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Generating New Niche Ideas – Method #5 Utilizing the Power of Online Tools

noreply@blogger.com (Charlie Dee) — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:06:00 +0000

The online approach (using online tools) of niche selection primarily involves
finding out what people are searching for and what information they are
trying to find out online.
One method of finding out what’s hot right now is using the eBay pulse. The
eBay pulse identifies which keywords have been searched most frequently on
the eBay search engine and it’s an excellent way of identifying what’s hot on
eBay and online.
The image below shows what key phrases are hot right now on the eBay
market place, but beware, with high searches comes high competition and it
may not always be profitable to pick the term with the most searches. We’ll
analyse your niche ideas in the next section. So, if you see anything that may
be worth pursuing, make a note of it.

Another method of generating new niche ideas online is using a few free
keyword research tools from Google. The first being:
http://www.google.com/trends
Type in a keyword to Google Trends and it will display a graph showing how
the number of searches has changed since 2003 through to the present day.
It’s a good way of identifying niche markets that are on the up and niche
markets which are in decline. It also shows you what events in the press
affects the major increases or decreases in search numbers. You can then
identify how media speculation will affect that niche.
Google Suggest (http://labs.google.com) is another great tool for identifying
niches within niches. All you have to do for this one is type a keyword and
Google will immediately provide you with a list of other possibilities for
keywords with highly searched words and phrases. This is an excellent way to
narrow your vision and identify very hot and lucrative niches within niches
(micro-niches).
Below I have searched for the term Caribbean and immediately I could now
branch out into sub-niches.

You can identify even more specific micro niches by typing:
“Caribbean a” – This will identify all the search terms that have a secondary
word beginning with “a”.

Caribbean all inclusive resorts could be a highly lucrative niche. You could
give details on some of the best tourist resorts on the island.
Try many different main keywords in Google Suggest and see what comes up.
The final method of identifying potential lucrative markets using online tools
is perhaps the easiest method and can sometimes be very effective at
stimulating your creative juices and generating new ideas for potential niche
businesses.
This method simply involves you looking at categories in a number of
websites and seeing whether or not you can sub-categorize that niche and
develop a site from there. The best place websites to find a number of
categories are:
http://www.ebay.com
http://www.ezinearticles.com
http://www.magazines.com

Click on a category that interests you, such as “Cameras and Photo” and a
load more sub-categories will pop up. Hopefully using this method will enable
you to conjure up a few more niche ideas.
Make a note of all your ideas and suggestions so the ideas can be evaluated
later on.
That takes care of the online niche idea generation but we still have many
more ways of generating new niche ideas, so stick with us.

Generating New Niche Ideas – Method #4 The Media

noreply@blogger.com (Charlie Dee) — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:00:00 +0000

Recently, the media have had an ever increasing affect on our lives and it can
be used as an excellent tool for generating new niche ideas.
To find what’s in demand using the media involves analysing TV adverts and
programmes, magazine adverts and content and newspapers.
By analysing current affairs, you can quickly spot potentially lucrative niche
markets. Over the last few years, global warming and its effects have been
widely broadcast and more and more people are trying to do their bit to help
reduce the effects. You could quite easily research how to reduce global
warming and save money in the process, compile it into an eBook and sell it
for a lot of money.
Using magazine content is also a good way of choosing niche ideas. You
always see women’s magazines (not that I read women’s magazines ) with
fashion advice and weight loss tips. You could use these articles as research
and because they are being included in these magazines, the information is
obviously in demand. Don’t restrict yourself to women’s magazines however,
look at:
Car magazines – You could write an eBook about choosing the perfect car to
suit the customers purposes.
Garden magazines – Create an eBook about growing a certain type of plant,
or an eBook about creating a beautiful garden.
Travel magazines – Create an info product about travelling for cheap, luxury
destinations or things to do on vacation.
There are thousands of magazines out there and each one could provide you
with 3 or 4 new niche ideas.
Visit www.magazines.com to browse through a huge selection of magazine
categories.
Monitoring the TV listings and analysing what’s on TV is also an excellent way
of selecting a lucrative niche market. An excellent example of this type of
niche selection is if you had spotted that hit TV series “LOST” would have
been so successful with so many fanatical fans that are very passionate about
the programme. You could quite easily have created a “Lost theories” eBook
which you give away for free and profit from on the back-end.

The best part about choosing a niche like this is that if you were one of the
first to set up a website about LOST and marketed it effectively in the initial
stages, then you could have dominated that niche market from the very
beginning.

Generating New Niche Ideas – Method #3 Your Social Networks Hobbies and Passions

noreply@blogger.com (Charlie Dee) — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:59:00 +0000

This is similar to method #2 where you used your hobbies and passions to
generate new niche ideas except this method involves using your friends and
families interests.
If you’re lucky, you will have a few friends or family members with obscure
interests and passions. This way you can locate niches that very few others
will know about and you can dominate this micro-niche market.
A micro-niche market is one that is very small in comparison to other
markets. It is much easier to dominate a micro niche market than a broader
niche and the customers are often more passionate and more willing to buy.

Generating New Niche Ideas – Method #2 Your Own Hobbies and Passions

noreply@blogger.com (Charlie Dee) — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:58:00 +0000

This is an excellent method for generating new niche ideas because if you
create a product from a niche idea you generated using this method, then
you will be building a business talking about what you love to do.
All you have to do for this method is sit and think for a while about what you
love to do, what subjects you like to talk about or read about or even what
subjects you are very knowledgeable about.
Sit down for five or ten minutes and just think about everything you like to
do. You should come up with at least 20 things. Write them all down.
Once you’ve brainstormed your 20 hobbies and passions, think about how
you could turn that into a product.
For example, one of my hobbies is football (soccer) so I could write a product
about fitness training for peak performance, or mental preparation for peak
performance.
Another of my hobbies is travelling. This may be a bit of a broad subject so I
narrow it down to some of the countries I would like to visit and therefore
would enjoy researching, such as the Caribbean. For this niche you could
create a product such as “The 10 Best Activities in the Caribbean”.

Generating New Niche Ideas – Method #1 Analysing the Object’s Around You

noreply@blogger.com (Charlie Dee) — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:57:00 +0000

This method simply involves looking around your immediate environment. It
could be looking around your house, your garden, your local park, local shops
or whenever you are out at a new place.
For example, if I were to look around the room I’m currently in, I estimate
that I could generate at least 5 new niche ideas.
I see my glass which I just used for my milkshake; why not write a product
with a number of milkshake recipes?
I see my internet modem; why not write a product about safety on the
internet?
I see a few clothes which have been thrown on the floor; why not write a
product with fashion tips?
I see my credit card; why not write an info product about clearing your
debts?
I see a few antiques in the corner; why not write a product about buying
and selling antiques for profit.
There we go, 2 minutes of looking around one room and I’ve generated 5
new niche ideas, I’m sure I could generate a lot more with a bit more time.
Once you find a new niche idea, write it down in your notebook and then
continue looking.
It doesn’t matter how useless you think the idea will be; write it down! It may
well prove to be the most profitable of all your niche ideas.
Repeat the process through the rest of your house, and then move onto your
garden.
This method does not have to be limited to your house however. You can
repeat the same process in your local park, local shops or wherever you are.
Every place is different and every place will give you one or more niche ideas.

Blogging For Traffic Tip #24 - Digg Your Way To Traffic. Digg.com Is Also Great For Traffic

noreply@blogger.com (Charlie Dee) — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:21:00 +0000

As I was saying above. Digg allows you to post comments on their website about their posts and submitted sites. You can get HOARDS of traffic from them.

Digg.com is a social bookmarking website. What users can do is submit their websites or blog posts or article posts to this site and then try and get on the front page on Digg.com

The post with the most Diggs gets to be on the front page. This site will drives LOADs of traffic to your site, but it is not always of the highest quality.

Blogging For Traffic Tip #23 - Post Informative And Helpful Posts On Other Peoples Blog Comment Forms

noreply@blogger.com (Charlie Dee) — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:20:00 +0000

This is the simpliest and easiest, yet one of the most effective ways to get traffic and highly quality targeted traffic to your blog. Just post on other blogs comment forms.

I don't mean spammy posts. I mean, really REALLY informative comments. If you are posting a comment on a particular post, add to the post, give more information and then link back to a similar post on your blog.

This works really well in very high traffiked blogs.

Digg.com is a place that has lots of traffic and allows comments on posts.

Blogging For Traffic Tip #22 - Internally Link All The Pages Of Your Blog Togther

noreply@blogger.com (Charlie Dee) — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:20:00 +0000

One the best ways to get your blog indexed quicker in search engines and give your blog pages more links to them is to link from your own blog.

Every page on your blog should link to other posts and pages on your blog. Basically, every post will be linked to some where on your site.

You should also create a sitemap. Something like....

http://www.backyardlandscaping.net/sitemap.html

This helps the big search engines like Google and MSN find all the links on your site easily for them to index quicker.

Blogging For Traffic Tip #21 - Don't Forget To Trackback On Your Blog

noreply@blogger.com (Charlie Dee) — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:19:00 +0000

Trackback is a way of blogs communicating with each other. This is from Wikipedia.org

"if a blogger writes a new entry commenting on, or referring to, an entry found at another blog, and both blogging tools support the TrackBack protocol, then the commenting blogger can notify the other blog with a "TrackBack ping";

the receiving blog will typically display summaries of, and links to, all the commenting entries below the original entry. This allows for conversations spanning several blogs that readers can easily follow."

You can learn more about Trackbacking by visiting this site at....

http://www.cruftbox.com/cruft/docs/trackback.html

Blogging For Traffic Tip #20 - Submit Your Blog To The Two Major Search Engines

noreply@blogger.com (Charlie Dee) — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:19:00 +0000

The two major search engines you need to submit your blog to are of course Google.com and MSN.com. All the other search engines are a waste of time. So are those websites that state they will submit your website or blog to thousands of search engines for free or a one time fee.

They are useless.

Just submit your blog to....

Google.com

http://www.google.com/addurl/

and

MSN.com

http://search.msn.com/docs/submit.aspx

Blogging For Traffic Tip #19 - Submit Your Blog And RSS Feed To Relevant Directories!

noreply@blogger.com (Charlie Dee) — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:18:00 +0000

Another great free way to get traffic to your blog is to submit your blog to all the best blog directories and rss directories.

There are two great websites that are free that deal with this.

The first one is.... http://www.masternewmedia.org/rss/top55/

This is a website that gives you a list of all the RSS directories out there that you can submit your blog to.

The next site is.... http://www.lights.ca/weblogs/directories.html

It gives you a list of blog directories.

Blogging For Traffic Tip #18 - Setup Your Own Opt-in Newsletter For Repeat Traffic

noreply@blogger.com (Charlie Dee) — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:17:00 +0000

If you want to keep getting more and more repeat traffic from loyal visitors, the best way to do this is to setup an opt-in list or newsletter or some sort of way to capture peoples email addresses.

You can setup a mailing list easily with a service like Aweber.com.

The best way to run a mailing list like this is to send out a weekly newsletter, but if that sounds like too much trouble, setup a mailing list where you email people everytime a new post is made in your blog.

Having an online newsletter is very beneficial to blog traffic. People will email your newsletter onto their friends and you will get even more traffic.

Blogging For Traffic Tip #17 - Getting One Way Links To Your Blog

noreply@blogger.com (Charlie Dee) — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:16:00 +0000

So how do you get reciprocal links? Easy! Submit your links to directories and add link sites.
Here is what you do.
Go to Google.com and type in
"Add Link" "target market"
then
"Submit Link" "target market"
If you don't know what I mean, here is an example.
"Add Link" "gardening"
"Submit Link" "gardening"
Do that exactly as it's typed and see what you get.... If you did it correctly, you should have a listing of websites that accept link submissions in your target market.

Blogging For Traffic Tip #16 - Use Forum Posting To Drive Laser Targetted Traffic To Your Blog

noreply@blogger.com (Charlie Dee) — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:16:00 +0000

This is a great way to get not only more readers for your blogs, but recognized as an expert in your field. By posting helpful suggestions in forums in your market, you will get a lot of good attention.

I'm not going to get into a whole lot about this subject as it's pretty easy to get started.

1) Find forums in your niche

2) Read some of the back posts and see whos the boss, who posts good content and what the rules are

3) Start posting with informative information and include your little RSS byline at the end of your post or in your signature file

What most people have a problem with is not writing good posts, but finding the forums to post in.

Now that work is done for you. Just enter the topic your newsletter is on into the website address below and you will find all the forums you could possibly want on those subjects.

http://www.link-advantage.com/search

Blogging For Traffic Tip #15 - Design A Site That's Appealing To The Eye

noreply@blogger.com (Charlie Dee) — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:15:00 +0000

While search engine ranking is important, getting people to your website and having them leave straight away is a waste of your time, so designing a website that is also appealing to the viewer and is easy to read is essential.

Don't use bright colors, lot's of graphics, tons of links or anything like that. Keep it simple. Make it easy to navigate and easy to find all your articles on your blog.

Also check to make sure all your links are working in your site.

Blogging For Traffic Tip #14 - Edit Your Blog Posts To Use As Articles

noreply@blogger.com (Charlie Dee) — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:14:00 +0000

One of the great things about having unique content is that you can use it in so many different ways to your benefit.

One of the best ways to get free traffic to your website is via article marketing. Sending your articles out to article directories.

You can however save some time by selecting a few of your better blog posts, editing them a bit, making them more to the point and submit them to article directories for a nice constant flow of traffic.

The best article directories are....

Ezinearticles.com
Goarticles.com
Articlecity.com
Searchwarp.com

Blogging For Traffic Tip #13 - Be An Online Bastardo And Stir Up Trouble

noreply@blogger.com (Charlie Dee) — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:14:00 +0000

Another great way to get traffic is to be controversial. Go around telling people you are the smartest man in the world, or the best at something.

Bag other people out and start fights with other blogs and their owners. You have to do something different to stand out.

Go to someone elses blog and comment in their comment section and rip into their post and tell them they are all wrong and point them to a post on your blog that shows their readers a better way of doing something.

Don't say anything slanderish, but make outrageous claims and back them up as best you can like the guy above did in his contest site.

Blogging For Traffic Tip #12 - Run A Contest For A Month And Watch Traffic Roar In

noreply@blogger.com (Charlie Dee) — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:13:00 +0000

This is a great method to get traffic, just run some sort of contest for a whole month. Let me give you an example.

Go to.... http://www.15kchallenge.com

This guy setup a blog to show people how to make $15,000 in one month starting with only $150. People flocked to this site. Why?

A) Because they were curious to see if he could pull it off
B) If he failed he said he would wear a thong in public
C) He said he would give the site away to a reader of the blog at the end of the month

Read his site to learn more.

Blogging For Traffic Tip #11 - OptimizeYour Posts For Search Engine Ranking

noreply@blogger.com (Charlie Dee) — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:12:00 +0000

You can do a lot to help your blog with search engine ranking. The first thing you can do is a buy a very keyword descriptive domain name. It really does help to have a domain name with the keyword your site is on in it.

I created the site Backyardlandscaping.net to get a high search engine ranking for the term Backyard Landscaping.

Does it get a good ranking? You bet. I'm in the top 3 in msn and top 5 in Google for a rather competitive term. Don't forget about keyword density in your blog posts. It's important to use the same simple SEO tips in your blog as you would in any website.

Blogging For Traffic Tip #10 - Great Examples Of Highly Successful Blogs

noreply@blogger.com (Charlie Dee) — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:12:00 +0000

You can learn a lot from really great blogs, the problem is, truly finding a great blog to replicate. One of the best blogs around is at....

http://www.stevepavlina.com

He actually wrote a post about how he makes money from his blogs. He even shows you how much money and how to get traffic to your blog.

http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/05/how-to-make-money-from-your-blog/

His blog is the perfect example of timeless, quality, original content that gives people a plan to use and his personality shines through.

Blogging For Traffic Tip #9 - Become An Expert In A Small Niche Market

noreply@blogger.com (Charlie Dee) — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:12:00 +0000

One the best ways to get traffic to your blog is to become a big fish in a small pond. When you corner the market in any niche, you become an expert and a traffic gathering machine.

Becoming an expert in the field is not that hard. Just post lots of really informative blogs, setup an opt-in list newsletter, maybe write a few ebooks.

It is so much easier to become an expert in a niche within a niche. Trying to be an expert in a big field full of experts already is hard work.

Internet marketing is a niche, creating landing pages is a niche within the niche. Become the expert in the niche within the niche.

Blogging For Traffic Tip #8 - Write Posts That Are Very Topical For The Times

noreply@blogger.com (Charlie Dee) — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:11:00 +0000

One of the best ways to get a sudden burst of traffic is to write about something that is hot right now or in the news. This is a great way to get a sudden burst of really interested traffic.

You can find out whats hot now by watching the news or use online services like Google Trends, Yahoo Buzz or Ebay Pulse.

These sites give you lists of searches that are very popular online right now. Some of the hot topics right now are

* Xbox 360's
* Midterm Elections
* Halloween
* PSP

Blogging For Traffic Tip #7 - Make Sure You Post Regularly But Not Overly So

noreply@blogger.com (Charlie Dee) — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:11:00 +0000

You have to blog regularly to keep search engines interested, ping sites interested and even more importantly, people interested. If you don't post regularly, all of the above will still coming back as frequently and will lose interest in your site.

You should post at least once a week, at the very least. Two to three times would be better. But make sure you don't post every day all day. This makes your site to search engines look like a spam blog.

Also make sure you split your post times up. Some weeks post on mondays, thursdays and sundays, other weeks post on the other days.

Blogging For Traffic Tip #6 - Be True To Yourself And You Will Never Worry About Money Or People Again

noreply@blogger.com (Charlie Dee) — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:09:00 +0000

A lot of people just starting out, especially in the affiliate marketing game write blogs to earn affiliate commission, and there is nothing wrong with that.

What you want to avoid is promoting affiliate programs just because they pay out larger commissions even though the products might not be of the highest quality. Never promote a product you have never bought or tried yourself. You have to like and really want to tell other people about it.

Blogging For Traffic Tip #5 - Write Like You Are Talking To A Friend

noreply@blogger.com (Charlie Dee) — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:08:00 +0000

There is nothing worse then reading a blog with no personality. People think that they have to take on this serious, boring persona when writing a blog, but you should be having fun with it instead.

People like to read blogs that are conversationalist in nature. People like to read writing that is written at the 7th grade level. People don't want to read large words and hard to read sentences.

People also like it when you talk to them one on one like an old friend. Talk to the reader as if only one person were reading your blog.

Having a unique personality will get you more traffic from people telling people about your site then any "traffic building" technique.