I must be trying too hard. :(
Last Update: March 17, 2011

I'm having a personal...content issue. I am a bit wary of putting myself out here with my personal experiences and opinions and suggestions and recommendations and everything else in between. I am trying to come to terms with the fact that though I might be welcomed here with open arms, I am still subject to criticism and even scrutinization, despite it being constructive and with good intentions. I don't know too many people here who haven't been successful without first being personal; I think "success" and "personal" go hand-in-hand, since your audience should know who you are and where you're coming from. Especially if you plan on offering a product or something that requires their trust.

My main issue is finding my blasted niche. It should be as simple as picking something that I have interest in, researching it, picking it apart so I can put it back together, and then presenting what I find and ultimately offering a solution to go with it. I honestly have been trying to figure out what I have an interest in, because as of late, I've been feeling a lot like driftwood, with no real destination or purpose in life. Are any of you at this point? Or have you reached it and then successfully found a way around it? If you have, please let me know how or what you did to get past it. :) I know it's all in my head; I just haven't found my way to get around it.

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dgmills Premium
Well said OneFineHam.
Hi Sakura and thanks for the buddy add and stopping by my page. The hardest part about my efforts other than making the time, has been the thought and the questions surrounding "putting myself out there". Not necessarily redefining myself but defining myself in the first place. It triggers a lot of things. Anyway, as I have debated myself the last couple of months I have set aside time to study the mechanics and the business itself. My sort of identity crisis will work itself out over time and almost has but in the meantime I am learning and will have the know how and How to fairly soon. Stick with the training and pick something easy to train on. Cheers, Dano
onefineham Premium
Writers/ideas block is the WORST! I recently went through a bout of it myself. I wound up catching on to a new STRATEGY rather than a new NICHE.

Try looking at your problems from a different view-point. Maybe if you decide HOW you want to market (based on your skillset) maybe the right NICHE will make itself obvious.
jatdebeaune Premium
Hi. It is a challenge to light on just the right thing which is the reason I decided to go with an aspect of my land based business. It seems like a no brainer. At least I can write with some authority. There is a lot of experimentation with niches, which is part of affiliate marketing. Gives you a chance to try things out without too much expense. I think the trick is not to be too precious about it. Just choose something, do keyword research, put up a landing page and write a couple articles. I like to research ideas at Barnes and Noble. You sit in one of those cozy chairs and go through magazines. I even buy some of them too. Don't worry about asking questions of the folks here. They really want to help. You can always PM them.
Jamie Smith Premium
This is truly a safe environment. The WA family worldwide continue to exceed my high expectations. If you would like some more privacy, please feel free to shoot me a PM and I will gladly help be a blessing with your niche research.
Nirnaeth Premium
Oh I can SO relate to that! I still haven't found the perfect niche, and partly that's because I just have too many interests. I love languages, pets, eating (can't cook though *lol*), reading, video games, the list could go on and on and on. It's really hard to pick something that you like and that's profitable without first spending a ton of time on it.
So I've decided to do it in 3 parts: I pick something i REALLY like (books in my case), something I know works well (a "big" niche, ex. something health-related) and some physical product that I like (and that people actually buy). And then I'll try all three of them and see what works best/is most fun.
I haven't decided on anything specific yet but it gets clearer the more I think about it. What really helped was thinking on it for a while and then turning "off" by going for a walk or doing something completely different. An idea usually comes when I wash the dishes for example *lol*
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