Ok so the title is pretty pathetic. I couldn't think of something that would be hot but not sound silly. I mean the sun? How hot is that? I don't know. But we aren't talking about temperature but excitement. And I'm not sure it can compare, at least for me, for anything else.
Anyways I just wanted to say a big THANK YOU to all the people joining already. For the first day I was in 4th place in the JV leaderboard. I was shocked as there are bigger names than mine on that list, so really thanks! It just shows how these traffic exchanges really do work, because I only target the traffic exchange members. The key is to build your list (ie, my blog subscribers) so you can tell your list about hot new launches like these.
Side Note: If you were planning on getting CB Pirate, really plan on doing it sooner than later because tomorrow prices are going up. The sales page said either a week or X people whichever is first, and it's gone alot faster than orginally thought.
Additional Side Note: Our bonuses are still active, so if you want in go in before Jon Olson wakes up and thinks we've gone mad going past the original 50 limit. I don't have any hard numbers, but as long as that page says the bonuses are there you'll get them if you join using the links on that page. At any point it could be turned off though. I don't like doing the whole "pressure" thing, but we are talking about 14,000 hits so at some point we gotta stop (plus other bonuses, but traffic is actually limited). --> Join Here <--
Now it's your turn: If you bought it, I want to know what you think about it? Obviously it's still new so it might be overwhelming so what about your favorite thing *so far*. I like the new systems that'll be coming out monthly. I like that it's all done for you. And I like that it's done by Soren & Cindy (I met them at a seminar in Washington DC, pretty funny story maybe sometime I'll tell you =P). What do you like?
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hey Tim, my “first impressions” of CB pirate aren’t good..i’ve got well over 1,000 views to the cb pirate splash page which is running on about 15 exchanges..and not even 1 signup…of course exchange owners got most of the intial signups on their exchanges but was hoping there’d be couple left.
Hi – but what about the site itself?
Hi Tim, I am using Clickbank Pirate. It is very early days and I am still trying to fathom everything out. I am getting hits but no conversions yet (but then it has only been running 1 day). I am slowly getting the various packages onto the TE’s. I have avoided adding them all at the moment till I get a grip on one and see the response.
Regards
Richard.
I was going to join up under you, but after reading the sales page twice, realized it sounds far, far too good to be true. It reads like those MLM sales pages (“Do nothing and get RICH!”), and then changed my mind, especially since EVERYONE is pimping it. (Yet another problem with the MLM schemes: how can EVERYONE get rich doing nothing if EVERYONE is trying to build a downline?) Sales pages are getting more and more fanciful every day, promising more and more and more, with less and less work, and I’m not biting. Looks as if they *have* to promise the moon to get people to sign up for the continuity, but they lost me with the “We’ll do all the work!” part.
Hi Tim,
I am in but am one of the, let us wait a bit and see what does come, merchants.
Les
The moment I see “the price will go up soon”, it cuts my intent to join more than in half. In general, although I understand what all the “pre-launch” hoopla with free bonuses is for, I prefer to miss couple of opportunities than to join the insanity.
I pass.
I, too, am ‘pimping’ it. And I, too, do not have any signups yet. I do like the setup, and I REALLY like that you can check your stats right from the program itself.
I am one that ‘has not made any money on the internet yet’ and was hoping this was it. But I have to agree with Binky, it does sound like another ‘too good to be true MLM thing’. If not for your name and a few of the others I would not have signed up.
There’s no doubt that the site oozes class and the whole launch showed total professionalism – would we expect anything less from Soren and Cindy?
My main concern – and one which seems to be echoed in previous posts – is what is left for the ‘little’ guy (or gal) after the programme owners have battered, besieged and bribed everyone to join?
I’m certainly not knocking it as that’s how any competent business person would (and should) exploit this opportunity. I’m just wondering if there is a product from which we can all make money rather than the whole thing relying solely on getting referrals.
One thing I have worked out though. No point putting our pages in rotation on exchanges which have ads plastered all over them. The owner will catch all the signups and our credits will be wasted.
The programme is brand new so it wouldn’t be fair to jump to conclusions without giving it a fair workout so it might be good to canvass opinions further down the line when we have all – big and small – seen our own results and can better judge the viability.
Yes I understand referrals to the program, but I’m talking about the program itself. IE You join to get the systems not to refer.
My take is that you’ve got two great people making these systems for you, and a new one each month. Use them and then learn how to emulate them and put them into your funnel ;-)
The whole “we do everything for you” is true, but that’s just step 1 really. If you want to take off with your business the key is to learn. Use this as another income stream, but don’t think of it as your only income stream.
I’ve already heard some well known people talking about using the systems themselves in their funnels.
Maybe I’ll do some videos later on how to incorporate it into your biz model. I’ve got 24 new notepads (hello bjs!) for my to-do lists lol
Hi Tim,
This is unrelated, but I can’t get an answer via email.
I am trying to join the Pirate program me but the buy now link in your referral, just goes to a blank screen, I want to secure my position before the price increases.
Can you assist?
Regards
Mark
Check that javascript and cookies are enabled. It has a redirect so for a second it looks blank to me and then redirects to the sales page ;-)
If you didn’t make it in before the price increase you could try talking to Soren/Cindy and explain the problem.
I joined Clickbank Pirate right away. I see both positive and negative aspects about this program just like any other.
As some people have said, the sales page makes it sound almost “too good to be true”, but to be honest, Cindy and Soren really have taken 99% of the work and done it for you.
I’ve joined a lot of different programs and purchased a lot of different materials to learn about Clickbank and they all preach the same system Cindy and Soren have set up. That is, find a high converting product on Click Bank, set up squeeze pages, set up follow-up emails, use freebies and bonus, add upsells, send traffic to your squeeze pages, etc.
The hardest part is always finding those products, designing all the squeeze pages, taking the time to write good follow up emails, etc. Cindy and Soren have done ALL this for you. They know what they are doing, so I feel like I’m in good hands.
So it basically comes down to sending traffic to the system. Here is where it may not be as “easy” as it makes it sound.
I’ve sent quite a few TE credits to some of the squeeze pages and as of yet have 0 signups. I’m thinking relying solely on TE’s isn’t going to be all that productive. I think people are still going to have to learn to drive traffic other ways through PPC, targeting ezines, etc.
So in that aspect, I think there’s still a learning curve. However, I have to commend Cindy and Soren because they’ve done most of it for you already, so you can focus on ways of driving traffic without having to worry about all the other stuff.
One disadvantage to them doing everything for you is that you don’t have access to the people you signup through the squeeze pages, you can’t offer them your own additional products and services, and can’t be as creative since you don’t have full control of everything.
It’s early, so I’ll continue to use and test the system over the coming months and see what happens.
Hope you don’t mind, but THOUSANDS of people just got a link to your site in their inbox LOL. I copied a section of this comment because it hit the nail so included your URL in the PS ;-)
I find the site quite incredible – so much information and promotional content. Though I fear from reading comments on other blogs and forums that a lot of people may just think that they only have to enter their clickbank user name, sit back and the sales will come flooding in. That’s not my interpretation and I will be picking products and using the blog posts, emails (personalizing them to suit me), squeeze pages etc to make sales.
It will be interesting to see how this develops – but for me it is an ideal way to sell clickbank products.
Regards
Keith
I am very disappointed that we have to sign up for subscriptions in order to get our bonuses. I signed up under your link because of the trusted names associated with it. I never thought there would be strings attached. Very disappointing.
Although it looks like I’ve sat on my hands too long and missed the early pricing of CBPirate, it sounds intriguing.
I wanted to leave a comment to say how much I appreciate the blog Tim.
The info seems fresh and sincere, and the people you’ve attracted seem like good folks, too.
Although I’m new to your blog, I’ve used StartExchange a few months now and I like it.
I test my traffic, and StartExchange has been the leading hit generator of all the TE’s I’ve used.
I have found some that bring in next to no traffic, but SE brings lots of traffic and consistently.
So, goog TE and good Blog adds up to a kudos to Tim. I’m a fan, and since so many times we only write when something goes wrong, I wanted to take the time to say thanks to Tim.
Keep up the good work!
Kurt Gross
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