This is the fourth in a series of articles I want to share with you about my experiences in making money on the web with Internet Marketing. For the other articles, see:
My online internet marketing experiences Part 1
My online internet marketing experiences Part 2
My online internet marketing experiences Part 3
In the third part I told you about my experiences with Project Quick Cash and phpBay Pro. In this part I will tell you about my experiences with TrafficSwarm.
My experiences with TrafficSwarm
TrafficSwarm promises live, targeted traffic. Basically this is how it works: You make an advertisement that is shown a specified number of times to other members of TrafficSwarm. The number of times it is shown depends on how much credits you put into it, and how many people you have in your downline. If you become a pro member, you get a certain number of credits per month included in the membership. You can buy credits for money. You, can also stay a free member, in which case your advertisements are shown less.
At first I tried to make an advertisement for Project Quick Cash. But it was refused, because the website of Project Quick Cash uses 1 popup… Major setback… I was not aware of this when I started, so I found out the hard way.
Anyway, I decided to persist. I ran a few other ads for a couple of affiliate programs, but removed them later.
At 30-03-2009 I bought 5000 credits for $75, and because I became a pro member ($30 / month), I got 5000 free. I set up 9 advertisements, all for Wealthy Affiliate. Results so far?
| Month | Clicks | Sales |
| April | 680 | 0 |
| May | 387 | 0 |
Pretty depressing, right? I still can’t figure out why the sales are 0. Maybe the traffic isn’t "targeted" enough? Maybe people see that they’re sent by an affiliate link, and delete the id part of the url? I don’t know.
