Downline Builders

One of the great ways to build referals in other traffic exchanges and programs is through the use of downline builders. A downline builder really advertises multiple programs and as people signup with the downline builder they are placed under you in all the programs they join. The great thing about downline builders is that you can focus on promoting the downline builder and watch your referals grow.

I recently joined a downline builder called Vital Viral, which was a very good decision. In the first 2 months of promoting Vital Viral I signed up 60 direct referrals and have 281 in my downline. The way Vital Viral works is that you enter your userids for the various programs, and join those that you are not already a member. Most of these programs that you join are traffic exchanges, but there are others like YourLuckyList, ListJoe, InstantBuzz, etc. that fit in the non traffic exchange category. The whole idea is to use at least 50% of your marketing to promote the Vital Viral downline builder. I personally think it is worth it because what you are doing is adding to your marketing capacity before trying to promote your money making opportunities.

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Internet Forums

I don't claim to be an expert on internet forums, but I'm starting to be convinced regarding their effectiveness. I recently joined a forum called Conquer Your Niche Marketing and in just a few hours generated 4000+ views of my advertisement on the forum just for reading, posting, and replying to posts. If you've never participated in a forum you are missing out. Conquer Your Niche Marketing has a lot of members who provide great information on how to increase traffic to your websites and you also become aware of a lot of other business opportunities and how effective they are. As I was reading through the different posts on the forum I found out that there are dozens of other good forums out there to participate in, and just about everyone of them lets you use a signature that advertises your website(s). I'm getting pretty excited about this method of networking and marketing to the point that I am spending about 50% of my time using the forums as a means of marketing my various business opportunities. One other thing, unlike a lot of other marketing tools the forums are absolutely FREE!. Check out Conquer Your Niche Marketing as a great place to get started.

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Email Marketing

In my last post I talked a little about traffic exchanges, but it would not be good to spend all your time surfing the traffic exchanges when there are many other ways to market your business. Email marketing has been around for a long time, orginally starting with people buying targeted leads and often sending them out on their own. More recently things have changed with products like YourLuckyList and ListJoe as just a couple of examples. These new email marketing tools are list builders and supply leads more randomly, so your not mailing the same people over and over again. For instance ListJoe sends you an email, which you read and then click on a link to view a website and earn credits, almost like a traffic exchange except that you get between 5 and 20 credits for each website you view. These credits convert into email leads, so it is not difficult by clicking on 10 -15 emails a day to build up 500-1500 credits that you can use to email your advertisement. Pretty cool and it is free! Another tool that I've found useful is YourLuckyList, which also allows you to email prospects on a weekly basis, but it generates a matrix of leads, based on how many people you have recruited, and if you are a free or premium member.


Generally I find these new email list builders more effective than bulk mailers, probably because the membership is more active and involved. These emails also are less likely to be caught by SPAM filters, because the membership actually wants to see them. Any way you look at it adding a few select email marketing tools to your arsenal is a good thing.


My recommendation would be ListJoe, which has provided my best response. In fact I am upgrading my membership this week because I have been so pleased with the program, already earning commissions for people who have upgraded in my downline.

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Manual Traffic Exchanges

A manual traffic exchange is a way of exchanging credits that you earn by surfing and viewing other websites, and then these credits can be used to display your website or business opportunity to others. In addition to earning credits (pageviews) from surfing you can purchase additional credits, or buy a premium membership which will typically add credits to your balance each month. Also with a premium membership you will often get an improved surfing ratio. Many traffic exchanges also offer the ability to make money when other members upgrade or purchase advertising. Most manual traffic exchanges offer multiple ways to promote your website include page views, banner advertising, and emailing their memberships.

Surfing ratios are usually expressed as 2:1 - meaning for every 2 sites you surf you get 1 credit in return, or 1:1 - for every 1 site you surf you get 1 credit in return. Give the manual traffic exchange a try, but remember there is an investment in your time surfing to earn credits. I like to be a premium member in a few select manual traffic exchanges, and occasionally surf others. If you would like more information click here.

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Help with internet marketing

I've spent several years building up my internet business, and finally developed a website that puts together a lot of things that I learned over the past few years. Basically the site Online Business Resources outlines a number of marketing methods, mostly free including manual traffic exchanges, autosurf traffic exchanges, email list builders, downline builders, networking sites, classified ad sites, and a few select business opportunities. In future posts I will discuss each traffic generation method in some level of detail. Until then - take care!