Make Money Writing About the Holidays

J. Michael Warner
Writing during the Christmas holiday season can be a lot of fun, there is just so much that can be written about. If you do a search on Google Trends, you will find the top 100 searches being conducted at any given time. If your premise behind writing is, hoping that someone will read what you have to say, it is always a good thing to be writing about popular topics. When I conducted a search to find out what is popular as of this writing I found quite a few subjects that are popular during the Christmas holiday season. One of the things I look for is, if it is popular this holiday season, will it be popular in years to come? That way I am writing about timeless material that will be referred to in the future and continue making me money.

One set of search terms I found that looks interesting is cybermonday, cyber monday, cyber sales, best cyber monday deals, cyber shopping, black monday sales, cybermonday deals, online sales, cyber monday sales 2007, cybermonday sales, online monday and internet monday. Obviously if you are looking for something to write about in the next few weeks there are a lot of people looking for good deals on the internet. Do you have any experience shopping for good deals? Most of us have. How about, do you currently use any products that are fairly new and might be popular for people looking for good deals online?

Time to start writing. Since online sales is a very popular search query right now, a very easy thing to write is a product review of a product that you already use. Another idea is to write a review of a company or website that you purchase products from. Have you purchased anything from Amazon or a similar internet sales company lately? Write a review of how your experience was with that particular product or company.

Now, how do we make money off of a review of a cyber sales company or product that can be purchased online? If you want to write and have your material published at Associated Content, you can get paid for the articles. If you have your own website or blog, you can also post the article on it and insert links to affiliate programs selling the product or promoting the company that you are reviewing. If you are going with the affiliate program method, make sure you include in the post that although you are not getting paid for the review, you would appreciate it if people like your advice, they purchase from your reliable affiliates.

Writing during the holiday seasons can be both fun and profitable. Cyber or online sales is very popular this time of year and with a little research and thought put into your articles, you can be on your way to making money every Christmas season by writing timeless material. Writing timeless material is the key to making consistent money every year. Louis L'Amour was one the the most famous western writers of his time. L'Amour had hundreds of books published and even though he has passed on, is still a favorite at the bookstore. Why? People still find his thoughts on the American West thought provoking and entertaining.

Published by J. Michael Warner

I enjoy reading and writing about a variety of subjects, both non-fiction and fiction. I am interested in business, marketing, SEO, social media marketing, politics, history, economics, recycling, building...  View profile

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  • Kristie Leong M.D.2/10/2008

    Good insights! Google Trends is also a good suggestion.

  • Rosa Hayes2/3/2008

    thanks for the great advice.

  • Mike Warner11/28/2007

    I forgot to include a link to Google Trends. It is a good way to find out what keywords people are currently searching for and how just how hot the keyword is. www.google.com/trends

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