It was a Saturday, just over 2 years ago, and I’d almost finished dredging through my email… hoping to see a nice “commission earned” email. At that point I was still approaching marketing like I was playing the lottery. I’d throw an affiliate link out there everywhere I could and pray someone would bite. As you can Imagine, there was no commission coming in that day.

Then, just as I was about to log off and turn on the TV, one headline in particular caught my eye. “Golden Nuggets and Giveaways!” it proclaimed and both sounded better than what was on TV that morning so I was intrigued to say the least. Apparently, there was an online seminar starting in just a few minutes, and a massive giveaway was to be held. Totally appealed to my mindset at the time so I quickly grabbed the conference room software and logged in, eager to see what was up for grabs.

Now, I’d always avoided online seminars, and quite frankly, contact of any kind with other marketers. I was really green at this point… clueless you might say, and I was scared to death that should anyone find out, they would broadcast to the world, “Don’t buy from him! He has no idea what he’s doing!” I also had a
suspicion that this was just going to be a cleverly disguised pitch session. But what I found when I logged in absolutely blew my mind.

Here was a rogues gallery of site owners, many of whom owned sites that I was promoting, hanging out, openly “talking shop” with anyone and everyone in the chat room. Finally there was a voice to go with the names and flashy photos and I couldn’t believe what they were saying. After the big giveaway was over, the room was opened up for questions and time after time, these folks were telling people NOT to promote their affiliate links. What?! these site owners, many of whom were six figure owners (or would be later that year as it turned out.) and while they admitted that they LOVED when we did promote their sites directly,  they insisted that this simply was NOT the way to make a solid income online. This was the first of many “golden nuggets” that I would discover that day, and every Saturday since, without fail, I have been back in that room, picking up new tips, and now sharing a few of my own here and there.

In a nutshell, that single off the cuff decision to log in for that first seminar was a turning point. One That would eventually lead me from sweating it out in a restaurant to making a cozy full time income from home. I’m still in my pajamas as I type this and let me tell ya, this is what freedom feels like.

Oh oh oh.. I almost left out the best part of the story. That priceless seminar I attended, was literally, priceless, and still is to this day. All it took was a free membership at Affiliate Funnel. No upgrade required even. I guess they figured anyone who “gets it” would become a powerful asset to the company if they
learned to promote effectively. Now that’s just smart business.

Want to see what it can do for your business? Here’s the schedule…

Where? :
AffiliateFunnel.com

When? :
Saturdays at 12 noon EST – Saturday List Building Sessions (Four part series, restarts monthly. Catch pt1 this saturday.)
Mondays at 8pm EST – Introductory sessions for new members of AF. Get off on the right foot building YOUR business.

Get the conference room software on the lessons page inside the member’s area and mark your calendars. Hope to see you there

When Tezak Traffic Power Launched this summer, I was extremely exited about their innovative “List Ads” feature. Setting one up is as easy as writing a short headline, some brief copy, and pasting in your auto-responder code. The system then rotates your ad (Looks like a classified ad) inside their surfbar while members are surfing for ad credits. If a member clicks your ad, an opt in form appears for them to fill out in order to subscribe to your list.

Until recently, only aweber auto-responders were supported, but thanks to new impovements, a wide variety of aut-responders can be used here. This makes one of my favorite traffic exchanges immensely more effective as with a larger variety of ads in rotation, there is less likelihood of users becoming “numb” to the list ad spaces. I’m already seeing improved opt-in rates and that’s always a good thing.

Are list ads better than squeeze pages? After extensive use of these things, I can’t really say they are better, however marketers on a budget may find them more cost effective as while it takes one credit to get a page view in a traffic exchange, at Tezak Traffic you can exchange 1 credit for 10 list ad impressions. I find myself converting nearly all of my credits into list ad impressions and I’m quite satisfied with the results. If you haven’t tried em out yet, give em a whirl. They’re free to use if you’re willing to surf for credits, but of course you do have the option to buy some if you’re short on time.

Note: Tezak Traffic Power is currently ranked #4 out of 99 exchanges rated weekly by Affiliate Funnel’s “Surfer’s choice” system.

Well I certainly hope not considering designing them for others is a significant portion of my income, however after 3 days into to the launch of Tony’s next generation traffic exchange “Tezak Traffic Power” I must admit, I’m a bit worried.

A quick look at this screenshot from my aweber new subscribers report tells the tale tells the tale better than words…

As you can see, I got a HUGE spike in sign ups when TTP Launched.  I can only imagine what those numbers would have looked like I had I remembered to log in a assign more impressions when the first batch ran out.  What’s really killing me is that an ad that was a flop as a squeeze page, is on fire as a trimmed down list ad at Tezak Traffic Power.

What surprises me even more is that in all the buzz around this new exchange there’s been very little mention of how powerful the list ads feature at ttp is.  I’ve honestly never seen a free to use program like this that does so well at bringing in fresh leads.  With over 5,000 people actively surfing ttp in just the first 3 days it doesn’t look like this lead source will be drying up any time soon.  Knowing that Tony has teamed up with affiliate marketing powerhouse Paul Kinder and technical mastermind Tim Rash I have no doubt that this feature will continue to drive in the prospects for years to come.

So to Recap, Here’s the REAL long term benefits as I see them…

• List Ads

• Tony Tezak

• Paul Kinder

• Tim Rash

• Paul Kinder’s famous customer care team we all love from Traffic-Splash (yep, they’re on board too.)

• A Uniquely powerful next generation Traffic Exchange script

No Matter How you look at it, Tezak Traffic Power is a winner, and my new not so secret weapon for increasing my opt-in rate. Hats off Tony, Paul, Tim and the team… you guys have really out done yourselves.

Still on the fence? Try out the list ads at Tezak Traffic Power before you make a judgement. I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised at your results.

Sunny’s new site literally just launched and is jam packed with free info.  Traffic-exchange users in particular would be wise to get their hands on some of these unique freebies and discover why we all may be losing sales in the TE’s.  I’d be willing to bet it’s NOT what you think either.

Tack on a solid affiliate program that allows you to earn commissions even as a free member and  Sunny’s AllAboutAddons.com looks like a sure fire hit.

So, pop on over to Sunny’s new place, have a look around, and keep an eye out for a REALLY special offer when you log in. Big potential, and it will probably have you shouting “YAY!” in true Sunny Suggs fashion.

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