Noble Samurai

That’s right, Market Samurai is now two years old – and what a big year it has been.

Over the last year, the Noble Samurai community has expanded in leaps and bounds.

Market Samurai has continued to grow, with big challenges overcome!

Since last year, Market Samurai has been through the works.

We’ve had some big updates from Google to keep up with, as well as the release of Adobe AIR 2.0

We’ve added tonnes of new features to the existing modules and incorporated a heap of new updates requested by our users.

The Noble Samurai Dojo has launched!

One of our favourite releases of the last year has been the Noble Samurai Dojo.

In the last year, Dr Anthony and Ben Galt have produced training for every aspect of Market Samurai, covering SEO from head to toe.

They’ve created nearly 80 training videos, and the manuals they have put together make up over 900 pages of content.

So a huuuge thanks to our training team and everyone who has helped the Dojo become what it is!

We’ve seen the release of our second piece of software, Domain Samurai!

Back on March the 31st (depending on where you are in the world, of course) we released our second piece of software, Domain Samurai.

Domain Samurai filled a niche in Market Samura; it was the missing piece of the puzzle. With the option of registering domains through the Domains Module, the Samurai suite now covers the entire site creation process.

We also teamed up with DomainFace to give you access to Aged Domains.

The Noble Samurai team has grown!

The lineup has changed since our last birthday.

Sadly we’ve had two of our members leave to travel the world. Michael the Developer and Mark our Affiliate Manager and Marketer have left us for exciting travels, and we wish them the best!

But whilst some members have departed our ranks, we have been joined by some brilliant newcomers!

Dr Anthony Fernando

Dale Maggee

Daniel Assange

James Miller

Julian Thatcher

We’ve updated our site into a shiny new format!

If you’re a regular visitor to the blog or to our site, you will have noticed some major changes.

For the last couple of months our design and web development teams have been working hard to create a new look for Noble Samurai, along with our new Accounts system.

The accounts system now lets you manage our software from a single hub – giving you just one password to remember for your Noble Samurai needs.

Our affiliate program launched, with spectacular results!

Just a couple of weeks ago the Noble Samurai affiliate program opened.

After long months of testing in closed beta, we released the affiliate program for public sign ups. The results were amazing.

By the end of first two weeks there were over 3,000 Market Samurai affiliates in action, and our two week launch promotion has seen well over $100,000 paid out in affiliate commissions.

A big congratulations to all our new affiliates for their stellar efforts! And here’s to a great new year for them all!

The Thirty Day Challenge 2009

Another year, another successful Thirty Day Challenge.

The gurus from the Thirty Day Challenge pulled out all the stops to bring us the Thirty Day Challenge 2009. We had a huge crowd, including both new and old faces, taking part and a great turn out.

And with the new year’s Thirty Day Challenge (now just “The Challenge“) approaching, it’s nearly that time again!

…and the future’s just as bright…

Phew, now I come to list it all out, it has been a HUGE year.

2010 is now well underway, and there are exciting things on the horizon for both us and our users.

We are looking forward to a great year, and we hope you’ll all take this journey with us!

Wishing you all the best from the whole team here at Noble Samurai!

Alex Green

The Market Samurai Affiliate Program has now Launched!

This means all Market Samurai full version owners can begin earning commissions – just for telling people about Market Samurai.

Plus – for the next two weeks – you will earn prizes for referring leads to Market Samurai.

So make sure you’re signed up…

Market Samurai Affiliate Program Details

If you missed our Market Samurai affiliate program announcement on the blog on Friday, here are the key benefits of the Market Samurai affiliate program:

• For every person who you refer that buys, you earn 48% commissions;
• High Conversion Rates – our affiliates achieve average conversion rates of 20-25%, download to sale;
• It practically promotes itself – a free download of some great software – people love this offer!;
• Your leads are locked to your affiliate code with lifetime hard-coded affiliate tracking – meaning it doesn’t matter if your lead buys Market Samurai today, or a year from today, you still get the commission;
• As an affiliate, you get access to all of our banners, proven email promotional copy to promote, and more;
• Demand for Market Samurai keeps growing, showing no signs of slowing down. (Our stats keep showing growth month after month – for us, and for our affiliates. So it’s not too late to start – things are just getting hot!);
• There are plenty of untapped international markets, where knowledge of Market Samurai is low, and smart affiliates can clean up! (these include fast-growing markets in Central Europe, Asia and Latin America);
• Our autoresponders and software do hard work for you, as your personal salesman. This means once a lead has downloaded, you don’t have to pitch at all if selling “just isn’t your thing”;
• And it takes very little effort to promote. With a few clicks, you can have a banner on your blog.

You tell people, they download free software, our autoresponders work to get you sales, and you earn a 48% commission on all Market Samurai sales that you’ve referred.

Simple!

It’s Easy to Make Sales Add Up

As I mentioned in the last blog post, it doesn’t take much effort to start seeing results.

If all you did was tell ONE friend per month about Market Samurai, and based on your personal recommendation they bought, that’s between $550 – $860 extra per year in your pocket.

If you put a banner on your blog, and refer 1 more sale per month, that’s now $1,100 – $1,720 in your pocket.

Do a few blog posts (one a month – perhaps talking about different tools inside Market Samurai and how you use them), refer just 10 sales from each blog post, and you’re now earning $6,680 – $10,300.

Promote Market Samurai to an email list, do some PPC advertising, release some videos on keyword research using Market Samurai and…

…well, you can multiply the numbers from here…

By now you’re seeing how it doesn’t take much to create a regular income stream by promoting Market Samurai.

Two Weeks Only: Double Your Rewards

PLUS! – If you promote within the next two weeks (between June 14 and June 27 AEST), all signups you refer will be counted towards some HUGE prize giveaways – including the new iPad 3G, the yet-to-be-released iPhone 4G (be the first to have one!), and more!

These are just some of the prizes…

There are plenty of other cool gadgets, expensive gizmos and more – but to get the full list of bonuses you can unlock, you’ll need to be a Market Samurai affiliate. (We can’t reveal all of our affiliate program secrets on the blog )

Already Joined the Market Samurai Affiliate Program?

If you’ve already joined the Market Samurai affiliate program, it’s time to promote now!

Every signup that you refer in the next two weeks – between now and June 27th at 11:59pm Melbourne time – counts towards your bonus prize.

The more leads you refer, the bigger and more expensive your prize will be!

You should have received an email with the details you need to access the affiliate resources area. (If this email hasn’t arrived, please contact us in support.)

Once you have access, make sure you check out the “Resources” section inside the Affiliate area. It contains:

• Your Affiliate Links;
• Pre-Tested Email Campaigns you can “Swipe” and use as you wish;
• Banners and promotional graphics for your blog or site;
• Campaign Profitability Estimators;
• And More!

(We’ll be adding more resources to this area later – so check back regularly.)

You’ll also have access here to Full Stats Reporting inside the Market Samurai affiliate area.

(These stats, graphs and reporting tools are the same as the ones that we use to manage and monitor our own promotions.)

Not Yet a Market Samurai Affiliate?

As a full version owner of Market Samurai – if you haven’t already joined the Market Samurai affiliate program – you can join now, here:

If you do not own the full version of Market Samurai yet – and you’d like to join the Market Samurai affiliate program – this discount link will allow you to buy Market Samurai for $97 (roughly what you’ll make back in commissions on the first two sales you refer.)

(BUT… This discount link will expire in a few hours (at 11:59pm on Monday) and is only available to new Market Samurai affiliates – so make sure you use it now before it disappears.)

Once you have your full version registration key, you can use it to get access to the Market Samurai affiliate program here.

WARNING: The Market Samurai Affiliate Program is NOT for Everyone…

Even though it would be nice to be able to pay every Market Samurai owner a big check every month for simply telling their friends and followers about how they use our software – it’s important that I emphasize:

The Market Samurai affiliate program is not for everyone.

As I mentioned in my last blog post – IF YOU plan to do any of the following…

…Promote Market Samurai through negative “Is Market Samurai a Scam?” style advertising, SPAM, lie, cheat, steal, or deliberately misrepresent Market Samurai’s features or any of our offers to get sales, use black hat techniques (such as cookie-stuffing), use dirty tricks, advertise promises that you don’t keep, or otherwise damage our good name…

…Then the Market Samurai Affiliate Program is NOT for you.

We will refuse, reject or boot-out affiliates who “play dirty”. Our integrity and reputation are worth far more to us than a few extra sales – and we mean it.

This is the whole reason we chose the name “Noble Samurai” – not “Evil Ninjas”. (Because our integrity is important to us.)

BUT… If you’re one of the “good guys” – someone who has integrity too…

…Then the Market Samurai Affiliate Program IS for you.

If you are one of the good guys, we want you to be a Market Samurai affiliate so that we can reward you with commissions for simply sharing Market Samurai with others. So, if you haven’t already,…

Remember: You Only Have 2 Weeks to Earn Bonuses

If you do plan to promote Market Samurai – remember, you MUST promote in the next two weeks if you want to claim one of the many Market Samurai Affiliate Program Bonuses.

(The new iPad 3G, [just announced] iPhone 4G, MacBook Pro prize pack, and more.)

Every signup you refer between Monday June 14th and Sunday June 27th (at 11:59pm Melbourne time) will count towards your bonus prize.

Refer more signups, and unlock even bigger, even cooler and even more expensive prizes!

So get started now to maximise your prize!

Brent

P.S. – Here’s the Market Samurai Affiliate Program signup button again (just in case you missed it)

Adobe has just released a major update to Adobe AIR - the platform that Market Samurai and Domain Samurai run on.

The update included a whole host of technical improvements and additions.

This has caused a lot of buzz here in at Samurai HQ!

It’s hard not be infected by contagious excitement when you hear our tech team excitedly chattering about how they’re going to use these to make Market Samurai and Domain Samurai even better!

We’re coming into exciting times!

But the winds of change bring both good and bad fortunes.

Like all new software being released to the public from beta, the Adobe AIR 2 release will have some positive and negative impacts during the early transition phase and into the future.

Despite all of the exciting “Good News” in our future, there’s also some “Bad News” – at least in the short term during the early transition phase to this new technology.

The Good News…

More Efficiency:

Applications such as Market Samurai running on Adobe AIR 2 will be faster and demand fewer system resources to run.

This means that users should see an immediate improvement in performance, particularly on less powerful machines.

More Speed:

Adobe AIR 2 has an improved JavaScript engine which works up to twice as fast as the old one. This means that we should be able to get Market Samurai and Domain Samurai working faster and more efficiently.

Stronger System Integration:

The latest update to Adobe AIR also improves the platforms integration with your system.

This gives the developers a number of exciting new tools that they can use to make major improvements to Market Samurai.

These tools will make a number of features that were previously difficult or impossible to implement far more feasible.

BUT… There’s Bad News Too…

A major change like this will always have some teething problems – and people who have upgraded to Adobe AIR 2.0 have already reported several bugs (including an issue with the Publish Content module.)

If You Spot a Bug…

We’re currently working hard to identify and solve all of these problems as they arise.

However if you notice any bugs please submit a support ticket to let us know!

(We’re working overtime right now to identify and stomp every issue that might have arisen from this update – but like always, we value your help spotting problems we might have missed.)

A Temporary Solution…

In the mean time – if any Adobe AIR 2 related bugs are interrupting your work you can downgrade to the previous version of Adobe AIR via these links:

• Windows
• Mac
• Linux

If you have any other questions or concerns about the upgrade to Adobe AIR 2, or if you want to share some feedback with us, then please let us know.

Miriam Parkinson
Noble Samurai

For a while now, the Market Samurai Affiliate Program has been one of our most requested “features”.

So, in less than 72 hours, we will be publicly launching the Market Samurai Affiliate Program with a BIG celebration event.

This means:

• BIG opportunities for BIG commissions;
• Plenty of BIG rewards and bonus prizes for affiliates;
• And much, much more…

If you already own a copy of Market Samurai, and you want to reserve your spot in the affiliate program, make sure you enter your details here to receive your affiliate code on Monday (when the affiliate program launches):

If you want to find out more about the affiliate program, and the cool gadgets and gizmo’s we’re giving away, keep reading…

12 Great Reasons to Join the Market Samurai Affiliate Program

There are a lot of great things about becoming a Market Samurai affiliate.

For starters – Market Samurai is an established, reputable tool, with a solid user base.

It sells well already (and keeps selling better and better every month), and the commissions on sales you refer are big – so being a Market Samurai stands to make you good money.

It takes practically no effort to promote. (Chances are you’re already telling 1 person a month about Market Samurai anyway. Why not make commissions when they buy.)

PLUS – as an affiliate you have the opportunity to earn some BIG rewards. (Did somebody say iPads?)

Let’s look at the facts:

1. FACT: Earn Big Commissions

   Just by telling people about Market Samurai, you earn a big 48% commission when they buy.

   This sees you earning between $46.56 and $71.52 for every sale.

   This means…

2. FACT: It’s Easy to Make Good Money

   If all you did was tell ONE friend per month about Market Samurai, and based on your personal recommendation they bought, that’s between $550 – $860 extra per year in your pocket.

   If you put a banner on your blog, and refer 1 more sale per month, that’s now $1,100 – $1,720 in your pocket.

   Do a few blog posts (one a month – perhaps talking about different tools inside Market Samurai and how you use them), refer just 10 sales from each blog post, and you’re now earning $6,680 – $10,300.

   And if you have an email list – start multiplying these numbers. (I’ll show you why in a moment.)

   It doesn’t take much effort to make a lot of money as a Market Samurai affiliate. Promoting a free download has never been so profitable!

3. FACT: No Selling Necessary, No Pitching Necessary

   As you’re starting to see, promoting Market Samurai is so easy that you can barely call it “promotion”:

   All you need to do is invite as many people as you can to download a free trial of this cool marketing software called Market Samurai. (A “no-brainer” – people love free software.)

   Once they’ve signed up, you can sit back and let us do the “selling” for you.

   Our autoresponders, free training content and special offers do the hard work selling Market Samurai for you – on autopilot.

   Of course you can choose to promote the sale yourself (and convert even more signups to buyers, based on your own personal recommendation to buy).

   But if “selling” isn’t your skill, we’ve got you covered. You just get as many people to download a free trial as possible and we’ll do the selling for you.

   The best part is – it doesn’t matter WHEN or HOW someone buys – if you referred the sale, you get the commission.

4. FACT: Permanent Hard-Coded Lifetime Affiliate Cookies

   Having permanent, hard-coded, lifetime affiliate cookies is something every affiliate program should offer – but most don’t.

   A lifetime affiliate cookie means it doesn’t matter if someone you refer buys Market Samurai today, or in a year from today – if you’ve referred the signup, you earn the commission when they buy.

   Plus, hard-coded affiliate cookies means your affiliate code is permanently tied to the user when they download Market Samurai – for life. And this means, unlike other affiliate programs, there’s no need to worry about losing sales when people clear their cookies, or the cookies expire.

   Our cookies never expire – they signups you refer locked in your name for life.

   (So the more people you refer to download the free trial of Market Samurai, the more people are locked in our system to your name, the more commissions you make.)

5. FACT: High Conversion Rates – Market Samurai Sells Itself

   Did I mention Market Samurai sells well?

   Here are some stats we’ve never released before…

   So far, 20-25% of everyone who has ever downloaded a free trial of Market Samurai has ended up buying.

   (One big partner even achieved a 46% conversion rate – download-to-sales – and earned a whopping 6-figure commission payment that month. But even if you ignore that single promotion, the average conversion rate still sits around 20-25%.)

   Yes, 20-25% are our average conversion rates – sales from downloads.

   Obviously your mileage may vary – depending on a whole heap of factors (such as how qualified the leads are that you refer, and whether you follow up and promote the sale – not just the download.)

   But if you’re promoting Market Samurai to fresh, qualified leads that are targeted to online marketing, there’s no reason why you can’t achieve these high conversion rates too.

   Again – your goal is simple… Just get as many people as possible to download the free trial of Market Samurai. From there, Market Samurai sells itself.

   More signups means more sales and more commissions in your pocket.

6. FACT: You Get Access To Our Best Promotional Offers

   This is one of the secrets to our selling success – we’ve created offers that are practically too good to refuse.

   These offers have been reviewed, tested, mailed and proven by some of the most respected names in the internet marketing industry who have recommended Market Samurai to their lists…

   …We’d be crazy if we didn’t let you have access to these high-converting offers too!

   So as a Market Samurai affiliate, you’ll get access to all of our proven promotional materials – for you to “swipe” and use as you choose.

   The best part is the feedback you’ll receive when you promote Market Samurai.

7. FACT: People THANK You For Recommending Our Top Rated Software

   People’s love of Market Samurai is obvious whenever you see it mentioned on forums, blog posts, comments, at seminars, in training, or even on our own site…

   Any time Market Samurai is mentioned, people talk about Market Samurai with glowing praise, talking about it as the best investment they’ve ever made.

   On forums and in blog posts, Market Samurai makes the list as one “must-have” internet marketing product. And it’s independently rated one of the top 10 internet marketing products of all time according to IM Report Card.

   Market Samurai isn’t one of “those” internet marketing products that you probably receive 100 emails a day about… (You know the ones – here today, gone tomorrow, never making an impression – the type of product that burns the reputations (and email lists) of everyone who promotes.)

   Instead, Market Samurai is something that you can promote with confidence – because it’s solid, valuable, and actually works.

   In fact, many people who have recommended Market Samurai to their lists have actually received THANK YOU emails!

   (Get that! – You promote something because it works for you, you earn commissions on sales, and then you receive letters of thanks saying “Thank you for promoting this product to me.”!!)

   This is a reputation we’ve worked hard to create, and a reputation that we’ll continue to protect, so that you can promote Market Samurai with confidence.

8. FACT: Over 150,000 people already use our products…

   From 0 to 150,000+ people using Market Samurai in under 2 years.

   This speaks for itself as a sign of how big demand is for Market Samurai worldwide.

   If you’re thinking “With over 150,000 users, surely everyone who wants Market Samurai already. Surely demand is dropping by now…” – you’re dead wrong!

9. FACT: …Demand For Market Samurai STILL Keeps Growing!

   Yes, we’ve had explosive growth over our 2 short years… But every month, demand seems to grow faster.

   Last month, we didn’t do any big promotions. Yes, we released some training and some free new updates – but no big JVs, no huge partner promotions… When it comes to marketing and sales, last month was a boring month.

   But, last month was STILL one of our biggest months for sales and signups to date.

   Every month, more and more people decide to start marketing online, and go looking for the best tools for the job; Or they decide to switch from their other (less reliable, more expensive, lower-featured) software – and find Market Samurai; Or they hear about Market Samurai through word-of-mouth referrals.

   And every month, demand keeps growing.

10. FACT: Untapped International Opportunities

    There are also a lot of untapped markets out there waiting for affiliates to exploit, where few people know about Market Samurai.

    For example, we have disproportionately low numbers of users in the UK, South America, Asia, and Continental Europe – just to name a few.

    These are some of the biggest (growing) markets for internet marketing in the world.

    So if you have a following in any of these markets, or if you know how to get into these untapped regions, there’s big potential to make big commissions as a Market Samurai affiliate.

11. FACT: The Early Movers Will Catch The Biggest Opportunities

    Until today, the only way to become a Market Samurai affiliate was by-invitation-only, as a Market Samurai partner.

    This means we have relatively few Market Samurai affiliates.

    But when we open the floodgates on Monday, so that all Market Samurai owners can become affiliates, it will be the fast-movers who make the biggest gains.

12. FACT: The Affiliate Program is EXCLUSIVE to Market Samurai Owners

    That means, if you already own the full version of Market Samurai, you can sign up right now to get your affiliate code on Monday.

    And, when the affiliate program launches on Monday, you won’t have to worry about competing against mega-affiliates who have never used Market Samurai and just want to cash in on our affiliate launch…

    Why is the Market Samurai affiliate program open exclusively to Market Samurai full version owners?

    In short, because we want to reward YOU – our loyal customers.

    To Full-Version Owners of Market Samurai:

    Your purchase helped us to fund our growth, and improve Market Samurai to the point where we now have well over 150,000 people using our software worldwide. For this, we are thankful.

    Plus – When you recommend Market Samurai to others, your recommendation carries integrity because you actually own and use the software yourself. And we want affiliates who have integrity.

    Because of these two points, we want you as an affiliate.

    Sure, we’d make a lot more money if everyone could promote Market Samurai – regardless of whether they’ve even used Market Samurai or not…

    But why should we put “mega-affiliates” ahead of the real, genuine, loyal customers who supported us when we were just starting out?

    That is why we’re opening the Market Samurai Affiliate Program exclusively to you.

    To Trial Users of Market Samurai:

    If you don’t own the full version of Market Samurai yet, it’s not too late…

    All you need to do is purchase a copy of Market Samurai before signing up to the affiliate program.

    If you purchase and sign up to the affiliate program by Monday, you can use this discount link to purchase.

Get In Early to Earn Additional Bonuses:
NEW iPhone 4G’s, NEW iPad 3G’s and more!…

To celebrate the launch of the Market Samurai Affiliate Program, and to reward fast movers, we’re going to have some fun!

For every signup you refer between Monday the 14th of June and Sunday the 27th of June, you have the opportunity to unlock big bonus prizes.

These prizes include iPads, the new iPhone 4G (the yet-to-be-released one that was announced this week), and more!

We’re aiming to give away dozens of each prize – you won’t need to be a “top 10″ affiliate to win – instead, prizes are “unlocked” when you reach signup targets.

By getting more signups, you unlock bigger and better prizes.

To find out full prize details, you’ll need to sign up here – we’ll send all your affiliate details, plus details on prizes and milestones on Monday when the affiliate program launches.

Full legal terms and conditions of the affiliate program, and launch competition, can be found here.

Want an iPad, iPhone – and more?
The Grand Prize: The Apple Pack-intosh

The Market Samurai Affiliate Program launch wouldn’t be complete without a Grand Prize.

Our Grand Prize, for the affiliate who gains the most sign ups during the first two weeks, is the huge “Apple Pack-intosh”.

This is a collection of the latest expensive Apple gadgets and goodies – including:

• MacBook Pro - 15″ full-spec’d out, and portable - Estimated Value: $2,300
• iPhone 4G – the yet-to-be-released NEW iPhone 4G 32GB - Estimated Value: $300
• iPad 3G – top of the line iPad WIFI+3G 64GB – Estimated Value: $830
• Apple TV - 160GB of entertainment TV awesome – Estimated Value: $230
• Apple Keyboard – Bluetooth wireless keyboard for iPad/MacBook – Estimated Value: $70
• Magic Mouse – with multi-touch interface – Estimated Value: $70
• AND a set of Bowers and Wilkins Zeppelin Speakers – simply because they’re cool… - Estimated Value: $600

Total Estimated Value: $4,400 USD

We have only ONE of these “Apple Pack-intosh” mega-packs to give away in the next two weeks – so once you reach the final signup target, it’s a “King of the Hill” race to see who will walk away the grand prize away.

Market Samurai Affiliate Program Launch Details

The Market Samurai Affiliate Program will launch on Monday the 14th of June.

To be eligible for the prizes above, you must promote between Monday the 14th of June and Sunday the 27th of June 2010. Only signups within these dates will be counted towards your prize.

(These times will be measured in Australian Eastern Standard Time – so make sure you check out the clock in the affiliate area to make sure you’re synced up.)

Remember: Every Market Samurai sign up you refer is locked to your affiliate code for life.

So the next two weeks mean you earn double…

Not only do you unlock big prizes, you also earn big commissions when the leads you refer buy Market Samurai (whether that’s right away, or years from now.)

Affiliate Program Eligibility

If you already own a full-version copy of Market Samurai, make sure you sign up now – so that you receive your affiliate code on Monday (as soon as the affiliate program launches):

But, again, if you don’t own Market Samurai yet, it’s not too late…

You can still upgrade to the full version of Market Samurai – and then join the affiliate program, promote, and recoup your purchase cost and more through the affiliate commissions you earn. (If you sign up before Monday, you can use this discount link to get Market Samurai at the discounted price of $97.)

Word Of Warning:
The Market Samurai Affiliate Program Is NOT For You – IF…

Remember how I said we were limiting the affiliate program because we’re more interested in rewarding loyal customers – and maintaining our integrity – than pimping ourselves to every affiliate who wants to make a quick buck selling Market Samurai?

It’s all true.

We’re willing to make less money – and refuse or reject affiliates – if it means we get the RIGHT affiliates.

The Affiliate Program is NOT for you if…

If you want to promote Market Samurai using car-crash-style “Market Samurai is a scam” ads, SPAM, black hat techniques (like cookie-stuffing), lies, dirty tricks and scams…

…Then don’t even bother applying.

You will be rejected, refused or simply booted out – and applying to the affiliate program will just waste your time and ours.

Our reputation is worth far more to us than a few extra sales. (That’s why we’re “Noble Samurai” – not “Evil Ninjas”.)

The Affiliate Program IS for you if…

But if you own Market Samurai, and you want to make some extra cash recommending Market Samurai, plus help a whole lot of people achieve better results online in the process…

…Then you’re the kind of high integrity VIP we want to reward (with prizes and big commissions) through the affiliate program.

If this is you, make sure you sign up now so that you’re ready to go on Monday when we email you your affiliate launch pack.

Speak to you again on Monday!

Brent Hodgson
Noble Samurai

P.S. – Don’t forget – it all begins on Monday! (Roughly 72 hours from now.)

So make sure you’ve signed up before the floodgates open to maximise your signups and commission earnings (and get your hands on the best signup bonus prize in the process!)

Here’s the signup link again.

When we first began building Market Samurai, one of our less sexy (but more ambitious) goals was to streamline the workflow of an internet marketer.

From keyword research at the beginning, to tracking rankings and results over time – all of this is available inside one streamlined workflow inside Market Samurai.

Well – except maybe one piece…

The one step that’s missing is checking and purchasing domains – a vital step in setting up your site.

While Domain Samurai fills the domains gap, it still means you need to swap from one software application to another – and it’s a time-consuming hassle that many Market Samurai users want to see gone!

Since the release of Domain Samurai, we’ve had countless people contact us via support requesting that we add Domain Samurai as a module to Market Samurai.

So today, we’re doing just that.

From today, the Domains module will be included inside your copy of Market Samurai.

With the Domains module now available within Market Samurai, the entire internet marketing process – from website creation to monitoring – is streamlined again.

This means a faster workflow – no need to move between two separate applications when creating your website.

And The Domains Module is Free!

It always has been free, as part of Domain Samurai.

But now, just like the Keyword Research module, the Domains module is ALSO available for free inside Market Samurai.

This means all trial, paid and free (expired trial) Market Samurai users – and all Domain Samurai users – can access the Domains module inside both of these tools.

If you’ve already got a copy of Market Samurai, the latest update will give you access to the Domains module.

If you don’t have a copy of Market Samurai, you can get your free trial (and free access to the Domains Module) here.

So What Happens With Domain Samurai?

Domain Samurai (our purpose-built domain name research software) was designed to find high-value New and Aged Domains.

The tens-of-thousands of domainers and internet marketers who are using it already for this purpose prove there is a need for a tool that focusses solely on domains.

So we will continue to promote and support Domain Samurai as THE tool for anyone searching for high-value New or Aged Domains that are perfect for SEO.

And we’ll continue to do this for free – just as we always have.

(In fact – if you don’t already have a copy of Domain Samurai, take a moment now to get your copy free here.)

But for people who are doing SEO daily, and want a suite of streamlined SEO software tools that speed up their research, analysis, tracking, publishing and targeted link building – for this role, Market Samurai is the right tool for the job.

We hope you enjoy using the Domains module inside Market Samurai!

Alex Green

The Samurai Team are hitting the road for two upcoming events.

If you’re attending one of these events, it’s an opportunity to meet Eugene Ware or Dr Anthony Fernando – and ask your most burning questions about internet marketing in person.

Here’s where they’ll be:

Ed Dale’s “Coming Home 3″ event

Ed Dale’s “Coming Home 3″ event
May 21st, 22nd and 23rd
San Diego, California, USA

Click Here for Further Event Details.

Eugene Ware (Noble Samurai CEO and marketing tech genius) will be speaking alongside these online marketing superstars:

• Ed Dale
• Dan Raine
• Leslie Rohde
• John Carlton
• Andy Jenkins
• Paul Colligan
• Pete Williams
• Kenny Goodman

If you’re going to be there, you’re in for a treat.

Firstly, the speakers line-up is top-notch. But also because the insights that Eugene shared at past Coming Home events have left peoples jaws on the floor agasp, saying “I never knew you could do THAT in internet marketing!”

(If you can’t be there, the Twitter hashtag for the event is #30dchome. I’ll be using this to follow along myself.)

WordPress Direct University

WordPress Direct University
June 11th-12th
San Diego, California, USA

Click Here for Further Event Details or Tickets.

Dr Anthony Fernando (Noble Samurai’s sensei-in-residence) will be speaking here, with another top-tier lineup of online marketers:

• Ed Dale
• Matt Trainer
• Keith Baxter
• Amish Shah
• Tina Lorenz
• Lee Collins
• Marty Rozmanith.

All super smart marketers at the top of their game.

If you’re considering attending this event, let me share one reason why I think it’s going to be so special…

I’m sure you’re familiar with Dr Anthony through his Noble Samurai training videos (in the Dojo) – but what you might not know about are the results Dr Anthony achieves online.

For example, his online properties receive over 1 million hits per day; he has a YouTube video that has received over 1.8 million views; he’s the best-selling author of “The Oracles Secret”; and he runs several highly profitable online businesses outside of the internet marketing industry. (It’s like everything he touches online turns to marketing gold.)

Despite these results, Dr Anthony hasn’t spoken at any internet marketing event in nearly a decade.

So this is an extremely rare opportunity to hear Dr Anthony speak live, to meet him in person, and ask him your most burning questions on internet marketing. An opportunity not to be missed.

Come Up and Say “Hi!”

If you’re going to be at either of these events, make sure you come up and say hello to Dr Anthony or Eugene.

(You might even want to begin considering “If I had one question to ask them that would help me to improve my results online, what would it be?” now, so that you can get the most out of the opportunity.)

Brent

Google Search Format Change

In the last 24 hours, Google updated the structure of its SERP (Search Engine Results Page), resulting in some modules of Market Samurai displaying data inconsistently.

Whenever a change occurs to the way Google displays its results, Market Samurai needs to be updated to be able to handle the new format.

Unfortunately, the latest change occurred overnight (in Australia), so the change only became apparent when we arrived this morning.

Market Samurai is now live again.

All issues resulting from the SERPs change now resolved – Market Samurai has been updated.

Latest version of Market Samurai available here

Market Samurai Update

Thank you everyone for your patience.

Alex

Hi everyone!

The launch of our iTunes feed on Monday has been a fantastic success! As I write this we’re the #1 Business podcast in Australia, #2 in the UK, and #19 in the US.

However we’ve had a lot of questions about different feed options and the Apple-centric nature of our first four feeds. We didn’t mean to be Applelitists!

New Feed…

To help put things right we’ve released another RSS feed for the Android.

Android RSS Feed

You can also subscribe to the feed via Miro – http://www.getmiro.com/

Miro is a free, open source video player that lets you subscribe to and watch video feeds like our training feed.

In addition, you can subscribe via iTunes on a Windows PC (also for free), or visit the Dojo in your web browser.

New Training…

To help guide anyone who’s having trouble, Anthony and Ben have whipped up this video, running you through the process of subscribing to our feeds.

You can also download the PDF of this training video straight from the Dojo.

Saving the best for last…

And that isn’t the best news I have to share with you.

Anthony and Ben are right now putting the final touches to a MAJOR dojo update – one that will be available in just two days. This is one of their best works yet, dealing with how to obtain backlinks using the Promotion module.

Stay tuned everyone!

Alex

Have you seen the new Noble Samurai Dojo yet?

The Noble Samurai Dojo is our new training area – and has replaced our previous tutorials area.

Over the coming months, the Dojo will grow with more and more training added regularly – to help you get the most out of Market Samurai, and your internet marketing

Big Changes in The Dojo

Based on your feedback, we’ve made some substantial changes to the way that we deliver training.

Some of the changes you’ll notice in the new Dojo include:

• NEW Step-by-Step Written Training Manuals;
• NEW Downloadable PDF Training Manuals;
• NEW Automatic Translation of Written Training – with 52 languages supported;
• IMPROVED Audio Quality and Volume Levels;
• NEW Search Functionality – to help you find the training you need;
• NEW Never-Before-Seen, Clearer Training (including this “Introduction to Keyword Research” by Dr Anthony Fernando), and;
• ADDED TODAY As of today, you can now leave comments, further tips and feedback inside the Dojo.

Make sure you check these out: – http://www.noblesamurai.com/dojo

And keep your feedback coming! Let us know your thoughts on the new Dojo by leaving a comment below.

Brent

P.S. – Did you catch the “swooshy” new intro and outro animations on the videos? How awesome are they! (Awesome work by Ben Galt!)

Hi Team,

I’ve got something exciting to share with you about Market Samurai.

We just released an improvement to the SEO Competition module that makes backlink anchor text analysis of web-pages that have a lot of back links much faster, and easier to complete.

This latest update has resulted in a MASSIVE speed increase for completing backlink anchor text analysis.

In one test, we found a 9,400% speed increase. That’s a speed up of nearly a factor of 100.  In fact, the improvement is even better than that: previously, the more backlinks you analysed, the slower the process went – twice as many backlinks could take nearly four times as long to analyse. Now few pages will take longer than 10 minutes to analyse.

The low-down on backlink analysis

The backlink analysis functionality in Market Samurai allows you to check two items:

• the PageRank of the pages linking to a URL; and
• the text contained within those links – for example, the link in the previous item to Wikipedia has the text “PageRank”.

The text is important – this is the most powerful factor Google takes into account when ranking your website for a keyword. So knowing the kinds of keywords being used in links to a page is essential to understand how Google will rank that page.

How do I do backlink analysis with Market Samurai?

First open up a project in Market Samurai and enter the SEO Competition module. Then generate the top results for your keyword or enter your own custom URL.

Now just click on the down-array to the right of the link.

Next, press the Anchor Text Analysis button to see a detailed link-text analysis for that webpage. Alternatively, you could also analyse the PageRanks of the backlinks.

A new window will pop-up showing you the information you asked for.

How much time will this save me?

Well, if you were trying to analyse a webpage with, say:

• 300 backlinks, which in some cases might have taken over 10 minutes, might now take around 1 minute;
• 600 backlinks, which might have taken over 40 minutes, should take around 2 minutes;
• 1000 backlinks, previously taking more than 90 minutes, should take 3 or 4 minutes.

Of course, the exact numbers depend on the page, your internet connection, the speed of your computer, and many other factors.

So, good luck investigating your niches – and please leave a comment if you enjoy this new update or if you have some thoughts on backlink analysis you’d like to share!

Mike

P.S. – If you don’t own Market Samurai yet, or your Market Samurai trial has expired, you will have lost access to the SEO Competition analysis tools. This means you will not see the benefit of this improvement until you upgrade your copy of Market Samurai to the full version.

If you already own Market Samurai, you can open the software right now and begin benefiting from this improvement.