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Traffic Exchange Discovery

admin — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:32:41 +0000

After discovering Traffic Exchanges in 2002, the traffic to my website increased 100 times. I thought I had hit the magic button for the jackpot. People were visiting my small informational website. What I learned very quickly, the average Traffic Exchange member at that time and on the Traffic Exchanges I belonged too, were interested only in the Internet Marketing niche. I am a writer. My site was about writing. Yes, I had found a valuable tool but not for my niche.

The Writing and Publishing world didn’t have a traffic exchange. There was no way for the small author, publisher, or new literary agent to be seen other than lots of hard work. Sometimes that work paid off, other times it didn’t. This is the sole reason for Author-Exchange Promotional Services. Author-Exchange has combined the magic of the traffic exchange and the usefulness of a blog to assist our members in getting the niche traffic they deserve.

Originally, the traffic exchange was developed to exchange website traffic between like-minded small business people. You see my offer, I see yours. We’re both small and can’t afford huge budgets to advertise to the masses as our A-list peers and big publishers do, so we exchange business instead. Author-Exchange was developed to exchange website traffic between authors, small and large publishers, as well as literary agents and readers. You see my releases, I see yours. You see what I am accepting in submissions and I see what and how you write. You see what I offer and I see what you offer. With all those win-win situations being created, there should be a few sales in there for each of you, too.

By adding the blog, this created another way for our members to advertise themselves and link back to their own sites. Unfortunately, very few people are making use of this offer. There are many things a member could blog about, whether it is their new release, new service of editing, where they will be book signing or a blog tour, or something they have learned in their career as a writer.

Write your article, include the information below, and submit it through the support ticket area on the website.

All blog entries need to have:

author’s website URL
author’s name or pen name
book titles
where to purchase the book(s)

If you do not have a book in print or ePublished at this time, then list your website and author name/pen name. Get your site seen. Get your following established. Use Author-Exchange to help assist you with this mission. It is never to soon to get started.

What is a splash page?

admin — Thu, 27 May 2010 14:47:56 +0000

A splash page is similar to a book cover. It is used to capture the viewers attention quickly and links directly to your website or your publishers website. A splash page is 600×400 px graphic which is easy to load and tells the surfer the 5 W’s: who, what, when, where and why. It communicates in less than 10 seconds everything you want them to know about that one particular book, convention, website, etc. It is your internet billboard.

Blog Requests

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:54:39 +0000

Author-Exchange Promotional Services is opening their blog to Authors, Reviewers, Literary Agents, and Publishers. To be featured on our blog, you will need to use the support ticket system. This is a free offer at this time. Once we have launched, this will be offered to our A-List Members as part of their membership package.

Now is the time to get those new release promos sent in, along with:

WHO you are.

WHAT genre is your promo?

WHEN you would like your promo posted.

WHERE your book can be purchased (this should be your affiliate link to your publishers site).

Author-Exchange Promotional Services

Newsletter – be watchful

admin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:30:45 +0000

While we are in pre-launch mode, I will be adding a word within the newsletter which will allow you to earn bonus credits for your account. The word might be an author’s name, writing tool, or title of a book.

reading the newsletter, log in and surf, submit a support ticket. Subject: Word of the Day and inside the ticket, type the word of the day. This will add credits to your active account and help increase your advertising credits.

For those on a frugal budget, this is an ideal way to increase your marketing efforts. Watch for the daily newsletter, find the word of the day, log-in and surf, submit a support ticket and the member at the end of the month with the most correct Word of the Day, will get something a bit extra special.

Author-Exchange promotes You

admin — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 02:44:08 +0000

Author-Exchange promotes authors, book lovers, reviewers, literary agents, large and small publishers, and any site promoting the publishing or writing field.

Increase your sales and the business side of your writing career. Stand out and be noticed. Author-Exchange is a niche site for booklovers, catering to the folks who read the books, write the books, publish the books, review the books, and anything related to that task.

Author-Exchange Promotional Services is a way of thinking about surfing your favorite authors on line, soliciting for acquisitions as a publisher, promoting your review site and letting authors know your literary agency is taking on new clients. By putting your business in front of its target market, your advertising dollars go further and your success is assured. We provide a place to market your books and services for free.

Book lovers have the option of using their credits to benefit their favorite authors. The more exposure their favorite authors receive, the more likely their favorite author will continue to be able to write full time.

Author-Exchange only allows sites which relate to the booklover, author, publisher, and literary agent. We do not allow MLM, pop up or pop under ads, internet marketing traffic exchanges, NO PORN, NO ADULT PARTY plans, paid to surf, paid emails, investment surfs, paid to promote, framebreakers, HYIP, autosurf, pyramind, Ponzi schemes.
EROTIC AUTHORS we do ALLOW your site WITH modification to the entrance. If you would like to use a splash page or entry page which has a PG-13 scene announcing it is a mature site, we are fine with this practice. If you believe your homepage is PG-13, please clear it with admin through a support ticket.

Author-Exchange would like to provide promotional services to all genres. Please help to make this possible by following the rules. Our rules are not to be broken. We want all to play nicely and get along.

Join our growing community and generate traffic for your website today.

Our First Interview

admin — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:19:18 +0000

Our first blog interview was done today by Danielle Morrow. Stop in at her place and read our interview.

Graphics for Author-Exchange and You

admin — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:40:57 +0000

Claudia Beck, has furnished us with some amazing graphics to use on Author-Exchange. She does fantastic graphics. Whether you are in need of website graphics or a new book cover Claudia is your gal. She has been a work at home mom and business woman for several years while promoting her own successful businesses. Not only does she have a graphic design studio, she also runs the very successful WAHM-Trade.

WAHM-Trade provides a variety of targeted and unique promotional tools and services. This service is separate from Sunflowers and Seagulls promotional services covers graphic design, illustration and photo manipulation. Whether you need business brochures offline or online Claudia can exceed your expectations.

Visit Claudia at Sunflowers and Seagulls and WAHM-Trade.

Free vs Pro Accounts

admin — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:30:08 +0000

Author-Exchange Traffic Exchange offers free and pro (also known as paid) memberships. It cost nothing [it.s FREE] to join and advertise with Author-Exchange. You need NEVER purchase anything from us. We are a FREE manual traffic exchange.

You have the option should you prefer to have a Pro account and for a fee gain additional advertising credits. A Pro account might benefit you if you cannot surf daily or if you just want extra exposure.

Either way it is a tremendous advertising resource. FREE and PRO members will have equal opportunities to WIN bonus credits while surfing. These credits will consist of extra views for your banner(s), extra views for your text ads or web site.
In the future we hope to be able to offer an easy way to trade credits with other members.

What Author-Exchange Traffic Exchange Can Do For You!

admin — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:48:24 +0000

Author-Exchange Traffic Exchange provides a powerful and affordable way to:
- Put your book or service in front of a very diverse audience
- See what other folks promote
- Get an idea of your competition’s targeted campaigns
- Brand your name
- Gather a mailing list
- Make sales

Author-Exchange Traffic Exchange is a viable alternative for getting traffic to your website.

Splash Page

admin — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:17:20 +0000

Many surfers who want to add hits to their site do not bother with a splash page. Those who want their sites to be more professional and have the know-how do the extra and create a splash page have an advantage. Bloggers are known to write short blog post specifically for traffic exchanges. There are many ways, when creative, to produce a splash type page. With such a short time frame to grab your viewer.s attention, the splash page is the best way to go. Some surfers will scroll and read and meander around the page, but not many.

Check in the side bar for Splash Page programs. They are often free to use. Please use our affiliate link to help support the blog.