July 23, 2008
Spy or die: My 30-day ad-spy challenge to you
by: Larry
Sometimes I don't get it.
You all are watching my videos at tutorials.hexatrack.com.
(I know this from our stats. The tutorials are one of the most popular items on HexaTrack.com.)
From my web stats, I know you see my lips flapping and my mouse moving.
You hear my words and see my actions, laid out for you, step-by-step.
In front of my mental eye, I can almost see you nodding in agreement while you're watching and re-watching each and every one of my step-by-step tutorials.
And I know you do this with the true intention of actually starting your own ad-spying campaigns with HexaTrack.
But there's a strange disconnect between your intentions and your actions, isn't there?
I can tell from my other stats — the ones of your activity inside HexaTrack — that only a fraction of you watch-ers become actual actual do-ers.
Those who actually go ahead and run 14-day or 30-day ad spying campaigns in HexaTrack do get intelligence that cracks markets wide open for them.
That is hard market data that will be closed off to you forever:
- Competitors' actual Adwords ads, with their actual copy for you to "steal"
- How many days these ads were running, on which exact keywords
- even whether these ads were split-tested, and if so, you'll even get the two versions of the ad copy
Unless you start doing the same today, you will not get this data in 14 to 30 days.
(And this is fingerlickin' good data that your clueless competitors would kill to have at their disposal, if they just knew it existed — remember, most companies advertising on Adwords don't have a clue as to what's going on and stumbled upon profitability quite by accident!)
Yes, it takes a couple of weeks up to a month to get solid knowledge of what's going on in any given Adwords target market.
And with every day that you postpone, the day that you actually have that data in your hot little hands, will be pushed off even further into the future.
But I honestly don't think it's your fault!
We all have been conditioned to think wrongly. Here are some of the false assumptions we all have been brought up with in this modern world:
- We foolishly expect instant results. Admit it: You would love for HexaTrack to spit out a profitable market instantly, with the push of a button.
The truth: it takes 14 - 30 days to get a grip on a market. So start today, 'cause if you wait another month, it's going to be yet another month till you have the kind of results that I'm showing in my latest tutorials at tutorials.hexatrack.com.
- We expect the complete analysis to be done for us, completely. Again, if it was possible to analyze any and all markets completely automatically, with some kind of HexaTrack-like robot, without your own human intuition as to whether there's an opportunity in a given market or not…
…if such a robot existed, then the smartest investors in the world would have long pulled out of stocks, bonds, and currencies, and would have overrun the web with such tools, doubling their money daily running random CPA offers!
Never the modest of us two, I happen to think HexaTrack comes pretty darn close to such an automatic market finder robot…
…but you still have to look at the data that HexaTrack generates, put 1 and 2 together,and see if the niche you're exploring has what it takes to hand-build a profitable lead funnel based on that market!
To that end, namely to inspire your human intuition with the numeric data HexaTrack provides, I have created the most recent video titled "Next Steps".
You can watch it here, but before you do, I urge you to recap on all the other tutorials that I have posted on that page recently.
I know I probably can't deprogram our all-too-human procrastination habits completely, but watching all videos there will make the flow from idea to specific competitor intelligence that much more clear…
…as well as the urgency to get started with your own market research campaigns today, as they will take you 14 - 30 days to complete properly!
In fact, I'm throwing down the gauntlet today… to anyone who's a free or paid HexaTrack member and has not started spying on a market!
Spy or die: My 30-day ad-spy challenge to you
Yes, unless you spy on your competitors (and the market at large), you will die in today's Adword climate. Spy or die is truly my new motto.
As HexaTrack FREE or PRO user, you have the tool at your disposal. What is holding you back?
Is the fact that you don't already "know" a good market to explore?
Do you feel silly entering random markets into your HexaTrack ad spy slots that you have no clue whether they make money or not?
Well let me give you blanket permission right now to choose any market that you can monetize.
If you have an affiliate offer for it, you have my full permission and spiritual support to knock your teeth out and spy on that market with HexaTrack.
The worst you can lose is 14 to 30 days of your life:
Remember, spying on a market in HexaTrack doesn't cost you a dime!
Do we have an understanding?
When I check my stats tomorrow, I want to see you run ad spy campaigns in a market of your choice… no matter how "stupid" or a "waste of time" that market might turn out to be.
It's like exposing yourself to any new situation in life. Whenever I go out and do something silly that I have no skills at, or have never done before at all, I always, always, always learn something from the experience.
With HexaTrack's spybot roaming your competitor's adwords campaigns on your behalf, do you think you'll learn something after the 14 or 30 days of ad spying are over?
I sure think so!
The only real waste that's going on here is you wasting your available HexaTrack Ad Tracking slots on a daily basis!
Every day that you choose to not use the Ad Tracker portion of HexaTrack, the computing power allocated to our spy bot benefits someone else who is smarter than you and uses their allocated Ad Tracker slot… if for nothing else but to learn!
Do I have you undivided commitment to:
- recap the videos at tutorials.hexatrack.com (pay special attention to the Next Steps video as it brings it all together)
- browse your CPA networks for offers that you feel might be winners (but don't necessarily have to — remember you're just learning!)
- log into HexaTrack next (follow the lost password procedure if you don't have your login credentials handy)
- fill each and every available Ad Tracker slot with keywords pertaining to the offers you're contemplating…
…and let the thing run for 2 - 4 weeks!
Yes, log in every couple of days to see how it's doing. Look at your own keyword choices and campaigns in detached way, as if you acted as a consultant to someone else's Adwords success.
It's always easier to analyze other people's problems and life situations than one's own, isn't it? So use that little mental trick to "fall out of love" (or hate) with your own market choices and become an analyst that reads the profitability score and other numbers generated by HexaTrack, so you can spot the wide-open market gaps that Amish and I find every day.
Ready for the 30-day Spy or Die Challenge? I will be watching HexaTrack internal usage stats closely and will be following up with you.
-Larry
P.S. As always, post your responses as comments to this article, or use the forum at www.hexatrack.com/forum to get help and advice from me, Amish, our support team, and thousands of other HexaTrack users.
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7 Comments on Spy or die: My 30-day ad-spy challenge to you »
July 23, 2008
Steve @ 11:38 am:
Hi Larry,
First off, without a doubt you have a brilliant tool.
My disconnect is not really knowing how to interept the information that Hexatrack is showing me.
I know you have done the videos, but perhaps I need a paint by numbers steps to follow. Otherwise I'm still guessing what might actually be working for the competition as opposed to copying keyword phrases that don't work for them either.
Steve
Debbie @ 11:38 am:
I have several web stores that sell physical products. The spy feature of Hexatrack is priceless. I have tried other "services" that offer something similar but none come close to the information you guys provide.
I am currently running a sale on one of my stores and prior to running the sale I was able to see who was buying PPC for the same keyword phrases I am using PLUS see what their ads contain.
It also tells me what keywords that particular advertiser is using. Sometimes I find keywords and phrases I hadn't thought of using.
Yes it takes a few days to get information back as the projects monitor and collect data but nothing good ever happens instantly. At least you know the data is fresh. Unlike other services that pull information from a 30+ day old database.
Markets change and buyer habits change quickly - I want to see whats happening today and yesterday so I can plan for tomorrow. I don't need to use 30, 60 or even 90 day old data.
One of our other stores sells Home heating and AC systems www.homeairdirect.com . These are not impulse items so it pays to know what keyword phrases have the most competition and which ones don't so you aren't paying a lot of money for your PPC campaigns.
Larry, you are right - people need to get their projects started now so the system can give them that crucial information before they waste money on useless PPC campaigns or poor keywords.
I'm all for working smart NOT hard.
John Nottling @ 12:24 pm:
Guys,
I think you guys ROCK. You are probably some of the best internet marketers out there sitting quietly under your La Jolla house. I have much respect for you and I wish some of the "gurus" would take model after you.
I can't even begin to tell you how my business has completely turned around because of this tool. As soon as I started using the FREE version I implemented everything you guys have taught. Then I bought the PRO version and whoa. My profits literally skyrocketed 300%. I use your conversion tracking tool and I have to say that I am buying Adwords CPM up the wazoo!
Thanks again.
-John
Jorge Vasquez @ 12:26 pm:
Hi Larry,
You're videos inspire me. At first it was a pain to learn to use HexaTrack. Actually a REAL BIG PAIN. But slowly I learned to be patient and now I am dominating the spanish market. One product at a time.
Can't wait for some new features!
Alex McCallen @ 12:27 pm:
Dude. You rock. One question - how can I export my campaigns into a CSV?
July 24, 2008
Software Saver @ 6:11 am:
Excellent post with posture Larry!
We all need to take more action in things…that way we also 'Take control'
Its so good to hear the positive comments made by readers and fellow Hexatrack users…but….I cant help also thinking.
Why the 'whats it' have those comments not been made on the forum by now!
Hexatrack users have a great tool and soon to be 'set of tools' that really make a difference but included in that tool box is one of the most powerful tools you can grab a hold and run with…and that's YOUR forum!
I would love to add to the challenge and suggest members also make posts in the forum over the next 30 days. The tools will do 80+ of the work you need over the next 30 days the forum WILL ALSO help you do your work over the next 30 days.
The forum and all the help and advice you can get from it and give…will speed things up for you 100's of a %!
Stuck with a marketing issue or Hexatrack understanding issue?
what ever it is, I don't care, dont sit with it for days … Just bang a post into the forum and get some feedback and help.
You will get answers and help almost the same day mostly every time!
AND every time you share your problem you solve one for the next person!
Use the forum more than three times a week and honestly the value you would get back in return is way way more than any fees your paying guys.
Use the tools AND use the forum
Sermon ended
Software Saver.
August 1, 2008
Travis @ 9:37 pm:
I'm enjoying the YouTube videos you guys put out and the information in the blog and would love to use the tool but you guys shut us out! When will you be opening the doors to new members (free or paid)? Until you do, I guess I'll have to use another ad spy tool for now.
Travis