Fancy helping me to do a ‘case study’ using a Trend to build a list / boost authority?

Be great to podcast it – “Riding the Trend wave from start to finish” or somesuch…

Whaddya say?

What you will find after studying these trends long enough are many repeating patterns that occur daily. Some of the phrases are games shows, breaking headline news or the latest film reviews for example.

The keyphrases that I look for are ones that I can split into groups of people based around certain criterias.

For example, people often search for the latest episodes of popular serials, now instead of trying to monetise these hits with adsense or other cost per click methods, anybody can easily create a fan base via an ‘opt In email list’. You can then use this list on a later date again and again by offering merchandise, DVDs and many other fan based products.

Did you notice that products hit google trends almost daily? Products that people are actually searching for and want to buy? Well these products are often triggered form a popular website called woot that releases a new product everyday, and everyday it SELLS OUT! Simply write a decent non spammy review on the product that they offer and instead of going for the list option, find an affiliate deal that is as good as or better still – cheaper then Woots.
If you are using google trends geared around your business, your best bet by far wont be to try and monetise this traffic, instead use it as a great way to build your authority on a subject. If you check daily, you may find 3 or 4 really relevent things that you can blog about. The better the post, the more comments your receive the more your authority will rise. Better yet these posts also encourage backlinks to your site that ultimately help in SEO.