Thanks for your suggestion. As far as I remember, KeywordSpy only shows the keywords of competitors that are currently advertising on search engines, for example Google Adwords.

However, it is a very good tool to use for keyword research when planning an advertising campaign.

All the best,
Francois du Toit

It goes with a ClickBank Affiliates Search Engine where you can see the actual market landscape at ClickBank.

Talk soon, Francois.

An anxious student…

Matt

Many thanks for your message! Much appreciated!

Trust me, things are also quite hectic here in South Africa… Christmas shopping, my children are on holiday and my wife Astrid is 36 weeks pregnant this week. Anyway, I always like to count my blessings and I have a lot to be grateful for so I am not really complaining.

I trust I shall be able to complete my report on Niche Discovery within the next two weeks (at the latest) and you will be the first one to see it.

Thanks again,

Francois

I trust that all is well with you. I wanted to relay once again how grateful I am for the great content you provide, and I am anxious to review your Niche Discovery Report. Most of all, I wanted to wish you a Happy Holiday Season.

Not sure if it’s the same where you are (South Africa, right?), but it gets quite hectic here in the States. Lots of running around to do before travel time to see the family.

You probably have a couple of my email addresses: yes, a couple with comcast.net and one gmail account. Anyhoo, take care and talk soon.

Matt

Can’t wait to read your Niche Discovery report, Francois. Let me know how I can help you. I’d be happy to spread the word to some of my Global email colleagues about your Blog. Send that report over when you are done and I’d be happy to share any comments/concerns with you.

Honestly, if this is going to be as thorough as everything else you do, might I recommend that you share this as a bonus to get people to opt-in to your blog?? You should be building a list with the valuable info you provide. Read your Blog for hours yesterday evening. Great stuff…

Thanks again. Will be anxiously waiting and much appreciated in advance! Great weekend to you.

Matt

Many thanks for your reply to my blog post as well as for your email message.

This post was not really directed to any one person in particular although I decided to write it after reading the email you sent me last week. Fact, of the matter is that many people have problems with “niche discovery”…

It is actually quite difficult to write a blog post on such a wide topic. If it is too short many people will not find enough value and if it is too long many people won’t read the whole post.

Tell you what I am going to do… I am going to write a step-by-step report on exactly how I go about discovering and researching a new niche. This will not be a theoretical approach - I shall select a niche that I am not currently active in and reveal everything I do.

As soon as I am finished with the report, you can be the first person to read it. I shall only publish the report once YOU are satisfied that the info is complete, practical and that YOU can easily duplicate the process.

Note: This is what I mean by “marketing” and not “selling” - Giving the market what they want i/o selling what I want.

As far as your other questions are concerned:

No, I am not a programmer. (I know nothing about it)
I like to build websites using XSitePro.

Building a Wordpress Blog is actually easy. However, I agree that it is very useful to use the right plugins. I have also had many problems when I started building this blog that took me several hours to resolve (after searching all over the net for solutions).

I am not yet satisfied with this blog (visually & user experience) although it ranks very well. I am planning a report on how I set it up, what plugins I used, why I used them and where I got them from. I shall include the typical problems I encountered (that is very common) and how I managed to solve them.

Thanks again for your comments. I really count on comments to make sure I am giving my readers what they want. I don’t like guessing…

Kind Regards,

Francois du Toit

Hmmm, was this post directed at me?? Yep, you and I have discussed prior to your post the idea of “niche discovery”. It still eludes me. Let me explain: Most marketers say to visit Magazines.com, eBay, PayPal Shops etc. Nothing really pops out at me. In lieu of sharing ANY of your niches, can you explain how you go about actual research?? how you find niches to tailor your web creation efforts after??

Would love to hear more about your site creation ideas. Are you a programmer? Do you use Templates or xSitePro? Just a hint will do.

Even setting up a WordPress Blog seems difficult to me. The permissions, changing the .htaccess file, plugins and which are necessary plus best optional ones and why, presentation, where to find best themes. Yeah, I know, I think too much. Should be learning by doing.

Any additional proven research tips would be great. Keep up the good work.