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Google Goggles - Google Cash days again

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Darrell Merrick
on August 19, 2008
in Google Goggles, Products and Services and Tools
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This is the message 1 about Google Goggles. I’m “supposed” to send these as if they’re coming from me. But I think it’s better to just post them for you to get the information (and not pretend that I wrote it!).

I should mention that even though they emphasize affiliate marketing, the tool applies for ALL advertising. Whether your own products, or a site where you’re making money from advertising, or whatever. The only think specific to affiliates in their tool, is that it looks at affiliate links on your landing page, and how that affects your quality score.

Anyway, here is their message 1 about Google Goggles:

Remember the days before Google Slap,
when grass was green and making money
with Google Adwords was easy?

Ever needed some cash to come into your
affiliate account THE SAME DAY?

All you’d need to do BACK THEN was stick
a bunch of keywords into Adwords and
send them to an affiliate landing page.

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Well, my friends Larry and Amish claim
they have brought those days back…
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(using just a handful of easy techniques,
at that…)

Techniques, they claim, that you and I
can replicate over and over.

It almost feels like it’s 2006 again –
*BEFORE* the dreaded Google Slap!

A bold claim. Here’s how Larry and Amish
are going to prove it to you:
Google Goggles

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If you’ve ever experimented with Google
advertising, you’ve probably heard of
Larry and Amish long before me
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Their Adwords advice sites HexaTrack and
TheNewPPC have attracted somewhat of a
cult following over the last 12 months.

Because these guys just seem to GIVE,
GIVE, GIVE freely, even at the risk of
getting ripped off.

I’m not saying they’re Mother Theresa –
they *DO* sell some Pay-Per-Click
software, including their new tool,
Google Goggles.

See, software is essential to avoid the
INTERNET MARKETER’S TIME TRAP:

There are only so many hours in
a day.

So the name of the Google Cash
game is to put up as many sites into
rotation as you can — per day, per
week, per month.

Software helps to automate that
process. And multiply your income.

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However, Larry & Amish’s advice itself
has always been gratis.
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As is the case with their new video
today.

It’s a complete reverse-engineering of
*WHY* the Google Cash method no longer
works UNLESS you use Larry & Amish’s
techniques.

It’s a complete ANATOMY of the Google
Slap phenomenon that ruined the party
for many of us.

Their motto is, “Put On Your Google
Goggles!” and make money like it’s
2006 again:

With Google Goggles, you can determine
INSTANTLY if your traffic funnel will
make you money, and test new sites
faster — BEFORE you spend a dime on
Adwords clicks.

I use Google Goggles every day already.

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Now, let me come right out with it and
confess that that’s an affiliate link
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I make no bones about that.

I’m hoping that you’ll like Larry &
Amish’s advice *SO* much that you’ll get
their software tool when it’s released
on August 25.

Or don’t… and run with the free
techniquees they give in the video and
PDF.

It’s up to you — just allow me to
make my case as to WHY buying Google
Googles on August 25 is the only
sensible choice.

With your permission, I’ll be sending
you a few more training videos from
Larry & Amish between now and August 25.

For now, enjoy this video and the
related PDF that explains it all.

P.S. To reiterate. This is not a lame
“teaser” video that gives you reasons
why you need to buy the Google Goggles
software, while keeping the actual
secrets cloaked.

This video is laying the cards out
on the table as to what *EXACTLY* you
need to do to make money selling
affiliate products with Adwords, today
in 2008.

(Also known as the Google Cash method
…brought back from the past.)

If you choose to apply these techniques
manually, fine.

If you choose to buy Google Goggles
later, in order to automate the process
and build more profitable traffic
funnels faster, that’s fine too.

It’s all there for you, nothing held
back. Check it out.

Google Goggles Review

Published
by
Darrell Merrick
on August 19, 2008
in Domain names, Google Goggles, Keyword research, Product reviews, Products and Services, Recommended Products and Tools
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Here’s a quick rundown on Google Goggles:

Bottom line:
It is a good tool. It’s not yet the be-all end-all for defeating the Google Slap.
But it does have great value. Especially to get past whatever is slapping your keywords.

You do have to manually enter the information. But that’s worth it for important adgroups. I could imagine a “power” version that ties in with your account, pulls in the information, and gives you the breakdown. Maybe that will come later, for people that want to go through a lot of adgroups.

I don’t feel they have THE formula for how the pieces (keyword, ad, landing page, etc.) together go into the quality score. But it seems like a decent approximation.

Which is better than a lot of the overly-simplistic stuff out there, that would have you believe there’s only one main factor.
(I’ve seen tools that are just about having keywords match the landing page, like that’s ALL that’s needed to defeat the Google Slap.)

But back to Google Goggles:
Even going through the process made me think through some or factors. And a couple new things to try. The big value is that it breaks things down (as the formula sees it) into the different pieces.

For example, if it thinks your domain name is bad, it will show as a short brown bar. You click that and they give some tips. Though the tips are going to be the same each time, they’re still useful.

The user interface is a bit more cute than I need. But then it makes it more fun. So I guess I can’t hold that against it!

Anyway, I do recommend Google Goggles as a good tool to have in your toolbox. Even if not getting heavily “slapped”, it’s still a good way to increase quality, and get lower bids.

And after get it, they throw in some great bonuses.

Get full details

Here’s a sample screen shot:

Google Goggles Example

Google Goggles Example

Rich Schefren’s Cashmap Newsletter

Published
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Darrell Merrick
on July 30, 2008
in Internet business and Recommended Products
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“Online Business Mad Scientist” Rich Schefren has just put out a new business building course called “The Cashmap Newsletter“.

Okay, I know that sounds like a funny name for a course.
It revolves around different detailed diagrams (maps). Including big picture maps, and detailed process maps.

It’s really like a visual concentrated version of his famous business coaching. About applying his knowledge directly to your business. And it’s a lot cheaper than his main course!

Plus it has a 60 day guarantee. So no risk, if you decide you don’t like it.
Anyway, check it out

War Chest Builder - more info

Published
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Darrell Merrick
on July 10, 2008
in Uncategorized and War Chest Builder
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Based on looking further, I should mention some things:

I should warn that if you’re going to really use War Chest Builder, then you should be prepared to spend a few hundred a month on domains. And more if you want to do dedicated hosting.

You should be looking at getting “.info” domains, which are cheaper. Why spend for “.com”s, if you’re doing AdSense?

And be a little patient in rolling out content, and then AdSense later. So don’t expect to just “flip the switch”. But that’s really about building a business (which is a good thing) rather than expecting a quick return.

War Chest Builder [AdSense sites]

Published
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Darrell Merrick
on July 9, 2008
in Uncategorized and War Chest Builder
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This is a post that I wasn’t going to do!
It’s about a system (and high-level mastermind group) for making big money from AdSense, called War Chest Builder

I’m not really “into” doing AdSense. I would rather promote things “straight”, rather than have Google serve ads and give me a percentage.

But then again there are real people making tons of money on AdSense.

Here’s what happened:

My friend Matt Garrett let me in on this “War Chest Builder” system for doing AdSense sites

I looked it over, it looked intriguing, but I dismissed it since I’m not an “AdSense guy”

Then this evening I had a beer and then thought “just because I’m not an AdSense guy doesn’t mean I should keep it from my readers”

Also, I’ve been hearing good things about it. So it’s not like some big systems/products that seem to be more about just grabbing money from people!
(in fact there have been a few products like that over the last few months, that I have refused to promote)

So I’m leaving it up to you. If you are interested in making big money from AdSense, then check out this page. Even if you don’t sign up, it’s very interesting.
And if you do signup and have great success with it, then please send me an email and “rub my nose” in it. Say something like “Darrell, you’re really missing out, because I’m making tons of money on autopilot!”.
I probably should get on the AdSense bandwagon myself. But you can beat me to it. And use this system to really accelerate your success.

Checkout WarChestBuilder … while you can still get in!

Google Nemesis (I don’t recommend)

Published
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Darrell Merrick
on July 9, 2008
in Product reviews
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Hope this message isn’t getting to you too late, but wanted to give a “public service advisory” on this new product (actually a service) “Google Nemesis”.

It’s getting promoted pretty heavily, has a great sales page, and says a lot of cool things about affiliate marketing.

But I don’t recommend it. Even though I’ve recommended ebooks from Chis McNeeny, the creator of Google Nemesis, I can’t recommend it.

And I feel I must say that I literally don’t recommend it.
The reason I make that distinction is that Chris (and others) espouse the technique of stating the “contrary” view when promoting a product. So if you’re promoting Google Nemesis, you say something like “Don’t buy Google Nemesis” or “Google Nemesis is no good” and then in your writing you turn it around and get the reader thinking it really is for him/her.

Anyway, I really don’t recommend it.

And this applies to most of the “make a killing promoting ClickBank products via AdWords” products out there.

What they don’t tell you is that even though ClickBank is a huge marketplace for digital goods, there really are not that many good products on ClickBank. And even fewer good products that have good salesletters. You need both to have good conversions and low refunds.

So Google Nemesis will just be accelerating a bad trend:
More and more people competing to promote the same products.

It’s a zero-sum game.

Really the main winners will be:
Chris McNeeny … and people that are selling products on ClickBank (aka ClickBank Merchants). I myself am a ClickBank merchant so maybe I should just shut up and be happy (grin).

Actually if you’ve been wanting to create your own products to sell on ClickBank, now’s a great time to start! (I do consulting on how to quickly create and sell information products, if you need help … just email me for details).

So I’ve been sitting out promoting this. In spite of all of the stuff Chris (or I should say his copywriter) puts on his salesletter saying how it’s a slam-dunk, I know it’s not. If the system applied to all affiliate marketing, then I’d say there’s potential.

But it’s nuts to just pay to get a tool, to compete with thousands of others who are all trying to promote the same products. Especially when we’re talking about a small number of viable products.

For example: one of the big products on ClickBank is Keyword Elite (which is good, by-the-way). You do a search for it and you see tons of ads that are all trying to sell it. Do you think you can just jump in and promote it, using the same techniques as the other guys, and make tons of money?
You need a unique angle. And something like Google Nemesis, that thousands of people buy, is not it.

His big premise is that you can use the tool to “steal” sales from the guys making all the money on ClickBank. But then if you’re promoting ClickBank products you become one of “the other guys” that people are taking sales from. You’ll get some sales, and lose some sales. But you’re spending money on AdWords while doing it.

So let me add another winner to the list:
Google

Even though it’s supposedly about kicking Google’s ass. It’s not really Google that loses. Google comes out the big winner (along with Chris) in all of this.

Chris does have some good stuff in his ebooks. But his more recent stuff suffers from the above problem.

I think we should call this “Sneetch” marketing. Named after the famous Dr. Suess story The Sneetches

In both The Sneetches, and the ClickBank scenario above, you have a marketer who gets people to pay to “win” against each-other (in the Sneetches, it’s about whether you have a star badge or not).
All the people keep paying. And who ends up with the money in the end? The marketer collecting from all the suckers.
Though in the Google Nemesis (and similar) case Google also gets to win. Because they’re the ones running the whole ad auction.

Anyway, that’s my rant.

It’s not against affiliate marketing (which is a good way to make money online) or selling ClickBank products as an affiliate.
It’s against buying any sort of packaged tool or technique that has you competing with a bunch of others doing the same thing … for too few products