I LOVE home-made bread! As a matter of fact, I don’t buy bread: I make my own (been doing it for the past 20 years). I started by making it by hand: it was hard work, but so rewarding! A friend of the family took pity on me and gifted me with a bread machine. WOW! What a difference! Now bread making took 2 minutes to throw in the ingredients and I was done.

This past week, while working on my July challenge, I decided to create a demo store for one of my sites, where I’ll be offering niche mini-sites and Bread Machines was the niche I decided on. I’ll share with you here what I found out about this niche.

Possible Affiliate Programs

Amazon.com, has just about every imaginable bread machine out there, and the reviews for dome models are amazing, which will help you sell better. You can also promote bread machine cookbooks, bread machine mixes, bread machine mixes, etc.

CJ had a couple of programs that offer bread machines, but the commission is not much better than Amazon, and with Amazon you can climb up in % with volume.

Monetization Suggestions

A review site is best in my opinion: pick a domain name that is generic for bread machines, and then review individual bread machines in detail. Check out this ebook to learn how to write a review that makes sales. These ladies are pulling in over $10K form Amazon sales.

I would definitely grow a list: maybe give away a quick report (for example: ” 7 things you need to check before investing in a bread machine”) and then keep your list interested by sending in tips on keeping their bread machine in top shape, special bread recipes, recipes for bread spreads, or other foods that can be a good companion to bread, etc.

And of course, get yourself a bread machine: you’ll be eating delicious bread every day, have inspired content for your site, and you can write it off as a business expense. Seriously: once you start making your own bread, you’ll never want to go back to store-bought bread.

Here are some .com domains available for this niche now:

breadmachinesreviews.com

ultimatebreadmachine.com

whitebreadmachine.com

Here are some .org domains available:

breadmachinereview.org

homebakerysupremebreadmachine.org

horizontalbreadmachine.org

And some .net ones:

automaticbreadmachine.net

breadbakingmachine.net

breadmachinereview.net

glutenfreebreadmachine.net

Check my offer for keyword research here.

It’s summer and hot everywhere! So, I’ve been thinking about places we could go to escape the heat.

My son goes to college in Canada, and he tells me Banff is a great place to spend your vacation. So, if I was going there, I’d  be looking for some Banff Hotels, right? It looks like there are enough monthly searches, so let’s see what we can do in this niche!

Possible Affiliate Programs

You can promote books, guides, etc from Amazon.com, but your best opportunities will be selling packages for travelers: plane tickets, hotel (CJ has several travel related affiliate programs).

Monetization Suggestions

Review all Banff hotels, and monetize with Adsense. You can also get leads for hotel reservations, sell plane tickets, review places to go and things to do in Banff, as well as list/review the best/worst places to eat.

Banff is a great place to go both in the summer and winter, so go on a vacation and make some money while you are having fun.

Here are some .com domains available for this niche now:

banffattraction.com

banffcottage.com

banffpackage.com

banffreviews.com

Here are some .org domains available:

traveltobanff.org

accomodationbanff.org

banffactivities.org

banffattractions.org

And some .net ones:

vacationrentalsbanff.net

banffdining.net

banffguide.net

banffholiday.net

banffhoneymoon.net

Need help with your niche research?  See my offer here.

My daughter had her wisdom teeth removed yesterday and since I’ve done some research myself before the surgery, I found out that others in our situation do the same.

Actually there are a lot of searches related to wisdom teeth: from questions people have before they get their wisdom teeth, to searches about how to deal with infected or painful wisdom teeth, to information about removal of these teeth.

Check out the possibilities!

Resources

The best resources for this subject would be an oral and maxillofacial surgery specialist, your dentist, orth9odontist. Someone who recently underwent wisdom teeth removal would be another great choice.

Possible Affiliate Programs

Well, for once I found a niche that probably won’t benefit from the  Amazon affiliate program, or any other affiliate program for that matter.

Monetization Suggestions

The best way to monetize this niche is to JV with a local oral and maxillofacial surgery specialist and give them leads. For more  profits, you can create a directory and offer listings, if you don’t mind a little extra work.

Don’t forget information though: most people searching in this niche are people who need to learn how to care for their wisdom teeth, how to get rid of pain, or infection, etc. AdSense is pretty good, so you can nicely monetize your information.

Here are some .com domains available for this niche now:

wisdomteethproblems.com

wisdomteethbleeding.com

wisdomteethcomplications.com

wisdomteethhealing.com

pullwisdomteeth.com

Here are some .org domains available:

extractionwisdomteeth.org

wisdomteethout.org

wisdomteethsurgery.org

wisdomteethremoved.org

wisdomteethrecovery.org

wisdomteethpulled.org

wisdomteethinfection.org

And some .net ones:

extractionofwisdomteeth.net

postwisdomteeth.net

gettingwisdomteethpulled.net

gettingwisdomteethout.net

removingwisdomteeth.net

wisdomteethswollen.net

wisdomteethtakenout.net

wisdomteethdentist.net

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If you make the same website design and management decision as hundreds of thousands of other website owners – choosing WordPress, of course! – these four essential plugins will no doubt keep you happy, and keep your business profitable.

1. Feedburner

WordPress includes an RSS function by default, but it is weak, underwhelming, and quite frustrating for high-traffic bloggers and major website operators. While it is ideal for getting your content out there and viewable by five, ten, or even fifty people, websites with large readerships, customer counts, or client bases will doubtlessly want something a bit more powerful.

Enter Feedburner. Now owned and operated by Google – possibly the biggest name on the internet – Feedburner is the syndication platform of choice for millions of blogs and people-powered websites. If you are sending content out to a large audience, this should be the first plugin you even think of installing.

2. Akismet

No webmaster wants spam polluting their website. While WordPress does an effective job of eliminating spam when combined with a good comment plugin, it certainly is not the best anti-spam tool in the world. Thankfully, with a couple of changes and one quick plugin installation, your WordPress website can be safe, secure, and spam-free.

Akismet is by far the most powerful, popular, and user-friendly anti-spam application available for WordPress. If you are sick and tired of annoying “buy viagra” comment handles and spammy self promoters, this powerful anti-spam plugin is a recommended install.

3. All-in-One SEO Pack

What good is a great website if no one can find it? WordPress is an awesome platform for achieving a basic level of search engine friendliness, but it is by no means the be-all and end-all of SEO website platforms. However, with a couple of on-page tweaks and one quick plugin installation, you can be enjoying search engine traffic sooner than you expected.

There are a couple of SEO plugins available for WordPress, each offering value in different areas. For newbie marketers and inexperienced designers, the All-in-One SEO Pack comes recommended. Not only is this search engine optimization plugin user-friendly and simple, but highly powerful and very useful for ranking highly, quickly, and easily.

4. WP Super Cache

If you are experimenting with social media marketing, a dedicated cache plugin is essential. How would you feel if after all your hard work, your website is picked up by Digg, Reddit, or Delicious and ends up going viral, all to the ill-health of your server.

Protect your website from being dragged offline with WP Super Cache. The big online social resources offer huge amounts of traffic, but only for websites that are ready to handle it. This one WordPress plugin can save you hours of potential technical trouble, all for a quick one-minute installation time.

This article is written by Roko Nastic, a webmaster and blogger who writes for WebmasterFormat, a webmaster info website. He enjoys sharing his knowledge about web design, blogging, CMSs, writing and best web hosting services.

This is special weekend for my family: my parents are celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary tomorrow, July 10th. It’s rare to find people like them, who are still together and love each other very much.

Today’s niche idea was sparked by their celebration.

Possible Affiliate Programs

Amazon.com has lots of options: wedding anniversary gifts by year, wedding anniversary gifts for her, wedding anniversary gifts for him, and more.

Make sure you check out CJ and SAS as well: there are lots of vendors there as well.

Monetization Suggestions

Create an e-commerce type site, with lots of suggestions for gifts for the different types of wedding anniversary.  And of course, AdSesne is not too bad either, so you can write content pages as well to monetize with AdSesne.

Here are some .com domains available for this niche now:

20thweddinganniversarygift.com

25thweddinganniversaryinvitations.com

40thweddinganniversarygiftideas.com

4thweddinganniversarygifts.com

50thweddinganniversarypartyideas.com

5thweddinganniversarygifts.com

weddinganniversarypoem.com

Here are some .org domains available:

15thweddinganniversary.org

20thweddinganniversarygift.org

20thweddinganniversary.org

25thweddinganniversaryinvitations.org

2ndweddinganniversarygifts.org

30thweddinganniversarygifts.org

35thweddinganniversary.org

40thweddinganniversarygiftideas.org

40thweddinganniversarygifts.org

40thweddinganniversary.org

4thweddinganniversarygifts.org

50thweddinganniversarydecorations.org

50thweddinganniversaryideas.org

50thweddinganniversarypartyideas.org

5thweddinganniversarygifts.org

goldenweddinganniversary.org

weddinganniversarycards.org

weddinganniversarypoem.org

weddinganniversarypoems.org

weddinganniversarysayings.org

And some .net ones:

10yearweddinganniversary.net

15thweddinganniversary.net

20thweddinganniversarygift.net

25thweddinganniversaryinvitations.net

2ndweddinganniversarygifts.net

30thweddinganniversarygifts.net

35thweddinganniversary.net

40thweddinganniversarygiftideas.net

40thweddinganniversarygifts.net

4thweddinganniversarygifts.net

50thweddinganniversarydecorations.net

50thweddinganniversarygift.net

50thweddinganniversaryideas.net

50thweddinganniversarypartyideas.net

5thweddinganniversarygifts.net

5thweddinganniversary.net

goldenweddinganniversary.net

traditionalweddinganniversarygifts.net

weddinganniversarypoem.net

weddinganniversarysayings.net

There ‘s a lot more to this niche than what you see above. Let me know if    you’d like more in-depth research done.  See my offer here.

I have about 30 domains (probably more), and I promised myself I won’t buy anymore until I have a site on each one of them, so, since I found some really good domains related to the holidays, I am going to compromise: I’ll get these domains (I don’t want to lose them), but for each new domain I get, I promise to build a site for the new domain, and 2 sites for domains I already own.

I am off to buy 2 domains now: they are .com domains related to the holidays (I may end up building sites and flipping them), so by the end of the month I’ll have at least 6 new sites.

Here is waht I’ll do:

• upload WP on each of the domains
• outsource 5 articles for each site & upload them as soon as I get them back
• outsource 2 more articles for each site & submit to article directories
• add monetization (most likely Amazon, AdSense, SAS and/or CJ)
• bookmark each site in at least 5 bookmarking sites
• acquire at least 5 links for each site

My intention is to have all 6 sites built and indexed by the end of this month. I’ve never created 6 sites in one month, so this is a big challenge for me.

Do you have any domains that are just sitting there doing nothing for you? Join me in this challenge and let’s make these domains work for us. Let me know below if you decide to build some sites on your existing domains. And if you have any questions about my method, or anything related to building a site, just let me know: I’ll do my best to help.

I am traveling this week, and my internet connection is spotty at best, so this week’s niche is a recap of some of the past niches.

Did you find your niche? Or are you still looking for a new niche to explore? Check out these interesting, ready to tackle niches.

Vegan Shoes

Flash Drives

Summer Camps

Kidney Stones

Blues Guitar

PRK Eye Surgery

Weight Loss Tips

Would you like to explore the vegan niche further? Check out my offer here

Did you ever hear about Vegan Shoes? I first heard about them a couple of years ago and was fascinated by the idea, but never looked into it further.

Today’s niche was a request by @m38967. This niche looks interesting, so let’s see what opportunities lie ahead.

Resources

I think people who buy vegan shoes are very passionate about the vegan lifestyle and looking for alternative and cruelty-free products. Your best resource will probably be forums specific to the vegan lifestyle: find out what people, are looking for, why and find ways to be helpful.

Possible Affiliate Programs

As always, Amazon.com sells everything you ever thought about.

There are also affiliate programs for vegan shoes at CJ and SAS, where you can get a better commission.

Monetization Suggestions

This niche is definitely best suited for a product site. You could also build a list to which you can later promote other vegan items: check out vegan wallets, vegan clothing, sneakers boots, etc.

Here are some .com domains available for this niche now:

MacbethVeganShoes.com

VeganDanceShoes.com

VeganEarthShoes.com

VeganHikingShoes.com

Here are some .org domains available:

cheapveganshoes.org

macbethveganshoes.org

veganathleticshoes.org

veganbabyshoes.org

vegandanceshoes.org

vegandressshoes.org

veganearthshoes.org

veganhikingshoes.org

veganrunningshoes.org

veganshoe.org

veganwalkingshoes.org

And some .net ones:

cheapveganshoes.net

earthveganshoes.net

macbethveganshoes.net

mensveganshoes.net

veganathleticshoes.net

veganbabyshoes.net

vegandanceshoes.net

vegandressshoes.net

veganearthshoes.net

veganhikingshoes.net

veganrunningshoes.net

veganwalkingshoes.net

Would you like to explore the vegan niche further? Check out my offer here.

How do you determine the best affiliate products to promote? First, you want to pick a niche, which will help you decide which products to promote.

Consider going with a topic that has a variety of affiliate products being offered. That way, if one of them doesn’t sell well, you can choose another one and try that.

Once you’ve found the right niche, you then need to determine which product you should promote. A great method for doing this would be to do a search in Google and seeing which products are being promoted via pay per click.

Look for the ones being sold by affiliates. This is very important. If it’s the product creator themselves that is promoting it, they might be making money on the back end and losing money on the front end. As an affiliate, most of the time you only get the front-end money, so the back end is meaningless.

Look for the products that come up again and again. For instance, if there is one program that is being promoted for all of the main keywords in your niche, this is a better option than something that’s there for only one.

How should you test it?

Once you’ve chosen three to five products based on the above method, you will need to see how well they convert. This will give you a good idea of their money making potential.

One option is to throw up a quick pay-per-click campaign. Set a limited budget and test those three to five products on the same keywords, getting the same number of clicks to each. Then see which performs the best. This will be the one you promote.

The reality is that there’s only so much you can tell from reading the sales page. A certain product might appear to have the most convincing sales copy, but the only way you can know for sure is by testing it yourself.

Pick something you believe in.

This is obvious but worth mentioning anyway. Remember: you are probably going to be writing a review for this product and putting a lot of time into promoting it. Do you really want to put in a lot of effort selling a product you can’t get behind?

The bottom line is that testing is extremely important. This is because the best converting affiliate products are often ones you would have never guessed on your own.

If you want to learn more about how to pick the right affiliate products to promote, check out the Super Affiliate Handbook.

Inspired by a sale I made yesterday on a niche mini-site, today’s niche research will be just a little bit different.

A couple of years ago I purchased Info Product Killer, also known as IPK and put up a few sites. I never used the entire method: just part of it, which I modified to suit my style. I never touched these sites after the initial week they went live. At that time, I wrote one article, and built a few back links (maybe 10). That’s yet! Yesterday one of these sites made a large  sale (commission over $75) from just one click: that’s the power of a very specific keyword. Anyway, let’s get on to today’s niche.

When I am creating a niche mini-site, I research differently. I first go to Amazon.com, pick a category, and off I go looking for that nugget of gold. Today I picked the Electronics category (BTW, most people look there, so you may want to choose a different category).

Once I picked my category, I dug deeper into the subcategories and decided on the “Memory Cards & External Storage” sub-category.  Once in there, at the top of your page you’ll see several tabs: I picked “Most Wished For”.

I scrolled through the items people wish for, and found something that looked interesting.

Some of the criteria I am looking for is:

• good price: I usually look for $50 or more, but I made an exception for this one.
• must be a popular item
• 4 starts or more
• several customer reviews (the more the better)

My next step was to click through to the item I picked and get acquainted with it. One of the more important thinks I look for is a part number specific to that item (see below).

Nest, I start my keyword research: not for “flash drive”, but for the pat number: SDCZ6-016G-A11

Google shows no searches for the part number, but I know people are buying this stuff. So after a little more looking around Amazon, I see that there are a lot of part numbers starting with SDCZ6. Now I do another Goggle search for the shortened search, and here is what I get:

That first keyword gets 6,600 exact searches a day, and the domain was available: BINGO!

Now, you’ll still need to do some more keyword research to come up with some good topics for your articles. Here are the top searches keywords, as well as the top paying AdSense for the niche, in case you actually want to use AdSense on your site (WOW, with those payouts you may want to ):

Possible Affiliate Programs

Amazon.com has all types of flash drives: you can’t go wrong with it.

Monetization Suggestions

AdSense payout is amazing! If you enjoy writing, and you know the technical side of flash drives, you ‘ll amazing money in this niche.

This type of site doesn’t need  a lot of content pages. Create your site with the mail product on the home page, and a few carefully selected complimentary pages. You’ll need to write some articles, do some guest posting, create some back links  and you are good to go. If you want to learn step by step how to create these sites, you can learn all you need to know from the  Info Product Killer ebook.

Check out my keyword research offer here
if you need help with your niche research.