tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65286541172748696232024-02-08T08:08:47.199-08:00Niche CollectionNiche - A focused, targetable part of a market.Vipul Mistryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08592166336779684126noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528654117274869623.post-51737003983053493562009-10-01T08:04:00.000-07:002009-10-01T08:05:44.904-07:00Niche Topic : Adsense Tips and Tricks<ul class="recent_posts_with_thumbs"><li class="clearfix"><b><a href="http://adsensetippsandtricks.blogspot.com/2009/09/discovering-adsense-keyword-demand.html" target="_top">Discovering AdSense Keyword Demand</a></b><br />
<i>Image by lambo via FlickrSo... you have a fantastic idea for an AdSense site but not too sure how...</i><br />
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<i>It is no longer a secret that many workers are apprehensive about their jobs given the state of the...</i><br />
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<i>Google AdSense is hands down the most popular advertising network among website publishers. While...</i><br />
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<i>There are a lot of myths surrounding the many different AdSense websites for sale. As with...</i><br />
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<li class="clearfix"><b><a href="http://adsensetippsandtricks.blogspot.com/2009/09/is-adsense-still-best-way-to-boost-your.html" target="_top">Is AdSense Still the Best Way to Boost Your Income Online?</a></b><br />
<i>With the current job market still delivering disappointing results, more people are looking...</i><br />
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<i>Image via CrunchBaseFirst I will start off with pros and cons of eachBlogAdSense program built in,...</i><br />
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<i>After being involved with AdSense for a while you begin to ask yourself what is the Google Adsence...</i><br />
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<i>I get many requests about the systems I use in running my own eBay and internet business.To give...</i><br />
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<li class="clearfix"><b><a href="http://adsensetippsandtricks.blogspot.com/2009/04/make-money-with-adwords-and-adsense.html" target="_top">Make Money With Adwords And Adsense</a></b><br />
<i>Everyone is scrambling for news about the new kids on the net – AdWords and AdSense that is. You’ve...</i><br />
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<li class="clearfix"><b><a href="http://adsensetippsandtricks.blogspot.com/2009/04/tips-to-get-google-adsense-account.html" target="_top">Tips to Get a Google Adsense Account</a></b><br />
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<i>Okay, let's get into the point directly! Do you make enough money on internet to quit your job?If...</i><br />
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<i>Nr 1. KeywordsYour keywords are very important. Not just for the payout of the ads, but also for...</i><br />
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<i>In this article I will help you understand how AdSense works and give you some important...</i><br />
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</div>Vipul Mistryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08592166336779684126noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528654117274869623.post-44766102988206361082009-09-30T13:09:00.001-07:002009-09-30T13:09:59.336-07:00The 3 Basic Steps For How to Find a Niche Market<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The most overwhelming task for the beginning internet marketer has got to be finding a good niche. It is not enough to just develop a product and throw it out there. You have got to be sure there is a market of buyers for your product. Even the best product will not sell if there is no market for it, or if it is not being <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000000711d7" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marketing" rel="wikipedia" title="Marketing">marketing</a> to the right audience. So if you are serious about making a nice income with your own products, you must learn how to do proper niche <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000000032f01" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research" rel="wikipedia" title="Research">research</a>. Here are the basics of how to find a niche.</span><br style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If you are at a complete loss for what to research, you can start by just keeping your eyes and ears open. Pay attention to the news and take note of the major problems that people complain about each day. You want to find a niche that helps to solve a problem. Write down all of your general niche ideas. Once you have a decent sized list, its time to do some niche research.</span><br style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><a name='more'></a><br style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How to find a niche involves a little bit of detective work. A profitable niche will have three basic elements. These elements are high demand, low <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000000146647" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competition" rel="wikipedia" title="Competition">competition</a> and potential for profit. If you have a niche idea that satisfies all of these elements, chances are you will have a winning product that can bring you a lot of money.</span><br style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So let's talk about the demand for your niche product. You need to find a good search engine results tool to see how many searches there are for your niche. A good site to start with is seobook. This <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000000041684" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Website" rel="wikipedia" title="Website">website</a> will allow you to plug in keywords for your niche to see how many searches there are across the three major <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000005bd2afa" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_search_engine" rel="wikipedia" title="Web search engine">search engines</a>. The searches are broken down into daily searches. So if you have a niche that has a lot of searches then you have a have a decent start. But you must pay close attention to the next step in how to find a niche if you want to have any chance of success.</span><br style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The next step in niche research is to check out your competition. It should be your goal to land your product on the first page of the search engine results. But think about this: You have a niche that has a ton of searches each month, but it also has a ton of sites that are all marketing the same niche product. How do you think you will do in the search engine rankings when you are up against millions of competing sites? You wouldn't do very well. So the secret is to find a niche with lots of searches and a low number of competing sites. You can find the number of competing sites by typing in your niche keyword into the <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000042acea" href="http://google.com/" rel="homepage" title="Google">Google</a> search box and then looking to the right upper corner of the results page. Google tells you how many pages there are for your niche.</span><br style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So let's say you have chosen "cat health" for your niche. This term gets approximately 16,000 searches per month across the search engines. But the term "cat health" has 11,900,000 competing pages. This is way too much competition to make it in this niche. You need to go back to square one and come up with something more specific on cat health. Maybe you can focus on a specific <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000000011f83" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disease" rel="wikipedia" title="Disease">disease</a> or condition that <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000000f6fc" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat" rel="wikipedia" title="Cat">cats</a> can get. It is best to aim for 500,000 competing sites or less. Now for the next step in the niche research:</span><br style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You must make sure that your niche has the potential for profit. This means that you need to find out if people will be willing to pay for the information you can provide. This can be done in several different ways, but for the purpose of this article, I am going to give you a simple way to research this. When you are checking out the number of competing pages for your niche on Google, take note of how many Google Ads there are on the page. If there are quite a few, then chances are people are willing to pay for this type of information. If there are only one or two Google Ads, then this niche is likely not a profitable one.</span><br style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">These are just basic tips for how to find a niche. There are many more advanced methods that you can add as you go. But by using these basic steps for niche research, you will be well on your way to finding your own profitable <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000000514563" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niche_market" rel="wikipedia" title="Niche market">niche market</a>.</span> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><img alt="" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=572e5686-693f-4b95-a53f-30d2944e3264" style="border: medium none; float: right;" /><span class="zem-script more-related more-info pretty-attribution"><script defer="defer" src="http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js" type="text/javascript">
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There is much truth in this belief that niche websites is the best way to get into profit. General and broad markets are too saturated and many experienced <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webmaster" rel="wikipedia" title="Webmaster">webmasters</a> and online marketers are already flooding these with their offers. Many have long established their foothold in some markets and are easily recognized as the gurus or authority figures in their respective domains.<br />
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This is especially true in the internet marketing arena. Trying to outperform gurus with years of experience and powerful allies and tools is not the best way to start for a newcomer. Take them on later when you have some might. For now, it is wise to focus on <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building" rel="wikipedia" title="Building">building</a> niche websites that have lesser competition and hence more scope for profitability.<br />
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How to make good money with niche websites?<br />
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1. First of all, you need to be equipped with the knowledge to identify good <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niche_market" rel="wikipedia" title="Niche market">niche markets</a> to build your niche websites around. Niche marketing has a lot to do with <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supply_and_demand" rel="wikipedia" title="Supply and demand">demand and supply</a>. Where there is a demand but low supply, new products launched stand a good chance to seize a market leader position. Likewise, if you are able to find such a market, you can then build your niche sites in this niche to conquer the niche and meet the demand. This knowledge is what separates the successful niche marketers from the average ones.<br />
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2. Obviously, you need a good battle plan to execute. Taking on niches requires good planning and a systematic approach towards building niche sites that can be monetized. Whether you are selling <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.clickbank.com/" rel="homepage" title="Clickbank">ClickBank</a> products or promoting <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.google.com/adsense" rel="homepage" title="AdSense">Adsense</a>, mapping out your steps in a concise step-by-step manner to build and promote your niche websites makes it easy to get into profit quickly.<br />
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3. Unless you are into niche marketing for a few hundred dollars, otherwise, you need to own dozens of niche websites to reap in income levels of thousands of dollars. All niche marketers understand that since each niche site normally provides a few hundred dollars a month, they need many profitable websites in order to hit their dream income level. And creating is one thing. Managing and updating them constantly would be a nightmare.<br />
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4. Never do everything manually. You need to start thinking how to automate your <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business" rel="wikipedia" title="Business">business</a> tasks. Can you hire someone from Scriptlance, GetaFreeLancer or RentaCoder to update your niche websites for you? Or are there <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_software" rel="wikipedia" title="Computer software">software</a> out there that can automate your updating and promotion of your niche websites for you? By automating the various processes of building, updating and promoting your niche sites, you can then have more time to expand your niche site empire.<br />
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These are the real reasons why gurus in their niche markets are dominating markets and laughing to banks while average niche marketers continue to struggle with their income.<br />
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A Niche Market includes any product or service that's in great need or want. This is one of the best internet businesses that there is for two reasons. You can determine your own product as well as marketing niche.<br />
The key is to find a focused and targeted market, where you can supply something that people are already looking for. A marketable product or service that's not readily available. The big niche secret is that there is no secret.<br />
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<strong>Step One - How To Find A Profitable Niche</strong><br />
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Niche marketing is a simple process, which just involves some research. This is ultimately what will determine your online success. First of all, you need to eliminate the niches that don't get enough traffic, as well as the niches that are way too competitive. The remaining niches are the ones with potential for success, but they don't guarantee your success. However, this is part of the niche marketing strategy and is crucial for building a solid foundation.<br />
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You can always find a niche where people are making money, but the competition will be fierce. Or you can find a niche by being aware of opportunities, and what's going on around you. Ask yourself what are people talking about. Does the same problem or issue seem to be repeated over and over? Niche ideas are everywhere. The big question though is how do you find a great niche?<br />
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A great niche is a hungry market where lots of people want to buy whatever it is that you are selling. This is where most entrepreneurs fail because they choose the wrong kind of niche to build a business upon. They create a product and then try to figure out how to market it. That's completely backward to how you should be doing it. People are simply not interested in what you want to sell . . . they are only interested in what they want to buy!<br />
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Can you appreciate the benefit of adopting this concept? It's the power of niche marketing! The real path to success is in finding out what people want to buy, and then provide them with it. This is the dream of every entrepreneur, to find a hungry market that wants to buy everything that they are selling. Consequently, this is also the very key to your financial success.<br />
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<strong>Niche Marketing Tips For Finding Hungry Markets:</strong><br />
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1) <strong>Local Bookstore</strong><br />
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A great place to learn about all the hot topics. Just go to the bestseller section and see what the top fiction and nonfiction books are about. These become bestsellers because it's what people are interested in. You can get some great ideas from these for your next project.<br />
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However, these subjects are usually time-sensitive because they are about current events. What may be a hot <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niche_market" rel="wikipedia" title="Niche market">niche market</a> today, may be just luke warm in a few months from now. The popular magazines are also worth taking notice of for some insightful ideas.<br />
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2) <strong><a class="zem_slink" href="http://ebay.com/" rel="homepage" title="eBay">eBay</a></strong><br />
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Here's the place that will show what people are buying this very moment. The items can be found on the "search" function. Just type in search terms such as "eBay Pulse" or "eBay Pop" or "hot items by category" to get the up-to-minute information on all the currently hot sellers.<br />
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<strong>Quick Niche Marketing Tip:</strong> After you find the subject matter that people are looking for, try researching for related keywords. This drill down method will offer you even narrower and more profitable niches.<br />
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3) <strong>Search Engines</strong><br />
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If you know what people are looking for online, then all you have to do is provide it to them. Just type in "top searches" into your favorite <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_search_engine" rel="wikipedia" title="Web search engine">search engine</a> to get a list of websites with possible niches.<br />
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<strong><a class="zem_slink" href="http://google.com/" rel="homepage" title="Google">Google</a></strong> <br />
<strong>Lycos</strong> <br />
<strong>FAST Search</strong> <br />
<strong>Ask</strong> <br />
<strong>AOL Search</strong> <br />
<strong>MSN Search</strong> <br />
<strong>AltaVista</strong> <br />
<strong>Excite</strong> <br />
<strong>Netscape Search</strong> <br />
<strong>GoTo</strong> <br />
<strong>Yahoo</strong> <br />
<strong>DogPile</strong> <br />
<strong>Direct Hit</strong> <br />
<strong>HotBot</strong><br />
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The Google AdWords Keyword Tool and WordTracker are very effective tools to help you with your niche marketing, and in finding great niche ideas.<br />
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4) <strong>Forums</strong><br />
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One way to find hot topics is by the number of members. In the Google Groups list of forums, it's possible to list them by the size of the groups. The larger being the better niche, of course.<br />
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<strong>Google Groups</strong> <br />
<strong>Yahoo Message Boards</strong> <br />
<strong>Digital Point Forums</strong><br />
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5) <strong>ClickBank MarketPlace</strong><br />
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This has become the internet's largest digital marketplace, and is where you can see what people are buying. You can search by different criteria to find the possible niches.<br />
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6) <strong>Amazon.com Preorders</strong><br />
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Amazon is another place that let's you know which products are popular. It even tells you which products people want, that haven't been released yet. The lists also show the most popular preorders.<br />
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Knowledge is power, and in this case, knowing what's popular with people is powerful knowledge if you want to develop a product quickly.<br />
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<strong>Step Two - How Do We know If The Niche Is Profitable?</strong><br />
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By now you should have found several niches with a lot of potential, but need to determine which ones are profitable. A keyword phrase that has a lot of searches but has heavy competition is not a good marketing niche.<br />
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A very effective marketing niche strategy is to go to <a class="zem_slink" href="http://google.com/" rel="homepage" title="Google Search">google.com</a> and type in a search term using quotation marks. The results given will be the total number of competing pages that are targeting that given search term.<br />
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Off to the right of the page you will notice that there are sponsored links from AdWords. If you click on "More Sponsored Links", it will show a list the total of sponsored links for that keyword. If there are a lot of searches, but only one page of sponsored links, then you probably have found a good niche.<br />
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To take it further, click on "advanced search". Go to the box that says "with the exact phrase" and type in the same search term that you used before. Scroll down to the "Occurrences Return results where my terms occur" and in the drop-down box, select the phrase "in the title of the page" and click on "Google Search".<br />
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This shows you the top-ranked websites which are optimized with your keyword phrase in their title. You don't want to see too many.<br />
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Repeat this last step again, without using quotations on the search term. Scroll down to the "Occurrences Return results where my terms occur", and click "in the URL of the page" from the drop-down box.<br />
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This will show you how many top-ranked websites are optimized with your keyword phrase in their URL - the domain and file name where the page is located.<br />
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Again, repeat this last step by looking for the results of "in the text of the page", that will show you how many top-ranked websites are optimized with your keyword phrase in their website text. Then check for "in the links on their page".<br />
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Afterwards, using the Google Toolbar, check the page rank of each competing website that showed up in the organic links. Do this for all the ones on the first page of results. If most of the sites have a PR score of five or above, then you will have a difficult time getting on the first page without being very efficient with SEO.<br />
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Once again, finding the right niche is absolutely critical to your online success.<br />
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You could have others do the research for you, but how could you rely solely on their information? Personally, I think it's better to perform your own research and develop a niche that you can profit with.<br />
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<strong>Niche Tips</strong><br />
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Keywords with over 5,000 searches a month without being over 80,000 is a good number. Establish your niche before registering a domain name. It's better to optimize your domain name with keywords from your niche. Very good SEO tactic. The best way to monetize your niche is by selling your own product or service. The best alternative method is to find relevant and complementary affiliate products. Good tools to find niches with:<br />
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<strong>KeyWord Suggestions Tools</strong><br />
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digitalpoint.com/tools/suggestion <br />
google.com/sponsoredlin<br />
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<strong>Your success is in the power of Niche Marketing!</strong><br />
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If you are trying to find a <b><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niche_market" rel="wikipedia" title="Niche market">niche market</a></b> for the first time for your online business particularly for <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affiliate_marketing" rel="wikipedia" title="Affiliate marketing">affiliate marketing</a> then most probably you are confused. There are so many ideas in your head just moving around but you don't know how to choose the best one for you. Well, finding a niche is actually easy if you have an experience of doing that. When i was finding my niche, i was very confused. But, now it is an easier task to do for me. In this article i am going to give you a step by step guide with which you will be able to find your niche more easily and more effectively. These steps won't cost you money. But, they will definitely need some time and effort from you. Let's talk about the steps now.<br />
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<u><b>Step1:</b> Make a list of Niches you are interested in</u><br />
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Your first step is to make a list of niches in which you are interested. Be honest with yourself. At this point don't think about whether a niche is profitable or not. You will have to spend a lot of time with your niche for creating your content, updating it and other stuffs like creating Blogs, Websites related to it or advertise for your business. So, you should make your list of niches according to your personal interest. If you don't do that, there is a great chance that after a few days you will get bored of your job and if that happens you can't expect quality works from you. And those in turn will bring no or a little success to you. So, make a list of niches of your interest and order them from your most interest to least interest.<br />
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<u><b>Step2: </b> Find the Demand of your niche </u><br />
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Now, you have a list of niches. But, what good are those niches if they have no demand in the online world? So, your second step is to find the demand of your niches. For finding demand, you can use <a class="zem_slink" href="http://google.com/" rel="homepage" title="Google">Google</a>'s Keyword Tool. It is <b>free</b> for all and it is also very easy to use <i>(The link for this free tool is provided in "Note" which is at the end of this article)</i>. Put a <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyword_%28computer_programming%29" rel="wikipedia" title="Keyword (computer programming)">keyword</a> or keyword phrase related to your niche in the tool. You will get number of approximate searches performed in the previous month and also the average monthly searches performed over the recent 12 months for your keyword or keyword phrases. The higher the number of searches the higher is the demand for your niche.<br />
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<u><b>Step3: </b> Find the Competition of your niche </u><br />
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Now, you have an idea about the demands of your niches. Another thing you should know now is how competitive is the market for the niche. It will help you decide the best niche for you. Finding <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competition" rel="wikipedia" title="Competition">competition</a> for your niche is easy. Just search for the same <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keywords" rel="wikipedia" title="Keywords">keywords</a> you used in 2nd step in the major <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_search_engine" rel="wikipedia" title="Web search engine">search engines</a> like: Google, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.yahoo.com/" rel="homepage" title="Yahoo!">Yahoo</a> and <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.msn.com/" rel="homepage" title="MSN">MSN</a>. Then see the number of results they are showing. If you are looking for a competitive niche then the number may be in the millions!<br />
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The higher is the number the higher is the competition. <b>Don't</b> get afraid. Not every site listed in that result is your competitor. Most, of the people won't even go as far as 3rd page of the search result. But, you have got an idea about the competition because you know how many places in online world are working with those keywords or keyword phrases. Right?<br />
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<u><b>Step4: </b> Find the Business potential of your niche</u><br />
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This step requires a good judgment and also self confidence. By now, you know your niches with interest, their demand and also you have got an idea about the competition you have to face in the niches. At this point you have to know the business potential of your niches.<br />
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Say, you are interested in a niche which doesn't have demand. Should you start your affiliate marketing in that niche market? The answer is obviously <b>"No"</b> to the question. If people don't want to buy your product online, how can you sell them? Again, say you are interested in a niche which has very high demand with very high competition. You should only choose that niche if you think you have enough confidence and you can really work hard to succeed. Because, there are other people, may be experienced people who are also working in that niche. In this case you have to compromise between your interest and the competition. Find a niche with less competition, high demand and you still have got the interest to work with it.<br />
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So, all you have to do is to think about the profitability of the niche without forgetting your personal interests. Try to make better judgments and also try to be confident as well as comfortable with your decisions. And, of course be honest with yourself while making the decisions.<br />
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<u><b>Step 5: </b> Re Ordering your list from the 1st step</u><br />
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In this step, you re arrange your niches in the list that you created in the 1st step by giving them a new order from the highest business potential to the lowest business potential and of course don't forget about mixing your interests in the niches with the business potential while you gave them a new order.<br />
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That's it. You are done! See, finding a niche is actually simple and it is also fun. And you don't need to spend money at all. All you need is some time, dedication and effort. I hope you will be able to find the best niche market and success in your online business with these easy but effective steps.<br />
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To your success <br />
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<i><u><b>Note:</b></u></i> <a href="https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal" id="link_101" rel="nofollow" target="_new">Google's Free Keyword Tool</a><br />
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Hopefully, what you're about to read will fall in the category of the latter and you'll actually learn something after reading this and the other articles on niche marketing.</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><a name='more'></a><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So, just what is a niche? Well, the definition is actually quite simple. A niche is a certain segment of the population where you intend to concentrate your efforts. For example. You have decided, for whatever reason, that you want to sell health related products. You've done your research and have discovered that a good number of the people in this world are sick in some way. So selling health related products would be a general niche. Now, you could leave your niche at this if you had, say, a wholesaler who could supply you with a number of health related products. But maybe you can't get your hands on everything from soup to nuts related to <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care" rel="wikipedia" title="Health care">healthcare</a> and only have access to a few items. It may be a good idea to narrow your general niche down to a more specific niche, such as acne cures. If you have got a good <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_remedy" rel="wikipedia" title="Home remedy">home remedy</a> for acne written up in ebook form, this could turn into a big seller and you don't have to worry about carrying a lot of inventory. You've narrowed down your niche to one specific item.</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The first question you might be tempted to ask is, "Why concentrate on just one niche?" The answer is simple to explain but sometimes hard to understand. The problem with understanding the answer is that many people have the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy" rel="wikipedia" title="Philosophy">philosophy</a> of throwing as many things up against the wall in an effort to see if any of them stick. In other words, they try to market anything and everything. The problem with that way of thinking is the reason why you DO want to concentrate on a particular niche.</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">By concentrating on one niche you are more focused. Your <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet" rel="wikipedia" title="Internet">web</a> <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Website" rel="wikipedia" title="Website">site</a> or <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sales" rel="wikipedia" title="Sales">sales</a> page has one goal and one goal only. To sell xyz product and nothing else. This makes you an "expert" in this area and the buying public will have more respect for you. Think about it. <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.dell.com/" rel="homepage" title="Dell">Dell Computers</a> doesn't try to sell diapers. They do well enough just selling computers.</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Another reason you want to concentrate on one niche is because of advertising costs. When you're promoting just one product or service, you can put all your advertising dollars into that one product or service and have the best chance of making sales. If you try to sell everything under the sun you end up splitting your available funds into so many different areas that you can't effectively promote any of them. This is not to say that you can't have more than one niche. Most likely after you create your first niche product and become profitable with it, you can take some of those profits and pick another niche. So say you are selling acne cures. You can then maybe branch out after a while and sell cold sore cures. Eventually, you will be involved in several niches, remembering to keep each one as a separate business and sales page.</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Niche marketing is the most targeted marketing there is, and with proper research, can be the most profitable.</span></span> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/fc163784-c9e7-4516-9917-58f49a45f6c3/" title="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"><img alt="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=fc163784-c9e7-4516-9917-58f49a45f6c3" style="border: medium none; float: right;" /></a><span class="zem-script more-related pretty-attribution"><script defer="defer" src="http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js" type="text/javascript">
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