They discuss why a good niche in PPC is not necessarily a good niche for article marketing (and vice versa).

After today’s video, you’ll never have to guess whether a niche is any good for article marketing.

The video is absolutely free and there is no registration to watch it.

AffSphere is an article directory that pays you for submitting articles.

In this 6-week blueprint report Patrick Chan shares his experience on how to start your own online niche business today:

• How to find the idea for your niche business
• The method that you can use to develop your first info-product without the risk of creating a non-profitable one
• The ‘trick’ of creating passive income on the internet — easier than you think!
• What you should be doing in between or after the 6 weeks…

Enter your first name and e-mail address for instant download on this page: Niche Marketing Riches In 6 Weeks Or Less free report

In the article, How to Fail at Online Business - Neglect Niche Marketing, he explains why franchise businesses and MLM schemes fail on the Internet due to (1) competition and (2) fewer geographical market limitations.

According to Dr. Wilson, the answer is in researching and clearly defining a market niche with sufficient demand but without overwhelming competition. Nichification is the key.

Read the article on the Web Marketing Today website: How to Fail at Online Business - Neglect Niche Marketing

Now, when you use the Keyword Tool to search for relevant keywords to include in your keyword list, you’ll be able to see the approximate number of search queries matching your keywords that were performed on Google and the search network. These approximate numbers are intended to provide better insight into keywords’ monthly and average search volumes than previously provided by the tool.

How does this affect your niche market research?

• Now you can get more accurate information about a niche size right from the most popular search engine in the world.
• Save on services like Wordtracker.
• This can help you better plan your Adwords budget.

Go try it out now, enter a keyword and you’ll see Google’s approximate search volume.

Read more on the Inside Adwords blog.

Chris Knight of EzineArticles.com published the Pain Avoidance article template that can help you speed up the creation of your next set of quality original articles by addressing this time-proven principle:

Pain problem solving can become a new angle in your article marketing, or you could “re-package” your old articles with this new template.

In his blog post, Chris provides The Pain Avoidance Template simple four-step layout and tells why this article template idea works.

The Pain Avoidance article template

Here’s just a few of the things you’ll discover in these video tutorials:

• Where to dig up an almost limitless supply of re-useable content to create new products.
• How to use Google to find an instant list of customers.
• The lazy marketer’s way to find out exactly how much people are prepared to pay for your niche products.
• Why Amazon should be a first place to visit if your trying to establish what sites to build for Adsense or affiliate marketing.
• How to really use eBay to identify hot, in-demand products.
• Plus how to turn your eBay research into killer info-products and Adsense revenue.
• A little known spot on eBay where you can find an army of instant BUYERS…
• Discover how to find lava hot niches with Myspace (in seconds) And how to use an often overlooked feature to unearth targeted niche goldmines.
• How to use PayPal as a million dollar marketing research tool.

This is a real CD-ROM delivered direct to your door, not a downloadable video. The price is only $17 plus shipping.

Link: Mining Hot Niches

Niche selection can be very tricky. A lot of people will pick a niche, promote it for a while, make no sales and just give up. They will claim that niche marketing just doesn’t work and that anyone that says it’s profitable is lying. Well, the truth of the matter is, a lot of people, even top Internet marketers will pick a bad niche from time to time. But the key is not to give up. If you pick a niche that isn’t profitable throw it out and move on to the next one.

You may have to research a lot of niches before you find the one that is right for you. Not everyone is meant to promote every niche. But when you find that perfect niche you will know it. It could be a niche that you have a particular interest in and want to learn more about or it could be niche that deals with a problem that you have already had and managed to solve. It is important that you don’t stop with just one niche. Pick a handful of niches that interest you. Promote more than one. When one or two of these niches start pulling in the profits, then start promoting them like crazy. Squeeze every bit of cash that you can out of them.

The best way to test a niche is to become an affiliate first. Chances are, if there are several products in the niche you choose, then there is a market for it. Don’t be afraid of a little competition.

Becoming an affiliate is the best way to learn the ins and outs of the niche marketing game before you dive in to product creation on your own. This can save you a ton of time and money. When the time comes to develop your own product and start marketing it, you won’t go in blind.

All of this may seem very complicated to someone just starting out in Internet marketing. The potential for information overload is great. You need to have a simple step by step blueprint that will tell you what to do.

And here’s the good news…

You can find everything that you need to know about niche selection and how to master that niche for maximum profits in an informative eBook called “Cracking the Niche Code”. Everything in the ebook is laid out in a simple fashion. It will take you from niche selection to totally annihilating your competition.

So if you are tired of trying and failing, get your hands on a copy of this ebook today:

Author: Lisa Ginger

It comes from Katerina, who writes:

I have read all the ebooks and have the programs to find niches and still I come up empty handed because when you follow the directions you discover that most of the niches I like have a high demand but also high supply.

I have not found yet a niche that has a good demand but a low supply.

Are niches all dried up now?

Well, Katerina, if I said the Internet isn’t becoming more competitive, I would be lying. If I told you that finding a niche market on the Internet is as easy today as it was five years ago, I would be lying.

The Internet is a competitive hunting ground, and it’s only going to get more competitive — but does that mean all the good opportunities are gone?

NO!!!

You are talking about a business medium that allows you to reach every wired corner of the world from your computer at home. According the Internet World Stats, as of June 10, 2007 there were 1.133 BILLION people online — and it’s still growing at a phenomenal rate.

With those kinds of numbers, I’d be willing to guess there are still a few great opportunities waiting to be discovered!

However, the fact is: If your hobby or interest happens to be something like “golf” or “health products,” the chances of finding a niche are slim to none. These are saturated markets, and it’s time to expand beyond them.

If you are serious about making money online and you have explored your interests and have found them to be too competitive, then it’s time to broaden the scope of your search.

What would you enjoy learning more about? Don’t let your lack of knowledge stop you from exploring a topic you’re interested in. I know if I set aside an hour a day for the next month and immersed myself in an unfamiliar niche, I would have enough knowledge to start an online business based on that topic.

The point I am trying to make here, is don’t limit yourself to what you know today. Broaden the scope of your search and explore new niches where you aren’t already an expert — and all of sudden different potential businesses will start to appear.

My final comment is this: Don’t always write a business opportunity off simply because there’s some competition in the market. Rather, you should determine the viability of an opportunity by analyzing the quality of the competition.

If you look at the competition and believe you could do a better job meeting the needs of the market — if you can come up with a unique selling proposition that offers more value and truly differentiates you from all the other sellers out there — then you can be massively successful in an already competitive market.

Remember: Perseverance is key! Like Albert Einstein said:

It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.

To your success…

Derek Gehl

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Derek Gehl specializes in teaching real people how to start profitable Internet businesses that make $100,000 to $2.5 Million (or more) per year. To get instant access to all his most profitable marketing campaigns, strategies, tools, and resources that he’s used to grow $25 into over $60 Million in online sales, visit Internet Marketing Center

Here’s a simple business model based on this:

1. Research diy key phrases and choose a theme for your future product, for example:
   • diy scrapbooking
   • diy home improvement
   • diy plumbing
   • diy computer repair
   • diy auto repair
   • and so on…
2. Create an info product showing or telling them how they can “do it yourself”:
   • create a video product, or…
   • create an e-book.
   • Remember, you can always hire a freelancer to do this for you. (Click on this link, than go to Web Content > eBook Writing or Other Services > Audio, Video & Multimedia)
3. Create a simple website and drive traffic to it.

That’s it. Just wanted to share this niche marketing idea with you.

Have a nice day!

Andrei

myGoals.com is the Web’s premier site for setting, managing, and reaching personal and professional goals. Their website users can set as many goals as they like, creating custom GoalPlans from scratch or selecting from a library of pre-made GoalPlans that contain expert advice for accomplishing the goal.

There are literally hundreds of subcategories in their goals directory, from all areas of interests. For example, there are 100+ subcategories in the Personal Growth & Interests category alone.

Inside every subcategory there are two lists. The first one is called “Some ideas” and the second one is “Pre-made Goalplans”. This is where it gets interesting!

Let’s take a look at the “Some ideas” list in the Family & Relationships > Clothing & Personal Style (Women) category:

• “To dress for success”
• “To always look well groomed”
• “To keep my fingernails manicured”
• “To always have polished shoes”
• “To revamp my wardrobe”
• “To shop with a wardrobe consultant”
• “To smile more”
• “To always look and act like a gentleman”

Ring a bell? In most cases, you can simply add the word “How” and get a great theme for a $7 report and/or a niche website:

• “How To Dress For Success”
• “How To Always Look Well Groomed”
• “How To Keep Your Fingernails Manicured”
• “How To Revamp Your Wardrobe”
• etc…

Now, go to the To Dress for Success (Women) Pre-made Goalplan. Wow, it’s almost ready-made Table of Contents for your future $7 report or even an eBook! There are Obstacles, and there are Tasks and Milestones to resolve the problem, and that’s exactly what you should write about!

• Obstacle: I need to determine the appropriate dress for my chosen career.
  • Task: Talk to professionals in the field
  • Task: Get a book about dressing for success
  • Task: Look at career-oriented magazines
• Obstacle: I need to get two weeks’ worth of career clothes.
  • Task: Organize my closet
  • Milestone: Get an “interview” suit
  • Milestone: Get at least five everyday business outfits
  • Milestone: Get two outfits suitable for casual day(s)
• Obstacle: I need to keep my clothes looking professional
  • Task: Keep work clothes in good condition
  • Task: Find a good dry cleaners that does alterations
  • Task: Keep shoes in good condition
  • Task: Find a good shoe repair shop

…And that’s only part of them.

I’m sure, you’ll love this resource for your niche ideas.

What’s next?

• Visit myGoals.com
• Read more about the $7 reports business model