Who Wants To Make Money Right Now?...Yes, Right NOW!

[IM_Geek]

Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim

Half the stuff that these people are searching for I don't even know what
it is and can't for the life of me figure out why they even give a rat's ass.

But the point is, they do, so why not capitalize on it?

Amazing post, Steve. Inspired me to do my first blogpost. I don't want to shamelessly promote myself, but the link is in my signature. (ed.: but it won't show, so just in case: http://im-geek.co.cc)

It's really interesting how a GREAT deal of those searches deal about watching TV shows online, or downloading them through torrents. This will seem strange for a US-resident, but it seems there's a VERY big stream of traffic. The top 25 searches right now have at least 8-10 searches about it, and it seems there's few internet marketers aware of it, simply because the search query that is being used, uses specific kinds of keywords. Or am I wrong?

I used my geeky touch to elaborate on it. My geek senses also prodict a surge of searches Heroes season 3, episode 5 in all kinds of certain keywords, in a few hours.

[JayXtreme]

Originally Posted by Matt Hoey

Oh i think i see how it works now. I was thinking the traffic would come from search engines which made me not quite understand but now i see the actual traffic is coming from digg, stumbleupon etc.

I've noticed i get about 200-300 uniques when i stumble something.

Do you do you target the search engines at all?

Yes it works both ways Matt, target the search engines too.. usually the stumbleupon traffic doesn't convert well with products, but they do like to click things and get things for free.. hence the CPA offers etc

Peace

Jay

[Michael Oksa]

First, let me say I see both sides of the issue.

There seems to be a bit of a misconception in some of the replies here. How so? Well, there is always a chance that one of these hot trends will stay hot, and become the next big thing.

Imagine if Google had their trends running about 10 years ago. You check the results one day and see this thing called "work at home business", and decide to spend an hour following the plan. My guess is you would still be raking in profits on it. Obviously, names are less likely to stay big for a long time, but you never know. Britney Spears stayed 'hot' for a long, long time (and may be hot again very soon), and other 'names' could do well.

Granted, these may be rare, but that doesn't mean that both sides of this issue can't be right. It's a bit of a gamble no matter what you choose, but the risk is small and the payout may be decent. If nothing else, it could be a good way to do something different to keep things from getting too monotonous.

~Michael

[ladyjane]

Cool idea! I just gave this a try. Found a hot trend on Google, threw up a quick Blogger blog about it, with four posts, added Adsense to it, and bookmarked it like crazy to a bunch of social bookmarking sites. Now, let's see what happens with it!

[Michael Forey]

Is it better to set up a blogger account or use wordpress on a subdoamin. Main domain is pretty general url?

Thanks
Michael

[Chris Hunter]

Originally Posted by Michael Forey

Is it better to set up a blogger account or use wordpress on a subdoamin. Main domain is pretty general url?

Thanks
Michael

Michael,

Read the freaking original post. Steven clearly states:

"Step 3 - Get a blogger blog and name it something that fits the niche."

Pay attention, dude. Reread #3 if you have any more questions about that task.

[Michael Forey]

Originally Posted by Chris Hunter

Michael,

Read the freaking original post. Steven clearly states:

"Step 3 - Get a blogger blog and name it something that fits the niche."

Pay attention, dude. Reread #3 if you have any more questions about that task.

-- Damn just asking a simple question. You have obviously as lot of pent of frustration --

I did read the post and maybe you should read step 3 again yourself:

“Get a blogger blog and name it something that fits the niche. It
isn't the best choice but waiting for your own domain and hosting will
not get you up and running quickly”

Obviously, if I am talking subdomain I have hosting and could create a subdomain that fits.

Michael

[Chris Hunter]

Dude, just follow the directions.

Don't over complicate it.

Try both! It's not rocket science.

[Cash Blasters Online]

Hasn't this been 1000 times already, I have to move on

[JackieLee]

Hey Jay,

Have any good places to pick up CPA offers? I have a lens I wanted to use a CPA offer on but haven't been able to figure out where to get them.

Thanks,
Jackie

[GeorgR.]

>>
However, a real business could be built from this method.
>>

I agree, is very interesting, since this is Niche Marketing to the max....in a sense that it is even limited in time.

Not that long ago i read about a similar concept, not sure if google trends was used or even "google news".

it was about getting the literally recent trend, whatever it is, and the example was about some rap-star which hit headlines this very day.

Person made a site about this rapper, and started PPC, and (as far as i remember) made a killing from AdSense within hours.

Since this is a VERY quick living thing i am thinking further, you could immensely expand on this concept. Maybe i will work on somehing.

What i am thinking:

AUTOMATION!!

Imagine a tool going out on google trends, google news and getting the latest trends, and automatically create/fetch articles, slap those on a landing page/template...upload on blogger/squidoo etc...and this basically 24h/day....7 days/week automatically You wouldnt even need to bother about adsense since AdSense would slap the right ads on your page, based on content.

Darn..my fingers itch to create something like this...i am aware there are systems like this out there already...but this would be solely and especially for short lived but extremely hyped trends.

[naruq]

Steve thanks for sharing the strategy!

[Ricky Parker]

To all the people saying this is not a real business model. WHO CARES!

It is a great way to generate some nice extra income for mindlessly easy work.

If you follow Steven's example or the example I posted about using your own hosted WP domain you will make some cash.

So what if it is not a business model. This is something you can do in your free time. Hell, you can crack a beer late at night while at your computer and do this. It really is that easy.

To those looking for some CPA companies. Here is some help.

DM Directory : Affiliate Networks : CPA

140+ Affiliate Networks, CPA Networks :: Publisher Programs Directory


Have fun!

[Alex Sol]

So if someone wants to make money NOW!
There is a HOT Trend (on Google) - anti palin t shirt

... Cafepress.com offers such t-shirts - most importantly they offer an affiliate program! Go for it and make some quick cash! Elections are coming up and people will be looking for these... especially now, after FOX NEWS talked about it

[Ricky Parker]

Originally Posted by GeorgR.

>>

AUTOMATION!!

Imagine a tool going out on google trends, google news and getting the latest trends, and automatically create/fetch articles, slap those on a landing page/template...upload on blogger/squidoo etc...and this basically 24h/day....7 days/week automatically You wouldnt even need to bother about adsense since AdSense would slap the right ads on your page, based on content.

I've been doing this for a while now. Sometimes Google likes it and other times they like to raiseth their pimp-hand and smack down.

[Ricky Parker]

Originally Posted by kiev

So if someone wants to make money NOW!
There is a HOT Trend (on Google) - anti palin t shirt

... Cafepress.com offers such t-shirts - most importantly they offer an affiliate program! Go for it and make some quick cash! Elections are coming up and people will be looking for these... especially now, after FOX NEWS talked about it

Boom! Right there. A great tip man.


See how easy this is. Go make some money with this one.

[KenStrong]

Originally Posted by kiev

So if someone wants to make money NOW!
There is a HOT Trend (on Google) - anti palin t shirt

I saw this trend, but I can't figure out where it's coming from -- the Google results for the phrase don't show anything currently happening.

[Alex Sol]

Originally Posted by KenStrong

I saw this trend, but I can't figure out where it's coming from -- the Google results for the phrase don't show anything currently happening.

Fox News talked about it today...

[Steven Wagenheim]

Originally Posted by kiev

So if someone wants to make money NOW!
There is a HOT Trend (on Google) - anti palin t shirt

... Cafepress.com offers such t-shirts - most importantly they offer an affiliate program! Go for it and make some quick cash! Elections are coming up and people will be looking for these... especially now, after FOX NEWS talked about it

This is EXACTLY the kind of stuff that has landed me hundreds of bucks in
a day for doing almost nothing.

Yeah, it's kind of sleazy, but at least it's legal.

[ItsMoneytime]

Thanks Steve...I'm On It!!

[Barbara Eyre]

Reading your tip, Steven, resulted in a "duh!" moment for me. Sometimes the obvious is right in front of your face (considering I just started a Blogger blog on a certain niche *wink wink*).

Thank you! Now .... where to find that spare hour .... Anyone got a spare hour???

*Barb wanders of into the WF crowd as you hear her ask, "You got a spare hour I can have?" "Anyone have a spare hour I could have?"*

[Paul Viner]

This is a great thread and very inspiring. I am going to get started on this right away.

Paul.

[SteveJohnson]

Google Trends: marcia brady, Oct 13, 2008

Marcia Brady? ROFL

Seriously, though - if you could figure out a way to monetize the Southern California wildfire, you'd be in fat city.

[cscarpero]

You could always post it to Associated Content. They are just paying for traffic so you wouldn't have to worry about monitization.

[Alex Sol]

Originally Posted by steveinidaho

Google Trends: marcia brady, Oct 13, 2008

Marcia Brady? ROFL

Seriously, though - if you could figure out a way to monetize the Southern California wildfire, you'd be in fat city.

Go on CJ, find who sells Fire Extinguishers

[clint48]

Thanks Steven, I have been using G trends and blogger for a few months, but it's funny how just reading about something can get you to thinking and this thread started me thinking about a good niche to use with G trends so thanks a lot for starting it.

Clint

[Chiayee]

I'd like to give some suggestions here. Following techniques work for me in the past:

1. Ringtone offers: if you monitor G trend carefully, you will notice that some song titles are in the top 100 occassionally. The search terms are usually in this format : "song title + lyrics".
Well you can set up a quick slash page that contains the lyrics, singer bio, and its youtube video(if available), then sprinkle with ringtone offers(make the offer big and noticeable).Next, social bookmark the page. You should be able to make a quick buck or two.

2. Occasionally, people are looking for information for some sport events (UFC, NFL etc etc). A great way to monetize these traffic is to sell tickets to these sport events.

[tommyfocus]

I will incorporate this into my plans right Now!! Thanks!

[SusanneUK]

errr Shane, your post really has nothing to do with this topic plus I see you have basically asked the same thing in 3 other places.

Sue

[David Reed]

Originally Posted by trueblue23

Well no one has replied and I am excited. Sorry.

Oh and This forum is about making money RIGHT NOW isn't it?

Your post here is out of context. If you want to find your account deleted then just carry on with your "spammy" messages.

[SusanneUK]

Originally Posted by trueblue23

Well no one has replied and I am excited. Sorry.

Oh and This forum is about making money RIGHT NOW isn't it?

For sure it's about making money. I was trying to point you gently in the right direction about how to use this valuable forum and for you to avoid what David points out below, if you carry on that way you could get your account deleted.

Cheers
Sue

[dexthor]

Originally Posted by kiev

So if someone wants to make money NOW!
There is a HOT Trend (on Google) - anti palin t shirt

... Cafepress.com offers such t-shirts - most importantly they offer an affiliate program! Go for it and make some quick cash! Elections are coming up and people will be looking for these... especially now, after FOX NEWS talked about it

I saw this one and tried to find the kws for it. But all the words I put into Google (varying from 1,000 to 40,000 searches) were topped by one or two sites (cafepress, zazzle, etc.)
I gave up the idea thinking that people who would search those t-shirts would naturally click the first link they saw, right? My blog would stand no chance.
So, what's the idea with the blogs? Would all my traffic come from soc. bookmarking site alone?

[KarlWarren]

Originally Posted by dexthor

So, what's the idea with the blogs? Would all my traffic come from soc. bookmarking site alone?

Yes...

something that's newsworthy and "in buzz" is worth stumbling, digging, tweeting etc.

You might pick up a little SE traffic, if you're indexed quick enough - but not necessarily worth concentrating on - unless it's a trend that's going to keep growing over a number of days... S Palin T-shirts are one such thing that "might" just do that.

You should focus all your efforts on driving traffic via social bookmarking in my opinion.

[dexthor]

Originally Posted by KarlWarren

You should focus all your efforts on driving traffic via social bookmarking in my opinion.

Yeah, that make sense now.
Thanx Karl.

[surfnowworklater]

Cool, thanks.

[Black Hat Cat]

My best blog earned me over $500 in one day for a hot trend that lasted
for almost 24 hours. It was a very big news story from about a year ago.

Well, since the trend is gone, why not share specifics so people will have a better idea what you're talking about. Nothing beats real world examples.

[bhlehr]

I decided to do this. However, I learned a valuable lesson here. I haven't worked with actively promoting affiliates very much, but I found a nice ebook that fit in perfectly with my chosen niche. Unfortunately it wasn't through a recognized place like CJ or Clickbank, but was run by the individual product owner.

Got everything set up, and then had to go work on other things for a day. When I checked my stats tonight, I had made $5.00 off of adsense, but no affiliate sales. Mmmm. I checked my affiliate stats and discovered that I actually had 994 people click on the affiliate link in just over a day! Not bad, but not one sale!

I decided to purchase the ebook myself (even though I knew what was in it) to test the link. I got the book ok, but the sale never showed up on my stats. I emailed the product owner to explain the situation. She said she's noticed an increase in traffic on her site over the past day or so, and have made some sales, but nothing could be attributed to my link. She was even surprised that my own sale, through my own affiliate link, didn't get recorded. She refunded me the money I paid, and said there wasn't much she could do about the sales or the link problem.

So, I spent the past couple of hours putting together my own ebook on the subject, and have now replaced my affiliate links with my own product.

Live and learn.

Brian

[Mike Long]

Originally Posted by tmdassc

Hiya Steven,

Thanks for another great informative post.

Geez, I don't see what all the fuss is about though. All this talk about being a thief, not being a business, etc... hell, it is just a simple idea of a way that can make some quick cash every now and then when you have an hour or so to kill.

Exactly!

Not only that, but what about the newbies just starting out who have yet to make a single sale online?

I remember my very first sale. My commission was $1.60.

It was the hardest $1.60 I've ever made online, because it was the first. Before that, I had no belief or expectation that IM would "work" for me. Once I made that very first commission, everything changed.

I forever viewed the internet differently, and my life has been much better for it as a result.

If Steven's generous offering helps just one new marketer make his or her very first sale, and that sale leads to them to now believing in themselves, and they go on to leave their job and do this full-time, then how valuable did this turn out to be?

Bravo Steven! Your generosity is something I hope to emulate here as time goes by.

~Mike

[sridhar]

Steven: Just to test how this works out, I have implemented your idea. Here's the baby.

[Matt Hoey]

sridhar, mind keeping us informared on your blog of this?

[adamv]

Originally Posted by sridhar

Steven: Just to test how this works out, I have implemented your idea. Here's the baby.

The links in your blog post to your affilliate program are not working. When I clicked on them a blank page came up.

[sridhar]

Matt: I am not sure how to track the no. of clicks from Adsense since I've used a 'gadget' for the ads and it doesn't provide any Adsense channels. If I get a commission from ClickBank product that I have linked there, will come back and update the thread.

adamv: Strange, it works fine for me. I tested both the links and they both take me to _http://fasttvdownloads.com/?hop=srikat

Can anyone please test them?

[Noel2010]

Thanks for the great information.

[remodeler]

Originally Posted by sridhar

adamv: Strange, it works fine for me. I tested both the links

Can anyone please test them?

They all worked fine for me. Am interested in the amount of traffic you get from this. Lots of good info in this post. I'm off to give it a go!

[Barbara Eyre]

That does bring up a good question - how do you track the effectiveness of your Adsense ads in your Blogger blog if there is no way to "hook" it to a channel within your Adsense account?

Originally Posted by sridhar

Matt: I am not sure how to track the no. of clicks from Adsense since I've used a 'gadget' for the ads and it doesn't provide any Adsense channels. If I get a commission from ClickBank product that I have linked there, will come back and update the thread.

[Dick Doe]

Originally Posted by Danielle_B

That is sheer craziness.

I like it.


~D, Livin' on the Edge...

Right, we should buy more and more beer for Steven so that he continues to spill all the 'secrets' for free like this

I have gone the Digg route many times but never thought Google trends could be such a great money maker!

[Steven Wagenheim]

Originally Posted by Barbara Eyre

That does bring up a good question - how do you track the effectiveness of your Adsense ads in your Blogger blog if there is no way to "hook" it to a channel within your Adsense account?

You simply go to your Adsense account and add a custom URL channel.

If I get the time, I'll make a Camtasia video on how to do this. It's not hard.

[Steven Wagenheim]

Here's a short video I put together on how to add a custom URL channel
to your Adsense account.

YouTube - Adsense URL Channels

[Barbara Eyre]

Got the "house-wife making dinner" hat on right now, but will view your video afterwards. I've done the custom channels before, but I think I'm doing something wrong ... am sure your video will help me out greatly! TY TY

[adamv]

Originally Posted by sridhar

adamv: Strange, it works fine for me. I tested both the links and they both take me to _http://fasttvdownloads.com/?hop=srikat

Can anyone please test them?

I tried clicking the links again and I'm getting the "internet explorer can not display this page" message. The url that comes up in the browser bar after clicking the link is http://bit.ly/amysedaris

Good luck with your test of this method. I'm going to try one of my own.