| The biggest problem internet marketers face when | | | | Another great way to evaluate your niche ideas is to |
| starting out is finding a niche for themselves. This | | | | conduct an Amazon search. You want to see if there |
| was the greatest challenge for myself and many of | | | | are any books on your niche and precisely how |
| my associates. There are millions upon millions of | | | | many. If there are a few dozen books or less then it |
| niches out there and new niches are born daily. Don't | | | | might be a good idea. However, if there are |
| worry, there are a variety of simple ways to find a | | | | thousands of books on that subject then your niche |
| profitable niche for yourself. Without a specific niche, | | | | is again way too broad. Remember, you want |
| you will not make money online or become a | | | | customers who are willing to pay money so narrow |
| successful internet marketer. It is important to find a | | | | and specific is always better. |
| niche that you can relate to or have a passion for. | | | | Yahoo! and Google are also great tools to see if |
| Within this targeted audience you will have the most | | | | there are any products within your niche idea |
| success and the least difficult journey. To find a niche | | | | because you might want to partner up and sell other |
| for yourself all it takes is some research and | | | | products on the back end later. Use keyword tools |
| evaluation. | | | | such as Overture or Wordtracker to see data on |
| The best way to find a niche for yourself is to be as | | | | how many searches are conducted within your niche |
| narrow, specific and targeted as possible. For | | | | daily or monthly. You want to pick a niche that has |
| example, the idea of graduations as a possible niche | | | | thousands of searches, but a niche with only 30-1000 |
| is way too broad. You need to narrow that idea | | | | searches per day can also be very successful. Feel it |
| down to sub-niches such as: graduation speeches, | | | | out and always use common sense and judgment. |
| graduation gowns, graduation banners, graduation | | | | Lastly, an effective way to see if you niche audience |
| decorations, graduation gifts, graduation planners...etc. | | | | is truly passionate about the subject and most |
| A great way to evaluate your niche ideas is to | | | | importantly if they are willing to spend money is to |
| conduct a Google search using specific keywords and | | | | see if there are forums, conventions, competition, |
| take a look at the AdWords advertisements of the | | | | meetings, clubs or specialty stores that service these |
| right side of the page. If there are 4-5 pages of | | | | specific people. Realize that the majority of niches will |
| results, you will need to have very precise keywords | | | | not meet all of these criteria so remember, this is a |
| to run advertisements with low cost or PPC. | | | | guideline. Brainstorm, research, relate and you will find |
| However, if there are only a few ads on the right | | | | a niche that works for you. |
| side you may have a million dollar niche idea. | | | | |