I have tried not to buy too much stuff as it takes me away from doing other stuff, like building my own blogs and niche sites.

However, as I have said elsewhere on this forum, I am a believer in buying certain things as you never know what ideas you might get. Also, a good product can be a kick up the behind to motivate you to do more.

I have bought two launches recently, the Niche Blueprint launch and Guru Account. Why these two? Well, principally, I am a member of Commission Blueprint and think it’s very good so I thought I’d try out this new launch. I’ll report back on that one.

I have also liked Jonny Andrew’s stuff before so thought I’d try this new version of Guru Assassin. He’s also zany and hyper and it makes for entertaining content.

So did this deliver?

Well, as those of you who have read my reviews before know, I like to look at what is PROMISED in the Sales Page first.

The Headline:

“This Is EXACTLY How You Go From Broke And Unemployed To Making Over $29,842.33 In Less Than 30 Days Starting With No List… No Website…And No Money…”

He then provides a graphic of a Clickbank account showing that amount of money.

I guess that must be for the Money Siphon System launch. Whether he was broke or not before then, I’m not so sure of – as he had already done five WSOs and two or three product launches and according to Guru Assassin version 1 was a successful niche marketer before.

So this is a bit of hype. But, hey, we are all used to that.

We then get video sales proof of his sales and sales copy about why we should trust him.

Actually, it’s a good sales page, I think, that can be used as a good template. WE get quite a lot of story, which might be true or partially true, or spun.

He then sets out the Modules.

In regards to what he says Module 1 contains, having read the stuff and seen the videos, it does contain what is says. Always a bonus.

Module 2 breaks down a series of business models that you can follow and Module 3 has a huge number of Videos on how to do just about everything on setting up Clickbank accounts, setting up Paypal, an opt-in page, adding Aweber etc.

He also provides templates to copy and a video on how to use them.

So, so far so good. What he says he will deliver in terms of information, he does.

So the Sales page, apart from being hyped, does not particularly over-sell the product like some. It does NOT pretend to be advanced or to appeal to advanced marketers. It does not say you need to buy other things and then recommend you do.

Now, onto the content.

You pick a niche by picking popular products – so its product and less niche driven.

Basically, the system recommends building a list in a variety of ways and growing it, depending on from where you start. If you have nothing, he gives you several methods to build up to something.

You in the meantime create your own products and sell them as WSOs and on Clickbank. He tells you how to get proof if you are starting out and other good ways of building credibility.

He provides a series of spreadsheets on tracing JV partners and ‘Gurus’ to get them to help you promote your product and gives examples of failure and success.

He gives you a large number of Videos on how to set everything up.

It also should be noted the content is virtually completely different from that in the first package which I also own.

Verdict

The product is very good for people who wish to go into info product creation models and sell to their list.

If you have several successful WSO launches under your belt, operate in a variety of niches, do your own product launches and are already making several thousand bucks a month, this isn’t for you.

I like the fact that it doesn’t pretend to be that, unlike other launches I have commented on.

If you follow it, I believe you will have a fighting chance of success, particularly is you fail and keep going. What I also like is Jonny doesn’t pretend it’s all going to be easy or push button.

It’s a system he offers with template sand guides and material to copy and emulate along the way. But it takes WORK and hard work too.
So, all in all, I have no regrets. It gave me some good ideas and also was a good motivational piece for me.

Go for it, I’d say to any fence sitters.

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Competition Analysis is an essential ingredient in the armory of the affiliate marketer.

What is competition Analysis software?

Is is software that you either install on your hard drive and run from your computer (like Competition Dominator, for instance) or software you either install on your own server (like Adspy Pro or Affiliate Elite) or software hosted for you (like Google Cash Detective or Undercover Profits).

Each software choice does a slightly different job to the others but in essence they allow you to monitor over a period of time keywords and what ads are run for that advert.

What marks Affiliate Elite out is that it also allows you to monitor which affiliates are promoting products and monitor their adverts.

Indeed, the longer you run competition analysis software the more you will learn.

If you monitor AdWords for products like ‘Day Job Killer’ or ‘Blogging to the Bank’ for instance over a period of time you will get a complete list of al the ads that have been run and how often they feature.

This information can be invaluable because if a certain ad is run day in and day out and the landing page looks half decent, you can almost guarantee that the advert at the very least is breaking even. Most of the ‘theory’ of competition analysis suggests that this will be a profitable ad but this must be taken with some caution.

Many affiliates run their PPC campaigns to break even, or make a little loss even because they are building a list and have a sales funnel. They have done the sums and in the long run that visor who signs up is likely to be a profitable customer sufficient for them to make money over the long run.

Although there is a risk that that might simply be a losing advert, it is unlikely to be so if the affiliate knows what they are doing. You can check out their sales pages and gauge that for yourself.

The information you can get as a starting affiliate is fantastic. Over a period of time you will see the same affiliates promoting time and time again in the same way with the same or similar landing pages.

You will have unidentified a successful business model which you can then use as an example for your own campaigns and as an example business model (without tripping them off, of course.)

You will also get to see a whole slew of adverts that are run repeatedly. You can emulate them or try and improve them. You can split test your own ads with feature of those adverts and try and see whether your click through rates improve.

You can see what extras are being offered in the successful ads or the unsuccessful and try and again emulate and split test to se whether this is profitable.

You can also begin to cross reference how such affiliates go about the whole process of getting involved in product launches and use the models you find with your own twist.

Also of great value are the adverts and campaigns that you never see up for long. This should give you a very clear idea of what not to do.

Competition Analysis software is invaluable to any affiliate. Entering the market without having done competition analysis over the preceding few months is in my opinion foolhardy, like going for a long drive without a map when you don’t know the way. You might get there in the end or you might get completely lost and give up.

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Conversion Prophet is a tool that is a variation of the PPC tracking software that you can get like Xtreme Conversions. However, it has one extra feature that makes it in my opinion invaluable.

The software is multi -faceted. It allows you to set up a ‘normal campaign’ which it will give you tracking codes. You paste this into your own pages and it will tell you how many unique visitors come to your site and how long they stay for.

This is good information but of course you can set up Google Analytics for your site which gives you the same information for free.

However, the software comes into it’s own with the next feature which allows you to Split test your sites to several degrees.

The normal split test allows you to create two versions of a site and the software will give you a URL which you enter into, for instance, your article, your PPC ad or the like.

However each visor that goes to the link will be sent first to site A and then to site B. This means that you will not need to set up separate Split testing software to do this.

Also very useful is the keywords feature. You can enter the keywords that you are aiming at your site and the software will track which of those keywords brings you traffic. It generates the code to paste directly into your AdWords account should you wish this.

You can also download Clickbank data (like in Xtreme Conversions) into the program and set up tracking codes to see which keyword brings you a sale.

This information is invaluable. You will see after a while which of your landing pages converts better and which keywords are profitable and which are not. If you also use the option ion Google Adwords to set up alternative ads, you can split test not only which ads are clicked on the most but which landing pages convert best with what keywords.

This is invaluable as it allows you to essentially drop the underperforming ads, pages and keywords and therefore not to loose money with underperforming clicks.

You then split test further until you have maximized your click throughs and sales.

The other option in the software is perhaps most useful for those who are selling their own products with their own sales pages. The software allows you to run multiples different parts of your sales pages as well.

Let us say that you have split test pages A and B as above and A performs better. You can then set the sales page, through code given to you by Conversion Prophet, to alternate headlines, colors, text colors, even paragraphs of text.

If your site gets good volumes of traffic after a few days, the statistics will show you which of the elements are the most successful in terms of visitor actions, such as clicking, staying on the site and, if you link the information to ClickBank, ultimately to sales if you have set up your tracking codes.

Tracking your PPC campaigns is essential to prevent unnecessary losses of money and this software is the best I have seen at doing this. The ability to track multiple versions of a different sales page is a fantastic feature that will help you rapidly tighten up your sales pages at launch time.

I therefore say this is a good buy and don’t regret it myself.

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