Step #1: Targeting A Profitable Affiliate Niche Market This is frankly the most important step you need to perform. It is the foundation for the success of everything that follows, especially when it comes to affiliate marketing. The keyword of the day is “profitable”. Remember That Some Markets Remain Underserved For A Good Reason: There’s No Money In Them. So your goal is to learn how to do two things quickly: • Locate potential niche markets to market affiliate products to • Determine the profit potential of that market before diving in Locating The Affiliate Niche Market: You may want to begin by thinking about the topics you’re already interested in. This could be, for example: Sports -> Specifically: Soccer Cooking Indian Cuisine -> Curry recipes And so on. Notice how we’ve broken down those main categories into sub-categories.
Now this could be taken further and further… Soccer -> Learning foot tricks Curry Recipes -> For the lactose intolerant (curries contain a lot of cream!) This Is Niche Thinking In Action. The single biggest hurdle most new affiliate marketers face is coming up with niche ideas because they get stuck on categories that are too broad. So, your first step is to branch out with any sub-categories you can think of off the top of your head. Since no one can generate a list of infinite possibilities in one sitting, your next step is to go where the niches are already broken down for you. Guess what common source is a great place to start? Search Engine Directories! Start up your browser right now and head over to either Google.com or Yahoo.com and begin drilling down through those categories. Once you have a target in mind, employ additional research by:
