8 months on: A progress report

So it has been eight months since Rewards4Surfing launched. I am now the sole owner and the site is now my responsibility. (edit: Now Randy Tessar is also coowner)

This is a follow up on the post below:

http://freerewards4ublog.blogspot.com.au/2015/01/from-surfer-to-owner-what-you-need-to.html

I am still enjoying the daily challenges that being an owner brings.

Remember the key points?

NETWORK! INTERACT!

Yes. This is still a great thing to do. 

I  am still a team leader at Click Track Profit. I still use Skype and Facebook. Skype particularly is my program of choice. I have chatted with other TE owners, future owners, teammates and surfers. I continue to learn new things and share ideas among peers. Connecting through promos with other owners has been an icebreaker. I think any TE would suffer without networking. Rewards4surfing also has a dedicated Skype room and it is easy to network there. I recommend all owners use Skype for communicating as well as email. I like the way it is instant messaging. I also make myself available for instant messages from members. To help them with any issues that may arise.

BLOG AND BUILD A LIST!

Members are your list! However, I choose to only email site updates and promotions. I have the normal email for becoming a member as well as a separate autoresponder list that they join during their optin process. Rocket Responder is my autoresponder by choice. You get a free trial month to start with. It is packed with features where I can make instant important announcements and schedule followups. I have written a simple email series to members with all Rewards4Surfing site features. In this email series I include special promo codes and a discounted upgrade.

IT DOES COST MONEY! ADVERTISE AND ADVERTISE SOME MORE!

Well you have to host your site somewhere! R4S had to upgrade and change servers since launch. As long as your site can handle the Daily Challenge at Click Track Profit then it's all good. This part all depends on the owner. It depends what features you want your site to have.

Here are some of my associated monthly costs:

CTP XP

Offerbang (log in offer design)

Coop MG Top Surfer Certificates

Server

Zubee Coins from ZubeeZone
Also, commissions!

Plus there are other advertising costs for certain promotions such as Sub game/ Vault and Key, extra zubees to giveaway, Traffic Profit Pro,  Zubee Surf party, Promoslice events, Magical Journey Downline builder promos etc.

Roughly $170 + per month is spent.

These promos also become advertising platforms as well as the regular promotions through members and myself promoting at other traffic exchanges.

DAILY GRIND!

What I  understand is that with the business of the daily grind the need arises for organization. I have had to find a system that works for me so I don't forget things. Distractions happen daily. I have ideas that I need to write down. I need to remember to do this or that. I have an A4 exercise book for my "to do" lists...next year I may actually buy an A4 daily diary/calendar. Also, I use the Google Calendar app and the Rewards4Surfing Promo calendar.

Oh yeah, I do actually find some time and surf too!

THANK YOU FROM REWARDS4SURFING!

Thank you to all my members and those that support Rewards4Surfing. I will continue to be the best owner I can be. In reading this please use the Promo Code R4Sthanksyou

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The Result are IN!

What a busy 2 weeks it has been! But so worth it! Badge hunts are all about the connections and list building and surfing and I am sure I fulfilled these requirements. This time was also about team work and sharing strategy. Thank you Team Phoenix I think we did rather well there also.

I knew that my time would be limited in badge hunting as I have 7 badges to give out to people so this time I made it simple to collect my personal badge. Simply either subscribe to this blog or join a program from a list of sites or bribe me with some CTP goodies!

Conclusions:

I collected 176 badges myself.
Won $1 under the badges, and XP too numerous to mention.
Gained 65 new subscribers.
8 new referrals to programs.
27 XP batteries
90 CTP tokens

It did cost some money to buy a badge but I am happy with the result and will buy at least 1 badge for the next one! Plus, its just plain FUN!

Its Bills Badgehunt Time

Click Track Profit are again hosting a badgehunt where many people have bought badges for you to find. This is a great time to be a part of a CTP team.

The person who collects the most badge hunt badges will receive a $500 cash prize! if it's a tie, we'll split the prize amongst the top collectors. On top of that during the event we'll be giving out tons of XP randomly when members collect the badges! We'll also be giving out cool prizes to the teams that collect the most badges as a team!

There is more information HERE at the ctpteams blog. Which also states:

When I say epic I mean there are 240 badges will be up for grabs, a huge $500 top cash prize, multiple random cash giveaways and millions upon millions of CTP XP to be found during the 2 weeks of the hunt.

OK so you are here to find out a way or ways to receive my badge?
It looks like this: and is badge 155:

Oh, you can't claim it yet you have to subscribe to the blog! See that box to the right which says "Subscribe to FreeRewards4uBlog"? Fill in your details and CONFIRM your email address. In a couple of days a badge code will arrive to your email address you signed up with.

Easy as that! What? You are already a subscriber? Look out for emails from me for ways to get my badge.

Good luck in the hunt!

Kris