Thanks for all the info … this is good stuff!

I was referring to volunteer email lists. Yaro recommends giving away the e-book for free by asking users to join his email list. Once on the list he provides content directly to users email inboxes in an organized fashion using an automatic emailing service. I believe eventually he does do some targeted marketing of his other products at his email list. That may or may not be what you’re after, but it appears to work for him.

Good point about the unquoted search. I do take a peek at it to get an idea of the broader competition. If I can find a low direct competition “search” and a low competition unquoted search then I may have found a niche keyword for my content that may be worth running with.

Jeff
I’m Minding My Own Business, are you minding yours?

Just be wary of the using a purchased e-mail list as some products like BeBiz won’t allow you to use them, for obvious reasons … SPAM, in case it’s not that obvious

They do allow – and, I recommend – you create a product or ‘gimmick’ (of real value) that encourages people who visit your site to freely GIVE you their e-mail address … this is a REAL and ethical form of opt-in list that (I am told) provides far greater results than some of these purchased mailing lists.

Also, you may be doing yourself a disservice typing in your keyword phrases in quotes (although, knowing who your 100% direct competition is, is a good thing!) … as you ALSO need to see who is popping up when the users type those words in WITHOUT quotes (as 99.9999% of people will) … I guess the best outcome is to do it with and without quotes: best of both worlds!?

I’ve been playing around on the net learning about internet marketing and doing some keyword research as well.

Here are some links I have found valuable in the process that you might enjoy.

Keyword Research: I use Google itself to research my keywords.

https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal

After finding a keyword I like for my purposes, I’ll do a Google search for it with quotes. E.g. “My keyword phrase” This shows me exactly how many other web pages have this exact phrase and gives me an idea of the competition I’m facing.

Much of my research on internet marketing techniques has come from the following site:

http://www.courtneytuttle.com

I use the link below less often (I may use some of the techniques in a new “flagship” blog I have on the drawing board). It may have some good ideas to help you put your e-book to work:

http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/

It’s run by Yaro Starak, another Aussie, who has some interesting ideas on the e-book and making use of an email list service to deliver your content via email in a targeted and automatic fashion to subscribers.

Good Luck and keep up the great work.
-Jeff
I’m Minding My Own Business, are you minding yours?