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Before I explain the alphabet soup I want to talk about traffic.

Traffic + Conversion = $$$ in this internet marketing game we’re all in.

Most people – noobs and experienced folks alike suck at two things. Traffic… And Conversion.

Well, there’s good news. Keith Baxter’s launching Epic Traffic Systems. What’s cool here is that Keith is dumping a ton of FREE traffic getting strategies and tactics on you.

Get that? F-R-E-E. And good. There’s no affiliate link here. Just go and register and suck Keith’s brain dry taking notes. http://EpicTrafficSystems.com

We now return you to our regularly scheduled post…

In case your brain just exploded from trying to understand the acronym soup let me help…

The PI (MNS) PNK EMD report is the Profit Instruments (Micro Niche Site) Product Name Keyword Exact Match Domain report.

There, doesn’t that just clear everything up for you?

OK, one more time.

There’s a new product being released called “Profit Instruments” by a dude named Ritoban. Overall, it’s a pretty good course for the price. Not sure you need all the upsells that they’ll try and get you to bite on but the basic model and material doesn’t suck.

The promise with these Profit Instrument (PI) sites is that they are quick to set up (you can outsource all of it for literally a few bucks), there isn’t a lot of “SEO” needed, they get organic traffic, and they convert like crazy.

What’s there not to love? One problem. OK, two or so…

1. it isn’t as easy as it sounds
2. the PI course does some grey hat stuff
3. there are some important SEO and content points missing

Enter my alphabet soup report. Err, the PI (MNS) PNK EMD report.

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So I get an email from my buddy Andre about this new IM product called “Profit Instruments” the other day. Actually I got 3 emails from this.

It was a classic Andre presell sequence and was pretty damn brilliant. I bit (of course) and started poking around…

Great site. Great example of ‘free line’ content that Eben Pagan talks about so much. And most important – the whole idea of a “profit instrument” is pretty sound.

If you want my prediction — this thing will sell. Why? Couple of reasons: 1) a lot of big timers are on the JV list and the launch team is giving out TONS of cool prizes; 2) the product is GOOD. Now I also think a lot of people are going to piss on the thing, refunds will be high, and we’ll hear the usual round of “nothing new.”

Well, there really isn’t a lot “new” when you look at all the pieces. When you assemble mosaic you get a pretty nice system. Something that can work at scale.

Now, Andre pointed out some of the “shady” promotion techniques Ritoban teaches in Profit Instruments. But you don’t need that stuff.

I’d be the last guy in the planet to tell you not to mix a little gray with your white… but seriously, you don’t need it here.

The whole idea of a “Profit Instrument” is to build a 1-5 page site around a single keyword. These microniche sites are really popular today in Adsense and affiliate marketing and there are lots tools and courses out there.

I think Ritoban got some of the stuff wrong though in the launch report and videos. Well, not “wrong”… just not right.

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Here I am in the middle of gathering material for a new report and I come across a Google SERP result that includes Bing search listings! Now, Google isn’t going all TE on us – this is a very niched (and not useful without context) search… this is just funny.

p.s. “TE” for you young folks is a reference to “Traffic Equalizer” – one of the first popular page generators from the bygone era.

Let’s face it, nearly EVERYONE uses the Google keyword tool as their primary keyword research approach. And nearly every tool from Market Samurai to MicroNicheFinder gets its keyword list from Google.

After all, the data comes from Google so it has to be the best available… Right?

Well, as with most things the real answer is “it depends”. Actually the really real answer is that the Google tool is great at some things most of the time and not so great at others. It’s largely a matter of “when” not “how”.

Take Farmville.

Farmville is a huge online phenomenon for Facebook users and like Mafia Wars, Bejeweled Blitz, and other games is driving tons of people to the Facebook platform.

So if you’re a smart and enterprising internet marketer you might start thinking about taking advantage of the Farmville phenomenon and promote information products around “Farmville Secrets” and the like.

If you’re been following trends for a while you might have been doing this with World of Warcraft, Mafia Wars, and countless other games.

In fact, even a cursory glance on Clickbank indicates there is a market for Farmville information products.

Now, you can do some further analysis and maybe you’ll conclude that the market is declining or the commissions aren’t where you need them to be or lots of things. But right here, right now, there are people buying Farmville infoproducts online. So what does the Google Keyword Tool tell us about “farmville”?
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from Dave Kelley's SuperApprentice.com

This little ditty comes from Dave Kelly. Wow. And you thought *I* was harsh?

Heard of Chris Garret (@chrisgarrett on Twitter)? You should. He co-authored the Problogger course with Darren Rowse and runs the usually super-cool site ChrisG.com. Well, to make a long story short Chris emails me today saying if he had to “start all over again…” he’d use this technique as the core.

Talk to an internet marketer about traffic or buy the latest guru course and you’ll see variations on the same theme

• comment on blogs and forums
• syndicate articles on ezinearticles, etc.
• build your own network of web 2.0 properties
• yada yada yada

What next to nobody talks about is “guest posting” – yet it’s one of the THE most powerful ways to get qualified traffic, establish yourself as an authority, and get much needed SEO link juice.

That’s right – guest posting:

• establishes you and your site as an authority
• brings in pre qualified traffic that WANT to read your shit
• gives you great SEO benefit

The idea is super-simple easy-peasy. Find websites that are “known” in the niche and offer to write an article for them.

With a blog, you’re volunteering to be a “guest poster.”
With a website you’re promoting doing a “content swap.”
With a list owner you are offering them newsletter content.

Guest posting in any form is a powerful idea. But a lot of people struggle with it. It’s a lot like emails asking for a link exchange. You need to be able to persuade the owner of the blog.

And let’s face it – most people suck at persuasion.

Chris has put together this guide to guest posting. It includes a manual, mind map, and videos on how to find the right kind of authority sites, what to say, what to write, etc. Among other things it includes 19 really nice (dare I say killer? headline templates to use.

For $10 this is a steal. It crashes through any persuasion and writing blocks you have. Really good instruction, not a lot of crap.

Click Here and check out Guest Posting right now.

Some people thought the idea was lost forever. Others (like me) hoped it would stay hidden for a little longer…

Back in January 2008 Michael Campbell published an article in his newsletter called “The Secret To Top Search Engine Rankings.” The article was good and actionable – typical stuff from Michael – but the next week was when the fun started.

On February 7 2008 SEO Benefits Of “Jiggling The Web” appeared in issues #135 of Internet Marketing Secrets.

I can remember that day and that article. Within 24 hours I had 11 emails that ranged from:

Jiggling the web ?! WTF…

Why did he publish this?

OMG… this is cool

did Michael swipe your “pinging the pinger” thingy?

No – Michael didn’t swipe anything from me. I’d been telling people privately about my idea of “pinging the pinger” and it certainly looked like Michael had similar thoughts. But he developed the idea farther that I did.

The “SEO Benefits Of Jiggling The Web” article is revolutionary in a sense. If you read it, do it, and then believe it you have a problem.

You have to toss out 98% of the “conventional” wisdom the wanna-be gurus were giving…

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actual JV blog instructions for promoting the launch... (kidding)

A few months ago the world was on the brink of a global financial meltdown. We all avoided that one. Today though – at least in the US – unemployment is high, wages are down, and the real estate market is still in the tank for 99 of the top 100 cities.

People are still hurting…

And on Monday January 11 Frank Kern orchestrated a $3.5M launch in 6 hours. Three point five MILLION. Six hours.

But wait, there’s more. Steve Clayton and Tim Godfrey also launched Niche Blueprint 2.0… $300 a seat. THE SAME DAY. 2000 copies were sold.

What recession? If you ever needed to believe that people with passion or a desperate need will buy… this is it. $4M from two products. One day. In our little community. ‘Freakin amazing.

Right about now you might be saying to yourself: “who gives a shit? A – I’m not making any of that, and B – this stuff is for people with big lists…” To which I’d ask you to hold your horses for a second and keep reading. David can slay Goliath – or at least fight him to a draw.

You just have to be a little smarter.

Let’s talk about “bonuses”…

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My buddy Andre Chaperon asked me the other day if I knew about the NicheBlueprint 2.0 launch. Ummm… nope.

I’d gotten an email from Tim Godfrey to promote it but honestly hadn’t looked at it or prepared anything. Now, I know Steve Clayton and Tim Godfrey make great information products. First class shit that WAY over delivers. So this will be a great course. And complete. And affordable to most.

But what I really want to talk about is Andre…

Andre is someone you want to follow and learn (cough cough.. swipe) from. His main presell he here: http://affiliatebully.com/endorses/nicheblueprint/ but the thing that really caught my attention yesterday was the little report he put together.

One of the presell reports he put together for NicheBlueprint is a killer little Google trick you should know but probably don’t. Check it out here:

Niche Blueprint Killer Google Trick.

Oh, and yeah – I’m the Dave he refers to on the NB 2.0 presell page.

So pretty much that makes me a money sucking capitalist pig that just wants financial gain. Or something like that.

Actually, I could use to lose a few pounds and I am a capitalist. But I really do think this little Google trick is killer and after reviewing the promo copy of NB 2.0 Tim sent me I can tell you that it’s a GREAT course and the traffic & “Discovers Niches” tool is way cool.

If you’re wondering what to do next, here’s a two-step plan:

1. Click on this link –> Niche Blueprint 2.0 presell page. It’s really, really short for a presell. Swipe it and learn from it.

2. Read Andre’s little How To Discover Niches report. It’ll take you about 90 seconds. Again, it’s a presell with GREAT content. Swipe and learn.

tastey niche...

I hate forums. Why?

The suck up my time. The provide little value.

Now, this is a gross generalization. There are some GREAT forums out there…

And there’s a good chance that my hamburger is your filet (and vice-versa). That’s cool.

So you know with a lead in like this I have a little story about being in a forum… Actually, I was trolling the Nanobloggers forum and came across some folks that were talking about finding a niche. And unable to keep my mouth shut I decided to insert my foot and start speaking.

Here’s what a nice guy wrote originally…

I think finding a niche is the hardest part of all.  It’s a huge decision because you’re about to dedicate a good portion of your life promoting the niche, so you’d better pick a good one.  I spent 5 hours yesterday doing market research and finally decided on exercise regimens.  I just needed to pick something because I wasn’t going anywhere.

And here’s my “Dave in dick mode” reply:

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