I hate the name. I really hate the name. And I don’t like those Caribbean movies. In fact I nearly missed out on this opportunity because I thought this is just too gimmicky, too over-the-top, or as we say in this country, too wanky. In this Clickbank Pirate Review I will give my honest opinion on the good, the bad the ugly about this program. So the name is ugly – but, hey, I have built a bridge and got over it – enough to purchase this program, any way.
A little about me first: I have been marketing online for a couple of years. At first it was a dabble, then I really got serious over the last 18 months, and so far this year I was doing between 5 and 9k a month with Ebay Partner Network, with a keyword targeted, article based approach in a couple of profitable niches. EPN is now the Name which should never be spoken in my household as a result of their unfathomable decision to get rid of vast swathes of successful affiliates in July 2009. It is still a bit sore as that decision cost me big-time, and for such a poorly articulated reason, and no avenue for recourse. Nothing dodgy happening in my marketing methods, I assure you. Anyway, I was in the process of investigating alternative business models when the crunch came.
I had never been a big fan of Clickbank, so I haven’t really learned the ropes. I assumed all vendors were snake oil salesman, so I tended to stay away. I have changed my view on Clickbank now – there is certainly a raft of products that are super hyped, but as with all things, the buyer must be cautious and do the due diligence. There are some good quality products on Clickbank that I feel quite comfortable to promote.
One of the things that I have learned in affiliate marketing is that building a list and following up the list with useful information is the key to making more sales. And this is what I didn’t do very well. I never real
So when I finally opened up one of those follow-up emails from a list I was on about Clickbank Pirate and saw that the killer application was ready-made squeeze pages coupled with an integrated ready-made auto responder campaign, I had a closer look. I did my due diligence, and dived in headfirst into Clickbank Pirate.
The business model is quite simple- you offer free reports on selected topics….that is all it is….providing free and useful information on selected niches, in return for an email address. The free report may be on SEO, or PC cleaning, or weight loss, or blogging or acne, or many other popular and profitable niches. The customer is provided a report that is useful, informative, well written and (partly) solves their problem.
