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Niches are... niches. To think in a niche, think on something that can call people together. It can be a special activity or interest, an illness, a developmental stage, and the list goes on. What is so interesting about niches?
Well, if you have an affiliate site niche oriented, it will be easier for you to channel people through advertising and the outcome is more predictable. One of the hottest niches is dating, why? The commissions are really good and there are a lot of people searching for relationships in the web. If you have a dating affiliate site and you give some value to it, you will make a good profit when the people following your advice, go to the advertiser site and register. An interesting show case for this is sage-hearts.com, the site of Rosalind Gardner. And it is an interesting example of what a white hat affiliate site should look like. Rosalind has become with time one of the gurus, her Supper Affiliate Handbook is one of the bibles of the market (more about Rosalind Gardner in the Gurus section). Where was I? ah, yes, niches. Here is a small list of niches to consider; maybe some day I will add some statistics to them. For now you will have to do your homework yourself: | · Affiliate marketing | | · Antiques | | · Apartments | | · Area rugs | | · As Seen On TV | | · Assisted living | | · Astronomy | | · Athletic training | | · Auto racing | | · Batteries | | · Bicycles | | · Business Coaching | | · Cabinets | | · Calligraphy | | · Car rental | | · Car tires | | · Catering | | · Celebrities | | · Charitable organizations | | · Child sponsorship | | · Chiropractors | | · Christmas | | · Civil law | | · College degrees | | · Comic books | | · Computer programming | | · Cosmetic surgery | | · Cosmetics | | · Dancewear | | · Daycare | | · Depression | | · Diamonds | | · Digital video recorders | | · Disability insurance | | · Distance Learning | | · Dog breeding | | · Engineering | | · Event planning | | · Financial analysts | | · Fireplaces | | · Flooring | | · Fly fishing | | · Furniture | | · Gifts | | · Graphic Design | | · Hair Care | | · Handbags | | · Home Schooling | | · Home security | | · Horses | | · Human Resources | | · Industrial equipment | | · Jazz music | | · Job search | | · Landscaping | | · Luggage | | · Luxury resorts | | · Manufactured Homes | | · Model railroads | | · Mutual funds | | · Natural disasters | | · Obesity help | | · Opera | | · Paper shredders | | · Photography | | · Pottery & ceramics | | · Private Schools | | · Psychology | | · Quilting | | · Restaurants | | · Retirement planning | | · Ringtones | | · Sales & marketing | | · Scrapbooking | | · Scuba diving | | · Senior citizens | | · Sewing | | · Soccer | | · Space Tourism | | · Sports cars | | · Sprinkler systems | | · Spyware remover | | · Sunscreen | | · Surfing | | · Swimming pools | | · Taxes help | | · Termites | | · Theme parks | | · Timeshares | | · Tooth whitening | | · Vacuum cleaners | | · Waste removal | | · Watches | | · Wheelchairs | | · Wine | | · Woodworking | The other important element when looking for a niche (besides marketability) is your personal likes and dislikes. An affiliate business is a business; you will have to spend a good amount of time around it and you will end up knowing a lot about it. If you like it, if it moves your own strings, it will be like living on vacation. If you don't like it at the begining, chances are you will end up hating it with time. Choose soemthing you like, because if you feel you are in vacation, you will have teh stamina to go on and make it happen. Not for the money, for the life it is giving you.
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