Email system

My response to Raul at Easy Money for Free traffic exchange, on whether or not a traffic exchange should have an email system to email your downline.

> Most traffic exchanges that I'm a member of have rather strict restrictions
> on spamming your downline.
> If they have one at all, most of the time all you can do is welcome and
> thank someone for signing up under you. You can email them encouraging them
> to surf, give them credits, or inform them about some upcoming surf promo to
> that site only. Other than that, all you can do is promo some links only in
> your signature.
>
> I'm against spamming. I get enough of those in my email box everyday. One
> way around that is if there is a check box allowing the member to
> receive email from their upline. I'm not really against an email system,
> but haven't seen too many of them work for me in traffic exchanges. A lot
> of times, they are just junk so without any incentive or a catchy title, I
> just delete them.
>
> Another thing I would like to see more often is being able for the downline
> to converse to their upline. A lot times it is a one way street.
>
> Irregardless, if you do have an email system, there needs to be some
> boundaries clearly defined. One result might be for banning a member if
> their spamming gets out of hand.

Viral Marketing

It's funny how when I first started promoting The Customer Advantage, no one was promoting, let alone even heard of it.  That was about a week and half ago.  Wow! How viral has this become?   Everywhere I look in every traffic exchange I surf, there it is, with someone else promoting it.  Mind you, it's not the same person but a different person every time I see it.  I'm not talking just one traffic exchange.  I'm talking about at least a dozen that I actively surf.

Check your links

I can't stress enough how much you need to check your links.  Don't assume that your link(s) is/are directing your audience to where you want it to go.  If your link isn't working properly and you are using credits or you paid for your advertising, then you are wasting your effort and or money.  This is especially true if your into affiliate marketing and you are cloaking and tracking your links/stats.

If you use traffic exchanges or the like, be sure to check your link(s) either before you start surfing or before you assign credits to them.  Some sites will have a test button.  Also check all your banners and text links that you may be using.  If you know what you are doing, most of the time, you can fix the problem yourself.  If not, you might want to either contact support for a site, or a friend/mentor that can help you out.

Computer Cleanup Tips #3

Today we are going to talk about programs that you can use to keep your computer free from viruses, etc.
Most important to anyone owning a PC/laptop is having an Anti-virus program that is up to date.  It's not a bad idea to change programs every six months or so just to make sure there isn't a virus hiding somewhere.  I try to stay away from ones that are hard to delete or leave behind left over files.

For anti-virus I use Avast coupled with the program of ThreatFire as they are compatable to run together.  Plus, they tend to update themselves frequently and regularly.

Always be sure your operating system updates are updated.

For other programs to use:
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware

Spyware Blaster

Spybot Search and Destroy

Super Anti-Spyware

These free versions can be found at http://www.CNET.com

I recommend that unless you have a pop up stating that there is a problem.  You should update and run these programs at least once a week.

Chasing my tail

It seems all I've doing for the past 2 weekends is making sure my affiliate links work.

We're told by our peers to cloak our links so that others can't steal our sign ups and commissions by inserting their own affiliate link in place of our own.  That's fine.  I get it.  What I don't get is the cloaking services that stop working without an even notice to it's consumers.
You know, something like, " We're sorry our service is temporarily down."
That's just wrong.  I'd really be pissed if I was using SEO or PPC advertising.  What it boils down to is this:  If your advertising links aren't being seen by the Internet world, your not advertising.
I've learned from the old adage to not keep all your eggs in one basket.  This is definitely true when it comes to Internet/Affiliate marketing.
I won't name any names for libel reasons, but I'm now on my third and fourth  cloaking services.  The first one I used, I really liked.  It gave me statistics and even a downline builder.  I used it for about a year until one day I realized it was no longer working.  They just shut down, closed the doors and didn't even say good-bye.  The second one I used, got hit by a hacker causing my links to be redirected to some other site(s).  The third one I 'm on, has recently switched servers and is still having glitches with the move.

For all my troubles over the last two and a half years, I've learn to spread out my cards and not keep them so concentrated in one place.  I'm thankful for fellow online members that email me and tell me when one of my links is not working.

My advice:  If you use a link cloaking service, regularly check your stats and your link(s) to make sure they are properly working.  If you are not happy with the service, change to another one.  Use multiple cloaking services so that at least some of your links are being seen if one site goes down.

Computer Cleanup Tips #2

I highly recommend cleaning up your computer at least once a day. 

Don't wait until your pc or laptop starts running sluggishly.

I have a regiment of processes that I use to keep my pc running about as fast as I can.
1.  Restart your computer.
2.  I run a program called CCleaner to clean both the disc and the registry.
3.  I run Atomic Cleaner which is no longer available.
4.  I run window's disc cleaner that comes with your windows program
5.  I run a program called Wise PC Engineer
6.  I run a program called Glary Untilities
7.  I run a program called Auslogic disc defrag.

You can find these free programs on CNET.com.

In the next segment, we look at programs to keep your computer free of viruses and the like.