Last Chance to Enter, Drawing Tomorrow!
Today is the last chance to enter the contest for the custom iPod Shuffle!
Another Way to Find a Niche
Boy have I been busy. A week of training for me, two weeks of training others. Two servers that need to be setup and configured after that, and it won’t stop for another month or so.
Don’t forget about my contest. It ends August 1st, and anyone can win by just linking and submitting a trackback.
Ok, on to niche finding. Another great and easy way to find a niche, and sometimes a profitable micro-niche is with eBay Pulse. 
eBay Pulse is a section of eBay that shows what people are searching for on a daily basis. The great thing about Pulse is that you can narrow down your search into specific industries. Personally I don’t want a website about a Wii, iPhone, or Xbox 360, and those are the top 3 searches across eBay.
Here is what I found by navigating to a smaller category:
eBay Pulse > Business & Industrial > Office, Printing & Shipping > Trade Show Displays
One of the searches listed in this section was “abex”. I had no idea what “abex” was so I Googled it. Abex is a trade show display creation company, and they have some very expensive setups.
So their keywords would be “trade show displays”. That is a pretty small niche, but you are targeting people with money.
They top related keyphrase is “pop up displays” and the CPC is $55.11. Crazy.
Here are some more related keywords, but don’t just take these, go check out Pulse and dig down to find your own niche!
pop up trade show display
pop up display
pop up exhibits
pop up booths
trade show exhibits
display booths
show displays
portable trade show display
popup displays
exhibition displays
trade show booths
trade show display
tradeshow displays
trade show exhibit
tabletop displays
trade show booth
retractable banner stands
trade show display rental
show display
display booth
trade show booth design
banner stands
custom trade show display
portable trade show exhibits
retractable banner stand
trade show booth graphics
exhibit booths
Download the full keyword list with 117 key phrases.
Win an iPod Shuffle just for linking!
Want to win an iPod shuffle from me? All you have to do is link to this blog and link to my sponsor. You must link to this post and any post from the sponsor you would like.The winner will be selected randomly August 1st, 2007. Watch the video above for more information. The sponsor is Business-Cards-Free.com. Here are a few linking examples.
I just found out that Brandon Hopkins is having a contest for an iPod shuffle. All you have to do is link to him and link to this site about free business cards and you’re entered. So now I’m entered.
Brandon Hopkins is giving away an iPod shuffle on August 1st. To enter just link to his post and to the sponsor site about free business cards and you can win.
If you want to win a free iPod shuffle, just link to this site and this site about business cards and you’re automatically entered.
The winner will be randomly chosen based on trackbacks to this post. If you enter the contest and your trackback doesn’t show up within a day or two, email me with your post url and that will enter you as well.
Make Money Writing and Editing
If you are a great writer, you probably have a college degree and make a decent living. However, there are thousands of people who are great writers and editors without a college degree (my father included) who have never realized how easy it is to make money online.
If you are a great writer, here are a few tips that can help you make money online.
1. Starting your business.
I would recommend that you begin with a simple business name and website. What you’ll want to do is perform writing and editing services for students, businesses and individuals. There is a lot of money to be made in writing and editing because you don’t have any overhead and most of your employees can work remotely. You can even contract with individuals so you don’t have “employees” that you have to give health insurance and other benefits to.
Your company name could be Great Copywriting, EasyEdit, QuickFix, There, Their, They’re.
2. Building your online presence.
Here is one tip that I can’t stress enough, use examples, references and testimonials.
You might need to do some pro-bono work in the beginning just to get your feet wet, see what customers need and so you can have some examples of you work. Just like any other industry, if you’re going to make money, people want to know that you can actually do the job they’re paying for. That is why you need examples, references and testimonials.
3. Establishing your brand.
Once you get the ball rolling (and not before), think about additional expenses that will help with the future of your company. One of those such expenses is having a professional logo and website designed.
Unless you are extremely talented with Adobe Photoshop (or the like), please just pay for a logo. 98% of people create a personal logo and it is horrible. And a horrible logo will make people leave your site without buying any of your services. Here are examples of a good logo and a bad design.
4. Paying for advertising.
This is the only point in this process that you should be paying for any advertising. If you follow the above three steps you will have a website with some examples and a look that is very professional. Now you want customers to end up there. There are thousands of free ways to get traffic to your website, but none quicker and easier than Google AdWords.
5. Hiring help.
You might need/want to hire some help. The best recommendation I can give you is to make sure you really hire the right person. If you hire someone with mediocre writing/editing skills, they can tarnish the company image that you’ve been working hard to promote.
Those 5 tips are admittedly basic and are meant to provide a general overview. If you want some more info on any of the particulars of any of the sections, just post a comment below!
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