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Wednesday, April 26, 2006

$40,000 a month with Google Adsense

4 Days ago I read the Getting The Most out of Google AdSense ebook and decided to implement one of the changes he suggested in his ebook on the articles at my natural healing website.

I was getting lousy returns from my adsense ads - mostly less than $1-$2 a day (see frownies below).

I hope you can see the pattern below because I see it clearly - since changing my ads to conform with just one of the tips in this ebook (normally $97 but you can download it for free in a moment). It went from avg < $2 a day to up past $7.00 on the 2nd day, just 1 day after implementing the tips!
Day 3 - $2.86, Day 4 - $2.42, and Day 5 - $4.25 the past 3 days. Ok, I'm not a millionaire yet, but just by those figures which aren't very good anyway, I can see that by implementing just one tip, I have had an immediate improvement of my clickthru rates seeing as 15 out of the 25 days was less than $2.
I can only imagine that it would improve even more dramatically if I sat down and implemented all of the tips!

Adsense results for naturalhealing.com.au
01 April 2006 USD1.92 :(
02 April 2006 USD1.36 :(
03 April 2006 USD0.53 :(
04 April 2006 USD1.20 :(
05 April 2006 USD3.29
06 April 2006 USD0.36 :(
07 April 2006 USD1.01 :(
08 April 2006 USD0.87 :(
09 April 2006 USD2.82
10 April 2006 USD0.90 :(
11 April 2006 USD0.00 :(
12 April 2006 USD0.35 :(
13 April 2006 USD1.73 :(
14 April 2006 USD0.47 :(
15 April 2006 USD2.98
16 April 2006 USD2.62
17 April 2006 USD0.41 :(
18 April 2006 USD1.37 :(
19 April 2006 USD2.22
20 April 2006 USD0.17 :(
20 April Notes: added approx 300 articles from that Niche Product Labels package I talked about in "this post" (so my site was down most of the day).
21 April 2006 USD2.76
21 April Notes: read the book I'm referring to and immediately (took about 8 hours to modify 644 html pages) implemented one of the tips.
22 April 2006 USD7.03
23 April 2006 USD2.86
24 April 2006 USD2.42
25 April 2006 USD4.25

I'm very seriously considering buying the program that the guy who wrote the ebook created after his book was a success (Adsense Gold) because his tips obviously work and I'd like to learn more from someone who makes $40,000 a month from adsense alone.

I didn't implement all his tips because of the time factor and because I've realized now that I've been targeting the wrong markets completely!
Some advertisers pay as much as $30-$70 per click - if you have a site targeting those, you've got it made. My clicks get me about 2-8cents a click lol, so I'm going to start fresh with the right market! :)

I will post a review if I purchase it after I've used it, but if you want the free ebook in the meantime and get a noticable, immediate improvement on your current clickthrus: Download his ebook for free here.
Or click here to view the website and learn about Adsense Gold.

Update: 28/04/06: Yesterday's USD8.48 and today's so far USD4.36 -- Cool!
Update: 29/04/06: All websites that I have adsense on... March USD9.96.. April so far: USD80.87 -- Woohoo...

Update 18/11/2006

30-Jun-2006 Earnings... USD185.03
31-Jul-2006 Earnings... USD164.83
31-Aug-2006 Earnings... USD259.09
30-Sep-2006 Earnings... USD213.27
31-Oct-2006 Earnings... USD267.51

Affiliate Programs for your Niche Website

Find affiliate programs for your Niche website by doing a search on the following sites:

Associate Programs
Refer-It (over 6,500 programs)
Affiliate First
Clickbank

With Clickbank, you can also use a tool called Affiliates Alert.
It searches through the Clickbank database and returns the affiliate programs related to your keyword, it also lets you know when new ones enter the market.
You have to have a paid version of the tool to access the clickbank link, but it does allow you to visit the website - so you can visit the website and get the clickbank code, or now that you know what category it's in, you can head over to the clickbank marketplace and browse the category so you don't have to pay for the program (although it's a time-saving tool if you do).

Public Domain Content

You can find Public Domain content to use on your sites with ease on the following sites (all checked today!):


Best:
Gutenberg.org
Health Research Books
Google Uncle Sam
US Gov Search


Don't forget my previous post (Research Niches) on Search Automator Pro that allows you to search Public Domain content from a program inside your computer.

Search Automator Pro - has every decent search engine all rolled into the one program, plus added bonuses such as RSS & Blog searches plus 100 more things that you can use for your research.

One of those "100" more things you can use with it, is a Public Domain Search :)
It has everything it's mad!

Here are the other sites you can find Public Domain content:
(all of them were checked today!:

Free Public Domain Images

Get your free Public Domain images for your niche here:

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Niche Private Label Content for your Info Products

Tonight I found a website that really over-delivers, I'm so happy right now!

Some people are confident enough in their own writing ability to go ahead and write their own content articles. I do write my own content for my products, although I could pump out more using ghostwriting, and am impressed with the ghostwriting course that I recently purchased which made me realize that I had the potential to market to any niche - even one's that I'm not an expert in.

The Good News is, tonight I found a place where you don't even need ghostwriters (or those free article sites) and you still won't have to write your own content.

You can get articles written by talented writers and yes, you're allowed to put your own name on these articles as the author.

The site that I'm referring to is Cody Moya's YourOwnArticles.com

I found this site tonight - it's new and was created to provide 500 Private Label Articles within targeted niche markets each Month!

After you join, you will get instantly 1750 private label articles:

- 50 articles about Dog Training
- 50 articles about Eating Healthier
- 50 articles about Credit Repair
- 50 articles about Dream Interpretation
- 50 articles about Flower Gardening
- 50 articles about Cat Training
- 50 articles about Mental Health
- 50 articles about Wellness and Fitness
- 50 articles about Lose Weight
- 50 articles about Anger Management
- 50 articles about Budget Travel
- 50 articles about Self Confidence and Self Esteem
- 50 articles about Eliminate Stress & Anxiety
- 50 articles about Improve Your Marriage
- 25 articles about Blogging
- 25 articles about Cigars
- 25 articles about Google Ad Sense
- 25 articles about Home Schooling
- 25 articles about Making Money With Articles
- 25 articles about Newport Beach
- 25 articles about Podcasting
- 25 articles about San Diego
- 25 articles about Scotch
- Articles about Affiliate Articles
- Articles about Article Marketing
- Articles about Aspen Nightlife
- Articles about Autoresponders
- Articles about Dental
- Articles about Diamonds
- Articles about Disneyland
- Articles about Ebay
- Articles about Extra Income
- Articles about Google Adsense
- Articles about Internet Marketing
- Articles about Jewelry Wholesale
- Articles about Loans and Mortgages
- Articles about Opt In List
- Articles about Ski Vacations
- Articles about Universal Studio Tours
- Articles about Web Traffic Articles
- Over 100 articles about different market niches

But thats not all, you will also get instantly 15 private label reports ready to sell with sales letters and cover graphics:

- A Guide to Time Management (sales letter & cover graphics)
- A Guide to Dog Training (sales letter & cover graphics)
- A Guide to Healthier Eating (sales letter & cover graphics)
- A Guide to Credit Repair (sales letter & cover graphics)
- A Guide to Dream Interpretation (sales letter & cover graphics)
- A Guide to Flower Gardening (sales letter & cover graphics)
- A Guide to Cat Training (sales letter & cover graphics)
- A Guide to Self Confidence and Self Esteem (sales letter & cover graphics)
- A Guide to Eliminate Stress & Anxiety (sales letter & cover graphics)
- A Guide to Improve Your Marriage (sales letter & cover graphics)
- A Guide to Anger Management (sales letter & cover graphics)
- A Guide to Budget Travel (sales letter & cover graphics)
- A Guide to Mental Health (sales letter & cover graphics)
- A Guide to Wellness and Fitness (sales letter & cover graphics)
- A Guide to Lose Weight (sales letter & cover graphics)

It's only available to the first 1000 people who join and once that number is met he will cut off memberships.

Get your membership now
YourOwnArticles.com

This post is already so long and I wanted to brag about all the ideas I have for this and the extras you get as a member, article site submitter software, video & audio training tutorials, etc.

The article quality is nothing like you find on those free sites, I was so glad that I took the plunge and now will spend the next month creating niche sites all over the place, ebooks, reports, updating my existing sites with fresh content.. ahh.. I'm gonna be a busy gal! I'm so excited about the possibilities (and the extra adsense commissions I'll be raking in!). Freedom is only a hop away!

This site is just what I needed! And since the site is only a couple of months old, it's the ideal time to jump on the bandwagon. The articles can be modified into reports, content for your ebooks, or can even be submitted to article sites with your name to create one-way backlinks from all over the net to your site. I'm so happy right now, and if you're anything like me, you'll see what an offer this is and jump on it right now :)

I can think of so many ways this will benefit us:

1. Boost your search engine ranking and daily visitor count by posting keyword rich articles and content on your web-site.

2. Generate double or even triple the number of newsletter subscribers you do currently, simply by offering content in the form of "special reports" or manuals as bonuses for subscribing to your publication.

3. Create an automated cashflow by using content to formulate multi-part email training courses with related web-site or affiliate links "sprinkled" throughout each course. Use an autoresponder service to automate the delivery of your training course (such as a 5 part training course delivered over a 5 day period).

Training courses can also serve as excellent bonus offers for your prospective newsletter subscribers, or your ebay About me page, or as an bonus offer for your related ebay auctions or to use as an automated sales machine to your ebook.

4. By sending informative articles to your list on a regular basis you will establish yourself as an expert on your topic of business, as well as gain the trust of your subscribers over time.

5. Another excellent way to generate no cost traffic is by submitting ready-made articles to "content hungry" web-site and newsletter publishers with your "resource box" attached.

Just imagine if even just 1 of your articles is sent out to a newsletter subscriber base of 100,000 individuals - many of whom will be reading YOUR included resource box and clicking on your URL to learn more about what you have to offer!

Get your membership now
YourOwnArticles.com

And if you want more than just articles & reports, they also have sister sites:
PrivateLabelAudioBooks.com
and
PrivateLabelBooks.com

Which I'm yet to sign up for (I figure the articles will keep me busy for a few months at least!)

And if you're still worried (like I was) that 1000 members is too many people with the same private label rights, then you might also be interested in paying $24 a month for The Secret Article Converter.

With Article Converter you can easily convert your Private Label Rights articles into unique content, ready to upload to your niche site in less than 2 minutes and even re-create a brand new article right from your PLR one by using the tips in the advanced section.

You upload your articles to their site and it gives you 2 options:

1. it will automatically go through and change all common words into it's thesaurus equivalent (eg: Beginner becomes novice) or

2. it highlights all the possible words in the articles, and you click on the words and you choose which word suits the article best.

Instantly make the 1000's of private label articles unique:
http://secretarticleconverter.com/
Do not judge the sales letter on there. It's pretty crap. But the software isn't. Here's a secret link to the software video so you will see what this software really can do, watch it because this program is amazing and there is no other like this on the market. Click here to watch video

I'm happy! And I think you will be too :)

PS.. It's 4am Thursday 20th April.. I just found another private label site that contains even more... if you can afford $67 a month. For an Aussie like me that's not a millionaire yet, that's asking too much (YourOwnArticles is only $29 a month), but if you can afford the $67 a month then you might want to jump on this one today, it just launched on the 17th, they look like they deliver loads more than the above, and there's only 350 spots left out of 1000 in less than 3 days: http://www.privatelabelmonthly.com

Sunday, April 16, 2006

Top Ideas to Drive Traffic to your eBay Store

Are you doing everything you can to get traffic into your info-product eBay store? I know I'm not, so I've spent the day surfing to collate the best advice on targeted traffic to info-selling ebay stores.

(I also need to do research to drive traffic to your specific ebay items, but this post is totally focused on driving traffic to your ebay store)

1. Include your Store URL in any and all printed material (business cards, invoices, Thank-You notes etc).
eBay automatically creates flyers, letterheads, envelopes here:
http://pages.ebay.com/storefronts/collateral.html

Be sure to use your Proper Store referral code URL:
The Store referral code is a pre-determined code added to the end of your Store URL. Using this code when drving traffic into your Store from outside of eBay will gice you a credit of 50-75%% off your Final Value Fees.
http://pages.ebay.com/help/specialtysites/referral-credit-steps.html

2. Include your Store URL in all follow-up emails to questions from customers about items, auction end letters, thank you emails, autoresponders, thank-you download page, etc.

3. Include your Store URL in any and all email correspondence (add it to your standard signature).

4. Promotional Items - Magnets, Pens, Key Chains, Pencils, Cups, etc with your Logo & Store URL. You could also purchase customized tshirts, caps, and jackets that you can wear.
(See CafePress.com to setup your own Promotional items)
Get a bumper sticker or license plate frame made with your eBay store name.

5. Submit your Store to Froogle (provided by Google)
The difference between Google and Froogle is that when someone performs a Google search the results returned will vary from products for sale to articles written about products and so on. Froogle is a search for products only. Therefore the results will concentrate on locating Stores who carry the particular product a buyer is searching for. It is *FREE* and easy to submit your Store to Froogle.
eBay automatically submits "Buy It Now" product listings to Froogle. eBay Sellers do not need (and can not obtain) a Froogle merchant account. All they have to do is sign up for the eBay export listings program:
1. "Manage Your Store" -> "Listing Feeds"
2. "Make a file of my Store Inventory listings available"
3. Click the Apply button.
Within 12 hours, eBay will create the file and post it to a URL based on your Store's URL - eg: mine is located here

Froogle FAQ: http://froogle.google.com/froogle/about.html

6. Join a Info Product Related Webring
I'll list the info product ones as soon as I find them! a Google Search should help you in the meantime.
I joined this one just now:
The eBay Friend's SiteRing

Some places to find related webrings:
alt-webring Ring list
Bravenet Site Ring Index
Ringlink Webring Directory
Ringlink Systems Directory
RingSurf Rings Directory
The Rail Trains
WebRing WebRing Index

7. Design a Refer-A-Friend Program.
"Refer a friend to my ebay store from my About Me page and get these 3 fabulous ebooks Free as my thankyou" (I can never resist these)

8. Reciprocal Links - Join up with other eBay Stores who sell merchandise that compliments your own. eBay allows you to link to up to 10 other eBay Stores on one of your Store pages. You could link to your other stores this way if you have more than one.

9. eBay Keywords - allows sellers to drive traffic to their Store from Customizable Banners at the top of the search results pages. (pay-per-click - minimum 10 cents each click)
https://ebay.admarketplace.net/ebay/servlet/ebay

10. Google Ad Words - (pay-per-click - minimum 5 cents per click)
Yahoo Sponsored Search - (pay-per-click - minimum $5 to start)


11. Create on-line Coupons.
Send Discount coupons to winners of your auctions as a thank you.
Or offer it on your website if you have one.
(need to find the ebay url where we can do this - will update this blog when I do.. else, please leave a comment if you know of one already)


12. Participate in "Share your Wares" Events - eBay conducts "Share Your Wares" and Street Fairs. Free.
... and eBay Stores Sidewalk Sale

13. Become Involved - Are you an expert of the items you sell? Become involved in different chat boards, discussion groups, collectors groups and offer your thoughts and opinions.
To enable your signature on eBay discussions:
1. Copy your image url from your photo host.
2. From any eBay discussion board, click on "Settings" at the top of the page.
3. Using the following code, substitute the url of your own.
4. Click on the "save" button. Your signature will now show up under every post you make.

14. Consider writing an article for a newsletter or on-line magazine. This is a great way to gain extra exposure, while educating the public about a particular topic or line of products.

15. Make use of your store opt-in Newsletter.
- monthly newsletter (special sales, upcoming items in your store, sneak peeks, and informative information about your products, etc)

16. Optimize your store for search engines
a) Choose a Store Name that includes keywords of the products you sell
b) Include keywords that describe the contents of your Store in your Store description.
c) If you use Custom Categories, make sure that you include product keywords that you expect buyers will search for.
d) Improve the ranking of your store on the major search engines by inserting keywords into your store. You can do this from within your store manager.

* Use 2-word or 3-word keyword phrases (Never single-word)

Will visit the following links and modify this post again with more Search Optimization tips for ebay stores:

Optimize your eBay Store for Search Engines & Comparison Shopping Sites

Optimize your eBay Store for Search Engines


17. Run Promotions & Contests

18. Become Seasonal. Shows potential buyers that you store is up to date and filled with new, fresh merchandise (Halloween, Christmas, Valentines, etc), Alternatively you could just add a holiday graphic to your storefront header.

19. "Did you know" strategy
Use the "Did you know..." mesage in your auction listings to let potential customers learn a particular fact about your business that sets you apart from the competition. Something unique and intriguing enough to get them clicking to your store.
"Did you know we are the largest supplier of *** on eBay?"
"Did you know we have over 100 different styles of *** in our eBay Store?"

20. Ideas for Links you can use in your Auction:
a. directing someone into a similar category within your store
b. general link to your Storefront
c. very specific "Buy it Now" link to identical store item
d. link to your About Me Page
e. your custom store pages

21. Graphics
Create graphic buttons for each of your store categories (and put them in all listings - auction & store)

22. Price an item starting it at the lowest amount possible, such as $0.01 with No Reserve (NR). The idea is to use this auction to generate a small buzz and bidding war. The auction could generate lots of links to your store. In the end, you should be able to take a small loss on the original auction, but generate enough sales via your eBay store to make it worthwhile.

23. That reminds me of similar tactic from the "secrets to a 1c auction" ebook that says to post an auction at 1c.. but make it only available to pre-selected users, so that other buyers have to go to your store to buy the item.

24. Use eBay's Merchant Kit to add your eBay content to your off eBay webpage.

25. Make an RSS feed available from your storefront:
1. Go to your store front and click on "Seller, manage Store."
2. Under "Store Marketing" on the left, click on "Listing Feeds."
3. Under "RSS Feeds," select "Distribute your listings via RSS." and click on the "Apply" button.
4. An RSS button will now be located at the bottom of your storefront for others to subscribe to.

26. Try better cross-promotions in your listings through NON-EBAY cross-promotional tools.
Out of the options I found online, these 3 look the best:
(all Free too)
http://www.egocentral.com/cgi-bin/ebay_cross_sell.cgi
http://www.auctionhealth.com/csw/ (easiest to use)
http://www.freeauctionscripts.com/crosspromotion/

Please also visit our Ebay Store


Cross Promotions by Free Auction Scripts eBay Cross Promotion Tool



27. Add Custom Pages to your store
showcase items and specials, explain shipping and return policies, describe the history of your business, and so forth.
http://pages.ebay.com/help/stores/contextual/managing-custom-pages.html

28. Setup your About Me page
You can list to your personal website on your about me page, have free offers, subscription items, etc.
Read more about setting up your About Me page here:
http://pages.ebay.com/help/account/about-me.html
View my About Me page for ideas here: Pennys About Me Page

29. Setup your Store Listing Header which will go into every single ebay auction listing you have.

30. Join FREE eBay Stores Malls
You can link it from your about me page and websites.
http://xample.net/tozosmallnew.htm
http://www.avidcat.com/

31. Sample of your eBooks
Offer first 2 chapters free for all your ebooks on your About Me page and promote it in your auctions.

32. Register and assign a domain name to your eBay Store. You can assign any domain to your eBay Store through your store manager.

33. Upgrade your subscription level for more exposure on eBay Stores search pages, as well as other parts of eBay.

34. Create a free blog at www.blogger.com and review your ebay products and have a link to each of your current auctions in each post. Once you have a free blog, use Blog Announcer Pro to easily promote your blog and get in the top 10 search results of google & yahoo within 7 days or if you don't want to pay for a product so soon, you can promote manually to these blog directories.

35. New! Help drive traffic to your store using the new eBay Blog feature at eBay http://blogs.ebay.com/

My housemate is putting on a DVD that I wanna watch so I'll continue this research later.. gonna check out these sites after the movie:

More Tips To Help You Open an eBay Store

How to Deal with the outrageous ebay fee increase

"Traffic to your ebay store" Google Search Results

Increase Traffic to your ebay Store ebay Review

Turn OLD eBooks into Hot Selling Products

New free report which shows clearly how you can take existing products and turn them into something that will make you a reasonable income.

You can get the report, free of charge:

How I turned an ebook into a hot selling product in less than 1 hour
http://www.course.ws/infoselling/hotselling.pdf

Friday, April 14, 2006

3 Clicks to find HOT NICHES using Magazines.com

3 Clicks for finding HOT NICHES in the next minute! :)
.. and it won't even cost you a cent!

This is a quick tip about using magazines.com to find niche's that are already proven to have a buying market - people who are willing to pay to read more!

And it's just so easy to find the niches here.. a few mouse clicks..

1) Go to www.magazines.com
(You might like to take note of the Top 10 titles on the front page)

And to find your niche, you need a category to narrow down:
For instance, if we want to find niche "hobbies"...

2) On left-hand-side choose "Search by Category" then choose "Hobbies"

To determine if a topic is in high demand:
- if the magazine category is listed in the "Top Titles", then it's a best seller
- if there's more than 1 mag on the topic, then it's hot
- if the mag have more than 1 subscription term, then its probably a large audience with enough subscribers to offer a range of packages

And we're done!

Tuesday, April 11, 2006

eBay Hot Items as at April 2006 (USA)

I've just spent the past couple of hours going through eBay's hot item PDF taking notes of which categories could possibly be made into a nice niche hot-selling info-product (based on my own knowledge & resources).

In case you're reading this after April 2006, you can always download the latest research from ebay here: Hot Categories Report.pdf

The Hot Categories report shows the most popular items sold in all main product categories over the past month (or 2). You can do your own research by downloading the file direct from ebay above, or, there might be some ideas you gather from my own research below.

Download my shortlist in TXT format here: shortlist-april-06.txt (6kb)
Download PDF that I used as basis for research: hotitems-april-06.pdf (443kb)

eBay US Hot Items APRIL 06

Baby
- Nursery Decor
- Baby Formula

Books
- Wholesale, Bulk Lots
- Audiobooks
- Catalogs
--- Clothing, Fashion

Cameras & Photos
- Wholesale Lots
- Cameras
- Digital Cameras
- Camcorders
- MiniDV

Cell Phones
- Accessories, Parts
--- Sim Cards
- Prepaid Phones & Cards
- Wholesale & Large Lots
--- Cell Phones

Clothing, Shoes, & Accessories
- Women's Accessories
--- Handbags
--- Sunglasses
--- Baby Phat
--- Louis Vuitton
- Boys
--- Accessories (Ties)
- Men's Accessories
--- Sunglasses
- Wholesale, Large & Small Lots
--- Maternity

Coins
- Scripophily (mixed lots)
- Coins: World
--- Errors
--- Asia, Middle East
--- Thailand

Collectibles
- Comics
--- Collections (Batman)
- Rocks, Fossils, Minerals
--- Shells (Cypraea)
--- Shells (Murex)
- Trading Cards
--- Comics (X-Men)
- Fantasy, Mythical & Magic
--- Magician Memorabilia
- Vintage Sewing
--- Manuals, Books

Computers & Networking
- Laptops, Notebooks
--- Toshiba (500-666MHz)
- Software
--- Spyware Removal

Consumer Electronics
- Radios: CB, Ham & Shortwave
--- Ham Radio (Transmitters)
- MP3 Players & Accessories
--- MP3 Players (Phillips-Nike)

Crafts
- Scrapbooking
--- Stickers (Borders)
--- Stickers (Travel, Vacations)
--- Stickers (Baby)
--- Stickers (Sports)
--- Stickers (Scratch & Sniff)
--- Stickers (Alphabet, Numbers)
--- Scrapbooking Albums (5x7 Albums)
--- Cutters & Trimmers (Scrapbook Cutting Sets)
--- Cutters & Trimmers (Corner Cutters)
--- Paper Punches (Collections, Mixed Lots)
--- Paper Punches (Geometric Shapes)
--- Embellishments (Fibers, Wire)
- Sewing
--- Sewing Patterns (Costume Patterns)
- Crocheting
--- Crochet Patterns (Baby Patterns)
--- Crochet Patterns (Doll Clothing Patterns)

Dolls & Bears
- Dolls
--- Gotz
--- Terri Lee
--- Doll Making & Repair (Molds)
- Bears (Antique pre 1946)

DVDs & Movies
- Wholesale Lots
--- VHS (51-100 Items)
--- DVDs (up to 10 Items)

Entertainment Memorabilia
- Movie Memorabilia
--- Presssbooks (2000-Now)
- Television Memorabilia
--- Press Kits

Everything Else
- Mature Audiences
--- Books (Gay)
--- Magazines (Fetish)
--- Magazines (Straight)
- Education & Learning
--- Elementary School (Sciences)
--- Elementary School (Mathematics)
- Information Products
--- Wholesale Lists (Bikes, Scooters)
- Metaphysical
--- Psychic, Paranormal
------- Ouija Boards

Health & Beauty
- Fragrances
--- women (Lolita Lempicka)
--- men (Issey Miyake)
--- men (Chanel)
- Health Care
--- First AId (ointments, creams, oils)
- Makeup
--- Blush (Benefit)
--- Mascara (Christian Dior)
--- Eye Shadow (Christian Dior)
- Hair Care
--- Shampoo (Bumble & Bumble)
--- Hair Dryers
- Dietary Supplements, Nutrition
--- Vitamins, Minerals (Omega-3)
- Skin Care
--- Anti-Aging Products
--- Acne, Blemish Control
- Tattoos, Body Art
--- Temporary Tattoos (Henna, Mehndi)
- Medical, Special Needs
--- Respiratory Aids
------- Oxygen Cylinders, Acc.
- Incontinence Aids (Diapers/Pads)
- Natural Therapies
--- Magnets (insoles)
- Weight Management
--- Pills, Tablets, Capsules (Xenadrine)

Home & Garden
- Bedding
--- Bed Pillows (Foam)
- Home Decor
--- Slipcovers (Loveseat)
- Home Security
--- Safes
- Pet Supplies
--- Fish, Turtles, Frogs
------ Crabs, Snails & Algae Eaters
------ Aquariums & Bowls
------ Aquarium Lighting
------ Filtration & Heating
--- Cats
------ Cat Furniture & Scratchers
------ Litter Boxes
------ Cat Food & Treats
--- Dogs
------ Dog Doors
------ Dog Flea & Tick Remedies
------ Dog Training & Obedience
- Kitchen
--- Tools & Gadgets
------ Cake Decorating

Jewelry & Watches
- Wholesale Lots
--- Rings
--- Necklaces
--- Earrings
--- Body Jewelry

Music
- Wholesale Lots
--- Records (more than 50 Items)

Musical Instruments
- Woodwind
--- Flute (Pan, Wood Flutes)
- Guitar
--- Memorabilia (Ads)
- Sheet Music
--- Rock
--- Blues, Jazz
--- Song Books (Brass & Woodwind)

Pottery & Glass
- Pottery & China
--- China, Dinnerware
--- Art Pottery

Sporting Goods & Fan Shop
- Surfing, Wind Surfing
--- Kitesurfing (Boards)
--- Apparel (Rash Guards)
--- Magazines
- Fishing
--- Apparel & Footware (Shirts)
- Golf
--- Apparel (Hats)
--- Acc. (Spikes)
--- Bags (Travel)
- Exercise & Fitness
--- Fitness Acc. (Abdominal Exercise)
--- Workout Instructional (CD)
- Fan Apparel & Souvenirs
--- Olympics (Flags)
--- Olympics (Pins-Individual)
--- Other SPorts (Billiards, Snooker)
- Cards
---- Baseball-MLB (Singles pre 1930)
---- Football-NFL (Rookies 1980-89)
---- Football-NFL (Rookies pre 1980)
---- Basketball-NBA (Singles pre1970)
---- Baseball-MLB (Rookies 1950-1959)
---- Basketball-NBA (Trading Cards)
---- Baseball-MLB (Rookies 1970-79)
---- Football-NFL (Packs)
---- Wrestling-WWE
---- Basketball-NBA (Singles (70-79)
---- Baseball-MLB (Singles60-69)
---- Hockey-NHL (Singles 60-69)
---- Hockey-NHL (Singles pre1960)
- Autographs Original
---- Racing-NASCAR (Trading Cards)

Stamps
- Asia (Collections, Lots)
- Australia (Plate Blocks/Multiples)
- Australia (Collections, Lots)
- Worldwide (Collections, Lots)
(Collections, Lots for pretty much every country)

Toys & Hobbies
- Action Figures
--- Batman (mixed lots)
--- Batman (Vintage pre1980)
- Model RR, Trains
--- HO Scale (Stewart)
--- Z Scale (Track, Accessories, Scenery)
- Electronic, Battery, Wind-up
--- Wind-up, Walking Toys (Vintage pre 1970)

Video Games
- Acc.
---- Nintendo GameCube (E-Cards)

Friday, April 07, 2006

Finding People with Problems

By finding people with problems, you can create a niche product that targets real problems and gives them a solution.

My updated secret-vault of bookmarks for finding people with problems:

Use RSS as Research Tool

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Research Niches

Find out what's hot, what's selling, what's popular, etc. This research will find out whether your chosen topic has a potential market.

Find web sites devoted to your chosen audience - newsletters, blogs, forums, private sites, articles, e-books, books, audio, video, etc.

Use the following keywords in the Overture Suggestion Tool (and in Search Engines or Search Automator) to find out what search terms people are putting in front of that and returned you'll have hundreds of popular niche topics to choose from! Is there something different or better you can offer that market? If yes, you have yourself a niche!


  1. How to

  2. Tutorial

  3. Guide

  4. Dummies

  5. Dummys

  6. Idiots Guide

  7. Learn To

  8. Advice

  9. How do I

  10. Tips

  11. DIY

  12. How Can I

  13. Ebooks

  14. Book

  15. Buy

  16. Auctions

  17. Directories

  18. Forum

  19. Downloads

  20. Find

  21. Free

  22. Hot

  23. Info

  24. Information

  25. Instructions

  26. Jobs

  27. Listings

  28. Manuals

  29. Need

  30. Prevention

  31. Problem

  32. Purchase

  33. Scripts

  34. Solution

  35. Step-by-step

  36. Articles

  37. Supply

  38. Symptoms

  39. Tip

  40. Training

  41. Wholesale



Search Automator Pro - has every decent search engine all rolled into the one program, plus added bonuses such as RSS & Blog searches plus 100 more things that you can use for your research.

Amazon.com: Top Sellers - Browse the Top Selling Books at Amazon to work out what's a hot niche

eBay Search: Find Items - Advanced Search - Keyword - Title & Description - Completed Search - sort by Highest Price First - check GREEN & RED to see if it sold or not.

Amazon.com: The Catalog of Catalogs (The Complete Mail-Order Directory) - Use to research niches

eBay Keywords - Most Popular eBay Search Keywords Queried by eBay Users

Google.com.au and Google.com - google Australia & google USA

listings.ebay.com - browse categories on ebay to research hot niches

LookSmart's Furl - Popular Headlines - see hot topics that are current at the moment, what people bookmark, look for gems that you wouldn't of thought about

About.com A-Z - See what's being written about your current niche

Overture Keyword Selector Tool - Related searches that include your keyword

Magazines.com - View all categories - click on niche, then check out what's "most popular"

Ask.com (Teoma) - Use the Root Keywords - tick search this phrase, and it will list resources & link collections of enthusiasts

BellaOnline Site Map and Site Listing - Read articles about niches

First Post - the Why

Selling information products online is the way to make money online, if automated, it allows you to travel anywhere in the world, be your own boss, and regain Freedom!

I've got bookmarks, software, thousands of ebooks & emails, all scattered around my computer. I wanted (needed!) to put all the useful information in one spot that I can access anytime & refer to, and I usually do that by creating a website on my own computer, but I thought that it might be useful to others if I created a blog and allow everyone access.

I'll cover:
How to work out what products people want to buy.
How to find out how people search for such products on the internet.
How to create these products.
How to set up a web site so that it attracts buyers for your products.
How to get listed by the search engines.
How to ensure your web site gets a high ranking in search results.
How to advertise your products to a large audience at almost no cost.
How to get other people to sell your products for you.
How to outsource the jobs you don't want to do yourself.
Useful research tools & bookmarks.

So stay tuned if you're lucky enough to find me in the big world wide web, because anything useful I find, is going right here!

Love Ches