It's an intriguing slogan, and it can be a successful part
of your marketing efforts if you approach "surf for visitors"
exchange sites with a plan.
Surf for visitors (aka click-exchange) sites are very simple in
concept. You create an account, which includes information about
your website, then begin to surf websites of other members. For
each site you visit, you earn
1 credit, which can be redeemed
for a visitor to your site. To enforce a quality visit, you're
required to spend at least 30 seconds on each website.
The marketing efficiency of a click-exchange is very attractive. In a perfect world, you could visit 120 sites in an hour. However, if you don't hit the "Next Site" button right at the 30-second mark or if you take some time to browse interesting sites, it will reduce the number of sites you visit.
Let's say on average you visit 100 sites (earning yourself 100 visitors) in an hour, and let's say you value your time spent on marketing at $30 an hour. That means your marketing efficiency is $.30 per visitor. Not bad when you compare that to banner advertising: If you have 1% click-thru banner that you're paying $15 CPM on, you're getting 10 visitors for $15 or $1.50 per visitor.
When picking a click-exchange to join, you want to stick with the major players because the little guys only have a handful of sites. So you'll be seeing the same sites again and again, and other members will be seeing your site repeatedly. Here's a handy guide to the bigger and better click-exchange networks available:
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I recommend signing up for all of these networks. Then pick one hour a day and devote it to your surf for visitors campaign. Open up four or five browser windows and log into each network and begin surfing. While one counter is counting down, switch to a different window and start the counter there. By the time you get all four started, your first one will be nearly finished. Don't forget to look for Bonus Icons on the Click Thru Network - bonus credits from Bonus Icons account for over 1/3 of my total Click-Thru credits. In this way, you'll be able to capture 400-500 visitors to your site in an hour!
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If there is a downside to this marketing venue, it is pop-up
city. Some of the sites you'll visit will have one or more pop-ups
and if you don't deal with them, they will slow your computer
and maybe even crash it. I deal with pop-ups in Windows by organizing
my taskbar in such a way that I can easily tell which windows
are pop-ups. With no programs running, I start IE and create a
total of four browser windows and log each window into one of
the click-exchange networks. (When I start surfing on Click-Thru,
I attach its floating nav-bar window to the main window by pressing
the square-looking attach button.) With the four networks ready
to go I double click a folder or two on my computer and the taskbar
puts them after my four browser windows. These act as spacers
so that as I surf all pop-ups appear to the right of the folders
and my main surfing windows remain on the left. Periodically, I'll
clean out the pop-ups by right-clicking on their taskbar buttons
and choosing Close from the contextual menu.
With just an hour of effort a day, this marketing venue can generate
thousands more visitors to your website every month -- all at
no monetary cost. You may even find some great websites you never
knew existed.
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