Thursday, July 21, 2005

Article Announcer review: Is it worth it?

I finally received my copy of Article Announcer today, I eagerly awaited it, and due to a snafu at their fulfillment center, it was shipped about 3 weeks late. I've been waiting to check it out before deciding whether to recommend it to my readers or not.

First things first. During the dead time while I was wondering if it would ever get shipped, Article Announcer's creator, Jason Potash, didn't run away from my angry emails. To his credit, he kept in touch and replied to each and every request for status. I've had this happen before, things can happen, and from experience most of the big guys hide behind their keyboards. Not Jason. Thanks, Jason.

To begin with, I already had the pleasure to listen to the audios that were included with the package, because as an owner of John Reese's Traffic Secrets package, John and Jason had the original 4 hour intensive interview that's included, and it was provided as part of Traffic Secrets. So what I was waiting for were the videos, the workbooks and written materials, and the all important software.

Verdict: I haven't fired up the software yet, I trust it will work, but the main value in the course, short term and long, is the instructional videos and the audios. The instruction will give your master's degree in article writing. Software products are a dime a dozen, you can get a good submission program like Article Announcer written on eLance probably for a few hundred dollars, I'm sure there will be copycat competitors coming out any day now.

The real value that separates Article Announcer from any others that might come out shortly is the fact that this is not only a software product, it is a top notch training program. If you listen to the audios, view the videos, read the transcripts to refresh your memory, and then sit down, you can't help but be miles ahead of 90% of the other internet marketers that are trying to win the search engine wars and suck maximum money out of their web sites.

Yes, the wait was worth it. I certainly wish I had it 3 weeks ago, because I'd be 3 weeks further down the road now. But my opinion is that the Article Announcer package (with or without the software submission software), is well worth the investment. Those who pay attention and take action will see their incomes zoom, not overnight, but 6 months from now their investment will have been paid back many times. You can take that to the bank.