Build Your Travel Biz With Free Traffic Exchanges

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Don't Waste Your Hard-Earned Money on Leads

You've started your travel business, and now it's time to promote and build your team. Unless you enjoy cold calling stale lead lists, my advice is to save your money. Real-time travel leads cost anywhere from 3 to 10 dollars each. Ouch! I get emails and calls every day from people who want me to buy their travel leads... the same leads they peddle all over the Internet. If you're looking to attract some new business partners online, here's how you can generate your own real-time leads with free-to-use traffic exchanges.

Viral Traffic Building 

TrafficHoopla

Once you have your lead capture page, it's time to expose it to as many targeted prospects as possible. You can surf for credits, purchase credits, or build downlines in the best hit exchanges and earn credits from the surfing efforts of your downlines. As tempting as it may be to promote your lead capture page 100% of the time, you'll create more exposure in the long run by adding your TrafficHoopla referring url to your site rotator, thereby building downlines in the most productive traffic exchanges.

TrafficHoopla Tips 

  • Read the TrafficHoopla Getting Started module
  • Join each of the First Join Programs as a free member
  • When comfortable, join the Next Join Programs as a free member
  • Do not join the safelists
  • Make sure you join the programs before your downline does

Site Rotator 

PageSwirl

One of the best time savers is to submit a site rotator url to the traffic exchanges. I recommend PageSwirl, which is free, totally transparent, and allows users to rotate up to 5 websites. Be sure to join PageSwirl first and add the sites you wish to promote by clicking on Edit Rotator Sites. Then, submit your PageSwirl rotator url to the various traffic exchanges listed in TrafficHoopla. When you need to make changes, it's a simple matter of editing your PageSwirl rotator sites, rather than updating urls on each individual traffic exchange.

PageSwirl Tips 

  • Read the PageSwirl Getting Started Guide
  • Add your TrafficHoopla affiliate link as one of your 5 sites
  • Add your PageSwirl affiliate link as one of your 5 sites
  • Add your travel lead capture page for the remaining 3 sites
  • Add your affiliate links to the PageSwirl Downline Builder

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Settle In and Surf 

The daily habit of surfing is critical to building traffic exchange downlines and exposing your lead capture page to potential business associates. Each day, choose four or five traffic exchanges from the TrafficHoopla menu or the Hit Exchange News Top 10 List, open them in different windows, and surf them simultaneously. When you're finished surfing, log back in to each account to assign any credits that are not auto-assigned (such as bonus points). Keep using the exchanges that give you the best results, and phase out those that do not.

Hit Exchange Tips 

  • Submit your PageSwirl url to exchanges
    (Most exchanges accept rotators)
  • Choose 100% auto assigning for your credits
  • Use fast-loading lead capture pages only
  • Establish a regular surfing habit, even if you can only spare minutes a day
  • Use the same username and password for all exchanges
  • Keep a binder with copies of your membership details and take notes!

Traffic Exchange Pick 

Dragon Surf

Sure the dragon graphics are cute, but Soren Jordansen's Dragon Surf is a serious marketing tool. If you're new to this form of marketing, Dragon Surf offers a tutorial that will walk you through the sign-up process and have you surfing in no time. Free members earn one page view for every three surfed, but Soren throws in lots of bonus points along the way.

Action Items 

  1. Join TrafficHoopla as a free member
  2. Join PageSwirl as a free member
  3. Join the TrafficHoopla exchanges, submitting your PageSwirl rotator url as your website whenever possible
  4. Provide your referral urls to your downline members

Resources 

Hit Exchange Survival Kit
Hit Exchange Survival Kit

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YTB Info

The YTB companies offer two unique and powerful business opportunities, that of referring travel agent or RTA and that of independent marketing representative or Rep. The travel agent opportunity has an initial fee under $500 and a monthly license fee of $49.95. There is no fee or travel agency purchase required to be a Rep. You may choose to participate in one or both opportunities.

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