Keyword Country Review

July 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment

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Keyword Country � Reviewed Inside Out

Using KeywordCountry for keyword research is just like searching on Google. Yes, you get the relevant keyword results right away with all the details that you need to be successful with AdSense! Just imagine Google suggesting keywords for your website! Well, this is what you will feel while searching keywords via Keyword Country.

This is not all! I strongly feel that Keyword Country seems to have discovered a way through which it can suggest keywords that attract traffic, get more clicks, and fetch you more EPC.

Keyword Country positions itself as a �Keyword Search Engine.� And quite obviously, I was more than curious to test whether or not the product stands up to what it commits. Here is what I found:

In fact, I have been keeping an eye on Keyword Country for quite some time now. I must say when Keyword Country started off, it was not so striking. But, their latest version seems to have done the trick!

Just type-in a keyword in KeywordCountry, and you have millions of relevant keywords within a few seconds, each with key details like:

Max CPC
Number of Advertisers
Number of Clicks per month
Estimated EPC
Number of competitors
KEI Analysis
R/S Ratio
Number of Searches (according to Overture)
Traffic on Google (estimated) �and much more!

Keyword Country is really user friendly. In fact, using it is as easy as walking down a smooth lane in the bright sunshine with both the eyes wide open. More importantly, what impressed me a lot is the way Keyword Country produces thousands of high paying keywords and niche keywords in the blink of an eye.

Keyword Country allows you to search for keywords in 3 different ways via Basic Search, Advanced Search, and Price Range Search. At the outset, I thought they are shuffling the same keywords in the three different searches. But no! The results are actually search specific, and enable you to choose the best keywords that suit your requirements. There is no cheating in their search results.

I was planning for an auto loan, so I tried the keyword � �loan,� I just typed the keyword in BASIC Search and I got 21,086 relevant keywords within a few seconds, each with key details like Max CPC, Number of Advertisers, Number of Clicks per month, Estimated EPC, Number of competitors, KEI Analysis, R/S Ratio, Number of Searches (according to Overture), and Traffic on Google.

I was really impressed by the relevancy of the keywords that I found. The results are so relevant that you can actually export the list and use it right away in your website without even filtering out any record. However, the results become a bit irrelevant as you dig deep into the list (just like in a search engine). But, I must say that the results seem to have been sorted by humans, and not by software. It is more like stealing the keyword research from a professional SEO.

Not just this, I had another option of choosing high paying keywords from 206 different sub-categories for the search term - Loan. I picked - Auto loan, and Keyword Country listed 1,257 keywords for the sub-category - Auto loan.
Price Range Searching is another remarkable feature Keyword country boasts. This search enables you to search for the keywords within a specific price range. One of the key advantages of this kind of a search is that it brings forth lots of low priced, hidden keywords that are really profitable. Besides, you can brainstorm new ideas for AdSense as well.

Above all things, it is the Advanced Searching option that makes Keyword Country a bit special. I think these guys have really thought hard! This time they have come up with a tool that allows you to do in-depth research for each keyword. Offering a variety of searching options just like Wild Cards of Google, Advanced Searching can sort results on the basis of Max CPC, Average CPC, Searches, Sponsors, or anything else you like.

After going through Keyword Country videos, Advanced Search starts making a lot of sense and you really get the hang of the powers of KC�s Advanced Search tool.

Sort the results by �Rating,� and KC will give you only profitable keywords. Sort the results by �Clicks per month,� and you will get the keywords that attract the most clicks for Google. Just integrate these keywords in your website, and you will increase the chances of getting more CTR. Furthermore, there are many more types of keywords that you can find out with Keyword Country. Just run through the Keyword Country videos for complete details.

Here are links to all the videos:

Besides, you can customize your search the way you want. Whether you type in a search query, or you search the keywords without typing in a search query � Keyword Country generates hordes of keywords spanning different industries. I won�t hesitate to say that I found such a tool after a long� long time! Well Done!

One of the most striking features of this software is �Blank Search.� Now, this is one feature that I have not seen anywhere else. Blank Search allows you to reach the most searched keywords on planet earth, most clicked keywords that exist, most high paying keywords, and most low competition high value keywords. Just leave the keyword field blank in Advanced Search, and Keyword Country will give you such amazing lists. This feature makes Keyword Country really outstanding. I can�t believe they are selling its access so cheap!

They claim to be a �Keyword Search Engine.� I believe they have already achieved what they claim. And they are still making it better and better day by day. I am sure they can make their product even more special.

Keyword Country�s the Good and the Bad

The Good

Its not a Keyword list or keyword software, it�s a Keyword Search Engine.
Highly relevant keyword results that work. And all this, within a few seconds!
Displays everything you need to be successful with AdSense

Maximum CPC
Estimated EPC
Number of Sponsors
Number of Clicks per month
Profitability rankings
Number of competitors
Traffic on Overture
Traffic on Google (estimated)
KEI Analysis, R/S Ratio

Gives you access to:

Most searched keywords that exist on planet earth
Most clicked keywords
Most high paying keywords
Most low competition high value keywords
Anchor texts that work

Equips you with three unique searching tools - Basic Search, Price Range Search, and Advanced Search.

Provides you with lots of Niche Keywords from 600,000 industries.

Provides Keyword Map that comprises of hosts of categories such as Arts, Computers, Health, Games, News, and Society. Helps you brainstorm for new topic and research out new topics for your existing website.

Gives you amazing niche keywords.

Good for adsense as well as affiliate websites.

The Bad

Database conks out at times, but the frequency has reduced tremendously.
Keyword map can be quite confusing because of its depth.
Does not allow any keyword additions to database.

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Wholesale & Dropshipping Success

June 28, 2008 | 1 Comment

Introduction to Wholesale & Dropshipping

When first starting a small online business it can be difficult to know what is the best use of your time and what sales channels will provide the biggest benefit. Sometimes you follow a natural progression by starting with selling on your own website, then someone will contact you and ask if you dropship, then if it proves to be a winning product they will ask you to sell wholesale.

There are a few different business strategies that are popular now and revolves around dropshipping and wholesaling products. You can source products to sell on your website and carry no inventory, you can sell your own products via wholesalers/dropshippers or direct to retailers with your own program, you can source products that are complimentary to your own products to upsell or cross sell your customers.

Those that are new will ask what’s the difference between Wholesale & Dropship?

In simple terms, dropship is when a retailer or catalog advertises a product, the customer places an order, and the retailer will send the order to the manufacturer to ship the product directly to the customer.

Retailer - Manufacturer/Distributor - Customer

Wholesale is when a retailer places an order with the manufactuer and carries the inventory. This cuts out the middle process and goes to direct from the retailer to the customer.

Manufacturer/Distributor - Retailer - Customer

As you can expect, both have pros and cons and one of them is what it means to your bottom line.

Dropshipper get a certain percentage of the sale, say 25-35% of the retail cost and tend to be one offs (one here and there as a customer buys it), but you also are not paying out of pocket expenses. You only pay your vendor after your customer placed their order so essentially you are giving the vendor the customers money while keeping a small cut for your efforts.

Where if you are buying in quantity you get a set wholesale price since they are buying more product all at once but you are also pre-paying the vendor. You will have “inventory debt”, so the goal is to turn the product over quickly and since you are making more money per piece you can shorten the window of having the liability of products sitting stagnant. Most manufacturers will have a min number that a retailer must buy to get the wholesale price depending on the vendor it could be thousands of units or a small case.

Wholesale & Dropship Companies

There are thousands of companies on the internet that offer products for wholesale/dropship, the problem? While researching how to effectively build my dropship/wholesale program I found these differences.

Quality products. You are the face to your customers if you sell them crap they won’t come back. Plain & Simple.

Unique products. Do they put any effort into sourcing unique products to offer or are they just unloading a barge of mass produced items that everyone else is selling. This will make your own selling efforts more difficult.

Customer Service & Security. Since wholesale/dropship distributors are middle men, meaning they don’t actually carry products they just connect manufacturers with retailers, you never know who you are dealing with. It could be a person living in the basement with a website and may take all your personal (& your customers) information and disappear tomorrow. You may also have a hard time getting a physical person to talk to you when you have a question.

Deliver. If they are dropshipping to your customer, you want to know that the product is going to arrive on the doorstep of your customer when it is supposed to.

Let me state, that you do not need to go through a wholesale or dropshipping company. You can go direct to the source and find manufacturers that you want to work with. The advantage is you are most likely going to get a more unique product since it’s not being advertised to the masses, the downfall is it will take you more time and effort to manage the process since most mfgs will have different requirements, and you don’t have a company that pre-screens to make sure they are trustworthy.

What it means for the Small Manufacturers

The world of wholesale and dropshiping open doors for small manufacturers to more sales channels and getting their product in front of more people, but it does take work. Normally, there is some paperwork and emails/phone calls to provide information, follow up and build a relationship with the vendors. You also need to create a description of your products, quality photos and any other promotional materials for the retailers.

I have found that WorldWide Brands has more then proven that they are a great company to associated with and I highly recommend any manufacturer or distributor of a product that has not checked out what they offer to do so now. The application process is simple, you get a backlink to your site from a hard hitting authority site, and they offer a ton of great FREE resources to learn more about the dropshipping and wholesale process.

I have made great contacts from this resource and best of all it hasn’t cost me as a manufacturer anything to set up my account. I’ll admit, as a small operation we have not used this resource to it’s full potential but we are working on this and with the new information they are giving out we expect to improve our process and service for this sales channel.

I also appreciate how quick their response rate is and of course, they are very personable to work with. This makes a huge difference to me as well. I give them a high recommendation no matter if you are a retailer, manufacturer, ebayer they have what it takes to grow your business.

Check out some of the FREE Ebooks that WorldWide Brands offer. Who better to learn from then those that are experts in the field of dropship and wholesale?