Will Forex Trading Become The Next Big Thing

Having heard quite a lot about Forex at the recent Amsterdam Affiliate Conference, I decided to do my homework. At first I thought about the opportunity of becoming a forex affiliate, a great plan given the growth market, international popularity and insane lifetime values.

However as I began to learn forex the various platforms and educated myself on the subject, I soon found that I could make more money than I lost.

I recon over the next few months I'll begin posting more about the Forex Trading market and my experience with it.

Seth Godin's Viral Monster, Squidoo - keeps on growing and adds new reporting features

Squidoo.com has recently added new reporting features including keywords, traffic sources, and referring domains - very useful in enabling users to see where their long tale reaches.

The ability to tag lenses in a single click is also an inspired move. The downside is that squidoo is fast becoming a spammer's paradise. I only hope Google don't set Domain_Flow_PageRank=Null. ;)

Squidoo enables users (usually affiliates) to go from 0 to 60 in no time at all (depending on when the Googlebot next visits.)

... In the spirit of Web2.0, anyone can use it's simple interface. Affiliate marketing can be done by anyone.

Last seven days keyword tail for my London Hotels Near Millenium Dome Lens....

Keywords	Number
hotels near o2 arena +	48
hotels near the o2 arena	33
hotels near millenium dome	18
millenium dome hotels	15
o2 london	14
hotels near o2 arena london +	14
hotels near the o2 +	11
hotel near o2 arena +	10
hotels near o2 london +	9
hotels near o2 +	9
hotels near the millenium dome	7
hotels near o2 dome +	6
hotels by o2 arena +	5
hotel near millenium dome +	5
hotels near the o2 in london +	4
o2 arena london hotels +	4
hotels near london o2 arena +	4
hotels near the o2 london +	3
hotels near the o2 arena london +	3
hotels near o2 in london +	3
o2 arena accommodation +	3
cheap hotels near millenium dome	3
hotels millenium dome	3
o2 arena hotels +	3
hotels in london near o2 arena +	3
hotels o2 +	3
hotels close to o2 arena +	3
accommodation near the o2 arena +	3
hotels near millenium dome london +	3
hotels near the millennium dome +	3
the o2 london +	3
hotels in greenwich near dome +	2
o2 dome hotels +	2
hotels near the o2 dome +	2
hotels near o2 arena in london +	2
o2 hotels +	2
hotels near millennium dome +	2
hotels near to the o2 arena +	2
hotels close to o2 arena london +	2
o2 dome accommodation +	2
london hotels o2 +	2
hotel near the o2 +	2
hotels the o2 london +	2
hotels in london near the dome +	2
hotels near the o2 arena in london +	2
london hotels near the o2 +	2
hotels near the dome +	2
millenium dome accommodation	2
hotels at o2 dome +	1
london hotel near o2 arena +	1
hotels millenium dome uk +	1
hotels near millenium dome special offers +	1
hotels at the millenium dome +	1
accomodation near the o2 +	1
hotels near o2 arena greenwich +	1
hotels near london o2 +	1
the o2 arena (millenium dome) +	1
hotels near o2 greenwich +	1
hotels near to the millenium dome +	1
"o2, london" +	1
the o2 arena accommodation +	1
budget hotels millennium dome +	1
millenium o2 london +	1
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the o2 hotels +	1
millenium dome near: london +	1
hotel near to the o2 +	1
london o2 access +	1
the o2 arena hotels +	1
accomodation o2 arena london +	1
where to stay for o2 arena +	1
hotels london near o2 arena +	1
"o2 millenium" +	1
cheap hotels near o2 arena in london +	1
millenium dome hotels near +	1
hotels	1
access to the london millenium dome +	1
millenium dome hotels +	1
o2 arena hotels near +	1
hotels the o2 +	1
hotels near the o2 millenium dome +	1
london hotels for o2 arena +	1
o2 londen hotels +	1
london hotel near by o2 arena +	1
accommodation near the o2 +	1
list hotels near the dome, london +	1
accomodation near the o2 arena +	1
accommodation near o2 arena london +	1
airports near london's o2 +	1
cheap hotels near o2 arena london +	1
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hotel near the millenium dome +	1
hotels close to o2 dome london +	1
accomodation o2 arena +	1
hotels near the the o2 +	1
hotel near o2 arena in london +	1
where to stay near o2 dome +	1
hotels near the dome london +	1
the o2, london, +	1
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hotel o2 millenium +	1
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o2 hotels london dome +	1
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o2 london hotels near to +	1
hotel millenium dome +	1
where to stay near o2 +	1
how to find the o2 arena +	1
o2 arena in london hotels +	1
hotels near to o2 +	1
hotels near o2 dome london +	1
hotels near the o2 arena, london +	1
4 star hotels near millenium dome +	1
london o2 arena accommodation +	1
hotel near millennium dome +	1
london hotels near o2 arena +	1
hotel near the o2 arena justin timberlake +	1
accommodation in london, near the o2 arena +	1
hotels near the dome in london +	1
airports near the millenium dome +	1
o2 london +	1
hotels at the o2 +	1
hotels london o2 arena +	1
hotels or b +	1
accommodation close to o2 arena london +	1
hotels around o2 arena +	1
cheap hotels near the millenium dome +	1
cheap accommodation near millenium dome +	1
near hotel o2 arena +	1
london hotels near tutankhamun +	1
greenwich hotels near millenium dome +	1
london hotels at o2 arena +	1
accommodation o2 dome +	1
hotels close to the o2 arena +	1
london hotels near o2 arena london +	1
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london hotels close to o2 +	1
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accomodation near o2 arena +	1
hotels by millenium dome +	1
hotels near 2 dome +	1
o2/millenium dome +	1
where can i stay near o2 arena +	1
o2 millenium dome +	1
hotels near to the o2 +	1
cheap hotels near o2 dome, london +	1
hotels millennium dome london +	1
hotel close millenium dome +	1
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address of o2 millennium dome +	1
cheap hotels near the o2 arena in london +	1
the o2 arena and hotels +	1
hotels near the o2 arena hotels +	1
hotels near o2 centre greenwich +	1
cheap hotels close to millenium dome +	1
hotels near o2 arena london +	1
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hotels in london near millenium dome +	1
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millennium dome london hotels +	1
o2 london en hotels +	1
luxury hotel millenium dome +	1
o2 london hotels +	1
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hotels near to o2 arena +	1
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london hotels near dome +	1
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arena o2 hotel +	1
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5 star hotels o2 arena +	1
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Alexa Growth for Squidoo

Evangelizing Your Affiliate Network - Give Them The Cream

Some time ago, when I was an affiliate marketer selling online hosted (ASP) solutions and information products. I recall a number of instances, where new products were rolled out to the affiliate network, prior to them being made available to Internal mailing lists and indeed existing customers.

This conveyed a clear message to me... That the affiliate merchant was prepared to put the affiliate publisher first!

They removed the dominant competition of the merchant, enabling the small, agile affliliate (like myself, to quickly benefit)

As a result, I become more and more evangelical!

Today, Superbreak will launch a brand new airport hotels section with 2 new micro niche products. Providing their affiliates with the following benefits.

1) Better conversion - addition of airport specific landing pages.
2) New product 1 - airport lounges
3) New Product 2 - airport rail tickets

Here's the best part!

They're NOT providing specific pages for airport lounges!! or airport rail tickets!

So… The smart affiliates who quickly optimise pages for these terms will benefit from the micro-niche products WITHOUT competition from the merchant - Superbreak.com

Looking at the Overture keyword suggestion results for Airport Lounges in particular, this means easy money for the agile affiliate marketers (providing they can rank well for airport lounge variations.)

Searches done in March 2007
Count Search Term
2106 airport lounge
237 airport lounge at newcastle
205 manchester airport lounge
174 heathrow airport lounge
148 usa airport lounge
147 newark airport lounge
141 gatwick airport lounge
100 edinburgh airport lounge
98 airport lounge at glasgow
85 aberdeen airport lounge
80 stansted airport lounge
76 airport cardiff lounge
72 bristol airport lounge
72 airport lounge luton
70 airport lounge access
69 airport liverpool lounge
65 airport bradford leeds lounge
62 executive lounge at manchester airport
60 airport executive lounge
53 birmingham airport lounge
39 airport humberside lounge
38 vip lounge manchester airport
33 east midlands airport lounge
32 airport lounge pass
29 airport executive lounge pass priority
22 airport lounge norwich
21 access airport edinburgh lounge
21 airport area gatwick lounge
21 dubai airport lounge
21 airport lounge leeds
20 airport harbour island kermits lounge
18 escape lounge manchester airport
18 airport executive gatwick lounge
18 airport glasgow lounge sky
17 aberdeen airport executive lounge
17 uk airport lounge
17 airport vip lounge
16 airport lounge offer
15 airport knoxville lounge
14 airport boca lounge raton
14 lounge sanford airport
12 airport akron lounge
12 airport albuquerque lounge
12 airport beach daytona lounge
12 airport belfast lounge
12 book airport lounge
12 cheap airport lounge
12 airport el lounge paso
11 airport lounge terminal 3 heathrow
11 airport lounge heathrow terminal 4
11 airport executive lounge newcastle
11 airport lounge worldwide
10 airport and business and lounge
10 credit card airport lounge
10 airport lounge card
10 airport doha lounge
10 glasgow airport executive lounge
10 airport fresno lounge
10 airport harrisburg lounge
10 airport lounge priority pass
9 airport executive lounge access
9 executive lounge birmingham airport
9 airport city lounge oklahoma
9 airport free lounge
9 airport lounge membership
8 1 airport lounge manchester terminal
8 free airport lounge access
8 airport lounge manchester airport
8 airport aviance lounge
8 bcp airport lounge
8 airport cairo lounge
8 heathrow airport executive lounge
8 vip lounge at gatwick airport
8 airport lounge nassau
8 sydney airport lounge
7 2 airport lounge manchester terminal
7 airport arrival lounge
7 athens airport lounge
7 diner club airport lounge
7 discount airport lounge
7 airport dominican lounge republic
7 dublin airport lounge
7 all executive airport lounge at stansted
7 airport free heathrow lounge
7 airport gatwick lounge viewing
7 heathrow airport vip lounge
6 access airport card credit lounge
6 airport ba lounge
6 bangkok airport lounge
6 airport book dominican lounge
6 manchester airport business lounge
6 cheap airport lounge at heathrow
6 hong kong airport lounge
6 airport lounge moi
6 airport lounge orlando sanford
6 airport lounge schiphol
6 airport lounge tucson
6 airport lounge wilmington
5 airport amsterdam lounge
5 airport book lounge schiphol

It looks like quite a gold mine

How To Cash In From The Grease is the Word TV Phenomena

In the last post I talked about how the Grease theatre breaks and how their demand is heaviliy influenced by the viral-as-hell Popstars/Pop Idol 'type' shows.

Search engine demand is very heavily influenced by mainstream TV, and many moons ago I had a little fun with this demand myself, driving easy traffic from the keywords “Pop Stars” and “Hearsay” and monetizing it by selling information products to wannabee popstars. So having seen the media influencing Theatre demand here are a few ideas for easy affiliate profits from theatre tickets and theatre break packages.

Yes.. its well worth taking these kind of TV shows seriously from a search marketing standpoint.

The key is to act quickly and get your pages/niche promo sites in the SERPS as soon as you anticipate the inflated demand. Your gut feeling should tell you whether you feel a show is going to be a hit.

Here are the obvious things to look for...

• Show format – is it an evolutionary or devolutionary step from a proven formula
• Panel of judges - who’s on the panel are they currently en-vogue?
• What channel does the show go out on?– is it aired on the major terrestrial channels or is it on an obscure cable channel?
• When does the show air – is it prime-time Saturday tea time or is it aired somewhere between Jeremy Kyle and This Morning?
  

These four factors will give you a good idea of whether the show will be a hit. If all these factors are favourable, then it’s definitely worth looking at ways to monetize it through organic search and affiliate marketing.

Gordon "Avaweb" Langlands Interview Part 2

Some time ago I interviewed Gordon Langlands of Avaweb.co.uk. Part 2 is now available over at http://Pheedback.com/Gordon_Langlands

Gordon runs a hugely successful UK Hotel and Travel Guide website which has been around since 1999, you can also reach Gordon through his Squidoo lens here: http://www.squidoo.com/avaweb/

In this part of the interview, Gordon answers questions about the importance of being niche. What qualities he looks for in an affiliate program, click fraud, brand bidding and what he would do if he were to start out in affiliate marketing all over again.