Monday, October 27th, 2008 at
5:03 pm
Getting referrals always plays big part of how successful you are with any ptc site. Actually its true for ptr sites, gpt sites, affiliate programs and ironically traffic exchanges as well. How well do traffic exchanges really work for getting referrals you may ask? Based on how many traffic exchanges there are and how many people use them I’d say they do work, but how much you get out of it, depends on your approach.
What is a Traffic Exchange
As the name implies and as one could guess, basically you are exchanging traffic by viewing websites in return for credit to have others view yours. You become a member of a traffic exchange site much like you would do for a paid to click site. Once you sign up as a member you are able to advertise your links using credits you acquire by surfing other ads. The allure of traffic exchanges is the ability to advertise your links for free by using credits.
Best Approach
The success of traffic exchanges in getting referrals has vast results for different people. These results are based on different approaches used with traffic exchanges. Most people who use traffic exchanges just use their referral links to the sites they are members of. While others use a more sophisticated approach by advertising with a splash page. A splash page can be used to give a more focused and eye-catching approach. It allows you to grab the attention of the user and gives you a window to perk the interest of the viewer. Splash pages can be easily tailored for whatever venue you are advertising on and allows you more pinpoint targeting of your audience.
Things To Look For In a Traffic Exchange
Traffic exchanges operate on a credit ratio. Meaning if the ratio is 1:1, you as a member will receive 1 visit to your link for every 1 link that you visit. Now many traffic exchanges have ratios of 3:2 and 5:4 while there are a few that have 1:1. Obviously you want to join the ones that have betting clicking ratios. Another feature that some traffic exchanges have are bonuses. As you are surfing ads, some sites offer random bonuses or threshold bonuses when you reach so many links viewed. These bonuses take the form of increased credits, banner advertisement credits or other forms of credits. This greatly enhances your advertising power. Of course you want to use a traffic exchange that is popular and has a good amount of members. What good would it be if no one used it. You also want to find ones that are free to use. Don’t bother paying for any memberships when there are so many free ones available.
Recommend Traffic Exchange Sites
EasyHits4U
Royal Surf
Traffic Syndicate 25
Traffic Splash
Traffic Era
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Monday, October 20th, 2008 at
4:46 pm
What is a Downline Builder?
A Downline Builder in simple terms, is a mechanism for increasing your referrals. There are basically two types. The first type consists of an actual thread in a forum whereby a user can join a downline by signing up to a site using the referral link of the last post. This thread continues indefinitely guaranteeing each member who posts in the thread one referral. Problem with this method is that you only get one referral and you must not already be a member of the site you want to join. The other type of downline builder is a more conventional program that involves a site usually dedicated to building your referral base. One such site is PTCReferrals. Let’s take a look at how it works.
How A Downline Builder Works?
After you signup as a member at a downline builder site, there is a section where you can view all the programs the site has in its database. Each site listing has a referral link with the member who sponsored you to the site (the referral link you used to get to the downline builder site). Also there is a “Username/Affiliate ID” field for you to put your USERID for that site. Basically you browse through the programs you are interested in joining and click on the referral link to any you want to join. After you have signed up to that particular site and given a USERID, you can then put it in the “Username/Affliate ID” field for that site. From then on, anyone you refer to the downline builder will see your referral link when they access the downline builder program database.
Benefits and Advantages
Downline Builders provide a consolidate referral link approach to getting referrals. Once you join a downline builder site and join the programs in its database, you only need to promote a single referral link. Your referral link to the downline builder will showcase all your referral links to sites that you are a member of in the program database. You also get unlimited levels of tiers for your referral links. This means that not only do you get to showcase your referrals links to your direct referrals, but also to indirect referrals for any programs that your directs did not register for. Lastly, if you already are a member of a site, all you need to do is put your USERID in the “Username/Affiliate ID” field and your referral links are now active.
Conclusion
While there are many downline builders around, there aren’t many that have bux type ptc sites in their database. Most have traffic exchanges, PTRs and aurora type PTC sites, however there are a few that specialize in the more popular PTC sites.
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Thursday, September 25th, 2008 at
11:30 pm
The PTC sites click grind can sometimes get so boring and time consuming that you don’t feel motivated to continue doing it regularly. What you may not realize is that your Internet browser can make a big difference in your efficiency and Firefox from Mozilla is one such browser. Firefox allows you to do several things that will make your life a lot easier not to mention its more secure.
Multiple Sites Open in a Single Window
The first thing is that you can have all your PTC sites open in the same window using different tabs. This makes switching between them a snap and easier to manage. I will usually open 10 sites at once in a single tabbed window and cycle through them clicking on ads. Doing 10 at once this way saves alot of time.
Open Up Multiple Sites With A Single Click
Another thing Firefox allows you to do is to open all the sites in a bookmarked folder all at once. So for instance, I have a folder I call PTC Sites1, which I have the 10 sites I am a member of in this folder. All I have to do is right-click that folder under bookmarks and click “Open All in Tabs”. Presto! all 10 sites open up in single window. Saves you alot of time instead of having to open each one. The only prep you need to do is create bookmark folders and add sites to these folders.
Cache Passwords
The third thing that firefox does is to cache your passwords for sites. This makes the whole logging in thing a breeze.
The Process Step by Step:
- Open Firefox
- Under Bookmarks right click PTC Sites1 folder or whatever name you used and click “Open All in Tabs”
- After all your sites have opened, select the first tab
- The login and password should already be filled out if you enable password caching, just click the login button and begin surfing ads
- Go to the next tab and continue the process until you have completed clicks at all sites in that folder
- If you have more folders with PTC sites to click, open them and continue until all sites are done
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Thursday, September 25th, 2008 at
12:29 pm
The Internet is saturated with so many paid to click sites to join nowadays, and for every legit site there exists a scam site. Sometimes it is not an easy task to discern a legit site from a scam site, so you really need to take the time and research before you join a site. The last thing you want to do is invest time and money into a site only to have it all disappear. There are some simple rules you can follow to help avoid scam sites.
Read the TOS
Look at how much they are paying per click and per a referral’s click. If it the amount sounds too good to be true it probably is. Don’t be drawn in by the big numbers with promise of making quick money. Any site that is paying too much will not be able to survive on its own advertising and will eventually go down taking whatever cash they have made with them.
Overall Site Impression
Second, take a look at the site as a whole. Does it look professional or does it look like someone downloaded the clone Bux.to script and just slapped a site together by changing a few things. Legit sites have a more original feel, even if they have a modified clone script to develop their website. You can also easily tell that a legit site has invested the time and money to develop it.
Read Paid to Click Forums
Check the forums to see what kind of feedback other members have about the site. Forums have a wealth of knowledge about almost every PTC site out there. Posts by happy members are a good indicator of a legit site and a good gauge of how successful it is. If a site is not so good or really bad, you will definitely see posts about it. Sometimes there are conflicting posts of good and bad experiences, in which case you should use the other factors to help you decide. Also many forums have blacklisted or scam sites section showing you which ones to avoid which makes the research alot easier.
How Active is the Admin of the Site
Good sites have very active admins. He/She is usually very busy fielding trouble tickets, complaints, answering PMs and running the site. If the admin doesn’t respond to any of these in a timely fashion, it’s usually an indicator of a poorly run site or a site that should definitely be avoided. The forums of the site will tell you how active the admin is and the impression members have of him/her.
Search Google
Another easy way to check is to just do a search in Google or Yahoo for the name of the ptc site in question. You can cross reference the search results with some of the research you did earlier to see if it checks out or not.
Ultimately its up to you to decide which ptc sites to join. There are many resources to help you decide. Do your research and don’t take any shortcuts or you may end up wasting your time and money if you invested any.
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