Month: December 2009

Free Niche Research

Free Niche Research: Memory Foam Mattress

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This week’s niche was inspired by last week’s:  Sleigh Beds. I loved the novelty of that niche, and continued to research in that general topic and found a few gems, including today’s niche: Memory Foam Mattress.

You’ll love the AdSense payouts on this one!

Top 10 Highest Paying Keywords(from the Google keyword tool)

double memory foam mattress $6.33

memory foam mattress king size $5.97

memory foam mattress toppers $5.87

memory foam mattress overlay $5.78

cheap memory foam mattress $5.74

foam mattress memory $5.72

memory foam mattress $5.72

single memory foam mattress $5.72

queen size memory foam mattress $5.62

memory foam mattress sale $5.52

 Top 10 Most Searched Keywords(all phrases are exact matches in Google)

memory foam mattress 74,000

memory foam mattress topper  49,500

memory foam mattress pad 18,100

memory foam mattresses 8,100

memory foam mattress toppers 6,600

memory foam mattress queen 4,400

memory foam mattress reviews 4,400

memory foam mattress pads 3,600

king memory foam mattress 2,900

memory foam mattress cover 2,900

twin memory foam mattress 2,900

Resources

wikipedia.org has some information, but I think the best information for this niche will be information about the issues a memory foam mattress helps with: a good night’s sleep, chronic sleep disorders, arthritis, fibromialgya, etc.

Possible Affiliate Programs

Amazon.com has lots of memory foam mattress, as well as other related products (books about good sleep, relaxation techniques, exercise equipment, etc.)

CJ.com has several merchants offering sleigh beds. Here are a couple:  Hammacher Schlemmer and  StacksAndStacks.

Monetization Suggestions

Amazing AdSense payout for most key phrases in this niche.

Of course, an affiliate store for memory foam mattress, with a blog attached that gives information about the above issues a foam mattress can solve. While people may be looking for information on how to get better sleep, or how to deal with arthritis pain, etc., you can add links to specific pages about these great mattresses that woudl ease their pain, make them sleep like a baby, etc. Excellent way to mix the high paying AdSense with affiliate offers.

Here are some domains available now for this niche:

MemoryFoamMattressTopper.biz gets 49K exact searches a month: WOW!

MemoryFoamMattressToppers.biz gets 6K exact searches a month

MemoryFoamMattressPad.biz gets 18K exact searches a month.

MemoryFoamMattresses.biz get 8K exact searches a month

MemoryFoamMattressCover.com, .net, .org & .biz are all available, and the phrase gets 2900 exact searches/month.

QueenSizeMemoryFoamMattress.org & .biz with 1600 exact searches monthly.

ViscoElasticMemoryFoamMattress.net, .org & .biz with 1600 exact searches monthly.

ViscoElasticMemoryFoamMattressTopper.net, .org, .biz & .info with 1600 exact searches monthly.

What are you waiting for?  Go build a niche site!

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How To

How To Create an Anchor Text Link

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As simple as creating a text link is, it trips many marketers, when they need it most. A broken link is useless, even detrimental, so learning how to do it properly is important.

Text links are an effective way to drive traffic to your website or to internal web pages by linking to them in your content or from external pages. They’re usually referred to as a “link” or a “hyperlink”.

In many word processing programs, like MS Word, you can simply highlight the text you want to use to create the link and then click on the link icon in your toolbar. Once that pops up, you simply type or search for the appropriate page you want to link to and you’re good to go.

However, if you’re creating your links in a text document or using HTML to write your content, then you’ll need to know a few things.

First of all, by default, all links will appear as follows in all browsers:

* An unvisited link is underlined and blue
* A visited link is underlined and purple
* An active link is underlined and red

In order to write your own anchor links you’ll need to know some basic HTML. Here’s an example of what an anchor link would look like and what the various codes mean: <a href=”http://www.yoursite.com”</a&gt;

* The <a> tag opens an anchor and </a> closes the anchor
* href      URL      Specifies the destination of a link

So if I wanted to point someone to my Free Niche Research the code would be: <a href=”https://www.myonlinebusinessjourney.com/category/free-niche-research/”>Free Niche Research</a>

It’s pretty straight forward and easy to accomplish whether you’re doing the coding yourself or using a WSYWYG type interface. Regardless, anchor text  links are a great way to link with your desired keyword phrases to specific pages in your content.

There are other things you can add to your anchor links:

* open your link in a new window: add target=”_blank” , so the above link ‘s code will look like this: <a target=”_blank” href=”https://www.myonlinebusinessjourney.com/category/free-niche-research/”>Free Niche Research</a>

* to change the link’s color, add style=“color: #CC0000”, where #CCoooo is a red color, and so my link above would have the following code: <a style=“color: #CC0000” href=”https://www.myonlinebusinessjourney.com/category/free-niche-research/”>Free Niche Research</a>, and it woudl look like this: Free Niche Research

* you can also add an HTML hyperlink title, like this: title=”describe your link here”, so my link above would look lie this with the added title tag:  <a title=”check out these niches, already researched for you” href=”https://www.myonlinebusinessjourney.com/category/free-niche-research/”>Free Niche Research</a>

All of the above examples should be in one line (the width of the blog here is too narrow to include the entire line of code, so make sure you don’t have any hard breaks in the middle of your link code)

There are other, more advanced ways to modify your links, but the above should get you started. Make sure you format your anchor text links properly for maximum success.

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How To

How To Choose Your Next Niche

It seems as though many of us struggle with picking out a good niche to concentrate on. Here are a few ideas of how to go about finding that elusive profitable niche you want for your next site:

Start by making a list of topics you are interested in and/or passionate about. Don’t rush this process, and don’t try to “think” to much. Just let your thoughts flow and write down everything that comes to mind: you’ll have time later to trim your list.

Once you have your list it’s time to see if there is a demand for the topics on your list. Head on over to the Google Keyword Tool or the Free Wordtracker Tool and do some keyword research. The Google tool give you monthly results, while the Wordtracker tool gives you daily results.

You are looking for topics with a good number of searches. What is a good number of searches? It depends: if the key phrase describes a broad topic, even if your phrase gets a few thousand searches a month, it may be hard to rank for that phrase, and the traffic may not be as qualified. But if the key phrase shows commercial intent, as few as 20-30 searches a day may be all you need.

For example, if I search for “bread machine” I get the following:

bread machine keyword research

As you see, there are 234 searches a day for that phrase, but I would rather go for one of the more specific phrases this search uncovered: Zojirushi bread machine, Welbilt bread machine, Oster bread machine, etc. These more targeted searches, while having less searches, show that the visitors know what they want. I’d probably dig deeper, and search for model numbers for those bread machines, and concentrate on those.

After you find the keywords you want to use, it’s time to research your competition. Go to Google and look at the top 5 sites: check to see how many back-links they have, how large and/or established their site is, how often they update it, etc. How easy/hard would be for you to acquire the same amount of links? Could you get better quality links? Could you do something different to stand out from the crowd? Will you be able to provide lots of content for your niche? If you can do those things, then you may have found your niche.

There is one other thing to check before you go buy your domain name: can you make money in this niche? Are there good affiliate programs for your chosen niche?

If you need a head start on the process of finding new niches, stop by here every Friday to see the new niche research for that week.

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Free Niche Research

Free Niche Research: Sleigh Beds

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With all the winter celebrations around me, I thought it would be fun to do something related to the season.

Even though Sleigh Beds are not used only during the holidays, LOL, it’s still fun to look at this niche now, in the middle of the holiday season.

Top 10 Highest Paying Keywords(from the Google keyword tool)toddler sleigh beds $2.73

kids sleigh bed $2.71

bob mackie sleigh bed $2.61

white sleigh beds $2.37

single sleigh bed $2.16

wooden sleigh bed $.05

double sleigh bed $1.99

pine sleigh bed $1.97

cheap sleigh beds $1.90

sleigh low profile bed $1.88

 Top 10 Most Searched Keywords(all phrases are exact matches in Google)sleigh bed 22,000

sleigh beds 12,100

king sleigh bed 3,600

queen sleigh bed 3,600

king size sleigh bed 1,600

twin sleigh bed 1,600

full size sleigh bed 880

king sleigh beds 880

iron sleigh bed 720

sleigh bed frame 720

Resources

Probably the best place to get information about these is an industry magazines.

Of course, if you can connect with a manufacturer of sleigh beds, you could hit the jackpot.

Possible Affiliate Programs

As always, Amazon.com has over 1000 sleigh beds.

CJ.com has several merchants offering sleigh beds. Here are a few:  http://www.shopperschoice.com, http://www.ababy.com& http://www.willygoat.com

Monetization Suggestions

Great AdSense payout for several key phrases, if you want to go that route.

Of course, affiliate stores for specific beds would do very well.

Here are some domains available now for this niche:

KingSleighBed.net & .info get 3600 exact searches a month.

QueenSleighBed.org gets 3600 exact searches a month.

KingSizeSleighBed.net, .org & .info get 1600 exact searches a month

TwinSleighBed.org  & .info are available: 1600 exact searches/month.

FullSizeSleighBed.net, .org & .info are all available, and the phrase gets 880 exact searches/month.

KingSleighBeds.net, .org & .info are all available, getting 880 exact searches monthly.

IronSleighBed.net, .org & .info are all available and  get 720 exact searches monthly.

SleighBedFrame.com, .net, .org & .info are all available: 720 exact searches a month.

I think this is an amazing niche: go build your niche site!

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How To

Brainstorming Ideas for Your Blog

Earlier today, one of the members at Lynn Terry’s Elite Forum, asked for help with keyword research for his blog about Life Changes. And while trying to help him, I thought of a way to come up with blog post ideas that I never thought about before.

Here is what I suggested to him:

Go to this list of life change books, and look at all those books.

Take a piece of paper and pen, and block an hour or so for research. As you go to each books’ specific page, write down post titles/ideas that stem from the book’s title and description. If the book offers a sample to read, or table of content, look a that as well. Make sure you write the book’s title next to your ideas, so you can actually recommend that book when you come around writing that post.

Then, do the same thing with life change DVD’s, etc. You’ll never run out of post ideas this way.

I then went to the first book, When Life Changes or You Wish It Would: A Guide to Finding Your Next Step Despite Fear, Obstacles, or Confusion and did some research myself.

Here is what I came up with for blog post ideas:

* How to find your life purpose
* Are you holding on to your ideas, even when they create havoc in your life?
* I lost my job: what now?
* Moving forward after a loss
* The effect of success
* How to develop your talents
* Are money issues weighing you down?
* Money management software
* How to manage your money
* How positive thoughts can change your life

And if I wanted to, I could come up with a lot more. Just imagine how much material you can write from this method.

Stephen still had concerns about the keywords not being searched for. So, Ii did a little research on my first suggestion for a post title.

Go to https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal

Enter “find your life purpose” and click on the exact button. You’ll get this:

[how to find your purpose in life] 390
[finding your life purpose] 210
[find your life purpose] 110
[find your purpose in life] 110

For those post titles that don’t have specific searches, you’d write the post, and in it link to those posts or pages that do.

Create some pages for specific items. For example, “dress for success book” gets 170 searches a month. “Purpose driven life books” and “purpose driven life book” get 390 searches each. They are very specific searches, so your visitors would be well qualified.

There are 2 kinds of pages in a blog: post and pages. Use your posts to write about everything, even if they don’t have lots of searches, as long as you can link from those posts to your money pages. These post will attract visitors through key phrases you didn’t even dream about.

Then, create specific pages, like the ones I mentioned above: dress for success book and purpose driven life book/s and then you focus your linking to those pages, but have a lot of great content on your blog as well.

The SSWT Elite Forum, is full of great discussions and brainstorming. I invite you to stop by and see what you can accomplish by participating in a brainstorming group like this.

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