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21 NICHE PROFIT IDEAS -

"How To Use The Power Of HOT 'In-Demand' Niches To
INSTANTLY Get More New Business Than You Can Handle!"
http://www.InstantNicheMinisites.com

Everyone's talking about profiting from "Niche Marketing"
- but no one's telling you exactly HOW to do it! Now
you'll discover how to tap the incredible wealth lying
hidden in h0t, in-demand niches - in 21 different ways.

Idea #1 - SELL AD SPACE

When you build a website around a niche - a 'niche
minisite' - you'll attract a very specific audience
to it. Advertisers and marketers will pay a premium
to place their ads in front of this viewership if it
is targeted to their needs. Selling ad space - at
much higher price than generic run-of-the-mill ad
space - is a proven strategy to profit from niches.

Idea #2 - POST PAY-PER-CLICK ADS

Pay-per-Click (or PPC) ads are ones where you, the niche
minisite owner, get paid whenever anyone clicks on them.
By placing targeted PPC ads on your niche website, you'll
find it easy to get enough clicks from visitors to make
a tidy profit. Two new services make it easy for you to
get started:

* Google Adsense - http://www.Google.com/adsense/

* SearchFeed - http://www.SearchFeed.com

Idea #3 - SELL BOOKS, CDs & DVDs

The Web is an information-centric medium. People reach
your niche minisite in 'research mode'. And by directing
them to resources offering more information, you can sell
them many different products. Books, CDs, DVDs and videos
are just some of the many information products you can
sell to visitors - and earn a profit.

Idea #4 - SELL PICTURES AND POSTERS

If you build a niche minisite around a visually appealing
theme,you could offer extra value to your visitors by
providing links to places they can buy pictures or posters.
Niche marketing attracts passionately enthusiastic prospects
who want all they can find on a particular topic. Give it
to them - and you've built a very lucrative business!

A great resource to find posters and pictures on a
variety of topics is AllPosters.com

Idea #5 - BUILD YOUR LIST

You've heard it before - "The Power Is In Your LIST".

Building your own in-house list of targeted prospects
becomes incredibly effective when you apply intelligent
niche marketing. Offer something of interest to your
audience - an ebook, a set of tips, a collection of
articles, an audio or video tape, a poster, book,
anything at all. Promise to give them more of the same.

In return, ask them to share their contact details - email,
phone number, address. Over time, you'll build a big
list of prospects, all interested in the subject of your
niche minisite.

Idea #5 - GIVE AWAY SAMPLES OR TRIAL COPIES

Niche minisites are a great way to 'trial market' a new
product or service. You could offer your visitors a
sample or review copies of your new release, in return
for feedback, a testimonial ,or any other service.
It's an easy, inexpensive, low risk method to test your
product's impact in the marketplace.

Idea #6 - SELL YOUR OWN PRODUCT

One of the highest profit systems for niche minisite
marketing is to sell your own product or service through
it. Build a niche website around your product, and
offer it for sale to visitors. Or focus your niche
minisite around a problem, mention how your product
solves it... And then sell it to them!

Idea #7 - SELL A SERVICE

Niche minisites designed around a theme can promote
services - your own or someone else's. You could use
a direct selling model, or a 'softer' approach where
your site subtly highlights the benefits of ordering
the service.

Idea #8 - SELL NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTIONS

Can you create regularly updated content which your
target audience perceives to be high value? Then you
can sell newsletter subscriptions to your niche minisite
visitors and profit from this content.

Has this whet your appetite for more niche minisite
marketing ideas? You can get the other 13 ideas by
sending any email to...
mailto:nicheideas@EzineMarketingCenter.com

All success,

Dr.Mani Sivasubramanian
Build YOUR Niche Minisites NOW...
http://www.InstantNicheMinisites.com

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Dr.Mani Sivasubramanian has been building profitable
niche minisites since 1998. He recently launched
"INSTANT NICHE MINISITES" - a Web-based tool you
can use to 'point-and-click' your way to creating
niche marketing websites.
http://www.InstantNicheMinisites.com

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ClickBank Discussion Board

A brand new discussion board devoted solely to the
topic of Clickbank. Moderated by Harvey Segal King
of Clickbank himself.

http://www.clickbanksuccessforum.com/forum/

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Andale

This is pretty cool if you want to sell an item or
items at Ebay. You can type in an item and Andale
will tell you the average sale price, the best days
to post, even the best category to post your item
in. Totally free, you'll also find many other
research tools, counters, and more. Some of their
services are pay only but the monthly fees are low.

http://www.andale.com/corp/index.html

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Useful Tips
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By default AOL Browsers compress web images, making
most of them look terrible and fuzzy. If you're an AOL
user you can turn this compression off.

1) Select My AOL at the top
2) Click on Preferences
3) Select WWW then Web Graphics
4) Uncheck the box that says "use compressed graphics"
then hit apply.

This might have been necessary back in the "old days"
when most people only had a 28.8 modem but in today's
high speed society makes no sense at all and hampers
your viewing experience.

PW Web

PR Web™ has offered free online press release distribution
services since 1997. Since then PR Web™ has gradually
made the transition to a fully integrated press release
newswire service. They are the largest Newswire catering
to small and medium sized companies and organizations
and one of the largest online press release newswires.

http://www.prweb.com/

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Keyword Suggestion Tool

"Free online tool that List related keyword phrases from
Google™. List related Keywords from Overture™ with
number of searches conducted. Number of Pages related
to that given keyword or phrase in Major Search Engines
like Altavista, Yahoo, MSN, AllTheWeb, AOL, Teoma etc.
List URLs of Top 5 Ranking WebSites in Google/Yahoo."

http://www.webmasterautomation.com/cgi-bin/keywordtool.cgi

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USPS Pickup

Whether it’s next-day Carrier Pickup or time-specific
Pickup On Demand, USPS Pickup Options make shipping
your packages quick and convenient. Just fill in the
online form to make sure pick up service is available
in your area and get your packages ready. Now this is
nice, especially if you're a big seller on Ebay.

http://www.usps.com/pickup/

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Creativity Pool

Just imagine: a database with creative ideas, open to
the entire world. So stop by at the Creative Pool and
start submitting your own ideas, or simply browse their
database. Make sure you tell all your friends as the
more minds that participate the more powerful the
ideas become. This is a great place to search for your
next product/service idea.

www.creativitypool.com

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FTC Identity Theft

"How can someone steal your identity? Identity theft
occurs when someone uses your personal information such
as your name, Social Security number, credit card number
or other identifying information, without your permission
to commit fraud or other crimes." Find out what to do
if this happens to you.

http://www.consumer.gov/idtheft/

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