Niche markets - how to make money publishing ebooks

Although publishing niche ebooks is a proven and

lucrative business model, you need to know where

to look to find an exploitable market. Going

about this the wrong way can be both

disheartening and time-consuming.

However, in this article I will show you simple

ways to find all the niche markets you could

possibly use.

http://freekeywords.wordtracker.com/ is an amazing

free resource. Go to the site and start typing

in niche markets you are interested in. For

example, if you have an interest in cats, type in

'cats'. Then make a list of all sub-niches

within the niche market of cats. These all have

potential for you to exploit.

www.amazon.com is a great resource for finding

niche markets you would never otherwise have

thought of. Go to the web site and select 'Books

'. Type in a niche you would like to create a

product for, e.g. 'gardening'. Go through the

results and write down all the niche markets that

jump out at you.

Many people would say "How can I compete with

Amazon?" Actually you are not competing - you

are catering for a different market. When people

buy a book from Amazon they have to wait for a

physical product to be delivered. As an ebook

publisher you will offer instant gratification -

an info product via a download.

A bizarre thing about downloadable products is

that they are seen to have a higher perceived

value. You might be able to charge fifteen

dollars for a book selling via Amazon. However

if you sell a downloadable info product, you can

charge up to fifty dollars. Crazy!

www.dummies.com is another fantastic research tool

if you are looking to publish ebooks. There are

loads of topics in the '…For Dummies' range of

books. Search through their titles for general

niches that interest you and jot down potential

ebook topics.

www.goarticles.com Article directories are one of

the best ways to find subjects for ebooks. The

directory Go Articles of one of many in which you

can go to the site, search for a niche subject

and get literally thousands of ebook ideas.

When visiting any of these sites, the most

important thing is to make a huge list of

potential topics, then go to http://www

.freekeywords.wordtracker.com and type in your

topics. If there are at least five thousand

people a month searching for information on the

subject, you have just found an ebook topic which

could generate a very lucrative home business.

A word of warning - don't think you can put up a

website, sit back and become rich. This is not a

"get rich quick" scheme. However, if handled

properly, ebook publishing can dramatically

change your financial situation.

We are not aiming to create millionaires here.

The idea is to create a network of mini site that

each make about 1K per month. An endless number

of niche product ideas is the key, then all you

need to do is create the product.

Yes, I know - it's easy to say the 'all you need

to do' is create a product. That's the difficult

bit, right? Actually, no - you don't need to

write a single sentence of your ebook. You can

hire people to do that for you at www.elance.com.

Here you can hire freelance writers for around

five hundred to seven hundred dollars to create

the entire book for you.

You are not a writer - you are an internet

marketer. Have one product created, set up pay

per click campaigns, write a press release and

publish a few articles on the internet about your

ebook. Then have another product created, do the

same, and another, and another, etc.

Wealthy entrepreneurs from around the world rely

on multiple streams of autopilot income. Thanks

to the internet and ebooks, anyone can set up

streams of income that earns them money even

while they sleep.