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Micro Niche Finder

This is one tool every serious blogger needs to have in their toolbox.

I don’t give many product reviews on this blog… I do have affiliate links scattered around — over on the right hand side, a few 125 x 125 images that promote what I feel are pretty good products. Some I’ve used — some I have not.

I like the 125’s though — they add a bit of contrast and liven up the blog a bit 

Above the 125’s there is an image promoting Entrecard — a good way to drive some extra traffic to your site. Jack Humphrey has a new "Special Report" at Social Power Linking on using Entrecard — the "ins and outs" if you will on how to maximize your traffic using Entrecard.

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Ready, Fire, Aim: Zero to $100 Million in No Time Flat.

Maybe a better title would have been; "Ready — Fire — Fail?"

This book has been sitting on my shelf for a few months — truthfully, forgot I had it.

Since it was time to use one of my Audible credits — and I really did not see anything else that jumped out at me, I went ahead and downloaded the audio version of Ready, Fire, Aim.

I loaded it up on my iPod, and a listening I went.

Why would I say "Ready, Fire, Fail" may be a better title for the book?

I mean come on — this book has nothing but stellar reviews at Amazon… the people who reviewed and gave it good marks (5 Stars), are well known and respected folks.

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 Ready, Fire, Aim Audio Excerpt [0:33m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Teaching Sells is currently offering a $1 Trial so people can "take a look" before committing.

I am a charter member of Teaching Sells… I’ve been a member since day one.

I do not participate in the huge community they have there very much — it is a time thing with me. But I do spend hours and hours reading just about everything written there.

Top Notch stuff…

What else would you expect from a guy who owns

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I just wanted to give a quick update on Google Assassin from my perspective.

To make this short and sweet.

I’ll first say how can you argue with or dis a guy (Chris) who makes a cool million bucks a year? He obviously knows what he is doing or he would not be making the kind of money that he does.

I’ve read in a few forums where people were bad mouthing Google Assassin - saying it was hyped up and over rated (guess they make a mil a year too). Like I have always said - it just depends on where you are in the Parade and your level of experience.

If you already make thousands a month (or a day) using Google Adwords and selling Affiliate products - more than likely you do not need Google Assassin - but you may pick up a few things. It is hard to be everything to everyone. You are not Chris’s target market.

On the other hand - if you are someone who needs a model to follow - a system pretty much in place to follow - tried and true methods to make money with Affiliate Marketing and Google Adwords, then Google Assassin may be a perfect fit. Like I said earlier - it is not for everyone.

If you are just starting out with Affiliate Marketing - or if you have yet to reach the level of success you want, you may want to give Google Assassin a shot. He is giving a 56 day guarantee so it is a pretty safe bet. If you do not like it, just request a refund.

That’s pretty much it on Google Assassin. Take a look and see what you think.

You may want to hurry though - I received an email he is raising the membership cost on Monday, November 26th (that is today) within 24 hours. Lets see if he does?

Google Assassin…. another launch by the infamous Chris of Day Job Killer fame.

You will notice that many who were promoting Google Payload are also JV Partners and Affiliates of Google Assassin. I guess they have a little JV Club going on. Nothing wrong with that… at least Chris shares the wealth with those that "brought him to the dance."

I’m writing about Google Assassin as somewhat of a Rant on the Affiliates promoting it.

Since Kabita made the page public on her blog - I’ll give a direct link here to the Google Payload JV Page. When you begin receiving glowing and positive "Reviews" from any of the people listed on this page - keep in mind most of them are being paid. My previous post on "The Ugly" of Affiliate Marketing covered this issue.

In fact… I received emails from most of the people on the JV list (not all of them) hyping up Google Payload and I am now starting to receive them on Google Assassin doing the same.

Google Assassin launches on Tuesday according to the sales page - which is just a video right now. It looks like Google Assassin will be a great product or service just from watching the video. From everything I’ve heard - Chris is a stand up guy and has previously created some killer products. So there is no reason to believe that this one will be any different than the others.

In closing this post (I’ll do a couple more for sure), be sure to watch closely how this all unfolds. You can do a search on Google now for  google assassin  and you will see many sites, reviews and blogs already in place promoting the product. Keep in mind - all of these are JV Partners as they had a heads up and head start on the rest of the world promoting Google Assassin.

So when these same people start bragging and blowing how they are listed number one for  the google assassin phrase, or how many sales they have already made - keep in mind they have been aware of the launch for quite awhile and putting everything in place for the launch.

Like I said earlier - I’m sure Google Assassin will be a great product - but as always, be weary of anyone who is "Recommending" something when they are getting paid to do so (uhh - duh).

Be sure to do a search for google assassin  and see all the sites already in place… it may surprise you since the product is not launching until Tuesday. While you are there - be sure to check the dates of the post, etc.

Maybe I’ll "Bend the Web" a bit and get this page listed high for Google Assassin just to get involved with the conversation.

It appears I am still a "serial" buyer of Internet marketing products as I purchased Google Payload.

I have a good excuse this time though - Google Payload is a product that fits in with what I do already, so it will not cause me to become sidetracked or lose focus.

I cannot give what I call a full review as I am still going through it - over 90 pages of medium sized type (most people use 14 pt to make the book seem larger), but Alex did not. Just regular sized type. In addition, there is an up sell for 3 plus hours of video which I did purchase, so I want to go though all the videos before I give a full review as well.

Honestly, I have mixed thoughts on Google Payload.

I cannot say anything bad about it - but the thing is I know a lot of the stuff in Google Payload already. So what does that say about me. If I already know and I’ve done "some" of what is in Google Payload in the past - why am I not making $300,000 a month like the mysterious gentleman from Brazil that Alex makes reference to on his site.

The product is solid. He goes into great depth into what we would call "click flipping" and "traffic arbitrage".

For those not familiar with the model… it is basically the same as anything that is sold. You purchase a product (traffic in this case) at one price - and you sell it at a higher price. Just think buying wholesale and selling it at retail. That is what I would call just regular old business - nothing new there.

The part of Google Payload that is new to me is where Alex is buying traffic from and how he is converting it. I’ve purchased traffic from many of the sources he mentions in the past with poor results. But to be fair, some of the dismal results could have been my own fault as I never did the metrics on the traffic I received. I’m a bit impatient - so when I see 100 clicks and zero conversions, I’m pretty much done with that test. It does not matter if I’m paying a penny a click, or a buck a click - if I cannot convert a single person - campaign is over.

Maybe if I had stuck it out - paid the three bucks for the hundred visitors and let the campaign run, I might have made a few bucks. To play this game, you have to be patient or you will lose.

After rushing through and scanning most of Google Payload, I discovered some of the mistakes I made in the past with purchasing traffic. Not giving campaigns enough time is one of them. If I am buying traffic one place that cost me 3 cents - and the same keyword phrase would cost me a buck on Adwords - I can afford to let it run a bit longer - quite a bit longer actually.

I’ll just end this partial review of Google Payload here for now. I’ll finish it up once I have gone through the entire package.

For now - I have a good feeling this product will deliver, it has so far. 

Like all my reviews, I am grading this product based on my current knowledge of the subject matter. Your own knowledge could be far greater or less than mine.

If you do not know how, or you have never done "click flipping" or "traffic arbitrage" successfully in the past, then Google Payload may be exactly what you need to begin making some pretty good money with these methods.

Google Payload launches in about 2 hours.

I can honestly say this is one launch I am truly looking forward to. I just hope it can live up to it’s claims.

I have scoured the Internet looking for more information on Google Payload, but I pretty much came up empty. Since this is the case - I will just have to wait and see what the product is all about.

Having been a long time Adwords user (boy do I miss the GoTo days), it has always been a constant struggle for me buying cheap and selling high. It really reminds me of playing Craps at the Casino.

The basis is pretty much the same.

In order to make any real money - you have to let your campaign run for a bit - even if it is losing money. Same as the Craps table - have to keep pushing the limits because you never know if the next roll, or click with pay per click will be the one that puts you in the money.

The first ten clicks (or rolls) could have been losers, but all you need is one to make money.

It sounds like Google Payload will allow me to multiply my returns. Instead of it costing me thirty cents or more per click in a specific niche - I can get the same quality traffic for two or three cents a click. This would really change the game.

In doing the math - if I can buy traffic for a tenth of what I am paying now and converting the same number of sales - well, you get the picture.

For those doing arbitrage traffic - if Google Payload (or Affiliate Payload) is the real deal, this could possibly be a windfall for you. You have just hit the lottery. Again, if it is the real deal. I guess we will know shortly.

Google Payload…. as in my last post on Operation Black Box, I would not really call this a review - more of a heads up that something interesting is coming.

I’ve embedded a copy of Alex Goad’s video so you can watch what he is doing for yourself. In the video I hear him make reference to the program as Affiliate Payload System… so I’m not really sure if that is the name or Google Payload System - guess we will know soon enough.

I have to say, anytime that someone can show me that they make over $9000.00 a day - I’m paying really close attention. Google Payload is hopefully the real McCoy and will not let us down like so many products in the past.

I like his "non hype" style of presentation - does not seem to be selling that hard - so far so good.

Just from watching the Google Payload video it will be obvious he is doing what everyone does to make money - buy something cheap, and sell it at a higher price. In this case it is either traffic or leads.

Since Google Payload fits in with my current business model and will not get me sidetracked or cause me to lose focus on what I do now, I’ll be taking a serious look at this product when it launches on Tuesday. Yea, you cannot even buy it yet.

Like a lot of Marketers, he did a little "salting" first to get us interested.

I’ll be watching this one closely - and if it fits within what I am currently doing I’ll more than likely bite and get it.

In the meantime… watch the video and take a look at some of the money he has been making. If you happen to know more about the Affiliate Payload System than I do (which is not much), then please leave a comment.

Here is a link to the Google Payload site - but not much there except for the video below.

http://www.googlepayload.com

Operation Black Box…

What a package, but I cannot give a real review because I have not purchased it (and it is not yet available), but I am familiar with some of the products on the site.

It is truly something I am thinking of purchasing, only because of the number of products Sean Wu is providing in the Operation Black Box package that you can resale.

This has been one of the main ways I have made money over the years - selling Private Label or products with Resale Rights.

I’ve always found it easier to resale products that are proven sellers than to create my own. In fact, this is usually the direction most people take once they have some experience under their belt as an affiliate selling products for others.

You are now able to sell your own products, because you now own resale rights to them - but you did not create them. So instead of splitting the profit, you get to keep all the money.

It is truly a great business model.

One argument I’ve heard in the past on selling "PLR or Resale" products like this is that thousands of other people will be selling the same product. Even if they did - so what. It is all about the marketing anyway. But truthfully, most people who purchase packages like Operation Black Box will never do a thing with it.

I purchased a video series months back - I know for a fact that 40 or 50 people at least (really more like a couple hundred) purchased the same package. But when I do a search for the common phrase - I only find two or three sites selling the same product. So the reality of it is, most people do nothing.

If you are tired of selling products where you get a split or small part of the selling price, this may be something worth checking out, as there are a few products that I know for a fact are really good sellers.

http://www.operationblackbox.com/mission/index.php

Only thing is… the site does not go live until November 20th - so you are getting a bit of a heads up. But check it out… watch the video on the main index page and look at everything Sean is offering.