Why is picking a niche so difficult?

Picking a niche might be difficult when you are overloaded with too much information. This will make it quite difficult on which one to choose as you see many ways to make money.

For me it was very easy to pick up niche... because I was in my niche for long [not for making money but for fun and flirting ]

It's both difficult and important ..

I think picking a niche depends on two main aspects:
1. awareness of what you know and what you can do
2. keeping informed about what others want or need.

If you know how to put things together taking these two aspect into account, you get tjhe formula for success. :-)

It probably seems hard because you're following the wrong advice. Most people do what they *think* they should do, and not what they *know* they should do.

Here, watch this.

How to Identify or Find a Profitable Niche Market Using Common Sense

Because if it wasn't difficult, everyone would do it perfectly, and there would be no money in it.

It doesn't have to be difficult. I think the biggest problem people have is they make their choice according to the market rather than on something they already know and love. Business is tough enough. And when you get involved with something simply for the money it becomes hard to stay with it. It becomes a grind.

If you've chosen something you're familiar with, and better yet, something you actually like, you have a couple of advantages others don't. Chances are you already understand your market, your customers. You know what they like and what emotional triggers makes them buy. That's huge.

Another big advantage to going with something you like is you won't get tired of it after a few months or even weeks. When I started I chose to market stuff based on its profitability and demand. I made money but I hated what I was doing. I dreaded getting started in the morning.

Now I'm working at things I at lease like and mostly things I actually have a passion for. There isn't enough time in the day for me. It blows by so fast because most often I'm having a lot of fun "working."

This "strategy" for choosing what to market isn't popular but you will find many people who've started with a hot profitable market and ended up switching to things they enjoyed. When you like doing something and get paid to do it, it's not work.

The reason it is hard for many folks to pick a niche is because it is still suggested to this day that before you make a move, you should do extensive research in order to see which niches are popular based on keyword searches, sales, and bla bla bla.... and only based on that, should you make an informed decision as to what niche you should get into.

Picking a niche should not be that difficult at all if you simply take a moment to turn off the noise from the outside world and stop listening to what every one else is suggesting that you should do, or not do, and just explore your interests, and more importantly, your passions.

From there, try not to ask too many folks for feedback on whether they think that you can make money with it online or not. Because if your passion is foreign to them, or not popular among the herd, a community will then generally discourage it. I mean, if it's not health, wealth or relationships, then what else could there possibly be out there right?

Prior to the internet my interests and passions were always on the creative side.
Music production, sound effects, the music industry etc. I ran many related ventures offline, and once the internet started to become a more viable option to take my business online, the "internet marketing" side of things then simply became an extension of what I was already doing as a real functioning business operating in "my" markets, "my" niches, and most importantly, with "my" passions, as opposed to doing it backwards and deciding to be an "Internet Marketer" without having figured out what the heck I should market, and how to market it.

It actually gets easier the more you do it. I have always found solving a problem to be a good way to choose a niche and you never run out of ideas.

Sitting on the train so I copied this from one of my threads I started a while ago, please note this is based on a market I am somewhat interested in so I already have an idea of where to go. Read johns post to, it's a very nice article.

Markest research is highly important thing when it comes to finding out what I want to do online. This saves me a bundle of time when it comes to picking a market to enter… So what do I do?

Now you will notice here that I don’t care about Google because I am not really interested in their traffic. What I do use Google for is Google Trends, this is a great little service which gives you some very valuable information straight away. Not only does it tell you if the market is on the up when trending, it also tells you if your website will be seasonal or not. A good example of this would be if you go and search the term “weight loss book”. As you can see January and February are its best times during the year, this is obvious due to new years resolutions but the principle holds true. You will find markets which are stable throughout the year and you will also find ones which peak. This is important because you need to know when an influx of traffic is more likely but Google Trends isn’t only good for that.

Google Trends also gives you the countries which are looking for that term (based off of Goggles data). Why is this good to me? Well lets say that you have the USA at the top and the UK second. There is nothing stopping me Geo targeting pages to these specific countries or even writing content which suits both countries (If the site permits of course). Not only that it is beginning to build up a demographic of my target audience.

Knowing your target audience is so important!!

So how do I find who my target audience is? I power up Facebook, you will find that most niches will have social groups. Each niche usually has a group which has a good amount of members in. Now you just want to browse through their member lists and start looking at the sorts of people frequently posting. Are they female or male? Can you see their age in their profile? Are they married? Where do they live? Are they particular to a state/county? They questions go on, all of the time I am building up a profile of the sorts of people I will want to target. It doesn’t only stop at Facebook, there is LinkedIn, forums and Yahoo Groups to, each of these are little gold mines of information which pertain to your target market.

When I am looking in these groups I also take down the URL of each group because I will be joining later!

So far we know what our market is, who they are and where they hang out. Now we need to understand what they actually want… For me I turn to forums for this, there is tons of problems expressed on a forum each day, especially busy ones. Take the baby market, one frequent question you see pop up is, what baby formula is best? The games market… What is the best gaming mouse and keyboard? These are all things that people are actively searching for! These are all things which can be used to sell to your target audience. I start up a swipe file and start listing down all the frequent questions which have been asked over the past three moths. Since this is a forum this is easy to do because you just simply go through the pages.

I will then go off to blogs, I will want these later because I will be syndicating content through them! I take down all of the URL’s of the blogs I can find and making myself of the types of content they are posting.

Ok now I know who they are, what they want and where they hang out but now I need to understand how…

Asking how is an amazing question, how are people already monetizing the market? Only one way to find out right, go out and find your competitors! This is simple, Google can tell you who they are, forum sigs can tell you who they are, websites linked to groups are also your competition. What are the sorts of things am I looking for when I look at my competition?

First off I look if any of them are building a list, if they are, what are they offering as an incentive to join. I will then join that list and pick apart there freebie to see if I can do better, I will then look at the sort of products they are offering via their list, all of the time seeing if I can do it better than them. I will also look at their sales pages / squeeze pages / OTO’s to give me an indication where I should start when designing mine.

After I have looked to see if they offer a list, I look for adverts and the sort of things they are offering through them. Are they running CPA ads or just standard product ads? Have they written review sections on products or are they selling through their list? Are they using AdSense to monetize their site? The list goes on and on, I’m sure you get the drift, you need to know how they are selling so you know where to begin. I don’t only look at websites when doing this, I will go off to sites like YouTube to see the sorts of videos being offered and if they are linked to any sites. I will look at the fan pages/twitter accounts etc… and look at how they are linking to websites.

This is getting a bit long so let me break it down into simple steps so far…

1) Find the market you want to enter.
2) Build a demographic of that market so you know who to target.
3) Where your market is.
4) What are their problems.
5) How are people solving them problems.

Now I know them 5 things above I can start finding the products that I want to offer… This will depend on the market where I will look for a product. Will it be an amazon product or it could be an e product, there are plenty of places to look for either. You just need to go out and find the products that match what your target audience want! Once you have found them, start signing up to their affiliate system!

Now, I am talking about affiliate marketing here but that doesn’t mean that you cannot create your own product… I do affiliate marketing at first because I want to make sure there is a market there first before I start making my own product (niche permitting).

Now, I know everything I need to know, I put a PLAN in place!! I list down the places I want to join, I find the blogs I first want to target and I actually make a plan on how I want to find and deal with my traffic. Why do I make a plan? Simple, it gives my guidance when starting out, once I have got my feet in the water, I will write a new plan which focuses on the parts I need to!

After signing up to them I start generating content which I know will be helpful to the market place. I know it will be helpful because I have already done my research on what they want. I will not usually sell through this content but I use it to drive traffic to my squeeze page / optin box (about this in a bit). I just wet their beak as they say, I want to show them that I know my stuff and that I am not their to waste their time.

Not at all. I just went with what I enjoyed doing the most. I did a little research to make there was a market for it and that money was being made.

Going with a niche you're passionate about is the best way to go. At the end of the day you have to work in that niche everyday of your online career

I really do not see how it can be that difficult, your here promoting some product, program so stick to what your doing and cultivate that industry by targeting the audience that would buy or try your product....all the best

I don't have problem picking a niche... promoting that product is....
Whatever niche you are into, promoting is the most difficult part..

To my way of thinking, finding a niche is the easy part. Where most people stumble is:

monetizing the niche

obtaining traffic

converting that traffic

I think of niches as people's needs and wants. Despite using software, places like Magazines.com, EzineArticles.com, etc. to generate niche ideas, I have found my most profitable niche ideas by simply asking people what their needs and wants are. I'm not kidding either.

Just off the top of my head, here are a list of some people's needs and wants from the past week (some were family, some were friends, some were complete strangers at parties, public places, etc....):

• I met a man who complained of lower back pain from a car accident he got into recently.
• My cousin complained of his acne problem and discovered that Proactive wasn't working for him as well as he would have liked.
• My neighbor wanted some kind of video course to help his son pitch better in little league.
• I was talking with my girlfriend last night about a health issue that she was having, it turns out that it was a very common health issue among women and that there were several ways to treat it.
• My former Aikido teacher got into a car accident and he asked me for a referral for an attorney.
• My dentist's assistant called me the other day and said I was overdue for a teeth cleaning; they were also running a special on teeth whitening.
• A colleague of mine shared his frustration about some medical equipment at this office (we did a cursory search on Amazon and found a vendor who sold that same model for a much lower price).
• My nephew was hooked on Thomas the Train and also knew all the songs that Diego sang on TV (yes, I got a couple of great niche ideas from this).
• A good friend of mine went out and bought jewelry at a few stores and resold that jewelry at local bars to women and tripled her money in one night.
• An former co-worker of mine called me up and asked me if I knew of any websites where they could find "last-minute deals" for cruises.
• One of my dating clients had a friend who wanted to stop his divorce from happening and I referred him to the #1 person in that niche (plenty of room for people who know what they're doing).
• An ex-girlfriend of mine hit me up on Skype (she's a friend now) saying she wanted to go on a "Dive Bar Adventure" with me. Her idea was to make a list of all the dive bars in Orange County and then we could hit them up one per weekend. My current girlfriend loved this idea and wants in on it. lol

These are just a few niche ideas I got from just my everyday interactions with people. I didn't even include the things I saw on the evening news, 60 Minutes, Dateline, a couple documentaries, etc.

To my way of thinking, finding a need or a want is the easy part. The part that is the most challenging is finding something that will hold your interest, as well as building a business around that niche. There are so many business models out there and so many ways to monetize (some niches, of course) that it can get a bit overwhelming sometimes.

RoD

Picking a niche isn't difficult.

In fact, it should be the easiest thing you do.

Pick something you're very excited about

Pick something where people do in fact spend money

Pick something you can ramble on about ceaselessly without much effort

Easy, right?

I find it quite tough to come up with a suitable niche.
What I usually do is start with something I love and have a lot of knowledge in, and then try to find suitable keywords etc

/Izerman

It all depends on the end goal and what kind of marketing you are going to do.

1. is this something you are going to pursue as a long term project or are you following a buying trend?

2. Are you trying to get free traffic i.e. seo / forum marketing.
if so, you had better have some passion for the niche otherwise you will quit it due to the drudgery / slaving away. But if there is passion then there is no drudgery because you enjoy talking about the subject and what you are doing!!!

3. If you are running paid traffic only..... Who cares about passion and competition just get into the most lucrative niche you can find period and start helping people out and banking $$

I agree with Sarevok and here is why. A few months ago I decided that I would go into the Survival niche. It seemed like a great niche because it has such broad appeal. Here I am 4 months later with a blog on page 1 for the keyword and a video also on page one. I am ready to sell it now because:

1. I am no longer excited about the niche.

2. People spend money but I cannot seem to want to connect with the people.

3. I cannot ramble on about ceaselessly without much effort

So there it is, choose a niche that you could marry!

you write about what YOU know how to do or what YOU have a LOVE for and KNOW ABOUT and if YOU can get people to back you up on that (TESTIMONIALS) YOU have got a sale from someone else who wants to LEARN WHAT YOU KNOW!

PERIOD.

Whats the point of picking a rabid niche if you can't really help people cause you know nothing about it.

IF YOU KNOW ABOUT SOMETHING EVERYBODY NEEDS YOU'RE GOOD TO GO.

Of course picking a niche is important, and it consume much more time for in-depth research.

Let's say, you want to sell something, what's on the market is value the place, blahblahblah...

Well, I'm sure SOMEBODY has alread said something about it..so don't go all flaming on me! OK?!

Anyway,
I personally don't think it's hard.

If I'd have to choose my niche all over again, here's the steps I'd do -

1. Find out what I'm passionate about (can I happilily learn about it or teach about it? or both?)
2. Check if there's competition in the niche (usually, adwords can tell you alot only by searching keywords on your niche)
3. if it has high competition, meaning the niche has money in it, and now is the best time to get into it.
4. start marketing

but however..if it isn't profitable, then try to find a niche your less passionate about, and repeat the proccess.

2 things you need to remember -

1. interesting niche that you are passionate about, that you can spend hours upon hours in it. (days, weeks, years..)
2. even if you're a newbie, document your journey (blog, articles, w/e) and share it (free, paid..make it a part of your funnel)

and yes, if you think it's THAT hard, then you've been listening to some naughty advice..

Feedback has been very insightful.. i guess you can follow a passion and enjoy the ride or follow profits and be a hard nosed business person..

Greg

great post which has resulted in lots of comments and useful advice which I can only agree with, I have been to your blog and made a comment there suffice to say that procrastination is a killer.

I note that you originally thought about IM in 2002 and you have made a public commitment to make $10,000 in 90 days with a view as a job replacement income.

Going public takes huge amounts of courage (if you hit the link below you will see my story) but I believe it could be the difference between success and failure, I also note that you are a student of Alex Jeffreys which I believe if you follow his teachings you are destined for riches.

I also have been in a similar position to you and have recently taken positive action to generate income which will eventually replace my 9-5 - our product launch is scheduled for May/June 2013

One thing about the Internet is that it is absolutely massive and there are no limitations to our earning capacity it all comes down to our perseverance and work, no magic buttons or get quick rich schemes.

Networking whether via forums or physical meetings is also an asset for any business and we believe sharing our knowledge with other IM'ers is beneficial to all, as such we host a meeting in Manchester, UK (again by hitting the link below will give you more info) which we invite all entrepreneurs to attend.

Good luck and hopefully speak soon.

Michael

Sign up for Eben Pagan's "29 Best Niches" For InfoProducts at Getaltitude.com. Even if you're not going to be selling infoproducts, I think you'll find the information very insightful.

RoD

Go with something that interests you, not something you have no idea about. You'll do much better contributing or helping out your potential customers if you have half an idea about what you're selling them or giving them advice on.

When I first started out I was a little bit slow at this because I would try to do too much at once....But once you get used to picking different niches this part will become easy to you....

Hi....

My problem isn't finding a niche to target. There are SO MANY possible niches to choose from that will lead to lasting income.

My problem is deciding which niche to target next.

JoeMack

I love the field I'm in so much, that I already had it picked before I got online to figure out how to do a website. There have been one or two other niches I've gone off into - all are major interests so it took no effort to choose whatsoever. In my estimation, that's the right way to go -- if you have goals for being an authority in your niche, you can't replace firsthand knowledge of the field or the enthusiasm you will have for it. Customers can tell.

The problem is that as human beings we have diverse interests.. at least we do if we are intelligent enough to want to use the internet to make money. We also see that there are 100 ways to use the internet to make money and they all interest us.
I have found a cross section of a very few ideas that I can combine - like Bruce Lee says - and use effectively. I have only started making real money online recently - but that's because the sun warms all our faces but when you narrow its focus it becomes a laser which will .... long story short: Yep - lots of money making ideas out there... none will work until you focus on them!

It`s normal to be difficult, otherwise all people would be succesful and noone would work anymore. Very few find their passions and interests in the niche they`re working, but most of us find it difficult to find the niche that represents our passion.

For me my first niche came from a bad personal experience. I wasn't "equipped" romantically with a woman that i loved, and she left me for someone else. I cried, but then went online to learn how to attract and KEEP women, and i was able to get this girl back, and she went crazy over me - because of what i had learned about dating and women.

So... that's when i created my dating product. And it was a huge success. Sometimes the best niches comes from a personal trauma that you go through... or something that you are knowledgable about, that you can teach others.

I think choosing a niche is difficult for most people because they don't know which one is going to actually work for them and which ones will ultimately turn out to be a waste of their time and effort.

I suspect that the majority of sane people would have no problem making up their minds if they had a crystal ball and could see into the future.

I think the big problem for a lot of newbies is they think that they have to find a niche that no one else in the world is doing otherwise there's too much competition when actually they would be better off just getting into something they like / have a passion for / are knowledgeable about.

No, it isn't. I think about all the things I like and then I go from there. For example, I am also a Master Herbalist and there are plenty of niches and micro niches within that broader subject. When I find one where the keywords check out, I will go for it.

..it's best to stick with what you know initially. Read lots of books, work on you, be yourself, the rest will come naturally.

No. When I first started, I basically did everything the ebooks and courses told me NOT to do.

All this keyword research crap to find some little weird niche I have no passion or interest in... Nah screw that man, I went into something I had a deep passion for at the time basically created my own micro empire!

At the end of the day - and what I would recommend to you - is to screw all this finding keywords in these niches you've got no interest in, and instead, go deeper into one market you're passionate about and become a master in it.

Trust me; when you're in a market you're passionate about, this reflects in your work and you will LOVE to serve your market and work itself won't even feel like work.

...Beats writing about bleedin' washing machines anyway

James Scholes

If you know what you are passionate about then I don't think that you will find picking a niche to be that difficult.

I don't think that it is difficult, Is it?
No, Its not.
You just have to do little keyword research and choose niche accordingly
and thats it.

usually picking a niche feels like you make "a final decision" and that is why it took me so long. i was debating with myself "is that really good for me", is that right? should i really choose this one? is there potential? all these self-doubts came up and that is why it took me so long.
lesson learned: just do it, you can create another website later, you don't need to stick with something all your life ;-)

I have the exact same problem but I realized after a couple of weeks of studying IM(newbie trying to learn ) that you can more or less pick any niche you want.

If someone attempts to sit down and try to think of something others haven't done in the Internet , well , that's where you will be stuck for hours , days , months maybe thinking! Or even give up because you'll think there's nothing else left to do

Just do something you love and are passionate about. At the end of the day you want to do something you know and love .

Aris

Hey London buddy!

Niche research your struggling with right? D.W about it, let me explain the process, before I do actually jving with a partner for coaching program and will be covering niche research indept research target market etc.... ok here it goes its not difficult buddy honestly:

1. go with a broad niche like internet market for example - dig down into that niche like product creation or membership site can you dig down more? hmmm maybe you can, like wordpress creation.
2. find what is selling well or problems theres negativity how? go to amazon see bad reviews see why bad review, clickbank, look at gravity, forums, see if popular subject poping out etc. go to magaine website, find if selling well, many places etc
3. do demographic research, quantcast find out the demographic your looking to target!

there just a few little tips buddy

to your success

your british italian friend
(giuseppe puma)

Two words - Analysis Paralysis.

People just get caught up in 'over analyzing' that they cannot just take it to the next level and say: "Okay, now let's DO THIS THING!"

There is always 'Okay, but what about the 'header image on the 3rd result on the competition? Theirs is awesome'. Or, 'What about the domain age of the #1 result, third tier, related keyword, CPC from proximity principled page ranked site!? - That will SURELY keep me from ranking!'

If you always wait until you're 100% ready, you'll never start.

Nope.

My niche was picked from something I have a high level of knowledge in (I have my master's degree in that area) as well as something that I genuinely enjoy.

I just find it a bit inauthentic when people throw up information on the latest craze just to make money, but that may just be me! I really don't quite get how you could be picking a niche unless you either really love it OR are very knowledgeable in that area.

I did have trouble for awhile until I stopped chasing the Shiny Objects these guru's shove down your throats on a daily basis and then I started focusing on a tested system that's been proven.

Once I started focusing on a proven system I know that works and started focusing on that 100% then that was when I started becoming successful.

I wish you the best,

Michael Cook

I didn't find that very difficult. I find learning the skill of picking good keywords difficult, but once I got that down, I found ranking rather simple.

I went into the niche I was already in off-line and am exploring it on-line. For me, choosing the niche wasn't difficult. Staying within that niche, developing a plan and not getting distracted by all the shiny objects out there was harder.

Pick something that interests you then learn about how to exploit that niche through the things we all need to do... keyword research, marketing, etc. Develop a plan, or borrow one from someone, and then follow it through. Don't expect big changes over night.

And keep going... most people quit when they are within 50% of their goal. That's like knowing you have to walk 100 miles to get somewhere and quitting at 80. Keep walking.

Hi !
Yes, it is difficult, but these are some idea:
1- People go online to find information for solving their problem, so you have to find people's problem and solve them. What you use to solve is your niche.

2- use Google Adword to find the keywords which the most people find on internet....

Bonnit

I think we have so far found many avenues to finding a niche..so far there are the hard nose business types - you target purely based on profit (number of searches etc) then there those that have just expanded online from an offline business ( i don't personally see this as picking a niche as you already have offline history) and there's the passion seekers..

I don't think there is a wrong or write way about this and i think it depends on what your goal is online for example:

1. are you expanding an existing business?
2. Are you just starting out in the marketing?
3. are you looking to make money from organic traffic?
4. are you passionate about a subject and want to tell your story?

etc

There is nothing wrong in mixing and matching..however i still think that if you are looking to make money from a niche or passion then you have to do the basics especially if you are launching this online only - i just don't see any other way of escaping it...

you have to research, check traffic, estimate conversion even before deciding to go into the niche - just my 2 cents

Not at all hard. Here are three ways:

1. Pick a niche related to your passion. Like I took my passion for music and created my free royalty free music site - danosongs.

2. Just go to ClickBank and promote the products that sell the most. Diet, Start Your Own Massage Therapy Business, etc.

3. Simply go to the Google keyword tool and pick keywords with the highest cost per click. Look in Insurance, travel, investing, law...

I prefer to work with my passions as Internet Marketing can be tedious boring work if you are just doing it for money.

I loved reading people's opinions. (I gave mine earlier). What strikes me is that a high percentage of people either personally had a problem and solved or or found a niche they were very passionate about.

I think I am on the right track. I started a site to promote Amazon but I chose a topic that I love and I can't wait to work on it again. It's that excitement that gets me to the computer without complaining and getting bored.

I also am new at this but i would say that picking a niche you are interested in should make it a little easier than just picking one to make money.You will be able to pick products from clickbank that really fire you with enthuiasm. So go with what you really like doing and that should make it easier for you.

I love hearing about everyone's experiences..it's so diverse..

when i started my goal it was purely to build passive income "like a job" but i've realised also i can use my SEO knowledge to build out authority type sites around a particular passion of mine.

So i'm doing both - purely initially as a challenge - i need that focus and i need that bar to be high - if not i'll just keep taking more and more offline contracts which means less time online and missing out again..maybe for another 11 years..LOL

On my iPhone I use the Notes Feature and Voice Memo to record ideas. So far this year (2013) I've come up with 4 great niche ideas after narrowing down about 50 of them.

I get ideas from watching TV shows like 60 Minutes, Wallstreet Week, mingling with people at social events, etc.

Two of them are very specific health issues that have a very simple remedy and though there are plenty of websites out there that address these issues, no one has created an infoproduct that ties in certain elements to deal with them. So with some market research already under my belt, I'm pretty sure this is a winner. However, I'm still going to test the waters using some paid advertising. The data I get back from it will be worth the investment.

If you make it a point to have your niche-dar on most of the time, you'll start paying closer attention to people's wants and desires and you'll begin getting more ideas on how to give them want they want, desire, and/or need.

Why do I like watching shows like 60 Minutes, Wallstreet Week, or even reading magazines like Entrepeneur? They sometimes talk about niches, even micro-niches, that are set to grow. It's not so much that these niches are untapped, it's that there are so many ways to monetize them that the door is wide open!

RoD

I always go for a niche in an area I have passion for. I barely spend 72 hours doing proper keyword research on a target niche.

This post suggests a lack of knowledge on your part.

Good to learn though..

Picking a niche is not difficult - building a business is.

Exactly, I think I said something similar in another thread. People say they can't find a niche where as I come across dozens of niches a week just by going about my daily business. Have your marketers cap on at all times and whenever you hear about something take a note and look into it later.

Picking a niche is often made way harder than it should be. I recently did a coaching session on this and how to find the "perfect" niche easily...


To key is chasing after what I call "passion" niches...

That doesn't mean these are the most profitable - but they are definitely some of the easiest niches to get started in and start learning the ropes before tackling one of the "mega" niches.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Coby

wrong question to ask.

should be....

1) why do not people get off their stupid fat asses and do something

or even.....

2) Why is the human race so lazy?

Those are the first 2 quetions that should be asked, and would take years to answer when you think about it.

It wasn't for me, I knew what I wanted to do from the very beginning. Everyone is different I guess!

1. Getting thinner
2. Getting wealthier
3. Getting the opposite sex

Pick one and then go...

It's pretty easy once you know where your interests lie...

Selecting a niche has been difficult for me as well. I believe it is because I have a fear of choosing unwisely and putting my all into something that is destined to fail based on a bad choice.

When I first started back in 2009 I spent a few weeks researching and trying to figure out what to get into. There were so many choices I just eventually thought "ahhh screw it, I'll just pick what's popular". Once I picked a couple niches and got to work, I made my first clickbank commissions pretty quick.

So I'd recommend that you don't dwell on it too long. The quicker you figure it out, the quicker you can get to work and start making money!

Just keep it simple....you really only need to consider 2 things when analyzing a niche:
1) if there's a lot of products already selling well
2) if you have an interest in it

Just find a happy medium between those 2 and you should be fine. Of course you'll want a market where there's lots of established buyers already, but you also want to pick something that you're interested in. Makes it a lot easier to create content, and you'll be able to take more pride in your product.

Jon

Too many niches out there. It definitely can become overkill.

While picking a niche, you must consider three areas of business growth :
a) Niche must be Profitable
b) Can be found out through search; i.e, can be found through searched keywords
c) Has less competitors

If, as you begin your quest, you do not find the right Niche, then look to your readiness. You are probably not ready. It is a law: When you are ready, your Niche will appear.

One of the reasons that it is so difficult is because we aim to get it right first time, so we seek perfection without any experience to guide our decision.

Decide fast and fail fast by trying many niches. Pretty soon you will get to the niche that works best for your personality and skill set.

When starting out, it's best to pick a niche you have a real interest in.