throwing away their energy, time and money.”

“I say yes allow them. If you don’t want to hear them just shut off your volume.”

“People have mute buttons on their computers and can turn off the speakers if they don’t want to hear sound. It’s their choice but to ban them for everyone is wrong. Allow them and then let your members decide on their end what action they want to take, Same goes for video. The future of traffic exchanges is video and sound!”

“My opinion is to leave it like it is. When I click on a link, if the page has audio on it I close the page. If there is something I want to read, audio is irritating.”

Comments above are not necessarily the entire email, just excerpts from each. Those are just a few from those that did make a comment, many just voted with a simple yes or no.

Now, for some personal thoughts.

First, I do believe that audio and video on web pages can be more effective advertising. Wow, believe that.. and yes there is a but…well actually more questions. No expert here, just some thoughts to ponder.

Should it be of the auto playing variety or have a start button? Should auto play be used in traffic exchanges? Are those reporting increases of 33% or better results from audio of the auto playing variety and are those results strictly from traffic exchanges?

With the encouragement from so many to add audio to your sites actually mean that more TE users will mute their sound? Will so much audio on traffic exchanges mean that more people will get annoyed and not surf at all?

Do the people that use auto playing audio in traffic exchanges actually surf or just buy credits?

Funny thing, audio is certainly not something new. Websites have had audio for several years now, but it does seem that more and more are putting those pages in traffic exchanges. As one member stated above, when I surf 3 or 4 exchanges at once which is my normal, many times every site will have an auto playing audio file. Sorta jumbles things up for me…lol

This is one of those subjects that always seems to get a lot of attention and opinions on both sides. Neither of which I feel are wrong. I will be testing some audio and possibly video on certain web pages soon, but not of the auto playing type.

When I purchased Pro Click Exchange, not allowing AUTO playing audio/video was two fold. First, I wanted to encourage members to be creative, use fast loading splash pages, lead capture pages, and pages that would not annoy other members, yet be effective.

Secondly, it was my intention to be different, to offer a smooth fast loading system without interruptions so members could relax and take the time to read what other members were offering.

We have always allowed and encouraged the use of audio and video files that do not automatically play. We feel they can be very effective, yet allow members to listen or view as desired. This of course means you need to give them valid reasons why they should click the play button.

In reality, I believe that well done professional audio files are not annoying at all, rather most times very informative, interesting, and sometimes funny. However for the most part, the ones I’ve seen in traffic exchanges do not fit in that category.

You the members have spoken, so for now Pro Click Exchange will not be changing its policy. We will not allow audio and video of the AUTO playing variety.

Thanks for the time you spend with Pro Click Exchange, and many thanks to those that have given your opinion to date.

As always, we encourage more discussion and your comments below. Let your voice be heard.

P.S. Speaking of professionally designed splash pages, did you download the free graphics pack from Justin Ledvina yet? If not, you really should, unless you are a pro yourself. See this: Free Graphics Pack!

By the way, Joanne Hammer won our 300 credit drawing yesterday. Congrats Joanne, credits were added last night. Anyone can win today, just surf a minimum of 100 sites to be in the drawing.

Now is the time to gear up and prepare for the fall season coming soon. Online Internet marketing usually increases quite nicely around this time of year. New people coming online, vacations over, people have more time to spend online with their business.

Not to mention that the economy is in a lull at the moment which also brings more people online that just want to add a few dollars each month to their income to help pay the bills. So now is the time to put your plans together and prepare for the best time of the year.

One of the ways to do this is by referring more members to Pro Click Exchange. Extra profits can be made by doing so. $4.50 for each new referral and with our upgrades now at an all time low of $6 with added benefits this should certainly increase your commissions quickly.

We have also tweaked splash pages 1 and 2 which seem to be getting better responses now. Check them out if you haven’t lately.

More Advertising Sources!

In other news, there have been some interesting new programs launched recently that can and will add to your advertising and list building capabilities.

Promo Lotto is a new traffic exchange with unique new script and a very effective list building optin program. My results have been good so far with an average of 2 to 3 new subscribers per day just from Promo Lotto. Not to mention all the other cool things offered.

James Grandstaff the creator of the original Downline Secrets script has recently launched a new program that has been very effective in adding subscribers, not to mention the commissions that can be made. His new system provides 4 E-books which can be re-branded with your name and website to give away free.

The system is easy to setup and use but way to much info to detail here. It’s called Instant MLM Squeeze Pages and has shown to be very effective so far. Check it out, see if its right for you.

Solomon Huey released a new credit based safelist a couple of months ago which has grown rather rapidly. If you are currently using Safelists or think maybe you should start, Elite Safelist would be a good choice. Another advertising source not to be over looked.

After I saw what Solomon was able to accomplish so quickly with his new safelist, when he recently released Fast Action Ads, had to check it out further. Unique system, like a safelist, text ad exchange, traffic exchange with other forms of advertising all rolled into one. Each form of advertising offered can be used with points you have earned. Check it out, think you’ll like it.

And last but certainly not least is the “Frog” has been re-launched with new owners, new ideas, a referral contest and a whole new look and attitude. The “Frog” is of course something we are all familiar with, a free traffic exchange, Rain Forest Clicks, check it out soon.

That should be enough new programs to check out for now in gearing up for your fall promotions. I do know of another coming soon, but its not quite ready yet. Think it should be ready by the 25th of August. Keep an eye open for this one.

Enough for today, and don’t forget to check often, see if the Double Bonus credits are turned on.

As you saw from the previous post, Sunny talked me into joining Twitter. This is a pretty cool way to communicate what you are doing in real time, right up to the second. And of course I like it even more because its free. You can follow me if you like at:

http://www.twitter.com/soaringtraffic

OR, better yet look on the right side bar and you will see my latest 5 twitter comments. That is one of the new programs I just mentioned above. It’s called Tweet My Blog, fits in well with any wordpress blog plus combines the power of immediately notifying anyone following you when a new blog post is made.

The point here is, if you have a wordpress blog, plus you use twitter (which you should) this is a must have program that combines both for the best of both worlds. For instance, anytime you come to this blog, you will see what I’ve said in twitter recently. This program is free, has a OTO if you see the benefits but that is your decision. Sign up here: Tweet My Blog

As I said there was two programs launched today. The other is a very unique traffic exchange that combines the standard advertising package as well as opt-in list building, social networking, team surfing, add your own programs to the downline builder and a ton of other features not seen on your average traffic exchange.

My friends, Ed Tyner and Ryan Hogan put lots of thought, time, new ideas and I’m sure tons of money in developing this script. Knowing these guys, it will be around for a long time to come. You can even change the surf bar color to suit your preference and it has a unique way of giving bonus credits, lotto style.

You’ll just need to check it out for all the details. By the way, in less than 12 hours from launch time, it has already added 10 new subscribers to my email series. I was invited to preview the program 2 weeks ago and still find new things to work with. Really exciting new program if you ask me. Get all the details here: Promo Lotto

Pro Click Exchange news. Activity is increasing daily, new members joining us. Things are really starting to pick up. Don’t forget we will be awarding 5 members 200 credits each Sunday morning. To be in the drawing, all you need to do is surf a minimum of 50 sites, 4 days out of 7, week starts each Sunday and runs through Saturday. That’s New York time for our servers.

Good luck to everyone and thank each of you for being such loyal and awesome PRO members!

Don’t forget to check out the programs mentioned above, let me know your thoughts in comments below.

By the way, if you are following me on Twitter, every time a post is made here, you get instant notification.

If you concentrate on building your list, it really doesn’t matter what unique niche your online business is concentrated in. This especially includes affiliate programs.

If you’ve been online for any length of time and or using traffic exchanges, you know that advertising standard affiliate pages can and will show slow to zero results. Why? They are not unique, plus thousands of others are promoting the exact same page.

However, lets think a minute. What if you created a unique splash page, lead capture page and offered to divulge the inside secrets or detailed instructions of how to make money with your particular program? All anyone has to do is provide their name and email address to get all the facts from you.

Let’s say down the road you decide to broaden your niche into more products, or add more affiliate products. What if the program you were promoting all of a sudden disappeared? Hey, it happens all the time, but thats another story entirely.

Point is, if you have been building your list of subscribers, you didn’t lose your list/customers. They are still in your autoresponder and if you’ve built a good relationship with them it would be rather easy to point them in a different direction.

Confessing that for a couple of years, I didn’t embrace this method or truly understand the power it possessed. That changed of course when working for hours each day for maybe 2 years with little to show.

Hopefully this will allow each of you to at least consider the options and value the power of list building. To assist in a little more detail of how its done, tools needed, and ideas thrown in, I’ve created an email series for your review.

This series is aimed at providing the necessary steps to begin your list building system with zero to very little cash investment. We call it List Building Simplified. There are no real secrets revealed, just simple steps needed, ideas for increasing your subscribers and the programs and tools that keep it low cost and effective.

One of the most effective uses for traffic exchange advertising is building your list. By providing this simple email series, my reward would be that your traffic exchange advertising become more effective, your income grows, and therefore you become a more excited and loyal traffic exchange member of my sites.

The email series is provided at no charge. The lesson plans themselves are good training if you watch how each is presented. We also offer you the opportunity to copy this email series to your own autoresponder once completed.

There is no obligation, you can unsubscribe anytime. This is the link for subscribing if you have the desire to embrace the concept of list building to improve your online business. List Building Simplified

That’s all for today. Thanks for being a loyal and active member of Pro Click Exchange. You truly are PROS!

Haven’t heard of him? You will.

A long read… but worth it. Here’s what he says…

Like Lambs To the Slaughter/// Wiz Bang For Sale///
Fizz Gig: Lifetimes Answer To Residual Income

“OK!! Open Your Wallets. Sit Down And Read This!” That’s about
the only thing so called Internet Opportunities don’t say.

However that’s pretty much what they mean. You will only
make a fortune if you purchase this Wiz Bang and find others
to buy Wiz Bang and receive 25 times your money back
47 levels deep!

Problem with that is I don’t know how to use a Wiz Bang but
you guys know what you are doing so I will make the Purchase.
Now all I need do with this new beaut Wiz Bang (who knows
what it does) but it will make me rich.

All I have to do is flog it off to 5 people who will refer 5
people who will refer 5 people who will…Phew!! Think
of the money once I get 23,407 downline members my
Wiz Bang will have made me almost $69,000 and it
works because the Guy in the ad says it does and he and 400
others have made a killing from it. Plus It’s “Never Been Seen Before… “

Here’s the amazing thing though you are on the ground floor as
it is to be released in one Month. And you can’t advertise it yet
just get to know your new beaut Wiz Bang (I still Can’t make it work)

How Did It Make 400 others rich if it has not been released???
(Sorry for thinking)

Oh! now you have the Wiz Bang to make Real Money you are
missing out If you don’t get the Fizz Gig only twice as much but
one third the price if you get it now and don’t forget the monthly payments
that you get life for… er…um… ?? Oops residual for life. (Or until we close
or change the rules) Did I write that out loud??? Hope not!!

I know I am being stupid, but any offer you are presented with do not
rush into like I did. My interest was never to get rich but just to make
a living off the Net.

I am not the type to swap and change regularly I worked hard to
make my Wiz Bang, Fizz Gig business work. I only tried a few things
and like a lamb to the slaughter I just followed the crowd up the
gangway into the room and when I was carried out I was fleeced
and my wallet had its throat cut and bled dry.

At last some pressure is off because you found a suc…ummm… referral
to join under you but they only want the free Wiz Bang and not the
Fizz Gig. So you live with it and welcome them encouraging them to
refer offering assistance and they take you up on your offer. Fantastic
you think.

Now I’m getting somewhere and If they don’t upgrade there Wiz
Bang or Purchase the monthly Fizz Gig their new referral will. So
together you find a second level who also loves the free Wiz Bang
and wants help to refer so now your training your free first level to
train your free second level and encouraging everyone to upgrade..
Come on guys I’m bleedin here upgrade already!!! Finally you get
someone to upgrade Yippee!!!

I have 22 free various level downline most of them you found to assist
your first levels and to give depth to your width AND No I am not
selling weight loss!! I am selling the Wiz Bang Concept. For the
upgrade you receive a few dollars because they didn’t take the
monthly Fizz Gig so I still do not get lifetime residual.

My downline numbers 153 that’s the truth mostly in traffic exchanges
in Wiz Bang I now have 31 members 22 first line members I talk to
them regularly assisting when and where I can But Now my time is
getting taken up with my Members leaving me less time to do the
other necessary things so now my family starts to suffer. So Time
And Perseverance is becoming expensive along with the dehydrated
wallet and smoking credit card I see disaster ahead.

At last your lucky or well earned break comes… You refer someone
who upgrades not only that they don’t need your assistance as they
refer two others who refer one each and everyone is a paying member….
For the first month…. Your new member decides this is not for them
so move on taking the rest of your only prosperous downline with
them; they then have the cheek to send the offer to you.

The rest of my hair fell out (finally fleeced) and my wallet died.
(Bled to death) Like a lamb to the slaughter I followed the crowd and
that was the result.

While all this happened to me and I am not saying it happens to
everyone, but please stay with me while we look at what happens
with some types of Internet Marketing.

MLM
Generally product based which is great because you are not selling a concept
only; you have a physically tangible product. So others are getting a product
for their money. But your commission is usually peanuts compared to the price
you pay for it upfront.

Some have no commission but rather a payment for bulk quantities. This can
also be good as some rewards are high. Usually you have to have product
on autoship, that means to sustain your level of entry you must have a
standing order of sometimes several hundred dollars a month. For this you
need to rely on your upline to tell you what is popular.

This can create a problem as what is popular in USA may not have the same
following in France, Germany or Australia. You may find your garage
filling up with unsalable product.

Can you see the wool starting to thin??? How’s the Wallet???

The concept works well in the perfect world and for some it works well in this
world too. You not only sell products but also get others to sell the product as
well and also the concept. Some companies have a monthly fee to provide
residual income others use the product to provide the residual much needed
for continued success.

So, you spend half your life on the phone finding others to purchase your
products and concept and 25% marketing on the Internet with the final
25% pushing it to your friends and relatives who eventually get fed up with
you and start hiding when they see you coming.

The downfall I see and have experienced is the Autoship arrangement along
with if you cancel it you loose or can loose your position with in the system.
Sometimes you loose your downline as well. Generally within the contract some
companies say you cannot be involved in another similar type of company as this
is grounds for dismissal (Conflict Of Interest) Friend and family problems.

Continual weekly meetings also meeting times depending where you live,
Referral of members who can’t or won’t refer and still others who could not
sell hot coffee at the north pole to semi naked people for fear of rejection. I
was trying to be funny!!

But the fear of rejection is overwhelming for a vast
majority of people and I can attest to that myself. While I can go door to door
to talk to people and don’t have a problem public speaking either, well a few
nerves to start with but I have spoken to audiences of thousands… I cannot
cold call people on the phone.

I know that’s crazy but it’s the truth as several of you who have spoken
to me at one time or another know. I don’t know why and I don’t understand
it either, but that’s me.

So with fear of rejection sitting inside most people and lazy Internet
marketers who’ll work with you if you do it for them, will stunt
business growth in MLM.

Oh, and there’s more! I’ll let ya see that next week =)

One of the best examples of viral marketing is the free Hotmail email accounts. Not only does it promote their service, it also promotes their advertisers message in each email.

Another simple form of viral marketing is your email signature file. Placing your website URL, business information in your email Sig file promotes you each time you send an email. An email that encourages recipients to forward your email makes it viral, in other words spreading your info on to others.

One of the best forms of viral marketing is free E-Books. Books or reports with information of interest you download free, then pass on to others. This has been done for years with no sign of slowing down. Very effective method for building your list of subscribers.

Some free e-books written several years ago continue their viral circulation today, bringing in subscribers, customers and notice to their authors and or programs.

The Pro Click Exchange Viral E-Book!

Planned for months, finally available for Pro Click Exchange members is an e-book appropriately titled “The Introduction“. This PDF file was created for members as a brand-able report. Branding means you can add your name, Website and referral ID’s within the book.

This e-book provides an introduction to Pro Click Exchange in short no holds barred fashion. Short and to the point.

Unlike most e-books you download free, but required to pay a fee for re-branding rights, not the case here. As Pro Click Exchange members you may download the PDF file only or download the entire .zip file which contains the brand-able PDF file, image, and branding tool with complete instructions.

After branding, you are encouraged to upload to your Web site or splash page, offer it as a free bonus, bundle it with other products to build your list of subscribers and possibly referrals for Pro Click Exchange. Allow your subscribers to pass your copy to their subscribers or customers. Viral marketing at its best.

Now ready for your use and review. A new link has been added in your main member area, Marketing Resources. Visit the page, grab the download file, re-brand the PDF, upload to your site and start giving it away free right away. Create a splash page to rotate in traffic exchanges offering the free e-book.

Only the first in a series of books that will be made available for branding. More in process now.

Enjoy and as always let me know what you think. Leave your comments below.

It’s my birthday.. woohoo! and I’ve been thinking alot about banner and text ads. No, neither one has anythng to DO with my birthday, but, I just thought I’d mention it… lol

If you’re like me… you spend a LOT of time surfing. Doing whatever it takes to get your page shown, and noticed. I forget about banners and text ads sometimes. But… banners and text ads make my advertising even more effective. My page can’t be shown to everyone, every time they click, but I can triple that exposure with the banners and texts.

For instance, I use a splash page http://www.gobsofebooks.com/ec37.html in traffic exchanges, to build my list. I have a banner, that has my logo on it, nothing else. Then I use text ads that just say “GOBS of ebooks?!? That way.. people may have seen my page, thought nothing of it, but then when they see the banner a couple of times, it will still make them think about my site. Then, with the text message… with the “unbelievable” GOBS of ebooks?!? it could actually peak their curiosity. I wouldn’t have had all that thought about my page without the other 2 forms of advertising.

People have to see your ad SEVERAL times before they decide to click… you can get that accomplished 3 times faster, with text and banner ads.

Well.. I’ll go finish my birthday now… hope ya’ll have a great weekend!