Welcome back!

Finally, the weather here has returned to normal, I got some yard work done, my broken spa is finally getting repaired, (I miss it) I just got back from watching the new Indiana Jones movie a bit ago (it rocked) and my latest project is making great progress, so I’m in a very generous mood today.

So here’s what I’ve got for you this weekend:

Double Surf Bonus All Day Today!
The reward amounts on the Bonus page have just been doubled for all members!
Surf now and get as many as you can while you can!

The 1,000 Credit Drawing is Back!
How To Claim Your Prize:
Step 1: Surf 100 or more sites.
Step 2: Send in a support ticket to enter the drawing. Be sure to add “Drawing” as the subject.
I will announce three lucky winners of 1,000 credits EACH right here on the blog
this Monday!

Are Your efforts All in Vain Because You Still Don’t Use a Professional Autoresponder?
You may have noticed I mentioned this briefly in my email today but I think that its important
to know that if you still aren’t using one for your business, you are missing out more than
you may realize! In fact, if it’s one thing successful marketers have in common, its that they all use autoresponders!

There are many different autoresponder services out there but the one with the best email deliverability rates and the single most trusted one in the business is Aweber.
You can even try it out for free for 30 days and test all it has to offer, complete and
without restriction.

The support is top notch, the tutorials and the ease of use can’t be beat.
I use this service myself in many other areas of my business such as Resale Rocket and it really has made a world of difference in my results.
Before I started using one, I thought it might be too technical or “way over my head” but after trying it out and seeing how it easy it really was, my only regret was not having tried it sooner!
So if you’re still on the fence, head on over and give it a whirl and see what you think:
http://www.ryanhogan.com/recommends/aweber.htm

Well, that’s it for now, gang.
Enjoy the double bonuses and best of luck to you in this Sunday’s drawing!

Ryan

Well, I finally got one of my domains back this Tuesday. Woo Hoo!

I want to share with you an important lesson I learned recently on why you can never be too careful while doing business online.
ResaleRocket.com is finally back up and in my hands again after 4 days of downtime, hours wasted on the phone and $80 bucks spent..

As I mentioned earlier, the domain was registered with one of my former webhosts, “Bluehost.”
Last Friday, the site went down and nobody from the Bluehost support team could tell me why.
I called on Friday to see what was going on..
A support tech told me they were having database issues.
I called again Saturday.. One tech told me they didn’t know why the site was down.
I called again and another tech said he’d fix the record for the domain and I’d be good to go in 20 minutes.
Another tech told me it was a DNS issue.. (DUH, they changed it on me)

Its Monday and the site is still down..
I have no idea why because the domain registration was extended until 2010.
The Whois database said it shouldn’t expire until 02/2009 which was kind of odd and in the BlueHost member’s area, It said the domain expired!
WHAT??!! Why aren’t any of these dates matching?
At this point I was freaking out.. What the heck was going on here?
I thought, if this was correct, why wasn’t I notified somehow that it was about to expire?
They had my phone number and email address on file, so what’s the deal?

Tuesday morning, the site is still down and I’m a “little” pissed..
I went ahead and forked over 80 bucks to renew the domain and get it out of a domain auction pool where I guess someone else could have picked it up but luckily, no one had..
Why this ever was an issue when I paid up on that domain until 2010? I’ll probably never know.
I am currently in the process of changing the domain registrar over to Zoot Host to ensure this does not happen again on any of my domains.

All I can say is this..
Support at BlueHost is equally poor for their hosting in my opinion, which is why I quit using them for hosting over a year ago.
I know I sound like a broken record every time I mention Zoot Host, but this is one of the reasons why I am so happy with the customer support Jon Atwood and his team provide.
They know their stuff and this mess that I just went through with BlueHost would have never taken place if the domains were registered at ZootHost originally.

Moral of the story:
Be careful of who you choose to host and register your domains with!
Research carefully and listen to what others are saying.
Since your business relies on hosting for your sites, choose a company that values the business relationship it has with its customers and knows what they’re talking about when you have a problem or when your business is on the line.

Ryan

Below is an excellent article from Jon Atwood’s blog about the current policy Aweber has
when it comes to their affiliates promoting their links in the Traffic Exchanges.
Definitely worth a read!
http://jonatwood.com/2008/05/23/aweber-hate-traffic-exchanges/

Temporary Downtime..
Up until Friday, it seemed all was normal with the Resale Rocket site.
Apparently,  Bluehost the company I originally registered the domain with, recently had some sort of database issue that caused other issues with the DNS.
They were attempting to change my DNS info without letting me know, so it points at one of their servers rather than the proper dedicated one.
Anyways, they also informed me that it may be down until as late as Tuesday once some of their technical staff returns from the memorial day weekend.
Its always lovely when you call for support and get a different answer from tech A, B and C…
All I can say is thank god I don’t host with these (insert expletive of choice).

I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
Im doing all I can to get the site back up as quickly as possible.

Thank you for your patience in this matter,

Ryan

Wow..
Originally, I was planning to award 1 drawing winner the 1,000 credit prize but response was so great, I decided to up it to 3.. Thats 3,000 free credits awarded in just 1 day plus the double bonuses we had
When activity is awesome, I think the bonuses should be awesome too. You guys deserve it!

Here are the usernames of last Sunday’s winners:

1,000 Traffic credits - gweiss
1,000 Traffic credits - zaki7
1,000 Traffic credits - chattiekathie

Congratulations!
Your prizes have been added to your accounts.

Last Reminder to get a ton of free stuff!
Just a quick reminder that the Massive IM Giveaway from Reed Floren will be closing shortly- forever, so jump in there while you can and get all the free goodies you possibly can!
http://www.ryanhogan.com/recommends/biggiveaway.htm

Have an awesome week!

Ryan

Good morning!

I hope everyone is enjoying their weekends so far.
We’re having quite a scorcher with this heatwave here in Southern California, so I think its a nice time to stay inside, keep cool and get some nice rewards for a little surfing today. Sound like a plan?

Double Surf Bonus all day today!
The reward amounts on the Bonus page are now doubled for all members!
Log in, surf and win bigger!

Win Big in this Sunday’s Drawing!
Step 1: Surf 100 or more sites.
Step 2: Send in a support ticket to enter the drawing. Be sure to add “Drawing” as the subject.
I will announce one lucky winner of 1,000 credits on Monday.

TrafficPunk has been added to Quality ClickZone!
www.qualityclickzone.com
If you are a member there, be sure and add your TrafficPunk referral ID.
I’d like to give a big ‘thank you’ Paula from HitSafari. Thanks, Paula!
We’re honored to have TrafficPunk included in this great program.

FREE GOODIES at Reed Floren’s Massive IM Giveaway!!
There’s still time to take advantage of one of the largest product giveaways in Internet Marketing history but not much!
The doors are about to close forever in a couple days, so be sure to hurry on this one so you don’t miss out!
Have a look at the IM Giveaway here:
http://www.ryanhogan.com/recommends/biggiveaway.htm

Enjoy the double bonuses and best of luck in this Sunday’s drawing!

Ryan