Saturday, August 23, 2008

2 - Finding a Niche

So lets start

There are many ways to find an active and profitable niche and range from online to just looking around you in your every day life. TV, Radio, Current advertisements and even what you just hear other people talking about. Alot of people also start with their hobby, likes, interests etc etc etc. The things that will motivate them enough to want to write about them and want to sell to other people. If you have an interest or hobby in something however weird it may be there is bound to be other people who do to and they want to know about it. Okay some people prefer to go directly for the highest money making product and that can work too it just depends how you want to play it.

The following are places that you can use both online and offline to find niches

- Amazon.com ~ This is a big market place that turns over alot of money and fortunatly for you they have a "Bestsellers" or "Hot Products" section. Find that and look to see what people are buying.

- Shopping.com ~ Another big market place for products. Look for "Top Searches" its located at the bottom in small writting.

- Ebay Pulse ~ Everyone knows ebay and you can spy on what is hot right now in the auction house. Do some research and find a product that you can promote... you cannot go wrong here

- TV ~ Unfortunatly cant link this one lol but hopefully you all have one in your houses. Take a look at the current news, adverts and even the themes featured on soaps. The people that write things to go on tv spend loads of time researching to make sure they wont waste thousands of dollars on something that wont be profitable. (at the time of writting the enviroment and fuel/gas costs are big)

- Radio ~ Exactly the same scenario as the TV but this time its all verbal. Listen to whats being promoted and talked about. Often the talk show type radio stations are better for this about current affairs.

- News stands ~ Take a look over the newsstands and see what is featured on the front pages. Okay you cant go selling products about murder but sometimes something that could be really profitable is featured and is big news.

There are probably other places that you can look to find niches but these are the main places...

Next onto keyword and keyphrase tools :)

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