Market Samurai has been a preferred tool of mine for several years. The keyword research functionality, along with the rank tracker and competition monitor modules have helped me and my clients to do a lot of research, get great rankings and earn lots of $$$!

One of the great advantages of Market Samurai was always it’s affordability. With a one off payment of $147 it was so affordable, I bought several copies so that every team member could have access to the software as well. I know many people who would have paid multiples to use this software!

However, now their cheap pricing seems to become their downfall. In recent times Market Samurai has had problems and hang-ups with monitoring Google rankings and doing research on keyword competition. They have now announced that the monitoring Google Rankings with Market Samurai cannot continue as it is and will most likely move to a paid model, if it continues at all.

To read more about the recent changes with Market Samurai, read their blog post here.

Alternatives to Market Samurai

Here is a short list of recommendations on alternative keywords research and monitoring ranking tools. Detailed Reviews will follow soon.

• RavenTools
• SEM Rush
• Keyword Spy

Raven Tools

Has an outstanding functionality for research and tracking modules. It also integrates with social media reporting (such as Facebook analytics), as well as Google Analytics and AdWords accounts. It’s geared towards bigger businesses and has a price tag of $99/month for the smallest plan. Raventools has outstanding support team, detailed manuals and regular training webinars. The staff are very responsive and the software gets updated regularly, with new features being added all the time.

SEM Rush

SEM rush is an outstanding keyword research tool that is used by many professional agencies. It monitors search engine keywords, Google AdWords keywords, along with Ads and Adcopy, a ranking tracker and it can create regular reports that show you where you can further improve your SEO or AdWords campaign by pointing out the “holes” in your strategy. At $69.99/month it is a more affordable option that Raventools, however it is more specialised in Keyword research. For example it misses the social media integration. For an example report click here.

Keyword Spy

Keyword Spy is a keyword research tool that advertises itself as being one of the major tools for affiliate marketers. It monitors organic rankings as well as AdWords. One of the main advantages of KeywordSpy is it’s specialisation in different countries. For example you can get Australian specific AdWords data, or UK specific AdWords data. This also applies for non-English speaking countries such as Germany which is especially handy for Affiliates that are working in different countries. Keyword Spy has an unlimited free trial that has limited functionality. Other options range from $89.95/month to $139.95/month. To sign up for your free trial, clikc here.

This is the second post in a 2 part series on advanced keyword research with Market Samurai. See advanced keyword research with Market Samurai Part 1, so this tutorial makes sense.

Once you have completed the first part of the advanced keyword research with Market Samurai, you will have one tab in the Market Samurai software with a long list of keywords.

Now go through the list and identify any keywords that you think are relevant and should be explored further. Do Not Click Analyze Keywords (as this take up a lot of time and should be done at the end of the process).

Click on the key next to the keyword. This will open another window to generate additional keywords.

Press the key, to open the keyword research in another window.

Go back to the previous tab and copy all negative keywords. Then paste these negative keywords into the negative keyword field on the new tab. Continue this with every new tab you open so that you will end up with one list of all negative keywords.

When you have explored all relevant keywords open a new tab called ALL KEYWORDS.

Advanced keyword research with Market Samurai - All keywords tab

Paste the list of negative keywords into the negative keywords field.

If you have done keyword research with any other tools, copy and paste all keywords from your other files into the positive keyword field.

Then click Keyword analysis.

On the next screen, make sure the settings are the same as explained in Part 1 of this tutorial:

• Local Total Searches
• Locals SEO traffic (SEOT)
• Phase to Broad (PBR)
• AdWords CPC
• SEO Comp (SEOC)
• Local SEO Comp (SEOLC)
• OCI (if available)
• Match type: Phrase
• Period: Daily
• Filter: No Filters

Then click Analyze keywords.

This analysis will take a few moment and you will most likely need to fill our a captcha form.

Then click Export. The file should be saved in the dropbox folder as a .csv file.

We then use a proprietary tool to sort the keywords into an appropriate SEO structure. If you’re interested in getting access to this tool, email me at janna.jungclaus @ gmail.com (no spaces).

Advanced keyword research goes well beyond looking at simple keywords and searches per month.

If you want the best chances of reaching your ideal outcome, you should be well prepared. That’s exactly what you can do with advanced keyword research: analysing the number of searches, estimated SEO traffic, SEO and AdWords competition, and even the commercial intent of your buyers tells you exactly what you need to know before you start.

Here are some basic step of how to do advanced keyword research with Market Samurai.

1. Go to your Market Samurai software and create a new project. Name it as the client name or website.
2. Enter the keyword, set settings for Australia (or whatever country you are doing the keyword research for).
3. Click on keyword research.
4. Set the related keywords for minimum 2 maximum 5. Then click generate keywords.

Click Generate Keywords to Get Your Keywords

Now go through the keyword list and identify any negative keywords. These include any geographic locations we are not interested in and any totally unrelated words.

When you have identified a negative keyword, click on the keywords (it will now be underlined) and the click on the cross on the right hand side.

Repeat this for all keywords that should be excluded from this and future search.

Now click Keyword analysis at the bottom right hand of the screen.

How to remove negative keywords from your Market Samurai advanced keyword research

When you arrive at the next screen, you can set the filters for your keyword research. I currently set the following filters for local keyword research (i.e. when I am looking to build a website for mainly Australian visitors).

• Local Total Searches
• Locals SEO traffic (SEOT)
• Phase to Broad (PBR)
• AdWords CPC
• SEO Comp (SEOC)
• Local SEO Comp (SEOLC)
• OCI (if available)

I also set the following:

• Match type: Phrase
• Period: Daily
• Filter: No Filters

From here you get a basic list of keywords.

I will explain how to do further advanced research in Advanced Keyword Research with Market Samurai Part 2.

For a full Market Samurai review read this blog post.

Fast Web Formula 3 Experts: From left to right: James Schramko, Gideon Shalwick, Simon Johnson, Kyle Tully, Andy Grand, Mike Rhodes, Jean Sheahan, Alexi Neocleous, Suraj Sodha, James Dyson, Leanne King

Alexi Neocleous

• How to improve your conversation: tell a story, solve problems, be unique, build a tribe
• Buyers are more important than prospects! (Think about this when you decide where to focus and how to build your list!)
• Problems are markets. Ask these questions: What makes your ideal customer angry? What frustrates them? What is their biggest fear? What hidden fear do they have? What keeps them awake at night?
• Use dramatic demonstration as proof. When you claim something always prove it!
• To be unqiue have better proof
• Use first, only or most in your marketing message (best if you can use two or all of them. If you can use all, you’re on to a winner!)
• Communicate to the reptilian (survival) brain, which is emotional and doesn’t change. Appeal to the following emotions: greed, fear, anger, envy, vanity, guilt, exclusivity, flattery, salvation. lust, pride, laziness.
• Research your market though niche publications, forums, and surveys

Kyle Tully

• Regularly review your profit targets (90 days) and compare to last 30 days. What’s the gap? How can you bridge this gap realistically?
• Be clear on your WHY? – What’s your point? What’s your exit strategy?
• Be clear on your USP and your niche (see summary part 1 for notes on charging more if you specialise).
• Position against negative perceptions in your market and give a guarantee
• qualify incoming leads (survey, email response, preliminary qualifying call, budget)

Ed O’Keefe

• Play a bigger game – wherever you are now, you can do more!
• Create a culture where clients pay, stay and refer.
• Ask yourself: What are the unique gifts and skills that you have that would make the biggest different in you (financial) life?
• You are the master of your fate, You are the captain of your soul. (adapted from the poem Invictus by William Ernest Henley)

If you didn’t make it to fast Web Formula 3 and you’re committed to growing your business, I highly recommend you purchase the recordings. For this event only online recordings are avialable, no physical DVD products. As for the event tickets, if you decide to purchase the FWF3 recordings I offer you a Fast Web Formula 3 recordings bonus when you buy through my link.

Only a few days have gone by since Fast Web Formula 3, and already I have made some big changes – in my business and in my mind!

Let me start by saying this: I have been to the last four of James events and there is no doubt that Fast Web Formula 3 has had the biggest impact so far. As a result of attending the seminar I am changing a lot of things about my business, which will result in much more secure growth and profit in the future.

As you know, Fast Web Formula 3 went over three days, and I can’t write a summary of the whole event. Instead I have decided to share the notes I took on my favourite speakers with you. Because my business revolves around consulting and SEO services, you will find that my notes and my favourite speakers are geared towards consulting.

James Schramko

James talked on several things during the event. They can be summarised as building a business, selling and creating leverage.

Building a business

• Build a customer- centric business and aim to have life-time customers
• Look after the customer, the customer looks after the business, the business looks after you.
• Most valuable business skills: marketing and innovation
• Use dashboards for productivity
• Create high-end packages and bundle value
• Tailoring your message to customer segments allows you to build better relationships and provide more value (you will also be able to charge more if you specialise!)

Selling

• A sale is the process of change from one situation to a BETTER alternative situation.
• The best problem solver earns the most money
• The best sales are undetectable
• Create a ‘blackbox’, a unique aspect in your business that is unknown to customers, prospects and competitors. This creates an unassailable position, adds value and allows you to increase your price. Could be intellectual property, your process, etc

Creating leverage

• Identify impact areas of your business
• Scale – if something in your business works (is profitable), do more of it!
• To scale: Can you re-target your core business at other markets? The same core engine drives the delivery, but the marketing targets a different target market.

Suraj Sodha

• Networking works!
• Networking secrets: never know who they know; asking for specific introductions; be yourself; serve others, give value!
• People love to buy but they hate being sold to
• Use group buying sites and events for lead generation (instead of looking at them as discount customers!)

Mike Rhodes

• Impact of reviews is increasing! Whether Google AdWords, places or organic search results. Potentially there will be a roll out of review extensions for AdWords soon (you have to have 30+ reviews for them to show on your Google Ad).
• Re-marketing functionality allows you to build a virtual list, by showing your Ads to specific customers who have already visited your site with a targeted message.
• Combine FB Ads and Google AdWords to create even more targeted remarketing campaigns
• Google Ads for mobile are getting insane conversions and have a cheap CPC

If you didn’t make it to fast Web Formula 3 and you’re committed to growing your business, I highly recommend you purchase the recordings. For this event only online recordings are avialable, no physical DVD products. As for the event tickets, if you decide to purchase the FWF3 recordings I offer you a Fast Web Formula 3 recordings bonus when you buy through my link.

The second part of the FWF3 review covers Alexi Neocleous, Kyle Tully and Ed O’Keefe!

Since there was a bonus offer for the tickets to Fast Web Formula 3, there is no surprise that there is also a bonus offer for the recordings.

Recordings? I hear you say? Yes, there will be no physical DVDs of the event, however you can get access to download the high quality video recordings. Then you can watch them on your computer, laptop, ipad… wherever you want. If you’re savvy you can hook up your laptop to your TV and watch them as if they were DVDs!@

Enough joking around, you want to know about the bonus offer, right?

Fast Web Formula 3 Recordings Bonus

As with my previous bonuses, this bonus is best suited to people interested in the local business consulting model. I have been running my consulting business full-time for over 2 years now and since this is my specialty it makes sense to offer a bonus that is aligned with it.

Bonus Part 1

Access to the Networking Goldmine information product. In summary, Networking Goldmine is a 7 step system to get more clients through networking. You will be added to the membership section once you claim your bonus. There you have access to the videos, mp3s, workbook and transcriptions. (Read more about Networking Goldmine)

Bonus Part 2

Group Webinar with all bonus buyers. We will discuss how to get started with local business consulting, networking and getting clients. I will share some of the mistakes I have made and what I am now doing differently.

How To Claim Your Bonus

1. Oder your FWF3 Recordings here only.
2. Send your receipt to support @ networkinggoldmine.com (no spaces).
3. I will confirm your purchase and send your login details for the Networking Goldmine membership and the date for the Webinar.

Please remember to get in touch to claim your bonus! I can’t add you to the membership unless I have received your email address via email to support @ networkinggoldmine.com

As many of you know the biggest internet marketing event in Australia is just around the corner: Fast Web Formula 3 (also called FWF3) will be held on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast from 28th-30th October 2011.

There is no question FWF3 will be a high-quality event. Organised by James Schramko, one of Australia’s most successful internet marketers, the event will have a number of international speakers, as well as very high calibre national and international attendees.

Being the third in a series of internet marketing events, both fast Web Formula (held in March 2010) and Fast Web Formula 2 (held in October 2010) were widely successful as live events and video recordings.

The FWF series is marked not just by great presenters and cutting-edge content, what sets it apart from other events are the type of people who attend the event. Many attendees run very successful internet marketing businesses and the event often serves as an introduction for new JVs, partnerships and mastermind groups.

FWF 3 Bonus

Having attended the two previous FWF events, and having been a member of the underlying online community SuperFastResults for over 2 years, I can personally testify to the high quality of content, the personable presenters who are happy to mingle with the crowds and the fantastic networking with both presenters and attendees. Of course I’ve already booked my ticket, flights and accommodation to attend FWF3!

Because I know the value of attending FWF3, I have decided to offer a very special FWF3 Bonus. The bonus is particularly suited to those who are interested in the consulting model of internet marketing, but will also help anyone who want to be introduced to the powerful community behind FWF and SuperfastResults (SFR).

1. The first part of the Fast Web Formula 3 Bonus is access to the Networking Goldmine membership – a 7 step networking system to get more clients for those who currently have an internet marketing consulting business, or want to start one. The program is normally valued at $97.
2. The second part of the Bonus is a personal introduction at the FWF3 event and an introduction to the powerful community behind FWF and SFR. I will personally introduce you to my friends, JV partners and members of the SFR and FWF community.
3. The third part of the Bonus is 2 one-on-one coaching sessions where we’ll discuss your personal direction for internet marketing, setting your goals and making a plan how to achieve them.

After 2 years of running my full-time internet marketing consulting business I have learnt quite a bit about what works, what doesn’t work and what tends to hold us back from our goals – I’d only be too happy to share this experience with you.

How To Claim Your Fast Web Formula 3 Bonus

1. Oder your FWF3 Ticket here only.
2. Send your receipt to support @ networkinggoldmine.com (no spaces).
3. I will confirm your purchase and send your login details for the Networking Goldmine membership – then we can also exchange contact details and set a date for your coaching session.

If you’re interested in internet marketing consulting, you’ll know as well as anyone that getting more clients and business development is the toughest challenge for most.

Just recently, someone asked me whether I had used the popular product Local Video Method by Kevin McKillop and what I thought of it. In the same email, they said they were interested in purchasing my product Networking Goldmine and they also wanted to get into more Direct Mail campaigns.

So many people are trying to solve their problems with several different remedies at once. My advice would be: Stop. Breathe. Choose One Method. Commit To Making It Work.

My opinion is that all systems of business development work, whether video reviews, direct mail, networking, cold calling, etc.

It’s just a matter of choosing something that suits our personality and what we can stick to for the long term. Because if we’re not consistent in our effort, we’re not going to be able to grow a business – i.e. 3 video reviews or one networking event or 10 direct mail pieces are never going to make a difference. It’s about choosing the method that works best for us and then putting long-term and consistent effort.

I have never used Direct Mail to get clients, although Kyle Tully has some good templates in Consulting Tycoon (click here for your Consulting Tycoon Bonus), if you have a membership for that. I have seen Send Out Cards from someone else, but have never used them. I prefer to send a personal card if I am going to thank someone.

There are a lot of people who have got great results from using Local Video Method, so I have no doubt that it works well if you commit to it.

The danger is that we tend to do to many things at once but never do any one thing properly – So my advice would be to choose the thing that seems best for you and make it work.

There has been a lot of buzz about Digi List Builder in the internet marketing community, and many people are asking? Is Digi List Builder really as good as it sounds?

I have been fortunate enough to receive a review copy of the Digi List Builder WordPress plugin and I’ve tried it out over several weeks on a number of different websites (this one too – just look to the bottom of the page!).

Digi List Builder Review

So, what are my comments?

Firstly, it’s a very easy to use plugin and very versatile. Me and my team members have all been able to configure it easily, which means whether you work on your own or with a team to back you up, you’ll all be able to use it.

At first we installed Digi List Builder on a couple of affiliate sites to try out the different configurations. I like that you can have all sorts of ways to encourage people to sign up for your free report, including when they comment on your blog, after posts and pages, as a “footer” on your website. as a light box and as an exit popup. That way you can choose how “pushy” you want to be when building your list and can adjust this to the audience that frequents your website.

How effective was it?

We got an average of 10% conversion of visitors to new subscribers on the websites we’ve tested, which is definitely much better than anything we had before.

Suggestions for Improvement

It was a bit difficult to add graphics and formatting to the popup and subscriber boxes. We all know that a picture can speak a thousand words and they definitely help with conversions. For internet marketing beginners it would be ideal to have some ready-made graphics so they can get started straight away.

In summary, I think this plugin is a great investment to build your list easily, and it certainly saves you a lot of time in playing around (and buying) a number of different programs and plugins to build your list.

Digi List Builder Bonus

If you buy Digi List Builder through my link, you will get access to my Networking Goldmine membership as a Bonus!

Networking Goldmine is a product specifically developed for offline marketing consultants who want to expand their business. You can find out more here.

You are eligible for this bonus if you buy through this link link and email support @ networkinggoldmine.com (no spaces) with proof of purchase.

If you’re struggling with getting new clients for your consulting business, then you should check out my recent product Networking Goldmine.

Includes 8 videos, mp3s, transcripts and a 36 page workbook.

I now get a steady stream of warm referrals (about 2-4 per week!) and have had the opportunity to reposition my business in a way that suits the market better (and sells more!).
If you want to earn 10+K per month and you’re interested in understanding yourself, your strengths and weaknesses and how to take advantage of who you are, then this course is for you.

The 7 Step system is all about building genuine, long term relationship with referral partners, prospects and existing clients.

The Networking Goldmine membership includes:

• 8 videos
• 8 audio recordings and transcripts
• 36 page workbook

Find out more about Networking Goldmine.