List Building and Forum Networking
Two subjects one post, actually they are both related.
The idea for both are to increase your success with advertising when using traffic exchanges. Better results means more active members, which in turn benefits all.
First is List Building. It has been hammered repeatedly how best to advertise in traffic exchanges. Almost every active owner or successful user of traffic exchanges try to instill in all members the most effective advertising techniques.
While it may be easy to use program standard affiliate pages and or long sales letters, these have proven to discourage more users of traffic exchanges to just give up. When spending hours surfing or valuable dollars purchasing credits without results it is only natural to be discouraged and decide that traffic exchanges don’t work. They do by the way!
You see, I’m no different. That is exactly how I started my traffic exchange advertising and believe me it was disappointing to say the least. How were others being so successful and yet no results for me?
This is where forums came into play and actually put me on the path I needed to be. I finally got it through my thick skull that it wasn’t traffic exchanges at all, it was my way of advertising. Guess what, most of this info came from forums.
Ok, first thing I learned was the need for personal splash pages to brand one’s self but more importantly “lead capture” pages to build a list of subscribers. Much simpler to build a list, build relationships, then make your recommendations. In other words lets not call it a “list”, has bad vibes, more appropriately your customer base.
List building is what I finally embraced and in my efforts to simplify things, (my style) wrote a series of emails that might interest you if you are willing to give it a go. Have gotten many emails lately from members wanting to know how to build splash pages, where to learn html, how to build lead capture pages, etc.
To me that’s techie stuff not necessarily needed in the beginning. Especially when there are programs that do it for you, including products to sell and even follow up copy and paste emails you can use. It just doesn’t get any simpler than that.
In my List Building Simplified email series, all of this is made available if you have the desire to go this route. You can always unsubscribe anytime and of course there is no obligation, just some straight facts.
Sign up here if interested: http://www.soaring4traffic.com/lbs.php
Let me know what you think.
Okay now back to networking in forums. The question has come up many times why more people do not participate in forums? They are a great place to learn, get to know like minded people, build relationships, and even JV partnerships. Soaring4Traffic would not be where it is today without a couple of forums like TMF and NMF, and that’s a fact, plain and simple.
Now I want to hear your opinion! I really want to know the reason you do not participate in forums. First a thread has been started in The Members Forum about inactivity. Would really like you to go to this thread and give your honest opinion. For doing so, I’ll sweeten the pot by adding 100 credits to your Soaring4Traffic account, but only if real reasons are posted. Just be honest. This is the thread link:
http://www.themembersforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5298
Now for those that rather not post in the forum, you can leave your comments below. BUT posting your reasons here are only worth 50 credits. Oh be sure to use your real name or username familiar to S4T so credits can be applied properly. Please do this, its important and would be valuable information to know.
Okay, fine, that’s enough for now.. 
Tomorrow there will be another post on this blog, be sure to check it out. It will fit in well with those interested in adding ideas and products to sell to your List, when of course you get to work on that. 
Keep Soaring with Eagles, we appreciate your support and value your friendship more than you know.
Ray
June 24th, 2008 at 6:57 am
Good morning.
I posted on the forum and now here for extra credits. lol!
Just got my 2nd cup of coffee so I don’t know if I’m making complete sense yet.
What Ray said about not enough hours in the day seems to be my excuse. After posting here I’ve got to go thru 100-200 emails (half are safelist solo ads) THEN do the TEs and ptc sites and survey invites, etc.
And I have little to say that is not just fluff.
Julia
June 24th, 2008 at 10:02 am
I have no problem posting in forums when the subject matter is something I want to post my opinion. People just need to thicken their skin if they post something that riles others. Just do not make the postings personal.
Sometimes I wonder if people are looking at the pages they are surfing. There are many good programs about list building, and building splash/squeeze pages. Many are free. There are countless blogs where traffic exchanges and resources are discussed.
There are even programs that have training for the newbies, but people do not attend. There are conference rooms where on can get valuable one-on-one advice from experts, but people do not attend.
What is the answer….I really do not know. But people must take responsibility for their own success.
Too many just pogo stick through cyber space jumping from this program to that program. They stay in a program for a month and do not have instant success and pogo stick to the next program.
Good luck with your email series Ray. I am sure you will giv good advice. The real question is wether or not people will take action based upon your advice.
Cheers!
Tony Tezak
June 25th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
I’m still a newbie, but I think even oldtimers are having too much to handle with so many new things coming up. It is understandable for us to shy out of posting in forums and just lurk. In the case of more experienced people, especially site owners, I think they’re actually overworked.