You either have a passion you want to write about, or you don't. If you are anything like me, finding the best niche is actually the hardest part of my internet publishing business. I really haven't a clue what to promote. I'm also afraid of wasting money and time on something that doesn't work for me despite my best efforts. It took me ages to realise that I had to take my best guees and try anyway.

So, what have I found to help me in finding the best niche?

Here is a bullet list of ways and means to get ideas:

• go to dmoz.org and look through the sub sections. Then dig down and look for program-type topics. eg Health, Weight Loss, Online Shopping, Programs.
• do the same on Craigslist, but you need to look first by region and area or town. Then it opens up to show you loads of ads for all sorts of things.
• article directories can give clues to what people are reading (not writing about). For example, if an artilce on any subject has a really high score of readers then in shows that the subject is popular.
• squidoo, hubpages and similar, can be used in the same way. Likewise Facebook, YouTube, MySpace etc.  will show you what's popular right now.
• other sources for finding the best niche - BBC, eBay Trends, Google Trends, MSN Homepage

Once you have found a few niches which show promise, then you need to check how good they will be - but that's a whole new article - if not a book! But one way to see if there is any kind of demand is to relevant keywords into a google search - if there's no-one else sponsoring ads down the right of the page, then chances are it's not going to sell, so move on to the next one.

What you are seeking is demand - what are people buying. This can be alluded to in what is being advertised. When you have found the demand you just need to find a product to fill it - even make or write one yourself.

All this is only the beginning. There's still a lot of work involved after finding the best niche - and you will need to be very organised. Better people than me have written programs, books and tutorials all about everything to do with finding the best niche, so I'm not going down that road here.

However, I would like to make mention of a new Niche program/system which I heard about just yesterday. It's being released on 13th January (2009) and it promises to be fantastic. That's simply because Kyle and Carson, who run the Wealthy Affiliate University are doing it. It's called NicheQ. And I know this is going to be HUGE. That's because everything Kyle and Carson do is amazing. There are only a few people of this calibre around.

What has piqued my enthusiasm is that the Wealthy Affiliate University itself is so good. I can't imagine NicheQ being any less so. Kyle and Carson have already put a phenomenal range of resouces, tools and tutorials into WA which I can't do without in my internet business. They have taught me so much. NicheQ promises to be the icing on the cake.

Finding the best niche and using it to advantage is a major part of what internet marketing is all about. I'm going to be right in there when NicheQ is released - and what's more I won't need to pay anything for it because it's going to be completely free to all WA members anyway!

At the moment you can go to the preview site and get hold of a free report "Niche Hunting Strategies That Work" - 30 pages all about finding the best niche. It goes into a lot more detail than I have above. It's free for you when you leave your name and email on the NicheQ page.

Click through to the NicheQ preview site here and sign up for the Niche report. Then make a note in your diary for January 13th. Don't put it off - do it now and you will be sent more info as it comes out.

NicheQ Preview Site