Tuesday, 22 March 2011

Lesson 3 - Yahoo Answers and Forums (Simple Market Research)

Lesson 3

Today, we are going to do something very simple.

After choosing your preferred product to promote in ClickBank based on your interests, go to

(1) Yahoo Answers! site

Search for the questions asked under the relevant categories based on the product you have selected to promote. See whether you can help to solve people's problems.

Don't have to spend too much time answering people's questions now. Your main purpose of this site visit is to help determine whether the product you intend to promote can  help to solve people's needs. If you find that your product can help to solve a lot of people's problems, at least it's worth investing the time in promoting your product.

*I suggest that you read the Community Guidelines of Yahoo! Answers very carefully as your Yahoo! account may get terminated if you violate their guidelines. If you are not sure what to post and what not to post, you may wish to create a new Yahoo! ID for this purpose. 

(2) Forums

Look for the forums which are related to the product you have chosen to promote. You can goggle for "forum directories" to get a listing of the available forums in the internet.One example of such a site is http://directory.big-boards.com/.

Go to the relevant forums and determine whether you have a market for your selected product.

That's all for today! Although these are simple steps, these can help prevent you from spending time in promoting products that do not have a market.