Do me a favor, just for a minute, forget about “keyword this and keyword that” and think differently about your niche research. There are so many other quick ways to screen the “activity level” in a niche. Don’t get me wrong, keyword research is still critical when it gets to time to dive into a niche.

But, there are even faster ways to quickly get a 40,000 foot overview of a niche.

I recommend using “communities” to research ideas and also testing to see how the users of a niche value content.

With the new push of “Niche Marketing 2.0” you really want to focus on reader loyalty – not just “one off” sales. Given that, the resource for the day that I recommend you use…

http://www.EzineArticles.com

Why? Because you can instantly see how “active” the content activity is inside a niche. You can also see how many views the top articles are getting.

Go into Ezine Articles and start clicking around in the appropriate categories. Look for the following…

–> How many articles
–> How quickly those articles are getting viewed
–> What are the top authors writing about…

There are even more “stats” I look for, I’ll share more in the future

As an affiliate marketer myself, I get a little annoyed when a new product or software comes out that claims: “you don’t need your own product to make money online.”  Of course you don’t – that’s what affiliate marketing is all about – selling other people’s products.

SO at first, I was a little slow to get into Patric Chan’s new Niche Marketing 2.0 package.  But then I realized that Niche Marketing 2.0 really IS different – it focuses on your SITE and NOT on the product.

So what does it mean to focus on a site?  In the Niche Marketing 2.0 system, it means you don’t learn how to do a big roll-out where you make a bunch of money up front, then the sales taper off, then it all  eventually dies.

With the Niche Marketing 2.0 system, you develop a site that grows over time.  It continues to make money.  And the amount of money you make continues to grow as the months and years go on.

The three main components of the Niche Marketing 2.0 system include:

• The Niche 2.0 Dynamic Marketing Site – This is like a full-blown CMS system, except that it’s been kicked up quite a few notches!
• Niche 2.0 Site Solution Software – This allows you to manage your site online, so you can work from wherever you are, in true super affiliate marketing style.
• 6 Tele-classes – These train you how to become a “Master” of the six elements of niche marketing. (If you don’t know what the six important elements of Niche Marketing are, Patrick explains it all in his video.

The core of the Niche Marketing 2.0 system is the web site builder.  At first this seemed to be similar to the free Joomla CMS software that I currently use.  But then I discovered there was much more to this system.  It goes way beyond my current simple CMS! And I don’t have to do the technical stuff anymore.

For me, the most interesting components were the Content Contribution and Syndicate options.  I currently do a ton of article marketing in my affiliate marketing business – and now that marketing just became much easier.

The Content Contribution area of your Niche Marketing 2.0 site actually allows visitors to post real articles on your site (not just post comments, like blogs do).

Next, the Syndicate feature allows others to copy a snippet of code from your site and display it on theirs instantly.  Other webmasters will LOVE this!  No more copy-paste full text from eZine articles, etc.  Plus it all just magically links back to your site.

There’s also an easy “one-click” function that will allow others to share your information with their friends.

Here’s a sample of a Niche 2.0 site (it’s in the middle of the page).

All of those features are included in Component #1 – and there are 7 MORE components included in the package, making this an outstanding value.  The most important thing to remember is all the Components are integrated into a system that’s designed to help you make money as soon as you get your site up.

I can tell you that this is a very powerful system.  I can also see why Patric is only allowing 200 clients to obtain the software.  If everyone had it, there would be just too much TOUGH competition in some of the most popular niche markets.  I recommend that you check out the Niche Marketing 2.0 system now!