When I first started my internet marketing business I did the keyword
research on what trends were hot and designed websites for those trends but
they always seemed to fall short and never preformed as well as I hoped. Most of
them failed miserably. I could never understand why. I had optimized for the
keywords, followed all of the SEO instructions of the hundreds of articles I
read but I could never crack that first page on Google and attract the amount of
traffic I needed to be successful. I didn’t understand about micro niches and
digging deep to find those keywords that are the real gems of profitability.
Then I found Market Samurai and all of that changed.

This program helped me to research:

Not only did it help me to narrow down my keywords, it saved me hours and
hours of time every single day performing the necessary tasks of finding
profitable niches and turning them into cash in my pocket.

I bought my version of Market Samurai the first month it was launched because
I could visualize the impact that this software was going to have on my
business. It has allowed me to create hundreds of targeted niche websites and
blogs. Keyword research is just a tiny portion of the power behind this
software. It also has other HUGE time saving features that allow you to find and
add content to your websites, find affiliate products within your niche to help
monetize your website and help you to get your links onto other relevant sites
to catapult your website up the rankings in Google.

Market Samurai is like 10 different marketing software in one affordable
program and it is still being developed and added to by a team of the most
talented developers in the market. I have spent money on other programs and
software in the past but I truly believe this one is the best and I am not
alone. ALL of the gurus and successful internet marketers use this software
because of the accuracy and easy of use and because of the huge time saving
factor. Owning this software will free up your time to allow you to create
hundreds of niche websites so you can continue to grow your income.

I am also flabbergasted that this niche marketing software is so affordable.
There is a one-time cost of only $149. There is no monthly membership fees and I
get lifetime upgrades as each new module is released. This is like getting free
marketing tools regularly and they are not just lame updates or bug fixes. These
modules are ground breaking and revolutionary. The most recent one was the
monetization module. This one blows me away! Instead of having to spend endless
hours to search for ways to monetize a niche it is built right into the Market
Samurai and I can build an entire niche website, monetize it, promote it, and
create backlinks in a single day.

Not only is the software great but the training to use the software is top
notch. You really MUST watch the videos once you purchase the product. It is
mind boggling the difference that proper training can make. These fellows know
their stuff and will show you step-by-step how to make this program pay for
itself in a very short time.

Think about it….how much would your income grow if you had the ability to
churn out profitable niche websites every single day? Let’s say you did and each
page paid a very easily obtained $100 per month. That is $3,000 per month. Do it
again the following month and you are now bringing in $6,000 per month. And so
on…now you see why this software is so necessary to finding profitable niches
and making it possible to reach your financial goals and why I could not be
operate my business without it. Market
Samurai is my secret to success!

By the end of today’s article I want you to have at least 5 big ideas for niche markets. Don’t panic! I know 5 ideas seems like a lot when you are having a hard time making money off of one now but by the end of this article you will have the resources to actively search out an unlimited amount of niches that will be money makers for you.

95% of problems with websites could have been avoided by doing market research before building the website. You may have decided to pursue a different route if you had done sufficient research first. The best ideas generally come from TV shows, markets, malls, etc. A trip to a farmer’s market can give you an abundant amount of ideas. For example candle making. There is a niche market idea on how to make candles and make money selling them at country fairs.

There are many sites available for you to research your markets. The first thing you should know when starting out is to stay away from the “big” topics.

Markets NOT to get into: Getting fit or losing weight, dog training, vitamins and health products, internet marketing, real estate marketing, etc.. You should not attempt to crack those markets on your first attempt. Leave them to the major leaguers. They have been done to death and you will not succeed tackling the big boys on your very first try. It is a waste of your time and energy. Stick to a small market and be successful. You will lose enthusiasm very quickly if you try to bite off too big of a piece of the pie.

For learning purposes you need to focus on a small niche market. Do not expect to make hundreds of thousands of dollars right off the hop. Start small and build your success. Aim for a few hundred dollars a month while you are learning. Once you have put all of the principles we teach into place you will see they are easily duplicated and you will get faster and faster at the process earning you more and more profit as you go. Once you have gained experience then you can begin dabbling in the “big boy” markets. Remember the big boys spend 8-12 hours per day with a large staff for support researching and marketing their niche. You cannot expect to compete with them as a newbie.

One method to selecting a market is to go with something you love and are very passionate about. Hobbies are usually excellent markets. Remember the last time you got involved in a hobby? You wanted all the info you could find on that particular topic. You bought books and spent hours researching it online. You bought accessories or tools, etc. Many of the smaller niches have so little info available that stumbling upon something new is very exciting and people eat it up!

If your business already has a product that fits into the “big boy” category then you need to focus on a smaller market to draw attention to your site. For example let’s say you have sugar free products for Diabetics. My market research tells me that you are competing with 841,000 other websites targeting Diabetics. You can’t possibly expect to get noticed by targeting all diabetics in your marketing campaign. BUT if you focus your marketing to a smaller market such as “diabetic cookies” you are only competing with 21,000 other sites. That is a much more manageable number for a beginner!

Focus and specialize! Tapping into a small niche market of a hot topic can be very profitable IF you do the research. If you focus on several small markets you will have much more success than trying to tackle a massive one.

A few sites that will give you ideas of what is hot are:

http://pulse.ebay.com
Here you can find out what people are buying on eBay. Again, stay away from the obvious. Go into the various categories instead of staying with the top 10 searches which are almost always computers and electronics. Dig deeper into specific categories to get an idea.

http://www.technorati.com/
Learn what people are blogging about here. Which blogs have the most traffic. What topics are they covering. From this you can see what people are passionate about.

http://groups.google.com
Look to see what groups have the highest traffic. This will give you a good idea of what hobbies and interests are hot.

http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends
Find out what topics people have searched for the most. Yes, Brittany and Paris are STILL there, but there is a wealth of information and ideas waiting on this page.

VIDEO: Here is a video that will show you how to get ideas for profitable niches

Okay…that’s it for today. Visit these sites and start your research. Tomorrow we will spend more time teaching you how to refine and narrow your niche markets.

Task for today: Research your markets and narrow your focus down to 5 different ideas.

Lesson 3