Need advice

[tonya]

I was recently told by GreenGuy to make a "clean" free tour without all the "traffic leaks". On my main free tour I have links and I also have a page of banners from other banner exchanges Ive done. My question is how do I have a successfull site without all the traffic leaks and keep traffic coming to my site? I guess the links and banners are traffic leaks and I never really thought of it that way. I just knew it was a way to get my website out there to build up my traffic. The only other ways I know how to advertise my site is banner/link exchanges, free site, galleries. Is there a way to have my site without all the traffic leaks? I am willing to take down the links but I dont know if I do that if I will have any traffic going to my site unless im missing something. Any suggestions or advice would be appreciated thanks