NEED your help! ViralTrade.com

GoPC · 04-06-2006, 06:54 PM

Here's the deal, I've got a new idea for a banner exchange, link exchange, pixel site kind of thing... that doesn't have any banners, links or pixels. LOL!!!

Check out the Beta site at www.ViralTrade.com

It should explain everything.

The jist of it is that the ads are INVISIBLE and the visitor must FIND them. It's an Easter Egg hunt, just in time for Easter.

Some of the hidden ads are just ads. Some are Prizes. Some are MONEY. The trick is to find them. They are hidden all over the site. Advertisers pay for the hidden ads and each and every time someone goes through the site clicking on hot spots trying to find the prizes and such, they click the ads and are taken directly to the advertisers website. NO false clicks, NO machine clicks... every click IS an exposure to the website of the advertiser.

This does TWO things... increases traffic and gives them a link back to increase SEO.

Those are the first two benefits.

Multiply that exponentially by all the advertisers that in addition to being hidden on the ViralTrade page, they are to link to ViralTrade.com as an advertisement to find the hidden treasure, the Golden Egg, thus driving traffic to ALL the advertisers.

Viral Marketing as applied to link exchange and trading... Viral Trading.

Right now, while I'm testing and completing the site, any of you that want yoru domains advertised, can get on the list FOR FREE.

I'm making this offer for you guys during the Beta Period and for 3 Months after we go live. After that, it'll cost ya

IN EXCHANGE, you agree to pony up a freebie of some kind for your site, add a promo on your site describing your freebie and how to win and an optional landing page for Viral Trade to point back to your site. And you MUST REPORT YOUR TRAFFIC from ViralTrade.com

So... what do you think?

Are you in?

GoPC

**Lyte** · 04-07-2006, 01:33 PM

Hey GoPC,

That sounds like a really novel idea! I like it!

Could one of the freebies be like free advertising on PC101 for a time... to be determined? Like free banner space for a month... or three months maybe??

Good on ya for thinking outside the box!

Lyte

GoPC · 04-07-2006, 01:56 PM

Sure can... I don't see why not.

As bigger Advertisers come on, I plan on establishing a Prize Fund where some % of the advertiser money goes into the fund for Prize Payouts on a weekly or monthly basis.

Like having a super, teeny, tiny, spot on the page that has a $500 prize. The first to find the price and email in WINS. Then it resents for the next month.... and so on. People will be searching all over the site and clicking on all the ads to find it.

However, the real trick to the program is getting other sites to link to ViralTrade.com for their promotion(s). The more advertisers, the more exponential your ad exposure gets as well as everyone elses.

It really IS a novel conept and one that already seems to be growing. What advertisers or goodies have you found?

Did you find the huge stickman factory producing, shipping and packing the little blue balls? I can stare at that for HOURS... so many little details. Just try and follow a single ball through the entire thing. CRAZY!!!!

GoPC

**Lyte** · 04-07-2006, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by GoPC

Did you find the huge stickman factory producing, shipping and packing the little blue balls? I can stare at that for HOURS... so many little details. Just try and follow a single ball through the entire thing. CRAZY!!!! GoPC

No, I haven't browsed the whole site yet. I'll look for them!

Lyte

GoPC · 04-07-2006, 02:29 PM

Oh, and PC101.com has been added

Now, try and FIND it, LOL!!!!!

GoPC

**Lyte** · 04-07-2006, 04:19 PM

Hmm.... that is kinda fun! I found 13 links thus far... not PC101 though.

Now, are these links supposed to take the person to what they've won???

Lyte

GoPC · 04-07-2006, 04:46 PM

Some do... some just take you to the advertisers... that's kinda the point

The prize links keep people looking for the Prize, the Ad links tend to keep advertisers looking for their ads. The beauty is that EVERYONE it getting exposure, traffic and SEO.

In the words of Travolta, "Aint it cool?"

The PC101.com link is there... I just double checked. HINT - It's kinda edgy.

Did you find the link to the Blue Dots yet? I'm curious about your response. It took me almost and hour to peel myself away. LOL!!!

GoPC

Andrew · 04-07-2006, 07:55 PM

I played on the site for a while and found 10 links. I didn't find pc101. $5 says I find it first Lyte.

Andrew

**Lyte** · 04-07-2006, 08:56 PM

Hey Andrew,

Ha! We'll see... we'll see... :p

Lyte

GoPC · 04-07-2006, 09:30 PM

Hmmm.... still no reports on the Blue Dots. How odd... I thought for sure that would spark some conversation. LOL!!!

Anyway, good hunting!

Anyone see the pc101 hint?

GoPC

RedXO · 04-08-2006, 08:43 PM

Ill go fur a hunt. Should we post the links we find? What do I win if I find pc101?

RedXO

Blue dots? The only dots I see are on the background. I didnt find any links.

GoPC · 04-08-2006, 10:12 PM

You'll know the Blue Dots when you find them. LOL!!!!

I don't know what the pc101.com hunt treasure is.... Lyte?

GoPC

GoPC · 04-11-2006, 11:25 AM

You guys aren't looking hard enough. LOL!!!

Now I know where the put the money prize next month. HA!

GoPC

**Lyte** · 04-11-2006, 04:40 PM

Nope, I've not found it yet!

I've skimmed my curser over so many parts and found lots of other links... but no PC101. But... I'm not sure if I've hit every page cuz they look very similar to each other.

I'll keep looking!

Lyte

GoPC · 04-11-2006, 06:35 PM

The pc101 Link is on the FRONT PAGE. LOL!!!

Now you ARE clicking the links to see what is there, right? Not just going by the tag information that may or may not come up? There are redirects involved here to stay the cheaters.

Too funny... I couldn't have imagined that was such a good hiding place. Mark my words, I WILL use that spot as a Money prize location one of these days. LOL!!!

Anyone else want to have their site on ViralTrade.com?

Think about it... how many actualy Unique visitors are each of the hidden sites getting while others are being searched? If everyone links back to ViralTrade.com promoting the search and hidden "treasures" then all of those visitors will be reaching your sites too.

It becomes... VIRAL

The Trading of Links in a Viral Marketing program...

ViralTrade

See? It WORKS!!!!

Thanks for looking, and searching... and finding.... except that tough 'ol pc101.com link. LOL!

Oh... and the blue dots? Anyone found them yet? Pretty cool, eh?

GoPC

-MaDcOw- · 04-11-2006, 11:39 PM

I reckon you shouldn't use the pc101.com spot for money prize location cause I found it within a minute of looking :p so how do I tell you where I found it?

GoPC · 04-12-2006, 02:18 AM

I didn't think it was that hard either... but the way people seemed to be stumped with it.

You can PM me with the location if you want... It isn't really a big secret if you want to share it with the group

That one did stump people for a while.

Still no comments on the Blue Dots though....Hmmm..... maybe they aren't as cool as I thought.

Anyway, nice hunting!

GoPC