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Went to Google Insights for Search and did a keyword search. The search trend volume has been going down for sure, but for the last couple of months it appears steady and it even has a slight curve up.

I guess at this point if I was more experienced I might be able to make a judgement call. But for now I think I am ok. This search also gave me more keyword ideas. Most of the traffic is also US traffic, I guess that's good since I am about to promote a US only offer.

Went to Shopping.com - Find, Compare, and Buy Anything in Seconds. I had made a note that I should check things out here as well for my research, but it seems useless. Fitness is a top 100 search...no shit. Maybe this is useful for small niches that you do not want to be too small.

Went to https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal. Definitely high search, high competition. Took a note of all the searches that are actually going up in volume. Added them to my keyword list, also added keywords that dealt with buying type of thinking.

Made an Adwords account for research purposes. I read their keywords section along with their tips. Knowledge can't hurt...(as long as it does not lead to inaction). This is an pretty good video for keyword basics: Optimization Tips - AdWords Help
Better than anything Shoemoney has put out

Went to Free Search Term Suggestion Tool by KeywordDiscovery.com grabbed all the keywords that had 19 or more searches a month. I now have 122 keywords.

Went to KeywordSpy had to register for their free trial offer. This site is sick...almost scary how in depth it is. You can see top ad copies, keywords being used, PPC vs organic competitors....brain melt. If I start making money I think I am buying a subscription to this....damn. $89/mo though, that's the highest subscription amount I have ever seen.

I can see the CPC is high...you know this market has a lot of shit going on when the misspelled word is $1.75. Damn I came across a site that their budget is $7k/day on ads. Sick.

Checking out competitors I can tell why a lot of people fuck affiliate marketing up. No calls to action. Confusing web design where you actually have to search where to click. Too much info...too little info. There is even a site with black background and red letters...so geocities 1997. I was waiting for a spinning pentagram logo.

Wrote down 5 ad copies that I liked from competitors for future inspiration. 178 keywords. I am rapidly realizing that the way I am writing my keywords down is not effective. If you get a new word, you can combine it 5 different way, before, after, plural before, plural after and misspelled. Hmm, there has to be a tool for this.

Heh found it. Free Keyword Phrase List Generator Thank me later! Here is a video explaining it PPC201: Adwords Basics - Module 3C - Keyword List Permutations

I am not sure if I went trigger happy or not. I have a 4617 keyword list....That's what happens when you create a list with possible spelling errors. Removing spelling errors I get a 243 keyword list.

After thinking about this 4617 keywords is silly. I am going to refine it. At the same time 243 seems low. Reading around the web, 700-1000 is about right. Then again some people say focus on specific words....maybe no one knows.

Anyway, added some more keyword ideas reading HOWTO: Create Ultra-Targeted Ads and get Highly Converting Campaigns

Ended up with 870 keywords from two to six words long. I am pretty happy with what I ended up with.

While looking at keywords I read over some notes I have taken while reading blogs. My LPs should be separate than my blog but they should link to each other. That takes care of another ToDo item.

Check Google Analytics, I am now indexed. Sweet.

Installing prosper202. Of course, hostgator and prosper202 do not want to play well together. Well what now? Looking around I found blue layer media offers a fix for $5. Cheap, but kind of annoying. The older version of prosper202 had a free hostgator fix, but I guess they have not worked to fix the new version.

Went to the prosper202 site, Wes suggested to upgrade PHP. Upgraded my PHP to 5.x. Hopefully that will fix the error. FAIL...and I cannot even buy the bluemedia solution because I do not have a paypal account. Double owned

I will not be defeated fucker. Comparing 1.3.2 hostgator fix to 1.5.1 prosper functions-install.php (notepadd++ is pimp like that) I fixed it. Take that bluemedia...your $5 is denied. Emailing both hostgator and prosper202 with the file I made.

Added quick fix on hostgator page and prosper202 page. Hopefully Wes contacts me so I can give him the file. In the meantime I contacted Hostgator support and emailed them the file I made. That's my good deed of the day...

I have worked for about 10 hours right now. Calling it a day. More to come tomorrow.


ToDo:
DONE - Decide about my 2 LPs, are they pages that also link to my blog...or are they a blog entry...pros vs cons?
DONE - Install prosper
DONE - Look at competition see what they are doing right
DONE - Keyword research
- Create 2 LPs
- Wordpress theme? I almost like the default one
- Create 2 ad copies
- setup prosper202 with my campaigns
- create MSN account
- create Home, About Us, Contact Us, Privacy Policy, Disclaimer, Terms and Conditions
- 8 SEO articles