Whatever
you do, Don't Join MyViralSurfer!!
Well,
at least not until you have read this review. My heading was not some
ploy to get you to find out what is wrong with MyViralSurfer. Rather,
it was meant to get your attention because there are a few things I
want you to know before you join.
Okay, so what is MyViralSurfer?
MyViralSurfer
is a website comprised of many services. It was developed by Craig
Haywood (or the blue guy) who is also the owner of highly successful
sites like TrackThatAd.com and MyViralPopAds.
Please
note: I do realise that this review is a bit long, but it will soon
become clear when you see just how big MyViralSurfer is.
A
quick summary of the MVS homepage reveals that MVS is an ad tracking
service or link cloaker, a personal list builder, a traffic generator,
a member advertising service and a downline builder for any program of
your choice. Let's look at all of these in order...
Tracking Service
As
a tracking service I have to admit, Craig has really pulled out all the
stops. But then again, who better to design a bulletproof tracking
service than the guy who brought you the very first Viral Tracking
service (I will get to the viral aspect of MVS later in this review).
What
I really like about the tracking service is that there is no apparent
restrictions for free users apart from the viral bar which cannot be
turned off by free users. Then again, why would you want to turn it off
anyway as this forms part of how this well oiled machine does what it
claims to do.
Free
members can create unlimited tracking campaigns and unlike what Craig
has done with TrackThatAd, there is no ad gateway visitors, who click
on a free members' tracking link, first have to go through. For the
budget constrained, this really is a free tracking service with more
bells and whistles you will see anywhere else.
Pro
members on the other hand get a tracking service better than anything
else I have seen. You will not only have access to the textual data
free users get, but you also get a full graphical analysis on all of
your campaigns. This makes it very easy to spot trends at a simple
glance where you might otherwise have missed it by just looking at the
textual data.
Pro
members can also use the tracking by incorporating their own domain
names into the tracking link, turn the viral bar on or off and
something which I really like is that they can even track sales and
know exactly which advertising resource resulted in the sale... all the
while creating just one campaign.
What
is nice about the sales tracking is that you can use it on almost
anything where you want to test conversion. For instance, you can see
how many opt-ins you got to your list by advertising with company xyz
as apposed to how many you got by advertising with company abc.
It
is no wonder with Craig being the owner of TrackThatAd that I cannot
fault him on the tracking service.
Personal List Builder
I
am sure by now you are sick of hearing how important a personal list is
and "The Money Is In The List". The sad truth is, this is all true. I
can lose all my online businesses today and I will already be in profit
again by tomorrow just because I have a list.
As
a free member MVS will build your list 3 levels deep. What this means
is that you will receive the name, surname, email address, signup ip
address and date of signup from all members you refer. Then the same
happens for members they refer and the members they refer.
These
leads are sent to you at the address you use to join MVS in such a way
that you will not be able to join with an auto-responder email to have
the leads deposited onto your auto responder. (Believe me, I tried)
As
a pro member though, you can specify an auto responder email address
and MVS will then deposit all your leads into your auto responder. For
pro members this happens a full 20 levels deep. This is very important
and will become apparent when I get to the Viral aspects of MVS.
Traffic Generator
The
traffic MVA generates for you comes from three sources through two ads
you create in your members area. The first ad is a text ad which is
displayed on the viral bar of all tracking links. These ads are
randomly pulled out of the database on a 1 to 1 rotational basis.
Text
ads are also displayed on more than 2000 content pages throughout the
MVS network which is getting more and more organic traffic every day.
Once again, if you go with the pro option, you get a better deal on the
ad displays.
Pro
members will have a 20 to 1 rotation on all text ads. These ads can
point to any website address, whether it is an affiliate site or your
very own product sales page.
Another
way MVS creates traffic is through a technology they like to call
"Page-Behind" sites. This you really have to see to believe it!
Whenever a tracking link is followed, the visitor will get to the site
being tracked just as if he or she would have typed in the address
directly with the exception of the viral bar at the bottom of the site
being tracked.
This
in itself is nothing new as we have all seen this before. In fact Craig
introduced this concept way back when he developed TrackThatAd. Once
the visitor lands on the page or site they followed from the tracking
link, they can go about their browsing just as they normally do. They
can even click through to another site if the site they are viewing has
a link to an external website.
"Page-Behind"
kicks in the moment the visitor tries to close his or her browser by
showing an alert and asking the visitor to view one more offer. What I
really like about this is that the offer has already loaded completely
in the background while the visitor was visiting the site being tracked.
This
"page-Behind" offer is actually a website address you specify in your
back-office and once again, it can be any site of your choosing,
whether it be an affiliate website or your own product sales page.
As
is the case with the text ads, "Page-Behind" sites are randomly rotated
on a 1 to 1 basis for free members and a 1 to 20 rotation for pro
members.
Member Advertising Service
The
member Advertising service comes in the shape of a shared mailer where
members can send their offers to other members of MyViralSurfer. What
is really nice about MVS is that even free members can mail to at least
1500 random prospects every week by simply getting mailing credits from
their MVS homepage (more on this later)
Pro
members on the other hand can mail to 1500 members in addition to the
mailing credits they have built up since their last mailing 3 times a
week. That effectively gives pro members the ability of reaching 18,000
random prospects a month without even building up mailing credits.
Furthermore, pro members' ads does not contain any top sponsor ads.
Pro
members will also not receive mail sent by free members. This is
something I really like because we all know paid members are more like
to buy a product as they have already proven themselves as buyers as
opposed to free members.
Downline Building
MyViralSurfer
has a unique technology whereby each member of MVS gets a customized
home page which they are also required to set as their browser's
homepage. Every 24 hours your custom home page is rebuilt and one of
the many thing you will see on your homepage is 7 links to the days
recommended programs. This will effectively be your affiliate or
downline programs.
Each
time a member of MVS opens up their browser, they will see these 7
links until 24 hours has passed and their homepage is rebuilt. Once
rebuilt, it will show 7 other links for the next 24 hours etc, etc...
Your
homepage also includes a whole array of useful utilities. For instance,
you can see the results of your 5 newest tracking campaigns without
logging into your account first, there is a jokes of the day section, a
marketing tip of the day section where top gurus shares information
which is sure to help you in your money making efforts.
You
can also add up to 60 sites you visit on a regular basis which will be
displayed in the order of sites you visit most often. As for the other
utilities you get included with your homepage, there are just too many
to list them all here, but suffice to say Craig has really done his
homework to ensure you will be happy to set your unique MVS homepage as
your start-up page in your browser.
Something
to take note off regarding the homepage... only active homepage members
will be authorised to have their "page-Behind" sites, text ads and
downline programs displayed. You can also only earn mailing credits by
following a link from your homepage.
This
is to rule out freeloaders who think they can just join MVS for free
advertising and contribute nothing to the community. All in all, I
think this is a good feature as it ensures only serious business people
advertise to each other and the outside world.
Viral Marketing -- What's Wrong With MyViralSurfer
-- Final Thoughts
A
lot of people claim they know what Viral Marketing is and... some of
them actually do. However, Craig Haywood has just rewritten the book on
Viral Marketing. The Viral elements he has in place with MVS is
something totally out of this world.
In
the members area Craig actually makes this bold statement:
"Every
member will refer new members to MyViralSurfer, whether they want to or
not. That is just the way we built the system."
This
may seem like a mouthful till you realise what Craig has done. Craig
has implemented Viral marketing in a way that has never been done
before and while I have to admit that not every member will get
referrals if they just join MVS, never to do anything with it again, I
can certainly understand that it is almost impossible not to make money
with this system.
I
don't want to give away too much, but should you decide to get an
account, do yourself a favour and check out the affiliate tools
section. You will see things there that you will see nowhere else.
This
also brings me back to the personal list-building feature. When you
realise the extend to which Craig has implemented viral marketing in
MyViralSurfer, it becomes quite clear that reaching 20 levels of
referrals below you (who all end up on your list) is really not that
far-fetched of an idea.
What's Wrong With MyViralSurfer?
Seriously,
the only drawback I can see is that there is a lot to go through when
you first join the service. A lot of people will leave a lot of money
on the table because they will not be willing to spend 10 minutes to
get to know the system.
My
Advice: Once you have joined, be sure to read the section under the
tutorials menu on how it all fits together. You might just find
yourself drooling by the time you finish it.
I
also had a bit of a hard time signing up to a free account with Plimus
(MVS pays out commissions through Plimus), but then again, it took two
minutes out of my day and this is a once-off procedure.
Other
than that I really can't fault Craig on anything else.
Final Thoughts
MyViralSurfer
is a one stop, all-in-one solution that caters to most of the things we
as marketers need every day. Throughout the whole members area you get
a sense of quality -- a rare quality as I feel most product owners only
apply the bells and whistles to the sales page.
It
offers everything you will need whether you are a newbie or a seasoned
veteran.
While
this service offers an incredible array of excellent benefits for free
members, I would highly recommend you take them up on the
one-time-offer as chances are extremely good you will just do it anyway
later on for a higher price.
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