This is quite easy with just a little work on your part.
I’ll take a totally random topic such as “landscaping” and type into Google search, “what is landscaping”

Several results are returned. One to catch my eye is from wisegeek.com, and it tells us…
“Landscaping is a profession which involves manipulating the natural environment in an area to make it look a certain way. This profession often relies heavily on gardening, but landscaping also involves the installation of walls and other features, the construction of buildings, and the consideration of an area as a whole. There are a variety of reasons to practice landscaping, ranging from a desire to make an area look attractive to a push to make an area functional for recreation.”

Just one paragraph, yet this information could be a fantastic start of an article, e-book, or blog post. This site, along with several others that the search returned, are chock full of good information that you could use.

Next, I typed in “landscaping how to”
When you type into the Google search box, there will appear below, suggested searches that people are activly searching.

This tells you what people in that niche are interested in, and what areas that you should be focusing on.

There is a really cool tool available that I use often, and is a tremendous time saver for researching new projects. It is called “Answer Analyst”

and there is a video on this page that describes what it will do for you.

It is a software product that is for sale, however, the time it has saved me in writing articles and researching new niches is priceless.

With some good information under your belt you can now easily compose a free report that can be given away to your readers, as well as some quality articles and many blog posts. You are now labled as an expert! keep up the good work.

By list, I’m referring to the subjects that you are knowledgeable or passionate about. You know, those things that you could go on about for days without repeating or being boring.

Those are the subjects that you are going to blog about.
Subjects that you are going to build lists around by offering a monthly newsletter for each one.

There is a pattern to follow that will set your online business in motion.

* Website (blog about (niche))
* List (followers of your niche)
* Post 4-5 times a week or more (build traffic)
* Offers (free information, advice,tips)
* Monetize (offer products(good ones)) sell ad space (adsense, other) monthly subscription newsletter?

What does that mean?
simply put, build traffic to your website or blog, while also building an auto responder list.
Give good, useful information to your subscribers. When you find an affiliate product that could really be of benefit to your list, show them the offer through an e-mail…..don’t try to sell, just offer.

As your lists grow, so will your income, but remember. Only offer value to your subscribers.

Not all topics will have a huge following, or search volume, but that is o.k. I know of marketers who have as few as a couple thousand subscribers, yet earn a very good living…..how?

By building relationships with your subscribers. Always offer items of great value, and over deliver. One of the secrets to becoming a successful marketer is by NOT selling.

Most likely this was planted in their heads by the massive amount of “get rich with Adwords overnight” crap that is circulating everywhere.

PayPerClick is difficult to learn and requires plenty of money
along the way to learn. First-time lottery players may get lucky and
win the jackpot just like beginners using AdWords could get lucky with just
the right keywords, just the right ad copy, and just the right bids.

So what about that “easy” way of making money I mentioned earlier?
Hands down, the lowest cost and quickest route to selling or
otherwise making money online is with your own website. Domains are
just $8.95 per year. A $7 to $10 per month hosting account will
allow you to host an unlimited number of domains. For just one
site, the cost can be just a few dollars.

So what’s the catch?

Even though an effective website only needs tables, text, and
pictures, the learning curve for such a simple site is quite steep.
Getting the site published to the host is another skill which must
be learned also. The good news is that anyone can do it. There is
nothing about it that the average person cannot learn with a few
weeks of work.

The truth is that if beginners had spent their time learning the
basics of web design instead of wasting their time on trying to
make money right off with some get-rich-quick idea, they would
already be well on the road to success.
But it is never too late!

Find a niche area you are interested in and start learning to build
a site around that niche theme. Be sure to teach yourself SEO along
the way. DO NOT build the site first and then decide to learn SEO
because your site gets little traffic. You’ll save a ton of time if
you do it right the first time!

The easiest way to get started is with a hosting account at Hostgator,
a free SEO blog wordpress software download from Jeff Johnson’s site and a domain name.

This gets you up and running in one day while you learn to build your own webpage.
keep checking back ..

Tim