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If you’ve researched a market that is extremely profitable, but you have no knowledge of the market, then you’re going to have to do some reading. If you’ve built a blog and you’ve got to write rich, eye grabbing content about a topic, then you’re going to have to do some reading.

Most people don’t realize how much they really do have to read when they write. Not only does it better inform them of the topic at hand, but it also allows better writing style, grammar, and flow with the reader. If you don’t read often, it’s a good chance that your writing will reflect that because you have no real guidance in how you should write.

Also, reading up on your topic is a great way to gather new content. If you learn something new, you can write about it, share your opinions on it, and what it might mean to your readers. Reading inspires, promotes creativity, and informs.

A few great places to read online are newsletters, forums, and other reputable blogs. If you’re researching a topic about a niche that you have very little knowledge about, go to a local library and find as much as you can about the subject. This will give you tons of great content, knowledge, and passion, as you will now have ownership in the niche.

Don’t just rely heavily on the internet as your research, or content. Try and branch out into physical books, interviews, and other resources that will be able to add to your credibility as a content or information provider. Make sure you know what you’re talking about, or your blog/website will never thrive as it should.

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An Easy, Viral, Affiliate Marketing Tip

Have you ever turned down something that was freely given? Something that you were told “this will make you money, and it’s free?” I would have to say unless the person giving it to you is a liar, and you know that he or she is a liar, you’ve not turned it down. You could give it a shot, and hopefully the steps and system would be profitable.

What if giving away a free book was not only viral, but made you money, brought in traffic, and built a list that you could sell to time and time again? It sounds almost too good to be true, huh? Well it gets better, because it can be practically free to start.

(Although building a list does cost a low monthly fee to own an account at Aweber, or some other list building service, this is usually fairly cheap.)

First of all, you need to know about your niche. If you don’t know about your niche, this system will not work. You must feel comfortable with writing about your given market. If you’re into this market for profit value, and you don’t know anything about it, this system will not work for you.

The Steps:

1. Find an affiliate product that you can put into your report.

2. Write a 5 - 15 page “report” on your market, giving great information, key tips, and helpful advice that will benefit the reader, but make sure you elude to the fact that even more helpful info is in the affiliate product.

3. Using a lead capture form, promote your “Free Critical Report!” to your website visitors, and watch them file in, filling out the lead capture form to get to your report. This not only captures their name and email address for later, it also plugs an affiliate product that will make you money.

This is a great way to promote affiliate products without sounding like you’re promoting an affiliate product. A sneaky way to boost affiliate sales, virally get more traffic, and build a list. Easy as pie.

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So you’ve found the most profitable, least competitive niche ever, and you’re going to build a blog around it. You’ve got 2 great affiliate programs for it, Adsense clicks pay out a staggering 15 dollars a click, and you’re just sure that you can build a great list of over 3,000 people. But there’s one thing missing, and you don’t know what to do about it:

You have no content, and you have no knowledge of the niche, and you need KEYWORDS.

What do you do in this case? You’ve got a fantastic niche that no one has tapped into yet. You’re just sure you can make a killing, but there’s not a single thing you know about the niche, and you’re not sure how long the niche will say so low in competition.

You have basically 2 choices. One: pay someone to write your content and find your keywords. In this case, you would have someone write GREAT content, and not just some 5 dollar articles, but good, solid, comfortable content and put in the time to find awesome keywords.

Or Two: You research the niche out, develop an interest in it, and write your own content and find your own keywords.

Choosing the former may get you instant content, and allow you to start the website, but at some point you’re going to have to know when to do it yourself. All that outsourcing will drill a hole in your wallet.

The way I see it, there are 3 basic ways to research your niche:

1: Ezines or Newsletters

Find an Ezine or Newsletter about your niche. Chances are you’re going to get a great deal of information from these, and I suggest you eat them up as fast as you can.

2: Forums

This is probably your best bet. Forums are a great way to get personalized questions answered, as well as network, and build up a presence in the niche. Ask questions, research for answers, and dig deep into the niche.

3: The Library

Yep, good, old fashioned books. The internet might be great for researching, but nothing beats sitting down and reading a book. You want to know why? As you read a book, you will begin developing your own voice in the niche. You’ll grasp concepts, and wording that you can then begin to implement into your own writing. This makes your content a whole lot easier to understand and believe.

So if you’ve found a niche that is absolutely perfect, then I suggest you dig deep into researching the market. Sign up for newsletters, forums, guestbooks, and surveys. Anything that will make you believable as a leader in that market.

For keywords, there is NO better keyword database than wordze.com. Wordze gives you all the keywords you want for any niche. You get all the long-tail and “low hanging fruit” that’s out there. It’s so simple to find the best keywords for any niche when you use wordze.

The cool thing I want to tell you about is the FREE 30 day trial offer that’s available at wordze. You can only get to the FREE trial signup page through the links in this post. The offer will only last for the next 6 days, so act fast! CLICK HERE for your free 30-day trial at wordze.com ($45 value!).

Come back and let me know what you think of wordze…

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Have you ever heard that saying “There’s more than one way to skin a cat?” Well, that saying has nothing to do with what I am about to tell you. There are only 3 basic ways to build your website: build it yourself, use a free template, or have someone else do it.

Building A Website:

There are a lot of really good website designing tools and programs out there. It’s probably what most people with a tight wallet seem to want to opt for. But this can become quite time consuming. You have to learn the program. Then you have to design the website. This is not to scare you off, but most people designing their first website typically don’t know how to build one, which leads me into the second option.

Using a Template:

The easiest and cheapest way to get a website up and going is by using a template. You can tweak them, sure, but they have what’s called “footprints” that Google and all of the main search engines will see, and dock points in the search engine ranking. Not fun. Although, if you’re looking to build a website, and not looking to pull in a huge profit, this might be what you want to go with. But if you’re looking to pull in some revenue, and you don’t want to build it yourself, you’re going to have to get someone else to do it.

Have Someone Else Build It:

This is possibly the most professional way to do it: pay a freelancer. These guys do this for a living. Most of the major websites that you see on the internet are designed by freelancers, or teams of people paid to build websites. A couple freelancing websites are GetAFreelancer.com and Elance.com. Outsourcing your website design might be the key to building the site or blog that you’re looking for. Most freelancers work with you in what you’re vision for the website is, and they’ll tweak it to your specifications.

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