I honestly believe that this is one of the best paid-to-click sites around, but I’m concerned about the sustainability of its future.

Maybe the next newsletter could reassure all of us a little more about what is being done to bring more advertisers into the program.

Thanks.

When I first got started “spreading the word” about Hits4Pay using my affiliate link at various sites on the internet it was slow going for the few weeks. Then I got my first affiliate and that motivated me to move on. I slowly but surely continued to build my affiliate base for the next few months. After that something interesting happened. Even though I was advertising no more than before, the number of affiliates I had signing up each day was doubling and tripling in quantity I can’t really explain why, but I do know that advertising and building exposure for yourself creates exponential results. I still get referrals today from advertising that I did over a year ago. I know this because my blog uses Google Analytics which tracks where my visitors are coming from, usually a site I advertised on, and in this case haven’t visited in a very long time. If you have a blog or your own website I highly recommend installing Google Analytics. It’s free and is easy to install and use. If you need help, just e-mail me. My e-mail address is on my blog which you can access by clicking on the word twinendeavors next to this post. At this point, I could sit back and never advertise again (which I have for the past few months) and still get at least 1 new affiliate per day. So if you’ve tried for a few days or a few weeks, don’t get discouraged and give up it does work. After that if you’re still not getting affiliates, ask yourself if maybe the wording of your advertising needs to be changed Are you just listing your affiliate link and not adding a sentence about why it’s great or why they should click your link to find out more? What would catch your eye or get your interest if you saw someone else post their link? I use “Get paid to read e-mails, no experience, no cost, no credit card required. PLUS earn $10 just for signing up!!” The majority of internet surfers are VERY skeptical of the billions of ads to promise to help you to make money online, many of which are scams, and they all seem to sound alike When you state that this is free, that means that it’s virtually risk free to that person and they’re more apt to at least consider it and give it a try. Another possibility could be that you’re not advertising in the right places, places where others like you who are looking to make money are hanging out. Think about those groups of people that are usually looking to make some extra money from home and who have little time to spare. A few examples are students and stay at home moms. These people can’t always work a full or part time job, but they do have 15 to 30 minutes of free time to work at earning a little extra cash with little effort. The forums that Martha noted are an excellent place to begin. Remember, you can just pop in and post one time and expect to get results. You need to at least logon once a week and contribute something. The more often you post (with relative content, not spam), the more exposure you’ll get. If you’re already working another pay program, post on their forum. The more people that recognize and know you, the more attention you’ll get and the more affiliates you’ll bring in. I cannot stress enough that you should use a banner. People pay attention to an image far more than they would a text ad in your signature. Or use a combination of a banner plus a line of text (assuming room). Hits4Pay has made it easy for us and provides us with the banner code that includes the banner image and that is linked to your affiliate link. This banner code is HTML code that the internet uses to display the banner image and that will forward them to the site noted in the code which will be your affiliate web page at Hits4Pays. CAUTION, most forums do not allow HTML code, but it’s as simple as converting the HTML to BBCode which is the language recognized by forums. The site I use to convert code is http://www.seabreezecomputers.com/html2bbcode/. It’s as simple as pasting the HTML code into the text box and clicking the convert button. Then copy the BBCode now displayed and paste into the box for your signature on each forum. If you have any questions or technical difficulties, just drop me an email and I’d be happy to help.

For other ways to advertise your affiliate link, check out my blog. You’ll see a list of four posts that explain exactly how I have built my affiliate base, not just for Hits4Pay but for all my pay programs. Or drop me an email if you’d like one on one help or have specific questions. If you’re new to online pay programs, my home page provides a very thorough overview of the different types, how they work and important information to consider.

Martha – Great list of forums, a few I knew of but many I didn’t. I’m looking forward to exploring them. Keep the newsletters coming. I always look forward to receiving that e-mail in my inbox telling me there’s a new newsletter to read

Happy Earnings!!
Debbie
debbie@twinendeavors.com

Forums are indeed a great way to drive traffic to websites.

I also have good results using free classified ad sites.

To those here who have a difficult time recruiting members, I suggest that you simply persist with your advertising efforts.

Read the advice found here and throughout this blog for lots of advertising ideas and inspirations.

And remember, if something is not working, change until it does, when something is working, repeat.

[Sorry Marjory, I had to remove the links from your post]

Thanks

Marjory

thank you,

Amy