Market Samurai Absolutely Rocks

Market Samurai Absolutely Rocks

Posted on 10. Mar, 2009 by joefission in Keyword Research, Tips

I’ve been using Market Samurai for a while now — I don’t recall how long — and I can’t even remember what life was like before it. Before it, I used a combination of WordTracker and Keyword Elite. WordTracker is a great tool, but it requires so much clicking and digging that I rarely took advantage of my subscription. Keyword Elite used to be my tool of choice, even with its inconsistent results. I was just pleased to be able to automate the research that I didn’t mind that I very often only got a third of the data from the keywords I was querying.

Now I use Market Samurai, and I can literally find a handful of keyphrases in just about any niche in under 20 minutes. Not just keyphrases, but good prospects, because during that time I am also able to use the SEO competition dashboard to grab some nice competitive profiles.

Market SamuraiThere were some serious limitations in the “early days” of the tool, and I wasn’t without complaints, but here we are still in beta, and this software is more polished than 95 percent of the other marketing-related software I own. And I’d call that a conservative estimate. Most of my complaints from a few months ago have already been resolved with automatic updates. And there is still plenty more to come.

Anyway, I’m getting way off of the point here. I was recording some videos for my upcoming 30-day traffic blueprint, and I wanted to re-record one on using Market Samurai. In this video, I just picked a niche at random — colon cleansing — and found 3 good keyphrases that could be used to build a niche site. Even with all of my rambling, I still went from start to finish in under 20 minutes.

That’s Market Samurai’s greatest strength in my opinion: it produces actionable data fast. It might not dig deeply, but being able to dig into a niche in 20 minutes is gold.

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28 Responses to “Market Samurai Absolutely Rocks”

  1. KM

    11. Mar, 2009

    Loved this how to video. Clear, concise, and full of the info that everyone using this app needs to know in order to use it properly.

    Best of luck on your launch.

    Kit

  2. KM

    11. Mar, 2009

    Loved this how to video. Clear, concise, and full of the info that everyone using this app needs to know in order to use it properly.

    Best of luck on your launch.

    Kit
    P.S. - Sorry, forgot to tell you great post!

  3. Shaun Taylor

    11. Mar, 2009

    I was wondering how you ran across this post — your URL makes it clear! :) Thanks for your comments.

  4. Adam | PageRush

    19. Mar, 2009

    Market Samurai is one of the few Marketing/SEO related products that I’ve bought (after trialing) and I’ve been very pleased to have it in my toolbox.

    Adam | PageRush’s latest blog post..PageRush SEO Stats

  5. Peter

    21. Mar, 2009

    Thanks for that. I’ve been a Samurai user for many months and never stop learning. I found your commentary most useful. Surprised you did the whole search using Broad Match though - I tend to use phrase match after generating the initial list.
    I’d be intererested to hear your views on this.
    Peter

  6. Shaun Taylor

    21. Mar, 2009

    Hey Peter,

    I actually do it both ways — as you mentioned and as recorded in the video. My reasons for doing the whole search with a broad match is:

    1) Often the broad matches spawn the best refinement searches, so while I don’t use them for SEO, I’ll often do several runs with varying keywords to build a list for PPC campaigns;

    2) Tons of people do keyword research based on broad results, so if I see a killer broad keyword that is still good (but not great) as a phrase, then I assume that the top position will be harder to get because there are likely some ongoing link building campaigns outside of the top 10 that MS shows. Kind of a loose, additional competition metric.

    3) If I didn’t show it that way in the video, I wouldn’t have been able to illustrate my point about some broad results being dangerous. :)

    Thanks for stopping in!

    Shaun

    Shaun Taylor’s latest blog post..Ezine Articles Premium: You Can’t Schedule for Day End

  7. Howard

    31. Mar, 2009

    Have been using since 30DC; it has grown in stature and is now a must have tool for SEO.
    PS - excellent video too!

    Howard’s latest blog post..How to get Traffic? 10 Free Videos show you how

  8. Steven Lee

    06. Apr, 2009

    Great software, I was using market samurai to do some additional keyword research . It works perfectly with Niche Socializer software and training course and not only for novices, for tough marketing pros.

    Like everything more tools are better than just one.

    Steven Lee’s latest blog post..Niche Socializer - Grab Your Slice While You Can!

  9. Darren

    09. Apr, 2009

    Peter,

    For someone who has never been involved with anything to do with SEO/Ranking etc - I AM TOO IMPRESSED!

    You have just delivered one of the best presentations on a product I have ever seen, so thank you for that.

    The reason I came over to see it was that we are just starting a business in the UK (none IM / AM) and we wanted to find the best way to identify the phrases for our market.

    Please, do NOT take this down as I may need to watch it a few times to get everything to sink in, as the ending just completely blew me away.

    You also need to thank the guys a stompernet for getting someone to mention the words “Market Samurai” as this is what dragged me in your direction.

    Can’t wait to hear about your 30 day Traffic Blueprint!

    Keep it coming.

    *A completely NEW fan to your site*

    Thanks

  10. Darren

    09. Apr, 2009

    Sorry Shaun……..

    I answered calling you Peter……how rude!

    Regards
    Darren

  11. Shaun Taylor

    10. Apr, 2009

    No worries, Darren, glad you liked the video! Best of luck with your new venture — non-IM niches are always fun.

    Shaub

    Shaun Taylor’s latest blog post..Ezine Articles Premium: You Can’t Schedule for Day End

  12. Isha

    16. May, 2009

    Excellent video. I have a list of Market Samurai videos on my site, and will add your video to the list in the next few days.

    I can’t see a link to Joe Fission’s site - is he the same person as Smilin’ Joe Fission and/or Smokin Joe Fission?

    :)

    Isha

    Isha’s latest blog post..5 Tips For Using Market Samurai’s Generate Keywords Screen

  13. Jack

    09. Jun, 2009

    Market Samurai is great but only for a while. I mean come on - how often do you need to look for new keywords. I don’t do it more than once every 2-3 months so I don’t think paying for MS regulary would be a wise investement.

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  14. Shaun Taylor

    09. Jun, 2009

    Not a Market Samurai user, are you Jack? MS is a one-time fee, not something you have to pay for regularly.

    Personally, I use it every one to two weeks. You use it to find profitable niches — so I have a great incentive to use it often.

  15. adrian gibbs

    17. Aug, 2009

    Good Vid, iv been pondering over this software for a while but after watching this vid i think il take the plunge but one question, how often is it updated? i can see its still in beta stage and im wondering if the pricing scheme will change..

  16. Jerry

    07. Sep, 2009

    Even I have used market samurai and this is the best tool i have found for generating keywords. With the help of this software we can also customize what exactly we want.
    Its an amazing tool and very easy to operate.
    Thanks for the post…

  17. John

    08. Oct, 2009

    Nice vedio clip. It is very good to read your blog.

  18. bayu

    09. Oct, 2009

    great video… how to grab the video…?

    thanks

  19. Kristie

    17. Dec, 2009

    Thank you for sharing this, I also use MS and love it, but know I could learn more about it.

  20. Erik

    10. Jan, 2010

    I’d love to see Market Samurai used for starting a CPA campaign.

  21. James

    08. Feb, 2010

    Very strong video, Joe….

    The OCI function in Market Samurai is SO important. I’m glad that you point it out. Most of you out there wouldn’t believe some of the gem keywords that you can find with high commercial intent, and low competition volumes.

    PBR is important as well. I didn’t mention it in my previous videos and I will in my next one…

    Thanks a lot,

    James

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  26. Jason Boom

    01. Mar, 2010

    I just purchased Market Samurai and have to say how much I love using it! It’s fairly simple to dig in and start finding results, but the fine tuning like you showed in the video makes a big difference when finding the ripe keywords. Thanks for the share.

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  28. Name (required)

    29. Apr, 2010

    Thanks for your video.

    I never really knew how to fully exploit the keyword research tool.

    Great video

    Rob

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