Friday, July 3, 2009

Traffic Splash - cute dolphin gives signups!

Traffic Splash is one of the top rated traffic exchanges. At the moment it is ranked first on Traffic Exchange List, and second on Affiliate Funnel, Hit Exchange News, and TopTraffic Exchanges. From my own experience I can say, it is really one of the best free traffic exchange sites. Owner and operator Paul Kinder and his staff are offering great service and are providing great support.
If on Traffic Era used time/surfing credits are giving mostly traffic only, and for signups you have to be active on the networking part of the site (i.e. write your site blog, join teams and groups to communicate with other members) then on Traffic Splash the signups are coming from surfing, banner advertising and text links. It is really high quality traffic the surfers are getting there.
Every 15th site a member is surfing on Traffic Splash is giving him additional credits. There are also other bonuses all the time, like free e-books, software, and even cash! Last month I won $10 on Traffic Splash, just for surfing, and was paid on the next day ( see proof here).
Lately Traffic Splash started a new campaign, where it gives away a dollar for every referral - another reason to join and promote this great traffic exchange. No more time to write anymore, have to go to surf a bit on Traffic Splash, to grab some sweet freebies:-)

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

WordLinx pays now instantly!

The grandmom of all PTC sites WordLinx looks younger than many others. This site has been online over 5 years, and as far as I know was the first one of it's kind.
Like all other PTC-s (paid-to-click sites) WordLinx pays members to visit advertiser's websites. Most links are worth $0.01 but some are worth $0.02, and some $0.005. Ads are available when an advertiser pays for them. That's why it is recommended to visit the site many times a day. Sometimes WordLinx sends also paid e-mails. E-mails haven't a timer but they are worth $0.01 each.
For every referral who joins and makes some clicks, the referring member is rewarded with $0.05. Members are also getting 5% of their referrals' earnings, and 5% (up to $25.00!) per sale if they buy visitors for their ads. I believe, that relatively low payment from referrals' earnings is the secret of WordLinx's longevity. The site is always in profit, like every successful business.
WordLinx has proven itself through many years as a reliable site, owned by an international media company, Rogue Media, located in United Kingdom. WordLinx is part of a real world business. It is a Certified BeenPaid.com Paying Program. It has always paid very fast, usually in 24 hours but now it pays instantly (tested:-)) )
Automatic Payments have a tiny fee of 5%, though. Minimum payout is $10, and if a member requests $10 he will be paid $9.50.
Another option is manual payment, and there is PayPal fee of up to 6.9%. Manual payments are completed within 30 days.
I am an upgraded member of WordLinx. There are 3 levels of upgrades, and they all are giving Verified Buyer status, which shows advertisers that the member can make payments online with a credit or debit card (confirmed buying power). That's why a Verified Buyer gets more ads to click. The lowest upgrade costs only $10 per year.
Another reason to upgrade: all paid membership levels come with credits which can be used to promote your own websites on WordLinx.
There were more changes on the site lately. The owners are trying to make WordLinx as cheaterproof as possible. Now there is a button the member has to click before an ad will be displayed, like on NeoBux, just here is the button golden.
And, I almost forgot: WordLinx has a blog, and it is on Twitter too! I'm following it, BTW:-) Want follow me? Tweet, tweet!

My opinion is, WordLinx is a PTC site worth to join and to upgrade.


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Sunday, March 8, 2009

How to put up banners to a website - illustrated guide

A friend of mine had a problem lately. She has been online a while now but she got a problem with putting up a banner.
I explained what she has to do, but then I thought there may be others, who can't do it either. Why not, a couple of years ago I was also helpless with banners!
That's why I decided to post here this little guide I made for my friend Louise.

1. Easy: you have just insert your banner codes into right places, for example like on GotSafelist.

Banner name - for example Team Orangemoon.
Banner Image URL: for example http://teambanners.edforshaw.com/permanentom468x60.jpg
Destination URL: your referral link
and that's it. The banner will display normally on GotSafelist.

2. Advanced: put your banners up on your site, blog etc.

1) Open FireFox (or Internet Explorer, or whatever you're using).
2) Copy and paste your banner code to the browser and click "enter" to get the image.

3) Rightclick the banner and save it to your computer, (save as) into picture folder.
4) Sign up with Photobucket.
5) Upload the banner to Photobucket - on the pictures you'll see how I uploaded the pictures for the guide, it's the same with banners.

a) Upload Images & Video - choose files - from my computer

b) Find the right picture, click on it, then click "upload" on Photobucket. It may take some time until it's ready.

c) Add title. Description and tags aren't necessary. Save and continue.

6) Under the banner you'll see Photobucket links. In your case, we need "direct URL". Click on the text "direct URL", then rightclick, and choose "copy". Create a document for banner codes, paste it there and save.

7) Create your own banners. The usual code for banners is

I had to add it as an image too, otherwise it tried to create a banner immediately:-))
The changeable parts are bold.
For example, my Marketing Pond banner code is

Pasted into the blog it makes following result:

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Alt text is good for search engines but not necessary. Next example is without:

and looks on Blogger like



Easy like 1-2-3, isn't? Good luck with banners, dear reader, and hundreds of referrals!

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Best PTC site? No doubt, it's ClixSense!

Why I am so sure about it: ClixSense really is an advertising site, like a Paid-To-Click site should be.
There aren't any self-ads, like "advertise here", "upgrade now", and definitely not "purchase referrals". It can't be, because ClixSense does NOT sell referrals, and it also does not pay anyone for his referrals' clicks.
Ads displayed on ClixSense are real, purchased by real advertisers. It means, the site has enough money to pay its members, and will probably stay for years. It makes ClixSense sustainable. That's why ClixSense is the PTC site with strongest longevity factor. There aren't any risks.
What possibilities are for a memeber to earn money with ClixSense? He has to be active himself, very active. At first, he has to log in to his account not once a day but many times, even every hour, if possible, because due the huge member base the ads are expiring quickly, and new ads are appearing often. A member can earn from a cent up to 5 dollars a click. However, I have to admit i've never seen a 5 dollar link myself but couple of days ago there was a 15-cent-link.
ClixSense is free to join and free to earn. Upgrading is not required but I am a premium member on ClixSense. To become premium for a year costs only $10 but it is very very rewarding. The first ting a newly upgraded member will see are hundreds of links, ready for him to click.
The amount of the links depends much on the country where the member lives, because a lot of ads are country targeted. For example, it hasn't much sense to offer real estate in USA to members who are living in Europe, Asia, Australia or Africa, and vice versa.
ClixSense is an American program, and there are lots of ads for Americans, so an American freshly upgraded member has about 500 links to click immediately. The others will not get SO much, I remember I got about 270 when I upgraded. Anyway, I earned $2.70 of $10 I used for upgrade back in the same evening.
A premium member of ClixSense gets also more ads in the future. If there are six links available, three or even four are for premium members only. If there are only two, both can be premium ads.
But the most important reason for become premium on ClixSense is their referral system. Yes, ClixSense pays for referrals too - but only once. A free member gets only a cent for every referral, a premium member gets 10 cents. A free member doesn't get anything when his referral upgrades. Premium member gets affiliate commissions through five levels! He gets $2 for every upgraded member he refers himself, and $1 for each upgraded member on levels 2 - 5. In fact, ClixSense is an MLM for upgraded members. That's the real secret of making money with ClixSense.
ClixSense pays via check only, and charges $3 from every check it sends out. That's why every international member has to turn to his bank to find out the fund crediting conditions. After I lost over a half of my first payment (it was $15, minus $3 the fee, and ca $5 to the bank, so in fact I got $7only) I decided to rise my payout to $100, and perhaps I shall rise it to $250 in the future.
I haven't reached $100 yet, because I've spent many times my ClixSense earnings for advertising. ClixSense is a responsive site, and it is really worth to advertise there - especially when you are promoting a free program. I hadn't so much luck with a paid one, though.
Anyway, ClixSense is worth to join, worth to upgrade, and worth to advertise - free programs, of course. ClixSense will not disappear overnight, it seems to be one of the most sustainable PTC sites online.
Interested? Feel free to click the banner below and become my referral!

Monday, December 22, 2008

Use traffic exchanges to show your free ads to thousands

I've told here about traffic exchanges couple of times but suddenly I understood there may be people who don't know what a traffic exchange is!
To put it short and simple, traffic exchange is a free advertising program where a member has to view for a certain time (usually 10 - 20 seconds) the websites of another members in order to show them his own sites. Viewing other members' sites is called "surfing". So it works: I'm watching your site, you're watching mine:-))
Yes, this method of advertising may be time consuming but it's simple... and best of all - it's FREE! Nobody has to pay for it, if he doesn't want to (most traffic exchanges are offering upgrade options though, and also the option to buy advertising credits for people who are in hurry and have more money than time).
A reader, a new co-member on Traffic Era asked me lately, do traffic exchanges really work. He was concerned, people only want to get their advertising credits and don't pay any attention to te websites they are clicking on.
No doubt, there may be users of that kind on every traffic exchange - but they are in minority. It has to be so, because I'm getting signups from traffic exchanges... I got a signup yesterday for a downline club and three for another!
To be honest I have to admit, four signups a day doesn't happen very often - my average is three or four a week. Anyway, imagine, four signups for free, I never have to spend a single penny to get them. That's why traffic exchanges are so great for people with limited advertising budget. Using them the right way may add up to hundreds and hundreds hits to a website daily, and hundreds and hundreds of hits mean signups or sales.
The more a member surfs traffic exchanges the more times he can show his own website. There are also ways to increase your amount of advertising credits for free. Some (best!) traffic exchanges are offering team surfing. The teams who are surfing most are getting extra credits, which are divided between the members of this team.
For example: on Traffic Era (read more about this great marketing community in my previous post: Traffic Era - much more than just a traffic exchange) I'm belonging to the team 001 Google Ranked Us - an ambitious name but it's true... in fact, Google ranked some of our team members already:-))
Well, every team on Traffic Era takes part of so-called "clock races". The best four teams (who collect more clocks, i.e. bonus points) of every race are rewarded with extra credits, and every member of the team gets an equal part of the amount. That's why 001 Google Ranked Us and all other teams are interested in active members/surfers only.
Let's say, a team member doesn't surf for a while... he thinks it doesn't make any harm if he isn't active for couple of days. He couldn't be more wrong.
That way he lets the other team members work for him and earn free traffic for his website, and it is not fair. If somebody wants to enjoy the benefits of belonging to a successful team, has to give his part too - otherwise he will lose his membership.
Of course everybody understands when a team member is away because of serious reasons like illness, internet connection problems etc., or he just takes a vacation - if he a honest and valuable team member his membership will always be restored!
There is more about teams on Traffic Era and especially about the team 001 Google Ranked Us on our team leader's blog. Team leader's name is Chris, and the blog is Making Sense Out of the World. There he writes about some more things also which are making sense out of the world... so why not to bookmark this blog?

Sunday, December 14, 2008

Traffic Era - much more than just a traffic exchange

Traffic Era is a traffic exchange site which belongs to Logiscape Technologies. It is a sister site of Hitpulse, ts25 and Traffic Pods. I have to admit, I'm really in love with it, and in a minute I shall tell you, why.
Everybody who joins Traffic Era will become a part of a social network. He can join (or create) groups and write blog posts - both highly recommended. He can join splash page network and even build his splash pages. And first of all - he can get tons (I really mean it, TONS) of traffic to his pages, when he uses Traffic Era the right way.
There are tutorials on Traffic Era page, in the members' area but for a newbie they may be quite confusing at first. That's why I decided to make it a little bit easier and explain our local Traffic Era slang a bit. Here we go:

TRAFFIC ERA: SHORT TUTORIAL FOR BEGINNERS

Step 1. Join Traffic Era.

Step 2. Personalize your account - go to "Account settings" and load up your picture (or something else, if you're pic shy).

Step 3. Insert your interests.

Step 4. Browse "groups", find these you like, and join. There are hundreds and hundreds of groups. You can start a new group yourself too.

Step 5. The most important step - become active. Try to surf enough to collect at least a set of clocks (10 clocks make a set) daily but the more the better. That way you can catch the attention of teamleaders. Teams are interested in active surfers only.
Clocks on Traffic Era are a kind of bonus points. First set gives you 5 tokens, all others - 10 tokens. You can trade tokens for credits on the marketplace later. For example: at the moment I'm writing here I can purchase 8100 credits for 480 tokens.
500 top surfers are rewarded with extra tokens on every Sunday. For example: I'm at the moment on 207th place, and it would give me 588 extra tokens tonight but the member who ranks 1st will get 1000. It's all free traffic;-)

Step 6. Join a team. After becoming active you soon will get invitations to join a team. Don't join the first one who invites you, study them before you decide. Click on "teams" to see the best 25. If the team ranks in top 25 it means, it is able to win clock races.
Clock races on Traffic Era is the best way to gain extra traffic. There is always a race going on. The next race begins as soon the previous one ends. At the top of team list is the super clock always running. For example: the super clock says, stop the clock when your team gets: 740 clocks. When a team collects 740 clocks the race is over, and the first four teams will get bonus credits.
Let's say, the best team got 65,300 credits. Every team can have maximum 25 members. 65,300 divided to 25... where is my calculator... seems to be 2612 credits! Free traffic again;-)

Step 7. Think on your future. Yes, you can get a lot of traffic as a free (silver) member but an upgraded member gets much more! That's why upgrading on Traffic Era is important.
Of course you can always upgrade for money. For example, a month of gold membership on Traffic Era costs $19, it's a reasonable price for so much traffic... but there is a back door too, and it's free:-))
If you want to upgrade for free you have to purchase logibucks first for your time credits. Logibucks are a kind of toy money inside of Logiscape network. For example: a newbie silver member can purchase two logibucks a week, for 10000 time credits each. 10000 time credits are quite easy to get, even from surfing only, and there are more ways too, like referring and sponsoring. And: as stated above, Logiscape network has three other traffic exchanges. Every member can collect logibucks on Hitpulse, ts25 and Traffic Pods too, and transfer them between his accounts from one site to another!
If you have collected enough logibucks for your upgrade (for example, 35 for platinum) you can use them and keep your $19 in your pocket!

Step 8. Your pesonal value. On your profile page you can see your personal value (PV) for current week, and your lifetime PV. There are 3 components: surfing, referring and sponsoring. The most important for your reputation is surfing, but referring and sponsoring help you rank higher.
Referring means here the hits your referral link gets. Display your referral link on every other traffic exchange you're in, and especially on other Logiscape sites (you are surfing them to get extra logibucks anyway), on paid-to-read sites, on paid-to-click sites with free click exchange etc., and see your PV growing. Two hits = one credit.
Sponsoring means, you have referred an active(!) member, i.e. your referral's weekly PV has be at least 300, then you gain 150 PV next week (as a silver member).

Step 9. Your first star. You'll get a star when your lifetime PV is 100 000. Having stars is benefitial for example when purchasing logibucks. The members with a star can get two for 10000 credits instead of one:-) The more stars you'll gain on your way the more benefitial it becomes...

Step 10. Loyalty points and club membership. For every month you are upgraded member you'll get loyalty points. Gold members are getting 2500 and platinum members 5000 points. Of course, there are huge time credit bonuses coming with loyalty points, but most important is: after you have collected 25000 loyalty points, you may get an invitation to become a club member - the highest rank of upgrade.
It isn't 100% sure you will get it, though. Only the site administrators can send a club invitation, and there are only 100 club membership spots over entire network. If there are more eligible members than spots available, the invites will go first to the members that have waited the longest. So if you once get the invitation, don't hesitate: first-come, first-served.

Hopefully this short 10-steps-guide will help to understand Traffic Era better.
If you are a new member of Traffic Era, go now to the site tutorials to learn more. If you aren't a member yet but want to get huge traffic to your sites, click on the banner below and join. You will not regret, I promise:-)

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Sunday, November 30, 2008

NeoBux pays... and pays... and pays... and pays!!!

Another paid-to-click site I made good experience with is NeoBux. With no doubt it's one of the best PTC sites on the net right now.
What makes this site so special? NeoBux was the first one who offered instant payments. It was a revolution in paid-to-click industry. Just request, confirm, and in less than a minute you'll receive an AlertPay/PayPal e-mail: NeoBux paid you!
NeoBux was also the first who started to rent referrals instead of selling them. Renting a referral for a month costs 30c for a free (standard) member and 20c for an upgraded (gold) member. It is benefitial to a client (clicker/advertiser) and the site too, a win-win situation. From point of view of a clicker, he can replace his inactive referral. He even has not to wait a whole month - he can recycle each referral any time he wants to, and replacing costs 8c only.
NeoBux is only renting referrals that have clicked at least 10 advertisements in the past 5 days. It also has an extremely smart weapon to keep members active: every day a member has not clicked the ads he will not earn from his referrals too. The referral clicks will be calculated based on the clicks the member made on the previous day. It makes even a laziest member with the largest referral base to grasp his mouse.
The fastest, easiest and cheapest way to keep active referrals is using auto-pay. A member who wants to use it has to transfer some money to his NeoBux account. Activating autopay extends the next payment date for referrals. On the first click each referral makes per day, the member who rented him pays to keep him/her for an extra day. That way the less active ones will be sorted out with time, and the renting member saves 10% too.
For a free member minimum 4 clicks a day are guaranteed, for a gold member - 9. A smart neobuxer checks many times a day and usually will rewarded for it with some extra clicks;-) It depends on advertisers, though.
Now to the most important thing: payments. NeoBux pays via Alertpay and PayPal, via PayPal there is a tiny fee, though. The first payment is only $2, the next is $3, then $4 and so on until $10. The small $2 first payment is extremely newbie-friendly. This way even the members who haven't built their downline, and who haven't enough money to rent referrals can get their money faster.

Candy for payment proof lovers: there are two this time:-)
I was paid via AlertPay and PayPal

Enough said. NeoBux has over 2 million happy members. 2 million people can't be wrong!

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