PPC Keyword Research v2 || Hardcore. Keyword. Intelligence
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So of the 4 people that took the $25 review, not a single one has sent a report to be processed yet ... not exactly what I had in mind for review spots.
So here I am, desperately in need of an honest review of my upgraded software to get this thread rolling. Can anyone help a brother out?
So here I am, desperately in need of an honest review of my upgraded software to get this thread rolling. Can anyone help a brother out?
I'm up to give a review.
The process starts with a seed keyword - it should be your core traffic keyword for your sales funnel. Then the software goes out and pulls back some related keywords to supplement the process. Select 5 related keywords and kick off the processing. Come back next day, and bam, you've got about 1000+ keywords - with demand, number of advertisers and estimated clicks and bid costs. There's high priced keywords, and low priced long tails and everything inbetween.
The bid costs won't match exactly your experience - the history of your ppc account will influence that. But relative to one another, they will be consistent.
Also there's competitive ad copy when you click on a keyword -- the ability to add keywords to a 'clip board' and get additional competitive info for them -- like adsence using content placements from the organic SERPs. I'm shortchanging the product I'm sure -- but I haven't had time to completely explore it all. And erect keeps adding features too, so even if I had, I'd soon be out of date.
When you think of all the time it would take to manually compile the same information, and the likelihood that you actually will -- I'd say it's definitely worth having it done for you, so you can mine the competitive intelligence that's so freely available -- if only you had the time to collect it.
I absolutely recomend the product to all WF members. You will not be disappointed.
The process starts with a seed keyword - it should be your core traffic keyword for your sales funnel. Then the software goes out and pulls back some related keywords to supplement the process. Select 5 related keywords and kick off the processing. Come back next day, and bam, you've got about 1000+ keywords - with demand, number of advertisers and estimated clicks and bid costs. There's high priced keywords, and low priced long tails and everything inbetween.
The bid costs won't match exactly your experience - the history of your ppc account will influence that. But relative to one another, they will be consistent.
Also there's competitive ad copy when you click on a keyword -- the ability to add keywords to a 'clip board' and get additional competitive info for them -- like adsence using content placements from the organic SERPs. I'm shortchanging the product I'm sure -- but I haven't had time to completely explore it all. And erect keeps adding features too, so even if I had, I'd soon be out of date.
When you think of all the time it would take to manually compile the same information, and the likelihood that you actually will -- I'd say it's definitely worth having it done for you, so you can mine the competitive intelligence that's so freely available -- if only you had the time to collect it.
I absolutely recomend the product to all WF members. You will not be disappointed.
I purchased 3 reports generated by the beta product, and those were more than worth the price.
Erect has been generous and has upgraded those reports to the new improved version - a big plus.
3 new reports purchased, 2 of which have been used.
Use it for:
1) Choosing keywords for PPC campaigns;
2) Checking out the competitions' keywords;
3) Checking out the competitions' ad copy to help build/improve your own;
4) Checking out the competitions' landing and content pages;
5) Grouping similar keywords together for ideas on content creation; and,
6) Ideas for domain names with good SEO potential.
You can input your payout per action (CPA, lead, etc.), click-through rate and conversion rate, the tool uses your parameters and the likely cost-per-click (as marfarma stated, these won't exactly match your experience) which you may use to filter out words/phrases to create a list with the best potential ROI.
The report generation has been faster than anticipated, much less than the 12 hours that had been expected.
Erect's service saves me hours and hours of research and provides multiple ideas on how to attack various niches from both PPC and Content angles.
The video explains the tools quite clearly, and erect has been helpful with suggestions.
An excellent keyword/spy tool with great service at a good price.
Erect has been generous and has upgraded those reports to the new improved version - a big plus.
3 new reports purchased, 2 of which have been used.
Use it for:
1) Choosing keywords for PPC campaigns;
2) Checking out the competitions' keywords;
3) Checking out the competitions' ad copy to help build/improve your own;
4) Checking out the competitions' landing and content pages;
5) Grouping similar keywords together for ideas on content creation; and,
6) Ideas for domain names with good SEO potential.
You can input your payout per action (CPA, lead, etc.), click-through rate and conversion rate, the tool uses your parameters and the likely cost-per-click (as marfarma stated, these won't exactly match your experience) which you may use to filter out words/phrases to create a list with the best potential ROI.
The report generation has been faster than anticipated, much less than the 12 hours that had been expected.
Erect's service saves me hours and hours of research and provides multiple ideas on how to attack various niches from both PPC and Content angles.
The video explains the tools quite clearly, and erect has been helpful with suggestions.
An excellent keyword/spy tool with great service at a good price.
Just as a heads up, I'm going out of town for a couple of days for my brother's graduation. No whining about me not returning PMs or being available for support.
Any pending reports will be processed before I leave ... new ones will be awaiting me in the queue when I return Sunday.
Any pending reports will be processed before I leave ... new ones will be awaiting me in the queue when I return Sunday.
I bought one report on the new system and fired it up the last 2 days.
Erect is right in saying you can’t just login and figure out what it can do for you and if it could work in you field(s). It takes a little bit of time to figure out the flow from start to having keywords, ads, and placements that should be effective.
Wright was spot on with what he said. Since this is software for learning to copy what other people are doing to get things done faster and better I will just do that and copy the layout of what Wright said:
Use it for:
1) Choosing keywords for PPC campaigns;
Ya I just gave it a very general term and let it expand out. Then I picked 3 or 4 suggestions and added one I was thinking about. Then it works for 12 hours or so and gives you hundreds of keywords and shows you competition and estimates keyword cost.
2) Checking out the competitions' keywords;
Does a great job and gives you a lot. Helpful if you know some things about keywords and bidding. Ie some people are fucking stupid and don’t track conversions at a keyword level. But typically long term ads are profitable. Copy those keywords and ads.
3) Checking out the competitions' ad copy to help build/improve your own;
Ya in my niche half the ads were quite good. Some were dictionary buys from ask and about.
4) Checking out the competitions' landing and content pages;
Great for this and parses the data better than doing it by hand and much faster.
5) Grouping similar keywords together for ideas on content creation; and,
This looked weird to me in the video, but works and I am actually using it to break this niche into 3 offers and landing pages. This helped me group keywords and ads and keep them connected. Trying to keep CTRs and conversions high by splitting offers.
6) Ideas for domain names with good SEO potential.
Ya I found several that were pretty good and were not taken yet. Searching through the suggested keywords helps you find things that should work for low hanging PPC and possibly even SEO.
Input your payout per action (CPA, lead, etc.), click-through rate and conversion rate
Ya I guessed this as I am not in this niche or ran this offer yet. It will be way off on the general terms and there is no way now to adjust per keyword or ad group right now. If you run a general high volume term you will have to watch it.
The report generation has been faster than anticipated, much less than the 12 hours that had been expected.
Ya the few reports that take some time are fairly quick. Monitoring the web takes time, there is no way around that. Much faster than ispionage. Set them at night and they are waiting for you the next morning.
I think the interface and how it works is good. It does not seem rough around the edges. It is not as slick as ispionage and good at tracking things over time as ispionage but it is more for the CPA PPC market and works well with that model. The flow from start with basic keywords, to expanded keywords, to ads. Then content network is nice, fast, and I would have no problem working with this on an ongoing basis. In fact I plan to.
I had planned to hold off reviewing until I ran some of the keywords and placements but am going out and wanted to chime in before I am gone for 24 hours.
I will post results as soon as I have them.
Erect is right in saying you can’t just login and figure out what it can do for you and if it could work in you field(s). It takes a little bit of time to figure out the flow from start to having keywords, ads, and placements that should be effective.
Wright was spot on with what he said. Since this is software for learning to copy what other people are doing to get things done faster and better I will just do that and copy the layout of what Wright said:
Use it for:
1) Choosing keywords for PPC campaigns;
Ya I just gave it a very general term and let it expand out. Then I picked 3 or 4 suggestions and added one I was thinking about. Then it works for 12 hours or so and gives you hundreds of keywords and shows you competition and estimates keyword cost.
2) Checking out the competitions' keywords;
Does a great job and gives you a lot. Helpful if you know some things about keywords and bidding. Ie some people are fucking stupid and don’t track conversions at a keyword level. But typically long term ads are profitable. Copy those keywords and ads.
3) Checking out the competitions' ad copy to help build/improve your own;
Ya in my niche half the ads were quite good. Some were dictionary buys from ask and about.
4) Checking out the competitions' landing and content pages;
Great for this and parses the data better than doing it by hand and much faster.
5) Grouping similar keywords together for ideas on content creation; and,
This looked weird to me in the video, but works and I am actually using it to break this niche into 3 offers and landing pages. This helped me group keywords and ads and keep them connected. Trying to keep CTRs and conversions high by splitting offers.
6) Ideas for domain names with good SEO potential.
Ya I found several that were pretty good and were not taken yet. Searching through the suggested keywords helps you find things that should work for low hanging PPC and possibly even SEO.
Input your payout per action (CPA, lead, etc.), click-through rate and conversion rate
Ya I guessed this as I am not in this niche or ran this offer yet. It will be way off on the general terms and there is no way now to adjust per keyword or ad group right now. If you run a general high volume term you will have to watch it.
The report generation has been faster than anticipated, much less than the 12 hours that had been expected.
Ya the few reports that take some time are fairly quick. Monitoring the web takes time, there is no way around that. Much faster than ispionage. Set them at night and they are waiting for you the next morning.
I think the interface and how it works is good. It does not seem rough around the edges. It is not as slick as ispionage and good at tracking things over time as ispionage but it is more for the CPA PPC market and works well with that model. The flow from start with basic keywords, to expanded keywords, to ads. Then content network is nice, fast, and I would have no problem working with this on an ongoing basis. In fact I plan to.
I had planned to hold off reviewing until I ran some of the keywords and placements but am going out and wanted to chime in before I am gone for 24 hours.
I will post results as soon as I have them.
Thanks for all the reviews & opinions people, I'm sure there are more coming as dozens have used my ppc keyword research at this point.
Rep is kind of an intangible factor. However, If CampaignSniper sucked, my peers certainly wouldn't give me a free pass. This might very well be the only forum on the interwebs that doesn't lead sheep to the slaughter ... We're content just killing the sickly ones off ourselves.
Here's what really matters about my service: I'm offering PPC intelligence that works and has been thoroughly tested with both live campaigns & brand new pay per click start-up campaigns. I'm also helping affiliates get their feet wet with their first content network campaign ... most are very excited about this since it's a bit of an untapped resource for many marketers.
That said, the people who benefit most from my research are the newbies and, at this point, the cost seems to be the biggest barrier in getting you guys to try out my system (and PPC in general).
Due to the requests I've gotten, I've decided to offer 1st time reports to everyone for only $35. PM or post here to place this order as I'm not issuing a coupon code for it.
After you see the value of my services first hand, you'll be a repeat customer and we'll both make money money off the ppc intelligence I offer.
And remember, this is a wickedfire exclusive offer. I'm just mentioning this to remind you that being a member here definitely has it's perks. Endure the flaming ... it's worth it.
Rep is kind of an intangible factor. However, If CampaignSniper sucked, my peers certainly wouldn't give me a free pass. This might very well be the only forum on the interwebs that doesn't lead sheep to the slaughter ... We're content just killing the sickly ones off ourselves.
Here's what really matters about my service: I'm offering PPC intelligence that works and has been thoroughly tested with both live campaigns & brand new pay per click start-up campaigns. I'm also helping affiliates get their feet wet with their first content network campaign ... most are very excited about this since it's a bit of an untapped resource for many marketers.
That said, the people who benefit most from my research are the newbies and, at this point, the cost seems to be the biggest barrier in getting you guys to try out my system (and PPC in general).
Due to the requests I've gotten, I've decided to offer 1st time reports to everyone for only $35. PM or post here to place this order as I'm not issuing a coupon code for it.
After you see the value of my services first hand, you'll be a repeat customer and we'll both make money money off the ppc intelligence I offer.
And remember, this is a wickedfire exclusive offer. I'm just mentioning this to remind you that being a member here definitely has it's perks. Endure the flaming ... it's worth it.
Just wanted to bump this thread and let everybody know I was happy to purchase an additional 3 Campaign Sniper credits.
Feature Updates
I've recently added a few things to make Campaign Sniper a little bit smarter.
1. The "own the content network" feature is now scalable. You can expand the list of targeted pages for specific domains you want to advertise heavily on. With this update, clients can now find 1000+ pages to target in a minute.
A big thanks TylerL for giving me some direction here.
2. Each keyword that has decent volume is now ran through a whois checker to see if the domain name is available in .com, .net, .org, .us & .info. If it's open, you'll get a little green check next to the keyword to let you know.
I've got a couple days worth of backlog to blow through before the new reports are at the front of the queue ... should be up to par in a few days
I've recently added a few things to make Campaign Sniper a little bit smarter.
1. The "own the content network" feature is now scalable. You can expand the list of targeted pages for specific domains you want to advertise heavily on. With this update, clients can now find 1000+ pages to target in a minute.
A big thanks TylerL for giving me some direction here.
2. Each keyword that has decent volume is now ran through a whois checker to see if the domain name is available in .com, .net, .org, .us & .info. If it's open, you'll get a little green check next to the keyword to let you know.
I've got a couple days worth of backlog to blow through before the new reports are at the front of the queue ... should be up to par in a few days
Well, I've been talking to erect for awhile about random things here and there, and eventually (a few months ago), I decided to test his KW services.
The first campaign I tested showed a lot of promise and was starting to make money, but the advertiser pulled the offer shortly thereafter so there wasn't much I could do.
List 1 = Success
Fastforward to yesterday and I am sitting here thinking: hot damn I need to get some campaigns going but really hate KWs. There's a pretty sick discount waiting for me so I might as well make use of it. Hell, worst case it's a writeoff and I can be a little lazy, right?
I order up a few lists, and he got the first one crackin'. Less than 24 hours after the order, I get an email saying my list is done! Hell ya, let's go peek at this. So I'm on CampaignSniper looking through the list I just ordered and decide I want to download the Excel file so I can mess around with it. I look at the destination URL of the download and see it looks something like this:
http://www.blahblabhalbh.com/id=69
Looking at my other campaign, I see that the only thing changed there is the id number at the end! Hell ya, I have access to every single campaign!!!!!!!! So I go on my way and change the number to download list "70" -
So I laugh a little and say "cute message, let me get back to my campaign"
I go back to CampaignSniper only to find
PS: I was given permission to "snoop" - I am no hacker but there are definitely measures in place. Great software, great lists.
The first campaign I tested showed a lot of promise and was starting to make money, but the advertiser pulled the offer shortly thereafter so there wasn't much I could do.
List 1 = Success
Fastforward to yesterday and I am sitting here thinking: hot damn I need to get some campaigns going but really hate KWs. There's a pretty sick discount waiting for me so I might as well make use of it. Hell, worst case it's a writeoff and I can be a little lazy, right?
I order up a few lists, and he got the first one crackin'. Less than 24 hours after the order, I get an email saying my list is done! Hell ya, let's go peek at this. So I'm on CampaignSniper looking through the list I just ordered and decide I want to download the Excel file so I can mess around with it. I look at the destination URL of the download and see it looks something like this:
http://www.blahblabhalbh.com/id=69
Looking at my other campaign, I see that the only thing changed there is the id number at the end! Hell ya, I have access to every single campaign!!!!!!!! So I go on my way and change the number to download list "70" -
ORRRRRRRRRRRRRR NOT!
So I laugh a little and say "cute message, let me get back to my campaign"
I go back to CampaignSniper only to find
Anyways, List 2 = in the works and Security = Success
PS: I was given permission to "snoop" - I am no hacker but there are definitely measures in place. Great software, great lists.
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