Congratulations to our newest Affiliate Spotlight winner Jay Boyer from Richmond, Illinois!!!

Jay has been a Micro Niche Finder affiliate for a year now…even though he has been using Micro Niche Finder for a long time. In short, Jay was using Micro Niche Finder as a means of promoting other stuff. One day, he suddenly realized not only could he use Micro Niche Finder as tool for other promotions, but that he could use Micro Niche Finder to promote Micro Niche Finder! This “A-ha!” moment has proven to be very successful for Jay.

Jay has a healthy perspective of how affiliate marketing works. He believes that if there are projects that aren’t thriving it’s not worth wasting time and energy on those endeavors; it’s much smarter to put the energy into projects that show great potential and/or have been proven to work. As he says, “…cultivate the winners (relentlessly!)”.

To learn more about Jay Boyer and to read about his affiliate marketing philosophy and advice, visit our Facebook Fan Page and look under the “Affiliate Spotlight” box (it’s on the left hand side of the page, underneath our ‘People Who Like This’ box).

You can also visit Jay’s Internet Marketing Strategy website to learn more about affiliate marketing and internet marketing in general. It’s chock full of information so it’s definitely worth at least a look!

Congratulations once again, Jay!

This Wednesday (August 25th) we are hosting a FREE webinar with Leo Quinn called “Loyalty Club Profits”. If you’ve wanted to do offline consulting but haven’t found the right program for you and your business plan, this is a webinar you will not want to miss.

Leo has created a program he calls “Loyalty Club Profits” and this successful strategy is easy to start and adaptable to a wide range of businesses. In a nutshell, by using Leo’s approach business owners pay you to create a “loyalty department” designed to keep their customers coming back for more. If you have basic internet marketing skills, this could be a great way to supplement your income.

Some of the strategies and topics that will be discussed in this webinar include:

*What a “good” prospective client looks like and how to avoid the others…
*The best answer to, “How long have you been doing this?”…
*How to get the word out about your services without having to actually say many words…
*The one client who could send a letter or email to their customers and get YOU all the clients you need…
*How to guarantee a business owner notices your services (it’s actually pretty easy to stand out)…
*The three-word question that will open the door to explaining your services with any business owner…
*What offers to make or promotions to run when sending emails for clients…
*How to get new ideas for offers and promotions…
*Other profitable services to offer business owners once your foot is in the door…

And more!

The essential details are as follows:

Date: Wednesday August 25th 2010
Time: 7:00 PM EDT
Sign Up Page: http://www.snip2.com/re/lqbl
System Requirements: For PC-based attendees: Windows® 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista. For Macintosh®-based attendees: Mac OS® X 10.4 (Tiger®) or newer.

As always, this webinar is COMPLETELY FREE!

Space for this webinar is limited, so register and reserve your spot right now: http://www.snip2.com/re/lqbl . Leo has created a fantastic presentation filled with useful information;  even if his entire process doesn’t interest you, you can certainly take aspects of his strategy and implement them as you wish into your own business plan.

P.S – If you need a time converter to determine what time this webinar starts in your local time, use http://www.snip2.com/re/timezone

If you read this blog regularly you should be aware that SMO (Social Media Optimization) is becoming as important as SEO (Search Engine Optimization). The reasons for this change and the evidence that supports this assertion is so voluminous that a thesis paper could certainly be written about it; without going off on a tangent, let’s just make a base statement that people are increasingly using SMO to find their information and artful maneuvering of the Social Media landscape can potentially generate massive traffic to your website. Even though SEO is still king, there isn’t a good reason to NOT pursue SMO to your advantage.

In a perfect world, one way an internet marketer can make their presence known on the vast social media landscape is by picking cohesive usernames across all possible channels. For example, if your product or brand was called “Organic Shampoo” you would want your domain to be “organicshampoo.com” for SEO purposes but “OrganicShampoo” or “Organic_Shampoo” for SMO purposes.

It can be a hassle to look up each social media outlet to see if your desired username is available or not. Luckily, there is a great website we found called Namechk that quickly searches for available usernames across a wide swath of social media websites, including but not limited to: Facebook, twitter, wordpress, blogger, youtube, stumbleupon, reddit, eHow, wikipedia, and badoo (to name a few).

Simply go to Namechk’s website and type in the potential username in the search box. Within seconds Namechk will display if that username is available on each particular website:

In practically no time at all you will know if that username is feasible to create a unified brand image across social media websites!

Having a unified name across all Social Media is ideal, but sometimes it is not possible. In fact, we are great examples of how sometimes a consistent username strategy is not feasible but yet SMO can still work to your advantage. Our main product is called “Micro Niche Finder” yet our twitter name is @micronichetool because Micro Niche Finder exceeds their character requirements (usernames can only be 15 characters long) and this blog is “micronicheblog.com” because “micronichefinder.com” is our company website and “micronichefinderblog.com” is an affiliate website that was already taken before our blog was up and running.

If you were to find yourself in a situation like us, fret not, all you have to do is make sure that people are aware of your other social media presences – include the info at the end of your emails, on the side of your blog, etc. If you keep your visitors and clients informed and constantly refer to your other social media avenues, your SMO will fall into place and work well for you.

We are not affiliated with Namechk in any capacity, we just thought their services were interesting and useful. If you know of any other websites that can search for usernames across social media websites, please share and let us know!

Tomorrow (August 18th) we are hosting a FREE webinar with Chris Baker called “Turn-Key Offline Consulting Business“. Chris has created this amazing turn-key system for Internet marketers who dream of using their basic IM skills to make a great income helping clueless business owners.

To put it briefly – and this will all be explained thoroughly in the webinar –  Chris pays for a call center to gather leads of business owners who want to get more customers using the Internet. In the beginning, Chris and her brother could handle the leads…but not any more! This is a real system that Chris uses RIGHT NOW, not just gimmicky marketing hype. Learn from a teacher who is actually getting new business clients EVERY DAY…imagine what getting new clients every single day would do for your business!

Among other things, here are a few topics that will be covered in this webinar…

*How to get paid $500, $1000 and even $5,000 per month PER CLIENT doing drop dead simple marketing for them. This is the ULTIMATE in residual income..

*How to work with business owners (and start making ongoing income) in your first month without selling anything. In fact we’ll teach you how NOT to sell.

*The basic type of small businesses that will NEVER pay you and which ones are money in the bank.

*How to dominate the local market for a small business owner within a WEEK without even putting up or modifying a web site!

*How the power of social media can be harnessed for small business owners to get new clients.

And more…

The essential details are as follows:

Date: Wednesday August 18th 2010
Time: 7:00 PM EDT
Sign Up Page: http://www.snip2.com/re/cbbl
System Requirements: For PC-based attendees: Windows® 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista. For Macintosh®-based attendees: Mac OS® X 10.4 (Tiger®) or newer.

This webinar is FREE, so you have nothing to lose but lots to gain!

In addition, you will see actual real life case studies of people who are raking it in with this system and building a credible, sustainable and profitable business of their own at the same time. Let Chris show you how to deliver the one thing business owners really want…NEW CUSTOMERS!

Space for this webinar is limited, so register and reserve your spot right now: http://www.snip2.com/re/cbbl

P.S – If you need a time converter to determine what time this webinar starts in your local time, use http://www.snip2.com/re/timezone

Congrats to our newest Affiliate Spotlight winner, Lane Wright from Southern California!!!

Lane has been an Ultimate PLR Article Software affiliate since the beginning of this year. He knew that Micro Niche Finder is vital to successful internet marketing, so when Ultimate PLR Article Collection Software was released Lane became an affiliate right away.

Lane knows very well what it’s like to be a newbie in the internet marketing world – he advises that although newbies will be bombarded with different methods by different people, it’s best to find a few trusted sources and follow their lead.

To learn more about Lane and to read about his perspectives on internet marketing, visit our Facebook Fan Page and look under the “Affiliate Spotlight” box (left hand side of the page, underneath our ‘People Who Like This’ box). Furthermore, you can visit Lane’s Ultimate PLR Article Collection Software website to learn more about Ultimate PLR and how works (and how it may be right for your own endeavors). In addition Lane also suggests checking out WordPress Goldmine as it was instrumental in helping him make money. For a limited time, Lane says you can try out WPG  for only $1.00!!!

Congratulations once again, Lane!

Our mascot, Molly the Magnifying Glass, is taking trips around the world. If you order a Micro Niche Finder USB, you may be lucky and receive one of these in the mail.

 Email jjones2024@gmail.com with a picture of Molly to win a FREE and AWESOME gift (we can’t give it away, but we’ve worked on this for a long time).

No picture = no prize.

A picture = a prize!

There are instructions included in the package, but ultimately any picture that has Molly the Magnifying Glass in it will qualify and win the prize! Thanks

Great news! Tomorrow (August 11^th) we are hosting a FREE webinar to demo the next release of Micro Niche Finder! This new version is created not only from our desire to constantly improve the software, but also from your invaluable feedback. We think you will really enjoy the new release

Among other things, here are a few of the new features that will be covered in this release…

*Sort search results on the “checked” column… It sorts by either checked results at bottom or checked results to top, whichever you prefer.

*Column “headers” on the search results page remain onscreen when you scroll down the page.

*Added a “What is This” feature to help you identify niche keyword phrases that are unknown to you.

* There is now a “Buying Keyword” feature to find keywords that a person looking to buy a particular niche product would use. 

*Selected domains on View Available Domains are also copied to the Windows clipboard when you click the Add Selected to My Domain List button…which makes it easy to retrieve should something go amiss.

*The results grid now remembers the last column and sort order between sessions.

And more… 

The essential details are as follows:
Date: Wednesday August 11th 2010
Time: 7:00 PM EDT
Sign Up Page: http://www.snip2.com/re/mfbl
System Requirements: For PC-based attendees: Windows® 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista. For Macintosh®-based attendees: Mac OS® X 10.4 (Tiger®) or newer.

Naturally, this webinar is FREE!

If you own or are thinking about purchasing Micro Niche Finder, you will definitely want to be sitting in live on this webinar. It’s the perfect opportunity to learn and get your answers directly from the creators.

Space is limited, so register and reserve your spot right now: http://www.snip2.com/re/mfbl

P.S – If you need a time converter to determine what time this webinar starts in your local time, use http://www.snip2.com/re/timezone

Have you ever wanted to poll your twitter followers? Great news: there is a great twitter-friendly polling website called PollDaddy that you can use for free. It’s easy to use, the interface is very straightforward, and it’s a unique way to pose questions to your followers. Plus, polls are fun and people like taking them just as much as they like making them!

The process to make a twitter poll via PollDaddy is simple. First, you need to create a poll question.

Next, fill in the possible multiple choice answers your followers have to choose from and arrange them in the order you want them to appear (you are allowed up to 20 answers).

If you want your followers to vote and answer in their own words, select the
“Other Answer” box, located underneath the “Poll Settings” headline. You can also change the default language from English to one of the other given languagThe final step is to enter your twitter usernameand password, and PollDaddy will post it to your twitter page. You don’t need to make an account to do this, and PollDaddy promises not to store your Twitter login information.

You message will appear as a succinct and clean tweet with a link to your poll.

For example, the tweet would look like this

It’s really that easy! If you use WordPress for your blog, PollDaddy also made a good WordPress plugin that allows you to create and manage  polls for your blog if you want.

With PollDaddy (and just to be clear: we are NOT affiliated with them in any capacity) you can make a professional poll in a matter of minutes; however, if you use another polling website designed specifically for twitter, we’d love to hear about it!

Tomorrow (August 4th) we are hosting a FREE webinar with Brian Rose called “Get On Google’s First Page Anytime You Want“. This is a particularly special webinar and we are expecting all the available spots to be taken. If you want to learn how to get on the FIRST page of Google, for ANY keyword, ANY time you want, you need to register RIGHT NOW.

If you can get on this webinar (register sooner rather than later – *hint hint*) you’ll learn:
* A secret technique (unknown even to many “gurus”) that will give you a top spot in Google quicker than anything else you could ever do!  You’ll have the power to pick ANY keyword and rank for that keyword, on the first page of Google, in about 20 minutes (sometimes more, sometimes less).

* How to use a short article to review a Clickbank product, then BAM: list that article on Google’s first page and watch the commissions come rolling in.

* How to skip the “normal” SEO process and still get REAL results

* Where to find free article content you can legally copy and paste to populate your site quickly!  You will not want to do this long term, but it’s necessary to “load” your site with a certain type of content for reason’s we’ll explain later…

* Leverage new hoards of traffic by putting Adsense or other ads on your site.  (Might as well…that traffic is looking for somewhere to go…so get paid for sending them there!) 

* How to get paid by other envious marketers to use your site so their article gets a first-page position!

As you can see, this webinar could be a real game changer for you….

The essential details are as follows:
Date: Wednesday August 4th 2010
Time: 7:00 PM EDT
Sign Up Page: http://www.snip2.com/re/brbl
System Requirements: For PC-based attendees: Windows® 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista. For Macintosh®-based attendees: Mac OS® X 10.4 (Tiger®) or newer.

The price: FREE! But just to reiterate, don’t wait to reserve your spot or you may not get to join the webinar. Register now and get on the webinar about 20 minutes before it starts just to be safe (plus you’ll be able to join the webinar preshow)!

Click this link NOW to reserve your spot: http://www.snip2.com/re/brbl  and we look forward to seeing you there!

P.S – If you need a time converter to determine what time this webinar starts in your local time, use http://www.snip2.com/re/timezone

Congratulations to our newest Affiliate Spotlight Winner, Joe Wilson from Dunedin, Florida! After using Micro Niche Finder for a long time, Joe became an affiliate a year and a half ago.

Joe has been involved with internet marketing for many years and has run the gamut of projects, from helping Match.com grow into the mega-site it is today to helping small startups flourish. Joe’s personal internet marketing journey began in the mid-90s when he built websites to promote his rock band. During this first foray, Joe “tried everything from selling t-shirts online to building up my own web based email system similar to Hotmail or Yahoo.” A very impressive start, indeed! Over the years, and through each experience, Joe has continued to grow and become more and more successful in business and Micro Niche Finder has proven to be an integral part of his marketing strategy.

Fortunately, Joe has given a very detailed account of what he looks for when he uses Micro Niche Finder to detect hot potential niches. To read Joe’s advice and learn more about his strategy, visit our Facebook Fan Page and looking under the “Affiliate Spotlight” box (left hand side of the page, underneath our ‘People Who Like This’ box). In addition, you can visit Joe’s Internet Marketing website to read his opinions and exchange ideas about internet marketing.

Congratulations once again, Joe!