I just stumbled upon a new product that is really cool. It sniffs out micro niches.

Don’t know where to start? The first step is to insert a term into the program and it will return results of keywords and keyword phrases that are actively being used by searchers. You have to start somewhere……….

Next step – select one of the keyword phrases. It will give you the numbers of searches for that term in a month. If you select “get exact phrase count” it will tell you how much competition there is for that term. Not the broad term but the exact phrase. You want to know the numbers for the exact phrase not the broad term.

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So how do you find market niches that are profitable? There is no fool proof formula to finding the perfect niche. It’s a mix of research, research and research – with a dash of instinct and passion thrown in.

Passion - because it doesn’t matter what niche you pick, if you are not passionate about the topic, the site is doomed to failure. After you learn the game, your passion can be the GAME – then it doesn’t matter what the topic is. Your passion will become being successful at what ever topic you pick. While you learn the process, you really should pick a topic you know something about.

Instinct – is what your gut is telling you. Whats your immediate reaction to the niche? Did you find the topic or product and say yuck or did you have a wow moment where you said to yourself “I didn’t know you could…….” (get these, buy these, etc -you fill in the blanks).

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