Newbie: looking for help with finding a niche and keyword research

google external keyword tool is free and awesome. there are tons of useful posts on here about using it and finding quality niches as well. free.

Hy Tim, sorry to hear about the redundancy (it happens!)

Google External Keyword tool is best. Just a piece of advice though - if you haven't done this before, don't go buying hosting and domain on a whim. Do thorough research. I sort of went in head first without planning when I was desperate too. Just so you know, you won't get returns as quickly as Xmas or New Year (if that's what you are hoping for!)

Either way, good luck!

The easiest way to find good product to promote is to go to cbengine.com and use their advance search filters to find out the top products in each niche. Pick 1 or 2 (or 5) and head over to the google keyword tool and do some keyword research. I have a cool video on keyword research here: www.linebelowdigital.com. It's geared toward offliners, but the principals are the same.

Hope that helps.

Make sure when you are doing your keyword research to use "exact" search matches rather than broad. Otherwise the results can be very misleading.

Also ignore the "competition" bars in Google Keyword Tool. You can use them as a very vague guideline but they are really talking about competition for the keyword inside google adsense's advertising service.

To get a better idea of competition you need to have a look at the top 10-20 websites in the search rankings for that keyword. Use free tools like backlink checker They are not truly accurate but they can give you an idea.

You are looking for a keyword where the top sites don't have too many backlinks and where the anchor text. Look at the link i used for the backlink checker. It leads to backlinkwatch.com but the anchor text is. Often these sites rank but their links are not well anchored. You can beat sites with a few hundred backlinks but will have trouble beating ones with over 500. You can do it but it will take longer and from what you have said time is not something you have a lot of.

If you would like some free 1-1 coaching i am more than happy to help. just let me know. My skype details are available under my picture. Good luck either way m8.

Hi Tim,
The first thing I would say is sorry to hear about your redundancy. What I'd like to point out is that don't try to correct your situation by using internet marketing. The reason for this is that very few people make a dime in the beginning, let alone enough to cover the cost of living.

So my advice would be try to look for another more stable job, while at the same time building up your online business. This will take the pressure off you and ensure that you can work on it slowly and make the right decisions.

When it comes to selecting niches, it depends what business model you are using. Are you doing the Amazon thing, or Clickbank? Perhaps you're doing CPA?

You have to either pick a product to sell first, or a market to sell stuff to. Decide on that part first.

I've done both, but lately I am targeting a specific market, and then finding products to market to them over and over again. I think this seems to be the way to go.

So give that some thought and go from there. Use a keyword tool to determine if there is enough demand for your product and start optimizing your site from there.

All the best

You don't need a paid tool in order to find a niche. A niche is a group of people who have a problem and are willing to pay for a solution. Finding a niche is not that difficult. Magazines are one place to start. There's a saying that goes, "Where there's a magazine, there's a niche." Millions of dollars are poured into them to ensure they are successful -- lots of research is done beforehand.

Also, you can think of some things you have interests in. If you have an interest in something, chances are lots of other people do, too. I'm gonna give you a list of common niches, but before that, it's important that I tell you that the niche you choose should be one that's both profitable and one you like because your gonna have to stick with it to make big money.

dating

weight loss

golf

learn Spanish

video games

cooking

make money

pet care

learn guitar

gardening

toys

quit smoking

electronics...the list goes on. Before you can find keywords, you should define your niche and get to know the people in your niche. Also, when it comes to keywords, product-related keywords convert the best. Be sure to find products in your niche and familiarize yourself with them. This will make finding keywords a piece of cake.

Good luck,
Joey

another good source is traffictravis
great for everything
paid and free version