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:-)