Countless times a month I receive emails from people who want to start their own online business but don’t know what to do or how to do it, nor do they know what ‘type’ of business they want. All they do know is that they want to quit their jobs, quit their commutes and start working toward a better future – on their own terms.

New keyword and trend research tool tells you what's hot, which products are under-marketed, and how to promote them.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Online business is like an offline business – not exactly, but similar enough to say so. You can’t gain skills, get loans, invest time, rent space and buy product to sell until you know what kind of business you want to open or run. Determination of a mission, goal, and business model is primary.

If you take a step back for a second and examine your desire to start an online business you may find that your goal is not really about running an business, it is about making money online. And to do that, you’ve got to gain some skills to pay the bills!

This is why I love the concept of niche marketing for newbies. It’s a good ‘in’. Newbie marketers can test the waters with free web pages (such as those found on Squidoo, Ezine articles, Blogger, etc.), learn how to get and add affiliate links, and over time learn how to promote their pages. To think you can just walk into the online marketing arena and make a bundle of money overnight is ludicros – could you do this in the real world without knowing how to promote your business? Could you do this in the real world without knowing with market to target? Which product to sell? (I have more questions to drive the point home, but I think you get my drift.)

Now here’s the kicker. The reason so many newbie marketers fail in their first year online (while they’re acquiring the skills needed) is that they don’t know the group of people they’re targeting and they don’t know how to choose a winning product. It’s basic, but we all miss it. Know your target market, get in front of them, and show them something they want, and you’ll make sales. If you aren’t making sales then you either have the wrong market or you have the wrong product.

This is where the software I’ve been testing the last week comes in to save the day. Yes, even a seasoned marketer like myself…

A Brief Look At The Software

It’s called MicroNiche and in a nutshell here are the bare bone basics of what it does:

• Shows you # of searches on your choice of keywords, plus related keywords. AND supplies current price other marketers are paying on Adwords (this is a big hint on how lucrative the market is). AND shows how strong the competition is (a big time saver and the closest you’ll get to a guarantee that you can quickly corner the market and make some money, so choose wisely for easy targets).
• Shows you the hottest trends in online searches. Particularly exciting for pre-Christmas marketers looking to make some fast cash with new products.
• Shows you random hot product searches. Can’t decide what to promote, which niche to enter? The brainstorm feature gives you ideas.

I’m purposely trying not to talk too much about the software. There is a lot more to it than those three points above, but seriously if you have any knowledge in either marketing or business, online or off, you know this is a ‘no-brainer’ – the software is worth ten times what they’re asking for it just in the time it will save. And, honestly, I don’t care whether you want to get into affiliate marketing (as the training videos suggest), or in writing and selling ebooks, or setting up a virtual shop — you need to perform some research first. This does not limit you to tiny, micro niches only. It’s just a name.

Other features include a fast link to the support desk, automatic saving of your past searches (which you can also delete if the market isn’t a winner), quick links per keyword to GoogleTrends, affiliate program searches, ClickBank and Amazon product searches, current Adwords campaigns, Ezine articles targeted to that keyword, and domain tools. (I’m probably missing some features here…)

Honestly once you have been marketing for a while you’ll know that you have to have six Explorer or FireFox windows open to do any market or keyword research – not now. Here it is all in one place. Software built by a marketer, for marketers.

Getting Back to Making Money

If knowning about the software doesn’t get you excited then you’re new and there’s nothing wrong with that, I promise. However my goal is to make the newness of you slip away as quickly as possible. You need to get busy creating products or promoting products as soon as possible. The easist way to gain the skills mentioned in the first part of this article is to create some pages on Squidoo or write some articles for Ezine articles, and link to products that earn you a decent commission on sale. I’m suggesting those two properties because they are easy to contrbute to and carry a lot of authority with Google (i.e. free visitors to your offers).

Below you should find a video on how to create pages on Squidoo. If it won’t load – while I work out the bugs – the direct link to the video is here.

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In fact I talk about Frank Kern almost as much as Ed Dale does!

Although I do think I’m a lot more flattering to Frank than Ed is. As it stands, Frank is one of my online personal heroes for a number of reasons.

"If we keep doing what we’re doing, we’re going to keep getting what we’re getting." — Stephen R. Covey

Let me tell you why I talk so much about a man that I’ve never met in person…

I live in a very small town. Population is under 500. A lot of room for horses and growth but not much of a market for most business. That’s where the internet comes in – and the day I fell in awe of Frank Kern…

A few months after discovering Frank I became so excited about his niche marketing methods – that anyone can succeed with – that at least 200 people in my small town had heard his name and core concepts within just a few weeks of releasing his latest info product. He’s a veritable legend ’round these parts…

The funny bit is – at least 50% of those people don’t even have a personal computer, didn’t have a clue that money could be made online…but they’re listening now!

And, because nothing is ever a secret in a small town, they see my checks coming in the mail from my online ventures – now they’re well aware that I owe much of those profits and checks to Frank and his teachings! (I also talk about Dr. Joe Vitale a lot but that’s another story for another day…)

Frank is, after all, the one who first turned me on to this niche marketing concept – he made it all so crystal clear and easy to understand – which means he has an ability to teach and explain concepts better than 90% of the trainers and authors online today.

BUT…

Get ready for the sad bit…

Frank sold out of his high priced niche marketing program and he’s not selling any more – at least not that I know of…(check123webs.com for Frank Kern to see if you can grab a used copy or any sell offs).

Can Anyone Replace Frank Kern’s Teaching on Niche Marketing?

I took a small stab at it in my free niche marketing course – but it’s only the very basics, you’ll still have to do some research and ground work to get your business up and running.

Few other trainers can match Frank Kern’s style but after hunting around I have something that is perhaps even better for you – and this trainer’s knowledge comes with a much smaller price tag! He’s also not as ‘flamboyant’ as Frank can be at times (which aggravates the heck out of some professionals).

Let me introduce Phil Wiley. Phil has a number of successful niche websites on topics as diverse as lobsters to PVC. His current information package comes with a pile of bonuses, access to a member’s area, website templates to kick start your venture and even a free email consultation! Who can compete with that?

The cost? 1/20 of the price of Frank’s latest info package. Plus, Phil will keep you excited about your future possibilities with his emails, newsletters and free bonuses. You’ll never need another marketer…not even me (but I do hope you come back and visit from time to time)!

Now if you’re really strapped for cash and have to learn this stuff by trial and error, you should at least sign up for this newsletter for some time and money saving tips on niche marketing. You can sign up for this free newsletter here – only sends out mailings about once a month. Phil Wiley’s Newsletter.

Get started right away with a niche market mini site with my recommended Frank Kern replacement.

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Whatever happened to the talking parrot marketer Frank Kern? Well, his course has since sold out, but there’s another brilliant teacher (much less expensive) to fill his shoes and help you on your niche marketing journey if you need more help.

Inspirational Quotes to Put Fire Under Your Fingers and Get You Started with Your Niche Marketing Website Today!

"I lived in solitude in the country and noticed how the monotony of quiet life stimulates the creative mind."
— Albert Einstein

"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal."
— Henry Ford (1863-1947)

"Do, or do not. There is no ‘try’."
— Yoda (‘The Empire Strikes Back’)

"From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life."
— Arthur Ashe

"If you get up one more time than you fall, you will make it through."
— Chinese Proverb

"Vision is not enough, it must be combined with venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs."
— Vaclav Havel

"People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don’t know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to."
— George Allen

"Every step you take, is a step away from where you used to be."
— Brian Chargualaf

"All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them."
— Galileo Galilei

"The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it’s the same problem you had last year."
— John Foster Dulles

"If we keep doing what we’re doing, we’re going to keep getting what we’re getting."
— Stephen R. Covey

"What the mind of man can conceive and believe, he can achieve."
— Napolean Hill

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Some of My Favorite Specialty Trainers

Lots of help is now available to online entrepreneurs in every category imaginable. You’ll find such help on blogs (websites managed by a CMS script) or in free email courses, or in paid training manuals (ebooks).

This wasn’t so when I first started out. None of us were giving our success secrets away! Every thing had a price tag!

Below you’ll find the beginning of my compilation of trainers (gurus if you must), website testers and trackers who share results freely, and authors that I trust, and either know personally or have just been reading and learning from for years.

These are some of the sharpest marketing minds online…and not the ones who would tell you anything just to make a sale. You might not agree with them from time to time – perhaps not even like what they say – but they’ll always be shooting from the hip and giving you their personal best.

As a matter of fact I feel so strongly about the people on this page I invite you to challenge me on the integrity of any of them. Contact me and show/tell/disclose anything they are doing that is not on the level. I’ll call them on it and reward you somehow. It’s that important to me that I only send you off to a trusted source…

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If you already know a thing or two about me, you’re probably wondering how I survive financially in this one horse town and still have time to home school my daughter, run a farm, craft and spend time with my family…

The answer is Niche Marketing!

What I’ve been doing, you can surely do as well!

Are you interested in making money online to either subsidize or replace your current income? It’s not as hard as you might think, but there is a learning curve.

"If you are ready to commit to online success, don’t wait a moment more. The answer is here for you – invest this time in yourself and your future today."

Turn your interests and hobbies into an online source of income. You could potentially and dramatically change your lifestyle, your surroundings and your peace of mind about the future.

Some will tell you that you can work when you want and that it all runs on autopilot, but that’s not entirely true…

You see you have to learn the ropes of making money online. Work with the tools and automate your efforts. When you’ve reached a relatively high level of success you’ll be much freer – no reporting Monday to Friday from 9 to 5 – and continue earn as you learn. It’s all up to you, there’s no fast and super easy route – but once you learn how to do it, you can apply the principles and techniques into more profitable markets and keep increasing your income.

(It took me nearly a year to learn and replace my income – now I’m working on replacing my husband’s income so he can retire as well.)

There’s nothing terribly difficult about it if you’re dedicated.

And if you are dedicated, then this introductory course on niche marketing is for you!

I originally wrote this course while I was learning the ropes myself. You’ll find the text is geared for up and coming entrepreneurs to grasp quickly. Putting this knowledge under your belt will move you into the next phase of internet marketing in short order – the money-making phase!

This is:

…a short learning program to an entrepreneurial activity that you can duplicate at will, once you have the concept down.

…knowledge you can absorb within twenty minutes (that will empower you to start an online venture in a weekend’s time).

…a great way to earn some money for retirement or to buy that country home you’ve always wanted.

… the niche marketing technique and list of tools I have researched and used (that I discovered by watching and listening to some high-income earners online).

This will require some time, some brain matter, and some money. Stay with me for 20 minutes – not much of either money or time are required. All I want is your time, this course is completely free – you can keep your wallet tucked safely into your back pocket.

What this isn’t:

…not a get-rich-quick scheme.

border=0 width="6" height="9"> …not an MLM opportunity.

…not a scam, nor do you have to scam anyone to make money.

…not a ‘pitch’ to get you to buy something from me.

If you want to know how to do what I do, and leave the grind behind, read on to Making A Living Online.

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