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Best Places to Advertise – July Stats

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Wow.  It’s been awhile since I have done one of these.

In case you are new here… I am an Internet marketer and I track my stats.  Every month I like to go back and look to see where all of my traffic is coming from and see which traffic sources are making me the most money.  Once I have that information I can know where to focus my advertising to make more money next month.  Neat, huh?

At the moment I am focusing on promoting my Safelist Marketing Tactics website.  Since I am mostly using free traffic sources I am promoting this splash page.

Just a quick disclaimer… these are my own personal stats.  I make no guarantees that my results will be the same as yours.  There are probably better places to advertise.  These are just a few sources that are working for me.

Ok, ready?

Safelists

List Joe – Hits: 2,939  Clicks: 237  Sign-ups: 49
List Auction – Hits: 1,233  Clicks: 97  Sign-ups: 22
AdSolutionline – Hits: 2,793 Clicks: 100  Sign-ups: 15
Elite Safelist – Hits: 1,608  Clicks: 58  Sign-ups: 10
European Safelist – Hits: 950  Clicks: 34  Sign-ups: 10

No big surprises here.  My site is geared towards safelists so it makes sense that I would get a lot of sign-ups here.  List Joe has always been my top performer and it continues to get me the most sign-ups every month.

The only real surprise here is European Safelist.  I resisted  joining this site for years.  I decided to give it a shot last month.  The site doesn’t have a lot of bells and whistles but it seems to be working better than a lot of more popular safelists.

Traffic Exchanges

Tezak Traffic Power – Hits: 3,083  Clicks: 87  Sign-ups: 23
Traffic Splash – Hits: 1,967  Clicks: 56  Sign-ups: 8
Dragon Surf – Hits: 3,170  Clicks: 48  Sign-ups: 8
I Love Hits – Hits: 4,137  Clicks: 58  Sign-ups: 6

Wow.  Tezak Traffic Power rocks!  This brand new traffic exchange has been breaking all sorts of records.  Definitely a good place to advertise your splash pages and lead capture pages to reach a large audience.

Text Ad Exchanges

Muscle Mail – Hits: 853  Clicks: 36  Sign-ups: 8

I gave up on text ad exchanges for awhile.  There’s just too many of them giving away too much free stuff to make them worth while.  I decided to try and give them another shot last month.  I joined about 20 text ad exchanges with over 1,000 members each.  The results… meh!  I got a few sign-ups but not enough to make it worth working with them every day.

Muscle Mail is the only text ad exchange that has continuously performed for me month after month.  Not sure why.  I guess it has been around longer than most text ad exchanges and targets a slightly different crowd.

That’s it!  I mean I had plenty of other sign-ups from random places but those are the big ones that you can use to promote your own splash pages and lead capture pages.

Make sure you track your results!  That’s the biggest mistake most new marketers make.  Knowing where your traffic and sign-ups are coming from is the easiest way to tailor your marketing campaigns to get the best results for your efforts.

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How To Advertise Lead Capture Pages

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Welcome to November!

Is 2008 really almost over?

Sorry I haven’t updated for a bit. I spent the last few days riding around Missouri in the back of a van doing light shows for one of my favorite bands. Halloween shows are always lots of fun but to be honest I am just happy to be home working again.

For the past few months I have been using many of the techniques that Soren Jordansen has laid out in his Internet Marketing Success Formula to build a profitable email list using free information products.  If you want to know one of the best ways to make money on the Internet then you should really read his book.

Anyways, I have been sharing some of the best places I have found to advertise lead capture pages that I use to build my list. To see my results from previous months click here.

Unfortunately I was on the road a lot at the end of October and I didn’t get stats for the last few days so this month’s stats might be slightly lower than they should be.

As usual I am using Hits Connect to track how many sign-ups I am getting from my lead capture pages.

Traffic Exchanges
1. ts25 – 16
2. Traffic Splash – 10

I actually spent a lot less time surfing for credits this month than usual so I didn’t bother listing the exchanges that only got me a few sign-ups.  The 26 sign-ups I received from ts25 and Traffic Splash actually came from credits I had left over from previous months.  Isn’t residual traffic great?

Safelists
1. ListJoe – 81
2. FreeSafelistMailer – 13
3. AdSolution – 12
4. List Auction – 9
5. Elite Safelist -7

Wow!  ListJoe continues to perform way above my expectations for a safelist. I did purchase the upgraded membership but with those kinds of stats it is worth every penny!  If you aren’t already a member join ListJoe now!

Text Ad Exchanges
1. Traffic Swarm – 51
2. Muscle Mail – 28
3. Ad Exchangers – 25
4. Maple Ads – 7
4. Elephant Text Ad Exchange – 6

Once again Traffic Swarm dominates the text ad exchanges but there are many newer sites which are proving to be very effect for advertising lead capture pages.  Check them out!

I should also mention that I participated in my very first JV Giveaway to advertise my lead capture page f and I was very happy with the results.  I received 39 sign-ups even though I got in really late.  If you have a free product to give away and want to advertise your lead capture page in the next big give away event then check out IM Dream Team asap!  It’s free to join and is a great way to get a lot of exposure for your lead capture page.

Of course these numbers are all from my own testing and your results may vary.  If you are doing any kind of online advertising you need to track your own stats. That’s why I recommend HitConnect for tracking all of your sign-ups.  Get your own HitConnect trackers by clicking the link below.

The Best Places to Advertise Your Squeeze Page

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Another month down and another month of advertising stats to share with you.

September was actually a pretty rough month.  One of the lights that I use in my light show died and I had to replace it.  People are always shocked to find out how much nice concert lights cost.  I also had to replace the video card in my computer.  Those two purchases completely emptied out my PayPal account which didn’t leave much room for advertising.  Thankfully I made a few good investments at the start of the month so I am working my way back up.

Most of my traffic is still coming from traffic exchanges, text ad exchanges, and safelists which I am using to promote my Traffic Success Formula ebook.  Here’s the splash page I am promoting: http://www.trafficsuccessformula.com/splash01.htm

I am tracking with HitConnect because HitConnect rocks!

Here’s where most of my sign-ups came from during the month of September…

Traffic Exchanges
1. ts25 – 14
2. Traffic Splash – 12
3. Dragon Surf – 7
4. BootScootin’Traffic – 7
5. Royal Surf – 5

Not much changed there since last month except BootScootin’Traffic and Royal Surf made it into the top 5.

Safelists
1. ListJoe – 61
2. Got Safelist? – 12
3. Global Safelist – 10
4. AdSolution – 9
5. FreeSafelistMailer – 8

AdSolution dropped a little bit this month and I should also point out that I went with pro memberships at Global Safelist, Got Safelist?, and ListJoe.

Check out ListJoe.  Are you kidding me?  61 sign-ups from a safelist?  Granted the upgrade at ListJoe isn’t cheap but with 61 new sign-ups it was well worth the investment.  If you aren’t a member of ListJoe yet, go join and make sure you take advantage of the special offer you will see when you sign-up.

Text Ad Exchanges
1. Traffic Swarm – 20
2. Muscle Mail – 11
3. Ad Exchangers – 6
4. Elephant Text Ad Exchange – 6

Nothing new here.  Traffic Swarm continues to dominate the text ad exchange world even though it isn’t quite the same as the others.  I have been very pleased with the results I continue to receive from Muscle Mail and Ad Exchangers.  Elephant Text Ad Exchange is new to the list but was just bubbling under last month.

My budget for October is starting out a little light.  I might cancel my ts25 upgrade for a few weeks and live off of the thousands of credits I have earned over the last 2 months.  Will absolutely upgrade at ListJoe again.  61 sign-ups!  Crazy.

As before you should keep in mind that these are my personal stats and the results you receive may not be the same. Also, I am not saying these are the only places worth advertising. These are just some of the places that I tried last month which worked best for me.

Know of some better sites I should be advertising on?  Feel free to submit them in a comment.

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