Joshua.Taylor

I'm hoping that someone using Market Samurai paid version can give everyone an idea as to its value and how well it works.

Thanks

SimonHarrison

It works pretty well, I don't think I've come across a product which can do what it does, it's probably the most complete tool of it's kind.

That said, right now, I find it flaky, it can hang " a lot" ,it can often be very slow, but they are fixing things constantly, almost every time I login it downloads a new version.

All in all, pretty impressive, if your running PPC etc, I can recommend it, just hope they iron out the kinks.

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Devan Koshal

It great! probably the best software an internet marketer can have.

naonline

I'll second that, it's incredible even with only half the functions enabled so far. I believe it goes live this week when the price goes up quite a bit. I haven't really used it to it's full potential but i believe it will be indispensible.

Go to the site and have a look at the vids, better still go to youtube and watch the 30daychallenge training vids for it.

Nick

naonline

I could explain but they do a better job themselves....Niche Marketing Product - Market Samurai (not affiliate link).

Sorry for not being more helpful but one look at 'gurubob's' youtube vids will explain everything.

I'm planning on promoting this so i really need to start trying to articulate why it's so good!

drnet

I gave up on this tool

I dont have time for all the hanging it does. Everytime I tried to get it to work, it would never complete the functions especially with google.

It has gone into my internet scrap heap which is getting big.

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naonline

Are you using the latest version? It used to hang with the old versions but I haven't had any problems recently. It might be the volume of data you're trying to pull in.

If you can tell me a tool that can do everything MS can do i'd love to hear about it.

Cheers

Nick

Urbanfox

Just installed it Joshua. It's in beta, but if it works as I've seen it demonstrated and the functionality delivers as promised, it will be a SERIOUS tool. Just make sure you dont irritate Google though - it does some serious interrogation that would take you hours or days to correlate.

Stay with it. The promise is there.

capriliz

Market Samurai is awesome, even with all its initial bugs. Not only do you get keywords, but you get an SEO analysis of any keyword you choose.

Another big thing - if you are anything like me, you can easily get diverted when trying to do your own analysis. And soon you are off on another tangent! Plus, I know I could never gather and crunch as much data as Market Samurai does.

I was fortunate enough to be able to grab a copy at the reduced price. I think tomorrow may be the last day to get in on that offer. So, if you are interested, you may want to check it out.

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nine-yards

This takes HOURS off market research. I'm chucking all of the other research tools I've been using. MS also sends out regular emails with new tricks and ways to use the program. They have been constantly updating as they find things that can be improved.

Definitely look at Guru Bob's videos mentioned above. I haven't had it hang on me but you do need to be careful about hitting Google too much. That hasn't been a huge problem - definitely not as much as with similar services I've used.

Amy

carik42

When this first come out I was disappointed to be honest with. However, several updates have been made and it's now definitely up there with the rest.

Don't forget that all keyword tools have a heavy dependency on estimation, so don't expect Market Samurai to break away from the pack any time soon.

Having said that, it is a great product. When you consider the 30DC association, it's going to be a something that must work from here on, so I'd advise anyone that's interested to at least give it a look.

Hilary

Yes - today is the last day; thanks for the reminder. I just wish it had nice quick text help somewhere instead of all these volumes of video...

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Rich Muir

Just went and purchased based on feedback above. Certainly looks like a great tool

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Not that good in my opinion,the no of searches it is giving me for certain keywords varies (by big margin)when i compared to wordtracker and google tool itself.It still needs improvement.

carik42

Mike Mindel will tell you that Wordtracker bases results on estimation, and anyone that runs PPC campaigns will know how accurate Google are with their traffic figures.

At the end of the day, it's a very hand tool to have in your kit. We all want our research done quickly, and MS combines a number of otherwise time consuming elements and presents them all from one very tidy interface.

Well worth a look.

RoyChan

Hi,

For those of you are considering to buy it, I suggest you take a look at the

Video Tutorials - Noble Samurai

You will see the functions that MS offers. For under $70 (one time), it's pretty good in my opinion. i think the "hang" is really nothing to do with the software itself, but rather, the bulk load of data it pulls from google and elsewhere.

Give it a go, you should not regret with the investment, assuming you are going to use the data well. At the end of the day, it's just a tool.

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drnet

One of the things I am not happy with or have not figured out is how to select multiple phrases to do the seo analyze feature. If you have 70 phrases you want to analyze you need to do them one by one...

or have I missed something...

It is working better with the later versions

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I also purchased Market Samuari. If I was considering purchasing John Reese's Traffic program should I forget it and use Market Samuari?

Also, does Stompernet have a good traffic program

Thx for any feedback.

One other thing--can anyone recommend a good website template or someone who could help me build a website?

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Hi Jean...

It's important to understand that Market Samuari and Traffic Secrets are two different things. Sure, they both help with getting traffic... but Market Samuari is about using ONE tactic (search engine optimization SEO), where Traffic Secrets teaches all kinds of tactics to get traffic.

Here's an example...
Traffic Secrets is like an overall manual of how to fix a car. It goes into some detail about all areas. So it's great to learn about everything about getting traffic.

Market Samuari on the other hand is like a manual about how to change the tires on a car. A specific aspect to fixing car.

Both are good to have for different reasons.


I hope that helps,
Joel

RonRea

I've only been using it for a week or so, but Market Samurai sure seems to provide you with information that would be incredibly difficult to find elsewhere, or would at least take you a huge amount of time to find. It's not all the way there, so if you're thinking that you're getting a highly polished tool, probably not. That's probably why it's so cheap. Their sales letter says it's going up once everything is completely worked out. Anyway, even if it still has a few bumps, it well worth the price...

StevenR

I love this tool.

There are some things in regards to functionality that I dislike, but as to what it can do... it's simply awesome!

It takes all the different tasks and programs I used to use and put it into one piece of software. It's literally helped me save hours (probably dozens of hours) in the last few weeks.

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StevenR

You're comparing apples and oranges.

Traffic Secrets is like your Map, while Market Samurai is your car.

You can do all the things Market Samurai does "manually" by using a few different tools in conjunction with each other (like Google External Keyword Tool, SEODigger.com, WordTracker, SEO for FireFox, Content Rover or Orwell and on and on). What Market Samurai does is to simplify and automate a lot of the research process.

So to further the analogy of the car, doing it manually is like walking while Market Samurai is like driving a car. You'll get to your destination, but one will get you there a lot quicker than the other.

Traffic Secrets on the other hand is a course on various aspects of Traffic Generation... sort of like a road map (to again use the analogy above). It gives you a very good foundation to the various aspects of traffic generation...

I guess what I'm trying to say is that Market Samurai can help you do a lot of the things Traffic Secrets teach more efficiently.

Hope this made sense...

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Fender85

Yeah, the bugs are a little bit of a hassle, but when this product is working correctly, I love it. I did the reverse of most marketers (started in PPC, and am now taking a greater interest in SEO), and the keyword/competition research function was sweet. Not exactly stuff you can't do anywhere else - it's just that it was nice to have it all so streamlined and in one place.

SMazinTX

Figured I'd chime in. Just bought it a day or so ago. Right now it's a bit buggy - but the thing has only been out a month or so as I understand it. I was originally hesitant about the Adobe Air platform that it requires. But, being a 30 Day Challenge participant, it was hard to pass up their offer.

As for it being buggy - it's enough to annoy me at times - but not enough to make me quit using it.

I currently use a number of other tools to accomplish the same tasks that MS can do. HOWEVER, the ability to have it all "under one roof" is really nice and the Find Content feature is just flat out worth the price alone in my opinion.

There's a LOT of information that it can gather and present. BUT there's no clearly defined and readily available explanation as to what they all mean and how they're derived aside from listening to a LOT of video tutorials. It's there - you just have to work at finding it. I think it should be plain as day.

So, while I'd recommend the product - I'd also recommend that the developers concentrate on cleaning up the bugs and adding some documentation / help features BEFORE releasing any new functionality.

Jenn Dize

This software rocks! I got it last night. You guys know I'm a research junkie and this product helps tremendously.

The only thing that bugs me is after I do some in depth analyzation of a huge group of keywords I wish I could add the keywords I want to use to some sort of separate file/tab all in one. You can delete keywords and open them up one by one, but it's a pain. (that probably doesn't make any sense to anyone, lol)

Overall...this is well worth it. It's actually going to replace something I was paying monthly for!

I love this time of year :)

reapr

Bought it two nights ago and all I can say is wow. Replaces several other tools and will likely cut my research time down in this area by 75% or more.

Davmac40

I'm new to IM and find this tool simple to use, efficient, if a little slow at the moment. It's like the Swiss Army Knife of PPC.

Davmac40

Derekis

Just got mine installed, only began playing with it for a few days.

Noticed the frequent "Hanging" due to clicking on all the options like SEO Digger and Adwords.

However, the suggested option from Noble Samurai to keep the searches under 150 keywords actually speeds things up to a certain extend, better than staring "Blanking" at the static % bar.

Overall this software is better than the last keyword research tool i bought and its from some big name guru too.

Can't wait for the additional "Monetisation" module.

BTW, if you paid $149 for it, the guys at Noble Samurai will actually refund $80 into your PAYPAL account as a token of appreciation, totally COOL!

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Derekis

Hi Russell,

Apologies, got my maths a bit wrong, $149-$87(instead of the original price of $69) = $62.

They refunded $62 instead of $80 into my PAYAPL account, my mistake.

Here's the email they send me.

Hi Derrick,
I just wanted to send you a quick email to let you know that we've just paid $62 into your PayPal account.
There are no catches – we just wanted to look after you.
You see, Ed Dale is about to launch a special offer to people who missed out on our $69 special. They will be able to get Market Samurai for $87 – but only for 72 hours, until Saturday the 20th of September.
Normally we don't do "second chance" offers – when a Samurai special offer ends, it's final.
But because you've already bought Market Samurai at $149, it's only fair if we look after you, and refund the difference in price.
As I said, we wanted to look after you, and do the right thing for you.
I hope this helps you out.

Brent Hodgson
NobleSamurai.com

Hope it clears up the misunderstanding.

Cheers
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Steve Porcaro

Anyone know if the features that are planned right now/you see them but they are not active will be a monthly subscription?

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wizlor

It should be a 1 time payment w/o monthly subscription. Their 30days challenged has been uploaded in youtube, so you can watch from there.

theredcell

Can anyone currently using the program give feedback as to what time saving they noticed sinced they purchased this software. On the advise here, I was looking to purchase and went over clicked on order and its up to $149. But then I went to the forums on their page and there are a lot of unhappy people that appear like they will asking for refunds.

I don't get it. If everyone here is happy so far, why are there so many unanswered post on their site by the company? Has anyone checked this out? It is their site, you would think they would at least post replies...

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tommyfocus

I have yet to really master this powerful software!!

Derekis

Hi theredcell,

I reckon if you have not done any form of market research prior to using Market Samurai, you will be totally "Lost" using the interface.

This is mostly due to the fact that there are so many different types of abrv. they use in the interface and not all of these abrv. are self explainatory.

There is a certain learning curve for this powerful software.

I personally feel that the support and video tutorials at Noble Samurai are not that fantastic as compared to the software itself.

And since it is still in its Beta stage, some of the functions are still "Flaky", having the tendancy to "Hang" quite often if the keyword list is too large.

Perhaps the team at Noble Samurai believe that their top most priority is to iron out all the bugs in the software. That would answer all the problem related questions in the forum once and for all.

Head down to youtube and search for market samurai video tutorials made by Ed Dale & GurBob of thirtydaychallenge.com. Their videos are very educational if you wish to master this software effectively.

But overall, the time & cost savings you get from market research, finding backlinks and spying on your competition is among one of the better ones on the market.

Hope that helps.

Cheers
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easycashmethod

Something I noticed about Market Samurai, is the data is not accurate, I found that when I searched a list of keywords and reviewed the ppc pricing, it was wildly inaccurate. Some clicks it says are sub $.30 were $4 and above.

I found that within a couple of niches. I compared with Keyword Elite, and found that it has similar flaws in producing accurate data.

Coupled with the fact that outside of UK or US you need to use an IP Cloaker or similar to get any data at all, which slows the tool down and/or adds to your costs. I am not 100% satisfied.

7figuresGuy

what others software have same function as market samurai?which is more recommended?thanks

BrentHodgson

Hi Guys,

I received an email recently letting me know about this thread.

Firstly, thanks for all the great things you've been saying about Market Samurai! I'm glad that we could deliver something that people thought was worth talking about.

Thank-you in particular to Derekis, tommyfocus, Davmac40, reapr, Jenn Dize, SMazinTX, Fender85, StevenR, RonRea, netpro7, carik42, James Schramko, Rich Muir, nine-yards, capriliz, Urbanfox, naonline, Devan Koshal, and SimonHarrison for ALL of your great feedback! (A lot of members to thank!)

It seems like there are also a lot of questions, so hopefully I can answer some of them for you...

I'll let others give their opinions on which tool is more powerful (I'm a little biased ). Market Samurai uses data direct from Google for Keyword Generation, and estimates of PPC bid prices, clicks per day, traffic per day (hence also Click Through Rate), etc etc.

Market Samurai is $149 one-off (with a free 40-day trial)

I believe Affiliate Elite is currently $39.95 per-month (or $4.95 for first 30 days - I believe it used to be $179)

If it were me, I'd pay the $5 for Affiliate Elite, get the Market Samurai free trial, and try both out for a month.

Not that I know of, but I'm sure someone else can confirm.

It did previously sell for $179 with a $39.95 per month subscription. Maybe this is the $100+ figure you're thinking of?

Anyone who purchases Market Samurai right now gets free access to all support and updates - including all new features.

We probably will sell Market Samurai on a subscription arrangement in the future - but right now we're rewarding people for getting in early by offering a big discount, and no recurring fees.

You're right - Market Samurai will always show different data to the Google Keyword tool, and Wordtracker.

This is because Wordtracker uses estimates of traffic levels, and Market Samurai uses Google's own data.

The reason for big variances between Google's Keyword Tool and Market Samurai is because Market Samurai shows daily search data (not monthly, like in Google's keyword tool.)

It was true.

We put $62 back into the PayPal accounts of several dozen purchasers.

This was because we made a special offer that was $62 less than what some people had recently paid.

So we looked after these people.

We refunded $62 back into their PayPal accounts, and sent them emails (like the one you read in the thread here) so that nobody would be worse off as a result of buying early.

You're right.

If you're having trouble with the abbreviations, we've put together a quick-reference glossary recently.

You can find it here:

http://www.MarketSamurai.com/glossary.php

Yes - there have been probably 6 updates in the past few weeks that seem to have solved *most* issues.

There are two issues which Andrew, our top developer, is working on right now (I expect he'll have these ones licked by mid next week).

But judging by the tiny number of support requests we're receiving right now, it seems like Market Samurai's running pretty solidly as a result of the recent updates.

Yes! The guys did fantastic work on their videos.

Did you know that they have been involved with Market Samurai from the start?

GuruBob's input in particular was critical to making the workflow inside Market Samurai so fast. This is why it saves so much time.

Make sure you're looking at the right data source.

Market Samurai gets its Cost-Per-Click data from Adwords itself - not the Google Keyword Tool (which shows slightly different CPC data).

Adwords pricing is more accurate than the Google Keyword Tool pricing. The Google Keyword Tool pricing seems more like an indicative price estimate that is updated monthly, but Adwords data is updated much more regularly, and is designed to reflect the current market for a specific keyword.

That's why we use the different data source.

I'm not sure where Keyword Elite is getting their data from, or how often it is updated (perhaps someone could advise?)

Market Samurai is getting up-to-date data live from Google Adwords on CPC estimates.

If there's a discrepancy, personally I would trust the raw data.

All of these have since been answered.

There was a 10-day period in September where we had thousands of new users download Market Samurai, and about 40% of them purchase the full version.

During this period, we also received thousands of enquiries - and we simply couldn't keep up with all of the enquiries coming into our Help Desk and our forums.

It took us several weeks to get back to our previous fast response times, which was sad because if you Google "market samurai" "customer service" you'll see that there are glowing reviews of our team's customer service on forums and blogs.

One blogger even held us up as the poster-child of what great customer service should look like

Unfortunately, we became victims of Market Samurai's success - we never expected to have a 40%+ conversion rate, and for about a month we were working 20 hour days, 6-7 days a week just to stay afloat with all of the sales. So when September's rush of sales came in, we drowned for a while.

Yes - this is correct.

The workflow behind Market Samurai is that you use the filters to cull your keyword list down to a small number of keywords, and analyze those to find the keyword(s) that have the weakest competition... And then attack those keywords.

Some people use different workflows, although we've tried to make Market Samurai reasonably flexible so that it can accommodate most people's individual needs.

The major reason why SEO Analysis needs to be done on a keyword-by-keyword basis is because if you do too many in a short space of time, you can have troubles gathering data after being banned by Google.

Good question!

As naonline said:

There are 8 planned modules inside Market Samurai (4 of which have already been released), and currently there is no single tool does the same things that Market Samurai does - in fact, there are features inside Market Samurai that you won't find in any other tools.

So you would need to buy individual tools for Keyword Research, SEO Competition Analysis, Finding Content, Link Building, Affiliate Monetization, Adwords, etc etc etc...

Having said that there are some good tools in all of these areas...

Keyword research - I still have my Wordtracker account, and use it regularly. I've been using it alongside "early versions" of Market Samurai for years. What Wordtracker is brilliant at doing is finding long-tail keyword derivatives. In this area, it kicks every other tool's butt.
I prefer Market Samurai for keyword synonyms and short-tail derivatives though.

I pay $329 per year for my Wordtracker subscription (discounted for paying annually).

SEO Competition analysis - SEO Spyglass is the only other piece of software I've seen that is in the same ballpark as Market Samurai.

I own SEO Spyglass and paid $87 for it.

(Note: If you want SEO Spyglass, Google it. There are two offers online for tools called "SEO Spyglass" - one for $87, one for $147. The one you want is on the "Link Assistant" web-site ($87) - The other one is $147, and I'm not sure whether it's the same.)

Link Building - I don't think there are any tools that will do it all. SEO Spyglass will do qualitative analysis on your competitors backlinks (like Market Samurai) which is handy if you want to get links from the same sources.

I'm trying to remember the names of the Trackback/Pingback and Link Building tools I used to use before Market Samurai and coming up blank... Each tool was about $70-$140 from memory. Perhaps someone else can make some recommendations.

Adwords - I came across SpeedPPC recently - it looks fantastic, and has a lot of features that were originally planned for Market Samurai's Adwords module (plus more). It's currently $497 once-off - and something I wish I found earlier before I went to the time, effort and expense of building the $%&#ing tools myself

I also use Google's own Adwords Editor software, which is brilliant and free.

So all up, that's $913+ worth of software (in the 1st year) for 3 of Market Samurai's 8 modules - Adwords, SEO Competition and Keyword Research.

So you can see why it would be crazy if we sold Market Samurai for $149 forever

Well, I hope this answers some questions. If there are any I've missed, let me know.

And thanks again to Derekis, tommyfocus, Davmac40, reapr, Jenn Dize, SMazinTX, Fender85, StevenR, RonRea, netpro7, carik42, James Schramko, Rich Muir, nine-yards, capriliz, Urbanfox, naonline, Devan Koshal, and SimonHarrison and everyone else who left feedback or helped to answer peoples questions for me.

Brent

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Hi Brent ,will there any WSO for Market Samurai ? I am pretty impress with the free report Blackbook 30DC , great stuff. thanks.

BrianMcLeod

Thanks for the update Brent and the awesome tools.

Dangerous... Addictive.

Here's a major problem with Market Samurai (and illustrates the danger of having Market Samurai next to an open Namecheap window...)

Here's a screenshot.



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dspruyt

Haha.. Brian.. I could not get the screenshot.. care to explain?

Market Samurai's amazing, although I'm sure most of the 30day challengers here would have gotten it at a deal of $69. But still $149 is a good deal with unlimited installations. The great thing about Market Samurai is that it saves me a lot of time and I not need to know much about keyword research before using Market Samurai.

It does all the work for you and tracks your "competitor's" links so you know what websites have higher priority for you to get your backlinks to. Worth all the money, and all the comments I've heard about it have all been great. =D

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pimpinkid

I have got the 40 day trial of market samurai, it's really great.

It does tend to lag a bit at times, but nothing too drastic definitely a good investment.

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wizlor

I have bought this program and quite impressive with the keyword selection tools. The ability to add in limits on no. of searches, click thru rates, & competition really help me to save a lot of time. Another thing i like about this software is the update is done automatically. Other than that, i didn't really use other functions. But i think the keyword selection tools already worth the price given.

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I have found it very valuable and highly recommend it.

I have not had any problems with it hanging YET, lol.

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