Copyright (c) 2005 by: Tony Tezak

Nearly every contact I have communicated with in the past 7 years has asked me how long is it going to take for me to make money online. There are many answers to that question. So I want to share with you one persons ideas.
The Best Investment is...You!
by Jon Olson

Everybody comes online looking to 'make money and start to work full time from home'. This is the dream of so many people in this business and rightfully so, I mean the greatest feeling in the world is getting up and developing your business and your brand. I think of nothing more rewarding that owning your own business, it really is a wonderful thing.

How long does it take? What is that magic number? Days, weeks, months or is it years? I'll give you my opinion on it, it's the latter. Yes, forget all those 'get rich quick' schemes you have read about. All those doublers and randomizers that promised you that you could sit back and let the money come rolling in, they do not exist. Here's the truth, it takes an investment of a few years to get these things going.

Let me say it again, you will NOT get rich from surfing a traffic exchange and you probably won't be making a decent income off them for at least 6 months. Why? Simple, you should be trying and are in the process of building a 'business'.

Go offline, try to start a business and the turn around 'number' seems to be between 3 to 5 years, before a new business takes shape and starts earning the owner a profit. Yes, the internet can cut this down but not in the amount of time most 'hype machine' programs promise.

That being said, you have to develop your business and your name online. If you have been surfing a traffic exchange for a month, and see no results, try a new splash page, switch up your surfing schedule but never give up. That's the easy road and the way to pin blame on someone or something else. The fact is, this business needs to be constantly attended to and grown into something solid.

Yeah, I'll say it. You need to keep surfing! You need to keep that upgraded membership. You need to pay your membership dues! You need to invest your time! You need to invest money! You need to stay in front of people's face! You need to stay focused!

This is what has worked for me, nothing more and nothing less. I have only been working 'full time' online for only 2 years of my 7 year career. So for those first 5 years I worked my tail off, and did the grunt work. It was not easy and it took a lot of time but you know what, looking back it was worth the investment. The investment was in myself and my dreams. Keep going, and don't stop promoting yourself!
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Jon Olson is a leader in the traffic exchange world. He owns ILoveHits Traffic Exchange, HitExchangeNews, and the NetMarketingForum.
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Why do I include the Traffic Exchanges Updates and Tips information? Many of us do not even read the information in 'admin' emails from exchange owners. Here is my consolidated list of those worth sharing:

*10kHits4Unow - Rob Gerhing anounced a new motto..........TRAFFIC, LEADS, FOLLOWUP, INCOME STREAMS. It is truly the secret to success online and making money in your Home Business.

*AdvertisingKnowHow - Robert Puddy is offering a $100 reward for anyone who makes both the top ten surfers and referral list. Contest ends May 30th

*CarnivalClicks - Steve Ayling added some new traffic exchanges to his downline builder. Be sure you enter your IDs!

*FastLaneTraffic - Garrett Rowland upgraded his serveor. That is a good indication that the exxchange is growing and surfing is increasing.

*HillBilliHits - Jennifer Herold says from now until server change over time on May 16, if you take advantage of our credit packages, we will give you 50% more credits!

*ILoveHits - Jon Olson announced that last week ILoveHits had 352 new members join the program and delivered almost 800,000 page views, that's an average of almost 115,000 page views a day.

*Nexus - Aaron and Eva say if Nexus can hit 5,000 UNIQUE impressions per day on Friday May 12th, Saturday May 13th, and Sunday May 14th, they will DOUBLE ALL SURF RATIOS for the following week!

*TrafficSurfer - Austin added new splash pages that involve the team surfing feature. I mighjt add that Austins customer service support is truly outstanding.

*WebBizSolutions - Dan Vaughan has taken control of the system and Mr. Douglas Hart has left the program. It is one of the oldest traffic exchanges online. I have been regularly surfing it since February 2003.

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Tony's Tips:

1. This is a handy little search tool search tool. If you do a search, it gives you the search results for Yahoo and Google in side by side panels in you browser. http://www.gahooyoogle.com

2. Formatting your text to specific number of characters per line is an important part of writing articles or for emails. Tired of counting the number of characters in a line of text? With this tool you type in the number of characters you want in a line of text, copy and paste your text into a form and click 'Format Text'. You text is formatted to the number of characters you wanted in a line of text. http://www.web-source.net/format_text.htm

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I am offering you, my subscribers, access to Tony Tezak's Traffic Co-op. This traffic coop is limited to people who are on my 1st level in any program/traffic exchange.

The coop will deliver 3000 visitors per month with a uniqueness of not less than 65%! Every effort will be made to hit the 3,000 target every month. So far in its 4 month existence, it has delivered 3100-3200 hits per month. I will keep purchasing credits until these goals are met every month.

On a 1:1 ratio traffic exchange with a 20 second timer, it would take you 16 hours to earn 3000 credits. How much is 16 hours of sufing worth to you? I'll deliver these visitors to you for a $19.99 monthly subscription or $25.00 for a single month purchase.

This week I added a GUARANTEE; If I do not provide you the 3000 hits in a given month, I will refund you $19.99.

Visit Tony Tezak's Traffic Co-op for the full details.

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Are you interested in any of these topics? Want to learn? Want to put some new ideas into play? Then join Joe Sansoucie and Tony Tezak in 'Internet Marketing Talk'. It's a live conference! Every week Tony is giving something away in his conference...could be anything.....Focus Points, ILoveHits credits, 10kHits4Unow credits.......


May 16th, 9:00 PM EST - Joe's Quikonnex Class!
This is a hands on class! How to add your items to Quikonnex and how to effectively use your keywords to drive real visitors from Google to your site. How to set up Quick View. Quikonnex Publisher membership required for this class as you have to have a channel in which to place your articles.

May 17th, 9:00 PM EST - Tony's Everything you wanted to know about Traffic Exchanges!
I Discuss 'The Good, The Bad, The Ugly' of the traffic exchange world. Increase your surfing efficiency. Traffic exchanges' free advertising can build your opportunities. Manual Traffic Exchanges can be an important part of your internet marketing experience. I'll even offer to assist you in creating surfing groups and a surfing schedule to maximize your surfing time. We will take a peek at Tony Tezak's Traffic Co-op! General discussion of visitor exchanges. Tony is always giving away something to those who attend the conference.

May 18th, 9:00 PM EST - Joe's FrogSearcg Pay Per Click Search Engine Class!
HELD IN THE FROGSEARCH ROOM! This is a hands on class!
Download the room here: http://www.frogsearch.com/download/FrogsearchSupport.exe
Keywords, the three hot spots you should absolutely make sure your listings are here or lose a ton of traffic!


Come by and take a peek...Internet Marketing Talk for the full schedule and download instructions.....near bottom of page.

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Tony Tezak
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