What’s the single-most important thing you should do before launching a new website? Research. You’ve gotta do it – keyword research, market research, niche research. If you skip this step and don’t do your homework your site probably won’t get too far – or you’ll at least have to re-do all your hard work later to fix your mistakes.
I’ve been working for a little while now with a new product called Market Samurai. Market Samurai is still in development and I first heard of it through Ed Dale’s 30-Day Challenge.
Market Samurai started out as software to help with keyword research, but has grown tremendously and is now an indispensable tool for market research and niche research as well.
Now, there are lots of tools available for keyword and market research, but Market Samurai does it all in one place. You can start a project and use the tools to really drill down to find the best keywords and information for your product. Sure, there are free tools that do this, but they they don’t work together and end up taking up tons of time.
Market Samurai is made up of different modules, some of which are still in development:
* Keyword Research
* SEO Competition
* Find Content
* Promotion
* Publish Content (in development)
* Monetization (in development)
* Adwords (in development)
The modules listed as “in development” are just that – in development, and will be released soon. That said, even just the modules that are currently available are well worth the cost of the software. The cost to purchase is a one-time price of $149 – that’s less than the cost of a consultation with most SEO professionals. There are no recurring fees, no annoying upsells, and nothing else to purchase – ever.
There are also free video tutorials on their website that explain clearly everything you need to know. A friendly user forum connects you with other Market Samurai users – also free.
My experience so far with Market Samurai has been fantastic. It works, and it makes it so easy to find the key information that I need for my clients and for my own sites.
Not quite sure? Want to check out Market Samurai for free before you buy? No problem. I took advantage of the 40-day free trial, and once I was convinced of the value, I purchased the upgrade. The trial version won’t unlock every features, so once you’re sold on it (which you will be pretty quickly) you’ll want to upgrade to the full version for all the modules and upgrades as they become available.
