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?