I know it’s been awhile, but if you remember from my previous post, I told you to write down your interests and hobbies. I hope you did just that because today we’re going to take that list and narrow it down to just one interest.

This one interest will become your perfect niche. And, by perfect I mean the one niche you have a vested interest in and will make you money. I don’t know what could be more perfect than that.

There are many… literally… MANY different ways to pick a niche that is going to be profitable for you. If you’ve been a long time reader of mine, then you might remember a previous post I did about finding a profitable niche. I’m sure that post will provide some useful tips for you.

However, there’s a “scientific” approach you can take to find the perfect niche. While I was drumming up ideas for this post, it just so happened that Court Tuttle of The Keyword Academy came out with a killer post on this exact topic.

Talk about great timing.

Court provides a very detailed and mathematical approach to finding specific keywords that are going to bring in income and be profitable. As long as you don’t mind doing some simple research and crunching some numbers, this is a sure-fire way of knowing whether or not your interest could become your perfect little niche.

Take the time to check out Court’s article on Analyzing the Profit Potential of an Online Market.

To better understand this, you’re going to want to associate keywords with your interests. Come up with some broad keywords that describe your interests. Take your list of interests, along with the associated keywords, and put them through the test using Court’s methodology.

I haven’t had the chance to use this myself yet, but I can assure you that I will be when I decide to start my next niche blog.

If you have any questions about Court’s method, chances are someone may have already asked it on his blog, so read through the comments first before you shake your head in confusion.

What do you think about this method? What do YOU do to find profitable niche markets?

When I first came online, I didn’t have a clue what I was doing or even know where to start. All I knew was that I wanted to make money online. A passion that has stuck with me even till today.

Once I was introduced to affiliate marketing, it started to make sense to me. Of course, everyone made it sound so easy. You know, the pie in the sky, hyped up promises… and so on and so forth.

I can assure you it’s not quite that easy, but that didn’t stop me from pursuing my passion and finally getting my own little slice of pie.

At the time I didn’t know anything about niches and why I should target a small niche rather than diving into a huge niche, such as the “work from home” niche. As it turns out, that’s why it’s been a struggle for me. Had I started over and did my research first, I would’ve gotten into a smaller niche where I could get my slice of the pie more quickly and maybe even get more than one slice.

But, while the “work from home” niche has its struggles, the rewards can be huge once you do gain momentum and become an authority site. Afterall, it’s one of the biggest niches on the entire internet.

I’m not going to tell you what niche you should or should not get into, but rather explain why affiliate marketing should be your choice for making money online. I believe it’s the way to go for most people… at least in the beginning.

Here’s 3 reasons why you should choose affiliate marketing:

1. You don’t need your own product – Unless you already have a solid plan in your mind from the start, a product is the furthest thing from people’s minds when they’re just looking for some extra income. This is why affiliate marketing is lucrative because it allows people to capitalize on other people’s products.
2. No special training required – One of the best things, I think, about affiliate marketing is that you can jump right into it head first without having a clue what you’re doing. That sounds like a bad thing, but when you think about it, there’s no better way to learn something than to just do it. And, affiliate marketing allows for this. You can learn while you go, and if you somehow manage to really mess up, there’s usually plenty of leeway for this and can easily be fixed.
3. Zero cost is required – Seriously, you can start making money with affiliate marketing for absolutely no money out of your pocket. Of course, there will come a time when you’ll want to setup your own website/blog, but the cost is less than $100 a year. But, that’s not necessary in the beginning, although I highly recommend it as it will help you further along from the start.

Now, rather than going for the big bucks at the beginning and picking a very competative niche, I recommend finding a smaller niche to start with. Besides, you can make a lot of money even with smaller niches, believe it or not.

What are you passionate about? Do you have a hobby?

Answering these questions will help you determine what niche you may want to get started in. It helps to like what you’re doing, not to mention being knowledgeable in that area will help tremendously.

Stay tuned as my upcoming post will detail how you can determine if the niche you want to get into will be profitable or not. You don’t want to waste your time if there’s not a big enough market in your niche. Weeding out the profitable niches from the duds will aide you in your decision.

In the meantime, here’s some homework for you. Write down all the hobbies and interests you have on a piece of paper. You could have 1 or 15… It doesn’t matter. Jot them down and save them for my next post as you’ll be using this list to narrow down your interests and hobbies to just one that you’ll target for your affiliate marketing venture.

However, if you want to skip this and go right for the big bucks and target the “work from home” niche (the most money online is spent in this niche) just as I am, I recommend reading this post.

See you soon.

One way to make money online is through niche marketing. Niche marketing is simply finding a profitable market and narrowing in on a specific area (niche) within that market and making money from it. The way to do this is by setting up a website related to that niche, driving traffic to that site and selling products or services to create revenue from the site.

Another alternative if you don’t have any of your own products or services to provide is to sell products as an affiliate. This is called niche affiliate marketing. Both methods can be very profitable.

You can earn money with niche marketing through products/services, Google Adsense, Cost Per Action (CPA) campaigns, etc.

Niche marketing seems easy enough, but there are many variables involved, and a lot of research needs to be done before you decide to target a specific niche. There is a lot of information freely available to assist those looking to go into niche marketing and earning money as an affiliate. It will take some time to find and sift through the information that you find.

Another alternative is to find a group of mentors that are already successful with making money online with niche marketing. I’m blessed to have a group of mentors that I personally work with that have established reputable reputations online as being successful online business owners. They have helped me more than you could know.

Each one of my mentors work full-time on the internet and are skilled in the area of niche marketing. They know what it takes to succeed, and provide they’re support and guidance for others to follow in their footsteps. It’s truly been an honor working with them.

I tell you this because niche marketing or niche affiliate marketing is a great avenue for many people to get started online that want to earn extra money. The toughest part is not only finding and sifting through all of that information, but then knowing what to do with it and putting it into ACTION.

I’m pleased to announce that there is now a member’s only group available called the Niche Power Group that specializes in helping people earn money online with niche marketing. This group is composed of my personal mentors, and I would strongly recommend them to anyone that is serious about making money online.

If you’ve been wanting to make money online, but just don’t know where to start, niche marketing is by far the best way to go. This is how a lot of websites get started. People either find a need and provide a solution, find an area of interest, or find a profitable market and then put an action plan together to capitalize and make money.

I’ll leave you with this. You can either do all of the hard work yourself, which will take a lot of time and/or money, OR, you can have an experienced team of niche marketing experts take you by the hand and walk through the entire process. Plus, you’ll have the ability to ask any questions that you have and get answers and feedback from other members. The choice is yours.

Whichever you decide, not taking any action will ensure you fail. You MUST take action now!