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How To Advertise Lead Capture Pages

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Welcome to November!

Is 2008 really almost over?

Sorry I haven’t updated for a bit. I spent the last few days riding around Missouri in the back of a van doing light shows for one of my favorite bands. Halloween shows are always lots of fun but to be honest I am just happy to be home working again.

For the past few months I have been using many of the techniques that Soren Jordansen has laid out in his Internet Marketing Success Formula to build a profitable email list using free information products.  If you want to know one of the best ways to make money on the Internet then you should really read his book.

Anyways, I have been sharing some of the best places I have found to advertise lead capture pages that I use to build my list. To see my results from previous months click here.

Unfortunately I was on the road a lot at the end of October and I didn’t get stats for the last few days so this month’s stats might be slightly lower than they should be.

As usual I am using Hits Connect to track how many sign-ups I am getting from my lead capture pages.

Traffic Exchanges
1. ts25 – 16
2. Traffic Splash – 10

I actually spent a lot less time surfing for credits this month than usual so I didn’t bother listing the exchanges that only got me a few sign-ups.  The 26 sign-ups I received from ts25 and Traffic Splash actually came from credits I had left over from previous months.  Isn’t residual traffic great?

Safelists
1. ListJoe – 81
2. FreeSafelistMailer – 13
3. AdSolution – 12
4. List Auction – 9
5. Elite Safelist -7

Wow!  ListJoe continues to perform way above my expectations for a safelist. I did purchase the upgraded membership but with those kinds of stats it is worth every penny!  If you aren’t already a member join ListJoe now!

Text Ad Exchanges
1. Traffic Swarm – 51
2. Muscle Mail – 28
3. Ad Exchangers – 25
4. Maple Ads – 7
4. Elephant Text Ad Exchange – 6

Once again Traffic Swarm dominates the text ad exchanges but there are many newer sites which are proving to be very effect for advertising lead capture pages.  Check them out!

I should also mention that I participated in my very first JV Giveaway to advertise my lead capture page f and I was very happy with the results.  I received 39 sign-ups even though I got in really late.  If you have a free product to give away and want to advertise your lead capture page in the next big give away event then check out IM Dream Team asap!  It’s free to join and is a great way to get a lot of exposure for your lead capture page.

Of course these numbers are all from my own testing and your results may vary.  If you are doing any kind of online advertising you need to track your own stats. That’s why I recommend HitConnect for tracking all of your sign-ups.  Get your own HitConnect trackers by clicking the link below.

The Best Places to Advertise Your Squeeze Page

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Another month down and another month of advertising stats to share with you.

September was actually a pretty rough month.  One of the lights that I use in my light show died and I had to replace it.  People are always shocked to find out how much nice concert lights cost.  I also had to replace the video card in my computer.  Those two purchases completely emptied out my PayPal account which didn’t leave much room for advertising.  Thankfully I made a few good investments at the start of the month so I am working my way back up.

Most of my traffic is still coming from traffic exchanges, text ad exchanges, and safelists which I am using to promote my Traffic Success Formula ebook.  Here’s the splash page I am promoting: http://www.trafficsuccessformula.com/splash01.htm

I am tracking with HitConnect because HitConnect rocks!

Here’s where most of my sign-ups came from during the month of September…

Traffic Exchanges
1. ts25 – 14
2. Traffic Splash – 12
3. Dragon Surf – 7
4. BootScootin’Traffic – 7
5. Royal Surf – 5

Not much changed there since last month except BootScootin’Traffic and Royal Surf made it into the top 5.

Safelists
1. ListJoe – 61
2. Got Safelist? – 12
3. Global Safelist – 10
4. AdSolution – 9
5. FreeSafelistMailer – 8

AdSolution dropped a little bit this month and I should also point out that I went with pro memberships at Global Safelist, Got Safelist?, and ListJoe.

Check out ListJoe.  Are you kidding me?  61 sign-ups from a safelist?  Granted the upgrade at ListJoe isn’t cheap but with 61 new sign-ups it was well worth the investment.  If you aren’t a member of ListJoe yet, go join and make sure you take advantage of the special offer you will see when you sign-up.

Text Ad Exchanges
1. Traffic Swarm – 20
2. Muscle Mail – 11
3. Ad Exchangers – 6
4. Elephant Text Ad Exchange – 6

Nothing new here.  Traffic Swarm continues to dominate the text ad exchange world even though it isn’t quite the same as the others.  I have been very pleased with the results I continue to receive from Muscle Mail and Ad Exchangers.  Elephant Text Ad Exchange is new to the list but was just bubbling under last month.

My budget for October is starting out a little light.  I might cancel my ts25 upgrade for a few weeks and live off of the thousands of credits I have earned over the last 2 months.  Will absolutely upgrade at ListJoe again.  61 sign-ups!  Crazy.

As before you should keep in mind that these are my personal stats and the results you receive may not be the same. Also, I am not saying these are the only places worth advertising. These are just some of the places that I tried last month which worked best for me.

Know of some better sites I should be advertising on?  Feel free to submit them in a comment.

All tracking stats were provided by HitConnect. Start tracking your ads today by getting your own HitConnect account. Click the image below for more details.

BootScootin’Traffic Hits Another Milestone

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I have seen a lot of traffic exchange launches over the years but none quite like BootScootin’Traffic.

The first phase of the BootScootin’Traffic launch was to pay new members to sign-up until they reached 500 members. They did that in 4 hours!

The second phase of the BootScootin’Traffic launch was to pay members $0.50 – $1.00 for referring new members until they hit 1500 members. I have just learned that they have now achieved that goal… and they did it in less than 48 hours!

That’s 1500 people in one place who have proven that they will sign-up for a program that brings them free traffic. What a fantastic opportunity to get your site in front of a lot of active marketers.

Now that the 1500 member goal has been reached they are launching a new promotion…

… $5 for the sponsor and referred member of user number 1550, 1600, 1650, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1850, 1900, 1950 and 2000.

On top of that… members 1525, 1575, 1625, 1675, 1725, 1775, 1825, 1875, 1925, and 1975 get $1 added to sponsor and referral.

Pretty cool.

If you are not already a member of BootScootin’Traffic now would be a great time to join and see what all the excitement is about. To join click the banner below.

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Making Money With a Dying Computer

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Ok, this random computer reboot thing is really getting annoying. I mean, it was annoying last week when it started but now that I know it isn’t a virus or some messed up registry thing I am started to feel pretty helpless. I did order a new CPU on Sunday night.  Unfortunately I went with the cheapest online dealer I could find and it looks like they waited until today to actually put the thing in the mail.  Sigh.

I am assuming my CPU is the problem because I can’t think of anything else it could be. All the tech sites I have been reading point to an overheating CPU. All the fans in my PC are working but I am a slob and I have a cat so dust bunnies are just a way of life. I did take my computer apart, cleaned out all the dirty bits, and made sure the heat sink on the CPU was clean. No luck. So hopefully a new CPU will solve the problem.

In the mean time I just have to deal with my computer rebooting every time I get into something.

I did manage to get some work done today. I released Traffic Success Formula almost 6 weeks ago (has it been that long?) and today I took the time to crunch some numbers to see how profitable it has been. The numbers weren’t that good. Granted, I am list building so in theory it will be much more profitable in the long run but I would really like to see some more of that money coming in sooner.

I decided the best way to get my list profitable now was to update my “one time offer” that people see when they sign-up. I was running a pretty generic ebook package. I tried to spice up my OTO with a nice OTO template and a relatively cheap price. It’s making me money but not nearly as much as I would like.

Today I was playing around with the idea of creating some kind of OTO rotator that would let me test different offers but I decided to just pick one rock sold product and see how it goes. I picked a product that I have mentioned on my blog before but I bundled in a few bonus products and slashed the price almost in half. Which product is it? Well, I can’t tell you that unless you subscribe to my list. Luckily you can do that very easily by requesting a copy of Traffic Success Formula at my site: http://www.TrafficSuccessFormula.com or you can just subscribe to my newsletter by filling out the form at the top of this page.

Amazing! I managed to write this entire post without a single reboot. Apparently my PC is healed and I don’t have to worry about it rebooting while I am in the middle of writing somethi