This is the third of the five part “Article Marketing 101 for Affiliate Marketers” series. If you missed them, you can read part one here and read part two here.

Now you understand what article marketing is and how you can use it to get free advertising as well as a valuable off page SEO (Search Engine Optimization). You also know how to write article marketing articles (or, if you hire freelancers, you’ll know what to look for) that will sell your affiliate products.

A key ingredient in the recipe of successful article marketing requires that your write about interesting topics. Finding the right topics for articles has always been and will always be the most important factor in article marketing.

You’ve heard the expression, “The devil is in the details.” But the DETAILS (of the niche topic) is one place …

Where Affiliate Marketers Can Find Article Ideas

• In the details of your niche isn’t the only place to look for article ideas but it’s a good place to start.

Write articles about very specific steps in a process or specific tools needed for a project or specific details about your niche:

1. If your niche is dog grooming, write about cleaning a dog’s ears or clipping his nails.

2. If your niche is about playing guitar, write about the best guitar strings or the best picks.

• You can write about what famous people associated with your niche have said or done.

• Write about what people are talking about concerning anything even remotely associated with your niche. Visit the forums, blogs and communities associated with your niche and find out what the conversation is about.

• You can put your own spin on it and write about what others are writing about. Visit the article banks and see what the topics of the most read articles are then write about the topic from a different perspective.

Your niche isn’t an island. The sources for article ideas are almost unlimited. Look at the world around you. Read newspapers, read magazine, watch TV. Your niche is related in some way to what’s going on in the rest of the world…or you’re in the wrong niche.

In part four of the five part “Article Marketing 101 for Affiliate Marketers” series you’ll find out how to avoid the old “duplicate content” booger-bear of article marketing.

• NOTE: Even though Lurn, Inc. receives compensation for products and services promoted in our blog posts, we always give our honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences about those products and services.