Simple Sites Big Profits-Marcus Campbell.
Campbell is a charismatic and soft spoken affiliate marketing coach. He claims to have more than 10 years doing affiliate marketing and he made a fortune during the process.
You are reading this review probably because you stumbled on this opportunity either through an Advert, Offer Vault or you where searching for the best place to create a blog?
Either way, you have come to the right place.
l have followed Marcus for more than a year and have gone through his entire 7 day blog profits course.
Marcus Campbell Simple Sites.
Marcus owns many websites that he calls the simple profit sites. Without going through a list of these websites in one place, the training can be confusing. You will need to visit each website in order to get access to training and software downloads.
Simple Site Big Profit .com – provides training on how to build websites or blogs. Includes training on how to monetize website using Google Adsense or Affiliate products.
Big Profit Network .com – software and plugin downloads. Get access to the Seven day blog profits training which is mainly for for newbies to get their feet wet with affiliate marketing. Over the shoulder training on how to pay for web-hosting, buy a domain name, install Word Press, install plug ins and so forth.
Affiliate Marketing Dude .com – has got all the main training offered in one place and links to different resources.
Same Day Blog .com – looks like it is populated with transcripts of videos posted on Affiliate Marketing Dude on how to set up your blog. l am not sure if this training is also for paid members.
Get Website Content .com – redirects to Hire Writers.com website where you can get website content for a fair price. You can use Marcus’ affiliate link at no extra cost to you.
Is The Affiliate Program Any Good?
- Step-by-step training on setting up of blogs with over the shoulder videos.
- Training covers both free and paid traffic which leaves you with an option if you are not good with the other.
- In theory his training on how to find cheap keywords in Google using ‘trigger words’ seems to be plausible.
- Provides the necessary software and necessary plugins.
- Shows you where to out source some of the tasks such as content writing.
- Making money online using content marketing and paid traffic are proven methods that have worked for years.
- l respect affiliate programs that advises affiliates to build their own websites and promote products of their choice. This is a great business model when compared to building your business on other people’s websites which can go up the smoke if you get banned or there are changes in TOS.
What l Didn’t Like About The Program.
- It is difficult to get approval from CPA networks and creating a website before getting approval from the respective advertiser can be a shear waste of time.
- Complaints about unresponsive support and difficulty in accessing Campbell. Newbies require instant answers to every question.
- No refund policy. While this may influence people to put more effort it can be counter productive. Not every program is for everyone.
- Promises refund in 60 days yet TOS says there is no refund. Heaven knows what happens if you can’t access your purchased products.
- Training is based on Blue Host hosting which restricts choices of other cheaper alternatives.
- The training is not for newbies from my experience who often require need live chat support 24/7.
- Getting free traffic is not trivial. Getting your website found on the first page of Google may take forever.
- You are supposed to visit one website after the other to access training and resources. This can be time consuming and confusing. That is why l recommend a program with training, tools and support all in one place.
- Some of the training is a bit out dated and other websites mentioned such as Never Blue CPA network are now under a new name and management.
- Most of the program software seems to have bugs and is flagged by anti-virus programs. l had to over-ride and ignore Norton Antivirus’ warning for me access some of the websites or training.
- Some of the links led to broken links or 404 ‘not found’ error code.
Big Profit Simple Site Cost.
$297 One Time Payment $84 or $127 by 3 monthly payments. There are also high tier up-sells costing more than $1 000.
Extra costs:
Web-hosting ($6 per month) – with lots of up-sells offered, although some are not essential.
Domain names – $10 and above.
Get Website Content – discloses that it is an affiliate link. Get 25% discount on first amount paid.
Affiliate Training And Tools.
- 90 day support – conveniently ends after you pay your last installment.
- CPA network list and assisted approval.
- Training in CPA, Niche selection and Blog design.
- Plugin Downloads such as Smart Affiliate Ads.
- Marcus Campbell trigger keyword tool.
CPA And Affiliate Marketing Training.
According to Marcus, ‘Lets the market determine the traffic source‘. This implies that when a niche is too competitive – paid traffic should be used. When competition is low, Search Engine Optimization can be used to rank websites and get access to free search traffic.
Paid Traffic Training.
The training teaches you how to find keywords which can get you cheap traffic from Google and Bing search engines. This is achieved through using what he calls ‘trigger keywords‘. l found this method to be very powerful in bringing ‘fairly targeted‘ traffic to offers for ridiculously low prices.
l used the term ‘fairly targeted‘ because Marcus Campbell’s trigger keywords can bring in the wrong crowd. For example, he uses ‘how to start a blog‘ as a paid keyword to drive traffic to his Big Profit Simple Site webinar replays. People who want to create blogs are not necessarily looking for ways to make money online.
This may lead to ‘Tyre kickers’ paying for the program and then throwing in the towel as they realize that it is more challenging than starting a ‘personal kitty blog’. This may cause the bad mouthing of a great program.
Comments on more than 5 websites that reviewed Simple Site Big Profits program indicate the frustration of people who where searching for platform to create free blogs and ended up paying for an affiliate marketing course.
Website Creation and SEO Training.
The free training commences with the Seven Day Blog Profits training. This is a step-by-step training on how to create a blog or website from scratch. It begins with the payment for hosting, buying a domain, installing Word Press and setting up the website.
There is a walk through on how to install the recommended theme, essential Word Press plugins and where to find content to post on your website. Finally, you learn how to monetize the website using CPA offers.
If you upgrade your membership, you will get access to more training, selected niches and assistance with registering with CPA networks.
Is Marcus Campbell’s Simple Site Profits a Scam?
l think he tells people upfront that they can use his training and free tools to get familiar with the system before upgrading membership. However, making people join programs promising one-on-one support which you are not able to fulfill can easily get you labelled as a scammer.
Recommendation.
l know people rush to pay for membership before exhausting the free training and resources. You don’t need to pay Campbell to setup your blog or website, get free traffic and promote CPA offers.
Upgrading membership before going through the 7 day blog profit course is not a wise idea especially if you are new to affiliate marketing. From my experience, if you rush to pay you are likely to get frustrated and quit.
Once you create your blog or website and add content, l recommend that you move on to learning about paid advertising. This has quick returns on investments if you strike the code and the traffic that visited your website can come back for more information. The paid traffic (visitors) can also share your content, which is a plus.
With various webinars, websites and adverts that Marcus runs, he is not likely to get time for one-on-one support. You must be prepared to go an extra mile to find answers to your questions.
Share your opinion and experience with Simple Site Big Profit program? l have done my part.
I am a current customer who is frustrated with his services. I paid for 2 done for me sites a couple months ago, and still have not received my purchases. I have put in numerous support tickets for the last 2 months, and barely get any response. I feel like I have been scammed. I really wish I never spent a dime into this.
l am sorry to learn about your bad experience with Simple Sites Big Profits. Let’s hope you will get what you paid for.
Hi , I just may be going through very similar situation , its getting exhausting waiting for my three sites to get developed . I had to ride him like a horse just to get my domain names applied to bluehost . Also having lots of trouble getting and keeping products i purchased in my so called members area (bootcamp 3.0 , 21 days to profits ) , let yA know how this evolves ,I wonder if he ever heard of Class Action Law Suite or Attorney General . Ha lol. This gotta be stopped . Later
I have Marcus in “simple sites big profits” and have received no support from their non-existent support.
I have also not received my “done for you blog” ($320)
Although the one tone I got through to them powers cuts, storms and floods were put in play! Four months later still nothing except other offers and “simple sites big profits” 2017 is now available.Well thanks a lot
The support is pathetic, Don’t waste your time or money.
Hey guys Marcus Here from simple sites… sorry to hear of your frustration… from june till now… end of august we have had some major changes…
moving across the country, finding new customer support reps… ect…
support has been slower than usual… but if you need help just ask… we’ve been here for 16 years 🙂
i always try to take care of people especially if they fall thru the cracks which happens from time to time in any business.
Hi Marcus, l am glad you passed by and promised to beef up your support. l can’t wait to update the article accordingly. It is the very reason that you have been around for 16 years that we have great expectations. We know of internet marketing trainers who have been around for a couple of years but have put up great training, tools and responsive support.
“i always try to take care of people” ….don’t believe a word of it. There is no support….all he cares about is taking your money….stay away!
This guy is a joke. Got no support what so ever. purchased his product and received garbage. Asked for a refund but got the run around. I eventually called my credit card and got my money back through chargeback. Thank God. Stay away from this guy
I hope he is going to improve his support system as he promised in one of the comments above.
oct 11 th 2016
I really hate to write this but I got almost $2000.00 in this course ,it sounded great ,several months later have not made a cent yet ,so far can not give a good recomendation.Lots of time trying to straighten out the confussion. I wish I would have known about Wealthy Affiliate , they sound like there reasonable priced and very structured.More info to evolve.
At least you managed to get something to recoup your costs. Do not forget to come back and share with others your experience with Wealthy Affiliate?
Stay away from any thing from Campbell, I got losses now that would make people KRINGE !!!!!!!!
I spent almost 2 grand on his programs. He never helped me make my first profitable website like he said he would. Most of his programs aren’t finished, there are steps MISSING from it. He always says he’s “updating” the videos. They never get added. You are essentially paying for 60% of the program you bought.
That is very unfortunate. l hope as he promised, he will sort out the issues.
I’m experiencing the exact same problem. It’s been over three weeks since my purchase and I’ve received nothing. Support is a non-existent run around. I’m feeling like a real chump. I’ve requested a refund. I don’t expect it will come easy. I’ve also initiated a dispute through my credit card company. Very disappointing and aggravating. Hoping he will surprise me and process a refund without turning it into a long drawn out process.
l am sorry to hear about your negative experience. Good lucky with the refund.
Unfortunately , my simple sites big profits experience was below expectations and there’s lots of up selling too.
Wealthy Affiliate is a well structured course I can recomend and have not been disappointed and am learning much, Thanks Kyle and Carson !!!
for the comment above by “smarter next time” i just wanted to clear the air here because it looks like a customer was completely ignored… which is not the case… here is the log of support tickets.
ticket opened 2016/12/20 22:49
support replied 2016/12/21 18:38
customer replied 2017/01/02 15:37
customer updated reply 2017/01/02 15:37
support replied 2017/01/03 18:42
customer replied 2017/01/03 18:46
customer updated 2017/01/04 00:52
support replied 2017/01/04 16:26
customer replied 2017/01/04 21:13
and so it goes… with the exception of holidays… she was getting pretty fast answers to her tickets.
also she had several live chats with myself personally as well as our support team.
FURTHERMORE she demanded a refund which i granted AND only after refunding it did she tell me she had initiated a dispute which will result in a double refund which i will have to fight.
so the whole idea of the customer is right and innocent and everything is the big bad fault of the business is just simply not true.
ive been in business 17 years and helped a lot of people… we have also had a lot of people try to take advantage of things here… as it goes its part of the business.
just want to clear the air that not all reviews are fair to the product vendor… we are here to help but we are not 24/7 support and we do not work holidays.
if you think that is fair and you appreciate the fact that you get help direct from the product owner… you will love my course.
Thank you Marcus for chiming in and caring to explain what really transpired. l really think this is one of the most favourable review l have ever written after actually taking my time to check out the program. Just like in any other field. Things are changing and Google is becoming smarter by day. It is becoming difficult to rank sites and finding non-competitive niches. Honestly, l really loved your concept and l am happy that you are now working on your support system. All the best.
If you do proper due-diligence, you’ll run away from this guy as fast as you can. If you’ve got a couple of grand that you want to get rid of, just set it on fire … at least that way you won’t have to go through all the frustration …. Stop and THINK – If he can make SO MUCH money with his “system”, WHY does he spend so much time and energy trying to sell it to YOU? The money he makes is YOUR money. He wouldn’t know customer-service or integrity if it bit him in his butt – DON’T WASTE YOUR TIME or MONEY!!!
I love Marcus Campbell and his training is amazing! I have learned so much from him. He gave me so much useful information, I started making money from my blog and sites I created. Now i can stay at home with my infant daughter full time and actually raise my own kid! I think Marcus Campbell is awesome!