Finding Niche Markets

Jun 11
19:15

2007

John Harriyott

John Harriyott

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A niche is a small, specialised section of an interest where you will find passionate devotees of that tiny niche. They are always hungry for more info on their particular subject.

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I want to walk you through the different ways that you can find niche markets online.

A niche is a small specialised section of an interest where you will find passionate devotees of that tiny niche. They are always hungry for more info on their particular subject.

Think first of a subject (niche) that interests you,Finding Niche Markets Articles then look up the various resources I am about to give you.

The first amazing resource is http://freekeywords.wordtracker.com it won’t cost you a penny to sign up to yet is an absolute boon for your quest to find niche markets

Go to the above site and start typing in niche markets that interest you. If you had an interest in dogs you’d type in “dogs”. Then all you need to do is make a list of all of the sub niches within the general niche market of dogs. These are all potential niches for you to exploit.

Another site amazon.com may surprise you but the bookselling giant amazon.com are an amazing resource for finding niche markets you’d never have thought about entering. Go the web site and in the search bar select “books”. Then type in a niche you’d like to create a product around. For example type in “gardening”. Go through the results and start jotting down all of the niche markets that jump out at you.

When many people hear this technique they immediately think “wait a sec how can I compete with Amazon?”. You won’t be of course you’ll be catering for a different market. When people buy from Amazon they have to wait days for a book to arrive. As ebook publishers we can offer instant gratification as our customers get our info products straight away as a download.

Another great thing about downloadable info products is bizarrely they are seen to have a higher perceived value. You might be able to charge fifteen dollars for a book selling it via Amazon. However if you sell a downloadable info product you can charge up to fifty dollars. Crazy but true.

www.dummies.com  is another fantastic research tool for the niche ebook publisher. You can find a ton of niche topics across all of the “…For Dummies” books.  The Dummies company has made creating niche products an art form in its own right. Search through their titles in general niches that interest you and jot down potential ebook topics.

www.goarticles.com

Article directories are, in my eyes, the best way to find subjects to create ebooks around. The directory Go Articles is just one of many in which you can go to the site, type in a niche subject in the search bar and get literally thousands and thousands of ebook ideas.

The key here when visiting these sites is to just make a huge list of potential topics, and then when you’re done go to http://freekeywords.wordtracker.com/ and type in your topics.

The secret now is to check on the level of interest in your chosen niches. If there are people searching for information on the subject (at least five thousand a month) you’ve just found an ebook topic that could turn into a very lucrative home based business.

We’re not aiming to become a millionaire here. We want to build a network of mini sites that each makes about 1K a month. Being able to come up with an endless amount of niche product ideas is the key here. More info can be found in my weekly free newsletter.