UPDATE: This review is now outdated, and I do NOT recommend this product any longer. Additionally, the feedback I received from my readers who purchased this product was generally negative. Apparently the sellers did not deliver what was promised. I initially supported this product after attending their live presentation in Vegas, which in my opinion was high quality. I even went so far as to defend it in some of my comments below. But these guys let me down, so I’m sorry I recommended it. I am leaving this review here for informational purposes only. I have removed links to their site from this review.
12/09/2008
While we’ve seen a handful of “big” product launches in the Internet Marketing arena in 2008, this one will probably be remembered as the biggest.
It’s got a bigger “hook” ($100k a day) and more gurus promoting it than anything I’ve ever seen.
So before I jump into the nitty gritty, let me make a few things clear…
1) I was at the Vegas “invite only” event, where they unveiled Arbitrage Conspiracy. No I didn’t pay $10k to be there, but I could see why they would have charged that much.
2) There is no way to review the product in its entirety, because it’s going to be a 12 week course. In other words, no one has actually “seen” the product. So I can only base this review upon the content that was presented in Vegas, combined with what they are saying the product is going to be.
3) Everyone at the Vegas event signed an NDA, so I can’t reveal many of the details. However, some of the details have now been made public by the makers of the product, so I can talk about those things. Also, I am certainly able to give you my opinions about the content I received in Vegas, without revealing specifics.
OK, so I’m actually going to start with the bottom line, and then I’m going to go into more depth to justify my opinion…
Bottom line: I am fully recommending the Arbitrage Conspiracy product/program for anyone who understands what it’s about and is interested in scaling their PPC campaigns to high levels.
Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, let me tell you the good, the bad, and how I came to my conclusion.
In case you’re not yet familiar with the Arbitrage Conspiracy story, and the characters behind it, let me fill you in…
It’s about a guy named Aymen (last name withheld), who is reportedly making between $50k-$100k per day NET profit using PPC (pay per click). His main method is promoting offers from CPA (cost per action/acquisition) networks which pay per lead generated.
Aymen works with two other guys on this business, one of whom is a partner in the business. They have requested to remain anonymous, but I did meet one of them in Vegas. He was a very nice Christian guy… I wish I could tell you more about him, as he is proof positive that this business can be conducted with integrity.
The guy who is essentially “bringing” the Arbitrage Conspiracy to the world is Brad Fallon, a recognizable name in the Internet Marketing world. You may know him from such things as StomperNet, Free IQ, etc.
The first question a lot of people may have is… is this for real? After all, $100k per day is a lot, right?
And IF it’s real… then why would Aymen be revealing his methods to the world?
To answer the first question, I will say yes it’s real. I’ve seen their commission statements with my own eyes. But more than that, it’s really not as unbelievable as a lot of people may think. There are a lot of people making that much money; there are just not very many who are teaching how to do it.
A couple months ago, a product was launched by a guru who made $2 Million last year from PPC. It was touted as the greatest PPC revelation of all time. Now these guys come along who are making more than that every month. It’s only a matter of time before the next PPC guru comes along and says he’s making over $1M per day. The Internet IS that big, and it will happen.
To answer the second part of the question (why would he teach it?) is a little more complicated. The most frequent answer you’ll likely find is: because he wants to give back.
I’m sure that’s true, as Aymen and his associates are nice guys… but this obviously isn’t merely a philanthropic endeavor. After all, there are plenty of ways to give back to the world, other than revealing your trade secrets to your competitors.
The obvious ulterior motive is to make more money selling the program. And with a launch of this magnitude, plenty of money will be made.
The other ulterior motive (although publicly mentioned by Amen in an interview) may be less obvious: Aymen is starting a CPA network and wants to train an army of super affiliates to promote his offers.
So hopefully that satisfies everyone’s desire for a reason why.
Now, the most important part…
Can they really teach you how to replicate their success?
Yes, I believe they can. When I produced The Next Internet Millionaire, I learned from Kris Jones (founder of PepperJam), that a successful Internet business can be built in three steps:
1) Find something that works. (period)
2) Replicate it. (period)
3) Scale it. (period)
It’s an ancient formula, and it’s been applied by many people to PPC since its inception. For example, Kris made $1M in one year from PPC arbitrage before starting the Pepperjam Network to scale his business to the next level.
So the CONCEPT is not new. All Aymen has done is taken a successful PPC model (developed largely by his own trial and error), replicated it, and scaled it into a $100k/day business.
And generally speaking, the business model is not new either. In fact, PPC arbitrage has been one of the most taught methods in this niche for the past several years. There are countless ebooks on ClickBank teaching it (I was initiated into it by Chris Carpenter’s Google Cash ebook years ago).
So what’s different about this?
It really comes down to the specific combination of tools and techniques that they are using to thrive in today’s market. Research is fundamental to their success.
Aymen and his team are truly on the bleeding edge of technology as it applies to their business. They have formulated a systematic approach to research, PPC implementation, landing pages, conversion, and every other element.
They’ve been able to leverage their system to the point that they only work part time (a few hours a day) in order to achieve the results they are getting. In my opinion, that’s impressive!
Their system is so good that it caused virtually everyone in attendance (including myself) to drop their jaws in awe of what they had presented to us.
OK so now it’s time for me to tell you what I DON’T like…
This is somewhat difficult to say, because I don’t want to tick off my friends who are launching this product. However, if I didn’t say it, this wouldn’t be Eric’s Tips. 🙂 If all I said were the same things as all the other “gurus” then you might was well unsubscribe from my newsletter right now, because you obviously don’t need more of the same hype.
I have a problem with the way they are positioning the course for newbies. For example, these are the top 3 bullet points on their current landing page:
“How he got started with a mere $50!”
“How to get completely set up and open for business in 24 hours!”
“How To Make Massive profits with No Website, No Product and No List”
I understand that a newbie can follow this system, but I do not believe those points are representative of the course as a whole. Although the business is fairly simplistic in nature (buy clicks to earn profits), I think their systems are more complex than they may realize.
Yes, Aymen got started with $50, but he also spent millions of dollars testing and developing his methods. There are also a handful of software and memberships that you will need to buy to implement all the methods.
Yes, you could get a PPC campaign up and running in 24 hours (or 24 minutes for that matter), but that barely scratches the surface of the Arbitrage Conspiracy methods. I consider myself to be an EXPERT, and it would take me a matter of weeks to implement all their techniques.
Yes you could make profits with no website, no product, and no list… but that’s not the emphasis of the program. A lot of their methods use landing pages, and landing pages are part of a website.
In fact, I would go so far as to say that if THOSE are the things that you want to do (start a business with no more than $50 investment, set it up in 24 hours, and make money with no website), then Arbitrage Conspiracy is NOT for you!
You don’t need to invest in a 12-week content-packed course to learn how to do that. You could go buy a $47 ebook on ClickBank and learn the basics of PPC.
So who is this for?
In my opinion, Arbitrage Conspiracy is for anyone who wants to go BEYOND the level I just described above.
It’s for marketers who understand that they have to spend more money on PPC in order to make more profits.
It’s for marketers who are not afraid of embracing new technology and methods.
It’s for marketers who can imagine themselves making $100k a day.
And it’s especially for marketers who already know how to create a profitable PPC campaign. If you fit that description, Arbitrage Conspiracy is a good choice for you, because it will show you how to take those same campaigns and crank them up to the next level, and then to the next level, etc.
Without a doubt, I would say this is the highest level of PPC education ever offered.
Whether you’re an intermediate PPC user, looking to ramp up to the next level, or a Fortune 500 CEO looking to figure out how these Internet geeks are making more money than your entire company… I recommend this course for you.
As always, you are welcome to leave your comments here on the blog.
Have a great day!
Hi Eric,
Surprised your are up this late. I am very interested in Arbitrage Conspiracy.
Questions I have:
Have you been using it?
If you have what is your ratio of cost to sales?
I am a newbie and will just be getting up my first website and blog by January 1 2008. Feels like program may be to much and could loose some money easily. Would like your opinion.
As always I value your opinion but i know decision is mine.
Thanks
Mark
Hi Eric,
I’m stuck in Venezuela at the moment, I haven’t the ability to record tonight’s conference call, are you or anyone else recording it, maybe mp3′ ing and posting it? I will miss all the valuable details. I’ve been following it online since I received your email re: it.
Thanks,
Joe
Hi Eric,
Actually I will miss the conference call in it’s entirety, I don’t even have a way to call from here. Sorry, I forgot to say that in my last post.
Thanks,
Joe
Hi Eric, you and l both know that the money is made from the launch of this product and from affiliate sales and reviews from the insiders who where invited.
When you think of how many newbies will be taken in and then fail, it seems a little unfair on them as they will be eaten alive in ppc. regards pete
Cheers for the honest review Eric
I’m just now starting to dabble in PPC but it definitely sounds worth checking out.
It’s $1700 & check this out:
This is just a warning to steer far and clear from a promotion
going around the IM industry called The Arbitrage Conspiracy.
I used to be heavily involved in CPA marketing and arbitrage…
This is not an easy business, it used to be extremely profitable
for me. I was making over $200k some months.
I got out of it for a reason … the reason is simple … It’s too
competitive. There are only a “finite” number of products that work
through this strategy and 10 times out of 10, the products that DO
work already have someone running arbitrage so then you have to
compete with that person which lowers your profit margin.
Multiply that times 3 – 5 people and you’re having price wars for
pennies… Not worth the effort anymore. There are tools that you
can use to optimize your performance and locate areas of untapped
opportunity so be prepared for deep research before getting into
arbitrage.
Another issue is that you need a lump sum of cash to finance your
PPC costs for 30 – 60 days before you get paid by the major CPA
networks. Be prepared to have a significant sum of cash on hand to
bankroll your exploration and research. It will likely cost you a
good bit of money to discover areas of opportunity.
NOW … with this guy releasing The Arbitrage Conspiracy it will
make matters worse. More competition, lower profit margins, etc.
When I was making good money with arbitrage back in 2005 – 2007,
nobody knew what I was doing and I didn’t care to tell anyone about
it either. You have to immediately question why a person
“supposedly” making 100k per day would want to ruin it for
themselves for the peanuts they will receive from unsuspecting
IMers. My guess is that they came to the same conclusion I did …
you could probably make more money selling information about
arbitrage than you could practicing it.
Now multiply that times the number of gurus promoting it and you
could get a fair idea of how quickly the release of this material
will ruin the industry.
This is just a heads up…
Charles Heflin
SEO20/20
I am listening to a call right now from the people promoting this product.
As usual it all sounds great and some big names promoting it.
It will be interesting to see how much it sells for. My guess is $1997.
My only dealing with CPA networks is getting rejected by Hydramedia as I mentioned Frank Kern as the person who referred me.
Will be interesting to see how this one goes.
Hi Eric,
Indeed, there’s more to it than meets the eye. I value your balanced review.
Warmly,
Jesucita
I’ve now posted the full review, thanks.
I don’t know, but I would guess they would post the replay. I wouldn’t worry too much about the call though… it’s mainly a sales tactic.
you’re right… Some newbies will be eaten alive, which is why I distinguished that this course is best suited for those who know the basics of PPC. On the other hand, a few motivated newbies will probably learn the right way from this course, and make millions.
thanks 🙂
I hadn’t heard the final price… I figured it would be over $1k and under $2k.
I agree with some of your concerns, particularly about the increase in competition. However, I temper that concern with the following thoughts…
I believe Aymen and his crew will NOT make more from this launch than they make from PPC. Additionally, their campaigns are clearly NOT dying… so I don’t think they are thinking they can make more selling the information than practicing it.
He might be thinking of it as an EXTRA revenue stream with minimal work, as Aymen probably isn’t doing any of the real work on the launch.
also I’m not so sure that the market will become saturated with super affiliates. We have worried about that for many years, with each successive product launch (Starting with Google cash, then through the dozens of others like Day Job Killer, which sold many thousands of copies). And yet in spite of the mass of PPC related product launches, the business is alive and well.
I can attest that there are plenty of opportunities to be exploited.
There are dozens (probably hundreds) of CPA networks to choose from.
And beyond that, you don’t have to use CPA. You could use a CPS program, or your own product. I personally am using these techniques for some of my own stuff.
So I’d say there’s cause for concern… but it’s not going to ruin the industry.
Generally you just need to tweak your site to get accepted by Hydra. And there are plenty of other CPA networks to choose from.
Hi Eric,
I like your read on the “conspiracy” I think is a little more complex than advertised. I listened to the whole program tonight & I know I won’t jump on it without looking at a lot of other CPA sites & buysome new darts to decide.
Paul
Hi Eric,
Thanks for your honesty and assessment! I really appreciate it.
Blessings,
Irene
Eric,
Nice review this type of system has been around for awhile and many have profited but there is a learning curve and you need to be very organized and marketing savy. Think for a moment you will have all these people buying this course going to the same CPa’s and competing against one another. I like the fact you mentioned some honest points. Nice to see that. http://www.thetruthonmlm.com
I think Charles Heflin said it best (See post above)
Al
Eric, certainly appreciate the honest review. When I hear “arbitrage” I automatically think of Alex Goad and Google Payload which was the biggest unsupported pile of crap ever pushed, but at least I got a refund on that.
As others have mentioned, it almost goes without saying that you are going to have to bankroll a sizeable chunk of this yourself for at least 90 days, and I venture to say there are *zero* newbies who could do that and perhaps not even a lot of veteran IM’ers who could or would be willing to take that kind of risk.
Very insightful comments from Charles above, and I think he nailed it — introducting this many new people to the same technique is going to reduce the revenues of an adsense click on a baloney ad.
I might be kicking myself a year from now by not jumping onboard, but at least I won’t be staring into a blank wallet AND kicking myself if I *do* jump onboard right now.
I have to agree with Charles.
The only reason why this technique is being released after the creator has milked it for millions is that it’s no longer profitable to continue doing it.
Think of all the Big Ticket $1497+ packages that have been released during the past few years (Around this same time.) How many people can say that the idea worked or continues to work for them to this day?
There’s no way someone who claims to be making over $100k a day from PPC marketing would ever release those details, I don’t care how nice of a guy he is.
The economy right now stinks. People are loosing their jobs left and right. I think it is in mighty poor taste to be releasing a product at this price now. It will do nothing but get a whole lot of people who don’t have the money to go for a dream of fortune, only to be disappointed down the road.
I myself will be making a SPAM filter for my Gmail account to delete all email with the text (Arbitrage Conspiracy) anywhere in the subject or body, so I don’t even have to see the flood of promotions from gurus who are only out to make a quick $497 or more in commission.
Thanks Eric for allowing me to vent.
Once again, Eric, you’ve fooled people. Well, the gullible ones at least. Everyone wants to make lots money, and without real work. Actually, I’ll correct myself. They think that buying all these ‘products’ and ‘services’ and following the half-*ssed guidelines is work.
You’ve got a giant mailing list and a large following of blog readers, perfect patsies to exploit. You’ve done it time and again and I see them thanking you in the comments. Apparently there is no shortage of lazy people looking to get rich. No doubt many of them are probably people just trying to get ahead, and as a result are ripe for the exploitation you and your friends put them through on a regular basis.
And for the people who are going to rip this post – which he will post because he is secure enough to have people disagree with him publicly – how many ebooks, seminars, products and services have you all bought in the last year or two? How much has you spent on these various programs? Honestly now, have any of them worked? Have you earned more than you’ve put out? For most of you, the answers will not be the ones you’d like them to be.
Thanks for your honesty. Much appreciated from a “newbie”.
Thanks for your honest assessment, Eric.
I listened to the call as well, and although it was highly
touted as being a content rich call that one should take
copious notes from, I heard very little that could be truly
considered valuable content or insights that could be put
into action.
Honestly, I observed it as another incestuous round of
mutual admiration and puffery from the biggest affiliates
that stand to profit handsomely by funneling their lists
into the deal.
The questions were mostly lobbed softballs, and most of
the time Aymen’s answers were very vague or redirected
to something mildly related to the question, with no real
useful specifics being offered.
I do believe Aymen has plenty to share and teach, and I
also believe very few people will actually be able to put
the info into action and create anywhere near the same
level of results.
I hope more people who do acquire the product are able
to make it work than what I’m imagining.
@MichaelMillman ~ Twitter
Hi Eric,
Thanks for being outright blunt. Truly appreciated. I will buy through your link if the starting fees is 50$ (same what aymen started with). Ha just joking.
Thanks Eric,
Warm Regards
Charles.
By the way, bringing ‘christianity’ into this is just nasty and disgusting. This sort of scamming and scam bait is called AFFINITY FRAUD. I know you profess being a really great christian and all, and now you’ve mentioned this about these people, but you don’t know the first thing about being a good one because good people don’t rip off other people no matter what their religion is, or if they don’t have one at all. Stop handing out koolaid and start the new year by NOT continuing with your scamming and fraudulent behaviour.
Eric, nothing against you, but something about this launch just doesn’t smell right.
If I were making 100K a day (over $36 million a year), I’d keep that to myself and a few friends. I certainly wouldn’t sell it for relative peanuts and create competition for myself.
Come on, $36 million is NBA star income.
Even if they make $3 million from this launch (which I doubt after paying commissions), that’s only a month’s current income to them.
Why go to the trouble of making a product about it?
And why aren’t some of those gurus paying them off to keep the secrets within the group?
When was the last time that gang got together because they wanted to help us out? Please.
Either the 100K figure is exaggerated, or they are leaving things out of the course to minimize competition, or they found something else even more lucrative to move on to once their students flood into this.
I sat through the whole call and did not hear much actual info being given.
I was able to get in on the call, actually I am still listening. While I am very interested, I do wish that the calls and webinars such as this, which are essentially promotional only, could be shortened.
My time is limited as it is. I have to squeeze in any available time after my full-time job to try to learn and work on this online venture I so want to succeed at. Therefore, a two hour promotional call essentially steals valuable time away from me.
I do not mean to sound harsh or unappreciative, but it is now time for me to turn in for the night in order to get up for my day job tomorrow, and I was not able to accomplish any of the tasks I had planned because the call took twice as long as expected.
I apologize for my rambling, but I am tired, stressed, and only ask that those who have already become a success would take into consideration that not all of us have an independent or flexible schedule. Essentially, my time belongs to someone else, but hopefully not for too much longer.
Again, I do appreciate the help and information. I just think it could have been condensed a little better.
Have a good evening,
Dale
P.S. This was not directed at you, Eric. 🙂
Hi,
Two salesmen were sent to the Congo to sell shoes. One came back and said, “there’s no market for shoes here – the people are all barefoot there.”
The next guy comes back and says, “Wow! What a market…we can sell shoes to almost everyone…cause nobody’s got shoes there!”
I think it’s important to check things out before jumping in. At the same time – selling something short as a result of fear or whatever ain’t that brilliant either. I don’t know at this point whether this Arbitrage thing is right for me – but if they offer a guarantee I think I’d like to see what I can do with it.
Seems like there will be a lot of
product sales, but what amount of support
will be offered? Enjoy all you comments.
Eric,
Thanks for coming clean on who this is made for, and for offering a bonus for our launch.
Cheers,
Jack Sinclair
Hi Eric,
You are one of the very few, and maybe the only, Internet marketer I trust. Thanks for the helpful review.
Erv
From what you are saying, this is another chance for those already making money to make more money, and those who are trying to get started will not benefit. I am sick of that modus operandi. It seems the gurus are greedy with a motto of “more money”, and “giving back” means selling secrets at a high price to those who can afford it. This review and the comments are discouraging.
hey Eric thanks again for yet again another great review! I just got finished listening to the call and I can say it was probably a great waste of time to listen to all of these gurus hype up this product and product launch, and yet the calling of life for Aymen is to give back, but yet the price is in the thousands! My belief is that if they truly wanted to give back they would not price the course so high! AS MY BELIEF IS THAT WHEN AYMEN STARTED HE USED HIS LAST $50 and had his father buy his computer with 3 months of his salary!
I apologize if this seems a little skeptical but I couldn’t be farther from the truth to say that people who put together launches like this make me sick! I myself have spent thousands on sales materials and informational material to help myself to make more money! And some have worked and some have not, but to justify these prices are just ridiculous!
Especially living in these times of economic stress in a global economic depression or recession.
My hopes are that someone with integrity will come forward and learn these strategies that are making mr. Aymen 50k a day and design a newbie course that is not priced so highly so those who are not so successful can profit as well!
Thanks once again for your great review!
There is plenty of room on the internet for everybody in EVERY arena….the net is still in its’ infancy! Saturation is at least a couple hundred years off yet!
I sell WOOD on the internet…Imagine….WOOD!
Full time! A few short years ago, we were desperate. Our salesperson/partner had left, taking his contact/customer list with him. He wasn’t doing anything wrong. It was his list. We had an argument, he decided to leave. (He was our entire sales dept, my wife and I were the labour end of things…big outfit huh!:-)
We were going under. FAST. We had major overhead…sawmill and shop equipment loans, mortgages etc.
One evening my wife stumbled over this beautiful guitar blank we had leaning against the wall in our home office for about the 20th time. She decided that was enough… she was going to put that blank on Ebay. I laughed at her! (We had never bought OR sold ANYTHING online before.) When that curly maple guitar blank sold as fast as it did for as much as it did…..we never looked back! We started listing our wood like crazy!
Profitable on the net from DAY ONE, six years ago! Yet, seven years ago, if someone had told me I could sell wood on the internet, I would have called them crazy and had the men in white coats take them away (For their own safety of course! 🙂
The internet has levelled the marketplace. A few short years ago, only the biggest players with huge budgets could have a global presence, via prohibitively expensive media such as T.V and print.
Today the little Mom and Pop shop, (or even just Mom or just Pop!) can have that same global presence.
And even the big players want or help! (To get traffic for them!)
Anyway, I digress…as USUAL! Love hearing my self type! LOL. Hey Eric…please tell me who cuts your hair. (I just want to make sure I don’t go there by accident! LOL!)
Mike
good evening to all, As usual I was at work today, in the call center that I work in doing the best I could to read the arbitrage pdf doc I received earlier. I an not exactly a newbie to ppc having gotten google slapped on a product launch of google ambush, and to me the report seems to have alot to offer, as a different tactic to make some serious cash. Of course when the product rolls out of the lab, they all have a great deal of hook and promise. I am intrigued that this way of making money is available. I have been scouring the internet and getting so much information on ways to turn a profit. I just want to find one thing that I can focus on that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg to work at.
I didn’t mention it until now but at the time of my lunch break my boss told me to come in to a meeting with the other big boss. to make a long story short today was probably my last day. Ouch that rally hurts. I have 3 kids and by 9 month old baby is in the hospital in Phoenix awaiting heart surgery on the 17 th.
I look at this as a timing issue and hopefully I can rise above this adversity. I don’t want another damn job, I want to make a living on the internet, I see others doing it and I have tried to promote the big boys affiliate products only to notice that I didn’t get 1 conversion off of their own landing page which they provided for the affiliates. I guess it was the luck of the draw. I had a # 3 adwords ad and had over 90 clicks in 2 days. So now I am working on the free traffic thing.
Times are desperate, and I don’t have alot of cash to go plunking down on either so I guess I will do the poor mans version of working to get traffic happening on squidoo and the like. Also , I have heard that using article submission to the like of 4000 directories increases the backlinks and increases your google ranking as well. anyone who could confirm that I would appreciate hearing any confirmations. Wish me luck on being able to earn a living here. Thanks for the time, happy holidays. Robert http://www.squidoo.com/christmasbargains
Hello Eric,
My concern is that people that really can’t afford it will think this is easy money. Like so many programs this takes a level of effort and dedication. How many people buy into “Stuff” and never get past the initial step for what ever reason. You have made an honest assessment… this isn’t for everyone!
Hi Eric
I read your Arbitrage review. I so appreciate your honesty and saving me from mistakes I can’t afford in the past. I’ve wasted so much scraped up cash on products that after you buy them end up being PPC or something else I did not want to get involved in. No way to tell until you’ve coughed up the dough and that’s so not fair. I’ve had to weigh 2-3 products against what they say in the copy letter and it’s a gamble really. You don’t know what you’re getting until AFTER you’ve spent your hard earned cash. Not like regular shopping at all and so unfair when you’re trying to learn something. I really trust you because you are honest- the real reason to trust people.
Question#1:Is it possible you could give us on your list a minicourse or at least a few tips for how to make something modest like $1000 a week using arbitrage whatever that is?
Question #2:CPA: Could you tell us how to use it in a simple way where we could really get some cash? I know what it is but not how to get it on my website even though I FINALLY got approved by a company! Can’t figure it out. Company said they don’t want to be bothered telling people how. To get accepted I had to lie and say, of course I know how to do it.
Thanks for your tips. Marianna
I’ve been following the Arbitrage Conspiracy Report and listened in on the phone call tonight and I couldn’t help but think to myself ” I wonder what Eric’s opinion is on this?” Just then I went to my e-mail and there it was, perfect timing! an e-mail from Eric’s Tip’s, saying, “Arbitrage Conspiracy: my review of the good and bad”. Great! I can wait to read this, and I’m sure it’s going to be good and it was, I don’t know too much about this, only what I read and listened to so far, but my thoughts were pretty close to accurate. This is not going to be easy for the beginner. Now I have about a years worth of experience with PPC. I use adwords to bring traffic to my Paintball Website http://www.paintballbuynow.com hope you don’t mind the plug. But what I’m afraid of is my lack of experience in all the other phases of internet marketing. The only experience I have is what I’m learning right now from Eric’s Tips, which is great but I still have a whole lot to learn and It seems like every time I learn something new, I realize that I know so little and this is going to be a challenge. Well, I like a good challenge, especially if it pays off, from my experiences it’s the challenging times that build character and wisdom. I would love to make $100k in one day but if I think it’s going to happen tonight or tomorrow or even next week and it doesn’t! well, you get the picture. Time, knowledge, research, learn how to do what ever it is you want to do well. Then maybe you can profit from it or make a nice living or maybe even hit the jack pot a few times. My modo has always been “Ever Give Up”. Thanks for all your help Eric.
Never Give Up! sorry
Eric,
The PCA stuff sounds good. I have applied to several of the CPA Networks and they seem to only look for one thing. They want someone with a proven PPC business, a website with 3k in traffic or higher. They don’t seem to grasp the idea of using PPC and landing pages. Any advice to get started on a shoestring?
Roy
Hi Eric,
I listened to the thing tonight – waste of my time; essentially it was a bunch of gurus saying hi to Aymen and thanking him while he mentioned a few general points and concepts.
As to why Aymen is divulging these valued strategies – well, perhaps he has little future need armitraging in this increasingly saturated market, especially since he is going to be a CPA network with his army of newly indoctrinated, efficient, and loyal affiliates that he will have trained.
Also, 12 weeks for the course? This must be a very complex and elaborate system.
Unfortunately, I’m feeling less enthusiased.
Yes, you would need to bankroll your own PPC campaigns (on a credit card) unless you have someone else paying for it. But it IS possible to start small and SCALE it. Remember, that’s part of the 3 step formula I learned from Kris Jones:
1) find something that works
2) replicate it
3) scale it
You don’t jump to step 2 and 3 until you’re making money. In other words, you’re not going to start spending $100k a day on clicks as a newbie. Maybe you would start with $10/day or $100/day, and when you make that profitable you scale it to the next step up.
So I just want to clarify that it is possible to start small. But you do need to be willing to risk a little capital to learn how to make a campaign profitable, and then you need to be willing to risk successively more as you move up the rungs. But as you spend more with this system, your risk actually decreases, because the campaign is proven before you start putting a lot of money into it.
This course is best suited for anyone who understands the above concept.
With all due respect Kenneth, I don’t think that’s the case this time. You can question their motives all you want, that’s fine. I knew it would be a sore spot, which is why I addressed it in the review. But their business is NOT dying currently. It’s thriving and growing.
I can guarantee you Jaisne that I will make LESS commissions than my peers who don’t offer any criticism of the product. I wrote what I feel is a fair review, with the best interest of my readers in mind. Like I said, those who are looking for the lazy method (24 hours, no website) should not buy this course.
Those who take their business seriously can profit from it. The methods are real, and some people will profit from buying the course. Sure, some people won’t profit from it… but some will. I have NEVER seen a PPC course of this caliber, and it will revolutionize some peoples’ businesses.
I was not on the call, but I assumed it would be a pitch fest, which is why I didn’t mention it in my email. But just because they are pitching it with hype doesn’t mean the course itself is bad.
I assure you Aymen does have plenty to share and teach.
I agree with your hope that the people who buy this course will follow through and put it into action. The same can be said about virtually all “make money” infoproducts.
Again I believe it is most suitable for those who understand PPC… and I’ll add to that:
Those who have a decent technical aptitude will also be at a great advantage. In other words, if you’re comfortable with online research tools and marketing software/scripts, you stand a better chance of truly thriving with their methods.
Good info Eric.
I’m have a couple of questions though.
1. A while back you told everyone that you weren’t going to be doing ANY MORE product promos right? And..
2. You also said at the same time that you WERE going to be creating a bunch of training videos?
So then why is it that you ARE doing product promotions and NOT doing the vids?
I’ve been a subscriber of yours for a long time and have purchased products from you, AND I also referred clients and friends. But I’m sorry to say that I don’t do it anymore Eric, and I’m canceling my subscription as well. Why? Because you don’t walk your talk.
Sincerely,
John Michael Christian
Hi Bro,
What will you recommend regarding an intro to PPC for a newbie to get the full grasp of the PPC mechanism and how it works before jumping into this Arbitrage thing?
Your HONEST opinion and recommendation always worth more than GOLD to me.
Thanks and continue to stay Blessed in Him.
Love to the family.
Alexander
Montgomery County, MD
Jaisne, who’s drinking the koolaid? I happen to know that there is a fairly big contingency of Christians on my list who are keenly interested in running their businesses with integrity. I also know that not everyone share’s my beliefs, which is why I rarely make faith-based matters the focus of my newsletter. And in this case, I merely mentioned it briefly. And I only mentioned it because I was sincerely impressed with this man’s faith who I met. My brother in law was with me at the event, and he can attest to the fact that I went back to my seat after talking to this man and we talked about how cool this guy’s integrity was. I could give very specific examples, but I will respect his privacy.
The makers of the course are obviously not touting it in any religious way, and neither am I. But I am very concerned about the ability to use cutting edge tactics with integrity, as I know some of my readers are concerned about it. I am pretty much 100% sure that nobody is going to buy the course just because I mentioned a Christian in my review.
I don’t mind criticism, but calling me fraud is over the line. If you think I’m a scammer, by all means don’t read my newsletter.
I know what affinity fraud is, and I’ve been a victim of “Christian” scam artists. But just because scam artists abound that doesn’t mean we should keep our faith out of the marketplace.
If I were Aymen, I probably wouldn’t bother teaching it. But then again, I do make good money on the internet, and I spend a considerable amount of time teaching it… mostly for free!
So again, we can question the motives all we want, but that doesn’t negate the validity of the methods.
And as I mentioned in the review… Aymen has admitted an additional ulterior motive: he’s starting a CPA network. Can he make more money with an army of super affiliates using his methods and him taking a small cut? Probably.
I also think that most of my readers are vastly underestimating the sizeof the worldwide CPA business.
I heard about one CPA network that has thousands of affiliates making over $100k/year. And that’s just one network.
I don’t think a couple thousand new players are not going to saturate this business. In spite of the economy, the internet and its reach are only growing.