Affiliate Jumpstart has just undergone a series of important changes..

First, you’ll want to log in right away and add your affiliate IDs to the ebook rebrander
if you are an upgraded AJ member because 9 amazing new programs have been added to the ebook and it contains some updated information.
Plus, you don’t want to miss out on building your downlines if you’re late!

If you are still a free member at AJ, be sure and log in now so you can download the latest copy of the ebook with the most current info.

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For all members:
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To your success!
-Ryan

Hey everybody,

Well, I’m glad to say that the first of a series of new changes to the site are finally underway.

New look and feel- We’re cleaner and 4x faster
I really wanted Traffic Punk to get back to its roots of keeping things simple and easy.
There was a lot of great feedback from you guys about the site taking a long time to load and many
folks mentioned that they really disliked having to scroll so far down in the members area.

Well, needless to say, I’ve listened and addressed these issues.
I’m happy to say that scrolling has been cut significantly and according to a recent speed comparison test,
the new design even loads 4.2x faster than the old one!
The homepage has been designed to act similar to a squeezepage with all key elements made
“above the fold”
This makes it much easier to promote in other traffic exchanges and also offers a stronger “call to action”
and a clearer definition of what Traffic Punk has to offer.
The menu in the members area has been compartmentalized to help improve navigation and banner placement has been changed for greater visibility.
You may have also noticed that its much easier now to connect with Traffic Punk via the
social networking sites from our homepage.
Have you joined us on facebook?

Opt-in List Builder
We all know that building a list can drastically increase your bottom line.
When logging into Traffic Punk, the first thing members are presented with is YOUR opt-in ad!
I originally designed this feature for Promolotto and it received floods of glowing testimonials
from the TE community.
Now, Traffic Punk members can enjoy the same results and build their list on autopilot.
Upgraded members will receive priority ad placement and can place multiple ads.
Its very powerful, easy to use and all members can take advantage of it.

To set yours up:
In the members area, just go to “my Advertising” in the main menu.
From there, you will have the option to “setup opt-in email ads”
Simply add your autoresponder info and you’re done. Easy!

Bookmarks
I’ll admit, this feature isn’t exactly earth-shattering. However, I can’t tell you how many times I saw a site I really liked while surfing but wished there was an easier, quicker way to add it to my favorites or bookmark it without my surfing being interrupted so I could go back to it later.
To bookmark a site while you’re surfing, just click “Bookmark” right there on the surfbar.
You can review your bookmarks at any time by simply clicking the “view Bookmarks” button
in the members area.

Well, I’ve rambled on long enough here I think.
I hope you like the changes and find them useful.
Your feedback is always welcome.

To your success!
Ryan

Just a quick heads up to let you know that a few more changes will be taking place shortly at Traffic Punk.
In some ways, we’ll be looking to the future, while going back to our roots
Please expect a few hours of downtime sometime between now and late next week, as I’ll be
making these important changes to the site and member’s area.
I will send an email out beforehand when I’ll know the specific time.
Until then, enjoy your surfing and thanks for your understanding.

-Ryan

Liz Tomey covers the anatomy of effective squeezepages and outlines some key points to boost your results.

Finally here..
Several months ago, I had designed a new social networking/chat feature that unfortunately was put on hold as I waited for a partner TE to complete a joint project.
That project never saw fruition, the TE owner sold his exchange and left a few of us hanging. But that’s ok..
So with that said, it gave me a little more time to tweak a couple things and finally provide you with a great way to expand your marketing reach.

What is it?
Traffic Punk finally has a chat feature. While its nothing new to traffic exchanges, I still believe its a great way to get to know your fellow surfers, network, share ideas and make some new friends. You may notice the appearance is a bit similar to the chat at Promolotto and that is because I once owned that exchange and designed the chat feature there.

Built-in Social Networking
To take advantage of both the chat and social networking features, all you have to do is log in, add your social network IDs for sites like Facebook, twitter, Youtube, etc. and surf.
That’s pretty much it.
Besides interacting with members via chatting, you can also view a member’s “virtual business card” by simply clicking on their name in the chat.
Doing this will bring up a nice, non-intrusive popup that displays the member’s name, photo and social networking icons, so you know who you’re communicating with and if interested, connect with.
By moving the mouse away from the popup, it will close.
You may also minimize the chat panel any time if you do not wish to participate but of course, I recommend leaving it open and interacting with the community.
To re-open the chat panel, all you have to do is click on the red text to the right that says “Open chat”

A Few Basics
While this should be obvious, I think its still important enough to mention.
Please be professional and courteous of others and avoid spamming, inciting, harassing, etc. We’d like to maintain a professional atmosphere where all are not only welcome but feel welcome too.

Let me know what you think of these new features or if you have comments, questions, etc. post them right here.
Looking forward to chatting with you!

-Ryan

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Obviously, having traffic is very important for your website if you want to successfully earn money online. You can drive traffic to your website using a wide range of tools.
Among all the different ways of driving traffic to your website, writing and submitting articles remains one of the most powerful methods, which in turn can boost sales and increase your presence across the Internet.

So how is writing and submitting articles effective in driving traffic to your website?

1. Build Trust
   Articles can help you become an expert in your niche.
   By writing high quality and informative articles in your niche, you become an expert. You also build trust and confidence in your prospects. As an expert, customers will feel more confident to buy from you and this will increase your sales, grow your list and overall profits.
2. Automation and Exposure
   Articles are an affordable and in most cases, free way of driving traffic to your website. You can write your own articles or you can hire a ghostwriter to write some articles for you, and this is not very expensive. You can then submit your articles to many directories. There are some tools that you can use to automatically submit your articles to many directories, and this increases the number of links pointing back to your website.
3. Articles Are Viral
   Articles are viral and powerful in driving traffic to your website. At the bottom of all your articles, you are given a resource box containing your website URL. Your articles will be published by many directories, websites and e-zines with your website URL. By simply writing and submitting articles, you tap into a powerful viral resource with many websites having your website’s URL on their sites.
4. Longevity
   Articles bring life long results and will continue to drive traffic to your website long after they’re published. Unlike other types of advertising that bring momentary results, articles will continue to drive traffic to your website for a long time. All your articles are archived in article directories and that means anyone can still read them and visit your website. Your articles can generate thousands of permanent one-way links to your website, which is also good for SEO.
5. Search Engines Love Them
   Articles make search engines index your website and drive traffic to your website. Writing and submitting many articles to article directories is very powerful in making your website visible on search engines. By including your keywords in your articles, when people are looking for information related to your niche and type those keywords, your articles and website show up on search engines, therefore making it easy for you to get a lot of traffic on your website from people interested in your particular topic.

Although there are many tools for driving traffic to a website, articles remain the most powerful tool that brings life long results.
For some of my recommended article directories, tips and tricks, I cover them all in my
free Affiliate Jumpstart report.

‘til next time,

-Ryan

A marketing plan that outlines key steps needed to drive traffic to your website is essential. Having a marketing plan will also help you establish your budget for advertising your website, which determines the tools that you can use in generating traffic to your website.
In most cases, more traffic equals more money!

Here are some quick tips to help you do just that:

1.      Establish your objectives and targets.
After you have built your website for your online business, you must establish your goals in terms of the money you want to earn from your online business.
This will determine the volumes of traffic you will need to make the necessary sales you want to make. Your objectives and goals will guide you in deciding the level of promotion you need to do to advertise your website and build traffic to it.
Remember, not all buyers will make a purchase the first time they see your site.
It may take seeing it at least 3-5 times until they do.

2.      Establish your advertising budget.
This is a very important step. There are many ways of driving traffic to your website; some are affordable while some are expensive. You need to decide what your budget is and therefore what tools you can use to drive traffic to your website.

3.      Invest in the necessary tools that you need in advertising your website
In order to capture leads and follow-up with your prospects, it is necessary for your website to have an automated email system or auto-responder which captures your prospects email address and automatically send those emails on a regular basis. These emails will have a link to your website and will invite your subscribers to visit your website.

4.      What are your short term and long term advertising strategies?
The quickest and easiest way to generate traffic and leads for any business is pay per click (PPC) advertising because it can bring you immediate results. PPC can also help you drive the most targeted traffic to your website.
However, you also need to have some marketing strategies that will generate traffic to your website in the long term.
Pay per click marketing is normally considered to be the short-term solution for generating targeted traffic and leads fast, but it is also considered to be one of the most expensive ways to advertise your business. Therefore, it is important for you to have other affordable ways of generating traffic to your website which will drive traffic to your site in the long term. Article marketing, blogging and forum participation are some of these less costly ways of generating traffic to your website.
I have listed some traffic generation methods here on this blog.

‘til next time,

-Ryan

When people are starting their online businesses, they need to drive traffic to their
websites ASAP.
However, in most cases, people do not have the money to pay for advertising.

There are many ways to drive traffic to a website, depending on your budget and the time you have available to work on building your online business.

Here are just a couple low cost ways to generate traffic to your website.

1.      Offer free reports and content.
Giving away some freebies and including your website URL in those freebies is an effective and low cost way of building traffic to your website. You can write some useful short reports with your website link in them and offer those reports for free on a website where you ask visitors to leave their email address before they download the free reports or articles. This means you can give away the report with your URL and also build a list.

2.      Blog!  Blogging is a very effective way of building traffic to your website.
On your blog, you can discuss your website’s products and services and add some links to your website.
You can also answer any questions your prospects and customers may have.
By blogging regularly, you will have fresh content that may get your website indexed by search engines and rank higher on these search engines.
This increase in visibility will increase your overall website traffic.

3.      Publish your own newsletter.
Having your own newsletter where you offer free tips and content on a regular basis can help to increase traffic to your website dramatically.
Your newsletter should have links to your website, so your readers will also visit your website.

4.      Join a forum related to the products or services you sell on your website.
By answering questions and helping people in your niche on a related forum, you can drive traffic by adding your website URL in your signature in the forum posts.
Be genuine and avoid spamming just to get your link seen! Trust can go a long way, so build relationships and be helpful whenever possible.

5.      Exchange links with websites that have high popularity (PR) rank.
All you need to do is to find websites that are related to what you offer on your website and exchange links with these sites.
This is particularly effective if the websites have high page rank on search engines.
By doing this, some traffic will come your way through the websites you are linked to.

6.     Join a free Traffic Exchange.
The way they work is very simple. You add your website and view sites belonging to others in exchange for credits.
You assign these credits to your own website, where others view your site and so the same.
If you join Traffic Punk today and mention this blog post, I will give you 100 credits to get started

These are just some basic, easy ways you can start driving traffic to your website.
More traffic means more sales and profits for your online business.

‘til next time,

-Ryan