So, you are new to affiliate marketing and you haven’t a clue where to start when it comes to finding a niche. You have searched you mind for hobbies, passions, skills and come up blank. Not to worry. Here is a little tip to help you uncover potential niches. Before revealing the method to you, it is important for you to realise that if your website is to prove successful, you must fulfil some problem solving requirements for your visitor.
For example the website affiliatemarketingintro.com, an affiliate marketing introduction website, aims to teach the visitor how to set up an affiliate marketing business. The CNN website aims to provide the visitor with up to the minute news. Amazon seeks to provide the visitor with a site to conveniently purchase a wide variety of products.
The problems these sites aim to answer are respectively
How do I set up an affiliate marketing business? What is going on in the world today? Where can I conveniently and reliably purchase product x on line?
Your website must address a problem that a visitor may have in your niche.
To uncover potential niches, go to the overture keyword tool and type in Stop. This will reveal all the stop enquiries made in the last month on Yahoo Read the list to find out what people are interested in stopping Copy this list and see what ideas it ignites in your mind
Next type in the word learn. Hey, presto, another list of potential niches
Try this with as many problem solving words as you can think of. You will eventually find something that stimulates your imagination with regards to selecting your niche
Happy hunting
