Right then, lets spin that wheel to see what I should post about today – Progress report, Informational post, Free gift, Promotion, – rat, a tat a tat (very wheel of fortune).  And its landed on information.  I really do have a wheel set up you know! Lol.

Making a living online is about providing people with the services and information that they are searching for.  The best way to do this is to provide specific information to a specific niche.  By narrowing your focus you will have a far greater chance of success online.

In his Niche Success video series, Internet marketer Jonathan Street covers how to find an online niche.

Video Series available here

This video series is still extremely valid in helping you find profitable niches online.

If you are struggling for an idea for a niche then why not use some of these free resources?

http://freekeywords.wordtracker.com/

This resource is mentioned in Jonathan’s Niche Success Program. This is an amazing resource that won’t cost you a penny to sign up to.

Go to the above site and start typing in niche markets that

interest you. If you had an interest in dogs you would type in “dogs”. Then all you need to do is make a list of all of the sub-niches within the general niche market of dogs. These are all potential niches for you to exploit.

www.amazon.com

The bookselling giants amazon.com are an amazing resource for finding niche markets you’d never have thought about entering. Go to the web site and in the search bar select “books”. Then type in a niche that you would like to create a product around.

For example: type in “gardening”. Go through the results and start jotting down all of the niche markets that jump out at you.

When many people hear this technique they immediately think “wait a sec how can I compete with Amazon?” You won’t be of course you’ll be catering for a different market.

When people buy from Amazon they have to wait days for a book to arrive. As ebook publishers we can offer instant gratification as our customers get our info products straight away as a download.

Another great thing about downloadable info products is bizarrely they are seen to have a higher perceived value. You might be able to charge fifteen dollars for a book selling it via Amazon. However if you sell a downloadable info product you can charge up to fifty dollars.

www.dummies.com

This is another fantastic research tool for the niche ebook

publisher. You can find a ton of niche topics across all of the For Dummies books.  The Dummies company has made creating niche products an art form in its own right. Search through their titles in general niches that interest you and jot down potential ebook topics.

www.goarticles.com

Article directories are, in my eyes, the best way to find subjects to create ebooks around. The directory Go Articles is just one of many in which you can go to the site, type in a niche subject in the search bar and get literally thousands and thousands of ebook ideas.

The key here when visiting these sites is to just make a huge list of potential topics, and then when you’re done go to http://freekeywords.wordtracker.com/ and type in your topics. If there people searching for information on the subject (at least five thousand a month) you’ve just found an ebook topic that could turn into a very lucrative home based business.

Remember what Jon says in Niche Success. We are not aiming to become a millionaire here. We want to build a network of mini sites that each makes about 1K a month.

Being able to come up with an endless amount of niche product ideas is the key here,

In my next post I’ll be telling you how to create twenty internet information products in one day without spending a single red cent.

Sound good to you?