This article will explain how you can use traffic exchanges to get a steady stream of visitors to your website, without having break your budget or spend hours on end clicking away to get credits.

In simple terms, a traffic exchange is a place that you can join and view other members web pages in exchange for having your own web page viewed. Every time you view another member’s web page for a period of time (e.g. 20 seconds) your balance of credits increases. Every time a member views your web page for same period of time your credit balance decreases.

There are two main types of traffic exchanges – manual exchanges and auto exchanges. A manual exchange requires a real human being to view web page and click on a link to proceed to next web page, whereas an auto exchange can be left running in your web browser and will automatically refresh to a new web page.

Although both of these methods will bring hits to your website, use of a manual exchange is far more likely to bring a visitor who will actually read what is on your web page. The auto exchange user who leaves their computer on all night, surfing web pages while they sleep is unlikely to buy your product! It is for this reason that I have not ventured down path of using auto exchanges.

So how do you go about choosing which traffic exchange(s) to use? First let’s take a look at most common features of a traffic exchange, so you can differentiate between competition.

* Credit Surfing – all traffic exchanges allow you to earn credit in return for viewing other member’s web pages. Also look out for bonus credits. Many exchanges will give you bonus credits for signing up, for surfing a certain number of pages, or for winning competitions or sweepstakes.

* Minimum Time Limit – when surfing for credits, most traffic exchanges require you to view a site for a minimum amount of time before you earn a credit. This is normally somewhere between 10 and 30 seconds.

* Anti Cheat Mechanisms – to ensure that a real person is viewing your web site most traffic exchanges employ anti cheating mechanisms. This usually means that instead of clicking a “Next Site” button you have to click on a specific graphic such as a number, letter, picture or coloured icon from a selection of a few, to proceed to next site. Repeated failure to do this correctly means suspension or termination of your account.

"I hate making marketing calls. I don’t know what to say and how to say it. I’ve been assigned to find new clients and in past 4 weeks I brought in zero new clients."

Do you ever feel this way?

Are you tired of being turned down?

Are you frustrated by your limited success selling on phone?

Making any of mistakes below takes fun out of your job and can kill your sales.

1. Using Push Versus Pull Marketing Most of us don’t like pushy people who talk about themselves all time. Think about your marketing. Are you constantly pushing information out about yourself, your products and services? This may be pushing prospects away when what you want to do is pull them in.

Focus your marketing on prospects' concerns and offer them something they want. You'll help them, convert them to clients and increase your revenue.

2. Not Generating Enough Qualified Leads Marketing is about starting conversations with prospects so you can learn what they need and help them understand solution you provide. To bring in more business, help more people understand what you do and prompt prospects to contact you.

Does your marketing help you generate enough leads and start a conversation with prospects?

With right marketing message, advertising copy and online and offline strategy you can generate a steady stream of qualified leads.

3. Responding To Inquiries With an Email or a Letter Nine times out of ten, when you send a prospect a written response to a query, it won't result in a sale. Pick up phone and you can use their questions to start a conversation. With just a couple of additional questions you can learn what their objectives are and then you can sell them solution.

4. Quoting Price Too Soon When prospects call, one of first questions they ask is about pricing. Tell them right away and you risk ending conversation and losing sale. Dollar figures by themselves are meaningless.

When a prospect asks what you charge, don't tell them until you've had a chance to learn what they want. Then put price in context of value and quality solutions you provide.

5. Wasting Time With People Who Aren't Buyers No matter how good your system is for qualifying leads, you’ll end up on phone with people who can't afford your services or won't benefit from your products. Conversations like these can take up way too much of your time.