@bhjjc:
Was your Clickbank link at least a little bit related to the hot trend you picked ?
Did you download the Make Money From The Internet "course" from my post #70 in this thread ?
It is only a 5 page pdf, and the first page is the cover. So you have 4 pages with 7 steps. Each step also has a video showing you what to do.
Everything is in there. You'll notice a lot of similarities with what the OP has posted. (Combine the information.)
In step 1 you are already told which products to match to what type of trend.
Steps 5 and 6 tell you where to get traffic from. Step 7 is not really a step, he just tells you to go back to hot trend and repeat the steps (it's the only filler in the pdf).
Code:
http://www.blackhatworld.com/blackhat-seo/clickbank/92333-google-hot-trends-clickbank-2.html#post1053211
Step 1 - Google Hot Trends
- Go to the Google Hot Trends page-
Code:
http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends
- Browse through Hot Trends.
- Look for Hot Trends that are related to topics that you know of that people actively spend money in.
- Sports = Sports Memorabilia Sales
- Music Lyrics = CDs
- DVD, Movies, or Song Titles = Merchandise
- Actors = Movies Merchandise
- Product or Major Brand Names = Products
- Click on Hot Trend title for more information.
- Browse related blog posts to see ideas for content.
- Browse news stories related to that topic for content ideas or to learn more about that topic.
- Select Hot Trend you want to work with.
So Hot Trend in first place is not necessarily the most profitable one.
Not too long ago I received a tip from wakkaoaka on how to monetise Twitter traffic : Simple polls, quizzes, and questionnaires.
Untargeted traffic, or from Hot Trands works equally well.
At the moment I am experimenting a little bit with the 30-day trial of Poll Factory 2.0 on CPA Offers, and it is pretty good at converting Twitter traffic.
Basically you create a Yes/No, or True/False poll about the Hot Trend that you picked.
After voting, your visitor gets to see the result of the poll for a number of seconds (that you set) then your visitor is redirected to your CPA/Affiliate Offer. Which of course you have tried to match as much as possible to the Hot Trend (or whatever the subject of the poll is).
Code:
http://www.thepollfactory.com/
(Poll Factory works in all browsers, but the backend where you create the polls, only works in FireFox and Opera.)