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One way to build your database it to give away valuable products in what is known as an ethical bribe. You offer valuable online products for free and the online users opts into your email database giving you permission to market to them.{{{gold}}} These products are very valuable because they help you gain long term [...]

Things You Need to Start: 1. Website 2. Client Database 3. Tangible Product The Goal: Build a database and exploit it. Types of Websites: The Sqeeze Page – Website This models attracts people with an ethical bribe. It then captures the users email in exchange for free content. Then the email is continually mailed to [...]

Despite what you might read on the web establishing and creating a niche market is relatively simple. 1. Identify A Need 2. Create Your Product 3. Make Your Pitch 4. And Sell Now what you haven’t been told is this: You Need to First Find Your Audience. Before you do anything else, find your audience. [...]

The phrase niche is popping up everywhere across the internet right now. Niche marketing, niche social networks, niche products, niche membership sites etc. Give it a try and google it. The bottom line is that niche anything is working. If done well people are making money and growing millions of micro niche networks around the [...]

If you’ve been watching the online trends of recent you have more than likely noticed that the word ‘niche’ is appearing more and more. Often times this is tied into niche social networks, niche membership sites, niche products, and or niche marketing. People around the world are jumping on the on the opportunity to claim [...]

What is a niche social network? A niche social network is a highly specialized social networking or membership based website intended to target specific individuals and or organizations. These niche networks are vertically networks because they focus on the depth and quality of a niche services. Often times these specialized micro niche sites become membership [...]

Here is a list of membership site software and providers. The main question to ask is do you want a managed service or do you want to manage your service your self. If you plan on having under 100 members you might just want to look into something like joomla which is essentially free. If [...]

Here is a list of white label social networking software. Software available for you to launch your own social network today. Sharepoint, Five Across, Community Server, Peopleaggregator, Social Platform, Sitelife From Pluck, Affinity Circles, Kick Apps, Web Crossing, Crowd Factory, Collectivex, Elggspaces, Metromojo, Me.com, Onesite, Phpfox, Select Minds, Small World Labs, Social Network Server, Sparta [...]

Social Networks are not just myspace and facebooks. Social networks can range any type of group and gathering online. From your church youth group to your writers block focus group. Here are some examples below of different types of social networks Intranet Social Network, Office Social Network, Professional Social Network, Religious Social Network, Niche Social [...]

Here is a list of the top 50 and most interesting niche social networks. Yes you can make a living building your niche. View these sites here. Americabookshelf.com, Booksconnect, Bookcrossing.com, Bookhopper.co.uk, Bookins.com, Bookmooch.com, Booksalescout.com, Bookswim.com, Connectviabooks, Goodreads, Paperbackswap.com, Pazap.com, Read It Swap It, Revish, Shelfari, Socialbib, Advisorgarage, Artbreak, Blogtronix, Commutal, Companyloop, Connectbeam, Decorati, Domystuff, Doostang, [...]

Here is a list of the top 50 most useful and fun widgets for social networks. Most are free and can plug right into your existing network. {{{gold}}} Mybloglog’s Recent Readers, Mashable, Flickr Flash Photo Stream Badge, Preview Anywhere, Twitter Badge, Digg News, Feedjit, Linebuzz, Flixn, Flixn, 3jam, Jaxtr, Linkedinabox, Box Widget, Price Of Gas, [...]

Here is a list of the top 100 social networking sites in the world. These are not listed in any priority but we have listed them more as an example which you can reference when building your own micro niche social network. Adult Friendfinder, Advogato, Anobii, Asmallworld, Asuistalking, Badoo, Bahu, Bebo, Biip, Blackplanet, Broadcaster.com, Buzznet, [...]