Well, I said I was feeling the twitch to start a new niche website. And it finally pinned me down and forced it’s way through today. I was in the shower and that sneaky little thing crept up behind me and smacked me over the head.

I did some quick preliminary searches and there are some good keywords that look like medium competition, quite a few Adwords advertisers already buying spots, and about 100 content ideas floating around in my head. I opened up Namecheap and found a domain name already… it’s sitting in my cart waiting for this last bit of hesitation to wash away from my mind before I click the checkout button. [Read more...]

Part of marketing your website is finding resources that can make that job a bit easier. This includes networking with others who are interested in similar markets. Finding forums that deal with your particular area of niche marketing is a plus for any online business.

Finding forums can be as easy as a keyword search. Just go to your favorite search engine and search for the name of your niche and add the word forum on the end.

Even with what seems like a small niche you’re sure to find at least a few forums. If the word forum doesn’t work out, people in your niche may refer to as a message board, community, or bulletin board, etc… try those variations and see if you get better results.

There may be hundreds of thousands of forums for your niche. Try a few to see if they deal with issues that you are looking to explore. [Read more...]

You have completed the hardest step — finding a niche market.  It isn’t easy to come up with a product or service that hasn’t already been exploited in the market.  Now that you have, you still have the task of turning your knowledge into cold hard cash.

1.  Find the correct keywords.  When people look for things on the Internet, they use words that describe them.  Those search parameters are what you need to figure out in order to drive traffic to your website.  There are tools on the Internet that assist you in finding a list of suitable keywords.  You can also come up with some of your own and plug them into the search box and see how you are doing.  Those words that return the fewest search results are the ones you want to use to build your business.

2.  Use those keywords.  A keyword is the search parameters that a person types [Read more...]

There are those who say all the profitable niches have been taken. Of course this just isn’t true. The internet and its users are ever changing. It’s an evolving and growing industry. That means there will always be opportunities.

The challenge is to find those opportunities and to recognize them. Here are the top tips to help you find profitable niche ideas.

#1 Start with what you know. Make a good long list of the things you know and would enjoy writing and/or talking about. These can be one word topics like Football, Beagles, cheesecake and so on. Don’t worry about the length of this list. You’ll be adding to it and if you end up with one hundred potential niches to research that’s just fine.

#2 Add what you want to know or are interested in. Add to your list the topics you’re interested in learning more about. If you have a passionate interest it can be a great niche. [Read more...]