Dare2Click Blog

Do you live in a town or city(?) small enough where you can still have your groceries bagged for you AND taken out to your car?  I do.  Now, I don’t do as much of the shopping anymore as I am unable to walk around the store but I wonder what is proper etiquette where bagboys are concerned?  After all, you tip the pizza delivery guy, and the paper boy, and the stripper boy…..ooops, different blog, again!

I ask only because I am concerned about surf etiquette .  Sure we all know to take time to look at other folk’s sites.  That’s a given.  Are there other ways to maintain the politeness level on line? 

This is, as I’ve stated at least once before, a pretty faceless society.  Yep, your pic is right up there next to your “JOIN ME AND MAKE A MILLION”  but how much time do you take to get to know your fellow TE members?  Do you know their age?  What about their birthday?  How about their husband/wife’s name?  I bet you are saying well, really Camille, who cares?  You Should!  For it is these folks that you surf beside every day who could potentially become a customer.  Do you plan to only become acquainted after they buy something?  Don’t you think that it might be to your advantage to get to know them BEFORE you take their money? 

But, Camille, come on, what are the chances they’ll become a customer of mine?  As much of a chance as there is they’ll become one of mine!

You sell Whazoos for $.79,  three doors up the street I sell the same Whazoos for $.79.  Sam, a guy we both heard had been looking for Whazoos is getting closer to buying one.   Tuesday is the day we heard he’s going shopping for Whazoos.  You line up all your best Whazoos, I dust mine off too (what a whord to type).  You fix your bowtie as you see Sam walking purposfully down the street.  Sam nods as he walks past you, with your Whazoos sitting out!  You watch as he opens the door and buys a mess of Whazoos, has a cup of coffee and then leaves Whazooville, my store.  Curious, (sure I can share that tendency), you stop Sam and ask him why.  Turns out, Sam and I belong to the same club, the “What To Do With Your Whazoo” Club.  You say, “Sam, I belong to that club too.  I saw you there last Thursday remember?  You were filling out some form on the bulletin board.  I nodded at you as you passed by me.  You even nodded back.”  Sam asks if you knew what it was he was filling out on the board? Sadly you have to admit that you didn’t and he tell you it was an announcement to all Whazooers that your third son had arrived and you were looking for an unusual nickname for him.  And then you find out that amongst the vast number of Whazooers that had offered a suggestion, I had left one Sam and his wife found just so darling, that they were already having Whazoos labeled for the child.  A bit embarrassed that you had not bothered to check out the  side wall, you congratulated Sam and his wife and then asked Sam if that was why he had gone to my store and made the purchase.  “Well sort of, you see, I just stopped in to thank Camille for the comment she had left, saw that her Whazoos were the same price and value as yours and figured while I was there I might as well get that Whazoo I wanted to place over my new son’s crib.  But just so you don’t misunderstand me, Drew, it was not a form on the wall, it was an offer to visit the Whazoo FORUM and leave a name choice.  Camille went there and as I said out of the 40 or 50 posts, Pam and I just had to pick hers.  I didn’t think I saw your name amongst the postings, too bad, I’d have just as easily picked your store, you know.”

A hundred to one you didn’t see that one coming did you?  Huh, did YOU?

Later folks

curioscat aka Camille                                                                                                                   http://forum.dare2click.com/                                                http://www.dare2click.com/54838                                                                                              So what was the nickname I picked for Sam and Pam’s little Whazoo?  You know where to find it ……

What’s the reason you join a traffic exchange? Yes, we have talked about this before but I felt that perhaps it was time to re-open a dialog to make a point.

You join a traffic exchange to get traffic. Wow, what a mind blowing statement. Who would have guessed? And how do you create that traffic? How do you”fill” the “parking lot” that is your “target” for all that traffic you are creating? “” are my way of using normal words to build a picture for you, my paintbrush if you will, to “draw” a “visual” you will understand.

ENOUGH, I bet you get the drift of my paragraph above, lordy, even the person who has no idea can understand that. I am trying to ask you this folks… How do you drum up visitors to your site? Any site that requires members, visitors, buyers, human visualizers. Your business depends on that traffic doesn’t it? So, what do you do to increase traffic to your business? Well, if you use Traffic Exchanges, you surf. When you surf, you look at other like-minded peoples sites. This builds up credits for you to use to advertise your business.

Your job is to entice as many people as possible to your site. You build a list by getting those people that visit your site to become frequent visitors. With any luck, those frequent visitors will become frequent buyers. Or paying members. How many people see your site on a daily basis? You know that it is that daily or repeat basis that will better the chance that those viewing your site will visit your site.

Let’s talk about that fact, shall we? How many times does it take before a viewer becomes a visitor? Statistics say, it takes up to 7 viewings before a person will be drawn to become a visitor. Other statistics will tell you, it takes up to 250 viewings to get one visitor to become a member or a paying customer. 250! Wow, that’s a lot of viewings. How in the world can you get that many viewings? By SURFING. Regular, everyday, effective surfing. And taking those credits you build up by surfing and assigning them to your sites. Valued, rapid traffic can happen. But it takes work. Adding credits to your sites is the only way to have them seen. To keep your site in rotation( meaning in view of others) you must assign credits to it regularly. To get those credits built up, you must surf regularly. If you don’t surf regularly, you’re probably not assigning credits to your sites. Soooo it’s pretty safe to say, your sites, my friend, are not getting seen.

Dare2Click.com free members earn 1 click for every 2 sites they see. Pro2 and Pro3 members get a 1-1 ratio as well as a reduced timer. So while it is easier and faster to build up credits as a pro member, 1-2 is great. Most sites have a 3-1 rate and that can take a lot of surfing to build. Now, that tells you your rate of earning, what about the regularity factor. It is imperative to surf on a regular basis. It is in fact a rule on Dare2Click.com. If you don’t surf in seven days, well you’re going to hear about it. There is an automatic email sent to members who have not surfed in 5 days, warning them that in two more days they will be considered inactive.Sounds pretty harsh, I know. Guess what, we thought so too.

Effective immediately you now have a 14 day grace period. Surf within that time period and no warning email.

Whoo Hoo a bit of a break for those of you that were finding the one week limits an annoying limitation. The members spoke and we listened. You can thank Celson in what ever way you come up with but I can tell you the best way to do it. Hint, its really a simple as being active regularly, surf as often as you can in a two-week period. Personally, I surf every day at least 50-60 pages and I can tell you that during a multi-surf where I am viewing 5 different surf sites, it only takes me about 40 mins to meet that number. I try for twice a day and as soon as I get better organized, I will be doing that plus.

You see, I’ve also found another little helper, that while it does not surf for me, nor do I pay for credits, but through reading and learning to optimize I am increasing the benefits of my surf time. The URL that will take you to my saving site is below with my usual.

Later Folks

Camille

http://www.surfingforsuccess.com/members.php

http://www.dare2click.com/?rid=54838

Gotcha! Sorry guys, nothing is getting naked. I’ve lured you here with my subterfuge to tell you about another way to get exposure for your offers.

Do you use your banner impressions in your account? Well, the time has finally arrived for you to get those banners out there. We’ve got a new option on Dare2Click.com. One that will expose your banners to members out of the realm of surfing.

Designed to grab attention, banners offer a less stress type of advertising. When you surf, you see an ad and have only a few seconds to decide whether you want to pursue that site further. Using the banner option, you have  more time to peruse the offer without watching a timer.

Beginning on the “Members Page” and continuing through the rest of the site, you will now see two banners displayed. One at the top of each page and one at the bottom. Be sure to check it out. Simply load your banners with impressions and yours will be put into the mix. You can actually watch a support video walking you through the set-up steps. Click on the link below and you’ll be whisked to a secret lab, far away….. oh darn, wrong video. Hehe it’s been a long day! Anyways, here’s the link to watch an expertly done demonstration about applying credits.

http://www.dare2click.com/tutorials/003-assign-credits/03-assign-credits.html

Join in and get your banners out there for the rest of the membership to see.

Just in case you’ve missed the last couple of updates done on the site, I’ll give you a reminder here, hopefully you’ll take advantage of them both. They are both located at the forum, so why not take a run over, register and grab these offers.

First, Celson is looking to make more useful videos for us but would really like to know just what you’d like to see done. There is a board set up in the forum where you can leave your requests. Good place to leave any comments about them too. Hint Hint!! As well there is another new board there with a “gift of the week” offering in which Celson has left a goodie for you. Take a copy, a cup of whatever and have a good read. Its very informative and quite down-to-earth, no techie gobbley-goop to confuse. lol.

And so, it is time for me to get to work. I’m going to be back very soon though and I think it’s time we discussed my relatives, Anti Social and Uncle Buck. Greeen Acres is the place to beeeee…………

tatafor now.

curioscat

http://www.dare2click.com/?rid=54838

It’s official, we have advanced into the season of Spring. The weathermen and women in my end of the world almost whispered its arrival so as not to alarm us! Or to have their audiences choking on laughter as we shoveled snow again.

I don’t care, (stomping my feet defiantly). My shorts are under a tiny layer of t-shirts and ready to be worn. Okay, truth is, I wear em all winter too. But let that be our little secret.

Spring is a season of growth and growth is what I am here to talk about today. Not just the growth of plants, baby birds and tiny bunnies but the growth of my stomping grounds, Dare2Click. com. Yes, it’s my blog, and I can brag if I wanna, but it is also personally satisfying too.

We have grown in numbers, how many I haven’t figured out yet. You see that’s one of those mathematical computations I leave to Celson. He’s much better at that than I am. I flit here and there, chatting and typing, surfing and inviting. A nice job if you can get it. And…I got it, so nananabooboo.

So, in my own way of welcoming spring, I’ve decided to bring every one and any one who happens to read this blog, up to date on the new perks floating around Dare2Click.com.

Have you signed in to Dare2Click lately? I hope so, as there’s been goood things added folks. You won’t necessarily be hit by the changes dead on, but (here’s where I come in) with a hint or two you will be able to head right over to the goods and reap the harvest.

Let’s hit the opening page first. Now, you all have seen the menu, and it’s pretty much the same since January. Of course, we now have the link to the blog and forum right there so there is no excuse not to see them both. I understand if you haven’t had a chance to visit either but trust me, you’ll benefit from the forum. Not only do you get a little credit present for joining, you’ll meet the nicest of folks. No pushy sales pitches, no blatant opinions, just folks yapping and swapping hint, stories, suggestions. Worth the 5 minutes it takes to register.

The blog. Again a trip outside the site. But, and I mean this, I want everyone to feel comfortable with this. Blogging, and forums are just the initial extensions of social networking. We all know how rapidly that fad is taking off. Seems a new one launches weekly. All have their own flair but ultimately, they are places for people to network, make connections, learn new ways and share good “stuff”. That’s my idea behind the blog in a nutshell. Sure, I pick my topics, no orders from anyone and even though I tend to stick to connecting them to Dare2Click.com, most of what I discuss will work everywhere.Maybe some would feel more at ease leaving an anonymous remark or question. Well we can do that here on the blog or the forum. You need not sign your name. If you want feedback all I need is an address (which stays in admin, no one else has access) or a username. Better yet, send me a pm, I’ll answer, promise.

Now, you’re up-to-date 0n the first page, lets move on. Are you a pro member at Dare2Click? If not, my dears, now is the time. Celson has added a special section just for pro members. It’s a private area which will be full of special offers, gifts, and such for those who decide to become upgraded. Now, you all know that upgraded members get commissions from your down lines, cash, banners, credits, whatever. You earn that by being a Pro2 or Pro3. Now on board, the quintessential guide to forum life. Through a special arrangement between Cindy Battye (author and WM of trafficbunnies.com) Pro’s can download a copy of Cindy’s “Forum Traffic Gold”! I am not going to ruin the surprise but this book will take you from newbie to pro in 10 easy steps and can be applied to any forum around. I am a member of three forums with Cindy, and the girl is HOT! So much fun, interactive events, contests, helpful threads, I’ve never been bored. And thanks to Celson, you can get a pass into this welcoming place just for being a pro at Dare2Click.com. $7.99 a month for Pro2 and you’re in. With all the gravy from being a pro at D2C too! You don’t have to join Trafficbunnies to belong but what the hay, it’s a really fun place to surf too. You never know who you’ll find. And it is never stagnant. Ever evolving, revolving around the best ways to attract visitors, Trafficbunnies is worth a visit.

Find that your credits run out quickly? Not able to surf as much for whatever the reason? Well why not buy a few extra to tide you over? Celson has devised a price list with a plethora of credits for nary a sou! You can spend $1.00 and get 1000 text link impressions. $2.00 will get you 100 credits. Nothing to sneeze at now, is it? I’m the first to admit that I sometimes fall a little short of my desire to surf 100 pages a day. Now, for less than a cup of coffee (remember I live in the boonies), I keep my sites in view, right where I want them to be.

In closing today, I’d like to take a moment to tell you a bit about my involvement with Dare2Click.com. In January, Celson was interested in having a couple of members come into the admin, to help him with the everyday running of the site. Guys, I knew nothing about the backdoor operation of a Traffic Exchange but I had a feeling this was pre-destined to be. I had the honour of becoming friends with a couple of super WM’s who helped me without hesitation and came to realize that this is the way to go. I don’t know any more than most, I don’t get anything handed to me. I work, I surf, I now blog and I have joined forums that normally I’d have avoided like the plague. I tried to get involved with another TE but something held me back. I firmly believe I was waiting for this. I am still learning and as some of you who I have tried to help can attest to, I still call on the big guy, Celson, for the finishing touches. If you have questions, ask. If you can’t find something, ask. If there is a site you feel deserves our attention, ask. And for heaven’s sake, find ME the consummate NEWBIE. Together we’ll take the world by storm. I’m ready to help, easy to find, and even easier to ask because chances are I’ve had the same question.

Til Next Time

Camille Thomson

Happy April First One and All: I cannot for the life of me find the spot I left the previous three months, so if anyone finds them, please call me at” 1-800-WHO- ATEM”

Okay, not a real phone number and I did have to play with the letters to read Ate em but I think you get my drift. Regardless to my loss of precious time, I am pleased to announce that the Canada Goose/Geese flock has returned to the field behind my house. In Winchester that is the first real sign of spring. After all, something must be up for thousands of birds to follow one leader time after time. Hmmmm sounds a bit like marketing (wink wink).

About two weeks ago, we had a new member join our household. No, not a baby, at least not a human one. We became the proud family for a teenie, tiny, adorable pup. Barley, as we could come up with nothing better (??) joined the circus and has had us all doing cartwheels since. He is a cross between a Bull Mastiff and a Staffordshire Terrier, with some Rottweiller and King Shepherd thrown in for good measure. Life as we know it has ceased to be!

As I sat here last night waiting for him to make his final outside run, I began comparing the arrival of Barley to the arrival of a new member at Dare2Click.com. No, I am not crazy, just a little nuts, lol, but hear me out. For the first 6 weeks of life, Barley lived with his mom, 5 siblings and a house full of humans. Now, those humans live a different lifestyle than we do, so Barley had issues to work through when he arrived at our home.

Most new members at Dare2Click belong to other Traffic Exchanges too, each with their own set of rules and regulations. We all know it is a must to read the TOS of each TE we join, right?? Well okay, probably we know it but do we do it? I have to say no, we don’t. Or maybe I should say, I don’t, so as not to lump everyone together. I normally read the “Cliff Notes” on the front page and only delve deeper if I have issues. So far that works for me, because, believe it or not, I pretty much stick to the norm. I don’t have a lot of ads that have sound (messes with my surf music); none of my sites have adult content(I’m not a prude, just know there is a time and a place); I always check and recheck my urls for spelling and grammatical errors, and content (don’t you?);I am pretty much a singular site surfer (only advertise one site at a time) because I am trying to build my name before I explode on the scene.

Barley has not yet learned to read, so I have found myself explaining the rules to him over and over and then some. He listens intently then tries to destroy the sheet I’m throwing him off of. Apparently something is being lost in the translation. Now rather than get angry with him, or giving up, I find I am looking for new ways to get him to understand. Rewards help, but not all the time. I mean come on, what good will it be if he only responds to a cookie? Probably the same as how some members ignore the opportunity to grab a few free credits or an extra showing.

I bring this up because over the last week or so, I’ve had a couple of inquiries into why we issue inactive warnings after only a few days at Dare2Click? So, for all the new members who may have missed some of the facts when joining I thought I would offer a refresher course as a courtesy to you . This is not a lecture, nor an information session, you’ve all had the opportunity to read the rules but sometimes something does not make sense until you hear it from the “horses mouth” shall we say. And, in case you are like Barley, and enjoy a reward for good behavior, anyone who joins the forum and posts the following four words “I READ THE BLOG”, I will give you 25 credits from MY own stash. And believe me when I say, I surfed and built the stash the same way you do, nothing handed to me. So, you should know, I am serious about wanting Dare2Click to grow and thrive, not just from an admin POV but from a personal POV too.

Dare2Click.com is a Traffic Exchange with a twist. Along with the usual rewarding of site viewings, there is the possibility to double every bonus you get. After roughly every 10 sites you see, you will be rewarded, sometimes it’s credits, other times it’s banner impressions or text impressions, and there is even the chance to win small amounts of cash. As we are NOT an investment site, the cash rewards are not huge, you won’t be able to retire after a week of surfing, but it is still cash and along with the 35% commission you can earn from downline purchases, you can build a nice little reserve that will cover coffee for the office. As well, after winning three “dares” you are entitled to winning the jackpot, which is made up of all the lost bonuses from you and all the other surfers on at that time.

At Dare2Click.com you can have an unlimited amount of URLs in rotation. As long as you have credits assigned, your sites will be seen. Now, you can use a different url for each space or you can highlight one or two sites only, the choice is yours. There is no penalty for this, it’s up to you. The traffic generated at Dare2Click is targeted towards fast delivery and your credits can get used quite quickly. Because of this, it is advisable to surf daily,to keep your sites circulating. That’s why if you have a period of three days of inactivity, you’ll receive a pre-loaded and timed specific message warning you as to the time before your account will show as inactive. This is not punishment and we don’t just throw you out should you miss surfing a few days. If you want your sites seen consistantly, you must keep the credits loaded and do your part. Targeted viewing means that during a surf your site will show more often, which means your site is put before the members more and will therefore receive the unique hit we all want. For we all know, it takes something like 7 viewings to entice a viewer to look a little deeper. So if your site is out there, rotating often, you have a better chance of receiving that all important unique hit. There is nothing personal meant by the warnings sent by admin, as a matter of fact, they really are to your benefit. You don’t have to surf for hours every day, (unless of course you want to) but you should surf at least once a day to keep the rhythm going. There may be times where you just cannot get in to surf every day and please trust me on this one, just let admin know and we will do whatever we can to help out. If you’re going to be away, tell us, we’ll make note of the time and make sure you are not sent notices. I’m not offering to cover your butt, folks, although, I can help out here and there (like an illness that keeps you from surfing, let me know and we can work something out), I’m just saying we are willing to work with you. You do your share and we’ll be there for you. An active member surfs at least 5 sites a day, when pressed for time, 50 a day when time allows.
PERSONAL NOTE HERE FOLKS:Having said the above, please be wise, I am not offering to break any site rules or change the flow on the site. I just want to say, we can, in extreme situations, help out those willing to help themselves. If you tell me you’re going to be away for the next week, then two weeks later, ask again, well you can guess where I am going with this.

Enough said there I think. We all know the importance of keeping our accounts active, be it surfing or otherwise. There are other areas that will add to your pleasure of membership at Dare2Click.com. We all have seen the vast improvements made to the site in the past three months. Celson has raised the pleasure level and plans to keep on doing so. I, for one, am anxious to see what comes next. lol. We have the blog, anyone and everyone is welcome to comment or even do a post. If you have anything you’d like gone into with more detail, let me know, I’ll work on it. Obviously, it is best to keep the subject around Dare2Click, but hey, anything to do with TE’s, surfing, site recognition, you name it, I’ll research and give it my best shot. Don’t forget to check out the fantastic ad packages being offered, you can load up the credits for next to nothing. As well, if you are a Pro member, go to your Pro area and enjoy what Celson has up there. I can tell you Cindy’s book on forums is “da bomb” and if you have any plans on using forums , its a must have item.

Speaking of forums, sigh, Yeah, you knew I’d bring it up here. Well, I am happy to say we have had a few more folks saunter in and take a look around. As a matter of fact, quite a few folks have dropped by, but most are too shy and never leave a name. Come on people, this is your forum! I am probably the shyest person you’ll ever meet but, and this I must credit Celson for, ITS FUN TO FORUM!! You don’t have to speak directly to anyone yet you can leave your comment, your ideas, your anger and folks will react and answer you. I am in there usually 3 or 4 times a day and Steve drops by daily too. Leave us a message, we’ll get back to you. Give us some ideas about what you want in your forum and we’ll do everything in our power to do it. I find it hard to believe that more of the Dare2Clickers don’t use the forum to their advantage. Its a source of information, a centralized location for sharing and will never ever be a glossed over dating site like some of the social sites have become. We are business people with ideas and thoughts who would love to hook up with like-minded folks who are willing to share. I’ve thought about offering a bribe but honestly, if I have to pay to get people in there, what am I gaining? I have no problem writing for my own pleasure guys, but it would be nice to know that there are members with opinions. Speak up. Please, come and give it a whirl.

curioscat aka Camille

http://www.dare2click.com/?rid=54838

http://www.forum.dare2click.com

What is a down line and how does one find it? A question for the ages, true?

In its simplest form a down line is best described as a person or people, who after seeing your site, product, or service, are drawn to join the opportunity. In other words, you enticed them to”act”.

Upon acting, these individuals begin advertising the same “stuff

Why do you want a down line? When you are promoting a service you offer, or a product that you use, in controlled surroundings you are able to advertise well enough to make a living. After all, it is not very likely that if you run a small grocery store in Nowhere, North Of Nothing, people residing in Somewhere, South of Everything, will travel to your store to buy peanut butter. But your advertising will encompass those folks within travel distance to your location.

Expansion of a target market exploded when it became possible to deliver your “stuff” to people further away. Mail order, overnight delivery, all the modern methods of product movement, they all facilitated a larger customer base. That began the marvels of advertising such as fliers, catalogs, radio and television. Even Billboard signs along the highways and buyways of the world could now offer well-known “stuff” to people just passing through. A business located in Japan could now count on the advertising of their branch locations, their rudimentary down line, to bring in customers and sales. To increase your market, increase your advertisers.

So how do you build a down line? Some crafty people have solved the building problems and you can find the locations everywhere you find traffic. Yep, that’s my big surprise. You probably expected pages of links to the downline sites that fill the Internet. Sorry, I could do that, I’ve joined enough of them to warp your mind! And I am not even offering them today. Your best bet and mine, is right in front of your face every time you sign in to Dare2Click.com. Look left, in between “Referrals” and “Down line mailer”. Simple to operate, a breeze to fill, and as effective you are willing to make it.

So, what do you do to build your down line? Fill in the blanks. Simply fill in the blanks. You add your ID#s, there… how hard was that? Don’t try and complicate that which you do not need to complicate. Don’t look for more work. Take that time you’ve left and surf. By surfing, your sites are seen, that’s what gets folks into your down line. Any member that joins your Dare2Click.com down line will now be privy to your suggested sites. You build your down line with the sites you find best suit your needs. You fill your down line with people truly interested in you.

So, Get DOWN and boogie folks, see you on LINE.

curioscat aka Camille

http://www.dare2click.com/?rid=54838

Next time: Signups, Surfing and Subsequent Success?

Well, I’m TICKEDD. Was just about to post my wrap-up blog on surfing, had a great idea all worked out. Even had a flash of maybe interviewing….. Yeah okay I’m a bit early for April Fools and Tim Lindon hit the bulls-eye again! What a fantastic series, 60 WM and why they do what they do. And then I thought about how turn-around is fair play. So, although my motive is far easier to conceal ( I won’t tell you, but I will post my answer in a hidden location (a page on D2C, lol or about D2C even) Enter your idea and the closest answer will get a prize from me, curioscat. I’ve no idea what, but I’ll find something everyone can enjoy.

Can You Tell Me Why?

1. From the first moment you began joining traffic exchanges, was there a common thread?

2. I help out friends by filling out their Income Tax Returns every year. Some are elderly while others are smart, young, successful folks who have no clue why there are 15 pages of reasons why you can’t claim the daycare cost, but only one page asking for your honest opinion?

3. How does the autonomy of the Internet create stereotypes?

4. Can you believe it took til Feb 28/2008 before The Sens begged Murray to return?(thats for my son, the ever- faithful fan who really did watch the NHLtrade thingy)

5. Where’s the best place to buy Won Ton Soup in Ottawa?

Back in a few, something brand new, look for pages throughout where you surf.

curioscat

Tuesday, February 26, 2008…….Dateline Winchester where for no reason I can print I am sitting at my computer thinking about Joey off of “Friends” at 7:30 am. In particular, the episode where Joey says something to the effect of “Ohhhhh FREE traffic, not free traffic.” I bet some of you know the exact show I’m thinking about too. Darned if I can remember the appropriate punch word, but I gotta tell ya, I did a Joey-move myself with this one.

You see, I decided I would delight you today with my take on “If you don’t pay someone is it free?” After all, nothing is truly free, there is a purchase “price” attached to every move, thought, action and reflex we have. At first, my underlying thought was to talk about the difference between being a free member at a traffic exchange vs paying to upgrade. Then, I pondered… did I possibly believe that just because I didn’t pay to receive credits sans-efforte….is my traffic free? So, I Googled “Paid Traffic” and a whole other can of worms sprung forth. I had completely missed the “paid 2″ genre of traffic. Quel Dommage!

Do any of you play poker on the net? You know what I’m talking about? All the rage during the HL/O fiasco (hockey lock-out shhhhhhh) when an entire population of ill-prepared card sharks took a once-cherished gentleman’s game and turned it into lo-rollers flavour of the week? Yeah, me too. Heck, I was even pretty good at it. So proud too, just played the ‘free’ games. Soon found out I was not as good as I thought I was and lo and behold, poker players lie! They say they have nothing and you know they are lying but you still throw your million playchips into the center of the table and watch in horror as they make their flush on the river and your boat turns into an ugly mess of 2 prs. Does that not cost? Do you not suffer? Did you know you can buy playchips? Oh, and for all you nay-sayers who spout “I’d never pay for free chips” Yeah, right, and you would never spend $5.50 to create momentum either!

(I digress. Sorry about that, I lost big last night, lol and went and bought playchips, okay, there I said it. )

Now, what was I saying, oh yes, I remember, the many faces of free. I first want to set a couple of “givens” just so we are all on the same page.

1. A free traffic exchange starts everybody off at the same spot. How fast and how well you succeed is directly related to the effort (cash or hands-on) you are willing to spend.

2. A Pro traffic exchange has mandatory joining fees that in return can serve a higher ratio of credit/views.

3. Paying to have a list of names given to you will, at best, save you time balancing your checkbook. Penniless, visitor-challenged and possibly snickered at in the chat rooms. You’ll pay and you’ll pay and you’ll pay. And that’s not just my thought either.

And

4. There really IS no Coupe DeVille, hiding at the bottom of the crackerjack’s box.

Folks, I am going to be up front with you here today. I really did miss the boat on this one. There is no definitive answer to my dilemma. Sometimes paying to upgrade is a real boost. For next to nothing out-of-pocket, it is possible for you to benefit from upgrading at some traffic exchanges. The time you save by upgrading and “paying” for a little seniority is most often a good trade-off. You won’t get rich quick but you may open more doors with your improved positioning. I have been both a free member and a Pro2 member here at Dare2Click.com where for the price of one hamburger meal, I receive random referrals and increased bonuses for an entire 30-31 days, 35% commission on any of my down line members’ purchases. I even win when they win on the bonus page. And I forgot to mention the reduced timer that comes with both pro upgrades. So you are not only receiving credits from a wider base, you also get them faster due to the lowered viewing time. Did you know as a Dare2Click Pro2, for only $7.99/mo, you will have unlimited access to an awesome support team, thought-provoking forum banter, the right to read and comment on my commentary, the ability to build a down line that pays you back too, Awww Heck, that stuff is for everyone here at Dare2Click.com. But then you knew that, right???

Be on the lookout for your newsletter in the next couple of days. I’m thinking there may be a bit of a surprise …

Ciao,

curioscat

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How is your surf going? Did you get your top traffic exchanges arranged? Good take your first ten best sites and set up two separate browser tabs, five sites each. Done? Great, oh title these surf1 and surf2. Now surf on these…….

Hehe, not! Would I do that to my faithful readers? Never.

Tabbed browsers have made multi-site surfing the only way to go. No, this is not a modern twist on auto-surfing, this is a true-to-the-word surf session. You just see more sites. Your obligations as a surfer are still intact and we’ll look at those later this week.

Avant, FireFox, Internet Explorer 7, Crazy and Netscape. I have used all these browsers. My “BofC” is FireFox and I will continue to use it unless Mozilla improves it .

Others may tell you to group your sites together to best use your time. Group them by the time you must view each page, figure the loading time of each page and calculate how to split the mess up. I say, set up five pages, see how it goes. Too hard, take a page off, Easy-Peasy, add another page.

To set up any tabbed browser, follow the instructions that every browser has. They really are the best way to learn. But in brief, to set up Firefox once you’ve downloaded it from www.Mozilla.com/firefox.

Open “Bookmarks”
Open “Organize Bookmarks”
Open “New Folder”
Name Folder (surf # …. surf1, surf2…)
Click “OK”
*Open the site you want to surf in your address bar
Login, if your site is as great as D2C(wink,wink), click the begin surf box when you login.
Once the surf opens, let the first page time down, open “Bookmarks”
Scroll down and hilite “bookmark this page”.
In the “ADD BOOKMARK” box, the site name will be filled in.
In “Create in:” Hilite and scroll down until you find your “surf#” file.
HiLite “surf#” file and click ok.
VOILA You’ve made your first tab.
This next part becomes repetitious but follow along and pretty soon you won’t have to do it again.
Close this site.*

Set up five different pages on your surf1. This is your learning set of surfsites. Wow, lots of SSSSSS’s. I found to aid my surfing I turn on my favorite music and listen. Soon, I’m surfing to the beat of my music, and developing my rhythm that works for me. You’ll find your best rhythm too and will build bigger tabs and get credits built up quickly and painlessly. Never fear your ability and let it (ability) flourish. You may not like sufing 10-12 pages at a time, I do. I don’t mind uploading time differences and usually find some little task to fill the empty seconds.

That’s it for today surfers, I really hope you set up a tabbed browser system and learn to manipulate your sites to your advantage. As you practice and move around your surfing experience will improve, you’ll find your best times, etc.etc.etc.

Look around your surftabs and see how combining the sites differently can and will improve your own personal bests. I’ve even been known to play poker the odd time I surf, yet, for the life of me cannot figure out surfing and chatting!

Tomorrow.. we talk $$ and yes, I know that was what I meant to do today. I am woman, watch me forget!

curioscat

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HI Once Again from sorta sunny, Winchester, Ontario, where the cows outnumber the surfers, as far as I can tell.

The surfing competition over at TrafficBunnies (and 15 of her closest pals) is Funished. Oops I do mean finished, lol. A draw was held today LIVE over at Affiliate Funnel to distribute all the prezzies. As soon as possible I will post a list here of the lucky surfdoggies.

So, we are looking at surfing today, as promised. I do apologize for the delay in this posting but I’ve been busy and busier as well as been picking over the information I’ve culled for this. You see, surfing is a conundrum folks, a multi-faceted area of what and why to say. I can honestly say I belong to well over 75 surfsites, some of every kind. I have received program upon method on how best to do it, how best to benefit, when the best time is to do it, blah, blah, blah. Hence my title, the Light Side of Surfing. I thought today I would show you the form I use to organize my surfing. We all have favorite sites , I won’t bore you with mine. This is just a method that helps me keep my surfs up! Now obviously showing this form will be a bit tricky. I’ve shrunk down a copy of my form and fit it in here. Using any combination of the parts will create a schedule that you must find easy to follow. Just expand the columns, plug in data pertinent to you and you’re off! If surfing becomes a chore, you’re just not doing it right.

Traffic Exchange : Name of Site you surf duhhhhhh

PW/ID: You will need these to sign in and if you’re like me, (even though I usually use the same on every site) the moment I need them is just after closing my page.

Joined: How will you remember your anniversary if you forget when you joined.

surf/referral urls: These are possibly the most important info you will need at your beacon call . Both equal they are what make it possible for you to surf, and as well why you surf. Most of us online are not fortunate enough to concentrate on one project at a time. By listing your ref and surf urls you can fill most blanks right away.

Two other important items to remember is the frequency you need to surf, and upgrade/downgrade information. The frequency refers to how often you have to drop by the exchange before the WM sends you a reminder. If it’s on the sheet, you won’t miss it will you?

I also add whether I have upgraded and when it renews. This is not so much for the value I receive from the upgrade but rather to save myself the embarrassment of missing a monthly instalment.

And so ends the light surf. You are really going to want to get organize, readers as this truly was the easy part. Look forward to Monday where our topic will be “Free Traffic, Can you really afford it?’ Or in the words of many proud, profound public speakers, “Free Traffic, Let My People GO!”

TTFN

curioscat aka Camille

admin@Dare2Click.com

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