A few months ago, my kid came to me with a plea. He asked if we could sponsor come children for Christmas. He said it would a great thing to do, and I am so proud of his compassion. So this week, it’s been another proud moment for me.

However this time, the generosity has been from the internet marketing and traffic exchange industries. The ‘biggy’ was Joel Comm’s 12 hour Tweet-A-Thon that happened yesterday. Joel gave 12 hours of his day and sat in front of his computer, Tweet’d and chit chatted with such celebrities as MC Hammer, Wil Wheaton and dozens of other IM super stars.

They were raising money for Water Is Life, a great charity that provides filter systems for African nations. It was a great event and last I heard they donated over $10,000 in filter systems. Amazing!

Next, was closer to home as my good buddy and fellow traffic exchange owner Jon Atwood, took the bull by the horns and started a small charity for the American Cancer Society.

A proud moment for sure, to see Jon step up and challenge all the traffic exchange owners and the community at Net Marketing Forum to donate to this critical cause.

I can say, this week, has been great. I anticipate many more of these events and drives to give back and I encourage everyone to step up and donate what you can. We can make a difference, just like Joel and Jon did this week!!!

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Weird title huh….Here’s the funny thing, I just noticed my lovely new white t-shirt that I purchase a few days ago, full of lovely coffee stains and the odd dash of curry paste. So what do ‘coffee stains’ have to do with traffic exchanges and how to get better results from them…

A few years ago I made a decision. The decision was to never work for anyone else ever again. The entire concept of waking up, sitting in traffic for two hours, to get to a dead end job and dress up like a penguin in a suit…Urgggh that’s my personal hell. So I came online, with big dreams, no money and an absolute addiction to coffee!

What did online business allow me to do? Be comfortable. I am absolutely at peace when I’m sitting in my office, sipping some Starbucks and listening to my dog snore behind my chair. This is my ‘comfort zone’!

How can you find your comfort zone with your business? You will feel pressured when you are trying to get your business off the ground, but never second guess that little voice in your mind. 99% of the time, it’s right. Your gut instinct will tell you when something feels good, and other things are too good to be true.

It’s very important to find your ‘zone’ in this business so you can plan to get there. Me myself, it was the absolute desire to never work for anyone again. I had a brand new baby boy that I had to care for, so that’s pretty motivating in itself and I wanted to be around him as much as possible. Traffic exchanges allowed me to do this. That’s why I am so passionate about them.

Will traffic exchanges be your comfort zone? Will they be part of your marketing plan? Only you can decide that, the big thing though is to always do what you feel is right. Listen to your gut instinct, it rarely lets you down…

Now time to find some Tide to get these stains out…

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What do Paul Kinder, Tony Tezak, Soren Jordansen, Robert Puddy, William Brant, Sunny Suggs, Gudio Nussbaum and dozens of other success traffic exchange users have in common? Quite a few things actually, but what I want to point out is that chances are, you’ve heard of them…

Now if I was to say startabiz, ttiger, signeuhausen, hotbobs, wbrant, sunnys123 and geedo, I’m sure you could figure it out if you did some digging, but chances are, the username is not as known as the real name.

And this is the message behind what we talked about today at the Affiliate Funnel seminar. Getting your name out there and how important it is to your business.

Let’s face it, you are much more likely to do business with Paul Kinder instead of startabiz. It may seem like not much of a big deal but it is. For example, would you purchase advertising from some guy named ‘realincome’ or Jon Olson? ‘Realincome’ almost sounds like you should run away from it, and one day I will choose different usernames I promise, it’s a force of habit but nowadays I try to throw ‘Jon Olson’ everywhere I can.

Where can you get your name out?

The first example was already mentioned. Let’s say you are ready to join us in Affiliate Funnel or the Wednesday night SWAT Traffic seminar. The absolutely best thing you could do, is to come in using your real name. Do not come in as ‘greatbiz4u’, come in as yourself. Why? Not only does it help build trust with fellow surfers and community members, it’s part of your personal branding in business.

Another great place to get your name out there, forums! Again, same example but you should never join a business forum under an alias. Use your real name at all the business forums you visit. It will pay huge dividends down the road.

And finally, this is a traffic exchange blog, so you should be using your real name on squeeze pages, splash pages and everywhere in between. Remember your ‘traffic exchange brand awareness’ and get in front of people. Use your real name in 6 months, just as much as you are today.

Simple steps, completely free, it doesn’t cost you a thing and a great business habit to get into right now.

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I have to laugh, if you ever had any doubts in your mind about the power of social marketing and viral marketing you have to check out Gary McCaffrey’s Tweeter Getter.

Here’s what’s funny. This is age old viral list building technology made famous from old sites like Free Net Leads and most recently Downline Builder Direct. The only difference is that instead of email lists being built, it’s your Twitter following.

I’m not really debating whether this is a great program or ‘Twitter spam’ but what I am absolutely amazed by is how powerful viral marketing combined with Twitter can be. In the span of a few hours, this program got absolutely flooded in tweets around the net.

Amazing viral power combined with Twitter’s amazing reach has started something that you can see grow LIVE right now because it’s only a few days old. So funny that we are using technology that has been around for years, in fresh new ways…

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I get asked, time and time again, how do I make money online? It’s an age old question and I’m sure it will be here for years to come.

Want the answer? I mean do you really want to know, because it’s very easy but does take a little bit of elbow grease.

Build your network.

Sure, you need to build a mailing list. Yes, you need to develop a good marketing plan. Of course you need to invest wisely. But your network, A.K.A. your circle of friends, will help you for years and years to come.

How do you build a network in this business?

I’ve got a short list, and if you follow it, you meet lots of great people and start building your circle of friends in the industry.

1. Upgrade your account in SWAT Traffic so that you can attend the Wednesday night seminars. This is where the movers and shakers of the traffic exchange industry meet and chit chat, discuss ideas, exchange thoughts and build partnership that last for years.

2. Join Affiliate Funnel and attend the weekly seminars as well. There are a total of 3 weekly events at Affiliate Funnel, all designed to get you in touch with like minded individuals and teach you real examples on how to build lists, businesses and of course, your network.

3. Get active in Net Marketing Forum. Let’s see…Soren Jordansen, Paul Kinder, Robert Puddy, Sunny Suggs, David Foley, Guido Nussbaum, Pat Lovell and dozens of others…All names you may recognize from the internet marketing and traffic exchange world…I’ve met them through Net Marketing Forum and to this day, work with them daily…

How’s that for easy? 3 simple steps that will get you in front of thousands and thousands of like minded individuals. Yes, it does take a little bit of effort and yes, it may not happen overnight, but stay the course, get active and I guarantee you that you will see BIG changes in your business!

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