There are numerous ways to do some quick market research. Through the course of my main blog (VisionDrivenBusiness.com) I will go over a fairly detailed methods that have worked for me.

I recognize that just coming up with an idea for a product to market is sometime the toughest part.

Here are some free tools to get some ideas of what to market.

Idea Brainstorming tool: http://pulse.ebay.com/

Trends on Google: http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends...

Keyword Selection AND Keyword Optimization

Let's pick a topic like Internet Marketing. Go to Google's external keyword tool (use that phrase in the search bar and the url will come up immediately, Google does not need any more link love from me) and type in "internet marketing" to see what comes up.

Here are some of the results: internet marketing business, affiliate internet marketing, internet marketing online, internet marketing advertising, and on and...