Now I’m struggling. I’m trying to get an idea of how to stimulate you to get an idea! This is very difficult for me to do. The simple reason is – I don’t know you. What I can tell you are the elements of a great idea for a website.
I) It Has To Have A Hunger Element
The subject needs to evoke some kind of passion. It has to be a subject which you are prepared to research, examine, analyse and make your life! Some subjects might be:
- making money
- UK and overseas property investment
- expensive hobbies like golf
- antiques
- raising finance/debt solutions
- internet marketing
- stocks and shares
- beauty and cosmetic surgery
- marriage, dating and sex tips
- science fiction such as Star Trek memorabilia
- classic or modified cars
- boating and yachting
- fishing and angling
- hollywood and celebrity gossip
- coin and stamp collections and latest prices
- aeroplane and train spotting clubs
- weight loss
- eBay
- cult or fad stuff like Scientology
- exercise, health and keeping fit
- fashion and clothing
- specific businesses such as farming, car retailing, etc where there are trade journals already in existence
- interior decorating
- casino and card game clubs and tips
- other gambling sites such as horse racing or dogs
- self development and psychology
- religious groups and communities with a fund raising element
- pet sites specific to a type of pet or breed
- student sites to help with coursework
- cooking
- curing illness
- how to be a writer
- infertility
- computer hardware and software
- movies or even a specific movie (I love Scarface!)
- music - fan sites for individual artists
- wedding planning and weddings in general
- parenting and baby sites
- photography.
The list above is probably less than 1% of what you could do and make serious money from if done well.
I always look at what’s being advertised on TV or what’s selling well in the bookshops to get ideas. Also internet sales of eBooks hold a lot of information as these books are interactive because they have links to other sites. These sites may be paying out well to anyone who is referring them, hence the creation of the eBook and it doing well, because it just could be the subject of the moment.
Using some of the examples above I ask you how hungry is someone to do the following.
- Make enough money to quit their job.
- Have the confidence to approach the opposite sex.
- Obtain the car of their dreams at the right price.
- Become the master at the card game poker.
- Get out of crippling debt.
- Get rid of acne scars or become thin.
- Be a published author.
- Conceive and have their first child.
- To get back stage passes for their favourite band.
- Have the perfect wedding.
- Be healthy so they live longer.
- Have the ultimate stamp or coin in their collection.
- Improve their golf handicap.
Because it is very difficult to quantify these passions in monetary terms mistakes are sometimes made. You need to provide that platform for these companies to make these mistakes in over paying for advertising on your site.
You can see how many people could be potentially interested in your idea by seeing how many people search for words related to your idea. So if you were thinking of doing a site about ‘divorce’ then visit:
and type in divorce and you will get the top 100 search terms that contain the word ‘divorce’ and how many times it has been searched. So if you typed in ‘divorce’ you will get other search terms like divorce settlement, divorce law, divorce lawyer, get out of divorce, etc and the number of times these search terms have been searched.
In the above example you may stumble across another idea than the original one. So you may have initially wanted to set up a site about Helping People Going Through Divorce but because you found that ‘become divorce lawyer’ was searched more than the term ‘divorce’ your idea for a website has changed to How To Become A Divorce Lawyer. So be flexible and keep your eyes wide open.