Affiliate Marketing Secrets

Niche market basically is the subset of the bigger market. So to speak, niche market is a highly specialized market. The concept of niche marketing can be well understood by the following example; A number of television channels cater to the need of a particular niche – for instance, sports channels like STAR Sports, ESPN, STAR Cricket, and Fox target a niche of sports lovers.
Online “niche marketing” on the other hand is believed to be one of the easiest and most risk free ways to generate passive online income via affiliate commission aiming for small markets. However, not all niches are equal.
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-What is the Competitive Exclusion Principle and how does it relate to the concept of the Ecological Niche?
-According to the principle of competitive exclusion, what outcome is expected when two species (or business) with identical niches compete for a resource? Why?

heard alot of good things about wealthy affiliate university, my husband got me a new laptop for my bday last week that is meant for home biz use. My question is where to start ? I was thinking of signing up with WAU.. its 47/MO. I have biz and marketing exp. . I just don’t know ..any Affiliate marketers out there that can tell me where to start ? i know in businesss you do have to spend money to make money but I am not interested in a scam, obviously ..So, if you were me what would you do ?

We want to use our Affiliate Marketing skill set to develop a long term business, rather than just being a middle man. Although that’s been the convenience of being an Affiliate Marketer, but at the same time you don’t want to stress about depending on one product or one offer. You want to have a customer base you can count on. For example, in Diet space instead of a top 10 diet pill review site, like many people are doing, you might want to check out doing a free diet program. That might sound overwhelming, when you think of sites like SparkPeople and eDiets, but you don’t have to go all out and make it perfect. Just start with good and then go great. For example, a free diet program, that can even be online training, like videos on how to eat, just providing value.
This actually more fun than looking at your competitors and doing the same kind of review sites that they do because they’re too scared. The point of all this is to sell affiliate stuff on the back end. And of course, since you’re developing a customer base on the front end, you’re collecting those leads which means you can sell them, including your own products later on. You can even sell the list if you want. I’m not into selling lists because I think the list is about the relationship you have with them but some people do that and it adds to their bottom line.
Another example offer free training videos on your topic and its sub niches. This is something I’m doing on WebHosting break. For example, people who are starting a website, they may be curious about WordPress or SEO, SEM, PPC, PPV all that stuff, and want to know where to turn. When you’re at our level, in terms of our skill set, its easy to forget the level we were at once. It’s easy to forget how much value you can provide. Its easy to forget that you could help some people out by sharing information you already know.

What is the difference between a specific and a general niche?
and if you can
what are examples of specific and general niches in a kelp forest?

I have online marketing skills and have sold med supp in the past so I know the companies offer a lot of supprt. I’m wondering if it’s worth bringing my marketing skills and new license to an agency and learning the ropes there, or just going out on my own.
Also, what are profitable and less addressed niches? I’m in Massachusetts and will likely end up in California in a few years.
Thanks