Written by Dave Linfold
I see posts, in forums, all the time about how do I find a niche idea and I see all kinds of answers. Well I don't see the most obvious answer to this question ever stated.
First what are we really saying when we are looking for a niche idea? We are really saying that we are looking for something that we can begin selling and making money - aren't we? Wanting to find something to sell is the same as saying what are people looking to buy - isn't it?
Well lets see where are we likely to find information about what people are looking to buy? Let me think a minute... Ah, yes how about Google? Yea, I think that would be a good place to look. How about if I told you that Google has a way to record and inform you when people are looking for something and you could get this for free. Well they do!
Have you ever heard of Google Alerts? You can go to the Google Alerts site and enter a search query and every time someone searches for that query Google will let you know by either email or in your Google Reader. Now this isn't as simple as I have made this seem. You have to decide what search query you want to monitor for. You really have to think about this because you don't want to waste a lot of time and effort for little or poor results - do you?
Well I really am kinda pulling your leg here. It ain't rocket science. You simply decide, based on your business style, what would be the most effective search query to use. The 2 best, in my opinion, are:
- "how do I" - as in how do I get rid of acne
- "how can I" - as in how can I lose 10 pounds
Can it really be this simple. YES! I guarantee that using either of the above queries, with the quotes, you will get over 100 niche ideas a day. Remember that by using the quotes we are saying to Google that we want exact matches only. This way when people are searching you only get results where people are asking questions - all you have to do is look for the trends and then provide answers to those questions and cash in.