By now I’m sure you’ve all been pounded by your favorite gurus for purchasing Google Assassin. I was. And I’m not buying.
I seriously considered it. The salescopy is good. Real good. The dude really knows how to sell. I bought his Affiliate Project X back in the day and thought it was pretty good. I learned from it. But I refused to buy his follow-up, Day Job Killer. Too much hype. Much like this.
I decided not to buy Google Assassin because it makes no sense. It’s too good to be true. Meaning, if the techniques work so good, why would the owner share it with the world? People don’t do that. I know. I know. He gave reasons on his salespage about how the opportunity is so vast that the competition wouldn’t matter. And how he wanted to stick it to the guru’s or whatever. That the guru’s would do anything to keep him from divulging this top secret information. Etc., hyped-etc. And yet he sells it for $67 a month? If it was so bad-ass couldn’t he sell it for hundreds if not thousands of dollars? He says he can. And should. But if he could, wouldn’t he?
When buttons get pushed about how this technique or that program will get you out of your 9-5, I always get suspicious. I read over 2,000 people bought it immediately. It will probably set more records at Crapbank. I just won’t be participating. I sat here and did the boring grunt work of writing and re-writing more articles for my XSP sites and blogs while I went back and forth trying to decide about this. I decided no.
I used Confessions of a Lazy Super Affiliate to guide me as I was building my keyword list to use on those articles and thought that this was good enough. Honest enough. Hard work sucks and I don’t think there is an easy way despite what slick marketers want you to think. Steal a few keywords here, use some software to build a campaign and collect your Crapbank check. I just don’t think it’s that easy. Wish it was. But it’s not.
I would LOVE to believe that this stuff would make me rich. I really do. And for some of you it might be what you need to be successful. And yea, I could give it a chance and if not satisfied, get my money back. I just don’t have the motivation to get sucked into another program like this.
I’m just not a believer anymore. What I believe in is a good idea and hard work. Chris X had a good idea and is selling Google Assassin memberships. He worked hard. At the end of the day he’ll be richer. When this dries up, or peaks out, he will have already figured out something else to sell. He’s a good marketer. 2-5,000 people paying between $47-97 each month is a lot of money. My guess is he’ll want more of that, which is fine.
Ask your guru that pimped you this offer how he is doing with it. Ask them what kind of money they are making using the program. Ask for proof when they start telling you how great it is.
Don’t buy it because you are getting a guru bonus. Don’t buy it because the price might go up tomorrow. These tactics only serve to get you to buy something that you wouldn’t have bought in the first place. Were you doing PPC before this came out and needed a tool this provides? Then by all means, give it a try. Otherwise maybe you should save your money.
This is just the same ol’ same ol’ we see each month. There will be another next week. And you know, you’ll be pounded through the end of the year because we all want to start new financial goals for the new year and they know it. Watch your wallet. They are coming.
BTW, I am considering a membership to Niche Mania. I’ve bought quite a few products from that site and like the quality. “BigMike” is one of the few I trust.
5 responses so far ↓
Affiliate Feed Generator // Nov 22, 2007 at 6:43 pm
I just knew you won’t bite the bait either. 3000 at last count. Will this widget makes them assassins for just ClickBank products or other markets?
I know there are many other vast opportunities out there to hone their affiliate marketing skills.
Guess, the hungriest market is still the “make money online” audience. It’s like crack on steroids.
I like the sales page though, really kick-ass. It did made me clicked the payment button a few times (LOL) but i’m glad common sense stopped me from committing.
Whew.
Mohd Nizam
http://www.affiliatefeedgenerator.net
Marc // Nov 24, 2007 at 12:12 pm
I bought Adwords Miracle, Affiliate Project X, and Day Job Killer and am not buying any more. His products are alright but my hard drive is packed full of this type of info.
His business (and that of other gurus) is a never-ending process of rolling out new products. It’s just stupid to mindlessly buy each one as it pops off the assembly line. If the need for what the product does didn’t exist before you knew of its existence, then don’t buy it.
barry // Nov 24, 2007 at 11:25 pm
This business reminds me of the old adage about the guys trading Parliament cigarettes in the Eastern Block in the 1950s. (No one was ever able to figure out why Parliaments, but that’s another story.)
An American popped into a restaurant frequented by the traders and lit up a Parliament. The guys went nuts. They said “Those aren’t for smoking! They’re for trading!”
Same story with the sardine traders — who knows if there’re any sardines in the little can?
Same here. If you asked any of these guys how much money they made actually USING the product, you’d get a blank stare and some sort of humma da humma answer. The answer is that most of the gurus don’t use the product, they sell it.
As to why the guy is selling it, do the math. If he can get 5000 people at $67 per month, that’s $335,000 a month, for no more work and maybe it’ll last 6 months. That’s $2 mil. While he figures out the next scam. Plus his own deal continues to do whatever it does.
You made the right decision.
Google Assassin Review // Nov 25, 2007 at 6:46 am
The honest truth is, there really is no new way on how to make money on affiliate marketing… it is still the same old stuff and the same old techniques, however from my experience with Google Assassin is, it simply serves as an affiliate marketing tool that makes your work shorter and makes research easier.
In fact, just some weeks ago I got my hands on Affiliate Elite (http://affiliateeliteonline.com) also and same thing, it is just a research tool that helps us marketers make informed decisions.
I switch between both programs because there is something AE can do that GA is weak at, and vice versa.
Bruce // Nov 22, 2008 at 8:21 am
The last program I bought was Commission Blueprint. I made a few sales, created a few spreadsheets, felt good about it for a while…
Since then I’ve been barraged by what seems like hundreds of guru offers for everything under the sun.
I have lost the drive I once had because it finally occurred to me that the only people making any serious money online are those pushing the programs that I’ve spent thousands of dollars on. NOT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE PURCHASED THE PRODUCTS.
I guess I’m suffering from info overload and somewhat jaded by all the guru crap. I really wish I knew someone, or a program that was actually legit to learn from.
Then the problem becomes, if everyone is doing it, how can everyone make lots of money?
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