| For affiliate marketers looking to make money | | | | gloves for left handed women" is an even better |
| online, one of the most important questions to | | | | find and more tailored. A quick optimised check on |
| ask is which niche will work best and make the | | | | Google finds how much competition? 1 result. |
| most profits. But before we get ahead of | | | | There should be no problem getting on the first |
| ourselves, I think it's best to define what we | | | | page after writing an article about "golf gloves for |
| mean. | | | | left handed women". |
| What is a niche? | | | | OK, so that's the best way to narrow a niche |
| A niche is typically a sub-genre of one of the | | | | down. But how do I FIND one? |
| many markets. The more distilled the niche, the | | | | What is one of the best ways to learn about |
| easier it is to find opportunities to make money | | | | markets that people are buying products in? Go |
| as there is a very specific audience with a very | | | | to the mall perhaps? Here we find a string of |
| refined need (we're talking sub-sub-sub-genres!). | | | | people each looking to buy something. Of course, |
| For example, let's take the golf market. What | | | | going to an ACTUAL mall can be a pain, but you |
| would someone interested in golf be looking to | | | | can do the same thing online and save heaps of |
| buy? A book on how to golf better? Possibly, | | | | time. |
| although as with most things, doing is more fun | | | | Looking at the top searches on is a great way to |
| than learning. Maybe "golf gloves" is the best | | | | find out what people are buying. Amazon is also |
| keyword here? | | | | one of the best and has handy reviews to help |
| Ok, so we have a product, but the niche is still | | | | you find products that people are recommending |
| WAY too broad. Think about the end user. The | | | | the most. Once you have a niche in mind, hit the |
| average person typing in golf gloves is not | | | | forums. These are a great way to talk to people |
| necessarily looking to find products to buy. They | | | | and find out what they like, what's not working |
| may want to find reviews in order to get | | | | for them, everything. |
| information for a future purchase, or they may | | | | Check your local store as well, specifically the |
| simply be looking for information on brands. Heck, | | | | magazine rack. Chances are that if there is a |
| it may be some school kid writing a report on the | | | | magazine based on your market, there is a niche |
| market! You can write as many articles linking to | | | | within it that can be targeted. All that has to be |
| the best blog posts about "golf gloves" as you | | | | done then is finding the relevant affiliate programs |
| like, but the chances of your hard work coming | | | | and you're good to go! |
| into the path of anyone who is actively looking to | | | | Anything else? |
| buy are small. | | | | If you are still finding this hard, there are a |
| The key, again, is to think about the end user. | | | | number of niche-finding kits and pieces of |
| What might their handicap be? Do they have | | | | equipment that can be bought that will scour the |
| anything physical they need to think about when | | | | markets for you. Some of these tools are really |
| playing? What brand might they want to buy? We | | | | handy, although to be honest, I would suggest |
| can soon narrow this niche down tob the best | | | | doing that you find keywords yourself until cash |
| sub-genres that are more likely to buy from us. | | | | starts coming in - then you can invest a little |
| "Golf gloves for women" is a good one, but "golf | | | | money in your business instead of your time! |