Resources

One of the best places to research this will be garden/home maintenance forums, but there are also magazines, manufactures documentation and friends/neighbors who operate one of these chainsaws.

Possible Affiliate Programs

There are lots of merchants at  CJ & SAS, but  don’t forget Amazon .

Monetization Suggestions

If you like writing , a content site would be excellent: AdSense pays well.

Don’t just do content though: do some in-depth reviews and link to your merchants with an affiliate link.

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

mychainsawreview.com

Here are some .org domains available:

mychainsawreview.org

mychainsawreviews.org

thebestchainsaw.org

And some .net ones:

bestchainsaws.net

mychainsawreview.net

mychainsawreviews.net

thebestchainsaw.net

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Now, on to today’s niche research. Even though we are in the middle of winter, now is the time to prepare our spring niche sites, so let’s research the lawn mowers niche.

Resources

Best places to find information about lawn mowers is in lawn/landscaping forums.  Of course, you can always use the manufacturers information, as well as home, gardening, landscaping magazines.

Possible Affiliate Programs
Amazon.com has lots of lawn mowers and lawn mower accessories for sale.

CJ.com & Shareasale.com have several offers as well.

Monetization Suggestions

If you decide to create an informational site, AdSense has good payouts.  But, don’t ignore specific pages with affiliate offers.

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

weedeaterridinglawnmower.com

Here are some .net domains available:

weedeaterridinglawnmower.net

ridinglawnmowersclearance.net

lawnmowertroubleshooting.net

usedridinglawnmowersforsale.net

Here are some .org domains available:

weedeaterridinglawnmower.org

usedridinglawnmowersforsale.org

Do you have questions? Feel free to ask in the comments below, and I’ll do my best to help you.

And if you need research done for your own niche, don’t hesitate to look at my keyword research offer!

Oh, and there are some excellent opportunities, so let’s dig into this niche.

Resources

The best resource for this is a persona who is passionate about skiing, and most of the time you don’t need to look to far to find someone who is. But there are also ski magazines and ski forums. Another excellent resource woudl be a travel agency

Possible Affiliate Programs

Check out travel merchants on CJ: you’ll find the best affiliate programs for this niche there. Of course, don’t forget  Amazon for everything else you can promote to this niche (look below to the monetization section)

Monetization Suggestions

There are so  many ways to monetize this niche! You can create an information site and monetize whit AdSense, but you can also get leads for the ski resorts (even if they don’t have an affilaite program, you can still arrange a JV with them). If possible, visit each resort you plan to promote (have a skiing vacation and write it off as work: win-win!), talk to people about what they like most about the area, review the best (and worst) places to eat while there, etc.

You can also sell airfare tickets to these resorts, and you’d leave money on the table if you didn’t create a section on your site for ski gear. For that, you can use the IPK method of building well optimized SEO pages.

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

sugarbowlskiresort.com

Here are some .org domains available:

heavenlyskiresort.org

tellurideskiresort.org

solitudeskiresort.org

tahoeskiresorts.org

monarchskiresort.org

snowshoeskiresort.org

And some .net ones:

whitetailskiresort.net

kirkwoodskiresort.net

altaskiresort.net

killingtonskiresort.net

borealskiresort.net

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Non Stop Viral Traffic

Quick Site Indexer (free)

Free and Cheap Traffic

Traffic and Leverage

FREE Quality Traffic

Resources

Check out “grilling forums” or “bbq forums” and you’ll find a wealth of information. Of course, you can always use your own experience, or that of family members or friends.

Possible Affiliate Programs

Amazon has lot and lots of charcoal grills, many of them with hundreds of very positive reviews/testimonials: works wonders for potential buyers.

Monetization Suggestions

Adsense pays really well in this niche, so if you like writing, go for it.

But don’t forget to create some product page reviews, IPK style.

Also, I encourage you to create a list for grilling fans: there are a lot of searches for grilling: tips, recipes, etc.

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

mygrillingspot.com

mygrillingnews.com

mygrillingtips.com

charcoalgrillnews.com

Here are some .org domains available:

mygrills.org

grillsblog.org

grillsnews.org

And some .net ones:

grillsspot.net

grillsinfo.net

mygrillingtips.net

charcoalgrillspot.net

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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.

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if you need help with your niche research.

Guess what? Today’s niche was again, inspired by something that happened in our family. A couple of weeks ago, I presented research on Road Trips the day after my son arrived home form Canada. Yesterday, he had  PRK Eye Surgery (photorefractive keratectomy), a type of laser eye surgery used to correct nearsightedness, farsightedness and/or astigmatism. I think it’s an awesome niche, so let’s dig in.

Resources

I would say the best resource for this is a local ophthalmologist: offer him a free listing  on your site, and pick his brains about all there is to know about this surgery (and others, especially lasik )

Another resource are people who went through the procedure, and family members of those who went through the procedure.

Possible Affiliate Programs This is one niche where Amazon.com doesn’t have too much. but you can get creative and still use it (keep reading and you’ll find out how, under the monetization).

Monetization Suggestions

Adsense has very good payouts, but there aren’t a lot of advertisers for the specific key phrases. But, if you expand into lasik surgery, as well as other types of eye procedures, there are plenty of ads, and the payouts are even better (as high as over $10).  Would you like to attack the lasik niche? Use my keyword research service.

There isn’t much affilatae monetization for this niche, but you can be creative and come up with some offers for the people who went through this surgery. Think about it: someone wearing prescription glasses, could never wear sunglasses. So  once they have this corrective surgery, they’ll be looking for some fun, cool, trendy sunglasses. Create an affiliate sunglasses store on your site.

What are other things these people weren’t able to do? Snorkeling, swimming, etc. Come up with an angle to introduce all these things they weren’t able to do before and offer it to them.

You can also have a section for contact lenses: many people are researching this procedure, but are not ready to do it yet, or can’t financially. Offer them an alternative until they can get the surgery.

The best monetization for this niche would be to create a very informative site that attracts potential candidates, and then create a directory of doctors who can perform the surgery. Offer them a listing in your directory for a price.

Here are some domains available to buy today: they are all lower searched for phrases, but very specific.

costofprk.com

prkcomplications.com

prkhealing.com

prklasereyesurgeryrecovery.com

prklaservisioncorrection.com

prkprocedure.com

prktreatment.com

prkversuslasik.com

Here are some good places to start your online niche market research:

Forums and Discussion Boards – These are great sources for finding out what people want and need. Read through a forum related to your topic and see what people are discussing. Look particularly at what problems and issues they may be having.

You can even join in and ask questions to learn more about your market. It’s important that you read the rules of each individual forum and apply proper forum etiquette to avoid being banned. If in doubt, just remember the basic rules of etiquette: don’t take more than you give, be polite and courteous to all members, don’t use someone else’s space as your advertising medium, and just be nice.

Amazon.com – I highly recommend this website as a good starting point for research. Take a look at all the different categories on Amazon – do you see your potential niche listed? Look through the books and products for each niche and take a few minutes to read the customer feedback and reviews.

Amazon is a fantastic source of knowledge and spending just a few minutes there can provide many answers about your potential niche market.

Ezinearticles.com – This is another great website for getting to grips with different niche markets. You’ll find a number of niche markets to choose from. Take time to look through the different author websites to get an idea of what products or services they’re promoting.

Magazines – Magazines are great for market research. If a magazine is on the stand it means it’s being funded by advertisers. And we all know businesses don’t continually advertise unless they’re making money.

Take a look through the advertising section in your niche magazines. What products are on offer? How are they being promoted. This will give you a good idea for the viability of your potential niche.

Take a poll – If you already have a website and/or subscriber base you’re one step ahead of the game because you can directly ask your readers and visitors what it is they want to see. People are always happy to provide feedback so don’t miss this opportunity for tapping into potential further products and services for your market.

Do you use any other methods to research niche markets? Please share your thoughts.

You probably know the importance of choosing a niche for your online business. The benefits of choosing a tight niche market are many, and they include:

* Knowing your market fully so that you can provide solutions to their problems.

* The ability to speak directly to the core of your target market and connect with them on a deep level.

* Being able to niche all of your advertising efforts to target one specific market – this means a better return for your advertising dollars.

* Constructing a business system that is completely tailored to one specific market – this means you waste less time on unrelated projects.

But just how do you effectively research a niche market?

A good starting point for any online business owner is to first start with a topic they are familiar with. This doesn’t necessarily mean all markets/topics will make you money, but it gives you the option of possibly finding a niche you are familiar with and also makes you money.

This is important because you will potentially be spending a large amount of time building your website, writing content and promotions for your niche market. The more familiar you are with the topic the better.

So start by writing down all of the things you know something about and may enjoy writing about. This could be anything from a special hobby you have to a practical skill. Don’t worry just yet whether the topic will make you money, simply jot down all of the things you are familiar with – the research part will follow later.

Once you have your list ready the next step is to narrow it down. Ideally, you want to end up with 3 or 4 topics you’re more passionate about.

Finally, when your short list is ready, it’s time to research each topic for profitability.

Here are a few niches to give you some ideas:

Ice Cream Makers

Job Descriptions

Wedding Favors

Golf Club Sets

More Niches

I just got back from Jamaica at 1AM this morning, and found I couldn’t get online. Not only was my DSL broken, my son started to update my computer just before we left, and didn’t finish, so I have no access to my documents, where I have my list of niches to tackle here.

So, I went over to Google products to see what people are looking to buy now, and Wireless Keyboard stood out. Let’s see what opportunities we have in this niche!

Resources
Check out some of the more popular electronics forums, and see what questions people are asking: then, give them that information on your blog/site.

As for where you can find information about this niche, I would subscribe to some industry magazines and stay up to date on everything. Merchants are also a good source of information: just ask them and they will be more than happy top help you sell their products.

Possible Affiliate Programs
Yes, Amazon.com has offers for this niche too: wireless keyboard with touchpad, Logitech wireless keyboard, Microsoft wireless keyboard and more.

Make sure you check out CJ.com & Shareasale.com for a wealth of affiliate programs.

Monetization Suggestions

Computers are popular these days, and as the Technology advances, people need information about how to use the new technology, where to find it, etc. This is where you come in: create a blog with lots on information  about these wireless keyboards, and include the beta places to buy them from (with your affilaite links embedded, of course)

Here are some domains available for this niche now:

WirelessKeyboardTouchpad .net, .org, .biz & .info get 4,400 exact searches a month.

WirelessKeyboardWithTrackball.net, .biz & .info get 2,900 exact searches a month.

BestWirelessKeyboard.biz & .info get 1,900 exact searches a month.

MiniWirelessKeyboard.biz & .info with 4,400 exact searches a month.

WirelessKeyboardMouseCombo.com, .net, .org, biz & .info, with 1,300 exact searches monthly.

WirelessKeyboardWithTouchpad.biz & .info have 9,900 exact searches a month.

WirelessKeyboardWithBuiltInMouses.org, biz & .info have 6,600 exact searches a month.

WirelessKeyboardAndMouseCombo.net & .biz, with 6,600 exact searches monthly.

LongRangeWirelessKeyboardAndMouse.com, .net, .org, .biz & .info, with 1,000 exact searches a moth.

Some great possibilities! If you need help researching  further, or keyword research for your own niche, give me a shout!

A few weeks ago I did some research for the truck accessories niche, but realized there is so much more to this niche, so I decided to go wider.

If you are an AdSense publisher, you’ll love the Trucks Niche: awesome payouts!

Resources

Truck forums will be one of the best resources for both content ideas and (if you get involved) traffic.

Also, if you know a truck driver, take him out to dinner once in a while and pick his brain. That type of information will be invaluable.

Possible Affiliate Programs
Yes, Amazon.com has offers for this niche too: truck accessories, truck tool box, truck gps, truck tents and a lot more.

CJ.com & Shareasale.com have some great programs as well.

Monetization Suggestions

AdSense is amazing for this niche. If you like to learn more about the niche, or if you just love trucks, you may just hit gold!

Of course, intertwine affiliate offers in your content, as well as in the sidebar of your site. you can also create specific pages for commonly used/needed items for truckers.

Here are some domains available for this niche at this time:

UsedDumpTrucks.biz & .info get 18,100 exact searches a month.

CheapTrucksForSale.org & .biz  get 9,900 exact searches a month.

ClassicTrucksForSale.biz & .info  with 6,600 exact searches a month.

MilitaryTrucksForSale.net, .org, biz & .info, with 3,600 exact searches monthly.

AftermarketTruckParts.biz & .info have 4,400 exact searches a month.

CommercialTruckTrader.biz & .info, with 12,100 exact searches mothly

TruckTraderOnline.org, .biz & .info, with 12,100 exact searches a moth.

There is a lot more research that can be done for this niche, digging deep into it to find long tail keywords and phrases. Let me know if you need help.