Hey guys,
My team has just finished the final stages of what we’ve dubbed the “Affiliate Genie”.
And if building professional affiliate sites that actually sell (and look awesome) is something that maybe isn’t your “forte” - then check this out…
This is like Wordpress for affiliates. It rocks.
By the way, you can check out a fully functional demo of the tool in action at AffGenie.com
This is going to be a flagship product over at AffiliateArmory - and we’re also releasing it as a standalone product in a week or so.
Like what you see?
Have a comment or a question?
Leave a comment below…
Cheers - and stay tuned.
-Chris
96 responses so far ↓
1 admin // Oct 20, 2009 at 2:48 am
Btw… for some reason my blog wouldn’t let me embed the YouTube video directly into the post… hence the video link.
Anyway, if you haven’t yet - go and check out the live demo site at http://www.affgenie.com to get a feel for how these sites look.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask below and I’ll get to them as quickly as I can…
Cheers
-Chris
2 Rob // Oct 20, 2009 at 6:12 am
What is the cost structure going to be ?
3 Alex Miller // Oct 20, 2009 at 6:42 am
Hey Chris,
Looks really awesome - quick question, if I bought this I would want to transfer content from my current sites to this theme - can I set the pagenames - i.e. if i have a product x review can i upload the content to this new theme and keep the same URL’s? Can they be .php too?
Also, can you install ping apps to help your site get spidered when you upload new content? Just thinking about basic wordpress stuff really…
Thanks,
Alex
4 Gil // Oct 20, 2009 at 6:43 am
Thanks Chris I’m always interested in what you have to offer. I’ll take a look.
Is this just type of website design other than the original TLM ebook style, or the newer conduit style?
How does it compare between the 3 and how are your new Genie sites doing?
Thanks,
Gil
5 Mandie Milano // Oct 20, 2009 at 6:50 am
I like it! Looking forward to seeing the price structure also. I can see converting all my half-baked wordpress sites over to these with out any problem. Thanks Chris
6 Michael Podgoetsky // Oct 20, 2009 at 6:54 am
Chris that looks great. Can you get into more explanation of an affiliate offer, including pictures and articles. The way you see the finished site should look like, please.
thanks
Michael.
7 Danny // Oct 20, 2009 at 6:55 am
Hi,
Besides a contact page can affiliate genie add opt in? Both for paid and free php autoresponders?
I hope that it would be affordable to rub the genie’s lamp.
8 Ron // Oct 20, 2009 at 6:56 am
Looks really cool and my mind is already spinning with the possibilities .
Blogs are great but it would be nice to have an alternative , especially an easy one .
I do have one question though , is there a way to make the comments do-follow or at least clickable ? That is a major attraction for getting people to comment.
9 Jon // Oct 20, 2009 at 6:58 am
Quick sanity check..in your Conduit Method book you made the featured offer in white and the reviews in an off-white color. On these sites it’s the opposite or is that one of the things you can change?
Looks good though, I was on the verge of getting your templates offering…now I’ve got a choice to make!
10 Mark Schrag // Oct 20, 2009 at 7:07 am
What a great product. Really simplifies making a website. Looking forward to the release!
11 Susan // Oct 20, 2009 at 7:31 am
Great stuff Chris
I so much want to know about using CAPTHA on the comment or contact form section.
I like the clean look and the fact that we dont need a database to run it. Currently my one page wordpress sales pages still require a database and I find that’s time consuming so this will help.
I’ll look out for the launch
12 Evden Eve // Oct 20, 2009 at 7:33 am
Hi .. Blogs are great but it would be nice to have an alternative , especially an easy one …
13 al-odoms // Oct 20, 2009 at 7:37 am
Great looking product and simple to use waiting for release.
I hope it is affordable for newbies.
14 Tom // Oct 20, 2009 at 7:37 am
Chris,
I get that you’re marketing this as an affilia\te marketer’s dream, which I agree it is. What I want to know is:
1. Will it be possible to have the Feature Promo Area (above-the-fold offer) display on selected pages only - so that i can have some pages that are pure content?
2. Amy limit to the number of pages in the site?
You can tell I’d hope to use Genie to build some authority sites - but let me know if Genie isn’t the best tool for this.
You tha man Chris,
Tom
15 Knilles // Oct 20, 2009 at 7:42 am
The product looks awesome, but can you give us (an estimation of) the price too?
Is the product one template or will there be a monthly subscription?
16 johnpea // Oct 20, 2009 at 7:53 am
yeah, it look great - can you get to the html code do do a bit of tweaking if necessary?
Don’t make it too pricey eh? I’m already on my uppers…
17 Currency Trading // Oct 20, 2009 at 7:53 am
never mind videos - show us a built site
let’s see a site so we can check out the page linking, source code, content, etc.
18 rocket // Oct 20, 2009 at 7:57 am
Looks very simple. Will there be facility for add ons? Such as for SEO etc, as in plug ins?
19 stephan // Oct 20, 2009 at 7:58 am
Looks really cool but an affiliate link cloaker is a must .
20 Matjaz // Oct 20, 2009 at 8:02 am
What the price will be?
21 Anthony // Oct 20, 2009 at 8:20 am
Looks cool buddy. Will you have cloaking to the affiliate link?
22 Joseph // Oct 20, 2009 at 8:23 am
Hey Chris, Looks awesome! I’m looking forward to the release so I can try it out.
23 Nic // Oct 20, 2009 at 8:25 am
One note - I love the “FTC-friendly” compensation disclaimer at the bottom. Nice touch.
24 Al // Oct 20, 2009 at 8:27 am
So the point of “genie” is to make the production of a website even easier than using Wordpress?
Long time ago I remember buying xsitepro - supposed to make things easier for affiliates. In fact it made things harder in my opinion!!
Having panels built in for site policy statements is very neat.
I think from the little I’ve seen in the video it looks a little too oriented for review sites to be a “must have” for all affiliates.
I’d like to be able to create themed sites of say 30 pages or more arranged in categories.
I can also imagine lots of affiliated wanting to use this for adsense sites….
Lots of possibilities Chris!
25 Dave // Oct 20, 2009 at 8:57 am
I’m a bit confused. Is the header always to be the Affiliate Genie header, with the product in a secondary position below? I don’t see how that serves the product affiliate very well. The 3-second glance that visitors typically give a site would indicate it’s a site that is promoting Affiliate Genie (which I guess maybe it is).
26 Alex Miller // Oct 20, 2009 at 8:57 am
Also, can you easily change the header by dropping in a new image?
Thanks,
Alex
27 Tank Johnson // Oct 20, 2009 at 9:14 am
Hi Chris,
This looks like something that should be beta tested by a complete novice at internet marketing… I know just the person - ME
Seriously, looks a great way of creating review sites… will it work on Subdomains?
What is the fee?
Regards
Nick
28 tony // Oct 20, 2009 at 9:36 am
whats the difference with this and xsite pro?
can you add video to those pages?
is it just reviews or can you do IPK type formats?t
29 Patrick Shelley // Oct 20, 2009 at 9:45 am
Chris looks great!
1. Could you maybe show us a published site and using a tool like Quirk search ect.. to show us how the Meta tags, keyword densities, H1, H2, and H3’s will look? As you know it’s worthless if you cant get it to rank.
2. Could you give a really easy way to insert adsense, adzoogle blocks? Especially in the upper left corner block where the hot zone is for eye travel. I want to see more ways to monetize this thing in a big way.
3. Can you demonstrate it’s versatility for other monetized sites other than just review sites?
Thanks, I appreciate it.
Patrick
30 raymond // Oct 20, 2009 at 9:46 am
Let’s be honest here!
It will be a great money maker for the team who built it, I wish I would have thought of it. My hat is off to the creative thinking on your part.
Ease of use - definately but is that good?
Problems I see:
#1 One page landing sites are not allowed to be advertised with google ads anymore, google is looking for content rich sites now. So how are you going to market your new site….
Wait I have an idea backlinks… so now you can spend hours looking for and making back links instead of makeing a true website - good idea - not
#2- how are you going to get your new site ( I mean landing page) to out rank an “aged” content rich site - if you figure that out I will pay thousands. And don’t tell me you already do or have… I will do a google search on any subject you want and the sites on the first 3 pages are all content rich (I will bet my entire inventory of websites on it!) after page 3 of serps I can care less!
#3 The public doesn’t buy off review sites like they use to. Yes review sites still work and yes I still use them, but they do not have the same punch as they did just 1 year ago. You must really now what market is hot, and are trying to catch the public in that nitche before the enthusism fades. Not really for the beginner.
#4 If you can not make a simple one page landing site in 30 mins or less then you really should learn the basics before you attempt to enter into the highly competive field of affilate marketing.
I wonder if anyone ever will make a product for the new guy/gal starting out. Something that really teaches them how it is all done. I started one once then about half way through I started to think about the amount of money I spent learning what I know, unless someone is willing to pay $600 for a true class on marketing, probally not you will be left with useless information. Face it we don’t want to have the competion, and we don’t want to give away the information that cost us thounsands to learn for 29.99
If your seasoned at makeing sites, you won’t look at this product twice, if you just can’t wait to jump into affilate marketing don’t spend more than 25-30 dollors on this product.
Better yet send me $5, I will give you nothing in return (just like this will) and save you hours of time and hundreds in wasted advertising money.
Joomla - Because Open Source Matters
31 Rick // Oct 20, 2009 at 9:48 am
Hi Chris,
I was wondering if this can be used for creating a small local trade type website for people like plumbers, builders etc to promote their services and have the added bonus to get their past clients to give them recommend scores on the work they have carried out?
32 Nnamdi Iregbulem // Oct 20, 2009 at 9:48 am
Chris, Twitter is missing from the links below posts for “Sharing this page”.
Also,
The site builder seems to be very conduit-site oriented. Would the builder work fine if we were just making a content site with an affiliate promotion in that top area?
For example, the title of the home page is “Home report by Affiliate Genie”. Can we control page titles so that it is just the title of the page article or a keyword etc.?
Thanks,
Nnamdi
33 Jenny // Oct 20, 2009 at 10:05 am
This genie is sweet. I have been using both XsitePro and Wordpress for most of my sites for a while and I’m certainly looking to get my hands on this genie to start test promote some affiliate products before Christmas.
Excellent software, Chris…
34 Hostmonster Review // Oct 20, 2009 at 10:09 am
Chris. The resulting site looks hideous.
35 matt // Oct 20, 2009 at 10:12 am
The links that you put on the site are not clickable/active. Will this be corrected?
36 Forex Trading Robots // Oct 20, 2009 at 10:15 am
This system looks awesome! It is very similar to wordpress yet it seems to be much easier to navigate.
Is it possible to change the color of the header and really make it unique?
I was also wondering if the Affiliate Genie symbol is a permanent part of the site?
37 jeremy // Oct 20, 2009 at 10:20 am
Can you approve and disapprove comments, hope we can also add an opt-in. Hope it is a one-time fee.
My suggestion is you buy one license to make one site. If you want to make another site you buy another license.
Hope there are different variations.
This is great Chris.
38 marketing web site // Oct 20, 2009 at 10:21 am
Hi Chris,
This are review sites, but you have also how-to sites working very well, so tat could be an idea for another theme
I am very glad to hear this is part of the Affiliate Intelligence program and also sold as stand alone. I would make this stand alone real cheap, so to attrack as many affiliates in your funnel as possible - after all Wordpress is free.
Question and absolutly needed feature: cloaking from the affiliate link inside the program and choosing of the page title like in the cloacking site http://offto.net/htmlredirect that I use and has the advantage to be indexed well with Yahoo (not Google)
I would prefer that people can also add name and email to be able to be in touch.
More ideas:
Add a way for people to become members of the site, so that the owner can grow a list, and include an easy html mailer that can only be used by the owner of the site inside the site
Are you sure the javascript will be indexed by Google?
problems with rss feed , old post remain - ugly 401 page : http://www.affgenie.com/rss.xml
make it easy 401 pages rewrite with your own links
More idea’s: Easy left or right column.
Flagship product placement, above or below the page or in the sidebar
It should be possible to add a clickable image from the product near the rating logo of the product and with a clickable text VISIT “Affiliate product” SITE going to the cloacked link part of the site that would lok like e.g. :
http://www.affgenie.com/visit.php?p=lazy_marketer/affiliate_genie
well hope you enjoy my feedback, but maybe adding those features would again make the site to complicated
David
39 jeremy // Oct 20, 2009 at 10:25 am
Also an installation service may be helpful for some, or at least an installation how-to video.
40 socks // Oct 20, 2009 at 10:27 am
Looks great!
It will be great if there is a dynamic keyword landing page creator included in it for ppc.
41 Rick G // Oct 20, 2009 at 10:27 am
I really like what youve created. I need something this powerful and simple so that I can “quickly” set up offers. When will it be available because I need it now…………
RG
42 jeremy // Oct 20, 2009 at 10:37 am
whoa sorry the 3rd post read some of the features on affgenie site, my questions were answered
dam Chris, this thing rocks, rrs feed and pinging,
very cool
I know you don’t like adsense, but could you add a template for adsense, with adsense 336×280 in the upper left, like profitloophole
template, also with comments, that would rock.
Can you use this for large sites, or is there a limit to how big your site can be.
43 Paul // Oct 20, 2009 at 10:51 am
Will this be a monthly subscription or a one time purchase?
44 Rob 'the Genie' Toth // Oct 20, 2009 at 10:52 am
Chris,
So let me get this right… there’s not only a new Genie on the scene, but this one is from my old hometown of Kelowna?
We may have to battle it out on some high plains, with wands and magic carpet rides.
Best of success with AffGenie -
Get in touch once it’s ready to launch… happy to dig into it further and consider it for my subscribers.
Rob ‘the OTHER Genie’ Toth
http://www.RobToth.com
45 Authority Shortcut // Oct 20, 2009 at 11:08 am
Looks like kubrick, default theme. I’m not seeing how this could be any quicker than Wordpress via fantastico. I’m wondering if you would like to include some default CSS (like for headings “Who else wants to…) for sales letters. How about a system to steal comments from other places like yahoo answers etc.
The idea is looking good for CPA warm-ups using paid traffic.
46 Jean Meyer // Oct 20, 2009 at 11:16 am
Chris,
This looks very interesting but I don’t see where you can put an optin form in. Where are the list building capabilities?
Thanks,
Jean
47 Patrick Shelley // Oct 20, 2009 at 11:46 am
Hi, after thinking about it, I realize for this type of an app you can’t make this all things to all people.
So, maybe it’s not an adsense site or a 100+ pager.
BUT!!! can you put all your efforts into every SEO ranking feature possible?
And since you compare this to wordpress how well will this rank VS a blog?
Because at the end of the day, if I’m not on page one nothing else matters.
Patrick
48 G. the Wealthy Affiliate // Oct 20, 2009 at 11:53 am
Hey Cris
I’m not really sure if I got it.
Why making a different platform if WP works just AWESOME for SEO ?
Or is this on WP platform ?
After a lot of searching I finally found a WP theme which is super easy to use and I guess I will stick to it as it’s proven to get a good ranking.
Or maybe I just need more information about this Genie here ?
G.
49 Blitzo // Oct 20, 2009 at 11:54 am
Great stuff. Wish you released it earlier so I didnt create my own lol. However, how easily modifiable are the site templates? I would like to be able to customize the design. This definitely has a lot of potential for all of your customers. Definitely anyone that wants to implement your conduit method.
Btw when are you updating Affiliate Intel? I still am not able to fully utilize the information without a more user friendly way to work with the data. Also are their any updates to Affiliate Intel?
50 Sco Riggs // Oct 20, 2009 at 12:02 pm
Chris,
Very cool concept / product. Will we be able to add content pages (articles etc.) to enhance seo?
51 Mel // Oct 20, 2009 at 12:18 pm
Watched the video. Like the sound of AffGenie. I too was a user of XSitePro who found that whilst it is a useful resource, it could be quite an involved process to make the most of it from an affiliate point of view. Have since moved on to WordPress which I find great, but sometimes overwhelming in terms of plugins, themes, etc, to make the most out of it. Looking forward to seeing how things shape up with AffGenie.
52 G. the Wealthy Affiliate // Oct 20, 2009 at 12:32 pm
Cris
I took a second look at the video and think I could see now the idea behind this.
It’s a HTML site which has a look like WP, just easier to use and really review style. Great.
The only problems I see with this are
- You can’t use this for existing Sites/Blog’s unless you are going to copy and paste your entire content from A to B. Very unlike that I will do this.
- I see problems if your review site works in different niches at the same time as your featured product remains always the same. Example:
You have a PetReview.com domain and have always a dog related product showing up, even if your visitor goes to the fish or the cat section.
This can off course be deactivated but I think this should be possible to use Niche Relevant IMO.
Other then that I think this has great potential.
As a AA pre-launch client I guess I get this as part of the package. Can’t wait.
G.
53 Affiliate Money Producers // Oct 20, 2009 at 1:13 pm
Chris,
Looks like it will be another great tool to add to the affiliate money producing arsenal. Interesting that it does not require a database. Are there security measures built in to help protect the sites generated with Affiliate Genie?
54 Ray // Oct 20, 2009 at 1:40 pm
Hi Chris,
looks like a decent product. I may try it out when you release it.
Ray
55 Noel Ferguson // Oct 20, 2009 at 1:57 pm
Looking forward to being able to work with this - great idea. Keen to know cost and availability - plus more about the SEO related stuff - Pages Names / Titles / Descriptions and linking etc.
56 Armando Montelongo // Oct 20, 2009 at 2:42 pm
It doesn’t really look like a great converting site to me. Do you have some conversion stats for this?
57 Andre Roux // Oct 20, 2009 at 3:51 pm
Looks great, but have a few questions:
1. How SEO friendly is it? Will it ask for title, description, keyword tags, and does it create page URL’s as SEO-friendly URL’s?
2. Missed the bit about affiliate links - how do I include those?
58 Walt // Oct 20, 2009 at 4:07 pm
Interesting. I’ve often wondered how a flat-file approach would work instead of a database. I played around with Flatpress (Flat Wordpress) a bit, but it wasn’t very mature at the time. There was also something called CMSPal, but I really didn’t try it out all that much.
What it really looks like is you’ve taken a Wordpress-like system and implemented “default” functionality. It would be nice to have standard privacy policies, disclaimers, terms, etc. that could automatically load when you install Wordpress.
Some things about this product worry me - particularly, as has been pointed out - comment spam. Are there templates that can be easily tailored to our liking (so that everyone doesn’t have the default layout)? Can plugins be developed and “plugged into” the tool?
59 Magic Squares Worksheet // Oct 20, 2009 at 4:08 pm
Chris,
It looks like it should be really easy to use and should help to spit new sitse out very quickly.
I would probably be interested, depending on the cost.
I look forward to hearing more about it soon.
Best wishes,
Mark
60 Jason // Oct 20, 2009 at 5:19 pm
Chris,
Your software looks awesome and I look forward to the release!
All The Best,
Jason
61 Georjina // Oct 20, 2009 at 5:58 pm
Hi Chris,
I didn’t see where you can add pages to this? Nothing wrong per se with review sites.
But I’m wondering about long term value of only one page reviews with so many others out there that are tanking for lack of relevance.
62 Bays // Oct 20, 2009 at 6:24 pm
I want it. How much and when is it out?
63 Chuck Swope // Oct 20, 2009 at 6:57 pm
Being a complete newbie I would need explicit instructions on uploading and installing? Also can this be used for several sites promoting diff products?
64 FREE 10-page Income-producing e-book // Oct 20, 2009 at 7:32 pm
Hi Chris,
This software looks great. It is difficult to see if there are any short-comings without looking at the software personally, but it looks like it works well and does what it needs to very well.
Keep up the great work.
Barry
65 Phil // Oct 21, 2009 at 1:28 am
yeah, i guess that’s the question…your WP conduit blog vs this…so which is better?? i mean, the easiest start with SEO is always an advantage…
looks good tho’…
Phil
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67 Malcolm Cooper // Oct 21, 2009 at 5:38 am
Fantastic idea and I’m in as soon as it’s released. It would be great if it could be bulk populated using http://www.csv2post.com/
Malcolm
68 Deepak // Oct 21, 2009 at 6:50 am
I am actually wondering when you’ll finally come with some new VIP reports again. I am particurarly interested in both the link building reports.
69 Matt // Oct 21, 2009 at 10:02 am
Looks pretty cool Chris…
Well done!
70 Jim // Oct 21, 2009 at 12:54 pm
Will this be as SEO friendly as a blog? Looks good if priced right.
71 Colin // Oct 21, 2009 at 3:04 pm
Looks fantastic. If the price is right — No problems in switching over.
72 Greg // Oct 21, 2009 at 4:50 pm
@raymond
You are on the money, and where is the Lazy Marketer with an answer?
I wouldn’t sell my hard earn knowledge either, it cost me too much. Newbie’s have to learn and it is a shame it costs them (us at some point) all that time and all those products that gather dust.
Saddest part, people who believe the marketing bs that there is a “magic button” to press and whammo - a money fountain, ‘I just can’t stop it, even if I tried’ delusion.
I even feel like making a website called “magicbuttonriches.com”, drive seo traffic to it and have the landing page just a BIG RED BUTTON with a CTA “Punch this, sucker for instant riches”.
Just to see how many people would click.
Of course it would only work if it had all the required psychological checkboxes below:
1) Seen as credible
2) Promoted by a respected identity
3) MBG
4) Testimonials of outrageous success
5) Recommended by someone you trust
6) Low cost, throw away money $47 (what is it with the 7’s guys?)
You could do this and not even have to explain how the thing works, all those boxes ticked above and people are left without any excuses not to buy. Even if they know nothing about the product or how it works.
Now does the Affgenie offer all of these? Ah no. So Chris I don’t think “High Converting” is credible on this one.
One peace of the puzzle missing and no sale, or low sale.
That I can guarantee.
Greg
73 admin // Oct 21, 2009 at 5:04 pm
Greg,
What the heck are you talking about?
Aff Genie is a script that makes it easy and simple to create affiliate sites that are
1) CLEAN
2) FOCUSED
3) DISPLAY THE BEST-PERFORMING OFFER AT THE TOP FOLD OF EACH PAGE
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to ascertain that those qualities lend to conversion.
More so than using a cluttered blog script over which you have no layout control, and that were not designed for affiliates to use.
As for all the “magic button” stuff… I really fail to see what you’re getting at.
And as for raymond’s comment, I let that one pass simply because it’s humorous.
Anyone who actually MAKES MONEY in this business knows damn well that blanket assumptions like “people don’t buy from review sites anymore” are bullshit.
You’ve been reading too many newbie forums. Oh, I mean “marketing forums”.
And as for hype?
The most dangerous form of “hype” is the lies that spread from the unintentionally uninformed.
Not from the blatant loud-promise marketers (which I am not).
And raymond, maybe you should actually WATCH the video.
Affiliate Genie can build fully-scaled sites with unlimited pages.
This isn’t a one-pager review script.
It’s a total CMS for affiliates, and we’re not done yet.
My team is working on it as we speak, and I’ll be putting out some fully functional demo sites that clearly showcase this.
We’ve since added the functionality for standard article posts (not just product review style), you can control which categories the Top Offer shows for, and so on.
Anyway…
More to come.
For anyone who’s reading this and wondering about comments like Greg’s and raymond’s - and I know it’s biased to say this - but let me assure you that there is a whole world of profit out there being generated by people that don’t “know the rules”.
The “rules” about what kinds of site Google ranks.
The “rules” about what kinds of sites people buy from.
The “rules” about blogs allegedly outranking standard HTML sites (bullshit).
And so on.
Here’s a lesson I’ve learned over the years…
—————————————-
People who think things are complicated do so as a coping mechanism to justify a lack of results.
It’s an internal excuse.
A blaming mechanism.
People who “get it” realize that it’s just about ACTION and OFFERS. The more of each, of course, creates results.
That is the difference.
So beware the nay-sayers and hypemongers alike.
Instead, TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS IN THE REAL WORLD.
And the answer will be pretty apparent to you.
————————————————
-Chris
74 admin // Oct 21, 2009 at 5:23 pm
Now how ’bout this for some “real world” stuff…
Greg - you say “you wouldn’t sell your hard earned knowledge either…”
But not only do you sell exactly that (via your SEO service, Helium), you do that for OTHER PEOPLE.
Sites that, ultimately, aside from your service fees, don’t build your own business.
Which, if you ask me is not nearly as leveraged as packaging what you know and selling it in much greater quantity, and at far greater profits, than offering a service.
And yet you think that the “high road” is that hard-earned knowledge should not be sold.
When in fact - that’s the SMART road.
(I could be building people’s affiliate sites for a fee, too, you know. But I don’t. Because it’s not a scalable business model).
Even further…
And in accordance with my philosophy that
1) If you come to MY site and attack me, you’d better be willing to get a dose of your own meds, and
2) When you position yourself as an expert - you’ve got to be prepared to back up your claims.
So with that out of the way - here’s a REAL WORLD example of why you should definitely NOT listen to everyone’s so-called “rules” as though they’re gospel truth…
* Your service, Helium, guarantees a top 10 ranking for a keyphrase in Google.
* Based on your own site, your target keyword for your domain is “Search Engine Optimisation Consultants”
* Out of even the first 1000 results in Google for that phrase, your domain isn’t even listed ONCE.
And yet here you are on my blog, telling people that my script (which makes ZERO claims, by the way, other than that it’s easy to use and uses layouts that have traditionally performed well based on the fundamentals of all advertising practices, re: top fold offers)…
…and yet, you seem to be lacking in the results department.
Grain of salt, folks.
Once again, this may be worth a read:
http://www.thelazymarketer.com/blog/2009/05/14/hype-vs-reality-be-very-careful-what-you-believe/
-Chris
P.S. Hopefully it’s becoming apparent that I’m not the kind of marketer who’s afraid of confrontation.
You can call me things.
But be aware that I might sometimes “call you back”.
75 Garth // Oct 21, 2009 at 10:43 pm
I like it! Obviously, it’s not designed to be all things to all people, but it’s a great start, which I imagine you will expand upon.
I’m more computer savvy than most - - not afraid of setting up databases and autoresponders, and tweaking html or whatever, but I’m not an expert, and it’s so freaking time consuming. It would be nice to have a clean, feature-rich, customizable template like you are offering here. If it’s not too expensive, I’ll make good use of it! It will be nice to come up with a good (properly researched) idea and actually get it live before the tedium sets in.
76 Phil // Oct 22, 2009 at 5:41 am
chris.
thanks so much for standing up for yourself and your product, and setting things straight…refreshingly blunt :-)))
one thing i have discovered about successful people is that they never seem to be negative.
on the other hand, people who are not seem to bitch and whine about ‘most anything.
i have an *expert* mate of mine who *knows everything about everything*. not very successful tho, in his internet biz…
always determine who to, and who not to, listen to…
thanks again, for your clarity.
cheers,
BATMAN
77 Greg // Oct 22, 2009 at 6:36 am
Chris,
I have taken a look at your video again and I am still not sure that I see what your forth coming product does for affiliate marketers that makes it,
“It’s as close as you’re gonna get to “rubbing a lamp” for affiliate
profits :-)”
Maybe I am jumping the gun here as I see you are still in development and I guess it might have been fairer to comment when all things are finished, but I just can’t see THAT much value in a product that still requires a whole range of puzzle pieces to fit, to make a true -
“high converting” affiliate profits tool.
I do however have to agree with your statement -
“Not from the blatant loud-promise marketers (which I am not).”
I respect your style and approach not only to your customers and prospects alike and for keeping the BS out of things. I have purchased and used many of your products and would recommend them and you to many people, like I do when I find stuff that works in all areas of life.
I even don’t mind you giving me a dose of my own meds.
1)If you come to MY site and attack me, you’d better be willing to get a dose of your own meds, and
You know, I didn’t know that I ranked so poorly for the key phrase, “search engine optimization consultants”. Thanks for pointing that out.
I have to admit to being a bit lazy too, as I am doing seo work mostly for my own affiliate promotions and reluctantly for other people’s businesses, and like the electrician’s own home, who has all the wires hanging out of wall sockets, I could and should be doing more to promote my own seo site.
I could point out that your lazymarketer.com site ranks best for “super affiliate” but you are in position 14, that is 4 down on the second page (second page only 13% of websurfers get past the first page), but I am not trying to attack your credibility based on where the search engines care to place you.
I did put up the heliumseo website only after a friends insistence that I do. If you are the lazy marketer then perhaps I am the reluctant seo consultant.
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And in keeping to your challenge to back up my claims
2)When you position yourself as an expert - you’ve got to be prepared to back up your claims.
Go to Google.com and do the following search -
trace cell number
Results 1 - 10 of about 13,000,000 for trace cell number. (0.16 seconds)
The top site on the list at number 1 on page 1 of Google, beating 13 million other pages, is one of my review sites, based around your “Conduit Method” product, namely http://www.consumer- - reports.org (yes that one was a spin off – site from the MSN Loophole product. This site currently has 984 pages indexed in Google, so no three pager here.
I can put up other search results but I don’t think this is the place to argue the point on seo.
“Which, if you ask me is not nearly as leveraged as packaging what you know and selling it in much greater quantity, and at far greater profits, than offering a service.”
Sure you are right and I have to agree with you there, I guess my comment was a knee jerk reaction to Raymond’s comment about how much effort it takes and time and money to learn all this stuff, and the fact that for some strange reason I have had a flood of blatant “buy my product and it will give you instant riches” hit my inbox lately – which is my take on the “Big Red Button” comment.
I guess you don’t get those guru emails but when you are on everybody’s list…some others here may know what I mean.
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“ZERO claims, by the way, “
“High Converting…” – your opening words on the promotional video.
High converting, that is not a “zero claim” and this is my problem here, it takes more than a professional looking, easy to fire up website to make affiliate profits like a genie from a magic lamp.
I don’t want to put people off from buying your product as I see mainly good, positive comments here from folks who can use the extra help this product will provide for them, but maybe it is better to get my non-kiss-ass comment at the pre-launch than a little later when it may hurt some.
And in your own words to everyone,
“Instead, TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS IN THE REAL WORLD.
And the answer will be pretty apparent to you. “
I really can’t remember buying something from a site that looks too much like the Affgenie demo site, but hopefully when your example sites are up in the launch, that just may make my comments no longer valid.
-Greg
PS. Afraid of confrontation, I think not, it is what makes blogging such a valuable contribution to the world wild web.
G.
PPS. If I am talking BS here, I guess anyone else can comment on my thoughts here to set me straight.
G.
78 mrfun // Oct 23, 2009 at 1:05 pm
hi Chris
i watched already demo of Affiliate Genie.
that’s good stuff. i was looking for something like that.
and of course i wonna got it, so let me know when is ready.
all the best
Marcin
79 Aly the Geordie Coach // Oct 25, 2009 at 6:08 pm
Hi, I thought that the video of the product looked very interesting, would like to know a bit more, what does this offer that its main competitors do not? cheers. Aly
80 Mangopork // Oct 26, 2009 at 2:38 pm
Is it easy to change the logo or header on the site?
Can you change the color scheme & font easily?
81 Hostmonster Review // Oct 30, 2009 at 10:56 pm
Chris
I like the idea of the affiliate Genie. I have no problem customizing Wordpress, but it will be greatly appreciated if your templates bring the best conversion possible based on your experience.
Your sites that convert good look that bad?
82 Duane at Aquarium Fish Tanks // Nov 1, 2009 at 7:43 am
Hey Chris,
Simply your products and marketing information is GREAT!
I like your no-b**lsh*t approach especially towards those that think it is alright to launch a public attack when they know nothing they speak.
I LOL about Gregs so called business guaranteeing top 10 when he can not even do it for a long tail keyword of his own. Like I would be looking for his services NOT!
Anyway, simply hilarious!
The site Genie, it can be used not only to create review sites but also multiple product affiliate pages such as an affiliate site for Pink Pajama Styles?
I will definitely be using this product, it appears to be perfect and just what I need!
Thanks for the no BS approach, it is a relief to have someone like yourself that is here to actually help us others that want to remove ourselves from the Rat Race.
Thanks again!
Duane
83 UK // Nov 6, 2009 at 10:55 am
hi when is this going to be released? before Christmas I hope!
84 G. the Wealthy Affiliate // Nov 6, 2009 at 12:36 pm
Hey Chris
has been a while since you delivered a update to Affiliate Genie.
What’s your plan about releasing this baby ?
Would need it urgently :-0
G.
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86 AffiliateGuy // Nov 7, 2009 at 10:31 am
Hi Chris,
When do you plan on releasing this, and for what price? I am working on a few things on my own, but if you are releasing this soon for a reasonable price, would be interested in getting it.
Thanks.
87 The Mad Webmaster // Nov 7, 2009 at 3:07 pm
God I love the smell of a good fight in the morning.
Geez Chris, quit copying “the mad guy” (me)
There are a lot of people around who don’t walk their talk and have no idea about earning income on the web. In my 14 years online, I’ve seen a bunch of them.
There are some good comments in here that may need addressing. I’m a bit concerned about the number of competitors slapping up 1 or 2 page websites. Content really does outrank and Google is getting more and more testy about review sites.
I’m glad you mentioned that you can use this application to build content sites if you like and I completely agree with your blog vrs. html site bullshit. Blogs are dead, useless and pretty stupid in my humble opinion. I’ve got 10 websites and 1 blog and my worst website out produces 3/1 in income.
Keep on keeping on my friend and focus on the people who see the glass half full. Skip over the idiots. Now give us the rest!
“Mad Guy”
88 Terry White // Nov 7, 2009 at 4:24 pm
Hi Chris,
I think your script is a good idea.I can see the potential of using it for cpa offers & affiliate offers.Having the option to change it to a article content site is a plus.
Terry White
89 Robert // Nov 8, 2009 at 12:01 am
I will be looking for this to come out.
Robert
90 Peter // Nov 8, 2009 at 4:24 am
Is there a summary page? EG when you are reviewing several books on a similar topic, you can display them on a single page with their ratings.
Or has this been answered using jargon I don’t understand?
91 launa // Nov 9, 2009 at 2:39 pm
Like everyone else — when will it be available. I am VERY interested.
92 Dave // Nov 10, 2009 at 7:50 am
Are there plug-ins available? Otherwise, it looks great and looks easy to use!
93 Abe // Nov 12, 2009 at 11:46 am
Hi Chris,
I am checking my mail box for you e-mail and visiting your blog for updates.
Please release this baby NOOOWWW..
Sorry for yelling..can’t wait.
94 steve // Nov 17, 2009 at 3:19 pm
Chris, I use Affiliate profit pro . It’s similar to google analytics. The only requirement the software has is that the code needs to be on line one of whatever site or blog it is being used on. The code has to be before any other code or html.
Is it possible to use this software with your program? Is there a way for me to place this code on line one before anything else? Also, can you please give me a idea as to what the release date will be and how much it costs as a stand alone product? Also, can we use this software on unlimited sites.
Thanks for your time, I know your busy.
Sincerely…… Steve
95 Dan // Dec 5, 2009 at 8:43 pm
The live preview does not work on the affgenie.com landing page.
96 James Terry // Jan 22, 2010 at 6:55 am
I like what I see and have been reading the blog. Am starting to promote this affiliate gene right now… got the link of of clickbank marketplace with cloaking in place.. [recommended} …
I havent purchased it yet, (I just discovered it)
anyway would like to try it out. I like your take about the Honesty part of marketing. It is so important… I have already been taken on a couple of deals (info Products) that were just hype and gouge tactics… I hate that kind of marketing and refuse to practice it… Thanks Chris… When you get back home You may get this so hope you had a good trip. CUL JT.
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