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Subject: How to hunt vampires and find good niches

Niche selection is a lot like vampire hunting.

You got an idea where vampires hang out.

Attics, basements and if you remember the 'Lost Boys' in a cave down by the beach.

They all have one thing in common.

They're dark and full of coffins and caskets.

That's what most marketers go check out Clickbank for niche ideas.

I do too but it's only part of the equation.

If you remember from yesterday, I like to look at what I already know, what I enjoy and what I can monetize.  

There was some dude who loved marketing but was an expert in carpet cleaning.  He combined the two and started teaching marketing to carpet cleaners.

His name is Joe Polish and he charges 25K for a 6 hour consultation.

Before I list what I do, remember this:

Read between the lines, don't look at the product.  Instead see the PROBLEM the product is solving.  That's your market.

Let's get started:

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[+] Look at the print adverts

Newspapers and magazines are full of adverts that run for weeks and months on end.  Those ads aren't cheap so someone, somewhere is cashing in big time.

[+] Infomercials, they got some great ideas

You'll get amazing ideas for physical products which is great if your an Amazon affiliate but remember, learn to see the problem not the product.

[+] Online marketplaces

Sure you got Clickbank but go wider, check out Shareasale, Commission Junction and other networks.

You'll be amazed at the variety of stuff you'll find.  Best of all, pick your market right and you'll be able to sell multiple products to the same people.

[+] Forums, Blogs and Discussions

One of my favorite past-times is typing a problem into Google and seeing what it hints. 

Say I search for "How to g..."  It might suggest "... gain muscle" and then I check out forums, blogs and discussion boards on the subject.

Look for the hot topics, the recurring treads and the ones with lots of views, lots of replies and don't forget to remember the site.

It could prove to be a valuble source of information.

[+] Be curious

If there's no competition, start worrying.

  I've lost count how many times I've jumped from site to site and then clicked on an advert on an adsense site...

... only to discover an underground affiliate paying for traffic selling a product I never even knew existed. 

You'll get ideas for products as well as discover new affiliate marketplaces other than Clickbank.  

[+] This is a secret...

Someone once said that Agora -- a big information publishing company -- had more money than God.  

So I joined their lists.  All of them.

They stick to the big 3 markets.  Health, wealth and relationships.  Massive markets everyone is interested in.

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Listen, I can't stress how important it is to simply 'choose' and make a decision.

Doing something is better than nothing so set yourself a time limit.  

Maybe a day, but no longer than a week.

Make a short list of 3-5 niches you fancy.

Get curious and start clicking.  

Do what others are too lazy to do and check out alternative affiliate networks, view sites and spy on the competition.

In my next email we'll talk profitability.

No point going into a niche with no money, is there? 

This is the final step before choosing.

See you shortly!

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