CB Predators is a brand new product from some of internet marketing’s ‘big guys’: Jerome Chapman, Chris Fox, David Raybould and Mike Merz Jr. It claims to let you build high converting affiliate websites and generate traffic simply by pressing a few buttons. But dos it deliver on its promises?
Basically, the idea of this software is that it lets you launch custom, monetized websites for Clickbank products in about 15 minutes. The sites are optimized for SEO, traffic and Google rankings. You don’t need any special knowledge or skills, as the software does it for you. You simply plug in keywords and other info, and your site is built.
You can tweak your sites, of course, and the system makes this easy to do. But what about content? Well, you actually do get content that has been professionally written by experienced web copywriters, which you can use as is or spin yourself to make it even more unique.
An interesting feature is that CB Predator will assign a user limit on each Clickbank product available through the system, so that you’ll know that you’re not one of a million other people promoting the product with the same content or website. Also, because they have teamed up with some of the major Clickbank vendors, you’ll be the first to be informed about new launches and products, and therefore have a definite edge over everyone else.
CB Predators also has a members area, although it is still being fleshed out. They will be adding training for using the system, plus PPC and PPV methods as well that you can use.
Personally, I think this is going to be a great system, once some of the bugs are fixed. I was able to set up a couple of sites very quickly with this (in about 1.5 hours), without doing any tweaking or anything…though I would need to go back and tweak some things, as some of the affiliate links didn’t automatically imbed, and I did not spin any content. All in all though, this system has great potential to make life that much easier for people who want to get websites up quickly and easily.
I would have liked to see the member’s area fleshed out before launch, but they do have some very interesting things in the pipeline for members and are working very hard to get things in place.
My reading of the situation is that they had agreed to a launch timetable with some very big affiliate marketers – and then, when they fell behind in the development, were unable to change the schedule.
It is a common problem as programmers rarely work to the time frames they promise.
It is also an unfortunate side effect of JV’ing with some of the really big name marketers. Those guys don’t wait around for you to tell them when to promote – they tell you when they have a space in their schedule and if you miss it, you lose them.
At the top end of affiliate promotions, it is a very serious business and if you want those people to promote for you, you play by their rules.
That’s why so many launches are hurried and less than perfect on launch day. It is a clear case of not seeing the woods for the trees.
Personally, I think this over dependence on such powerful marketers is a prime example of the tail wagging the dog. When a product is forced onto the market in an unfinished state because it is more convenient to the top dog promoters, there is something wrong.
And inevitably, there will be trouble.
Now that that is off my chest, what is really important is what happens next. Some product developers never recover from the blow to their confidence and reputation, while others accept that they’ve made a big tactical error and get stuck in to putting things right.
I suggest you hold off on a purchase until we see exactly how and if the CB Predators team pulls things together.
Overall, I think CB Predators is going to come into its own and end up being a very useful system, but for now they’ve got a lot of work to do to repair the damage caused by coming to market with an incomplete program.
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