What Do Hot Trend Warriors Think

Here is the simple answer to your question...test them both.

I have never used the other approach so I can't comment on it. It may
very well work excellently. I just don't know.

All I do know is I have used my approach for some time and it works for me.

However, there are 2 key elements, in my opinion, to making my method
work properly.

1. You have to be able to spot the trends that are low in competition and
also have ways to monetize them.

2. You have to write well because in a sense, using my system, you are
using the trend more as a long term sub or mini niche to gain traffic.

I have "trend" blogs that I did months ago that get traffic on a regular
basis.

Why?

I picked trends that had almost no competition and thus, any daily searches
for them will ultimately lead to my blog, which I make sure I update with
relevant content to the subject.

My plan of attack is two-fold.

1. Jump on the trend while it is hot to get whatever I can out of it for
that day...period.

2. Look long term by trying to target trends that don't have a lot of
competition, thus giving me future chances to capitalize on the trend
itself should it pop up again.

For example. Let's say somebody like Paul McCartney is in the news for
something. Now, somebody as famous as McCartney, there is a very good
chance that they'll be in the news again. So when the trend pops up
again, you'll already have a blog in place. You simply add content to it
relevant to the new trend.

Applying this to an up and coming star (yes, there is some guesswork
involved here) and you could essentially create for yourself a gold mine.

No question, there is a lot of hit and miss in my approach as you are
"betting" on certain trends paying off big time. It doesn't always happen.

But when it does, it's so worth it.

And as your blogs add up (imagine doing just one a day for a year) the
Adsense income alone gets to be significant.

Imagine after a year, each blog makes just $1 a day.

Well, that's $365 a day in Adsense income which isn't too shabby.

This is more a long term strategy the way I approach it than a quick fix.
And considering the cost (zero) and how little time this takes each day,
there is no reason not to add it to your daily routine.

But by all means, test other ways to do this. You might very well find one
that works better.

That's why every successful marketer will tell you....

Test, test, test.

You're absolutely right Sylvia. This isn't a push button solution (never
claimed it was) and you do have to carefully pick your trends.

However, if you pick a good one with little competition, you actually
never have to update your blog.

I have trend blogs that I put up one time, have added nothing to it
since and because of the lack of competition and the fact that the trends
were not just one shot deals, I'm receiving traffic months later.

Does it happen with every one I pick? Hell no. My success rate is about
40%. But again, it all depends on how much you want to put into it.

I do recommend that if you find a trend that appears that it could be a
long term one (such as the release of a brand new product) that you do
make regular updates to it.

But in the case of my one trend about a pop singer who died, well, what's
to add? He's gone. So if anybody is interested in his past works, they'll
look him up and what's at my blog is what's there. No reason to add
anything further to it.

I guess what I am saying is, you have to make a lot of judgment calls
when doing this. I'd love to come up with a sure fire method of picking
the trends, but with so many different ones coming each day covering
so many different topics, it's just not possible.

That's why, just as with anything else you do online, there is no simple
quick solution to turning this into a 100% success 100% of the time.

When I find it, I'll be the first to let everybody know.