Shhh … here’s another of my secrets – my tool bag.
If you have read my review on WPMage or anything I’ve written on the WPMage forum you know I am very pleased with the WPMage tools. However, I’ve been creating websites and collecting tools for a lot of years. Some were duds and I won’t even tell you about those. But the ones I’ve listed here are tools that I DO use and have found them to be very beneficial. Note: the links below have my affiliate code in them … so if you purchase by clicking the links I will be paid a commission. Thank you so much!
1. The auto blog poster. What’s neat about this is that I can use my own articles and PLR articles to post automatically to my blogs. This might seem like a big deal, but once you use the software you’ll see why I’m sold on it. The WPMage is great for pulling content from article directories but these articles have off-site links that do not provide any benefit to me. I would much rather use my own articles and put in my own links. This software allows me to do this — and the BIG plus is that I’ve found a way to integrate it with my WPMage. That’s my own little secret – but, if you will purchase this using my affiliate link I’ll share the secret with you. That’s fair, isn’t it? Just send me an email with your receipt (use the contact form) after you purchase and I’ll share with you what I do to incorporate it with WPMage.
Traffic Kahuna (for traffic) – The doors are closed on this site right now, but it is absolutely worth getting on their waiting list.
Watch this space … I have to quit right now but I do have a few more tools in my tool chest to tell you about.
Hello Linda,
I am new wpmage user, a week old. Are you saying that cpmage, posting mage and indexmage as parts of wpmage not enough to autoblog and make money from blogs? We still need the other tools like what you said above? You know, I am thinking to return wpmage because domainmage is not really working for us – - what’s in there is lists of domain with 0 age, 0 PR and few backlinks. The keywordmage works well with ebay, not when your strategy is to provide information. I denied once on ebay and working for another site so that I can apply epn again. Wordmage would have been my saviour but it’s not working on my desktop. I am using the 14 day trial of keyword elite for keyword research. If I can’t use wordmage, then I have to buy keyword elite for $200. Then, there is phbayzon and many others I read as additional tools. I thought wpmage is already enough for all tools because its $1,000.
Hi Maria,
I have been working on the ‘net for many years and have a whole bag full of tools and toys that I use in my Internet business. Do I NEED these tools and toys for running my Mage business? Absolutely NOT. Nor, do you.
I use the autoblog poster because I am a writer. I provide content for people as well as write stuff for my own sites. Even though I have been a content provider for only a couple of years, I have been writing for 30 years so I have tons of content to draw from. The autoblog poster makes it easy for me to upload and schedule those posts.
Do I still use the WPMage method of posting content? Absolutley. It is faster and more efficient. The autoblog poster fills a need that I have, but it is not for everyone. If you have tons of PLR on your desktop you want to use then you will benefit from it.
The other tool – I have removed it from my recommendation for WPMage as Greg has advised against using it.
So, why do I use other tools? It is like purchasing a new car loaded with bells and whistles for your riding pleasure. The car is great – beautiful and rides like a dream machine. Then, you hear about an enhancement package where you can add surround sound, an entertainment system for back seat passengers and hands-free mobile phone capability. Another package offers you tinted windows.
Do you NEED those things? No … but you *want* them because they offer another aspect of enjoyment you will receive from your wonderful vehicle. The vehicle doesn’t run any better or ride any better. You’re just expanding your car experience to include these things based on your own personal needs and enjoyment.
Linda
Hi Linda,
Thanks a lot for your reply.
I don’t know why, I have really the feeling to just return the wpmage so that I can buy the toys that you recommend above. I have 200 PLR ebooks in my arsenal that I bought 2 months ago for $247.00. I also bought xsitepro2 website builder. I bought them with the intention to create 100 websites that will earn $5.00 a day through ebay, amazon, adsense & ppl combined. This was my plan. I put up one website but this website took me 1 month to complete and applied for epn but then ebay rejected me.
I was sold out by the wpmage sales site & used it for 1 week. It’s true that in 10 minutes I could put a site online for 10 minutes compared to what I did with one site for 1 month. But, I didn’t like the content that it was pulled because since it’s automated, some content doesn’t make sense, some content need editing, and links of the content, I don’t need them, just like what you said on your article.
Before I bought wpmage, my husband was telling me to research first if that’s what I really want. What I want is automated content because I can only spend 2 to 3 hours a day for internet business. Through the topic that you started in warrior forum, I learned that amykay earned $4,000 for 250 sites and twinmom earned $4,500 for 250 sites. I would be happy to have earnings like them. They motivated me to purchase wpmage.
But inside wpmage, I learned that keywordmage is best for ebay, although it can be used for cj, overstock & amazon, but ebay is the one that pays well. I don’t have ebay.
We have forum but in my experience, we can’t find answers in our forum. Maybe this depends on the subject but there’s not much help that I can get from there.
While browsing on the net, I found there is cheap alternatives for autoblogging such as: wprobot, autoblogged and blogsense-wp ($150) and if you’ve multiple blogs, then there is edna’s dx ($100.) to manage it. Then, there is, BANS ($65) to create sites for ebay since after all, wpmage is best for ebay. Since buying aged domains are really expensive, new .info domains are the way to create hundreds of sites, and use tools you mentioned above: the auto blog poster ($100) to post blogs automatically through the use of PLR articles and web traffic genius ($100) for backlinks plus there is as well, micro niche finder & keyword elite ($200) for research because keywordmage & word wizard don’t really work for me. If I’ll add them together, they’ll range only to $700 to $750 which after all, I’ll need to enhance wpmage experience. And if, I’ll continue with wpmage, I have to spend micro niche finder ($100) or keyword elite ($200), auto blog poster ($100), web traffic genius ($100) and mage tracker membership ($100), a total of $400 to $500 on top of $1,000 for wpmage, with grand total of $1,500.
Thanks a lot Linda for letting me express in this forum. I think I am firm on my decision now before my 30 day money back guarantee expires. I will click on your link to buy those enhancements in my arsenal once I am ready for them. At the moment, I am working on a site for epn. I hope I’ll get in. If I’ll not get in through this site, I’ll buy BANS, put a BAN site & apply for epn. If I still don’t, maybe outsourcing through the BANS author will be the way to get epn.
Thanks for putting up this blog.
Best regards,
Maria
Hi Maria,
I know how you feel … As Greg says, it’s not for everyone.
As for me – I’ll stick with Mage. That doesn’t mean I use Mage exclusively – I don’t because I don’t use WordPress exclusively. I also use Joomla and other platforms and Mage works only on WordPress. But, it’s the best for what it does. I wouldn’t trade it for all you listed in your comment – and that’s the truth.
Good luck as you go on your way. I hope you find success with whatever you try.
Thanks Linda for your kind reply.
I changed my mind. I’ll stick with wpmage since I don’t have experience on internet marketing yet. I’ll make it as stepping stone for internet riches. Hopefully, it will work.
Best regards,
Maria
Good idea, it really is a snowball effect, if anyone has ever gone over simple compound economics the idea is simple but the returns are negligable until your snowball of sorts in this case number of mage sites is large enough and you begin seeing earnings. Once you see your first real earnings and begin to see the potential behind a site that earns even 50$ a year that took 2-3 hours to build, thgats 50$ a year, and after a few years that site has made you a few hundred dollars for those few hours of work. Most people burn out before they get that moment. Its all up hill from there because you have validated that if you put this much effort into it youll get this much out of it. At that point your efforts triple normally because you truly understand the power.
Hello Linda,
How are you?
I read your post in the forum about integrating wpmage blogs on static html site. I think you mentioned that you use joomla and integrate wpmage blog on it.
How do you do that?
I have 20 wpmage sites and want to recreate them that blogs are on a folder /blog on a domain. What I understand in the forum, CPMage won’t allow it. Will I manually install wpmage before I can integrate a blog on a static html site?
Please help.
Thanks so much.
Regards,
Maria
LInda:
I hope you don’t mind if I comment here to Maria. I have been a business coach for many years. Sometimes the hardest job is to tell someone that they might not be best served going into business. Maria, when I read your first post here, I wanted to jump in to the computer and say “Wait don’t give up on Mage yet.” and that is from someone who just bought it.
I really appreciated Linda’s candor. She has said that her focus is not just the money but the ability to assist others and share some of her life with the world. Someone with thirty years of writing brings a much different outlook and set of tools to the party. Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, XsitePro, Dreamweaver, and others are simply different ways of putting content on the web. Is one better than another? Only if you think so. Each and every one of them have a learning curve. And to go from someone who can put up a site to someone who is a master of their platform is not something to be taken lightly. True mastery takes diligence, practice, education and commitment, not to mention time. Oh wait I did mention time.
I had a neighbor who built a motorcycle from scratch. And it was a work of art and a magnificent machine, It only took him 2 and a half years of his spare time. I bought a used bike and was able to ride almost every weekend while he was building. I am sure that you could put together all the tools that would replace Mage. But I have used a number of the ones that you mention and have moved to more sophisticated, better supported, more in depth tools in a number of cases.
If there is one word of recommendation (and I am making this recommendation to me) DO IT! Whatever it is. Find a goal and achieve it. Then expand it. You have twenty sites. Are they making money? Staying strictly with the one product that you bought, not customizing it, just putting it to the test. If not call Greg on it. Ask him why it doesn’t do what he says. He seems quite willing to help and quite honest and reputable. Then when you have truly mastered that then if you want reinvent the wheel. But do it out of profit. When I chase a dream I never grasp what is right there at my feet because I am star gazing.
I wish you the best of fortune , not luck, because luck has always been fickle. But perseverance, a plan, and good information has brought me back many times.
Right now I am battling stage 4 kidney disease and am on dialysis every other day. I pay $1500 per month in meds that are not covered by insurance. This week I bought WPMage literally staking my life on it. I have made money here on the net, but not what I watched in the videos. If Greg can do it so can I. Because he has said that if I do what he is doing I will get similar results. And others have said they have achieved those similar results. So in the beginning if I make changes to what is being taught then I am doing my thing not what I bought and I will get my results not those similar to Greg’s.
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