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Clickbank Code Review Wrapup

This post will conclude my review of the Clickbank Code course by Michael Jones and unfortunately, the product was a “washout”.

For the second time in a few weeks, I’ve got to say that I really, really, really wanted to like a particular Clickbank product. This time it was the Clickbank Code course. (Prior to that it was the Rich Garbage Man)

My first impressions were favorable. The videos were well done. Although the information wasn’t necessarily groundbreaking, I still managed to pick up a couple of things. And I really liked the Excel spreadsheet that is used to evaluate a product’s potential.

But in the end, I just can’t in good concious recommend buying the Clickbank Code course. Here are my complaints:

• Not enough new material or information to justify the price.
• You better have some money saved before trying to make money following the Clickbank Code methods, otherwise, you’ll lose your shorts paying PPC costs. For example, Mr. Jones recommends a daily ad budget of $500 to start.
• No examples included of the types of sites you’ll be creating.
• I noticed as of today (5/22) the refund rate is over 19%.

So this concludes the Clickbank Code Review.  I will be requesting a refund of my purchase but I will keep searching for REAL money-making products. Make sure you subsribe to the blog (top left column) so you’ll be notified when I hit the jackpot!

Take care.

-The NetKnucklehead

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The Clickbank Code Review

The Clickbank Code review is an honest, unbiased look at the latest course to hit the streets promising financial freedom. Since we’re definitely interested in anything that advances us a stage toward our goal of escaping the cubicle, I thought a review of The Clickbank Code was necessary.

As of this writing, I am just now starting to go through the course. I paid $77 to get access to it. After logging into the members area, I have access to 6 different modules and inside those modules are anywhere from 2 to 6 videos. The names of the modules are:

1. Making a killing as an affiliate

2. Powerful keyword research

3. It’s all about the offer

4. Buyers on demand

5. Article what?

6. Killer free traffic tactic

I’ve only had the course for maybe 10 minutes so I’ve only listened to one video (”How to be Succecssful”) so far. My initial impression about the video is positive. The author of The Clickbank Code, Michael Jones, has a pleasant speaking voice and I thought he did a good job on the video. The information was not your typical “you need to have the right mindset” stuff that is usually repeated over and over by other courses.

I will continue to update The Clickbank Code review after I’ve had time to view more of the videos. If you’re already convinced this is YOUR path to financial freedom and escape from the cubicle walls, you can purchase the Clickbank Code by following this link.

5-14-2009 7:00 p.m. update:

I’ve been skipping around in the different modules of The Clickbank Code viewing the videos that peaked my interest the most. So far I’ve probably watched around 10 of the videos.

I am very impressed with this course to this point. Michael Jones does a fabulous job of explaining things in his videos. Everything just seems to make sense. Kudos to Michael for a job well done.

One thing I am a little ticked about right now is the inability to find or download a spreadsheet that Michael uses in the videos. He says we will get a copy but I cannot find any instructions whatsoever on how to get it. I submitted a problem ticket to their ‘help desk’ at 5:44 p.m. and haven’t received a reply yet. The spreadsheet is a key component to following the steps in The Clickbank Code so I’m kind of dead in the water until I can get it. Until I do, I will continue to watch the videos.

I will update this post again when I have more to share.

5-15-2009 8:13 a.m. update:

No one has responded to the ticket I submitted to the Clickbank Code help desk, however, I noticed this morning the missing spreadsheet has been added to the members area so that’s good. Now I can continue going through the course by evaluating potential Clickbank products.

One thing I should point out is this course isn’t groundbreaking in terms of using Clickbank to make money. The same basic system (process) is followed:

1) Find a product
2) Find keywords
3) Create a landing page/website
4) Set up a PPC campaign
5) Get other traffic
6) Evaluate.

The point I want to make is this: You must be able and willing to spend money on PPC campaigns (Adwords, for example) for this process to really work. Yes, you can use free traffic but results will be very slow coming.

Anyway, I will continue going through the course today and start working on a test following Michael’s methods. Of course I will document everything so you can see the results.

5-15-2009 9:00 a.m. update:

GRRRRRRR, the Excel spreadsheet I downloaded from the course is completely blank! It is supposed to be the one shown in the Clickbank Code videos.

Very, Very Frustrating!

5-15-2009 10:20 a.m. update:

FINALLY – I just downloaded the Excel CB Evaluator spreadsheet and everything is there. I will now start doing some product evaluations on potential products to sale.

BTW, no one ever responded to my trouble ticket I submitted to the help desk or send me an email to let me know the spreadsheet was ready. I had to keep downloading it periodically to see if it had been fixed. VERY poor customer service so far.

Stay tuned….

5-17-2009 3:00 p.m. update:

After getting frustrated over the weekend, I almost gave up on The Clickbank Code. The source of my frustration was finding a website template for the landing page/website. This may not sound like a big deal but the author recommends creating a full website containing articles, a landing page, contact page, privacy policy, sitemap, and a blog. I don’t like spending a lot of time developing websites with Dreamweaver so I started searching for the easiest tool to use. (Note: The course recommends a particular hosting company which comes with some website templates. I prefer using my own hosting so I didn’t go this route.)

This search caused me to get sidetracked by looking at the newest version of XsitePro (XSP). XSP can certainly do everything I need so I was close to upgrading my version 1 copy to version 2 ($127). In the end, I didn’t do it because I decided I could do the same thing using Wordpress. It was during this research period that I was about ready to call it quits.

But I’m still plugging away with my first Clickbank Code campaign. I’ve identified a couple of Clickbank products I’m going to use. What I’m doing now is trying to get my head around this ‘landing page’, ‘themes’, and ’story’ concept Michael mentions in his videos. One big complaint I have about the course so far – no examples of anything. It would be extremely helpful to see a site and a landing page and the three themes he talks about.

I will continue my review of The Clickbank Code course and provide updates as I proceed.

Click here to get YOUR copy of The Clickbank Code

-The NetKnuckleHead

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Rich Garbage Man Review

Rich Garbage Man Review

I recently received emails about the launch of THE RICH GARBAGE MAN by Scott Laevy. And I have to admit the concept of a garbage man turning his life around by making gobs of money via the internet is clever. It’s bound to raise the curiosity factor, at least it did for me.

I searched around the Internet looking for honest reviews of The Rich Garbage Man. Surprisingly, I didn’t really find any that I thought were legitimate, as in not just trying to make a fast commission.

So what do I do? I buy the product and do my own Rich Garbage Man review of course. After all, I LOVE spending money on new courses and software. It’s an addiction, I believe.

It wasn’t too surprising that I was able to buy the Rich Garbage Man ‘manuscript’ for less than half price ($27). That seems to be all the marketing rage these days. How? Just go to the main salesletter page, then try to navigate away from the page. A lot of the sites will then display a popup telling you that you qualify for special pricing.

The other big marketing trick these days is to sell you a course at a very discounted price and then display page after page of “special” one time offers on your way to actually receiving the download links to receive your purchase. The Rich Garbage Man certainly did this in a big way which is very annoying.

Finally, I arrived at the course links page. Or did I? I wasn’t sure because the page started out with an offer of a free website. That was followed by some special bonuses (mostly rehashed crap). I actually left the page and checked my email hoping to find links to the dang course. I eventually made my way back to the links page and found them. It was far, far from obvious.

I then began going through the Rich Garbage Man “manuscript” and I use the word “manuscript” VERY loosely. The first section of the prized “manuscript” was a whopping 6 pages. (The 6th page was actually blank.) But let me tell you what my reactions were upon reading the first section: Disgust, Anger, Annoyance to name just a few.

I could not believe what I was seeing. It starts out talking about how great Google Trends is. (Wow, that’s something new….NOT!!!) But get this: page 5 starts out with this text – “Once you get these steps and this system down,We encourage you to work with a few of our partners in the business”. That’s followed by 5 links to other products in which The Rich Garbage Man, Scott Laevy, earns a commission if you buy them.

I find it simply amazing that someone would have the nerve and audacity to create a course, sell it for $47, and basically tell people to “get these steps down and work with partners of mine so I can earn more money”. It’s disgusting.

Folks, stay away from The Rich Garbage Man by Scott Laevy. If you really want to make money using Google Trends, go to the Google search engine and type in “how to make money with google trends”. You will find everything you need to know for free.

So will The Rich Garbage Man help YOU escape the cubicle walls? Sorry to say “no, it will not”.

Until next time…good-bye and good luck.

- The NetKnuckleHead

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