by LukeH
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Hey guys,

I have already recieved a couple e-mails on this. Has anyone tried it out to see what this is, or is it just another autoblog scam?

Thanks in advance!
Luke
#auto #blogs #power
  • Profile picture of the author Martin Brock
    What's your definition of a scam? Is it a scam in the sense that you won't get the sites that you pay for - probably not.

    Will the sites make money on auto pilot - no, certainly not.

    Unique articles? You pay $37 for 100 sites with a total of 3000 articles - it they are unique, as it is claimed, it's not hard to do the math here -- that's around 1 cent they can pay per article to just break even.

    So all 20,000 customers (authors own words) will most likely get the same sites, otherwise it wouldn't make sense to sell at this price.

    I actually liked Tom Bell at one point, he's got a remarkable ability to come across as likable and trustworthy. This offer though seems to indicate that my judge of character skills may not be that impressive after all.

    Go ahead and buy if you must, but don't expect any magic bullet or autopilot profits.
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    • Profile picture of the author Martin Brock
      I wouldn't really call that link a review to be perfectly honest. (edit : the link I'm referring to has been deleted, I'm guessing a moderator did that.. for obvious reasons)

      A lie? It depends on how you interpret it. The pitch implies that each site would likely make a couple of bucks per day, and with a hundred of these sites, you'll be making a couple of hundred per day on autopilot. That is not said explicitly though. But if that is your interpretation, then yes, it's a lie.

      If your interpretation is that all the sites may (with a strong emphasis on may) make a few bucks per day by doing nothing more than setting them up, then no it may not be a lie.

      Personally I wouldn't touch this with a ten foot pole - but that's just me.
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    • Profile picture of the author James Campbell
      Originally Posted by Martin Brock View Post

      What's your definition of a scam? Is it a scam in the sense that you won't get the sites that you pay for - probably not.

      Will the sites make money on auto pilot - no, certainly not.

      Unique articles? You pay $37 for 100 sites with a total of 3000 articles - it they are unique, as it is claimed, it's not hard to do the math here -- that's around 1 cent they can pay per article to just break even.

      So all 20,000 customers (authors own words) will most likely get the same sites, otherwise it wouldn't make sense to sell at this price.

      I actually liked Tom Bell at one point, he's got a remarkable ability to come across as likable and trustworthy. This offer though seems to indicate that my judge of character skills may not be that impressive after all.

      Go ahead and buy if you must, but don't expect any magic bullet or autopilot profits.
      Martin man, if you haven't purchased this product why the hell are you commenting so much?

      You're looking a lot like a "review troll" on this thread who wants to bash something that he hasn't purchased.

      Part of the whole point of this section of WF is for people who HAVE purchased the product to give their opinions, not some review troll who doesn't give an opinion on the product itself.

      Jeremy K. You keep thanking him, why not do a video review like you do? Those are actually helpful and reputable as you actually PURCHASE the product. Everyone likes and respects reviews like that, from you and from others.
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      • Profile picture of the author Martin Brock
        James, I'm not sure you actually read my posts. But let me first mention that I do regret even posting in this thread in the first place.

        But, as you may or may not have noticed, most of my posts don't have anything to do with the product itself, they're about someone posting a link to a fake "review" page. Regardless of the quality of this product, I do believe that is worth pointing out.

        And FYI, I did see sites built with the product. I also said it's fine to buy this if you know what you're actually getting, and have realistic income expectations about the kind of income this type of site will generate.

        My fault is probably that in this case I write from a perspective where I expect others to understand where I'm coming from. And I do agree that I should have provided a more thorough review as well. I also think that my initial comments did come across as rather harsh. I shouldn't have made personal comments about the author, and I do take that back after reading it again. That wasn't a classy move on my behalf, and thanks for alerting me to this. Guess I can be a bit hot-headed at times, and in this case disappointed as I saw the guy on stage and liked him a lot.

        Maybe it's a cultural thing too .. I don't know - but where I'm from we don't have the same history of direct marketing. And the fact that I may have commented on this without going into as much depth about the actual product as I'd usually do, isn't something I plan on doing again.

        But how would you react if a large portion of an industry seemed hell bent on painting a prettier picture about something you actually have years of experience with, and know isn't exactly what it's made out to be? Maybe you're better at handling something like that than I am.

        And whether I'm a review troll or someone who actually knows what I'm talking about (but obviously doing a poor job of explaining it) isn't exactly a discussion I want to participate in, but you are of course entitled to your opinion about me.

        If I can find the time, I'll do a more thorough review like I've done in the past.

        Originally Posted by James Campbell View Post

        Martin man, if you haven't purchased this product why the hell are you commenting so much?

        You're looking a lot like a "review troll" on this thread who wants to bash something that he hasn't purchased.

        Part of the whole point of this section of WF is for people who HAVE purchased the product to give their opinions, not some review troll who doesn't give an opinion on the product itself.

        Jeremy K. You keep thanking him, why not do a video review like you do? Those are actually helpful and reputable as you actually PURCHASE the product. Everyone likes and respects reviews like that, from you and from others.
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      • Profile picture of the author Jeremy Kelsall
        Originally Posted by James Campbell View Post


        Jeremy K. You keep thanking him, why not do a video review like you do? Those are actually helpful and reputable as you actually PURCHASE the product. Everyone likes and respects reviews like that, from you and from others.
        If you look at the posts that I thanked, you'll notice that they had absolutely nothing to do with the product, and more to do with Martin trying to make sure someone wasn't shilling for the product.

        As for the product, I did buy it.

        Is it a scam? Nope

        At it's core is it any different really from the 99 other products that have been launched over the last 6 months that give you done for you sites with "unique content"? Nope

        If I reviewed all of these products, you guys might start to think that you were watching re-runs

        One thing that I will say is, the fact that Tom is providing the database of spun content rather than relying on some simple synonym replacement, might make this product better than the others.

        I guess it just comes down to whether or not you believe that there is really a team of writers slaving away writing and hand spinning content or not.
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  • Profile picture of the author LukeH
    Sounds good Martin. I'll probably buy this, I just want to get in touch with someone who actually has this so I can be 100% sure.
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  • Profile picture of the author briankoz
    No, not everyone gets the same sites. You get to pick the category (from a few big categories), names of your sites, etc. and it whips out blogs already pre-filled with unique content with built in promotions and such for you.

    The content is written by a team of quality writers (with a ton of articles with lots of new ones each day) and several versions are made and spun to give a high percentage of uniqueness to each one while still reading very well unlike some other methods others might use. And even then, it picks from a big stockpile growing each day articles so that if you were to look at 100 sites side by side, they'd all appear very different with completely different topics if you want.

    There's also training on how to get more traffic, how to add your own posts to it (with examples of blog posts that have made a lot of money off nothing but natural search engine rankings), what products to promote, etc..

    It's a one time price for all that and there's free webinar trainings on top of the training already there.

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    • Profile picture of the author Martin Brock
      The sales page doesn't mention anything about spun content. They're sold as unique articles, not articles with a high level of uniqueness.

      It's unfortunate that a prospective buyer will have to rely on vague explanations like such as what they may find on this or another forum. No offense, but from you describe here it's still not easy for people to know exactly what they're buying. That's obviously not your fault or responsibility.

      And again - if people are buying this with an expectation that they'll quickly and effortlessly make hundreds per day, that's just not going to happen.

      If you're buying with an expectation of receiving a foundation you can build on, then go ahead - it's not what I'd do, but we can't all have the same opinion of course.

      But even so, I can't fathom why anyone who buys for the latter reason would do so without seeing even a single example of the sites being sold.

      And I'm curious, what's all the training for if it's all on auto-pilot


      Originally Posted by briankoz View Post

      No, not everyone gets the same sites. You get to pick the category (from a few big categories), names of your sites, etc. and it whips out blogs already pre-filled with unique content with built in promotions and such for you.

      The content is written by a team of quality writers (with a ton of articles with lots of new ones each day) and several versions are made and spun to give a high percentage of uniqueness to each one while still reading very well unlike some other methods others might use. And even then, it picks from a big stockpile growing each day articles so that if you were to look at 100 sites side by side, they'd all appear very different with completely different topics if you want.

      There's also training on how to get more traffic, how to add your own posts to it (with examples of blog posts that have made a lot of money off nothing but natural search engine rankings), what products to promote, etc..

      It's a one time price for all that and there's free webinar trainings on top of the training already there.

      - Brian
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  • Profile picture of the author LukeH
    Yes brian, I just got Auto Power Blogs today. I find it a bit complicated, but it will have to do.

    Anyways, I am hoping to make a few hundred dollars in this week. This person made like 150 already... Auto Power Blogs Update

    Hope I can do the same!
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    • Profile picture of the author jambaman2
      Originally Posted by LukeH View Post

      Yes brian, I just got Auto Power Blogs today. I find it a bit complicated, but it will have to do.

      Anyways, I am hoping to make a few hundred dollars in this week. This person made like 150 already... Auto Power Blogs Update

      Hope I can do the same!
      That Auto Power Blogs Update link leads to a page with links that don't work.

      The product winds up costing $27 - the usual $10 discount that pops up when you try to close the window.

      He offers an extra 50 websites.

      He may actually offer unlimited websites.
      I'm not sure, but I am NOT going to listen to that vid again!

      I hate FLOW PLAYER videos, much like everyone else does, because you can't control the video.

      After listening to that looong slow torture video, the 'download now' button does NOT work (why can't they just tell you the price and what you get up front?):
      Oops! Google Chrome could not find .powerblogs.pay.clickbank.net

      More reason to HATE Flow Player videos!

      It all sounds good - as usual, but is there any good UNbiased information on this?
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    • Profile picture of the author Martin Brock
      Luke, Luke, Luke, my dear misguided friend.. please don't tell me you're just flat out accepting this person's income claims?

      Did you consider they might be fake, or the person is showing you affiliate sales from promoting this or another product to an existing list?

      Those figures are not realistic by any stretch of the imagination from a couple of auto blogs he/she set up yesterday. It would even have been remarkable if those figures were for a whole or several months.

      Originally Posted by LukeH View Post

      Yes brian, I just got Auto Power Blogs today. I find it a bit complicated, but it will have to do.

      Anyways, I am hoping to make a few hundred dollars in this week. This person made like 150 already... Auto Power Blogs Update

      Hope I can do the same!
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      • Profile picture of the author LukeH
        Luke, Luke, Luke, my dear misguided friend.. please don't tell me you're just flat out accepting this person's income claims?

        Thanks for looking out for me Martin, but Shazia is a really cool guy, I seriously doubt he would do something like that. BTW, although there is a bit of a learning curve, I really like auto power blogs. I am predicting to make about $50/day once i am done setting up the second blog.
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        • Profile picture of the author Martin Brock
          I'm curious where that prediction comes from. Are you guessing or hoping for that particular outcome?

          One might feel inclined to ask if you are very new at this or if you know this person more intimately than you're letting on. I'm not accusing you of anything, just asking.

          Originally Posted by LukeH View Post

          Thanks for looking out for me Martin, but Shazia is a really cool guy, I seriously doubt he would do something like that. BTW, although there is a bit of a learning curve, I really like auto power blogs. I am predicting to make about $50/day once i am done setting up the second blog.
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  • Profile picture of the author LukeH
    One might feel inclined to ask if you are very new at this or if you know this person more intimately than you're letting on. I'm not accusing you of anything, just asking.
    Well, I started internet marketing in late 2010. I don't make much (around $3000/month) and most is from article marketing. Now I have to give it to Shazia, his free guide on article marketing is what makes most of my income and it is what pays my rent and bills.

    Shazia takes the time out to respond to all of my emails. When I had problems setting up my very first wordpress blog, he was the one that actually went into my account and fixed everything.

    I got many emails about Auto Power Blogs, but I only bought it after Shazia's email cuz I trust him.
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    • Profile picture of the author jambaman2
      Originally Posted by LukeH View Post

      Well, I started internet marketing in late 2010. I don't make much (around $3000/month) and most is from article marketing...
      You are making THREE GRAND PER MONTH, in about 6 months of marketing?

      I find that hard to believe!
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      • Profile picture of the author devplan
        This seems to be here a mere pissing-contest.
        Let's stick to some useful data please!
        If LukeH believes he can make the expected bucks - why call him naive?

        It would be good to get some more views from customers who bought that product.
        How about the website hosting? Is that included or needs to be additionally financed?

        rgds, devplan
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        • Profile picture of the author Martin Brock
          Stick to useful data, that would be commendable to say the least. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't get rid of useless or misleading data as well.

          And did you check the link he posted as "data"? It could be added to the dictionary as the definition of a red flag.

          Looks like at least one moderator agrees with me as the second post by LukeH in this thread appears to have been deleted.


          Originally Posted by devplan View Post

          This seems to be here a mere pissing-contest.
          Let's stick to some useful data please!
          If LukeH believes he can make the expected bucks - why call him naive?

          It would be good to get some more views from customers who bought that product.
          How about the website hosting? Is that included or needs to be additionally financed?

          rgds, devplan
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          • Profile picture of the author BigDaddys101
            Originally Posted by Martin Brock View Post

            Stick to useful data, that would be commendable to say the least. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't get rid of useless or misleading data as well.

            Like the fact hosting isn't cheap and even Godaddy or Hostgator's unlimited plans probably couldn't handle 5-6k visits per month with a ton of WP installations on them

            Yes you get unlimited bandwidth and storage but 25 process's. That means your site use's 1 process and you can have 25 simultaneous visitors at a time per account not per site. (not to mention every time an "Auto" Blog is created you are using another process

            I have had server errors with a lot less load than that from both services. Mine starts slowing way down with about 10 simultaneous visiors
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      • Profile picture of the author CraigX
        Originally Posted by jambaman2 View Post

        You are making THREE GRAND PER MONTH, in about 6 months of marketing?

        I find that hard to believe!
        I find it very very hard to believe that he makes $3000 after 6 months.

        I myself did get the auto power blogs just to check it out because if it turns out to be crap I will not hesitate to refund. Today I set up 20 auto blogs on auto power blogs and was laughing my ass off on how lame this is. You add a title you add a tag line you pick a category and hit create and it does create a blog very quick like in 10 seconds but the content dont match the title or tagline at all. Like I said I set up 20 sites and not one is even close to my title or tagline.

        I will be refunding.
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    • Profile picture of the author Martin Brock
      Your trust in this person is suspicious. Highly suspicious. This character of yours is posting flat out misleading and deceptive information on the "review" page you posted earlier. Why trust someone like that so much?

      Anyone who has reached 3k per month with article marketing should know better - and should know that you can't just throw up a couple of auto blogs and make $50 per day.

      I applaud optimism - but not on faulty premises.

      There's a red flag the size of a small country here.







      Originally Posted by LukeH View Post

      Well, I started internet marketing in late 2010. I don't make much (around $3000/month) and most is from article marketing. Now I have to give it to Shazia, his free guide on article marketing is what makes most of my income and it is what pays my rent and bills.

      Shazia takes the time out to respond to all of my emails. When I had problems setting up my very first wordpress blog, he was the one that actually went into my account and fixed everything.

      I got many emails about Auto Power Blogs, but I only bought it after Shazia's email cuz I trust him.
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  • Profile picture of the author Gary_The_Ace
    Martin,

    Define unique for me...

    As far as I know, a spun article can be a unique article as "unique", at least to me, means that it's different than any other article out there by at least on single character... that's unique, isn't it?

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    • Profile picture of the author jambaman2
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    • Profile picture of the author Martin Brock
      Gary, if you want to put it that way, then yes we can define unique like that. But to me, this is not about theory or semantics. In practice, is changing a single character or even spinning a desirable level of uniqueness? When you buy a unique article from a a writer, would you be happy if he/she spun it or changed just a single character? Shouldn't potential customers be able to make an informed decision about that based on the sales video?

      Originally Posted by Gary_The_Ace View Post

      Martin,

      Define unique for me...

      As far as I know, a spun article can be a unique article as "unique", at least to me, means that it's different than any other article out there by at least on single character... that's unique, isn't it?

      -Gary
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      • Profile picture of the author Gary_The_Ace
        Originally Posted by Martin Brock View Post

        Gary, if you want to put it that way, then yes we can define unique like that. But to me, this is not about theory or semantics. In practice, is changing a single character or even spinning a desirable level of uniqueness? When you buy a unique article from a a writer, would you be happy if he/she spun it or changed just a single character? Shouldn't potential customers be able to make an informed decision about that based on the sales video?
        Hey Martin,

        Yes, I agree in principle with what you're saying... but with the number of articles out there in the bigger niches, getting something truly unique is nearly impossible anyway. There are only so many ways you can tell people how to train their dog, or lose weight, or whatever...

        Articles serve one purpose, and that purpose is generating traffic... I personally wouldn't care what I got from a writer if it accomplished that job. Spun, modified, partially unique, or from scratch... that's irrelevant. I'm interested in traffic from the article, nothing more, nothing less.

        If I get more traffic from a spun article, or a modified article, than one that was written specifically for me... I'll take the spun or modified article all day long.

        -Gary
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        • Profile picture of the author Martin Brock
          Hi Gary,

          I understand what you're saying, but I disagree - spun, modified, partially unique or from scatch - I don't think that's irrelevant, on the contrary it's highly relevant. I'll always prefer unique content as it is my experience that it just works a lot better in practice. But that's really a separate discussion.

          I think it's fine to buy this if people are 100% clear on what they're getting, I just don't think that the sales video tells that story too well.

          And for the record, yes I did see sites created with this product.

          Originally Posted by Gary_The_Ace View Post

          Hey Martin,

          Yes, I agree in principle with what you're saying... but with the number of articles out there in the bigger niches, getting something truly unique is nearly impossible anyway. There are only so many ways you can tell people how to train their dog, or lose weight, or whatever...

          Articles serve one purpose, and that purpose is generating traffic... I personally wouldn't care what I got from a writer if it accomplished that job. Spun, modified, partially unique, or from scratch... that's irrelevant. I'm interested in traffic from the article, nothing more, nothing less.

          If I get more traffic from a spun article, or a modified article, than one that was written specifically for me... I'll take the spun or modified article all day long.

          -Gary
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  • Profile picture of the author jambaman2
    Originally Posted by LukeH View Post

    Thanks for looking out for me Martin, but Shazia is a really cool guy, I seriously doubt he would do something like that. BTW, although there is a bit of a learning curve, I really like auto power blogs. I am predicting to make about $50/day once i am done setting up the second blog.
    However 'cool' Shazia is, I think you are being naive my man, if not seriously over-optimistic!

    I don't follow all this "setting up" the blogs business, either.
    After watching that annoying flow player video, I understand that these 150 blogs are supposed to be setup for you.
    Along with content management etc.

    You are talking about "setting up" ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY BLOGS!!!

    This would take about half a year at the rate you are going - though no doubt your rate will increase as you complete the learning curve.

    Still you are talking about netting an income of more than THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER DAY - given your "prediction" ($50/day from 2 blogs so far).
    That would be in the area of ONE MILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR!
    All for a one time cost of $27!

    What's wrong with this picture?


    Still, this 'auto blog' stuff sounds like a good idea, if everyone is not getting the same blogs and content - I just wish someone could post some 'real deal' information on this product.

    That's what I count on here at WF.

    Anyone???
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    • Profile picture of the author jprano
      I assume you must register a domain for each blog, and obtain hosting.
      Do you have full control to edit each site, add plugins and do seo?
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  • Profile picture of the author JTzor
    The barrage of emails promoting this Auto Power Blogs program is drowning my inbox.

    It seems every single person whose list i am on is promoting this thing.

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    • Profile picture of the author LukeH
      You are making THREE GRAND PER MONTH, in about 6 months of marketing?

      I find that hard to believe!
      Not that hard. Set up a review page. Use Google News to generate traffic. Use AMR for article marketing traffic.

      Anyone who has reached 3k per month with article marketing should know better - and should know that you can't just throw up a couple of auto blogs and make $50 per day.

      I applaud optimism - but not on faulty premises.

      There's a red flag the size of a small country here.
      3k per month isn't that hard man. I make more than $1700 a month w/article marketing and I have less than 120 articles on ezine. Ok I will admit I haven't made money with these blogs yet, but the way they are set up to target a general niche with specific keywords is pretty cool. I am getting visitors already as well.

      O and "There's a red flag the size of a small country here." Nice proverb, will use in the future.

      To answer other questions:

      Yes you have full control of the blog stuff. I don't know how it changes depending on what upsell you purchase, but you are allowed your own hosting, but they recommend to use theirs.

      Yeh, I dunno this still looks pretty good to me. I still think that I will start to make some money soon. And cuz you guys are all screaming about fake data, I asked Shazia how he made that money. He told me he used a syndication method that he learned from a WSO here.

      I dunno what syndication means but it would be cool if I know what WSO that is...
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      • Profile picture of the author jambaman2
        Originally Posted by LukeH View Post

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        You are making THREE GRAND PER MONTH, in about 6 months of marketing?

        I find that hard to believe!

        Not that hard. Set up a review page. Use Google News to generate traffic. Use AMR for article marketing traffic.
        That 'explanation' makes your income/experience claim look even more suspect of course!

        Auto Power Blogs may be an excellent product but don't think for one second I believe this line of BS you are peddling!
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        • Profile picture of the author LukeH
          That 'explanation' makes your income/experience claim look even more suspect of course!

          Auto Power Blogs may be an excellent product but don't think for one second I believe this line of BS you are peddling!
          I opened a thread to ask whether I should buy a product or not.

          Members of this forum accusing me of BS is now beyond me.

          Good Bye
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          • Profile picture of the author cnicely
            For what it's worth, use WPRobot, and to even further your success check out Sean Donahoe, he is realeasing Extreme Niche Empires. It's the last course you will need.
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            • Profile picture of the author JTzor
              I have found Sean's instruction quite refreshing over the last couple of months - in the interests of full disclosure, i am on his list, but not due to purchasing anything, i happened upon his blog from the Warrior Forum due to a link promoting a free video on list building.

              I have had the pleasure of watching a number of his videos since then on a slew of subjects and they have all been at least informative if not entertaining as well. I especially enjoyed his "myth busting" series that he recently did.

              Warmest Regards,

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          • Profile picture of the author Martin Brock
            I'll be the first to extend an apology if it turns out I'm wrong. But you have to understand that posting the things you have is bound to create skepticism.

            A few things:

            - you're posting results from a highly dubious source

            - your claims and explanation doesn't sound as if you really know what you're talking about (no offense)

            - you claim to have be quite successful with article marketing that you've learned from this person who doesn't come across as someone who would know a lot about that particular subject (again, I refer to the links you posted)

            - if you look at the CB affiliate stats on the link you posted, the commissions looks like they came from products costing $27, $37, and $97. If there is an upsell for auto power blogs that costs $97 then I'd say that it is somewhat of a coincidence that the very same page happens to have affiliate links to the product in question. You seem unwilling to even consider that option, which in itself is rather suspicious.

            Obviously this doesn't have much to do with the product in question at all (and man do I regret even posting in the first place), - I'd suggest that a moderator removes my posts and all others that doesn't really have anything to do with the product, including the links to your source or whatever it is.

            Originally Posted by LukeH View Post

            I opened a thread to ask whether I should buy a product or not.

            Members of this forum accusing me of BS is now beyond me.

            Good Bye
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  • Profile picture of the author JTzor
    Article Syndication?
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  • Profile picture of the author biz4bucks
    Hey, It's a Clickbank Product You have 60 days to get your money back. It seems to happen quite often, maybe some people are to lazy to get a refund when the don"t like a product with a unconditional guarantee. I bought the product and will most likely keep it it's just a one time cost, I think I can get my monies worth out of it in 6 month 1 year 2 years or what ever. Just my opinion.

    AL
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    • Profile picture of the author LukeH
      Article Syndication?
      Ok according to Dictionary.com (best definition):

      to publish simultaneously, or supply for simultaneous publication, in a number of newspapers or other periodicals in different places: Her column is syndicated in 120 papers.

      Still not sure what syndication means. It would be great if someone helped out
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  • Profile picture of the author smile
    What are the upsells on this product?
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  • Profile picture of the author InfoScout
    This product is worthless and is a waste of your time and money. I copied and pasted paragraphs from each of the articles posted on my site and found them on thousands of sites verbatim. Getting a refund. I can use an autoblog plugin to bring in better content if it isn't going to be unique. Don't waste your time.
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  • Profile picture of the author neodarth
    Move by kamikaze spirit I hit the buy button just to see what was all about (the $27 tag price wasn't harm too much my pocket anyway)

    I passed on all the upsells, downsells, OTO and memberships and get to the core system.

    ok, they give you 100 blogs, but if you really want to succeed you need to have your own hosting... luckly for you they recommend you one at a reasonable price (sarcasm intended) you need also to buy 100 domain names the kind of review niche relate (reviewmagazine.com or wathever) because the 3 niches (money, health and general) just throw you random articles with no relation with the title or the keyword you put, so forget about long tail keyword oriented sites, sniper sites will be useless too.

    some of the post has an amazon widget, other has a opt in form on it, other clickbank links and adsense ads.

    If you want that they host you the free 100 websites (without pay for a domain name) you just put your title, keyword and niche and they crate a subdomain blog on their main domain the kind of www.yoursite.theirsite.com

    The creation of the blogs are really easy there is no doubt about that, the articles are not that crappy as one may thought due the monstruosity amount of articles they say they write, they are good spun articles (human readable articles) and looks good.

    Now on the downside the 30 articles are created at once there is no dropfeeding that might fire one Google alarm or two IMO.

    Traffic is covered with an upsell I guess, but they give you some hints on how to drive traffic.

    I don't know if you can make the amount of money they claim to make, I don't know if the site itself will live by their claims... I just know that I tried it, tested it, but never felt comfortable using it and it wasn't the Wow experience I was looking for.

    I'm still deciding if I hit the refund button or consider the price paid as an investment or a lesson learnt about what not to buy in the future.
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  • Profile picture of the author clickstrength
    I can't vouch for the product, but I have had some exchanges with Tom's staff on Skype (regarding other matters) and I've found them to be very genuine, helpful, and accessible. I know Tom's fine with people having his Skype username so if you have questions, you can approach him directly -- he's tomowudi on Skype.
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  • Profile picture of the author hady76
    I came across this thread as I was looking to for some info on APB. Is good there are some posts from warriors with first hand info on the product, thankyou for this.
    Same time I want to extend my sympathy to LukeH. He simply asked if anyone had tried and could give a report on this product, next thing he is being targeted by peopole who
    [1] dont seem to have bought APB, and [2] wouldnt know LukeH. Yet they consider it their right to say LukeH is full of B S. He has obviously done his homework, done the work and is making some $$ each month. Well done LukeH, I hope you continue to prosper.
    I note this obnoxious trend is becoming more common in threads where a warrior asks for product info, and then a similar element of know alls dominate discussions, and develop it into a slanging match. I am certain this is not what the Warrior Forum was intended for and I think it is time Admin stepped in and put a stop to this.
    When I started IM 4 years ago I was consistently within 3 months making $6K to $9K profit a month from 1 site, today I still make on average $1K or more each month from the same site.
    Wonder who will be first to tell me I am all BS ?
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    • Profile picture of the author Martin Brock
      Just because you're not posting BS doesn't necessarily mean others won't try to get away with it. Are you saying that admins should put a stop to skepticism towards the posting of obviously fraudulent information and/or suspicious behavior? I invite you take another look at the link he posted, and look at the commissions which were claimed to be made with a couple of autoblogs - why do the commissions on this page match those that would have been made from affiliate commissions off this very product on that very same page? And why would someone who is already successful trust such an obviously questionable source? Are we just supposed to lay down and accept every claim that comes our way?

      Originally Posted by hady76 View Post

      I came across this thread as I was looking to for some info on APB. Is good there are some posts from warriors with first hand info on the product, thankyou for this.
      Same time I want to extend my sympathy to LukeH. He simply asked if anyone had tried and could give a report on this product, next thing he is being targeted by peopole who
      [1] dont seem to have bought APB, and [2] wouldnt know LukeH. Yet they consider it their right to say LukeH is full of B S. He has obviously done his homework, done the work and is making some $$ each month. Well done LukeH, I hope you continue to prosper.
      I note this obnoxious trend is becoming more common in threads where a warrior asks for product info, and then a similar element of know alls dominate discussions, and develop it into a slanging match. I am certain this is not what the Warrior Forum was intended for and I think it is time Admin stepped in and put a stop to this.
      When I started IM 4 years ago I was consistently within 3 months making $6K to $9K profit a month from 1 site, today I still make on average $1K or more each month from the same site.
      Wonder who will be first to tell me I am all BS ?
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  • Profile picture of the author Adam Roy
    I was requested by Tomo to post this message for him as a favor.

    Copied and pasted, he asked that I post this here as he cannot.

    "Thanks neodarth for actually BUYING the product before deciding whether its worth the money.

    My name is Tomo, and I wrote the copy for this offer, so if ANYONE doesn't like it, or has a problem with it... PLEASE let me be the FIRST to know. I pride myself on never having lied on any copy I've ever written.

    I know Tom personally, have worked with him for six years, because I know the kind of person he is too.

    Frankly, I get flabbergasted at skepticism without investigation. That sounds more like wild assumptions and speculation than an actual working knowledge of what it takes to succeed in this industry.

    For the WF at large, we are actually going back through the product and making improvements, taking current user feed back and using that to enhance your experience with our product. We find giving you what you ask for is easier than guessing.

    That's why we are adding even more info, and yes - just because it has "Auto" in the name doesn't imply that you don't do anything on your own. That's a stupid assumption to make.

    Does an Automatic Shotgun mean you never have to aim, pull the trigger, and reload? Should we not try to give people every chance and tool we can muster to help them make money because we put "Auto" in the name and are excited about our product?

    Yes, we have real writers, and yes we mention multiple times that the articles are written and spun.

    We've also tested the sale process... where we HAD pictures of the blogs (blogs that you can go in and update I might add), and THAT version didn't sell as well as the current video. If you wanted to see it for yourself... that's what the 60 day refund policy is for.

    Barring that, as a JV, hit me up and I'll give you a review copy so you know what your list is getting into. I ENCOURAGE it.

    As for the income claims... we've got more to lose that $67 if we lie about those, a LOT more.

    I think the issues of the article quality has been settled.

    The upsell is actually blogs of the same variety that are managed, with content updated either weekly or daily, depending on what you choose.

    We also mention that it's 100 blogs if you want us to host it, and unlimited if you pay for your own hosting. You can either get hosting yourself, or use our service.

    No, I don't suppose our hosting is the cheapest... but if someone isn't willing to Google cheap hosting are we wrong to monetize that? Would it be better if we didn't offer a hosting option at all?

    I stand by this product, I stand by the pitch, and I'll continue to work to make the product better. But it's just naive to think that I'm going to do all that for free. Tom's got writers and artists to pay. If you don't find there's value in the product, that's fine. Don't use it.

    If you like it but want more, TELL US. We try to make customers happy.

    If you don't like it and have never used it... then you are being ignorant. That's ok, in fact it's a lot easier to admit you don't know anything about something than guessing. Speculation and skepticism are fine... but making a claim to knowledge that you just don't have is DECEPTIVE.

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    • Profile picture of the author Martin Brock
      That's why we are adding even more info, and yes - just because it has "Auto" in the name doesn't imply that you don't do anything on your own. That's a stupid assumption to make.

      Does an Automatic Shotgun mean you never have to aim, pull the trigger, and reload?
      This analogy is quite flawed. Everyone understands the concept of an automatic gun, not everyone understands the concept of a website and everything that goes into making it successful. That said, I couldn't agree more that in terms of making the assumption that everything is auto-pilot; that is indeed a very stupid assumption to make.
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  • Profile picture of the author KhadijahChapman
    I really enjoy reading threads where people actually have brought the product and are making a genuine comment based on what they have experienced instead of what they believe, and it is also true that a newbie can make money online, my first time out of the gate I generated 6 figures (my partner and I) we built a team and had a very positive cash flow for over a year -

    Then my second time with online marketing, I was able to generate over $25,000 in about 35 days, then an additional 10-12k every 4 - 5 weeks thereafter for about 8 months.. in both cases, company I was teamed up with went under and my team was dismantled... I just shared that story to say that there are some who really do make money as newbies...

    I am in the middle of producing my very own product but I do have two young adults in my house and I am always looking for other things that they may be able to do in an effort to make their own money. No offense to my children.. but they do not have the drive and ambition that I have, so they are not coachable as far as duplicating what I do via my style of things... however there are other things that I believe may be more suited for them.

    But unfortunately when I come to WF to get more information about a product that sparked an interest, I am finding more and more that instead of real advice, it is more of a shooting squad... where most launches are being torn apart by people who have not purchased the products.

    It would be really nice to bring the integrity back tot he warrior forum when we are discussing products and launches. No one is perfect and everyone who launches a product is not out to just scam people...
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    • Profile picture of the author hady76
      Originally Posted by KhadijahChapman View Post

      I really enjoy reading threads where people actually have brought the product and are making a genuine comment based on what they have experienced instead of what they believe, and it is also true that a newbie can make money online, my first time out of the gate I generated 6 figures (my partner and I) we built a team and had a very positive cash flow for over a year -

      Then my second time with online marketing, I was able to generate over $25,000 in about 35 days, then an additional 10-12k every 4 - 5 weeks thereafter for about 8 months.. in both cases, company I was teamed up with went under and my team was dismantled... I just shared that story to say that there are some who really do make money as newbies...

      I am in the middle of producing my very own product but I do have two young adults in my house and I am always looking for other things that they may be able to do in an effort to make their own money. No offense to my children.. but they do not have the drive and ambition that I have, so they are not coachable as far as duplicating what I do via my style of things... however there are other things that I believe may be more suited for them.

      But unfortunately when I come to WF to get more information about a product that sparked an interest, I am finding more and more that instead of real advice, it is more of a shooting squad... where most launches are being torn apart by people who have not purchased the products.

      It would be really nice to bring the integrity back tot he warrior forum when we are discussing products and launches. No one is perfect and everyone who launches a product is not out to just scam people...
      I agree entirely Khadijah, this is what prompted me to put in a post few back from yours. Is a shame WF has stooped to this low level where we see more and more slanging matches between a certain element of members who seem to have nothing better to do than try and boost their own ego with their knowledge, or lack of it. If a member asks a simple question wanting a simple answer then the thread should be along those lines, not accuse the guy of BS because he mentions he is making $3000 a month after 6 months, or has found by experience a certain vendor has been a big help to him. I hope in the next 6 months LukeH goes on to make $12 or $30 thou a month. Probably those who have ridiculced him still have to make their first $ with IM. Luke you do have friends here, probably lot more than you realize.
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  • Profile picture of the author briankoz
    I guess it just comes down to whether or not you believe that there is really a team of writers slaving away writing and hand spinning content or not.
    Actually, yes, there is a team of writers (all U.S. based and top writers -- not cheap ones) writing tons of new content and hand spinning content each and every day.

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    • Profile picture of the author Jeremy Kelsall
      Originally Posted by briankoz View Post

      Actually, yes, there is a team of writers (all U.S. based and top writers -- not cheap ones) writing tons of new content and hand spinning content each and every day.

      - Brian
      I guess I'll take your word for it.

      The thing is though that this product was launched the same way, with the same people as all the Bull**** launches as of late...so, Tom and team should have expected a some doubts, no?

      Hows the saying go....something about lying with dogs and getting fleas?

      Maybe I'll take some time this weekend to actually use the system, see how good the content is, and then do a video review.
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      • Profile picture of the author CraigX
        Originally Posted by Jeremy Kelsall View Post

        I guess I'll take your word for it.

        The thing is though that this product was launched the same way, with the same people as all the Bull**** launches as of late...so, Tom and team should have expected a some doubts, no?

        Hows the saying go....something about lying with dogs and getting fleas?

        Maybe I'll take some time this weekend to actually use the system, see how good the content is, and then do a video review.

        If people would like to see for themselves the content auto power blogs puts out just google "www.reviiew.com" and find sites that start with www.reviiew.com and these will be sub domains that auto power blog creates.

        Out of 30 sites Ive created using this software I haven't seen 1 sites with relevant content on it.

        The way I look at it is If I have to log in wp-admin and post my own content to make the site relevant then I just as well create the blogs myself using fantastico
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        • Profile picture of the author Jeremy Kelsall
          Originally Posted by CraigX View Post

          If people would like to see for themselves the content auto power blogs puts out just google "www.reviiew.com" and find sites that start with www.reviiew.com and these will be sub domains that auto power blog creates.

          Out of 30 sites Ive created using this software I haven't seen 1 sites with relevant content on it.

          The way I look at it is If I have to log in wp-admin and post my own content to make the site relevant then I just as well create the blogs myself using fantastico
          http://www.reviiew.com/ - Google Search

          As I'm looking through the results, I see a couple of things.

          1. You are absolutely correct. The majority of the sites do not have useful pertinent content. For example, this site is supposed to be about coupon codes, but has content on it about how to keep your car cool etc...

          http://www.reviiew.com/discount-coupon-code/?p=18

          2. The content does actually look like it is reasonably written and spun...BUT...It looks as if the same content is placed on multiple sites on the same day?

          For example, that site that I posted above, had this snippet on it:

          "While this will usually take several days of bouncing around the city, you can end up missing out on plenty that you want to see if you do not plan properly."

          When I put that into Google, I get 73 results:

          http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Wh...2bf32b5c0e0691

          maybe more disturbing is that when you look at the sites with the included text...none of them seem to be about the topic.
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      • Profile picture of the author randellz
        Sadly I bought these blogs about 1 year ago or so, very bad investment, didn't make a cent, sites loaded so slow if they loaded at all, all the content was pretty much the same ( i mean very close to the same maybe change " and " to " an " very simple changes though it still is somewhat unique lol.

        for awhile there the bonus 50 review sites you got loaded but the style sheet was missing or something cause it was just a massive mess on the page,

        the actual wordpress blogs you got where ok beside the content being very much the same on everyone of your created blog and also every other blog package they sold.

        For awhile there you just couldn't make new blogs near 8 months or more, think i made 15 blogs and the blog creation bit in the back office died or something went to support and completely unhelpful, was awhile ago so i wont try remember there exact wording - but was one of those answers you just scratch your head and go - hang on - WTF.

        Overall was the worst thing i've ever bought online and i've bought some total crap before but this product takes the cake and has done for the last 2 years nearly...

        so there's my review of the Auto Power Blog

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    • Profile picture of the author Achilles1
      Originally Posted by briankoz View Post

      Actually, yes, there is a team of writers (all U.S. based and top writers -- not cheap ones) writing tons of new content and hand spinning content each and every day.

      - Brian
      Man, a good deal of hyper-ventilating going-on.
      I have purchased&am using "APB". The product itself is not costing an arm&a leg.
      Using the custom hosting option. Still waiting on the "expert info phone call",
      but Im sure they are busy.
      What is not explained, in the training-videos, is that you cannot input to a
      niche-market. (ex pet training). The writers are going for a general audience.
      Customer-support finally clued me in, on this.
      Basically am attemting to make a few bucks, on a Product that is functional.
      Regards, to all.
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  • Profile picture of the author Rsberg
    I try to stay current on most things related to autoblogging and had to read this thread...

    From the looks of things I would have to say that this falls into the category where its a bit of a rehash product...in other words, not really that different than most other push button solution products. Yes there may be some "unique" content but if the system can't publish it correctly to the sites it builds then what’s the point?

    No, I haven’t purchased it and to be honest I don't purchase that many "systems" when it concerns autoblogging but I do purchase most WSO that are related such as eBooks, courses of instruction...etc, if for no other reason than its always good to stay current and you never know when you might learn a new approach or technique.

    Having said that, I wouldn’t advise purchasing this one as it seems to have some of the same problems that many of the current autoblogging programs have...posting unrelated content. If a system doesn’t offer the user a way to preview the content prior to posting or to select the content to be posted (as many of these systems don’t) then you will most likely run into this kind of problem…just ask many of the WP Robot users about their experiences with that issue.

    A system like this could be very powerful if the unrelated content issue were addressed and fixed…otherwise it’s most likely going to offer more problems than solutions.
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  • Profile picture of the author briankoz
    It gives very relevant content, but not all of the examples you're talking about are using it correctly.

    It clearly says that you can pick from four different categories: marketing / business, health / fitness, general consumer, or blogs with a mix of all three.

    You can't pick a topic like "dog grooming" -- you have to go with the general topics that they give you. If you do that, all of the posts are relevant to you because that's what they write in. If you pick "health / fitness" and expect to get dog grooming, you won't walk away happy because that's how the system works, but you can suggest topics in your categories that the writers will often write when they have a shortage of new topic ideas since they're writing tons of articles each day.

    But having said that, there is something in the works so people will also be able to do topic specific blogs in the future as well on top of these category specific blogs.

    This all is clearly written out inside of the membership and in the instructions, so if you're going to try to review this, you should at least have the product and watch the tutorials and read the instructions to know what it's all about because some of the comments show that either you don't have the product or you didn't read what it does.

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    • Profile picture of the author Jeremy Kelsall
      Hey Brian,

      I do have the product - I am guilty on not watching/reading everything though. I was more going on what I saw in the Google index that I know was created using the system...basically trying to match the keywords targeted in the domain to the content on the site.
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  • Profile picture of the author briankoz
    If you pick one of the categories provided, all the content will be relevant to that category. That's how it was meant to be used. But there is something in the works to get very topic specific auto blog sites as well in the future.

    There's also quite a bit of training with more on the way, as well as free training webinars provided to ask live questions and get more tips.

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    • Profile picture of the author Martin Brock
      Wouldn't it be an idea to mention the credits system in the sales video or on the sales page?

      And also, is it correct that there is no way to host the sites elsewhere than revieew.com if you do not buy additional credits?
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  • Profile picture of the author briankoz
    Wouldn't it be an idea to mention the credits system in the sales video or on the sales page?

    And also, is it correct that there is no way to host the sites elsewhere than revieew.com if you do not buy additional credits?
    That would be incorrect, Martin.

    You have three options:

    1. Host with APB on reviiew.com/[whatever] for free for up to 100 sites.

    2. Buy your own domain through APB and host with APB for $12 or $15 / domain (which includes the hosting in the price for free -- the lower price is for managed blogs that get updated content weekly to daily which is an upsell). So you could get (your site).com and have easy integration. With this, you get unlimited sites.

    3. Use your own domain names that you buy anywhere you want and host anywhere else you want outside of APB. There are no charges that you get from APB for this, and it only involves an extra step or two to do. And with this, it's also unlimited sites.

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  • Profile picture of the author Martin Brock
    After having reviewed this product in more detail, here are my thoughts.

    First off, it would have been nice to know that currently there are only 3 categories to choose from. So if you really want 100 sites set up now, you'll need to set up for example 33 health categories, 33 marketing blogs, and 33 business blogs (or another combination) - in other words, none of them will be tightly themed out of the box. They'd all be general blogs, with general content from that niche.

    And it would seem you pretty much have to stick to these very generic top level categories - so one would create something like Mygreathealthblog.com for the domain to be relevant to the health related content provided. But if you wanted something specific like veganeatingguide.com how many of the general health related articles are really relevant? Based on the topical diversity of the "health" category content, I'd say very few. As far as marketing goes, that's a big disadvantage in my book.

    As I said before - it's sold as unique content, but housands of other people get the same content, although in slightly varied form. If you compare with popular spinning software, it's does immediately seem more readable than what I've seen from those. But technically it is NOT unique content, and it is not without risk if you want to use search engines as a marketing strategy. And do people who buy "ready made sites" really want to create their own content.. wasn't that the reason they bought into the "done for you" angle in the first place? I can't speak for everyone, but one probably for doing so.

    The training IMO is better than the rest of the product - but there could be more of it. But you might learn something from the training - Personally I didn't but I've been doing this for a longer period of time than most people, so I'm not a good bench mark. The training suggest that you also create your own posts. Now this is good, in my opinion. If someone wants to auto blog, that's fine. But if want to start putting real effort into producing content, do you really want to mix that with auto blogging of partially unique content?

    And to honest, if you want to create a site with a content publishing model where you create your own content or hire writers, there is more comprehensive training on the market IMO.

    The sales video talks about the cost if you were to set this up on your own. These figures, except for article writing - seem very exaggerated. Unless you are in fact getting different designs to choose from? I can't find them. And if so, are there any unique designs offered that aren't free themes?

    And $200+ for each site for programming to set up a Wordpress blog with an autoposting plugin? I don't know which programmers they use, but certainly not mine (not to mention that a full blow programmer isn't exactly required for this type of site).

    Although parts of this product is better than much of what we see coming out in this industry, it doesn't get my recommendation. I don't think this lives up to the underplayed hype that it's a "customer love fest" where you're getting 100 sites from which "the money will start cascading in".

    Of course we've already learned one would be stupid for making such an assumption - and for what it's worth, that is something I do agree with wholeheartedly.
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  • Profile picture of the author Martin Brock
    And finally - let me just again make it clear:

    My initial comments were unprofessional, and I apologize for that - I was writing like I would have been to someone in private.. not appropriate here. I learned a lesson about when I should and shouldn't visit this forum.

    And in regards to the "review" link - I was 100% on the mark. Idiots who create "reviews" like this needs to be exposed for the sorry creatures they are.

    I can't say it was LukeH who perpetrated this, but you have got to wonder why someone who is successful trusts such a blatantly scammy source of information. Please, calculate the income proof on that page if you don't believe me - and please do explain why they are a perfect match with this very product (read my earlier post if you don't what I'm talking about). No one in their right mind will be without skepticism after that.

    And how does one become successful with a method that doesn't make any sense?

    Just as I shouldn't have posted based partly on emotion in the first place - neither should "certain elements" in this thread.
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  • Profile picture of the author atxadmin
    Doesn't it seem like, no matter all the opinions on upsells/downsells, hosting, content relevance, etc., that the real problem is finding your blog's content already on dozens of other sites?

    To even have the remotest chance at ranking (read getting traffic), it's gonna take some serious hands on: on-page SEO plus lots of backlinking, isn't it? Nothing 'auto' about the OPSEO, although the linking could be less of a chore.

    Nonetheless, just the thought of seeing that duplicate content all over the place just chills me to the bone.
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  • Profile picture of the author briankoz
    Martin, no offense buddy, but you came on here essentially bashing a program that you never bought yourself at the time, then you go onto write a review on your blog about a product that you never bought or tried yourself (and stating some factually wrong things about it that even reading the sales page could have prevented), and then when some viewers of this thread point that out to you, you apparently then say that you then bought the program AFTER writing your blog review and then write the review above almost immediately.

    I don't think that's really a fair assessment when right off the bat you came in attacking something you never tried yourself, as well as stating facts wrong that even listening to the sales page would have prevented. I don't want to get involved in a debate here, but you have to see how that's not exactly fair.

    As for duplicate vs. unique content -- all the content on APB is written by APB's U.S. based writers (and good writers at that) and individually spun to read better than any spinner I've personally seen out there where you can't even tell it's spun, and gives each post a good degree of uniqueness.

    From my personal testing (and I have tons of actual SEO clients and tons of my own sites to back this up), as long as the quality is good stuff and you follow other SEO best practices, even duplicate content by itself isn't a big deal. But when you have a certain degree of uniqueness to it, it doesn't come off as some crap blog that no one can read and is just meant to get ranked.

    I have several top ranking sites following this exact method and can tell you that some of the big SEO factors, which are also taught in all the training on APB, has to do more with the keywords in the domain name, the title tags, the blog post titles, etc. as long as the content is good, has a much bigger factor than a lot of the other factors that people think are big.

    And having a way to get unlimited blogs and quality articles right off the bat for a cheap one time price for the sheer convenience of it all isn't a bad deal to me. That and you won't find places offering all the videos, free webinars, etc. included in that kind of price, and I honestly think it's a hard to beat deal.

    One of the methods taught in the first webinar, which can give you an advantage using the APB blogs, made me quite a bit of money off of only a 15 minute blog post with no other forms of advertising. Anyway, to each their own, though.

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  • Profile picture of the author Syzygy999
    Could someone tell me how these blogs are monetized?

    Thanks!

    Steve
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  • Profile picture of the author briankoz
    What is not explained, in the training-videos, is that you cannot input to a
    niche-market. (ex pet training). The writers are going for a general audience.
    Actually, this is explained in several areas including the training videos. You pick from any of the four categories: marketing / business, health / fitness, general consumer, or ones with a mix of all three.

    But having said that, I believe at some point this week there will be a new option of getting keyword specific content like "dog training" as a free upgrade.

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    • Profile picture of the author psresearch
      I have a friend who showed me one of his APB sites and the content looked good to me.

      However, I do agree that the consumer should be told that its being spun to a certain degree of uniqueness.

      I disagree with Brian's attack on Martin - Martin has brought immensley useful information on many products here - he's not just a guy bashing products for the sake of bashing them, IMHO.
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      • Profile picture of the author Kim S
        Thank you for all your reviews here but is there a site from this that is actually up and running so we can "see" what it looks like?
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      • Profile picture of the author briankoz
        I disagree with Brian's attack on Martin - Martin has brought immensley useful information on many products here - he's not just a guy bashing products for the sake of bashing them, IMHO.
        Attack? I was never attacking Martin. I was merely pointing out, as others have as well, that coming onto a thread and essentially bashing a product that you didn't even get yourself at the time is never helpful. Then taking it a step further and writing a blog post review about a product that you didn't buy or use at the time, while also stating factually wrong information about the product (that any user would know to be wrong) that you didn't buy at the time, is not helping anyone and in my opinion is definitely not a cool thing to do and is borderline dishonest.

        It doesn't matter that he may or may not have written useful posts on other stuff in the past -- I'm merely talking about what he did here and how myself and others think that it's a bad thing to review stuff that you've never bought or used yourself. That's nothing personally against him, though.

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        • Profile picture of the author psresearch
          Originally Posted by briankoz View Post

          Attack? I was never attacking Martin. I was merely pointing out, as others have as well, that coming onto a thread and essentially bashing a product that you didn't even get yourself at the time is never helpful. Then taking it a step further and writing a blog post review about a product that you didn't buy or use at the time, while also stating factually wrong information about the product (that any user would know to be wrong) that you didn't buy at the time, is not helping anyone and in my opinion is definitely not a cool thing to do and is borderline dishonest.

          It doesn't matter that he may or may not have written useful posts on other stuff in the past -- I'm merely talking about what he did here and how myself and others think that it's a bad thing to review stuff that you've never bought or used yourself. That's nothing personally against him, though.

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          You're right. I misread what you wrote. Sorry about that.
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        • Profile picture of the author Martin Brock
          I didn't feel attacked as such - and I know Paul well enough that I'm guessing his use of the word wasn't intended a "guns blazing" sort of attack - that's just my interpretation.

          But Brian, it is incorrect that I wrote a review prior to buying and trying the product. I didn't write anything about the whole product until I had purchased (I ordered twice FYI, just needed to test something about the factual error I made, so if based your comment on the time of my 2nd order of the product I can see why you came to that conclusion).

          And yes, agreed - I did make a factual error about the fact that you can host on your own server wrong, and you also pointed that out in a previous comment when I asked.

          Overall though I do stand by my reservations about the product. In regards to the uniqueness of articles, and equally in regards to the comparison with sites you build on your own and the perceived value presented. There's more to a site than a free generic theme and auto blog plugin that imports 30 random, spun articles in a very general category from a database. Based on the sites alone I really think that the sales video inflates the value of the sites you get - of course for $27/$37 you really can't (and shouldn't) expect more.. I just wish the sales video would reflect that.

          Originally Posted by briankoz View Post

          Attack? I was never attacking Martin. I was merely pointing out, as others have as well, that coming onto a thread and essentially bashing a product that you didn't even get yourself at the time is never helpful. Then taking it a step further and writing a blog post review about a product that you didn't buy or use at the time, while also stating factually wrong information about the product (that any user would know to be wrong) that you didn't buy at the time, is not helping anyone and in my opinion is definitely not a cool thing to do and is borderline dishonest.

          It doesn't matter that he may or may not have written useful posts on other stuff in the past -- I'm merely talking about what he did here and how myself and others think that it's a bad thing to review stuff that you've never bought or used yourself. That's nothing personally against him, though.

          - Brian
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  • Profile picture of the author briankoz
    But Brian, it is incorrect that I wrote a review prior to buying and trying the product. I didn't write anything about the whole product until I had purchased (I ordered twice FYI, just needed to test something about the factual error I made, so if based your comment on the time of my 2nd order of the product I can see why you came to that conclusion).
    Martin, you had a blog post that I saw up around the same time (looks like you removed the link to it now, though...) that you started talking about this product, and then after that fact you wrote that you hadn't even bought it yet in this very thread.

    Only awhile later did you say that you'd buy it and test over the weekend.

    Either way, I stand by my view that $37 for essentially unlimited blogs and unlimited top quality articles with built in promotional materials is one of the best bargains out there, but obviously everyone has their own opinion on any matter.

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    • Profile picture of the author Martin Brock
      That is incorrect. The only link I posted had screenshots from the admin area that I took myself, and I mentioned things I would only know having accessed the product - there was no link to any review prior to me making the statement that I'd buy it and test over the weekend. It doesn't make sense that I should have written the review first, and then buy the product afterwards -- why would I even buy it then if I had intentions to fabricate a review -- and why in fact buy it twice then. That really doesn't make sense.

      I don't think you are making it up, but your memory is not accurate in this case.

      I may also have made an error, but I'd never do anything like that.

      Originally Posted by briankoz View Post

      Martin, you had a blog post that I saw up around the same time (looks like you removed the link to it now, though...) that you started talking about this product, and then after that fact you wrote that you hadn't even bought it yet in this very thread.

      Only awhile later did you say that you'd buy it and test over the weekend.

      - Brian
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      • Profile picture of the author sohosources
        Hi, gang:

        I have the Emerald 11 traffic generator plug-in for WP blogs/sites.

        Does anyone know whether E-11 will work with Tom Bell's APB sites/blogs?

        With E-11 to drive traffic to these otherwise generic blogs, it may help me earn a few bucks while I explore other, more conventional, traffic techniques, etc.

        Anyone?

        Thanks,

        --sohosources
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        • Profile picture of the author sohosources
          I guess it's a moot point, as I just refunded Emerald 11 through clickbank...

          I contacted Bill McRea's support system via telephone and e-mail over several days, with no response.

          Too many vendors are great at taking our money...but not so great at providing a quality product with reasonable support.

          Because I was up against my refund deadline I pulled the trigger.

          Oh, well...

          --sohosources
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          • Profile picture of the author jdownloads
            Hey guys. I bought auto power blogs and so far its alright. So far I built 100 blogs on their domain and I will also build more using my own hosting. I set up on their account just because their alexa rank is 41,000 today, thought it may help to index all the pages a bit faster.

            I used imacros to set up and configure all 100 blogs on auto. I went through and manually changed headers, keywords, etc. Yes wprobot now feeds them.

            I spent a week setting it all up, now I will never need to touch them again if I don't want to.

            So far a few clicks on adsense, (i disabled their blog integrator plugin) not too bad. What I like the most is that all the pages ARE indexing fast and traffic grows higher and higher daily according to statpress.

            I build a lot of blogs and realize you can't have a winner in a few days, but once you gain momentum, thats where the money is at.

            I also set them up with the same "posting email address". So if I want to promote an affiliate offer, I write an email to the posting address and that article gets posted 100 times automatically. Plus its all unique because I also use wp spin

            All in all, not bad. I host their, they allow me to do whatever I want to my blog, so I'm happy.
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            • Profile picture of the author alisa777
              Originally Posted by jdownloads View Post

              Hey guys. I bought auto power blogs and so far its alright. So far I built 100 blogs on their domain and I will also build more using my own hosting. I set up on their account just because their alexa rank is 41,000 today, thought it may help to index all the pages a bit faster.

              I used imacros to set up and configure all 100 blogs on auto. I went through and manually changed headers, keywords, etc. Yes wprobot now feeds them.

              I spent a week setting it all up, now I will never need to touch them again if I don't want to.

              So far a few clicks on adsense, (i disabled their blog integrator plugin) not too bad. What I like the most is that all the pages ARE indexing fast and traffic grows higher and higher daily according to statpress.

              I build a lot of blogs and realize you can't have a winner in a few days, but once you gain momentum, thats where the money is at.

              I also set them up with the same "posting email address". So if I want to promote an affiliate offer, I write an email to the posting address and that article gets posted 100 times automatically. Plus its all unique because I also use wp spin

              All in all, not bad. I host their, they allow me to do whatever I want to my blog, so I'm happy.
              I was looking for warriors' reviews after I've got an email few hours ago promoting "APB 2.0 - bigger and better than ever"

              Thanks for sharing your experience with the product.Sounds good and promising . But more than that, it gives us the chance to make up our mind if we feel us like being able to put it in good use.

              100 blogs fully set up in a week, hosted for free , fast indexed with growing traffic...NICE !
              I know, it's not only because of the core product itself ( and no one serious about internet marketing would expect to get all and everything on the silver plate), it's about how you leverage and integrate the product with your own ideas and knowledge.
              I really like the idea that you can do whatever you want with your blogs (like using wprobot and I guess any other plugin to your choice).
              I am not so experienced with using iMacros, would need to pass through learning curve to put it in good use, but...seems worthwhile.

              Do the users get any useful guidance regarding those customizations inside the members area or in the forum (hope one exists)?
              Any help on this would be much appreciated.

              Thanks again for your very helpful post !
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  • Profile picture of the author briankoz
    Randellz, you might be mistaking a couple features of APB. If your sites are slow to load, that's probably due to your own host and not us. Years ago we had a hosting feature, but we switched those over and encouraged self hosting with a new APB tool and new features in it.

    The content you get also depends on the keywords and niche that you're in. I would suggest e-mailing the support and asking for clarification on that, as they'd be happy to help you out there.

    And also, getting the content and sites up won't make you money on its own -- you need to monetize them, which APB can help with but won't do on its own. There's also a 60 day money back guarantee on it all as well.

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    • Profile picture of the author randellz
      Originally Posted by briankoz View Post

      Randellz, you might be mistaking a couple features of APB. If your sites are slow to load, that's probably due to your own host and not us. Years ago we had a hosting feature, but we switched those over and encouraged self hosting with a new APB tool and new features in it.

      The content you get also depends on the keywords and niche that you're in. I would suggest e-mailing the support and asking for clarification on that, as they'd be happy to help you out there.

      And also, getting the content and sites up won't make you money on its own -- you need to monetize them, which APB can help with but won't do on its own. There's also a 60 day money back guarantee on it all as well.

      - Brian
      Cheers for Advice Brian,

      Sorry for late reply few years gone by lol. your probable right Brain im prob thinking of an earlier version of this product in that case i retract my statements above and stay good job to APB on getting it together.
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