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All of the above sounds like good advice. Now, here is another suggestion. My 20 years of experience in hypnotizing people has taught me that we all need to see and/or hear about a program between 9 and 30 times before it really sinks in.

I have had mixed results with both single (one -time) paid Traffic and paid bulk email traffic. None of the results were fantastic. I seem to do just as well building a list and using TEs and safelists.

BTW, the drawback to using Craig's List, especially in big cities, is that your ad is only seen for a short time, because other users are piling on their ads after you. That's why it is important to hit the `renew` button frequently. Also, if you add a picture, it appears just under your Subject Line and people see it right away.

There are a lot of admin/owners right on this site. Also, many other thoughtful people who give freely of their time, knowledge and experience. Even though I have been marketing online for over 20 years, I have learned quite a bit here.

Yes, I have paid for a few `lifetime` deals and when they all disappeared, i.e. failed, my money disappeared with them. They were not scams. They just were not successful. Something to think about from a 'members' point of view.

Safe Lists, TEs, Rotator Ads, Viral this-that-you name it ........ Seems to all boil down to the same thing. Thousands of people trying to sell their programs to each other. It has been this way for many years. If you have the time, pick the ones you like and go for it. Some people stick with one program while others, like me, advertise 5-10-20 programs. In the long run I believe that either way you end up sponsoring about the same number of people. As far as earning $, as I have said before, it depends on whether or not you are the admin/owner or just a member. See my blog. www.market101.info

It depends on whether or not I am writing for my own site or an affiliate site. My own site: I write my own content. An affiliate site: I use some of the info from the main page. I usually take the time to correct any obvious grammatical errors.

I think you are correct in your assessment. I signed up for free to his latest program and I have been paid over 40 times directly into my paypal account. I have not paid him one cent! Check it out. http://instanttrafficgeneration.com/links/14545

Hi Daren, I just started using http://instanttrafficgeneration.com/aff/9781 . They have a great tracking system. As you said, I don't run too many ads at the same time. No more than three. Also, I always check my ad from another email address. So far I have only placed my ads in cities with large populations. I do not have any experience with small cities.

Good Question. The fall-back is the original URL

The secret is to keep changing venues. First I renew several times. Then I delete the ad. Then I place the same ad in a different city.

Solo Ads and Emails

I agree with Ansgar. If you are just counting on results from Affiliate Traffic Sources, you better be one of the 1st ones to post. And, make sure you have an eye-catching Subject Line e.g. New High-Converting Free Viral Advertising. They like free and they like new!

Good info. Thanks. Speaking of things you can or cannot include in the subject line. I see warnings about using the word 'free' because many times your ad will automatically be sent to the spam folder. I have seen people use these substitutes; *f*r*e*e*, free*e, etc. Personally I have been using fre e and that seems to be OK, but I cannot guarantee it. I am interested in other peoples experience with this subject (excuse the pun)

Do you advertise on Craig's List? If not, why not? It's FREE! I live in Calif. and here is an ad I placed in Philadelphia. http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/biz/5129950084.html

I have mixed feeling about this. Some people tweet and try to treat this site strictly as a social network. That only works some of the time. Others use it strictly for biz purposes. Again, only works some times. I fall into the latter category. I have a huge following and the only thing that increases my sponsoring rate is to take the time to add a color image. Try it. I would love to hear about your results. Here is an image that grabs your attention: http://www.marketingcheckpoint.com/banners/336x280.gif

I have to agree with all of you. Solo Ads are rapidly replacing email ads. Whether or not people read them or just click on them for the points would be an interesting debate. But, what about bulk email? We seem to be shying away from that subject.

I dislike having to watch a video before I get to see the Q & A and other stats. If I have to see a video 1st, I delete the whole thing. Unless it was sent to me from someone I trust a whole lot! Also, 30 sec ads are a waste of time. 10 sec should be the maximum. As far as your inbox being flooded; no one I know gives out their real email address. How do you think gmail got so big

I visit too many to mention. However, I find that I am visiting marketingcheckpoint almost every day. I get great ideas here. Also, it feels good to see others doing what I am doing. Sort of validates my efforts. Maybe someone will learn something from me.

to: rpsmith. Thanks for replying. You said, "It has been a continual surprise to me that these people don't seem to get the message the first time". I was going to let that go, but I can't Here's my take. I believe they get the message. I also believe they don't care. It is up to us to expose scam artists. It is also up to us to be very careful not to accuse someone who is trying to operate a legitamate program, but is just having operating difficulties. My two cents.

15 JUL 2015 Bitcoin Trends In The First Half Of 2015 It’s already past the halfway mark in 2015 and we thought it would be a good time to provide an overview of the trends that we’re seeing in Bitcoin this year. While the price of bitcoin is down 9% year-to-date, if you look below the surface it is clear that Bitcoin had a strong first half and is making great strides as digital money for people around the world and a payment network for innovation. Price While the price is down 9% YTD (as of July 13), it's up over 213% over a two year time frame. It appears the price has now stabilized in the wake of bitcoin’s third bubble, after the price increased 50x in 2013. Volatility At the same time, several major exchanges (including Coinbase Exchange) launched in the U.S and the infrastructure required to buy, sell and store bitcoin has improved significantly. This has attracted more institutional investors to the market and volatility has decreased as a result. Number of wallets People around the world are increasingly adopting bitcoin as digital money. There are now somewhere between 5 and 10 million bitcoin wallet holders around the world, with 2.4M users and 3.1M wallets on Coinbase. Number of transactions The number of transactions per day on the Bitcoin network is rapidly accelerating. The network averaged 60,590 transactions per day in June 2014 and 117,474 transactions per day in June 2015. (Note that this does not include the recent spikes due to load testing and spam on the network.) That’s a 94% increase in monthly transactions over the past year. Demographics The global nature of bitcoin is one of its most unique characteristics and the Coinbase user base is rapidly accelerating outside the U.S.. We support bitcoin wallets in over 190 countries, buy/sell functionality in 25 countries, and mobile and web translations in 7 different languages. As a result of our international expansion work, 47% of Coinbase wallet holders are now from countries outside the US.Hong Kong, Tunisia, Philippines, Romania and Algeria were the countries that experienced the most user growth in the first half of 2015. *Of countries that had more than 1,000 users as of 12/31/2014* We’ve seen increased diversity not just in the location of users but also the age of users. It’s no secret that Bitcoin is known for being dominated by young, tech-savvy, early adopters. We’re increasingly seeing interest from people over the age of 35 though and now roughly 34% of Coinbase users are over 35. Developer interest The developer ecosystem in Bitcoin has also grown significantly in the first half of 2015. There are now more than 7,000 applications built by developers on Coinbase and we’ve seen a number of apps gain significant traction with Coinbase users thus far this year, including ChangeTip, Lawnmower, and Zapchain. See ourapp gallery for a larger list of Coinbase Apps.

I sponsored a bunch of people, I purchased an ad and I requested my commission of $32.00. The company response = nada. I wrote to them 7 times in 14 days. They didn't even answer with any excuses. I just sent an email to all of my downline, informing them that I was no longer promoting this program. Has anyone else on this forum had similar problems?

These seem to be the most stable: Payza, Bitcoin, Paypal, Solidtrustpay. Bitcoin is really gaining in popularity, but I think Paypal is bigger than all the rest put together.

This one is working for me. http://shoemoney.net/r/38464 Prosperous regards, Martin

I haven't seen this topic discussed here. I'm very curious as to how many of us use paid-for bulk email. Also, does it work? And, lastly, how many are really scams; meaning you are sending out your ads every day, but are they being delivered and if so, are they going to very old lists????