The Dragonfly Project

Is it really possible to build a home-based business without bugging family and friends, cold calling, or going in debt buying leads and advertising the business?

The answer is a resounding YES! And The Dragonfly Project is going to show you exactly how.

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Do Traffic Exchanges Work?

Traffic Exchanges are a ripe picking ground for making tons of residual income. When you know how to work the exchanges properly, making money is almost child's play.

There is a growing group of people that use TEs exclusively to build their business. I should know... I'm one of them.

Now there's hope for anyone with the guts to step out of the crowd. The 'secret' has been let out of the bag...

William Brant, owner of MaxTrafficPro, has identified

13 Deadly Traffic Exchange Tragedies

stopping most members from being successful with their advertising.

He has broken down the most common mistakes that people make, mistakes that are keeping them from being profitable, and written a report on how to identify and avoid them.

This report will blow you socks off and show you how to finally start making real money with the easiest form of marketing on the internet.

I grabbed a copy of "13 Deadly Tragedies" a couple of days ago. It was well worth the cup of Starbucks price. Even as an expert on traffic exchange marketing, the book included several golden nuggets that I will be using.

First, I'll share a synopsis of the book and then I'll give you a heads up on what to expect.

SYNOPSIS

The 30 page book (in pdf) is written by William Brant. As a pro member of MaxTrafficPro I am already a fan of Mr. Brant. He writes in a clear manner that is a logical and easy read. It only took about 30 minutes to digest the entire book in one sitting, but I'm sure to be referring back to it many times in the future.

The theme of the book is one you have heard from me repeatedly.

Traffic Exchanges DO work... IF you know how to use them.

With each 'tragedy', William provides a solution that is a better way to market in the exchanges. These include such things as understanding the target audience and what they want, and making effective use of splash and squeeze pages in the exchanges.

He also discusses the importance of branding yourself in the exchanges by treating this as YOUR business, not just an affiliate of someone else.

One of the most important tips that I fully agree with is the importance of building your own list of subscribers.

A key topic that I found useful is the 'downline' building strategy.

He correctly points out that building downlines and free residual traffic needs to be a part of an overall plan which converts that traffic into an income. Free traffic simply for the sake of more free traffic has no monetary value until you start to convert that traffic with sales.

My short take on that is to FIRST decide how you are going to generate sales. In my opinion, you have two options with TE's.

The first is to use some of the credits to promote affiliate pages in the TE's. This is something that I consider to be a waste of credits, and it does cause the most common of the tragedies.

The second, which is my preferred method, is to generate a subscriber list and promote products and services to the list on the 'back end' with informative pre-sell emails. Using this method is more highly targeted and responsive, while conserving all of your credits to promote your traffic business and build your list.

Back to the book...

WHAT TO EXPECT

There is not much I would say negative about the book or the value received, although my high school English teacher may have a few comments on sentence structure. But William writes in a clear fashion that easily conveys his message.

There are no 'gotchas' and it is NOT loaded with a bunch of affiliate links to try and promote his business or affiliate programs. He only offers one or two active links in the book, and they are worth looking at.

The value of the book could be increased if it also included a membership site and link rebranding for the book. But as an omission there is nothing lost, and that tactic has probably been overused anyway. It was actually a relief NOT having to join a bunch of new programs just so I could add my links before reselling the book. It is sold 'as is'.

What do you get with the book?

You do get full resell rights via paypal with 100% commission.

As for the price... yes, I believe I have received full value for the book itself and feel no need to peddle it off just to get my money back.

But... if you still would like a copy to read or to share with your own list, then here is my link:

The Dragonfly recommends
13 Deadly Tragedies


Thanks for reading!

Scott (aka... "The Dragonfly")

PS. I should also mention that there is an OTO. But that is to be expected. What other reason would he have for giving away all the up front commissions?

I don't want to spoil the OTO or make it sound like I'm really just trying to sell it, but it was something I could not resist.

The commission on the OTO is 50%, which is simply another added bonus because the value of the OTO is so much more than the price.

What is the OTO? Without giving it away... it is definitely for anyone who is in a position of converting their traffic exchange credits into income.

If you are not monetizing your credits, then keep your money and keep surfing for free credits.

But if you are monetizing your traffic, then this is an investment you won't want to miss. With my current rate of conversion, I expect to quadruple the small investment.