What Are the Desperate Niches?

[James Seward]

Hi Warriors,

As you might know I am a professional writer. Anyway I want to try Angela's method that she explains on her free WSO (great WSO by the way). In there she tells us to use desesperate niches in her tactic.

I can write in any niche as I normally do research so that is no problem to me. However I want to know what are the best niches out there that you can label their customers "desperate". I know that anything that relieves pain or some kind of disease is include on these, let's say, relieve depression for the first and diabetes for the second. But I wanted to know more niches.

I know probably most people will give this post a read and say "yeah right like I would tell you the best niches right out of nowhere". But hey I know there are great people out here in the Warrior Forum so maybe someone is willing to share.

All the Best
James

[Eric Stanley]

Found this for you:

* Gamblers in debt
* People whose home is about to be foreclosed
* People about to go out of business
* Students who need money to enroll
* People who want to get rich quick
* Parents with children needing legal help
* Insurance agents, doctors, therapists, who have failed or fear failing there exams
* Women who can not get pregnant
* Women scared of husbands having affairs
* Men who cant get women at all
* People with illnesses/aches/pains who cant find a solution
* People who have work drug tests coming up soon
* Headache relief
* Backpain relief
* Toothache relief
* Women scared of husbands having affairs
* Parents with children needing legal help
* Job hunting / career change / resume
* How to sell your house
* Debt consolidation
* Stress management / relief
* Online traders
* Impotence
* Divorce Consultation
* Obesity
* Criminal Charges
* Civil Charges
* Man breasts seems to be a desperate problem
* 99 secrets you should know before marriage (boys/girls)
* People will spend huge sums of money getting sick pets back to health.
* Anybody who needs a good lawyer.
* Creating IM products in different languages…
* Get your ex back or Save your Relationship
* How to cope/what to do if laid off.
* How to get a good nights sleep…
* Salespeople that hate doing cold calls
* Women that need to get slim quick before a holiday

[James Seward]

Originally Posted by Eric Stanley

Found this for you:

* Gamblers in debt
* People whose home is about to be foreclosed
* People about to go out of business
* Students who need money to enroll
* People who want to get rich quick
* Parents with children needing legal help
* Insurance agents, doctors, therapists, who have failed or fear failing there exams
* Women who can not get pregnant
* Women scared of husbands having affairs
* Men who cant get women at all
* People with illnesses/aches/pains who cant find a solution
* People who have work drug tests coming up soon
* Headache relief
* Backpain relief
* Toothache relief
* Women scared of husbands having affairs
* Parents with children needing legal help
* Job hunting / career change / resume
* How to sell your house
* Debt consolidation
* Stress management / relief
* Online traders
* Impotence
* Divorce Consultation
* Obesity
* Criminal Charges
* Civil Charges
* Man breasts seems to be a desperate problem
* 99 secrets you should know before marriage (boys/girls)
* People will spend huge sums of money getting sick pets back to health.
* Anybody who needs a good lawyer.
* Creating IM products in different languages…
* Get your ex back or Save your Relationship
* How to cope/what to do if laid off.
* How to get a good nights sleep…
* Salespeople that hate doing cold calls
* Women that need to get slim quick before a holiday

Hey

Thank you very much! That is a great list and some niches popped out immediatly as I can see them working for what I want. Will look into detail.

Thanks
James

[Eric Stanley]

You're very welcome. I would certainly give article marketing a go with the desperate buyer niche. Articles have the appeal of being more authoritative and would serve as a great pre-sell platform.

[James Seward]

Originally Posted by Eric Stanley

You're very welcome. I would certainly give article marketing a go with the desperate buyer niche. Articles have the appeal of being more authoritative and would serve as a great pre-sell platform.

Hey Eric,

Yeah that was the whole idea as I am a professional writer myself and I am becoming more and more interested in article marketing, I really see it working for me. Will let you know my results!

Thanks
James

[work_at_home_mom]

Hey Eric,

Thank you for the great list! This is very helpful and gave mee ideas what to write about.

[Vikuna2009+]

Smokers, "desespearate" quitting ? I am one for sure and for you that read my thread, I'm still struggling but not a cig for 3 days (and yes, my lungs are HURTING).

This is not a hi-jacking, just an add-on to DESPERATE (as I am), go sell me SOMETHING ! I'm game, TAKE MY $$$

[MaryAnnBarlow]

What a great list Eric and very much appreciated... thank you!

Mary Ann

[Vikuna2009+]

...and if you add a bonus or 2, make it a cigarette , Not... (I AM determined, DONE with the "stuff", good look to you, where do I sign up lol...

[James Seward]

Originally Posted by WebsiteBoosterKit.com

" How To Cope Living with Someone Who Has Alzheimer's - millions have this disease and millions more will and no cure in sight just as yet. just my opnion

Hi

Yeah I guess diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's on even Leucemia will always be niches of desesperate buyers just because, as you say, "millions have this disease and millions more will and no cure in sight just as yet".

Thanks for sharing.

Best
James

[James Seward]

Originally Posted by Vikuna2009+

Smokers, "desespearate" quitting ? I am one for sure and for you that read my thread, I'm still struggling but not a cig for 3 days (and yes, my lungs are HURTING).

This is not a hi-jacking, just an add-on to DESPERATE (as I am), go sell me SOMETHING ! I'm game, TAKE MY $$$

Hey

Yeah I remember when my dad "started to stop" smoking. He was just like a old woman, complaining everyday (I am sorry girls ) "oh my lungs hurt"; "oh I can't breath"; "oh I am so cold" and so on... It was actually pretty funny to watch (but not to hear ) Well I guess I can add up that niche to the desesperate buyers And I just got my first customer too

Thanks So Much
James

[James Seward]

Originally Posted by Vikuna2009+

...and if you add a bonus or 2, make it a cigarette , Not... (I AM determined, DONE with the "stuff", good look to you, where do I sign up lol...

Just hung in there (that was one funny post ) YOU CAN DO IT BROTHER!

James

[elle56]

That's a great list. I think niches in the finance and health arena are still hot. The challenge is streamlining the niche into long tail keywords. That's why research is very important.

[Eric Stanley]

Originally Posted by elle56

That's a great list. I think niches in the finance and health arena are still hot. The challenge is streamlining the niche into long tail keywords. That's why research is very important.

Spot on. Going after the long tail keywords for the aforementioned topics/niches is important. Google Keyword Tool is your friend! Get writing!

[James Seward]

Originally Posted by elle56

That's a great list. I think niches in the finance and health arena are still hot. The challenge is streamlining the niche into long tail keywords. That's why research is very important.

Hi Elle,

Thanks for your message. Health and finance will always be hot niches, along with a few others like dating (it comes to my mind that one). Right now I am only looking for desesperate niches because in that area people tend to be, well, "desperate" and so I have a higher chance to make some money. I am looking for these niches as I am trying to make my first dollar online (apart from selling my services or WSO's, actually my first dollar as an affiliate, that is what I mean). I just want to "see" it works and after that I will dig into other niches. Actually finance is one of my favorite niches to write on (and debt also, i think they go along ). Thanks for sharing.

Best,
James

[James Seward]

Originally Posted by Eric Stanley

Spot on. Going after the long tail keywords for the aforementioned topics/niches is important. Google Keyword Tool is your friend! Get writing!

Hi Eric,

Yeah long tail keywords are really important to find. I normally use Wordtracker for my keyword research.

Best
James

[Vikuna2009+]

Emphysemia,

how much is a tank of air selling for these days ? Seriously, my present client got it and she can't even walk 10 feet "ON AIR" without being totally exhausted for the next 5 minutes. THAT is my motivator for quitting smoking. Super-size it, please.

[Adrian Cooper]

I don't want to moralise, but I personally draw the line at exploiting people's misery.

All my services are to pro-actively help people.

I know these "desperate people" may need help, but is someone in this "misery niche" solely to make money out of a persons desperation really the person to provide it?

These people need experienced, qualified help, not an eBook.

[Harry Behrens]

Originally Posted by apc01

I don't want to moralise, but I personally draw the line at exploiting people's misery.

All my services are to pro-actively help people.

I know these "desperate people" may need help, but is someone in it solely for IM really the person to provide it?

I agree... I say this as somebody who does look for and go after "desperate" niches a whole lot... one has to keep in mind there are degrees. There's the "college girl with a cold sore on her lip" kind of desperate, and then there's the "parent of a child with leukemia" kind of desperate. The first is fine and actually pretty profitable, the second one is on the other side of a line I'm personally just not going to cross.

Besides, there's plenty of "desperation" out there that you'd never need to go after really life-or-death or miserable situations... for example if some guy is the only one of his WoW guild who doesn't have an epic mount, well I'm sure he suffers because of it, but I'm just fine with selling him a make-gold-fast guide

[James Seward]

Originally Posted by hmbehrens

I agree... I say this as somebody who does look for and go after "desperate" niches a whole lot... one has to keep in mind there are degrees. There's the "college girl with a cold sore on her lip" kind of desperate, and then there's the "parent of a child with leukemia" kind of desperate. The first is fine and actually pretty profitable, the second one is on the other side of a line I'm personally just not going to cross.

Besides, there's plenty of "desperation" out there that you'd never need to go after really life-or-death or miserable situations... for example if some guy is the only one of his WoW guild who doesn't have an epic mount, well I'm sure he suffers because of it, but I'm just fine with selling him a make-gold-fast guide

Hi,

Well yeah there are many kind of "desesperate" people. I see no harm in trying to explore these niches because you are giving them a solution, trying to solve theirs problems. Isn't that what we are supposed to do, regardless of the niche? I mean do you think all (or any) guide that involves betting on something, poker guides or other guides directly related to gambling work? And what about weight loss guides, that anyone considers a good niche to work on, do all the ebooks or training guides, videos, whatever, solve the person's problem? And acne ebooks, do kids really get an acne-free face because of an ebook? I don't think so...

And I could go on and on with examples. What you do provide is information, and that is what people are looking for. They want to know more about gambling tacticts, more about how to lose weight and more on how to fight acne, as they want to know more about leukemia or alzheimer's... It is just the way it is. The only difference is they look much more than any other niche because they are desesperate. In a way all niches can have desesperate buyers but some have more than others! WoW guides can be sold to "desesperate" players that just want to get their character as quickly as possible to the maximum guide. Panic attacks guides can be sold to anyone that want to learn more about them.

Thank you for your message, I think that some people follow those rules because that is just the way it is. However this is how I see things.

Best
James

[Harry Behrens]

Good thoughts, James. Like I said my reasons for not going into terminal-illness niches are personal, no need to go into them... but my point was that there are plenty of very desperate niches that aren't necessarily in that category. For example I would happily go into (actually, have already gone into to be exact ) all the niches you mention in your post except for the two illnesses.

Regardless, you definitely have the right perspective as to finding prospects for your business. Also, if you have not read the ebook "Desperate Buyers Only" yet, I recommend it (no affiliation), you're sure to find a lot of what's in it useful.

[clarissa25]

How do you find lists like this??

Originally Posted by Eric Stanley

Found this for you:

* Gamblers in debt
* People whose home is about to be foreclosed
* People about to go out of business
* Students who need money to enroll
* People who want to get rich quick
* Parents with children needing legal help
* Insurance agents, doctors, therapists, who have failed or fear failing there exams
* Women who can not get pregnant
* Women scared of husbands having affairs
* Men who cant get women at all
* People with illnesses/aches/pains who cant find a solution
* People who have work drug tests coming up soon
* Headache relief
* Backpain relief
* Toothache relief
* Women scared of husbands having affairs
* Parents with children needing legal help
* Job hunting / career change / resume
* How to sell your house
* Debt consolidation
* Stress management / relief
* Online traders
* Impotence
* Divorce Consultation
* Obesity
* Criminal Charges
* Civil Charges
* Man breasts seems to be a desperate problem
* 99 secrets you should know before marriage (boys/girls)
* People will spend huge sums of money getting sick pets back to health.
* Anybody who needs a good lawyer.
* Creating IM products in different languages…
* Get your ex back or Save your Relationship
* How to cope/what to do if laid off.
* How to get a good nights sleep…
* Salespeople that hate doing cold calls
* Women that need to get slim quick before a holiday

[MrCruzin]

that list you posted is actually really nice.

Here is some advice.
when looking at it don't go with what you are seeing but see what you can do outside this list.

use it to brainstorm your own ideas. Watch out for saturation.

[lozz1960]

So many great ideas. Thanks for the list

[Eric Stanley]

Glad to see everyone's putting the ideas to good use! There are plenty more niches like the ones I posted above to get crackin' on!

[James Seward]

Yeah Eric everyone seemed to love the list you posted! Thanks again

Would you like to add a few more niches to the list?

Thanks
James

[Eric Stanley]

James, no problem. I will post an updated list soon!

[Harry Behrens]

Originally Posted by Eric Stanley

James, no problem. I will post an updated list soon!

Awesome, I'll be watching out for that for sure

[Tron2k]

oh yea me to!

[Adrian Cooper]

I find it really worrying that people think they can become "instant experts" - or not even that if the book is ghost written - to prey on the needs of these desperate, miserable, suicidal people.

I am in the self-improvement area, and 75% of my time is spent helping numerous people without expectation of reward, often taking hours, and 25% on my IM business which positively provide help to people who seek it.

I mean, take "People with illnesses/aches/pains who cant find a solution". How can someone motivated only by selling a $37 eBook relieve them of their pain?

I displaced two vertebra about 30 years ago and trapped the sciatic nerve which moves from time to time - that's real pain, and if I didn't know better and bought an eBook promising me instant relief, I would be very upset with the person who sold it to me - or sue them for misrepresentation.

And this one really got to me:

"People will spend huge sums of money getting sick pets back to health"

I love animals and have pets and know how people feel if their beloved pet is sick. Are you seriously going to tell me that you would make a quick buck from these people to provide a few minutes of hope until they realised they got scammed to add to their misery?

Such a person would be sub-human in my world.

I can tell you "what goes around comes around" - and it really does - with immutable certainty.

So what should you do.

What are you passionate about?

What are your hobbies?

What are sports do you play?

What dramatic events have you overcome in your life that you could share with others?

These are the questions you should ask, because not only will a business like this thrive and expand to become something big, you are actually making people's lives genuinely happier and providing a genuine service.

Please think about it - you have no idea of the consequences you could bring upon others and also upon yourself.

I know what I have said will be unpopular, but I always tell it like it is, like it or not.

[Jesus Perez]

Healthy, Wealthy and Sexy.

[seobro]

Eric said "Get your ex back or Save your Relationship"

This is an excellent niche - getting back your girlfriend. Which you probably lost due to the fact that you have to work overtime every single day.

[jbsmith]

You are assuming that people are packaging information that is of no value, I don't think that should be the intent of anyone seriously looking at information publishing.

Your level of success in ANY business will be in relation to the value you add to someone's life - if that value is a set of instructions for overcoming an illness that is well researched or based on experience, then why not target that audience?

I operate in 4 different niche markets and every product is either the result of personal experience or has been thoroughly researched by myself or as part of the ghostwriting project - in fact I hired one ghostwriter for a project because he had more experience with the topic than I did - a great find.

Publishing information that doesn't help is wrong...but getting paid for information that is solid, there's nothing wrong with that.

Jeff

Originally Posted by apc01

I find it really worrying that people think they can become "instant experts" - or not even that if the book is ghost written - to prey on the needs of these desperate, miserable, suicidal people.

I am in the self-improvement area, and 75% of my time is spent helping numerous people without expectation of reward, often taking hours, and 25% on my IM business which positively provide help to people who seek it.

I mean, take "People with illnesses/aches/pains who cant find a solution". How can someone motivated only by selling a $37 eBook relieve them of their pain?

I displaced two vertebra about 30 years ago and trapped the sciatic nerve which moves from time to time - that's real pain, and if I didn't know better and bought an eBook promising me instant relief, I would be very upset with the person who sold it to me - or sue them for misrepresentation.

And this one really got to me:

"People will spend huge sums of money getting sick pets back to health"

I love animals and have pets and know how people feel if their beloved pet is sick. Are you seriously going to tell me that you would make a quick buck from these people to provide a few minutes of hope until they realised they got scammed to add to their misery?

Such a person would be sub-human in my world.

I can tell you "what goes around comes around" - and it really does - with immutable certainty.

So what should you do.

What are you passionate about?

What are your hobbies?

What are sports do you play?

What dramatic events have you overcome in your life that you could share with others?

These are the questions you should ask, because not only will a business like this thrive and expand to become something big, you are actually making people's lives genuinely happier and providing a genuine service.

Please think about it - you have no idea of the consequences you could bring upon others and also upon yourself.

I know what I have said will be unpopular, but I always tell it like it is, like it or not.

[BrianE]

health and finance areas are very competitive "niches"

[nick1123]

Instead of trying to make a list of desperate niches perhaps you should step back and try to identify what kinds of people are motivated. Try to determine what makes them motivated.

If you do this you will be to generate a very long list of these desperate niches.

Below is the list of keywords that highly motivated people include in their searches:
buy
sell
learn
remedy
cheap
low
make
discount
find
stop
quit
fast
care
tips
get rid
how to

Try to find people who were using these terms in their searches.

For those who are interested I've covered this a little more detail on my blog:
How to use the right trigger words for targeted traffic

[Peter Ramos]

I would consider any desperate niche to be the following:

Anything that includes for beginners...

"Type any word here" for beginners



Peter

[James Seward]

Originally Posted by apc01

I find it really worrying that people think they can become "instant experts" - or not even that if the book is ghost written - to prey on the needs of these desperate, miserable, suicidal people.

I am in the self-improvement area, and 75% of my time is spent helping numerous people without expectation of reward, often taking hours, and 25% on my IM business which positively provide help to people who seek it.

I mean, take "People with illnesses/aches/pains who cant find a solution". How can someone motivated only by selling a $37 eBook relieve them of their pain?

I displaced two vertebra about 30 years ago and trapped the sciatic nerve which moves from time to time - that's real pain, and if I didn't know better and bought an eBook promising me instant relief, I would be very upset with the person who sold it to me - or sue them for misrepresentation.

And this one really got to me:

"People will spend huge sums of money getting sick pets back to health"

I love animals and have pets and know how people feel if their beloved pet is sick. Are you seriously going to tell me that you would make a quick buck from these people to provide a few minutes of hope until they realised they got scammed to add to their misery?

Such a person would be sub-human in my world.

I can tell you "what goes around comes around" - and it really does - with immutable certainty.

So what should you do.

What are you passionate about?

What are your hobbies?

What are sports do you play?

What dramatic events have you overcome in your life that you could share with others?

These are the questions you should ask, because not only will a business like this thrive and expand to become something big, you are actually making people's lives genuinely happier and providing a genuine service.

Please think about it - you have no idea of the consequences you could bring upon others and also upon yourself.

I know what I have said will be unpopular, but I always tell it like it is, like it or not.

Hi,

Of course you won't be unpopular! That is your opinion and you should stick to it and no one can call you a fool! Anyway I get your point and I totally understand what you are saying.

As I said in an earlier post we are just providing information, that is what we do. We provide information in the form of ebooks, reports, articles, videos, podcasts, whatever. People want information and they pay for it, and we try to resolve a problem. Most of the times one ebook won't solve the problem but it might help the person. Let's talk about self-improvement as I do have some websites selling ebooks in that niche and currently it is my number two niche in terms of workload and focus. Anyway people get information about self improvement because they want to become better persons, they want to be more motivated, they want to be more successfull, learn to be more organized, manage their time more efficiently and so on. Will my ebook solve all their problems? Absolutely NOT! But it can help, it can provide some information to the person and help them develop a plan to whatever he is trying to achive, pick a few tips here pick a few tips there and make their own plan.

As for desesperate niches, the same rule applies. People will always demand more and more information about a specific topic. What do you do when you want to know more about something?

I strongly recommend you to read my eralier post as I talk about the same issues that you discuss in your message. Thanks for sharing your point of view, you actually added something to the discussion.

All the Best
James

[James Seward]

Originally Posted by BlueSquares

Healthy, Wealthy and Sexy.

Hey,

Yeah I call it the HWS moeny formula: Health, Wealth and Sex! Can't go wrong with those niches.

Thanks for sharing.

Best
James

[James Seward]

Originally Posted by seobro

Eric said "Get your ex back or Save your Relationship"

This is an excellent niche - getting back your girlfriend. Which you probably lost due to the fact that you have to work overtime every single day.

Hey,

Well yeah! I know my wife isn't happy with me spending so much time staring at my computer! How can you explain her that you are building a million dollar business?

Thanks for sharing!

Best
James

[James Seward]

Originally Posted by jbsmith

You are assuming that people are packaging information that is of no value, I don't think that should be the intent of anyone seriously looking at information publishing.

Your level of success in ANY business will be in relation to the value you add to someone's life - if that value is a set of instructions for overcoming an illness that is well researched or based on experience, then why not target that audience?

I operate in 4 different niche markets and every product is either the result of personal experience or has been thoroughly researched by myself or as part of the ghostwriting project - in fact I hired one ghostwriter for a project because he had more experience with the topic than I did - a great find.

Publishing information that doesn't help is wrong...but getting paid for information that is solid, there's nothing wrong with that.

Jeff

Hi Jeff,

I really liked your post, I agree with it, specially the last part:

"Publishing information that doesn't help is wrong...but getting paid for information that is solid, there's nothing wrong with that."

This is what I really wanted to say and make clear. Many thanks for your contribution.

Best
James

[James Seward]

Originally Posted by BrianE

health and finance areas are very competitive "niches"

Hi Brian,

Health and Finance are definetely competite niches but if you manage to go "nichier" it actually might work for you. Because to be honest the money is on the most competite niches. You just have to trim it down to a smaller niche.

Thanks for your post.

Best
James

[James Seward]

Originally Posted by nick1123

Instead of trying to make a list of desperate niches perhaps you should step back and try to identify what kinds of people are motivated. Try to determine what makes them motivated.

If you do this you will be to generate a very long list of these desperate niches.

Below is the list of keywords that highly motivated people include in their searches:
buy
sell
learn
remedy
cheap
low
make
discount
find
stop
quit
fast
care
tips
get rid
how to

Try to find people who were using these terms in their searches.

For those who are interested I've covered this a little more detail on my blog:
How to use the right trigger words for targeted traffic

Hi,

Thanks for sharing. I normally use those words to find some hot niches that I didn't even think of in the first place. So I know it DOES work.

Best
James

[James Seward]

Originally Posted by Peter Ramos

I would consider any desperate niche to be the following:

Anything that includes for beginners...

"Type any word here" for beginners



Peter

Hi Peter,

Yeah I definetely agree. Any niche works with newbies because they really want to get their hand on information as fast as possible.

Thanks for sharing, I didn't think of this in the first place.

Best
James

[JeffKing58]

The good niches are the ones you see every day right in front of you. I'm talking about the most "competitive" ones. They are competitive for a reason. Because people are making a ton of money in them.

[joelraitt]

This is true, you do want to follow the money, have you looked on clickbank yet? Under the marketplace tab? That will list a lot of niches and show you how much they are selling. Search for ones with high gravity. Also, get accepted into CPA networks and browse what they have to offer. That should get the juices going.

[webdesignservice]

Originally Posted by Eric Stanley

Found this for you:

* Gamblers in debt
* People whose home is about to be foreclosed
* People about to go out of business
* Students who need money to enroll
* People who want to get rich quick
* Parents with children needing legal help
* Insurance agents, doctors, therapists, who have failed or fear failing there exams
* Women who can not get pregnant
* Women scared of husbands having affairs
* Men who cant get women at all
* People with illnesses/aches/pains who cant find a solution
* People who have work drug tests coming up soon
* Headache relief
* Backpain relief
* Toothache relief
* Women scared of husbands having affairs
* Parents with children needing legal help
* Job hunting / career change / resume
* How to sell your house
* Debt consolidation
* Stress management / relief
* Online traders
* Impotence
* Divorce Consultation
* Obesity
* Criminal Charges
* Civil Charges
* Man breasts seems to be a desperate problem
* 99 secrets you should know before marriage (boys/girls)
* People will spend huge sums of money getting sick pets back to health.
* Anybody who needs a good lawyer.
* Creating IM products in different languages…
* Get your ex back or Save your Relationship
* How to cope/what to do if laid off.
* How to get a good nights sleep…
* Salespeople that hate doing cold calls
* Women that need to get slim quick before a holiday

Exactly what i've been looking for. I'm about to ask same question.

Thanks for the great list.

[SteveJohnson]

Originally Posted by apc01

I find it really worrying that people think they can become "instant experts" - or not even that if the book is ghost written - to prey on the needs of these desperate, miserable, suicidal people.

Who said everyone who is desperate or miserable is suicidal?

I am in the self-improvement area, and 75% of my time is spent helping numerous people without expectation of reward, often taking hours, and 25% on my IM business which positively provide help to people who seek it.

You mean desperate, miserable people who want to improve their lives? Surely you're not talking about those people.

I mean, take "People with illnesses/aches/pains who cant find a solution". How can someone motivated only by selling a $37 eBook relieve them of their pain?

Because maybe that's not all his motivation is? Who are you to make that judgment? Did you know that there are natural treatments for toenail fungus that doctors won't tell you about because they think you should take drugs? A person very close to me cured a very bad case within 6 months with some simple items and daily attention. Maybe someone who doesn't want to take drugs would like to know about this solution? It's not really common knowledge...

I displaced two vertebra about 30 years ago and trapped the sciatic nerve which moves from time to time - that's real pain, and if I didn't know better and bought an eBook promising me instant relief, I would be very upset with the person who sold it to me - or sue them for misrepresentation.

There are 1,346 books on "back pain" on Amazon, a couple of them classed as best sellers. Lucky whoever wrote them didn't pay attention to your advice. Someone who was helped might not have been helped.

And this one really got to me:

"People will spend huge sums of money getting sick pets back to health"

I love animals and have pets and know how people feel if their beloved pet is sick. Are you seriously going to tell me that you would make a quick buck from these people to provide a few minutes of hope until they realised they got scammed to add to their misery?

Such a person would be sub-human in my world.

I had a mini-weenie dog for almost 15 years. When he was 10, he developed back problems. Vets wanted to operate, fuse his spine. Went to 6 of them, spent almost $1,000 on diagnoses, muscle relaxants, blah blah. Complained about the $$$ to my chiropracter one day who said "Bring him in." Did that, 4 treatments later he was running around like he was 3 again.

Wish someone had offered me that information, I'd have bought it in a heartbeat. Now, I tell everyone I know who has an animal with back problems to talk to my chiro. He's developed a pretty thriving animal treatment sideline over the years. Shoot - he even works on horses.

I can tell you "what goes around comes around" - and it really does - with immutable certainty.

Yeah, it does. If the information you have helps someone, it's one tick mark in the universe's scoresheet.

What are you passionate about?

Helping people with their back pain, helping people get off anti-depressants, helping people with pets who are sick.

What dramatic events have you overcome in your life that you could share with others?

A close relative suffered from chronic depression for years, controlled by anti-depressant drugs whose side-effects were, in her words, "almost as bad as the depression." She found a way, through lifestyle changes and other methods, to control her depression without drugs. You saying no one should know about it because what she did might not work for everyone?

These are the questions you should ask, because not only will a business like this thrive and expand to become something big, you are actually making people's lives genuinely happier and providing a genuine service.

Please think about it - you have no idea of the consequences you could bring upon others and also upon yourself.

Yeah, do think about it - because the information you're hoarding or know how to find could help vast numbers of people. But only if you find some way to let people know you have it.

I know what I have said will be unpopular, but I always tell it like it is, like it or not.

Bah. You're being a naysayer, telling it like what you believe it to be, based on your own values and motivations - which appear to be skewed toward skepticism and fear of snake-oil.

Nothing in the world wrong with having your opinion. But if all of the sellers of information in recorded history were to have taken the same sort of advice, we'd likely still be living in mud huts.

[Adrian Cooper]

Originally Posted by jbsmith

You are assuming that people are packaging information that is of no value, I don't think that should be the intent of anyone seriously looking at information publishing.
Jeff

The point is Jeff unless the maker of the eBook has considerable experience in the area then the book will have little or no value.

How can someone with no experience in these specific areas or a ghost writer motivated only by money produce anything of real value?

Any research will have come from Google anyway, and the reader can do that for themselves.

People need real, experienced, qualified solutions to their serious issues.

[Adrian Cooper]

Originally Posted by James Strong

Good niche - men who can't get laid.

I doubt you can sue someone over this.

Actually you can.

Anyone who writes a sales letter claiming a solution that canot deliver in the eBook can get sued for misrepresentation and psychological damage.

[Adrian Cooper]

Originally Posted by nick1123

Instead of trying to make a list of desperate niches perhaps you should step back and try to identify what kinds of people are motivated. Try to determine what makes them motivated.

If you do this you will be to generate a very long list of these desperate niches.

Below is the list of keywords that highly motivated people include in their searches:
buy
sell
learn
remedy
cheap
low
make
discount
find
stop
quit
fast
care
tips
get rid
how to

Try to find people who were using these terms in their searches.

For those who are interested I've covered this a little more detail on my blog:
How to use the right trigger words for targeted traffic

I have thanked you for this Nick because yours if the right approach.

How to quit smoking for example is perfectly valid, because it is an issue the person has brought upon themselves and needs help to fee themselves of.

But again - never cobble together a bunch of info from Google - only right the book if you have quit smoking successfully yourself.

You are wanting to help people who are wishing to improve themselves.

Always encourage aspirations, never exploit misery.

As I said before - because so many people get my newsletters - hundreds of thousands of readers each week - I receive many emails from people in big trouble in one way or the other, and I always devote as much of my time as possible to help them until their issues are resolved.

Also - when I get emails from people in poor countries desperate for information to improve themselves and help their families, I always send the books for free, and usually all my books.