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Member You - How to Check if a Niche Site Will Be Profitable
Publicity should be a part of every business marketing plan for their business or book. As a new author, it can mean a sharp increase in sales. For a new business, it can create word of mouth and more customers. For an established business, it can augment your current advertising and save you money, while increasing sales and brand recognition. We all need more good publicity. Sometimes it is hard to look at your business and figure out exactly where the opportunity is. Here is a short list ( there are many more) of ideas that you can use to get the publicity you want.A) Your Organization: Many organization are set up to take advantage of Free PR opportunities. For example NAWBO has a section on their website where you can contact the PR community, share success stories and provide me
However, just to make sure, select "Products" from the drop-down search box, and type in toothbrush.
Ahh, now we have something. There are some novelty toothbrushes, and normal electric toothbrushes. Click on a few of the merchants and check out their EPC. When I checked they were a little disappointing, so I would rank the profitability of the toothbrush niche quite low.
I know I can find electric toothbrushes
If you have ever had a job where you had to make cold calls you know how unpleasant they can be. Cold calling is calling someone that you have never spoken with before to present them with something that you want for them to do. It is cold because the perception is that you as the salesperson want nothing but to get what you want out of the person that you are calling. The person on the other end of the line usually sees this call not as a warm and fuzzy feel-good chat, but a harsh and strictly business driven sales scheme.Everyone knows that as a sales person, it is not your intent to annoy and disturb the people that you call (although it may seem that way at times). You are just trying to make a living. So to help you out here are 5 tips to make cold calling easier for you.<
a) Demand
b) Good affiliate programs you can promote (also high bids at the Pay Per Click Search engines is a good indicator).
To find out this information, I use Wordtracker and affiliate networks like Commission Junction.
Let's take the example of two potential niches and see if they are profitable. The niches I have chosen are "electric toothbrushes", and "hair removal".
Let's check Commission Junction (CJ) first.
Once you are logged in, click on "Get Links".
Select Links from the Search drop-down box, and type in hair removal into the search box.
Looking down the advertiser list of the results, you will see that there are several merchants offering hair removal products.
Click on the 3 Month EPC link at the top of that column to order the results by EPC. Those top performing ads look great. Check out the advertisers by clicking on the Advertiser link for any particular link.
(EPC is the amount of money the average affiliate makes per 100 visitors he sends to that merchant).
I clicked on Folica.com to see more information about that advertiser. Look at the EPC for the advertiser as this gives a better indication of overall advertiser performance than individual links.
A 3 month EPC of $17.63 (at the time of writing) means that for every 100 clicks from affiliate sites, the affiliates average $17.63 commission. Anything over $10 is good. You can also check out the 3 month trend for the advertiser. In this case, Folica.com have a very consistent EPC.
This is a good niche as long as there is demand.
Repeat the above steps for my other potential niche "electric toothbrushes". This time, just type in "toothbrush", not "electric toothbrush".
There are a few merchants there, but they are either new, or don't have any EPC data (at the time of writing this book). This lack of any clear data starts alarm bells ringing in my ears.
However, just to make sure, select "Products" from the drop-down search box, and type in toothbrush.
Ahh, now we have something. There are some novelty toothbrushes, and normal electric toothbrushes. Click on a few of the merchants and check out their EPC. When I checked they were a little disappointing, so I would rank the profitability of the toothbrush niche quite low.
I know I can find electric toothbrushes a
One of the first steps in building your website is choosing a domain name. There are several important things to consider when deciding on a domain name for your website.Following are a few tips to keep in mind when selecting a new domain name:If possible, opt for a domain name that is easily recognizable and describes your business. This will be helpful when you promote your site.Keep your domain name as short, simple and easy to remember as possible. The shorter it is, the easier it will be to remember. Although a good number of the short and simple .com domains are likely already taken, you may have the option to purchase a domain with a different extension, like .net or .us.Your domain name can be 2-63 characters long (excluding the extension), and can contain t
Once you are logged in, click on "Get Links".
Select Links from the Search drop-down box, and type in hair removal into the search box.
Looking down the advertiser list of the results, you will see that there are several merchants offering hair removal products.
Click on the 3 Month EPC link at the top of that column to order the results by EPC. Those top performing ads look great. Check out the advertisers by clicking on the Advertiser link for any particular link.
(EPC is the amount of money the average affiliate makes per 100 visitors he sends to that merchant).
I clicked on Folica.com to see more information about that advertiser. Look at the EPC for the advertiser as this gives a better indication of overall advertiser performance than individual links.
A 3 month EPC of $17.63 (at the time of writing) means that for every 100 clicks from affiliate sites, the affiliates average $17.63 commission. Anything over $10 is good. You can also check out the 3 month trend for the advertiser. In this case, Folica.com have a very consistent EPC.
This is a good niche as long as there is demand.
Repeat the above steps for my other potential niche "electric toothbrushes". This time, just type in "toothbrush", not "electric toothbrush".
There are a few merchants there, but they are either new, or don't have any EPC data (at the time of writing this book). This lack of any clear data starts alarm bells ringing in my ears.
However, just to make sure, select "Products" from the drop-down search box, and type in toothbrush.
Ahh, now we have something. There are some novelty toothbrushes, and normal electric toothbrushes. Click on a few of the merchants and check out their EPC. When I checked they were a little disappointing, so I would rank the profitability of the toothbrush niche quite low.
I know I can find electric toothbrushes
Finally here's an easy way to make money online. I'll show you exactly how to make a recurring monthly income of $5,280 in as little as 12 months. And I will use very conservative numbers.First find and join an excellent company that pays you at least $20 for every person that signs up through your link. Make sure they have great products and an amazing salespage. And preferably a company with a proven track record that's been around for awhile.Then invest $100 every month promoting your link for this company. You can always invest more if you want to get faster results. Spend this money placing solo ads in ezines that are related to business opportunities. You should be able to get at least 1 new sign-up for every $50 you invest. (This is very a conservative number)Now ke
(EPC is the amount of money the average affiliate makes per 100 visitors he sends to that merchant).
I clicked on Folica.com to see more information about that advertiser. Look at the EPC for the advertiser as this gives a better indication of overall advertiser performance than individual links.
A 3 month EPC of $17.63 (at the time of writing) means that for every 100 clicks from affiliate sites, the affiliates average $17.63 commission. Anything over $10 is good. You can also check out the 3 month trend for the advertiser. In this case, Folica.com have a very consistent EPC.
This is a good niche as long as there is demand.
Repeat the above steps for my other potential niche "electric toothbrushes". This time, just type in "toothbrush", not "electric toothbrush".
There are a few merchants there, but they are either new, or don't have any EPC data (at the time of writing this book). This lack of any clear data starts alarm bells ringing in my ears.
However, just to make sure, select "Products" from the drop-down search box, and type in toothbrush.
Ahh, now we have something. There are some novelty toothbrushes, and normal electric toothbrushes. Click on a few of the merchants and check out their EPC. When I checked they were a little disappointing, so I would rank the profitability of the toothbrush niche quite low.
I know I can find electric toothbrushes
The mark of a truly successful business manager in today's fast moving entrepreneurial society has to be the human touch. It has become abundantly clear that some business directors and managers have lost sight of what it takes to run a truly successful business. Unfortunately some managers are promoted beyond their capabilities, their insecurities are blatantly obvious in the way they mismanage their staff.Too many managers play on the weaknesses of those who depend upon them, instead of supporting and helping their staff achieve, they are anxious themselves, out of their depth and in trying to hide the fact only draw attention to their own ineptitude.The truly successful manager shines out like a beacon, commands respect without demanding it; leads by example and is concerned t
This is a good niche as long as there is demand.
Repeat the above steps for my other potential niche "electric toothbrushes". This time, just type in "toothbrush", not "electric toothbrush".
There are a few merchants there, but they are either new, or don't have any EPC data (at the time of writing this book). This lack of any clear data starts alarm bells ringing in my ears.
However, just to make sure, select "Products" from the drop-down search box, and type in toothbrush.
Ahh, now we have something. There are some novelty toothbrushes, and normal electric toothbrushes. Click on a few of the merchants and check out their EPC. When I checked they were a little disappointing, so I would rank the profitability of the toothbrush niche quite low.
I know I can find electric toothbrushes
If you are going to run a car wash fundraiser for a nonprofit group it makes sense not to waste the water especially since the water is probably being donated by a business, which has allowed you to use their parking lot.Most garden hose outlets in commercial centers run at about 10 gallons per minute and if you simply let the water run the entire time that you're having your car wash fundraiser from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. then you will use 10 GPM X 240 minutes = 2,400 gallons of water and that is only if you use one garden hose.If you're using two garden hoses to watch the cars you can expect to use almost 5000 gallons of fresh water and there really is no sense in wasting that kind of water to have a fundraiser to teach the kids the value of money by making them earn their own money
However, just to make sure, select "Products" from the drop-down search box, and type in toothbrush.
Ahh, now we have something. There are some novelty toothbrushes, and normal electric toothbrushes. Click on a few of the merchants and check out their EPC. When I checked they were a little disappointing, so I would rank the profitability of the toothbrush niche quite low.
I know I can find electric toothbrushes at Amazon and promote them from there, but Amazon has a very low commission rate.
Of the two, hair removal seems the better option. I hope it has a high demand.
Let's check demand
I like to carry out a couple of tests for demand. Firstly I'll check how many competing pages there are at Google for my main phrase. The higher the number, the more demand (since other webmasters have chosen to create pages on the topic). Secondly I'll head over to Wordtracker and check to see how many phrases are used to search for my niche. As I wont be able to compete in Google for my main phrase, I need to make sure there are sufficient phrases I can rank well for.
Let's look at this in detail.
1. Head over to Google and do a search for hair removal and electric toothbrushes,
hair removal - 25.6 million competing pages. electric toothbrush - 1.96 million.
(These figures were accurate on 13/02/2006. Click the hyperlinks for the two phrases to check what those figures are today).
OK, hair removal is looking promising.
Now head over to Wordtracker. Wordtracker in my opinion is the best tool for carrying out keyword research. I don't personally rate the accuracy of the Overture suggestion tool (and all keyword tools that use it for demand figures).
Login to Wordtracker.
In the Multiple Search section, click on Compressed search.
Type in hair removal, and select 500 from the Number of Results drop-down box.
Click Proceed.
When the results are all displayed, you will notice that 500 results are returned. This is good as it means that there are a lot of potential phrases for this niche.
Now for a little trick I use.
Scroll to the very bottom of the page. The table gives you the "Count", and "Predict" figures for each word.
At the time I checked, the count and predict figures were 10 and 12 respectively for the last phrase
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