Every Internet marketer knows the importance of discovering good and profitable niches. Many gurus have a very simplistic way of teaching about niche discovery. The sum total of some gurus’ teaching on this can be summarized as:

1. Choose a topic that you like, have experience or are interested in.

2. Take the main keyword from this topic and plug it into a keyword research tool.

3. Look at the search count. If it is about 30,000 per month, it’s a good niche. If it is below 30,000 searches, there is very little market and therefore it is not a good niche. If it is way above 30,000 searches, there is probably too much competition and therefore it is risky to enter this niche market.

That’s it. Based on those 3 steps, you are supposed to find a niche. What’s wrong with such a teaching?

Firstly, there is no research into the competition. No step is taken to discover how strong a competition you face in that niche.

Secondly, there is no research into long-tail keywords. Long-tail keywords are defined as keyword phrases of at least 4 words (the more words, the better). Every marketer knows the importance of long-tail keywords. Long-tail keywords can lead you to lucrative sub-niches.

Thirdly, there is no research into the tendency of the searchers to buy. It’s not only a matter of whether the searchers have money or not. Some people in a particular niche market may have money but are not intending to buy anything.

So here’s how the gurus really do their niche and keyword research:

1. Examine your own interests, abilities, knowledge, experiences. Anything from these may be a potentially good niche to market to.

2. Identify what’s hot in the market i.e. what is currently the most talked-about thing, what’s buzzing or new in town. Is this a potential niche?

3. From the above 2 steps, identify potential niches. Then run these potential niches through these ‘filters’:

a. Are people in this niche ready to buy and not merely information seekers or looking for freebies? For example, ‘how to score an ‘A’ in your SAT examination’ would probably not be a very lucrative niche because it would interest only students who may not have the money to buy anything much.

b. Is there a problem that the people in this niche cannot solve themselves? Any niche involving technical expertise would nicely fit into this criteria. For example, ‘how to solve Windows Vista registry problems’ would likely be a good niche because very few people are technologically competent enough to deal with these problems.

c. Do the people in this niche have an urgent crisis that needs to be overcome? The more urgent the better. For example, ‘how to stop your teenager’s drug habit’ is an extremely urgent crisis that begs for answers.

d. Is there an ‘evergreen’ need in this niche that is not a just a fad? ‘How to improve your golf swing’ is an evergreen need compared to ‘strategies for World of Warcraft’ (World of Warcraft is a PC game). Once the fad for World of Warcraft is over, the market in this niche disappears.

Obviously, the more ‘yes’ answers you get to the above questions the more potentially profitable a niche is.

4. Once you have identified a potentially profitable niche based on the steps above, it is time to look for some long-tail keywords. These long-tail keywords will reveal some sub-niches which you can further profit from. For example, if you type in ‘golf swing’ into Wordtracker, you would get a whole list of related searches. Look for keyword phrases with four words or more. Some of them are ‘stack and tilt golf swing’, ‘biomechanics of golf swing’, ‘what is the proper weight distribution during the golf swing’ etc.

5. To find out how much competition there is in this niche, simply type in all the keywords you have into Google’s free keyword analysis tool. This tool will give you the estimated advertiser competition (which is the same as marketer competition), average search volume for the previous month and average monthly search volume. The great thing is that this tool also gives you synonyms for the keywords which means you get more keyword suggestions. You identify keywords with as little competition but as many searches as possible.

The steps above represent a much more complete way of niche discovery. You will not only find profitable niches but also the relevant keywords that go with these niches. By doing this you make a solid start in your niche marketing.

Dave Lovelace, is having a birthday today and he’s celebrating by having a Birthday Blowout Sale.

So what he did? He’s going all out by slashing the price on his bestselling products. These are high quality products covering the most requested, highest demand topics.

These include list building, info product creation, affiliate marketing, traffic generation, etc…All the things that are most important to your online success.

And Dave’s letting everything go for a massive 80% discount!

But to secure your limited discount, you’ll have to hurry because the sale expires soon.

You’ve most likely been bombarded with numerous offers and product launches and you know these guys are making bank from all this. So what would it be like if you could be on the receiving end of all the moolah they’re raking in…

My friend Howie Schwartz knows how to do it. In fact he has launched more original products in the last 6 months than many marketers do in a lifetime.

Here’s where it gets a bit crazy…He was on the phone yesterday with one of his project managers (planning out another launch) and the private call happened to be recorded!

He decided to actually POST IT online to let people eavesdrop on this behind-the-scenes, private strategy call (just for you).

If you want to know the REAL LAUNCH secrets straight from the inside, I suggest you listen now, but you’d better hurry. Howie is starting his ‘LIVE’ training very soon and this private call will be taken offline.

Frequently, people don’t realize that in spite of spending a huge amount of time each day in setting up and then updating their niche marketing stores online, they are not able to make enough money to make it worth the time and effort. What most of these people don’t appreciate is the simple fact that by using out-of-date techniques and ancient software, they’re simply wasting their precious time and traffic.

So what’s the answer? What should you do if you are also facing a similar situation of too much work and not enough income?

Well, my suggestions are to be smart and innovative, and to root out what it is that’s working. There are several approaches to earning an income through Internet Marketing and there are even more ways in which you can lose that money. The biggest issue with most of the Internet Marketing stores is that the vast majority of visitors leave within just 30 seconds of arriving at your site. It’s an incredibly common problem.

So what are the causes of this behavior? There’s only one actually. You’re not giving your visitors what they’re looking for. Not enough content to read, not enough videos to watch and not enough products to browse and buy.

This is the reason why StoreStacker was developed. StoreStacker is different from all other affiliate site builders because the authors simply uncovered the secrets to keeping visitors on your website and aiding you in making more money from it at the same time.

StoreStacker enables you to quickly and easily increase affiliate income. It’s a stand-alone site builder that lets you create a website, fill it with articles, populate it with products and populate it with videos. It will also automatically add in your affiliate IDs and thousands of products from different online stores onto your website. Site built with StoreStacker are automatically updated and are fully search engine optimized.

No other affiliate marketing tool has ever been able to help its users realize their dreams like StoreStacker.

StoreStacker Software Overview

Most Internet Marketing software and tools are big on promises but don’t deliver in terms of value. And the sheer cost of buying such a tool is frequently not covered in the returns that it produces. More people incur a net loss after buying internet marketing tools. So does that mean you should steer clear of this billion dollar industry? No way! You just have to approach it the right way and select the right partners to ensure you make huge, instead of measly profits.

Consider StoreStacker, not because you’re being advised to, but because, like its current users, you can make use of it to truly make a difference in your income. It’s just not like any other product ever launched in the niche market.

The solution to the biggest issue online is StoreStacker—by converting internet traffic into sales. It is the only program that guarantees that more people will visit your site, continue coming back and make purchases.

StoreStacker is easy to set up and will help you build a unique niche-based affiliate store. If you’ve already tried affiliate marketing you probably know how difficult it can be to set up a store, populate it with products, get visitors and then convert the traffic into sales. Let’s face it, this isn’t even the end of the road—you also have to constantly keep on updating the content, spending hours finding and composing content, highlighting new products, etc. It’s a hard row to hoe.

But with StoreStacker it takes you only a few minutes to do all of this. You’ll set up an online niche store quickly with thousands of products, videos and articles ready for a visitor to buy. You can put your store anywhere you want—on a blog, your old website or even a new one. Products on sale at Clickbank, eBay, RegNow, Overstock, Amazon and more, are automatically placed on your site. And your affiliate ID is automatically embedded. This way, you’re sure to get the commission for every sale made through your website. And every product comes with a full description, links, pricing and even pictures. What’s more, even the search engine optimization is done for you.

What Makes StoreStacker Unique?

1. It’s Easy To Load and Install—it was made to be usable with the barest of knowledge. To create a complete StoreStacker website, you simply upload your files to your domain, fill out a form, check a few boxes and pick a niche you want to target. It’s that simple. Once you are done, StoreStacker takes control and handles everything else for you.

2. StoreStacker loads hundreds, if not thousands of affiliate products into your site.

3. Saves Time—time is money and often in niche marketing, most people, in an effort to become successful, have a tendency to spend weeks on preparing their content. When they get around to actually selling something, it becomes irrelevant and therefore both time and money goes down the drain. With StoreStacker, all of your content is handled for you. Articles, videos, products, pictures, descriptions, etc. You name it, StoreStacker will do it for you.

4. Videos are a great way to get visitors to keep coming back. Plus videos are a great tool for explaining a product and giving your surfers topical information. As a rule-of-thumb, visitors leave within 1 minute of getting to a website, but with videos and for that matter, articles on your website, they’re hooked.

5. Search Engine Optimized content—Your entire StoreStacker store is optimized for the search engines automatically.

6. Automatic Updates—Your store can be set to automatically update so you NEVER have to touch it again. Fresh videos, products and articles can be uploaded daily without you having to lift a finger.

StoreStacker is a fantastic affiliate marketing tool which is more than just ‘worth a try’. It is a revolution. Don’t miss this opportunity.

If you decide to order StoreStacker, use one of the links in this article and you’ll be able to get a free StoreStacker plugin of your choice with your purchase.

Do you surf the internet on a regular basis? If you do, you should have heard of websites like MySpace, FriendFinder, Facebook, or Yahoo! 360.What do all of these websites have in similarity? They are known as social networking websites. Social networking websites, over the past few years, have rapidly increased in popularity, so much that many are wondering why.

If you have used a social networking website before, it is likely that you are already fully aware of the reason for their popularity. There is just something about these websites that draw in millions of internet users.With a huge variety of different social networking websites available, there are a wide variety of different reasons for their popularity. One those reasons being the ease of use.

Social networking websites are, for the most part, easy to use. Most sites are easy to navigate. In fact, many require little knowledge of the internet. In addition to being easy to navigate, social networking websites also make it easier to meet new people online. There are many internet users who would love to make new friends online; however, that can sometimes be difficult do. Without social networking websites, you would have to connect with internet users, often in chat rooms, and learn about their interests before deciding if you would like to consider them your ‘buddy’. Social networking sites allow you to learn information about another internet user before ever having to make contact with them.

Another one of the many reasons why social networking sites are popular is because many are free to use. In fact, most social networking sites, such as MySpace and Yahoo! 360, are free to use. Despite being free to use, many websites require that you register with them. This registration will not only allow you to create your own profile or online web page, but it will also allow you to contact other networking members.

Although most social networking websites are free to use, there are some that are not. Classmates is one of those websites. Many of these websites give you a free trial period or a free membership. That membership can be used to help you determine whether or not the website is worth paying for. What is nice about paid online social networking websites is that many can be considered exclusive. Since most internet users would not want to pay for something that they can get for free, most paid social networking sites are limited on the number of members they have. This may work out to your advantage because it tends to eliminate those who create fake accounts or aim to cause controversy online.

Social networking websites are also popular because they come in a wide variety of different formats. Websites like Yahoo! 360 and MySpace focus on a wide variety of different topics. This means that just about anyone can join. However, there are other social networking sites out there that have a particular focus. These focuses may be on a particular religion, political following, or hobby. Most specialty social networking sites restrict the individuals that can participate in their network; thus, making your experience more enjoyable.

Finally, social networking websites focus on meeting new people, especially online, but over recent months, many have started including additional features only available to their online members. Many social networking members can receive their own free web page, get free access to popular music videos, a free blog, and much more. Although social networking websites are popular enough to bring in members on their own, these additional features are, in a way, providing Internet users with an incentive to join.

Mentioned above were a few of the most popular social networks that could be found online. Those networks included MySpace, Yahoo! 360, and Classmates. If you are looking for more social networking websites, you should easily be able to find some by performing a Google search.

If you want to make money online, but don’t have a clue where to start, then here’s great news for you.

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Jonathan Leger has been receiving a lot of enquiries for a new piece of software that he has only demonstrated but never released.

He has let the cat out of the bag now and you can get it at a special “launch discount” price which is available only until Friday, January 16th.

In case you haven’t heard about it, Web Data Parser is a tool that can extract data from almost any table on almost any website. It’s super easy to use: just point, click, extract and save the data.

To understand the intelligence and sophistication of the algorithms behind Web Data Parser, you have to watch the tool in action. The video Jon has created will demonstrate its most powerful features as he lets the software speaks for itself.

Josh Anderson, the multimedia specialist of web marketing effects has announced the release of Transparent Player 2.1 with some powerful new functions.

Some of the new features include web 2.0 start image customization, “click me” linkable video, redirect, WordPress blog compatibility, new h.264 MP4 and MOV video playback in edition to the traditional FLV format and many more features!

If you already own a license to Transparent Player this update is free and available for you to download from the Transparent Player member area.

Check out the demo videos and links on the site for some great ideas on how to use the transparent player in your own publishing.

Click here for a full list of features and to see demos of how the Transparent Player can be used as a stand-alone video player or with advanced DHTML effects and even transparent walk on style videos.

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I first got to learn of the name “Howie Schwartz” from Dr. Mike when he came down to Singapore to run his AdSense Immersion workshop 3 years ago. Since then Howie has established himself in the public eye as the guy who dominates seasonal niche markets (like Halloween and Christmas) fast by overtaking all top 50 listings on Google.

For this reason he bestows upon himself the title of “peeping tom”, but this is a gross understatement. I rather call him Sherlock Holmes for his sleuthing skills at uncovering some of the strangest yet most profitable markets online. Just watch videos 1, 2 and 3 on how he uses Google Hot Trends, Google Insights and the AdWord Keyword Tool, eBay and Amazon to determine the viability of markets before I go any further.

Like how the videos conclude, instead of spending a 4-figure bomb to attend his ‘live’ training program, you can get—as a downloadable, take-home study course—all 12 weeks of his webinars, all of the step-by-step guides, all the resource lists, access to all the FAQ sections for a much cheaper investment, and you still get to cut in front of the line if you want to be a part of Apprentice 3 which begins in March.

Howie Schwartz is certainly a brainy guy to learn from but I suggest you quickly preview his Apprentice Voyeur package before he takes it down on the 15th!