The eagerly awaited launch
of Google Cash Detective has been and gone. At 12 o’clock noon US
Central Time on 4 June, affiliate marketers waited in front of screens
all around the world on the very edge of their seats. With beating
hearts and credit cards in hand they waited for the Google Cash
Detective order page to appear.
Google Cash Detective is
the new PPC monitoring software that promises to help you get ahead at
affiliate marketing. And you just have to watch the demonstration videos
to be impressed. The videos show how Google Cash Detective can identify
an advertising campaign that could earn a profit of $200 every day. With
the ability to earn profits like that, it is not too difficult to
justify Google Cash Detective’s price of $497 - or $397 for the first
100 Google Cash and AdwordMentor customers.
Since Chris Carpenter
announced weeks ago that the software was coming, affiliate marketers
have been enthusiastically gearing up for the launch. Checking out
niches. Compiling lists of topics and keywords they want to research.
And finally the hour of the launch arrived. But Google Cash Detective
quickly sold out and within a few hours it was all over. A message at
the site read, “Thank you to everyone who visited on opening day. I’m
sorry, but we sold out very quickly.”
It certainly appears as if Chris Carpenter has made good on his promise
to remove the order page after a certain number of sales, in order to
observe the effects that the software is having on the PPC industry.
I have respect for Chris
Carpenter. And I like his products. He has built a reputation as a
leader in the affiliate marketing industry and he always comes across
with a down-to-earth, practical approach. When you see a new product
from him, take my advice and try to get in on it. Quickly… if the Google
Cash Detective launch is anything to go by.
So what if you are one of
the marketers who missed out? Perhaps you are worried that Carpenter’s
new customers will now be poaching all your most profitable advertising
campaigns and you’re completely cut out of the action.
Well, I have some good
news. While Google Cash Detective is truly impressive there are several
similar competitor and keyword monitoring tools available. They will
also enable you to generate profitable keywords lists, investigate cost
per click and traffic volumes for any keyword, and effectively spy on
your competitors’ advertising campaigns.
Brad Callen’s Keyword
Elite is impressive, and it analyzes keywords data not only at Google
but also on Yahoo, Miva, and Enhance advertising networks. Keyword Elite
also comes with the ability to take the selected keywords and create
targeted AdSense web pages with the click of a button. At $176 this is
very good value.
Chris Lee & Goran Nagy’s
Competition Dominator is another solid tool. It even has a strong
endorsement from Chris Carpenter on the sales page. Competition
Dominator will uncover your competitors’ advertisements at AdWords,
Yahoo, and MSN, along with the keywords, ad positions, frequency, and
landing pages. It is priced very close to Keyword Elite at $167.
Finally, there is
Undercover Profits. At $291 a month this is quite a bit more expensive
than the other tools. And they boldly claim to enable you to adopt the
best practice of your competitors. “For everyone else, profitability is
only temporary. It's only a matter of time before a UCP member finds you
and takes you out!” I just visited their web site and they’ve sold out
too, although it looks like they might open up some more sales spots
soon.
In conclusion, don’t give
up if you missed out on Google Cash Detective’s launch. You certainly
shouldn’t sit idly by while Google Cash Detective customers snap up your
best keywords and advertisements.
Do
you want to make more
money AND live the life
you dream about?
Over the past
two years
I
have made a small fortune with Affiliate Programs. By marketing affiliate
products through Pay-Per-Click search engines. And you can read all
about it in my book
Affiliate Adventure.
