Find Internet Niche Markets

[Matthew Sherborne]

You should always strive to find internet niche markets that are in demand, have people actively spending money
and are on subjects that you will enjoy.

To do so, you need to start with a solid strategy of finding niche markets. It's an essential part of determining which
topics are real money making opportunities online and which ones are distractions.

Instead of just creating products around subjects you like, or think are popular, you want to be as sure as possible that
it really is a profitable niche market. Especially before you take the time to create a product that may be a flop before
it's even finished.

That's why I like to check out successful companies who have already done much of the research to determine what
will be in demand and make money. For this popular niche market technique I like to use the Dummies.com site to find
valuable information about finding in-demand internet niche markets.



I'm sure you've seen the yellow 4 Dummies books, that cover many popular topics in a variety of different niche topics,
right?

Well, they have a site that can be used to find great ideas for creating small reports and money making ebooks.

Glancing at the 4 Dummies site you can see an assortment of potential ebook titles.

What's great is here the niche research has already been done for you. It's a safe bet considering that book publishing
is costly, that 4 Dummies only produces titles which have a good demand. Chances are, if the folks over at Dummies have
written about it, then it’s a topic that sells.

So, we'll use their site to find potential short report and ebook niche topics for ourselves. To get started try entering a few
keywords into the search bar to see what turns up.



For my search I entered the keyword, ’scuba.’ From the search results for this keyword we can see a lot of travel related
books.

Clicking on a book title will reveal additional details about the chapters within the book.

From there, click on the table of contents to take a look at the subjects covered inside. This is information is pure gold and
can be quite valuable for finding individual topics to use for your own reports.



Alternatively, you can look at the individual articles which use many effective long tail keywords for the topic.

These long tail keywords are often too small for a book to be published on, however they may be perfect for a small
online report. You could use the main points of the article, research for more information and elaborate on each of
them to create it.

This information should give you some valuable insight in to finding niche markets that will be interested in actually
buying a report or ebook on a particular subject.

For more information about making money from ebooks, check out the Instant Money Reports course.

[articlegenesis]

1. Determine what you like. I just did a silly search on Google for "underwater basket weaving" (with quotes) and found that there are 35,900 people targeting that specific keyword phrase. So it really doesn't matter what you like or what you are good at. On the Internet you will be able to find an audience.

2. Create a free account , where you can find “hard good” related products to market for most any niche.

3. Create a free account with and look for related E-book type material that your audience will find of value.

So most any niche will work. Just make sure it's a niche your going to want to be working for the long term.

[Matthew Sherborne]

Thanks for your contribution... But I disagree, not all niches are good niches. For one thing just because there's a lot of competition for a keyword phrase does not necessarily mean a lot of people are searching for information on the topic.

For example, underwater basket weaver is a popular saying that people use. It probably doesn't translate into a real interest for a product that people would be willing to purchase.

Another example of a bad niche to create a product for would be a niche that has plenty of free information like recipes. Most likely if you create an online recipe book it would not be purchased due to the large amount of free sites dedicated to recipes. Now, if your recipe had a unique twist it may sell, but the point is not all niches are equal.

Myspace is a niche that I started targeting in 2006 for an ebook and resource site. The major problem with that niche is it served a primarily young demographic who were:

A. Unwilling to spend money
B. Unable to spend money (or possibly just didn't want to)

This led to a huge amount of problems with monetizing my Myspace resource site as well as a shift in who I targeted my product to. Myspace has since gained a wider variety of users. However at the time it was quite frustrating to make less then a penny a click for Adsense revenue and receive hundred of visitors and litle to no conversion rate.

At any rate you get the idea that more important than the number of people competing for a keyword phrase, there needs to be a demand for a product from people who are both willing and able to purchase it.