You Will Not Get Rich From This Blog

Happy Tuesday Everyone,

The other day I was watching Nickelodian with my six year old son and a commercial came on encouraging kids to turn the TV off and go play outside. Then the very next commercial said “STAY TUNED FOR A SPONGE BOB MARATHON!” Whew, that was close, we almost turned the TV off.

Anyways =P

Ever since I figured out how to create screen shots it’s opened up a whole new visual element for this blog. As Sadie would put it, “Less Wordy and Intimidating”. So I’m having fun and even using screen shots in the banners and splash pages I make ( but that’s another post ).

You know, I’ve made it quite clear that Traffic Splash is my absolute favorite Traffic Exchange. Yesterday was one of those days that reminding me why. I woke up Monday morning to another $5 in my account, I’m not sure how it got there, since I didn’t receive an email saying I won anything. Oh well, time for a payout request. Now Paul ( the owner of Traffic Splash ) usually takes about a day or so to send payments, but yesterday he was on top of things. The payment below was received in less than four hours. Thanks Paul, this was my second cash out in four days!

To top things off Traffic Splash was having yet another “Splash the Cash” day and I was not only determined to find me one of those swell cash prizes, but also surf 1000 pages for the first time ever. Not only did I find a $10 instant cash prize, ton’s of banner, text links and surf credits, but I actually made it to 1001 pages surfed. Whew! I normally only surf 100 to 250 pages. So this was a big deal for me.

The next screen shot pretty much shows what I accomplished in one day. The $129 is my total earnings, everything above that is all MONDAY!!

Not bad for a days work from just one of my many income streams ( $$ ).

Okay, so another reason why I’m surfing so much these last few days, is because I’ve been giving ALOT of Free credits to my new referrals. I really want everyone to understand what a tremendous resource Traffic Exchanges are. Not only for hits to your website, blog or affiliate programs but also for earning potential. So for everyone joining Traffic Splash in June under me. Surf 100 pages and I’ll send you an additional 100 surf credits. Actually, if I see you surfing daily, I’m sure I can keep those extra credits flowing in your direction. Maybe 100, Maybe less, Possibly more.

The above examples show whats possible from just one exchange, and doesn’t even reflect referral commissions or other bonus’s I’ve received in the past.

Now about Upgrading your account. When you join a Traffic Exchange your going to get a super long Sales page giving you a “One Time Offer”. This is usually for a years upgrade. If you can afford it, GO FOR IT! Otherwise, just join for free or take advantage of a monthly “Pro” subscription. Going Pro ( upgrading ) not only increases your commission level from your referral upgrades and purchases, but also gives you more surf credits per page. Since everyone needs advertising this really is a no brainer. Plus most exchanges pass out free referrals to upgraded members.

On a side note. before you upgrade in anything, please read my post “To Upgrade or Not to Upgrade…”.

Once again, thanks again for all the emails, comments and messages.

Now, I totally got away from giving plugs to other websites or blogs in the last few posts. I’m really not that selfish, and I have no excuses. I think it’s very important to show respect and acknowledgment to your peers and to those you admire. Even at the risk of losing a commission or subscriber. So to get back to sharing the love…

I’d like to introduce Eddy Salomon WorkAtHomeNoScams.com. I actually sent Eddy a negative email last week about his decision to carry “sponsored advertising” on his site ( I won’t go into details, you guys know how I feel about sponsored ads ). I was really expecting an “F’ You Phil, your blog sucks” kind of response. Instead, Eddy sent me a very prompt and classy reply defending his decision. Since then we’ve emailed several times and I’m pretty stoked to have met someone almost as cool as I :) Or perhaps slightly cooler.

Okay, Got some surfing to do before bed. Night all.

Phil ( shout out to iCarly ) Ames
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Hola Everyone..

A couple months ago I was introduced to a new Traffic Exchange called List Surfing. Tim Linden, the owner of StartExchange described it as “list builder meets traffic exchange”

Traditionally the way you earn credits with most TE’s, is to manually surf, purchase credits, or earn credits from your referrals surfing efforts. With LS, you surf to earn “member email credits”. The email credits you earn are used to send “member emails”. When you view someones email, you also earn random amounts of banner and text link credits, to be used on List Surfing. I think this is a great idea, and another awesome way to earn free traffic to your websites. If members want to receive banner and text credits, they have to view your email ( 20 second timer ). Of course we can also purchase credits, but the majority of the money grubbing opportunity seekers, really don’t like to spend money on such things.

Another cool feature, is not having to remember to assign credits to keep your websites in rotation. All you have to do is surf at least 50 sites a month, and view 10 emails to remain active and keep hits coming to your site. I surf much more than the required 50, because I like the fact that I get email credits for my ad campaigns.

Of course we also earn up to 50% commissions on our referrals upgrades and purchases. Even though I made the assumption earlier in this post that, most of our refs don’t like to spend money. My personal experience over the past few months, is that you will get quite a few referrals who do indeed purchase upgrades and additional ad credits. Just not the majority. This is paypal money, people!!

So lets review the benefits of joining List Surfing:

• Keep your account active by surfing only 50 sites and read at least 10 emails.

• Your Sites ( 1 to 5 URL’s ) stay in rotation as long as you stay Active.

• You’ll earn text and banner credits by viewing members emails.

• You’ll earn credits to send “Member Emails” by surfing. The more you surf the more you earn.

• You’ll earn up to 50% commissions from referral purchases ( upgrades etc… )

So basically, you’d be silly not to add List Surfing to your already extensive, promotional and earnings arsenal.

If your new to Traffic Exchanges. You really need to consider making them a part of your daily routine. The extra hits you’ll receive to your website are priceless. Plus the PayPal commissions are some of the best around.

Besides List Surfing, here are a few of my favorite Traffic Exchanges:

• Traffic Splash
• Royal Surf
• Traffic Witch
• Blue Surf
• StartExchange
• EasyHits4You

Alright guys, that’s all for today. As promised, I’m starting to write more and more. Three posts this week!! Not bad.

Until next time, thanks for all the emails and support. You guys really do rock!

Phil ( philsfault ) Ames

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