Simple Keyword Research

A lot of people always ask what kind of “secret” tools we’re using for our niche campaigns, and what tools they should purchase. While that is conversation for later.. nobody EVER asks for the simple handy tools.

Even though a lot of the good stuff comes from what they call “up here” I sometimes just quickly want to look up a few variations for a general keyword. Here’s what I usually do:

I quickly go to Yahoo.com and type in the first few letters of the keyword I’m looking for. Since a few months you immediately see more specific searches on the topic of your keyword. If you don’t see anything, make sure you switch “Search Assist” on. Scroll through Yahoo’s suggestions and write them all down.

Now go to Google Suggest and check out their variations on your topic. Alternatively you can scroll down to the bottom of the page, and see what Google thinks is related to your search: (Affiliate Marketing in this case)

Of course, when it comes to campaign research you should go MUCH deeper, but we’ll get into that a little bit later. Hope you enjoyed this quickie