Comments on: Making new contacts http://www.here.org.uk/2006/02/making-new-contacts.html Welcome to Kieron's blog - the life and times of an Internet Marketeer Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:50:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: krush http://www.here.org.uk/2006/02/making-new-contacts.html#comment-99 krush Wed, 22 Feb 2006 01:20:47 +0000 http://www.here.org.uk/wordpress/?p=99#comment-99 I have a browse at the Google Zeitgeist, I also see what my kids are nagging me for!<br/><br/>You can sign up to various websites that give you trend spots, although I cannot remember the URLs, or if they are really that useful! I have a browse at the Google Zeitgeist, I also see what my kids are nagging me for!

You can sign up to various websites that give you trend spots, although I cannot remember the URLs, or if they are really that useful!

]]> By: Gridlock http://www.here.org.uk/2006/02/making-new-contacts.html#comment-96 Gridlock Fri, 17 Feb 2006 14:18:01 +0000 http://www.here.org.uk/wordpress/?p=99#comment-96 Heya<br/><br/>Read this blog with interest - have had a quick gander at the Sitepoint thread too (kudos for doing that).<br/><br/>Seems to me that, beyond PPC techniques and well-built landing pages, the key thing is first-mover advantage.<br/><br/>So, my question is, how do you go about 'trendspotting'? I tend to do it as a hobby through various blogs (engadget, Hitwise, etc etc etc) but I was wondering if you had any thoughts on the matter? Do you keep it quite high-level (eg Robo-Sapiens and other hot products) or do you also do it within a market, eg mobile phone model numbers, new technologies, hot new holiday spots?<br/><br/>Relatedly, do you think it's good to start with one big campaign/product/merchant or with numerous small (and hopefully cheap) ones? I have a tiny bit of seed capital that I'd love to invest, have returned and then grow my AM business out of any profits. The timescales with AM payments adds yet another bit of complexity to this idea though.<br/><br/>Keep up the blogging, and thanks in advance for any thoughts you'd care to share. Heya

Read this blog with interest - have had a quick gander at the Sitepoint thread too (kudos for doing that).

Seems to me that, beyond PPC techniques and well-built landing pages, the key thing is first-mover advantage.

So, my question is, how do you go about ‘trendspotting’? I tend to do it as a hobby through various blogs (engadget, Hitwise, etc etc etc) but I was wondering if you had any thoughts on the matter? Do you keep it quite high-level (eg Robo-Sapiens and other hot products) or do you also do it within a market, eg mobile phone model numbers, new technologies, hot new holiday spots?

Relatedly, do you think it’s good to start with one big campaign/product/merchant or with numerous small (and hopefully cheap) ones? I have a tiny bit of seed capital that I’d love to invest, have returned and then grow my AM business out of any profits. The timescales with AM payments adds yet another bit of complexity to this idea though.

Keep up the blogging, and thanks in advance for any thoughts you’d care to share.

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