You Will Not Get Rich From This Blog

My three year old daughter ( to the left ) Kalynn is pretty funny. She finds the simplest things enjoyable. Like helping me empty the dishwasher, putting laundry away ( although she sucks at folding cloths ), and basically following me around most of the day. Doing chores with daddy ( Me ) to her, is as much fun as making a mess. I think she just see’s it as spending time together. Throw in some reading and a bit of “Clifford” and our day goes by pretty fast. These daily interactions not only provide quality time between my daughter and I, but also helps her grow and learn. Now if she can just learn to fold cloths.

This is why I strive to be successful online! I enjoy hanging with my kids, watching them grow and being witness to such things as the first poop in the potty ( anyone want a picture? :) ). To non parents, poop and potty training is just plain gross, but all you parents out there know damn well that these events are reasons to celebrate! Fruit Snacks for Everyone!

Moving on to today’s post.

In my last post I gave a video tutorial on how to “Make and Use Simple Splash Pages“. My goal was to introduce you to splash pages and traffic exchanges. Show you some simple examples and give you another resource. Although I received quite a few awesome emails, Big E at Work at Home No Scams ( sort of my mentor ) was quick to not only praise me, but also tell me that I FAILED at the same time.

Where did I fail? Well, I didn’t take the time to test and show results. When putting the last post together, my goal, like I said, was to introduce you to Splash Page Maker and not necessarily show results. Since Eddy called me on this. I felt obligated to not only talk the talk but also walk the walk ( err do some testing on my own ).

I’ve made it very clear that I’m an advocate for traffic exchanges, especially Traffic Splash, but out of my 174 Traffic Splash referrals, only about ten have upgraded and / or are active. This kind of bugs me, and tells me that simply posting affiliate links and recommending a program does not do much for the people who I bring in. Whether it’s Traffic Splash, Splash Page Maker
, ClixSense, or whatever. It basically means that I’ve spent a lot of time ( and $$ ) for little or nothing. Seriously, what good is a referral if they are just a number I can brag about?

So for the last two weeks I’ve devoted all my Traffic Splash time and ClixSense promotions to testing splash pages for results. I used the final Splash Page I made in the last post and made a couple others as well. I also threw the normal ClixSense affiliate page in the mix. Once again, “walking the walk”. If I’m going to tell you that Splash Pages work better than normal Affiliate pages, I needed to be fair and treat all promotional pages equally. So that’s what I did. Although, the results were not over whelming, they are honest and pretty much accurate.

So in this video I’m going to show you not only my results, but also the new pages I created and used. Then for all you “non-html” wizards, the second video will show you how to take the basic page we created in the last post and beef it up even further using an HTML Editor.

In Video Two we are going to use Online-HTML-Editor.Org to enhance our splash page that we made in the last post. This is really great for those who are not familiar with basic and intermediate HTML.

So there ya go! I’m going to do some testing on the two pages in the first video and the one that get’s the better results ( hopefully sign ups ), will get it’s very own twenty page spot ( or 6000 views for another two weeks on Traffic Splash ).

Have a great day everyone and don’t forget to…
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Phil ( philsfault ) Ames

Happy Tuesday Everyone,

The other day I was watching Nickelodian with my six year old son and a commercial came on encouraging kids to turn the TV off and go play outside. Then the very next commercial said “STAY TUNED FOR A SPONGE BOB MARATHON!” Whew, that was close, we almost turned the TV off.

Anyways =P

Ever since I figured out how to create screen shots it’s opened up a whole new visual element for this blog. As Sadie would put it, “Less Wordy and Intimidating”. So I’m having fun and even using screen shots in the banners and splash pages I make ( but that’s another post ).

You know, I’ve made it quite clear that Traffic Splash is my absolute favorite Traffic Exchange. Yesterday was one of those days that reminding me why. I woke up Monday morning to another $5 in my account, I’m not sure how it got there, since I didn’t receive an email saying I won anything. Oh well, time for a payout request. Now Paul ( the owner of Traffic Splash ) usually takes about a day or so to send payments, but yesterday he was on top of things. The payment below was received in less than four hours. Thanks Paul, this was my second cash out in four days!

To top things off Traffic Splash was having yet another “Splash the Cash” day and I was not only determined to find me one of those swell cash prizes, but also surf 1000 pages for the first time ever. Not only did I find a $10 instant cash prize, ton’s of banner, text links and surf credits, but I actually made it to 1001 pages surfed. Whew! I normally only surf 100 to 250 pages. So this was a big deal for me.

The next screen shot pretty much shows what I accomplished in one day. The $129 is my total earnings, everything above that is all MONDAY!!

Not bad for a days work from just one of my many income streams ( $$ ).

Okay, so another reason why I’m surfing so much these last few days, is because I’ve been giving ALOT of Free credits to my new referrals. I really want everyone to understand what a tremendous resource Traffic Exchanges are. Not only for hits to your website, blog or affiliate programs but also for earning potential. So for everyone joining Traffic Splash in June under me. Surf 100 pages and I’ll send you an additional 100 surf credits. Actually, if I see you surfing daily, I’m sure I can keep those extra credits flowing in your direction. Maybe 100, Maybe less, Possibly more.

The above examples show whats possible from just one exchange, and doesn’t even reflect referral commissions or other bonus’s I’ve received in the past.

Now about Upgrading your account. When you join a Traffic Exchange your going to get a super long Sales page giving you a “One Time Offer”. This is usually for a years upgrade. If you can afford it, GO FOR IT! Otherwise, just join for free or take advantage of a monthly “Pro” subscription. Going Pro ( upgrading ) not only increases your commission level from your referral upgrades and purchases, but also gives you more surf credits per page. Since everyone needs advertising this really is a no brainer. Plus most exchanges pass out free referrals to upgraded members.

On a side note. before you upgrade in anything, please read my post “To Upgrade or Not to Upgrade…”.

Once again, thanks again for all the emails, comments and messages.

Now, I totally got away from giving plugs to other websites or blogs in the last few posts. I’m really not that selfish, and I have no excuses. I think it’s very important to show respect and acknowledgment to your peers and to those you admire. Even at the risk of losing a commission or subscriber. So to get back to sharing the love…

I’d like to introduce Eddy Salomon WorkAtHomeNoScams.com. I actually sent Eddy a negative email last week about his decision to carry “sponsored advertising” on his site ( I won’t go into details, you guys know how I feel about sponsored ads ). I was really expecting an “F’ You Phil, your blog sucks” kind of response. Instead, Eddy sent me a very prompt and classy reply defending his decision. Since then we’ve emailed several times and I’m pretty stoked to have met someone almost as cool as I :) Or perhaps slightly cooler.

Okay, Got some surfing to do before bed. Night all.

Phil ( shout out to iCarly ) Ames
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Drum roll please…………Da, Da, Da, Da.. Downline!

So I just took a few minutes to go over some of my Referral stats this month for Traffic Splash, and I must say. I’m pretty shocked. I had a lot of ads spread around and I really wasn’t paying attention to who came from what or where. Until today.

Total Refs this month: 90
Total Commission Earned $70.00.

Not bad you say, but consider I’ve put in a lot of time and $$ into promoting TSplash ( amongst everything else ). I’m quite a ways away from profit, but since I’ve only just finished my first month of my Year long Pro membership, I’m really not all that worried. A few of my refs are buying additional advertising and I’ve already seen three upgrades. Plus, the added bonus of having active refs that are earning me additional credits for my own promotional needs. Yeah, I’m pretty jazzed about that as well.

Okay, I’ll shut up now.. here are the numbers.

Where My Traffic Splash Referrals came From:

WordLinx – 25 Referrals. From buying additional advertising ( visitors ) and converting my earnings into ad credits ( once again, visitors ).

ClixSense – 11 Referrals. Not bad, but I’ve had better results promoting Paid to Click / Read programs.

Traffic Splash ( for being a PRO member ) – 20 Referrals!!! Wow, this really blew me away. I know that when you have an upgraded account in most programs, they say you’ll get FREE Refs, but 20 in one month?! Not sure if this is normal or not but, Thanks Paul.

Rent-a-List ( Hits4Pay ) -15 referrals. I’m very sad about this number. My recent ad on RaL for NeoBux pulled 115 referrals, and my ad for ClixSense had an unheard of 10% return at 250 referrals. So yeah, I was really hoping for better results. Oh well, don’t blame the Ad, blame the Ad writer ( me ) right?. Still.. pttttt

Other – 12 Referrals. Mostly from my links being seen on other Traffic Exchanges and a few other places where I’ve converted my earnings to ad credits. Plus a few small ads I’ve purchased. I’m actually pretty happy, no complaints here…whatever phil.. you know you wanted 1000 referrals

This Blog ( of course ) – 5 Referrals. Awesome, thanks guys!! You were paying attention.

So anyways. That’s were I’m at after one month with Traffic Splash. I think this month will be better. I just have to learn to work smarter and NOT harder.

See ya guys,
Phil