Commission Blueprint - Read Before You Buy!

Well, I have waded through all the information, watched all the videos (18 of them to be exact), read through all the material, and have formulated my opinion about the recently released Commission Blueprint by Steve Clayton and Tim Godfrey.

If you are considering buying this product, I strongly recommend you read through this review entirely before you make you decision. What you learn here may just save you some money!

Let the dissection begin:


The Landing Page

One thing that I did learn from this course is just exactly what "those in the know" of internet marketing call the various types of landing pages. It appears there are four different types of landing pages and those are:

1. The Long Form Sales Letter - You have probably seen this one before and if you're anything like me, it's the one that you probably read half-way through and then scroll through the rest to see what the price is at the bottom.
   


2. Testimonial or Social Proof - This one is fairly common as well. This type usually tells a story about any given problem/condition/circumstance and then follows it up with countless testimonials from people with the same problem that solved it with this product.


3. Review/Comparison Site - This one is used quite a bit as well and usually is set up to show two or more products side-by-side so that you can chose the one best for you.


4. The "Clone" Site - This one can be any of the above and is usually just a copy of the product page that was set up by the author/owner of said product.

For Commission Blueprint, they used the Long Form Sales Letter. I followed my usual approach and read the first few paragraphs and then quickly scrolled through the rest to see how much this thing was. I don't know about you, but I generally look at the price right off to see of this something I may consider buying. I have a set limit that I will spend on something that I have no knowledge of before hand and that limit is usually right around $100, no more. So, with that in mind, I was actually surprised to see that this product was only $77 and not the usual $197 or $497 or $997 that you see so often. (What is up with setting prices $3 short of an even amount? I have always wondered about that.)

Anyway, the page is professional looking and looks like they paid some money or took some time to put it together. There are plenty of recent ClickBank snapshots showing huge payouts so it would be easy to assume that these guys know what they are talking about. However, graphics like these are easily produced by anyone with a little Photoshop experience.

The Purchase

Another ClickBank managed purchase that was uneventful. They do, however, try to upsell you with their monthly program the "Online Marketing Classroom." They present an introductory offer to this program priced at $4.95 for the first week which then converts to $67 per month after that. I haven't had the chance to make a complete assessment of this part of the sale, so I have no review on it at the moment.

The Product

Keep in mind that I am writing this review from the perspective of a AdWords and ClickBank newbie and I have never attempted to launch an AdWords campaign simply because I am fearful of things I don't fully understand. And if you haven't guessed by now, that is what this program is all about.

Upon completing the transaction, you are directed to their product site where you have the choice to either download all the videos or watch them via flash movie in your browser. I chose to download all of the videos which took some time since they are produced at a fairly high resolution and contain quite a bit of content. Like I mentioned before, there are 18 videos in all for 14 different topics of the program, 3 manuals in PDF format, and you can download all of the slides that Steve uses in his presentations on the videos. As a bonus, they give you templates that you can download of the landing page types discussed above. These guys really took some time to put this package together and it shows.

There are almost 5 hours of video with this program and in those 5 hours, there is not much fluff or wasted time. All are really direct and to the point and seep with useful information. I learned more by watching the first three videos than I have learned in most programs that cost 7 times as much and contain twice as much.

The manuals all contain snippets of code for your landing pages, links to products that they use in the program, and samples of everything that they talk about in the videos. Again, they look like they took some time putting these together and there is not a wasted page in them. If you have read any of my prior reviews you know that I am particularly critical of products that contain a lot of grammatical errors and misspelled words. With todays technology, you have to either be in a real big hurry or just not care when you produce a product with errors like these. I was taught in school that when you are writing a report or anything for publication that it was always a good idea to have several people proof read it a couple of times before you send it to print. These two gentlemen obviously came from the same school of thought. I didn't find any glaring mistakes like I have in other products. That's not to say there aren't any, I just didn't notice any.

The templates they provide are useful but I wouldn't say they are great. It gives someone with no knowledge of HTML somewhere to start but they are pretty basic. I think anyone with a little HTML experience could turn them in to some really nice pages with a little work.

The Summary

In summary, I would say that if you are an experienced AdWords entrepreneur, you may find some value to this program. Steve walks you through the method to his madness which involves some really intricate and time consuming details and some pretty primitive methods as well, all of which he uses to pick his opportunities which seem to pay off. Steve also shows you some tools that he uses that aren't even available to the open market yet and, ironically, that I was introduced to as part of the Thirty Day Challenge I am currently participating in. So, if you are already involved with AdWords and are successfully running ad campaigns, you may only find value in the access to the new tools Steve uses.

However, if you are a virgin to the whole AdWords game, like me, and want to get involved I think this program is ideal for you and will give you the knowledge you need to try your luck at it without losing your butt in the process. That right there is worth the price, in my opinion. I feel very comfortable with launching an AdWords campaign now and think I could take the information I learned from this program and not only apply it to AdWords successfully, but to many other aspects of my internet marketing venture.

In conclusion, I highly recommend Commission Blueprint for all the reasons I stated above. And I hope that if you found my review helpful in making your decision that you purchase your copy by clicking here and help me keep reviews like this coming.