1
Sep

The Best Safelists for September 2011

Author: Jerry Iannucci

Welcome to September!

Another month down and a whole new month of stats to share for the best safelists and viral list builders out there today.

The big news from last month was the re-release of List Surfing.  This site definitely got a lot of attention and with good reason.  List Surfing does an amazing job of blending the best elements of a traffic exchange with a safelist to create a unique advertising environment.  Best of all List Surfing has brought social marketing into the safelist arena which is something this industry has been very much lacking.

If you missed it I did a video review of List Surfing that you can watch here:

http://www.getrichwithjerry.com/list-surfing-video-review/

Not too much else to report.  I did test a few older safelists that I had joined years ago but quit because they weren’t producing good results.  The results from last month weren’t good enough to put them in the top 15 so I won’t bother mentioning them.  Needless to say if you have any good safelists or viral list builders that you recommend which you don’t think I am member of please send them my way.

On to the stats…

Here’s how it works.  I promote a series of squeeze pages for my ebook Safelist Marketing Tactics on 30-40 different safelists and viral list builders.  I use a tracking service to tell me how many hits I receive from each site as well as how many new subscribers I received.  I do have upgraded memberships on most of these sites which often allow me to send my ads to more members and more often.  I also spend time every day clicking emails for credits which allow me to send my ads to the maximum number of people as often as possible.  Your results may vary.


Hits Unique Conv. Ratio
AdsolutionLine 2799 40.00% 20 0.71%
The Lead Magnet 1186 62.00% 20 1.69%
State of the Art Mailer 4121 77.00% 19 0.46%
List Bonus 1207 81.00% 16 1.33%
Quick List Profits 553 62.00% 13 2.35%
Ultimate Profit List
1228 73.00% 12 0.98%
Adchiever 1673 69.00% 11 0.66%
List Joe 2063 77.00% 10 0.48%
DownlineBuilderDirect 1252 56.00% 8 0.64%
Viral URL 25 92.00% 8 32.00%
List Effects 319 63.00% 7 2.19%
Instant List Empire 537 66.00% 7 1.30%
List Surfing
896 83.00% 7 0.78%
List Adventure 1021 60.00% 5 0.49%
AdTactics 1099 24.00% 4 0.36%

Total August sign-ups from all mailers (including those not listed here): 166

Not a bad month.  Pretty cool to see an old school safelist like AdsolutionLine topping the list.   Makes me wish I earned commissions there but it’s a totally free safelist.  So if you’re not a member, that’s definitely one you will want to join.

Everything else looks about right.  A nice mix of safelists and viral list builders.  It’s not too hard to see from looking at this list which are the best sites to be advertising on this month.

I should mention that List Surfing is a little bit lower on the list than I would have expected.  That’s because the mailer credits are earned by surfing in the traffic exchange side of the site.  Unfortunately I haven’t had enough time to earn enough credits to reach the maximum number of members for every mailing.  That makes it a little harder to compare to the other sites.  I will say that the branding and the social aspect of List Surfing puts it a little bit ahead of the competition but that is something which is kinda hard to measure with these kinds of stats.

That’s it for this month.  Don’t forget that these are my own personal stats based on my own efforts.  Your results may differ from mine.  These stats are provided to give you a starting point for new safelists and viral list builders to try.  The only way to determine which sites work best for you is to track your own stats.  You can get the same link tracker that I use for free from TE Toolbox.

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12
Oct

Ponzi Scheme Frustrations

Author: Jerry Iannucci

Hello again!

Sorry I haven’t been updating my blog as often as I would like.  I’m still around, I just haven’t had much time to write.

But today I am ready to rant!

Yep, welcome back!

So, lately I have been spending way too much time on Sweeva.  Frankly, i’m addicted.  Whatever.  In case you live under a rock Sweeva is a social marketing site / traffic exchange.  So by using it you are not only getting your site seen by other marketers but you are also getting to know a lot of other marketers socially who are promoting their own sites.

I guess recently it has really started to bug me to see how many talented Internet marketers I know are out there promoting illegal pyramid and ponzi schemes.

I know.  These programs have been around even longer than I have.   It’s not like I haven’t seen hundreds of them come and go over the years.  But it’s interesting now to finally see the faces and talk to the people who are promoting these programs in a social environment such as Sweeva.

Ok, for the record i’m no angel.  I’ve been known to bend a few laws in my time.  If I am in a hurry I might go a few mph over the speed limit.  I probably play the stereo in my car louder than I should and I might even admit to having a few mp3s on my computer that I didn’t pay for.  Hey, I’m like a modern day Jesse James.

Let’s be realistic here.  The police probably aren’t going to break your door down and haul you off to jail for promoting an affiliate link that might not be entirely legal, but does that mean you should do it?

As long as nobody gets hurt, right?

Wrong.

People do get hurt.

Money doesn’t just magically appear.

No program pays out more than it takes in.

The only way for you to make money in these programs is for other people to lose money.  Your success can only come from someone else’s failure.

Am I the only one bothered by that?

No, i’m not a lawyer or a judge.  I can’t pass absolute legal judgment over every site out there.  But if you are not selling a product or service and the only thing you are offering people is a money making opportunity then chances are it’s either an illegal pyramid scheme or an illegal ponzi scheme.

What’s that?  You program offers a product or service?  I guess that makes it legit, right?

Of course it does!

In fact, Bernie Madoff would be a free man right now if he had only thought to provide his clients with some ebooks and a rotating banner ad on his blog.

You can dress it up anyway you like.  If people are spending money on these things with the goal of making more money back then slapping on a worthless product or ad credits isn’t going to make them any more legit.

It’s frustrating to me though because sometimes I just want to grab these people and tell them what they are doing is wrong… but I can’t.  Who am I to tell them what they should or should not promote?  Right?

Look, if you have the money and you want to gamble it on one of these programs I don’t really care.  Maybe you’ll get lucky and eventually make a profit.  Congratulations on your wise business investment.

My problem is with the program owners and the people who use these programs to prey on newbies who don’t know any better.  The people who only care about making money and don’t care where it’s coming from.  To me that is more than just breaking the law… it’s just wrong.

2
Aug

Happy Monday!

Here is the list of recommended upcoming JV giveaway events for August 2, 2010.

JV Giveaway Events

August 3 – Social Marketing Gifts
Contributors: 1954  Gifts: 113

August 10 – Summer Splash Giveaway 2010
Contributors: 125  Gifts: 8

August 12 – The Ultimate Blogging Giveaway
Contributors: 1053  Gifts: 165

You can find a complete listing of upcoming giveaways on the events calendar at: http://www.GiveawayTactics.com

JV Giveaway Tactics

26
Jul

Happy Monday!

Ok, it’s starting to bug me a little bit that I update these lists every week and 9 out of 10 of the new sites are junk.  It becomes pretty obvious when you see a new giveaway launched every 2 weeks using the same domain.

I think I am just going to start focusing on the best ones.

So, here is the list of JV giveaway events for July 26, 2010.

JV Giveaway Events

July 27 – Labor Day Joint Venture Giveaway
Contributors: 248  Gifts: 140

July 30 – IM Newbies List Building Event
Contributors: 115  Gifts: 74

August 3 – Social Marketing Gifts
Contributors: 1463  Gifts: 78

August 10 – Summer Splash Giveaway 2010
Contributors: 104  Gifts: 5

You can always find the latest giveaway announcements at:
http://www.GiveawayTactics.com

JV Giveaway Tactics

19
Jul

Happy Monday!

Here is the list of upcoming JV giveaway events for July 19, 2010.

JV Giveaway Events

July 21 – The Australian Giveaway
Contributors: 279  Gifts: 158

**July 21 – Internet Marketing JV Gifts
Contributors: 425  Gifts: 37

July 21 – The World JV Giveaway
Contributors: 236  Gifts: 192

July 27 – Labor Day Joint Venture Giveaway
Contributors: 188  Gifts: 78

July 28 – Golden PLR Giveaway
Contributors: 139  Gifts: 72

July 30 – The Gift Vault Giveaway
Contributors: 122  Gifts: 98

July 30 – Hot Summer Vacation Giveaway
Contributors: 154  Gifts: 90

August 1 – Gold Peak Giveaway
Contributors: 150  Gifts: 102

**August 3 – Social Marketing Gifts
Contributors: 852  Gifts: 46

*August 10 – Summer Splash Giveaway 2010
Contributors: 87  Gifts: 3

* Recommended

You can always find the latest giveaway announcements at:
http://www.GiveawayTactics.com

JV Giveaway Tactics

9
Jul

The Great Sweeva Widget Hunt

Author: Jerry Iannucci

I just had a crazy idea.

What if somebody made a list of web pages that display the Sweeva widget?

We would then have a list of sites that we could visit every day looking for “prize” widgets and the owners of those sites would benefit from the extra traffic as well as winning half of the prizes.

Here’s the list of sites I have found so far:

http://www.GetRichWithJerry.com (this page)
http://www.TimLinden.com
http://www.HitExchangeNews.com/news
http://lynnm.net
http://www.WinterPerkins.com
http://traffic-exchange-news.com
http://morebloghits.info
http://www.imfaceplate.com/lynnm
http://www.DianeMerriam.com
http://froggyknows.com/blog/
http://goldpavedroad.com
http://traffictips.myccblog.com/
http://www.cashmaker5000.com/
http://www.lucidleads.com/blog/
http://www.youwanttraffic.com/
http://www.CouponCorner.com
http://catherinedwhite.blogspot.com
http://elite-soldier.blogspot.com
http://jerwinblog.com
http://nikki-m-morris.blogspot.com
http://theprofithub.webs.com/apps/blog
http://networkramblings.blogspot.com/p/join-me-on.html
http://www.mmaco.net/Ads4You
http://sirmalachismenagerie1.blogspot.com/
http://freebielandgateway.com
http://virtualhow2.com/
http://fundingyourdream.com/
http://en-money-ptc.blogspot.com/
http://www.firstchoiceinvestors.com/citygaze.html
http://www.caxtlazone.com/tep/indexTE.php
http://splash2.trafficapache.com
http://trafficexchangeplus.mysurfsite.com
http://ad.trwv.net/t.pl/32225/201689
http://herbs-n-oils.blogspot.com
http://swomguide.info
http://butterflywebworks.com/thebridges/index.php
http://philjansen.com/swom
http://downlinebuilders.info/programs.php
http://coshawsfi.blogspot.com/
http://www.triimart.com
http://www.articlefarms.com
http://vitalviralpro.com/m/26020
http://getcommissions.com
http://www.opportunities-home-business.com
http://squishycash3.blogspot.com
http://vitalviralpro.com/m/26020
http://getcommissions.com
http://www.opportunities-home-business.com
http://askralphlyon.com/home
http://www.1modernsolution.com/blog/
http:/blog.olbizsuccess.com
http://www.tonsoftraffics.com
http://www.mytraffic-pro.com/free_tools.html
http://thetrafficworkshop.com
http://freepesos.weebly.com
http://www.zenoval.com/sweeva
http://www.benjaminfitts.com
http://moneyorker.blogspot.com
http://wp.me/p16fK9-2H

All links should open in a new window.

When you visit each of these sites look for the Sweeva widget.  If it says you won a prize click it to claim your reward.

Want to see your page listed above?

Here’s all you need to do…

Step 1
If you’re not already a member of Sweeva join here: http://MySweeva.com

Step 2
Add the Sweeva widget to your website

Step 3
Submit the URL of the page showing your Sweeva widget in the comments section below.

Just in case you don’t know, Sweeva is a brand new social marketing website that allows members to interact with each other while looking other member’s websites.  The Sweeva widget is a little piece of javascipt that you can add to your website which either shows the current site being displayed on Sweeva or it displays your own personal Sweeva stats.

Occasionally the Sweeva widget will turn into a “prize” widget that looks like this:

Don’t bother clicking it.   That’s just an example.

Click the list of sites above to locate the real Sweeva prize widgets.

Also, don’t forget to check the widget on the right side of this page.

Have fun and leave your widget sites in the comments below!

26
Feb

Welcome back to part 4 of my money making series.

Did you read the book I posted a few days ago?

http://getrichwithjerry.com/downloads/imsf.htm

Good!

Now that you know all the benefits of building your list i’m going to start  getting into some of the nitty gritty details.

Ready?

The first thing you are going to need to entice people to join your list is some kind of bait. Bait doesn’t sound very nice though.  Think of it more as an “ethical bribe”.  The idea is to find something to give away that would be of interest to your target audience.

Let’s say you are selling a Twitter training video.  To attract your target audience you might want to give away some kind of product related to social marketing.  You probably wouldn’t want to give away something about SEO or article marketing because even though it’s Internet marketing related it doesn’t tie in directly with your main product.

The easiest way to do this is to take a free ebook that you found somewhere else and use that as your freebie.  Make sure you actually have permission from the author of the ebook before you decide to use it as a free giveaway.

You can find a nice collection of free rebrandable ebooks at Viral Ebook Explosion:

http://getrichwithjerry.com/recommends/vee

The advantage to using someone else’s product as your free gift is that it takes almost no work.  However if you want to build credibility with your subscribers eventually you are going to want to make your own.

Creating your own product isn’t nearly as difficult as it sounds.  All you need is a decent word processor such as of Microsoft Word or Open Office Writer and something to write about.  Both of these programs have the ability to export anything you write into a pdf file which is the format that most ebooks are distributed in.

It only takes a few hours of research on Google or YouTube to become an expert on almost any subject.  Well, maybe not an expert… but you can certainly learn enough to create an ebook that people would want to download.  Especially if that ebook solves some kind of problem that your  reader is having.

You’re not limited to just ebooks either.  You can do audio products and video too.  You can actually spend about 20 minutes in front of a microphone and have your very own unique product with very little effort.

So how do you send your gift to your subscribers when they sign-up?

If you have your own hosting the obvious answer is to upload it to your site and then send your subscribers the link to go download it.

If you don’t have your own hosting then I suggest using Instant Bonus Page.

Instant Bonus Page is a site that lets you create a download page that you can send to your subscribers which includes a link for them to download your gift.  It also puts some “bonus” offers on your page that you can use to make a
little extra cash at the same time.

Instant Bonus Page is free to use and it’s also really easy to setup.  Here’s the link:

http://getrichwithjerry.com/recommends/ibp

The next step is to put together a lead capture page or “squeeze page” which is the page you will promote that builds your list.  Of course that’s going to have to wait until later…

So keep checking back here or subscribe at the top of the page to get some of my best sources for building your own awesome lead capture pages.

See ya!

Jerry Iannucci

PS – When you join Instant Bonus Page you’ll see an offer for an amazing point-and-click lead capture system.  If you want a dead simple way to make your own squeeze pages and you don’t have your own website make sure you check it out.

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