The Truth about Commission Blueprint – Is it a scam?

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Don’t buy Commission Blueprint until you have read this review. It will save you hours of agony.
If your anything like I am you are immediately skeptical of any site claiming to teach you how to make a 6 or even a 7 figure income for only a mere $100.  We have all heard of affiliate programs which sound too good to be true and maybe some of us even bought into them only to discover that the program was worthless, that you had been conned into a sour deal.  The truth is, when I first found Commission Blueprint I was just as skeptical as the next guy, the sales pitch page was as convincing as can be but maybe thats what made me so skeptical… there are so many of these programs claiming to be THE next best thing to your own money tree… but how many of us believe in a money tree? So I decided to try the program so I could review it for your benefit. I am out to prove this system is a scam… you deserve to know the truth.

I went to the Commission Blueprint site and read the copy, admittedly it was very convincing… but again many sales pages are and as I told you before I am very skeptical of all sales pages.  I decided the only way to really discover the truth about the program was to buy it. Immediately after I opened the very first video I was impressed by the approach. Steven Clayton & Tim Godfrey don’t come across as pompous fat-headed internet marketers like most of these guys do. They came across as regular people who created a program to show others how to create a successful PPC campaign… but still this doesn’t prove their method works. Many scam artists produce programs with great approaches, that is why they sell so well.

But I still wasn’t convinced they were legit, yet had no proof they were a scam. Video #1 is basically an introduction to the program, Steven explains what the program is about and what each successive video will be presenting. It wasn’t until video #3 that Steve got into finding Clickbank products to sell, but he does  help the user create a simple excel sheet which will roughly estimate your revenue or loss of revenue using a projected campaign. This is actually very important, if you don’t do this pre-estimation and projection you will likely lose alot of money. This becomes equally as important later on in future videos as you will soon see.

A quick note, Steve talks only about ClickBank and going through all the videos that is all he talks about. Okay ClickBank is cool, he made it pretty clear in his sales pitch that is what this course was about but why use the same affiliate network everyone else is using? Clickbank has advantages which are shown in the course but I would recommend you do research using CJ.com as well, find affiliate programs not actively using an affiliate network. I know why Steve didn’t mention these in the course, it takes alot more work and many times it is hard to find good programs… so i can see what that is his whole focus but I never limit myself to one affiliate network.

When I first started watching the videos I was thinking this program goes against my principles for starting a successful SEO site, my main principle is to develop a site in a niche that you are familiar with, that you love and that you can easily develop quality content for. The initial process for Commission Blueprint however is to start out by finding a product and then building a campaign and site around that specific product… the truth is it depends on what you want out of your site. If you want quick success and are not interested in actively being involved with your visitors then choose Commission Blueprint. Honestly it will make you money, if you follow the program correctly.

But if you want to start a site based on a strong passion for a certain niche, the techniques in Commission Blueprint may still help you to build a firm PPC campaign but this is probably not the best course to buy at this time…  keep in mind this program is targeted directly at doing PPC campaigns for ClickBank products… not developing quality authority sites. Most of the information in these videos(except keyword research) will not apply to organic SEO for a quality niche site. In video 5 Steve mentions that later on comes the SEO when you build a regular site for SEO purposes so I guess his approach is build up a successful PPC site and then use the money to invest in SEOing a regular domain for long term purposes.

After reviewing the whole program, going through all the videos and material, I have to admit, Commission Blueprint is a great program, if you want to learn how to make money quickly, without having to worry about organic placement then you need to try this course. How much you make will be based on how seriously you take the whole project, what time you dedicate to it and what preparation you preform before each campaign. I know many people using these very techniques who make $20-50K each and every month…but the fact is everything you need to know to run a successful PPC campaign is found in this course.

When I was finished evaluating the course I found that it is actually a great system… it is not a scam but I can’t overstress the importance of following the whole process, don’t just jump right in and try and build a campaign without listening to all the material. The videos were produced for a reason, the techniques and methods given are there for a reason, take advantage of them.

After I reviewed the whole program I did a simple test campaign. Without even using Steve’s ideas for managing bid amounts in Adwords, I just setup bids at the avg CPC. Spending $250 I made $300. So I amde $50 profit off the campaign… this was off a product which had a $30 commission. This is the most basic approach I could have taken to the whole campaign, I figured do every basic, don’t over-optimize bid amounts, keywords or anything and just estimate profits. That way I would have the largest risk and see if I could still make any money. So there is definitely alot of room for profit in this program, I do recommend you don’t go after the Acne category which is used as a demo in the video series. The amount of competition and the low aff commission make it very hard to break even when starting out. I also recommend that you try the product before promoting it and using the program to build a site around it. Why? Because your ability to sell the program will be greatly improved if you know what it is about, what it does and how it works. Especially if you have a personal experience, a social connection between the product and yourself. You can identify in this article where I have tried CB before recommending it. I never promote a product before trying it… I guess I am just too honest to do that to you.

As soon as Steve explains the Google Adwords campaign process and bidding management process and walks you through setting that all up we get into what is my favorite part. He shows how to combine ClickBank and Google Adwords excel data to provide a accurate presentation of our profit. It is at this point that we use the methods we learned in the previous videos and the tracking we set up to eliminate the bad keywords that aren’t converting and to dig deeper into the keywords that are.

Something I would like to note, which is mentioned in video 10, is that once you have your statistics of the keywords that performed extremely well you should try and figure out why they did so well. Compare them to each other and then compare them directly with the pre-sales page… is there a reason they performed so well compared with other keywords that did not? The importance of this step is that if you can determine why they converted extremely well you can usually use that indicator to go find related keywords… instead of just using the trial and error approach. So good advice there.

Once we master the method of building a successful campaign, managing and running it Steve gets into scaling and tells us how to take the successful campaigns we have created and transfer that success into a much larger income. For instance instead of making $1000 a month learn how to make $100k a month. His process for doing this is very clear and precise. This is definitely the step which takes your from a successful campaign to a 6 figure income… cause you do not initially start out by spending $10K on PPC, you start out cheap and discover the keywords which perform well and then you scale until you are making the big bucks.

I have only brushed the tip of the iceberg here, there is literally hours of material in this course. I did not feel it necessary to go into each and every topic discussed because a synopsis of each is given at the Commission Blueprint site. Those who know me know that I have been doing SEO for years, this course is only getting a positive review for one reason. And that is because it really works, I have been able to start PPC about 4 years ago and I truly wish I had this course when I did my first campaign, I know I would have been so much more successful with it. Over the years I have tried different PPC  strategies and I considered myself to be quite educated in PPC, however after taking this course I learned some things which will definitely help even me with my next campaign. So there is no question in my mind, even for me this was worth every penny of the purchase price.

So I would recommend you go buy Commission Blueprint now, that is if your serious about making Bold Money using PPC advertising.

As always you are free to ask questions, I am willing to answer any questions you might have. If your worried something is not discussed in this course, just comment on the article and I will make that confirmation. I have done my best to describe why I feel this course is a great money maker, again your comments on that are appreciated.

Please provide me with feedback in a couple weeks after you start using the program, I would love to get your feedback on how much your making and what you have learned. I will provide a DoFollow testimonial if you are interested which will link from this article.

DISCLAIMER!
As I said earlier, my initial idea for writing this article was to prove this program was crap, after going though the course I have to admit however that it is actually worth every penny IF this is the type of program you want to run. IF you do not want to get into PPC, your a 14 year old kid or don’t even know what PPC means then this is probably not for you. Lets be honest, there are risks, like any TRUE method of making big money there is always risks. But if you follow this course the way it was designed you will cut the risks down considerably and eventually build a campaign which is highly successful and is making good money.

NOTE: This review was written for the purpose of presenting an unbiased opinion of Commission Blueprint services, while we do use Affiliate links we do NOT alter our opinions based on these links. We provide an accurate opinion in our reviews whether it will negatively influence our affiliate revenue or not. We will be purchasing programs for the sole purpose of reviewing them, whether they are reviewed positively or negatively depends SOLELY on the quality of the program. That is our guarantee to you!

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