What if you wrote four or five workable ‘resolutions’ for YOUR business and then implemented them? How would that change the way YOUR business works? I’m betting that the mere fact that you were seriously “doing something effective” would make a huge difference anyway…

So, what will YOUR resolutions be? Getting more Leads? Getting more Traffic to your website? How about converting more traffic into sales? Or how about a HOT product to sell? Maybe one you don’t have to “pack and ship?”

My goal here is to get you thinking. Thinking about YOUR business and ramping it up so that you can be profitable in the coming year(s). The best tips I can offer you are not some huge revelations that have not been shared before… so take hope! Like me… who had heard these things for a long time before I finally “got it” and began implementing what works!

So, What Works??? … you ask. In my mind… lots of traffic to a page that converts is at the top of the list! And just HOW do you get lots of traffic? There are many ways and your choice may depend upon your finances… so we’ll discuss some of them here and YOU choose.

For those who are challenged financially… there’s always FREE traffic from Traffic Exchanges. You simply join a Traffic Exchange, post your page(s) to be displayed to visitors to the exchange, and then you click through the pages the exchange shows you… and IN EXCHANGE (thus the term - Traffic Exchange) for doing that… the exchange shows YOUR page to the other members. I find it helpful to join a number of exchanges and promote my page(s) on all of them. Then I surf a group of them at once (described as tabbed browsing) and gain a much wider viewership and exposure to my page. The use of Splash Pages that display QUICKLY is most important for much success on these Traffic Exchanges. Make sure to capture a name and email address and having a timely “Giveaway” to make it worth your page visitor’s while to give you their information.

If you want to know WHAT Traffic Exchanges to use… There are two lists that I always look at to see where I should be surfing and those lists are at Traffic Hoopla and Affiliate Funnel. These two lists update weekly and you’ll find both of them posted on my Top Traffic Exchanges page. This page is updated regularly so you can BOOKMARK that page and see in an instant how your favorite Traffic Exchange is ranked today!

Another great way to get TRAFFIC to your web pages is through blogging. If your website is hosted by a company that gives you a CPanel to manage your server space, “One Click” of your mouse will set up a WordPress Blog for you in just a few minutes. Of course you can spent time and money “fancying up” a blog but that is NOT necessary. What IS necessary is for you to make regular posts about what YOU do and what you’re promoting online. If it’s pills and potions… write some short posts about the latest one, how to get it, what it’s purpose is and how YOU benefit from it. Keep in mind the new FTC regulations and don’t say anything that would get you in trouble. If you have any doubts… there are LOTS of sources for legal counsel and I am not on that list! But get some solid advice and in plain language… don’t lie, don’t stretch the truth… and medical claims are a quick way to trouble.

Maybe my choice of examples was not the best… but everyone today MUST begin being TOTALLY honest and truthful in their advertising. Often, you’ll find that “less is more” in cases where you would wonder if you should say something… or not!

All That Said… blogging is picked up instantly by the search engines. Bold your Key Words. Hyper-link one or two of them to your main web page. Then, post your article. Double click the title of your article and then copy the LONG URL you see in your browser bar. Now, go to http://bit.ly and shorten your link at bit.ly. Take your shortened link and “Tweet” it on Twitter to your following.

What, you don’t have a Twitter Account? Shame on you! (my opinion…) You have 140 characters in which to make a short plea and then share your bit.ly link.

So how does all this work???

1. You Tweet the short link.

2. Your followers read the Tweet and click your link.

3. If you’ve posted an interesting article, they’ll see the bolded keywords and hopefully click them…

4. That takes them to your page and if your offer is good and your “FREEBIE” is attractive enough… they’ll want it enough to give you their name and email address for it!

5. If you have an Autoresponder Account (I use AWeber.com) your form will do all that Double Opt-In stuff that makes your lead capture legal and then your autoresponder series of at least seven to ten messages can “Tell & Sell” them on the virtues of your product and why they should buy it!

Wow… I had no idea that I had so much to share about this subject and I’m just getting warmed up. If you’ll check back in a few days, I promise to post a few more tips on how you can get MORE FREE Traffic to your website and hopefully create more conversions.

Until then,

Best of the Season and Happy New Year!

Daveylee

If you have been reluctant to switch to more “green” ways of doing things… please be aware that there is more to being “green” than the environmental thing… It’s a real way to leave more “green” in YOUR pockets!

That’s right, thinking and acting “green” can actually save YOU money and help save the environment and natural resources for everybody.

Continuing on our list of great ways to save…

#7. Reuse Holiday Ribbon. As it said in the last tip on Christmas Eve… there is enough ribbon used each year to wrap once around planet earth!

#8. Buy rechargeable batteries. According to the EPA… about 40% of the sales of batteries in the USA happen during the holidays. If you buy non-rechargeable… dispose of them correctly when you use them up!

#9. Select gifts that don’t create waste or require a lot of packing. Gift cards without fees are a great option… or theater tickets, game tickets, dinner gift certificates and the like.

#10. When you finish with this year’s Christmas cards, put them away to cut up and use for decorations or gift tags.

Best wishes for a Happy New Year,

Daveylee

In this series of tips, please take a moment to consider where what you’re throwing away will eventually wind up… or what your doing consumes how much of the non-renewable resources of our country…

#3. As much as possible… avoid buying cards and envelopes with embossed or metallic paper. They use more resources and they’re not recyclable!

#4. When you’re outside or inside stringing those lights… make sure they’re LED lamps! Typically, LEDs are exceptionally energy efficient and use as much as 90% LESS energy than incandescent lamps.

#5. When you go shopping, bring your own bags. That cuts down on waste that goes to the dump!

#6. And speaking of re-using things… you can always put gifts in “gift bags” or decorated boxes that can be re-used over and over again… thus again keeping trash out of the dump! It’s especially important to keep ribbons and bows to reuse. According to an article in the Washington Post, if every family reused just two feet of holiday ribbon, the 38,000 miles of ribbon saved could tie a bow around the entire planet.

Stay tuned for more tips in the next issue of our blog.

Daveylee

Join us for a series of tips on ways to keep your household lean and GREEN this Holiday Season.

#1. Remove your name from unwanted holiday catalogs. Most of us receive a bunch of holiday catalogs that we did not order or ask for. Before you recycle (you do recycle, don’t you?) your unwanted holiday catalogs, call the company’s customer service number and ask to be removed from their mailing list. If there’s no number listed, check for a website (most have one) and locate their contact information link. Click there and ask to be removed from their list. Include your full address information so they’ll be able to remove you!

#2. Buy Christmas cards and other holiday products made with RECYCLED paper.

Stay tuned for more Holiday Waste-Watching tips in the next day or so…

David

The most thanks, however, goes to the members of Congress and the “Current Administration” who are spending money that they DO NOT HAVE and can get only by taxing us and taking away even more from us… so we’ll have even LESS next year to give thanks for!

Yes, that’s a mouthfull…  and all true!

I got the news yesterday that an associate’s home had burned to the ground while she was away at work. Fortunately her father, who is wheelchair bound, was able to get to the door and escape… with the dog! All they have left is the clothes on their backs… What to be thankful for???  Well, for starters, the place was insured!  And she has lots of friends who are pitching in to help out, both financially and otherwise.

Stories like this give us hope in this time of year. Knowing that there are still good people around who will help you out when you’re down on your luck. Having good friends is so important these days… and in these days of isolation and not necessarily knowing who your neighbors are… maybe it’s a good time to actually find out?  Say a friendly Hello!  Don’t lower your eyes or turn away.  Instead, open up just a little and let a friendship happen. Hold that door for someone, let them go first, smile instead of scowl.  Little things can mean a lot so think about it and take a turn at being the best YOU that you can be!

You may not have a HUGE spread to invite folks over to share but you can still be nice to people… and NOT just during the holidays… but all year long.

Here’s hoping YOU have something to celebrate at Thanksgiving and that you have someone wonderful to celebrate it with.  A great meal is just a nice PLUS in the equation… from my point of view!

And, lest we forget, we’re able to celebrate Thanksgiving day because of our Men and Women of the Armed Forces who serve so that you don’t have to! Remember them always in your prayers and in your contributions, when asked.

Happy Thanksgiving,

David Perkins (aka: TheTrafficMechanic)

daveylee@daveylee.com

First, a couple of facts:

1. I was reading along in my emails this weekend and I discovered an article that mentioned the possibility that the Search Engines may soon add your website’s “Load Time” to the criteria that determines your ranking in the search engines.

2. While surfing on Traffic Hoopla’s list of the top ten Traffic Exchanges this past weekend… I noticed that several of the sites actually “timed out” my browser because they were so slow to load.

Now, that all said… considering that many of the Traffic Exchanges display content for as little as six to 20 seconds… before you can click to the next site, is YOUR page being fully shown? How much time does it take for YOUR page to load? Have you ever counted? Or timed it? Don’t you think you should???

How often have you had one of the Traffic Exchange (T/E) owners suggest that you use a “Splash Page” to lead to your main page? Now do you get why? Are you getting the message???

Just this past week, three of the top T/E owners got together and re-launched the TrafficExchange Toolbox (which is free) and guess what one of the MAJOR components in that package is? Yes, a Splash Page builder! And, I hear it’s a real Beaut! You can check it out right HERE.

Best wishes on getting YOUR website to load REALLY fast and check out those splash pages, they work really great!

David Perkins
The webmaster

First, a couple of facts:

1. I was reading along in my emails this weekend and I discovered an article that mentioned the possibility that the Search Engines may soon add your website’s “Load Time” to the criteria that determines your ranking in the search engines.

2. While surfing on Traffic Hoopla’s list of the top ten Traffic Exchanges this past weekend… I noticed that several of the sites actually “timed out” my browser because they were so slow to load.

Now, that all said… considering that many of the Traffic Exchanges display content for as little as six to 20 seconds… before you can click to the next site, is YOUR page being fully shown? How much time does it take for YOUR page to load? Have you ever counted? Or timed it? Don’t you think you should???

How often have you had one of the Traffic Exchange (T/E) owners suggest that you use a “Splash Page” to lead to your main page? Now do you get why? Are you getting the message???

Just this past week, three of the top T/E owners got together and re-launched the TrafficExchange Toolbox (which is free) and guess what one of the MAJOR components in that package is? Yes, a Splash Page builder! And, I hear it’s a real Beaut! You can check it out right HERE.

Best wishes on getting YOUR website to load REALLY fast and check out those splash pages, they work really great!

David Perkins
The webmaster

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On average, Traffic Hoopla collects and analyzes one million hits, from more than 2000 sites, and then uses a composite score from the following testing data to determine the overall rankings.

Raw Hits + Primary Conversion Rate + Secondary Conversion Rate + Bounce Rate + New Visitors + Unique Hits + Commissions paid =
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We update our page regularly so that you can easily discover who’s on top of the list in the Traffic Exchanges. If you’re going to sit and surf for a while… you might as well surf the top Traffic Exchanges that give you the most return for your efforts!  So, go HERE for our list, join any of the Traffic Exchanges you haven’t joined yet… and Let’s Go Surfing!

See ya’ next week with an updated list!

David
aka: daveylee

The vaccine brainwashing game has now been widely exposed as a fraud.

More and more people are openly revolting against swine flu vaccinations for thoughtful, rational reasons.

Learn the FIVE main reasons why the swine flu vaccine scare does not add up by clicking HERE…

Avoid the flu by washing your hands often and keep your hands away from your face, especially avoid touching your eyes with your fingers!

Stay well,

David