Putting the Thirty Day Challenge into practical use – Part 1

I’ve been busy over the past 3 weeks with several things:

1) Developing a website for a restaurant

2) Listening and analyzing all the pod casts and presentations from the Thirty Day Challenge

3) Putting into practice the keyword-finding tactics explained in my previous post

Fortunately, I’ve managed to complete all of the above, and with time left for Christmas shopping and preparations!

Today, I’m going to share my findings for the 3rd item – identifying potential keywords that COULD be used to sell affiliate products online. You’d want to find keywords that aren’t already too competitive to optimize. In a nutshell, these keywords should fulfill the following criteria:

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How to identify niche items to sell online?

In my previous post, How to Generate Ideas on What to Sell Online, I explored the various idea sources of possible product niches. Looking at what people bought, talked about, asked about or researched on, pretty much sparks off your imagination on how you can fulfill their needs.

Now that you have an entire list of product ideas, your next step is sieve out those with too much competition. Essentially, the key to a successful online product is the specific KEYWORDS used and optimized in a blog, sales page or website. The strategy here is to find niche keywords with some volume of searches and low competition from other websites, especially web 2.0 websites.

How do we do this?

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