Ready to finally get your internet business up and running? Still trying to work out a niche? No worries. Welcome to the second part of the Top 10 Hottest Niches online right now! In case you need to catch up – read about the first five hot niches here. If you’re all caught up, let’s get right to it and talk about the next five hot marketplaces on the web today.

Remember that the web is growing everyday! If you even get the slightest inspiration for a internet business from this article, it probably would be best to snatch up a keyword rich domain name for it now. The .com names are really important to secure because they can bring you the greatest success in the search engine rankings. If you aren’t at that point yet, it’s fine. I’m sure that these additional five niches will give you some inspiration.

6. Legitimate Online Jobs
It’s no surprise that because there are so many out of work these days that there is a high demand for creating other sources of income. Unfortunately even as the job market increases there will still be a residual effect of all the businesses that failed and the people who, as a result, lost their jobs. That’s why search for legitimate online jobs and home-based jobs is a growing marketing. You can capitalize on this growth if you act fast.

*Bonus Niche
Cover Letter & Resume Guides
In keeping with this theme, there has been a dramatic increase in demand for cover letter and resume writing services, software, etc. You could set up a blog on resume building and link to various services and products. Or you could create a service yourself. Again – I don’t see this niche slowing down for a long while.

7. Game Guides
I’m completely clueless when it comes to this niche, but I do know that it has been and continues to be a rapidly growing niche that gets a LOT of traffic from people who are qualified and buy. If you can create a guide for one of the popular games out there such as the Zygor Alliance & Horde World of Warcraft Leveling & Dailies Guides or Dugi’s World Of Warcraft Leveling / Dungeon / Dailies Guide then you can make big bucks online! Just find where you fit in.

8. Green Products
Living green is not a Hollywood fad any longer. It is part of the social consciousness. You know it is when major companies are marketing green products – like Clorox®. I created a squidoo lens on green cleaning products a few years back just because I was into it and wanted to make a few affiliate bucks off of it. But imagine what you can do now? There are tons of great “green” products out there to promote — and there are many other products yet to be developed. Possibly by you? One of the hottest sub niches in this market right now is alternative energy sources. Imagine no more electric bills? Heck yeah!

9. Health & Fitness
You betcha that health and fitness is still one of the hottest niches on the web. Think about it. You must know at least one person changing their eating habits this month, one person on a diet, one who hates their body, one who just lost weight, etc. I could go on and on. We are obsessed with our fitness. We all want to look good. So the key to getting into this highly competitive niche, is to absolutely drill it down and find a good sub niche that you can rank in. Focus on one particular thing. Like one of the hottest sub niches in this market is focusing on fit abs.

*Bonus Niche – Sports buffs are online. I don’t know why, but they are. They do a lot of research on how they can improve whatever it is that they do. Football, soccer, golf. One of the hotter sub niches in this marketplace is something called vertical training. People are willing to pay big bucks to learn how to vertically train better so that they are better at their sport of choice.

10. Learning Languages
Sure you see all those commercials on television about that software that teaches people in NASA how to speak a foreign language – but did you know that software costs hundreds of dollars? It is way out of the average consumer’s budget. Yet learning a language is on the “to do” or “bucket list” of many more people than you realize. The search statistics don’t lie. Folks want to learn a second language for self-improvement, better job opportunities, etc. Listed in popularity order, the hot languages in this niche include: Spanish, French, Chinese, German, Japanese .

Internet Business Tip: Find someone who is already selling a product or service in the niche that you are interested in. Consider purchasing that item as an investment into your niche research. Study it. See what you can do to make the product or service better, faster, simpler, or more attractive to the consumer.

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There are two types of internet business beginners. The first type are those who already have a business, a niche, a marketplace — but aren’t confidant about that choice. They aren’t exactly sure if they have chosen the right niche. The second type are more common and those are folks who want to start an internet business but aren’t sure which direction to go in – which niche to choose. This is especially important if you are considering choosing a niche for affiliate article marketing (which is something I like to do for an extra income stream). You want to pick a niche that’s profitable, popular, but not saturated with competition. That’s the key.

Now if you do a bit of research on picking a niche, most internet marketers are going to tell you to search Amazon etc. to find what things are selling on the web and that’s true. Big sites like that do offer you a barometer on what is “hot” right now on the web. BUT the competition for those niches are probably so fierce, that there is virtually no way you are going to make a dent in it. That’s why you have to choose a big niche that interests you then drill down and find a micro-niche within it that you can specialize in, promote and profit from. Here are my picks:

1. Satellite TV & Movies

Probably due to the tough economy, our need for escape, and the outrageous price of cable television — more folks want the capability of watching cable television on their computers. Sites like hulu.com have capitalized on this trend, but people want more channels, choices and content then sites like this provide. Find companies that provide this type of software or service, and you have a great potential for affiliate income.

2. WordPress/Blogging

The buzz is all about social media, but guess what? Blogging is hotter than ever. That’s because while it isn’t new and shiny like the social media sites, it is proven to be Google’s favorite thing. If you write good articles on a WordPress blog — traffic is sure to come your way. All the power players on the web use WordPress. That’s why there are a variety of products and services serving the blogging and specifically WordPress community such as templates, premium plugins, etc.

3. Cooking/Recipes

Cooking shows are always popular. Food will never go out of style! And again with the concern people are paying to what they are spending, more individuals and families are cooking home. One of my favorite sub-niches of this hot niche is cooking famous restaurant foods and sauces. I LOVE the taste of restaurant food and would love to replicate the same taste at home for a fraction of the cost. Wouldn’t you?

4. Information Products

People are looking for new careers or second income streams. Creating infoproducts and making money from them is a time-tested and proven income stream that works. You can capitalize on this still hot niche by specializing in a faster, simpler, or specialized way for people to write them.

5. Education/Studying

Students of all sorts are always looking for a faster, easier way to study for the next big test. Getting into private schools, magnet high schools, and top colleges and universities is getting more competitive than ever. Every student wants an edge. Speak to their pain, and promote products or services that will help them edge out their competition and you’ve got a winning niche.

Internet Business Tip: Do a little research into your niche and it’s sub niches. Find a product or service that you like and find a way to improve it. Make it faster. Simpler. Or a better experience for the customer.

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Not so long ago, I noticed that I use a lot of article marketing terms in my articles, and while I do attract intermediate and advance article marketing clients, I get a tremendous amount of article marketing beginners as well. So I thought it would be a good idea to get everyone on the same page, and make sure you know what I’m referring to when I use these terms.

Article Marketing
The online marketing strategy for using articles to promote a product, service, or website.

Article Marketing Directory
Websites where you can submit articles for more exposure, traffic, syndication, republishing, etc.

Search Engines
These are sites that people use to search for internet for information. Examples include: Google, Yahoo, Bing, etc.

Search Engine Optimizaton (SEO)
This is a technique used for making your content, in this instance our articles, more favorable and appealing to the search engines. This is what will help improve your ranking the search engines.

Search Engine Ranking
This is the position or spot your website or individual articles holds when someone searches for your keyword terms. For example, at the time of this writing when you search for the keywords “article marketing strategies” in Google, my site ranks #1.

Search Terms
These are the words that person types into a search box to find information. This is important to marketers like us, because we want to optimize our articles for the search terms that people typically use to find our content.

Link
A connection from one web page to another. This connection is made by using a url address. For example, http://Articology.com is a link to my article marketing course for beginners. That url address will connect you from this page to that page. Links are important to us because when you write and publish articles, each article you create will have it’s own individual link. A connection created for the reader to find your content.

URL
A url is a web address that you will see or type in the top of your web browser (Internet Explorer, Safari, etc.) to go to a website. The letters stand for Uniform Resource Locator. When you publish an article, it will have a unique url, such as this one: http://lisaangelettieblog.com/top-21-wordpress-plugins-for-article-marketing/

Backlink
This is an outside or incoming link that is made from an external website to your content. Backlinks are important because search engines like Google base your site’s importance on the number of backlinks to your content. Also, when you publish an article to an article directory or 3rd party blog or website, and you have a link to your site in the resource box,  you are creating a backlink to your site from that directory or website.

Keyword
Keywords help identify what a website (or articles) is about to the search engines. What keywords you choose are quite important because they help Google and the other search engines determine where to place your content in the search engine rankings. For example, if your article is about Christmas Trees, then you should optimize your article (in the title and the body) for the keyword term Christmas Trees.

Long Tail Keywords
These are keyword terms that are typically 4 or more words. These keywords are usually easier to rank for in the search engines because there is less competition for them.

Traffic
This is the number of visitors to your article or website.

Qualified Traffic
This is the term I typically use in my articles to describe traffic that is looking specifically for your content. This is the best kind of traffic because they are visitors that are already interested in your topic, in other words “warm prospects”.

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Placing your articles in just the right category will ensure that ezine and newsletter publishers find your articles, publish them, and send you qualified traffic. Here are the latest new niches and category additions made to the highly-trafficked as well as my favorite article directory on the web – EzineArticles.com.

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

• Arts-and-Entertainment: Music-Industry – Articles about/concerning Music Industry, Record Labels, Producers, Studios, Engineers, Publishers, Genres, Music Stores, Music Venues and Promoters, Famous Musicians and History.
• Arts-and-Entertainment: Music-Instruction – Articles about/concerning Music Instruction, Online Music Instruction, How to Become a Music Teacher, Music Lessons, Music Teachers, and Influential Music Educators.
• Arts-and-Entertainment: Short-Fiction – Articles about/concerning Short Fiction, Flash Fiction, Short Stories, Writing Formats and Length, Sketch Stories, Journals, Storytelling, Themes and Settings, Popular Authors, and History.

AUTOMOTIVE

• Automotive: Classic-Cars – Articles about/concerning Classic Cars, Antique Class, Modern Classics, Automobile Restoration, Custom Cars, Vintage Cars, Muscle Cars, Values, Parts and History of the Automobile.
• Automotive: Hybrid-Energy-Efficient – Articles about/concerning Hybrid Vehicles, Electric Cars, Tribrid Vehicles, Benefits and Prices, Engine Types, Environmental Impact, PEV, Hybrid Vehicle Emissions and Efficiency Energy Use.
• Automotive: SUVs – Articles about/concerning SUVs, Four-Wheel Drive, Off-Road Vehicles, Light Trucks, Crossover SUV, Military Vehicles, Compact SUV, Mini SUV, Popular Brands, SUV Parts and Accessories.
• Automotive: Vans – Articles about/concerning Vans, Caravans, Minivans, LCV, Full-Size Vans, Semi-Trailers, Cargo Vans, Wheelchair Accessible, Campervans, Panel Vans, Cutaway Van Chassis, Used Vans and Safety.

BOOK REVIEWS

• Book-Reviews: Magazines – Articles about/concerning Magazines, Periodicals, Fashion Magazines, Celebrity Magazines, Online Magazines, Sports Magazines, Popular Publishers and Online Magazines.

BUSINESS

• Business: Interviews – Articles about/concerning Interview Tips, How to Prepare for an Interview, Common Interview Questions, Phone Interviews, Communication Skills, Focus Group Interviews, Body Language and Dress Code.

FOOD AND DRINK

• Food-and-Drink: Home-Brewing – Articles about/concerning Home Brewing, Home Brewing Supplies and Kits, Instructions, Recipes, Home Distilling, Carbonation, Brewing Culture, Microbrewery, Brewing Process and History.

HEALTH AND FITNESS

• Health-and-Fitness: Pilates – Articles about/concerning Pilates Exercise, Pilates Health Benefits, Yoga, Joseph Pilates, Pilates Principles, Flexibility, Strength, Concentration and Precautions, Training and Certification.

HOME AND FAMILY

• Home-and-Family: Adoption-Foster-Care – Articles about/concerning Adoption, Foster Care Adoption and Services, Adoption Laws, Parenting and Development, Open Adoption, Orphans, Disruption, PAL, HAL and International Adoption.
• Home-and-Family: Baby-Showers – Articles about/concerning Baby Showers, Baby Shower Decorations and Themes, Diaper Cakes, Party Favors, Invitations, Food, Gifts, Games, Trends and Traditions.
• Home-and-Family: Card-Games – Articles about/concerning Card Games, Poker, Online Card Games, Popular Card Games, Card Tricks, Rules, Genres, Collectible Card Games, Sports Cards, Solitaire, Spades, Hearts, Magic: The Gathering, Pokémon and Fictional Card Games.
• Home-and-Family: Step-Parenting – Articles about/concerning Step Parenting Tips and Strategies, Child Development, Family Relationships, Child Safety, Classes, Legal Status, Cinderella Effect and Emotional and Psychological Issues.

LEGAL

• Legal: Child-Custody – Articles about/concerning Child Custody, Child Support, Guardianship, Family Laws and Court, Joint Custody, Sole Custody and Visitation, Parenting Tips and Advice, Paternity Tests and Parenting Plans.
• Legal: Family-Law-and-Divorce – Articles about/concerning Family Law and Rights, Legal Separation, Domestic Partnerships, Conflicts of Law, Divorce, Annulment, Lawyers, Property Settlements and Parental Responsibility.
• Legal: Traffic-Law – Articles about/concerning Traffic Laws, DMV, Traffic Tickets, Lawyers, Suspension, Revocation, SR-22 Forms, Occupational Licenses, Driving Rules, Vehicle Code, Traffic Violations, Safety and Advice.

NEWS AND SOCIETY

• News-and-Society: Anthropology-Sociology – Articles about/concerning Anthropology, Sociology, Study of Humanity, Social Sciences, Anthropologists, Sociologists, Archaeology, Human Evolution, Cultural Anthropology and History.
• News-and-Society: Eco-Innovations – Articles about/concerning Eco-Innovations, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Development, Environmentally Friendly, Eco-Efficiency, Recycling, Global Warming, Technological Advancements, Green Banking and Ecological Restoration, Energy Saving Tips, Solar Power and Alternative Energy.

RECREATION AND SPORTS

• Recreation-and-Sports:Badminton – Articles about/concerning Badminton, Racquet Sports, Badminton Equipment and Courts, Shuttlecock, Competitions, Tips and Strategy, Speed Badminton, Rules and History.
• Recreation-and-Sports: Fencing – Articles about/concerning Fencing, Modern Fencing, Combat Sports, Weapons and Clothing, Fencing Schools, Olympic Fencing, Fencing Terms, Historical Fencing, Practice and Techniques.
• Recreation-and-Sports: Greyhound-Racing – Articles about/concerning Greyhound Racing, Dog Racing, Greyhound Tracks, Trainers, Kennels, Guides to Betting, Greyhound Adoption and History.
• Recreation-and-Sports: Softball – Articles about/concerning Softball, Pitching, Leagues, Softball Equipment, Uniforms, Gameplay and Positions, Coaching, Training Drills, International Competition, Rules and History.

REFERENCE AND EDUCATION

• Reference-and-Education: Biology – Articles about/concerning Biology, Human Anatomy, Branches of Biology, Biology Terms and Definition, Biologists, Natural Sciences, Biochemistry, Evolution, DNA, Species, Homeostasis, Ecology, Zoology, Genetics and Research.
• Reference-and-Education: Continuing-Education – Articles about/concerning Continuing Education, Further Education, Advanced Degrees, Independent Study, College Courses, Training, Online Certificates and Interactive Classes.
• Reference-and-Education: K-12 – Articles about/concerning K-12, Kindergarten, Grade School, Careers and Courses, Schools and Programs, Elementary, Middle and High Schools, Grammar School, Student Resources, Curriculum Standards, Growth and Development.
• Reference-and-Education: Mathematics – Articles about/concerning Mathematics, Mathematicians, Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, Analysis, Logic, Probability and Statistics, Calculus, Trigonometry, Tips and Techniques.
• Reference-and-Education: Special-Education – Articles about/concerning Special Education, Practices and Instruction, Learning Disabilities, ADD Assessments, Special Needs, Gifted Education, Autism Treatment, Teachers and Resources.
• Reference-and-Education: Teaching – Articles about/concerning Teaching, Tutoring, Teaching Jobs, Careers and Salary, Curriculum and Lesson Planning, Instruction Advice, Distance Education, Technology and Training.

RELATIONSHIPS

• Relationships: Cross-Cultural – Articles about/concerning Cross-Cultural Relationships, Communication and Analysis, World Cultures, Cultural Bias, Ethnocentrism, Cross-Cultural Studies, Marriages and Cultural Differences.
• Relationships: Engagements – Articles about/concerning Engagements, Proposing, Engagement Rings, Fiancés, Arranged Marriages, Engagement Parties, Secret Engagements, Invitations and Ideas.
• Relationships: Long-Distance – Articles about/concerning Long Distance Relationships, Communication, Email, Letters, Enhancement, Living Apart Together, How to Survive a Long Distance Relationship, Success Stories, Statistics, Quotes and Ideas, Tips and Advice.
• Relationships: Online-Dating – Articles about/concerning Online Dating, Online Dating Services and Websites, Matchmaking, Online Compatibility Tests, Online Chat, Webcasts, Virtual Dating, Social Networking, Free Dating, Profiles and Advice.
• Relationships: Reconnecting – Articles about/concerning Reconnecting Relationships, Long Lost Love, Relationship Enhancement, Reconnecting With Your Ex, Reconnecting Youth, Strengthening Your Relationship and Intimacy.

SHOPPING AND PRODUCT REVIEWS

• Shopping-and-Product-Reviews: Movie-Reviews – Articles about/concerning Movie Reviews, Film Criticism, Box Office and DVD Reviews.
• Shopping-and-Product-Reviews: Music-Reviews – Articles about/concerning Music Reviews, New Releases, Album, Concert and Festival Reviews.
• Shopping-and-Product-Reviews: Toys – Articles about/concerning Toys, Hot Toy Releases and News, Action Figures, Collectibles, Dolls, Games, Toy Vehicles, Educational Toys, Sports and Outdoor Play, Toddler Toys, Toy Shopping Tips and Most Popular Toys.

WOMEN’S INTERESTS

• Womens-Interests: Beauty-Products – Articles about/concerning Beauty Products, Cosmetics, Makeup, Hair Products, Fragrance and Perfume, Creams, Lotion, Lipstick, Ingredients, Cosmetology and Careers.
• Womens-Interests: Self-Defense – Articles about/concerning Self Defense for Women, Self Defense Tactics and Weapons, Self Defense Classes, Martial Arts, Stun Guns, Pepper Spray, Tasers, Hand-to-Hand Combat, Advice and Preparation.

WRITING AND SPEAKING

• Writing-and-Speaking: Creative-Writing – Articles about/concerning Creative Writing, Creativity, Imagination, Original Composition, Creative Writing Programs and Workshops, Collaborative Writing, Short Stories, Playwriting/Dramatic Writing, Strategies in Creative Writing, Resources and Ideas.
• Writing-and-Speaking: Screenwriting – Articles about/concerning Screenwriting, Screenplays, Playwriting, Writing in the Entertainment Industry, Script Writing, Television Writing, Formats and Dialogue, Storyboarding, Script Elements and Scene Heading, Character Development, Production, Education and Resources.

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While it’s not rocket science, a little reading over at diythemes.com, and web designers could dress up a Thesis blog quite nicely — but while we are waiting for web designers to catch up, many of us may have to rely on the available Thesis Skins.  Ready made templates for our Thesis blogs.

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