Rapping it Up

Don't get put off this post by the CTP team paraphernalia. This topic is just the means to an end being a cool rap video.  I am on a team at Click Track Profit and its so fun. It's not all about the surfing but about the learning and wanting to contribute to the team and their branding. I have made a lot of cool friends here.

This blog is a journey for me and I want to document here another first for me...A rap song. It's not really what the song is about it's about the learning of how to do something.

Anyone can learn to do anything online, even rap. There are so many resources to teach how to achieve what you want. I would love to keep all this a secret but that's not what I'm all about. I really can't keep secrets well anyway.

Rapping all the way

The first step was my son. He gave me the idea. He found an app for my ipad called AutoRap by Smule. A friend recommended it to him. When I heard this app, WOW. It converts ANY words or sentence speech into rap. It comes with a free beat to begin with but you can earn plays to hear and use more beats. The free beat is somewhat familiar to the traffic exchange industry. (Shhh, Traffic Browser). So I couldn't use that one as everyone would think I was copying.


I told one of my team mates from the Strays, about the app and Wendy Chen recommended Windows Live Movie maker. It is very easy to use. This is my first attempt at video editing properly. Here are some "raps" that I experimented with HERE and HERE!

I then decided on the simple task of using the team splash and various blog post pictures to be the video. I decided on a rap beat and made simple lyrics. I just put the pictures in order and made sure it coincided with the length of the audio track. Voila, magic.

This converted to a file that I then uploaded to YouTube. After adding credits at the end I was finished and it's 2:30 in the morning. Worth it!

Adkreator is great for embedding Youtube clips so I made a splash to advertise CTP and the Strays. HERE is the splash I made.

My next project will be a rap video for promoting FreeRewards4u. 

Until next time

Kris Rogers

P.S. If you are interested in joining the Strays please send a private message to Virginia HERE as we are currently looking for new members.

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What are team mates for?

 Welcome to our No.1 Click Track Profit Team called The Strays! Please check out our sites which are rotating below and join us at CTP! Come and join CTP and start winning today! We have a team jingle so scroll below to view it!

This is the page we are promoting as a team. You will see us around. It's nice to give back to the team because I'm not a great surfer. I consider myself more like an organiser. However, for a team to succeed communication is a must!

Take me to thy Leader!

Since joining a team at Click Track Profit I have come to realise that leadership is an essential quality. With anyone, not just the Team Leader. A team doesn't have to be made up of ONE dictator but can have many advisors and then there are people that just DO (surf)! But one essential quality that a leader has is to be available.

Leadership is the action of leading a group of people or an organization, or the ability to do this. If I became a leader I would be the type to listen to my group, then make a decision! I like getting feedback. Leaders have to have the guts to get up and take charge in the first place. They guide, direct, control and have the final say and the only control to direct the group. 

The CTP Teams leaders all  have this power. Its called "what's in the best interests of the team?" Sometimes it involves the hard decision of kicking the weakest player off the team. It may just happen. I know some teams already do this. I have taken a leader role within this team called Crazy Cats People because I like to keep people informed and so I decided to start the team blog. I want to create excitement and some activity and revitalise the team if I can. To become more of a team is the aim, and some of the shyer members to participate. This is a way I can help the team. I'm not the greatest surfer so this is my contribution. A big thank you to my co-contributor Wendy Chen who I am getting to know really well on the team. She also lives in a similar timezone to me which helps communication.

So this blog post is dedicated to all 46 team leaders! You must be Kore4 upgraded to start a team. Good on you and I wish them the best of luck at making those hard decisions this week! Here are a list of the dedicated people with a link to their profile page. Drop by and say hello to them! Heck, even ask to join their team. Joining a team may be the best thing you have done online. There is plenty of room for everyone to be on a team. Everyone has a part to play. Think about the branding.

Order of teams (leader names clickable) as at 9/6/14 at 5:30am EST.

CashSurfing Network Team 1- Eric Goettman
Surfaholics Alpha- Matt Badura
Crazy Cat People- Nathan LaPlante
Dream Team- Mary Goble Thomas
Empower World Team- Rosita Maasch
Lucky13- Tom Wacker
Bonz Brigade- William Miller II
Surfaholics Bravo- Jennifer Washburn 
CTP Masters- Nick Grimshawe 
Dr Kelps Racers- Grant Goodman aka Dr Kelp 
Wake Up Now- Marian Gurowicz 
Kore4- Gary Waters 
Indulge Yourself- Russell Stockley
Affiliate Prosperity- Martin Webster
TERacing League- Robert Arnold
#ovendogs- Richard Arblaster 
Plus One everyday- Serge Cote 
The C.T.P Renegades- David McKay 
Surf To Earn- Thomas Walls
Lions- Jose Perada
Nerdbirds- Barbara DelGiudice
Team Green- Mike Edmondson 

Passing The Leaders- Jim and Kristi Hall

UFO Hits- Terry Grieve

WealthBuilders- Evelyn Kramer

Cash Surfing Network- Team 2- Marcus Wahl

HomeRun Hitters- Janelle Pineau

Life Timer- Dualberto Brito 
Anime Art- Jeffrey Ballesteros

the BEGINNERS and TEAM Members- Patsy j Payne

Pure Leveragers- Stephen Hall

The Founders!- Larry Dame 3

Emporia Systems- Eric Abott

VakkieS- Bennie VakkieS Zawislak

Expats- John Priestly

Team Freedom- Michael Freed

Go MORTS- Peter Mortimer

Nerd Surfers- Linda C Brand

Stinkin Badge Owners- Randy Sult

Grasshoppers- Sean Branagan 

MeteoricRise- Allen Willmann

Country Music Fan- Scott Kimmes

Crazy Surfers- Popescu Alexandru

Veteran Surf- Marie Perrelet

A team- James Hazzard

Brejoy- Brenda Shaylor


Until next time
Kris Rogers

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Making connections

Connections are made from making an acquaintance online. After a chat over something in common this may turn into a connection and then online friendship. As a matter of fact, I have made an offline friend from an online connection also and we have the occasional catch up offline. I don't find too many online people from Adelaide, Australia.

Online connections can be made in many ways. Some include Facebook, Twitter, Skype and other social media sites. Recently I found a great social network site called IBOtoolbox and have had many connections there which later became Skype connections to talk, share and refer. Sharing screens on Skype for helping each other is such a great idea! However, today while doing some research on this topic I came across this YouTube video about StumbleUpon which I know nothing about and I'm going to see if it rings true. So please share this site on StumbleUpon over on the Social Media sites in the right hand column and it would greatly be appreciated.  This is the icon. Please comment if you know more about StumbleUpon than I do!

Some other ways to interact with people are through the traffic exchange chats also. Click Track Profit however is the only Traffic Exchange with a Team Chat! Refer to my last blog post HERE about the new team surfing at Click Track Profit. I have gotten to know my Team Leader from the Crazy Cats People. There you go! Another connection. In fact I have more CTP friends now from my fellow team mates. 

So as a good team member that I am, I'm letting you know that Nathan LaPlante, my brave and mighty leader, has just opened a new Traffic Exchange called Surfing Cats. Surfing Cats currently has a new member bonus of when you surf 50 you automatically get 500/500/500. So if you want your website seen 500 times for little effort this is a great place to advertise. Plus if you join by clicking the banner below Nathan will ADD ANOTHER 100/100/100 for you! Thats 600/600/600! But only through this link. Just for being a cool surfing cat! As most traffic exchanges are free this one is free also to join.

Until next time

Happy surfing

Kris Rogers

PS. By joining Surfing Cats or any other program from the links on this blog and also subscribing to the FreeRewards4uBlog Updates you will be eligible to put your banner on my site over on the right where indicated. Details will be emailed to you when you subscribe.

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Teams be in it to win it

Teams are individuals joining together towards a common goal. Many traffic exchanges have team surfing. The common goal is to surf as an individual but also towards winning for your team. Collectively the individuals surfing scores make up the team score.

Currently, I am a member of a team at StartXchange (Old Skoolers ), LegacyTeamCoop (SweetAsSugar), Traffic Swirl (United Surfers), and now Click Track Profit (CrazyCatPeople). I dedicate most of my time to these programs anyway so joining a team is my way of saying "I am committed to this site". There is no point joining a team to not "be in it" and try your best. 

Why do you join a team? Do you trust members of that team? Do you know people in that team? What will you bring to the table? How much time do you have dedicated to the site and for your cause? Teams require commitment, enthusiasm (perhaps shown by the leader) and loyalty unless you are poached (bribed) to join another team. Teamwork builds trust. Trust builds friendship.

The newest team that I belong to is the "Crazy Cats People!" I do love cats after all....And I had a crazy cat once...I was asked to join another team but I was too late to join because that team was full (in fact I was asleep) because the CTP launch of teams occurred during the wee hours of the morning here in Australia. If I was quick enough I would have joined that other team because their leader is a person I think highly of in this industry and I know he will be a great team leader (Tom Wacker :) I do not know many of the people in my team but I have been accepted in the Crazy Cats and been in contact with the leader a few times. I love the aspect of the team chat also so this helps me get to know my teammates a bit better! At least I have more people who I can share my badges with now. I'm not sure what the prizes will be in this competition but there is a blog dedicated to the teams HERE. I know I currently get 10% more credits when Nerd Surfing because I am in a top 10 team.

T*E*A*M = Together Everyone Achieves More!

Until next time
Kris Rogers
P.S. I am dedicating this blog post to my new team. May we always do our best....

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