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

[chessguy]

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?

setup the ad units from your adsense account instead of through blogger. You'll have to edit the template though.

[PaulGee]

Yes there are some strange niches come up using this method but it's still a good idea. I think Jay's system is probably the fastest way to promote this method and intend to do something similar myself.

Thanks, Steven for sharing this with us.

[Steven Wagenheim]

Originally Posted by PaulGee

Yes there are some strange niches come up using this method but it's still a good idea. I think Jay's system is probably the fastest way to promote this method and intend to do something similar myself.

Thanks, Steven for sharing this with us.

A lot of the niches will be totally useless, even for Adsense. Quite honestly,
some of this stuff, I don't even know why people would look it up. But every
once in a while, you'll find a keyword phrase that has you salivating, and then
you check the competing sites and there's nothing out there.

Like I said, 40% of the time, the niches I choose earn me money. Picking
them is the hardest part. You have to develop kind of a sixth sense for this.

That's why this isn't really a method that you can teach a "step by step"
approach to because a lot of it is the selection process. Sure, I could
point out certain things to look for, but that would solely be based on my
limited imagination.

In other words, the more out of the box you can think doing this, the more
successful you will be doing it.

That's why this is such a great money maker for anybody regardless of
how many people know about it, because not everybody is going to have
the intuition to pick just the right niches.

[Darrell Hagan]

Originally Posted by Hamida Pall

You can use this strategy to add to your existing business as well though. I check Google trends nearly every day and if there happens to be a weight loss trend I write about it on my weight loss blog. My post usually gets indexed within the hour and I get alot of extra traffic, which means I get more subscribers as well as a few sales.

Now theres someone who's thinking.....

Use Steve's methods above for quick cash.....Also do as Hamida here says for longer term income. Best of both .

[vbm08]

Thanks Steven, Another Great Method To earn some good side income. But cashing on the search data available from Google Trends requires a very deep and meaningful keyword analysis. As most of the time, the searches performed everyday would not be profitable or marketable all the time. But if you get on the right rising keyword news then you definitely hit the jackpot.

[Darrel Hawes]

Steven,

Thanks for this... you always give great ideas for people to try.

[JasonParker]

Nice tips Steven.

I don't know if this was mentioned in this thread or not. It's so long that I didn't get through much of it.

Here's a Google Trends Tool by WordTracker. It's free and it'll help you find long-tail keywords for different trends.

Free GTrends Tool From Wordtracker

[Steven Wagenheim]

Originally Posted by JasonParker

Nice tips Steven.

I don't know if this was mentioned in this thread or not. It's so long that I didn't get through much of it.

Here's a Google Trends Tool by WordTracker. It's free and it'll help you find long-tail keywords for different trends.

Free GTrends Tool From Wordtracker

Jason, the problem with the tool is it doesn't update real time like Google
Hot Trends does. For example, the current number 1 hot trend shows no
searches at WT, which is clearly wrong since the trend is volcanic.

So unfortunately, this tool, for this purpose, is useless.

[Karin]

Thanks for the post. It is a great way to find out where the money is. Social bookmarking is such an easy way to get started. I have used a method similar to yours and came up with some winners.

[TashylaB]

You always know what to say, how to say it and especially at random times. Thanks for the post Mr. Guru

[TashylaB]

Steven, what would we do without you?! YOU ROCK!!

[wordsandthings]

I registered to this forum after reading this post, and trying it out. Friggin awesome! Totally worked.

[Warrior Markets]

Great post, Steven

With regards to making a blogger blog on the hot trend, as mentioned earlier, it's clear that a lot of the trends are either TV programmes, or names of celebrities. So, with regards to copyright issues, we can't, for example, have Britneyspears.blogspot.com, right? What about Heroes.blogspot.com?

Also, it was mentioned that you should look at the competition for your keywords. But I'd assume that the system was more geared towards using social bookmarking sites to deliver direct traffic; wouldn't that bypass any 'competition' factors? (Obviously, lower competition is better, but would that be more for 'long-term' interests?)

-WM

[LeannaLuck]

Thanks Steve. Great information!

[JasonParker]

Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim

Jason, the problem with the tool is it doesn't update real time like Google
Hot Trends does. For example, the current number 1 hot trend shows no
searches at WT, which is clearly wrong since the trend is volcanic.

So unfortunately, this tool, for this purpose, is useless.

Aha... Good to know. Thanks!

[Steven Wagenheim]

Originally Posted by Warrior Markets

Great post, Steven

With regards to making a blogger blog on the hot trend, as mentioned earlier, it's clear that a lot of the trends are either TV programmes, or names of celebrities. So, with regards to copyright issues, we can't, for example, have Britneyspears.blogspot.com, right? What about Heroes.blogspot.com?

-WM

Says who?

What am i doing with my life?

It's there. There's nothing on it, but it's there. And I don't see Blogger
or anybody demanding it be taken down.

If you look all over the Internet, you will see TONS of blogs with
celebrity names.

If the celebs began demanding that they all be taken down, we'd all be
up the creek.

So I don't see a problem of putting up brettfarve.blogspot.com if you
can get it.

[adam123]

Thanks for sharing.

It's really informative and sounds great. And you share it for free

Thanks

[Steven Wagenheim]

Originally Posted by adam123

Thanks for sharing.

It's really informative and sounds great. And you share it for free

Thanks

Well, it's just an outline. To go into great detail would have taken pages and
pages, but it should be enough to get you started.

[Cash37]

I hate when people praise posts like this because in theory they work but no one ever tries it and post their results...

Well I tried this, setup about 20 blogs yesterday... all on hot and volcanic topics according to Google trends. All different niches, some CPA offers, and some ebooks. One product promoted per page (I.E. no Adsense). Dugg, ping'd, bookmarked blogs.

RESULTS:

On average I got 18-20 visits per blog. No clicks to the offers, no sales. And barely indexed, if that. I have a lot of respect for you Steven but I have to say that your preaching to the choir here.

[Steven Wagenheim]

Originally Posted by Cash37

I hate when people praise posts like this because in theory they work but no one ever tries it and post their results...

Well I tried this, setup about 20 blogs yesterday... all on hot and volcanic topics according to Google trends. All different niches, some CPA offers, and some ebooks. One product promoted per page (I.E. no Adsense). Dugg, ping'd, bookmarked blogs.

RESULTS:

On average I got 18-20 visits per blog. No clicks to the offers, no sales. And barely indexed, if that. I have a lot of respect for you Steven but I have to say that your preaching to the choir here.

Just because YOU didn't get any results doesn't mean that this system
doesn't work.

Maybe your blogs don't have anything on them that got people interested
enough to stay or click on any of your affiliate links, Adsense or whatever.

That's like people who come here and bitch that article marketing
doesn't work because they wrote 10 articles and didn't make any money while I know tons of people, myself included, who make a killing doing
article marketing.

I'm sorry this didn't work out for you, but don't bash the whole thing
just because YOU didn't get any results.

** EDIT ** One other thing. Just because something is volcanic doesn't
mean that it's monetizable. There are plenty of trends out there that
have no way of being monetized. You have to learn what to look for
and how to take advantage of it. That's the key.

[KenStrong]

OK, here's some results from back when this thread first started...

I found a hot trend related to the US Presidential election. I already had a Wordpress blog related to the election hosted on a subdomain of my main domain. (This blog had virtually no traffic before this.)

I put up a post related to the hot trend (so while the main search term was in the post title, it was not in the URL or the blog title, because that had already been created)...and I social bookmarked it in a few sites.

(AdSense was the only monetization for all this..)

The first day I made $84.38.

The next few days I made declining amounts. I kept adding posts over the next week, but didn't see any rise in results -- apparently most of the traffic was going to the first post (that's where all the comments ended up, too).

After about a week, it was down to a buck or two a day. Then suddenly, one day I got a traffic spike and made about $40.00.
Then back down to almost nothing.

Now the last couple of days, after getting zero clicks for about a week, I'm getting mini-spikes worth a couple of bucks a day.

I check the Gtrends page, but I can't figure out where these later traffic spikes are coming from.

I also made a blog about the SoCal wildfires -- got lots of traffic for a few days, but almost no clicks. That would be a hard one to monetize.

Also tried a few other blogs on other hot trends with no success. So it seems very hit and miss, but obviously it can work very well.

Thanks, Steven, for starting this thread!

[obiswill]

Good post! I looked at the hot trend and realized there was something I could use for another business. Thanks!

[Steven Wagenheim]

Originally Posted by KenStrong

OK, here's some results from back when this thread first started...

I found a hot trend related to the US Presidential election. I already had a Wordpress blog related to the election hosted on a subdomain of my main domain. (This blog had virtually no traffic before this.)

I put up a post related to the hot trend (so while the main search term was in the post title, it was not in the URL or the blog title, because that had already been created)...and I social bookmarked it in a few sites.

(AdSense was the only monetization for all this..)

The first day I got 1,682 impressions, 644 clicks, 38.29% CTR, $84.38.

The next few days I made declining amounts. I kept adding posts over the next week, but didn't see any rise in results -- apparently most of the traffic was going to the first post (that's where all the comments ended up, too).

After about a week, it was down to a buck or two a day. Then suddenly, one day I got a traffic spike and made about $40.00.
Then back down to almost nothing.

Now the last couple of days, after getting zero clicks for about a week, I'm getting mini-spikes worth a couple of bucks a day.

I check the Gtrends page, but I can't figure out where these later traffic spikes are coming from.

I also made a blog about the SoCal wildfires -- got lots of traffic for a few days, but almost no clicks. That would be a hard one to monetize.

Also tried a few other blogs on other hot trends with no success. So it seems very hit and miss, but obviously it can work very well.

Thanks, Steven, for starting this thread!

Ken, as I said, my success rating with this is about 40%. $84.38 for your
first day is pretty good, but I've had better days than that, as much as
$500.

Does it work EVERY TIME? Of course not. I've picked some real turkeys.
But for the amount of time I put into this, it's certainly worth it when you
hit on a winner for all of 30 minutes work.

Thanks for sharing your results.

[Cash37]

Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim

Just because YOU didn't get any results doesn't mean that this system
doesn't work.

Maybe your blogs don't have anything on them that got people interested
enough to stay or click on any of your affiliate links, Adsense or whatever.

That's like people who come here and bitch that article marketing
doesn't work because they wrote 10 articles and didn't make any money while I know tons of people, myself included, who make a killing doing
article marketing.

I'm sorry this didn't work out for you, but don't bash the whole thing
just because YOU didn't get any results.

** EDIT ** One other thing. Just because something is volcanic doesn't
mean that it's monetizable. There are plenty of trends out there that
have no way of being monetized. You have to learn what to look for
and how to take advantage of it. That's the key.

That isnt even an acceptable rebuttal.

It works because in theory... it would.

It doesn't work because I tried it and I know it doesn't... wait! That's not true! In because theory it has to work eventually!

[Chris Monty]

Yes, this is the same stuff that was in "Current Event Domination" last year and in the bonus pack of my WSO, "SEO Supremacy".

Going after Google Trends is still a viable and profitable venture. When you're ready to take it to the next level, however, take a look at Google Insight. Holy cow!

Nice post.

[Steven Wagenheim]

Originally Posted by Cash37

That isnt even an acceptable rebuttal.

It works because in theory... it would.

It doesn't work because I tried it and I know it doesn't... wait! That's not true! In because theory it has to work eventually!

Maybe you should read Ken Strong's results posted in a few posts above
this one.

I'm done arguing about this because it's an argument I'm not going to win
with people who have already made up their mind.

Doesn't work for you? Don't do it any more.

Simple enough?

[KenStrong]

Originally Posted by Chris Monty

Going after Google Trends is still a viable and profitable venture. When you're ready to take it to the next level, however, take a look at Google Insight. Holy cow!

Ah, excellent! Hadn't heard of Insight. I was about to complain that a shortcoming of the Trends page is that they don't post any actual numbers, so this is what I need.

[Nato Guajardo]

Originally Posted by Cash37

That isnt even an acceptable rebuttal.

It works because in theory... it would.

It doesn't work because I tried it and I know it doesn't... wait! That's not true! In because theory it has to work eventually!

Not to start an argument but I agree with Cash. I've noticed that Mr. Wagenheim's products and posts are very theory based.

Does this stuff actually work? Maybe, but I'm not going to waste my time on adsense when I could be actually building a business. Been there and done that with adsense.

[JayXtreme]

Originally Posted by Cash37

It doesn't work because I tried it and I know it doesn't... wait! That's not true! In because theory it has to work eventually!

What you meant to say was

It didn't work for ME because I tried it....

There is a sea of affiliate's out there who get slapped by pay per click every week, but does that mean it doesn't work for profits????

Same with article marketing
Same with squidoo lense building and amazon products
Same with formula one racing
same with fishing
same with playing football
same with golf..

You tried it and it didn't work for YOU... maybe you didn't have it down right?.. but I can vouch for this little trick... I've done it multiple times, it's not a strategy, it somethin fun to do when you find a hot trend.. make a little cash sometimes.

But it works for me....

So to come here and rubbish that on the strength of 20 blogs that you put up is complete nonsense my friend..

Peace

Jay

[Steven Wagenheim]

Originally Posted by Nato Guajardo

Not to start an argument but I agree with Cash. I've noticed that Mr. Wagenheim's products and posts are very theory based.

Does this stuff actually work? Maybe, but I'm not going to waste my time on adsense when I could be actually building a business. Been there and done that with adsense.

This can work with Adsense, Amazon Products, CPA, affiliate products,
anything.

People HAVE built businesses around this model, though I personally don't
recommend it. And as I said in my post, this is just a quick and easy way
to pick up a few bucks a day.

And as for my products, unless you have actually purchased them, how
can you say whether or not they are "theory" based?

[JayXtreme]

Originally Posted by Nato Guajardo

Not to start an argument but I agree with Cash. I've noticed that Mr. Wagenheim's products and posts are very theory based.

Does this stuff actually work? Maybe, but I'm not going to waste my time on adsense when I could be actually building a business. Been there and done that with adsense.

LOL @ wasting your time on adsense... tell Darren Rowse that.. ask him what his biggest money maker was last year...

Steve posts could be considered as theory based, and because people like cash wanna make broad sweeping statements it would appear that it doesn't work, and although it might not be a 6 figure strategy.. it can and does result in cash when done right and with a keen eye on the trends.. and it makes a fun afternoon testing your research and implementation skills..

Peace

Jay

p.s. Speed Of Implementation.. google it

[Nato Guajardo]

Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim

This can work with Adsense, Amazon Products, CPA, affiliate products,
anything.

People HAVE built businesses around this model, though I personally don't
recommend it. And as I said in my post, this is just a quick and easy way
to pick up a few bucks a day.

And as for my products, unless you have actually purchased them, how
can you say whether or not they are "theory" based?

I was away for a couple of years building my offline consulting business but I've been a member for a long time under a different handle. I'm pretty sure your old username was "swagen". I have a couple of your products.

I'm not hating just my opinion. I'm sure you make money in the IM niche.

[Cash37]

Originally Posted by JayXtreme

LOL @ wasting your time on adsense... tell Darren Rowse that.. ask him what his biggest money maker was last year...

Steve posts could be considered as theory based, and because people like cash wanna make broad sweeping statements it would appear that it doesn't work, and although it might not be a 6 figure strategy.. it can and does result in cash when done right and with a keen eye on the trends.. and it makes a fun afternoon testing your research and implementation skills..

Peace

Jay

p.s. Speed Of Implementation.. google it

Broad sweeping statements?! I actually did it.

[aboutalhah]

Awesome Steven.

I like the simplicity of your Google Hot Trends method.

Franck.

[getmorebuyers]

This works if you hit gold and can become a waste of time if you don't choose the ideal hot item that people want to buy.

[submit2.0]

Originally Posted by 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

Wow good video, it's will help me thanks

[Rien]

Just thought I would post some results. I posted about 5 blogs at first just choosing things that were heating up and made about 9 cents.

Earlier I put up a real short blog post (maybe a paragraph or two) on a volcanic trend and splashed adsense around it. I made the adense ads a different color than the background instead of blending it like the first 5 I had done.

I was lucky enough to get a trend that was hot with not many posts on it just yet. I popped up the blog and posted to about 10 bookmarking sites (less than an hour to do, more like a half hour). Within a half an hour after bookmarking it, the blog had made a little over $10. I know that it is not much, but in that little time I am pleased with the results.

It is also a nice break from other IM activities (I am working on a sales page).

I think the key though is speed, as you need to jump on the trend right as it is heating up or peaking and trend selection. The first 5 I picked just because it was in the top 10 and just wanted to test the waters. I think what also worked was putting myself in the shoes of the other person. This last trend has folks basically looking for a link to get what they are after (works well for adsense - IMHO).

Give it a shot, I am sure at day's end I will have made back my purchase (of Steve's WSO on this method).

Thanks Steven.

[MeTellYou]

awesome tips. thanks,
Sebastian

[andreypod]

Hi Steve,

thanks for the great idea!

I have implemented it, however something is not working for me. I have just checked my blog and adsense ads are not showing up on one of my computers. I had over 2000 impressions per day and only a 6 clicks so I suspect there can be something wrong with my blog theme and that people just can't see the ads when they view the pages.

Do you guys mind having a quick look at yournewsfix(dot )com to see if adsense ads are showing? They are supposed to be just under the posts heading.

Thanks in advance!

[Keith Kogane]

Steven's message there will actually work pretty good with my auto-blogging method that I posted here: Check out my automated niche blog business model (it really works)

You can just load up trend keywords and use those instead of targeting a niche, but if you like the sound of Steven's method, my technique will make it even easier. Hope that helps!

I'll be trying it myself!

[sridhar]

andreypod: Nice blog. Ads do appear below the first three posts. The max. no of text/image ad units per page is 3, if am not mistaken. So ads aren't appearing from 4th post onwards which is just fine and the way it should be.

[Dave777]

Originally Posted by andreypod

Hi Steve,

thanks for the great idea!

I have implemented it, however something is not working for me. I have just checked my blog and adsense ads are not showing up on one of my computers. I had over 2000 impressions per day and only a 6 clicks so I suspect there can be something wrong with my blog theme and that people just can't see the ads when they view the pages.

Do you guys mind having a quick look at yournewsfix(dot )com to see if adsense ads are showing? They are supposed to be just under the posts heading.

Thanks in advance!

Your adsense ads are showing just fine in Canada exactly under each post heading...

Dave

[Chaz Bennewith]

Steve,

Fantastic post. That's opened my eyes up to what is possible.

[rdmorrow]

Hi,
Great post for all of the newbies trying to make it work.

[1tigerlivejob]

Good Ideal and seems ok will give it a go.Thanks

[shibbeymon]

This is still a quick and viable idea to try ( I gave thanks to Steve as well ) but does anyone check the dates of threads before posting on them and dragging them back to the top of the main forum? LOL.

Then again maybe it should be brought back up to top.....

[UncleDearest]

Very cool post and Thanks for this Steve! I'm a relative newbie. I'd say on a scale of 1-5 I'm maybe a 2. I can grasp the idea of this so I thought I'd give it a try! I did it yesterday. I saw the words TEST DIES and had no idea what it was. Went to check it out and discovered it was a wrestler. I decided to give it a go. I used a blogger blog, did a little research and just basically wrote he died and history...here's the blog if anyone wants to check it out: (I can't make it a link cause I only have 7 posts)

testdies.blogspot.com]Andrew Martin Test Dies

Now I have to say this took me about 4 hours! lol...That was only my second google blog too so that slowed me down.but writing the article was the longest part. I am not good at writing about something I don't know about, researching. So I am wondering too, is this blog too much? Would a few pics and just a basic news story work? (in my own words of course)

I am so new to social media that I didn't know what to do. I had a Digg account so I posted to it. That's all I posted to. I tried to do some other similar stuff but they wouldn't permit it for one reason or another. So anyway, all I did was the Digg and the Blogger. I got on the second page of google real quick and as of now I have 75 hits in less than 24 hours. I had 12 clicks to the epn campaign so tomorrow I'll let you know if I sold anything.

I can imagine with even a few other Digg type places where one could really get a ranking fast. I REALLY LIKE THIS IDEA. I know it's not a way to make money often but the fast pace of it combined with SEO tactics is challenging and as you said, it's kinda FUN! I can see where someone with a little more experience and know how than me could really take advantage of Google trends and make a game of this once in a while. Then as you said, you get lucky sometimes and make a few hundred! I'll post my results Monday evening.

[traces2757]

Originally Posted by GeorgR.

Good Tips!

Don't forget Squidoo also

I've been wondering about Squidoo. I've noticed that lenses aren't coming up in Google like they used to. Not in the first 2 or 3 pages, anyway. I wasn't sure if I should keep putting any time into Squidoo or not.

[AtticusBaker]

I genuflect in your direction, Steven! I would kneel longer, but I need to get working on this! Thanks

[tradewiser]

Hi steven,

can you tell me how this method is different from the the one you have for sale?

thanks
wal