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Five Strategies for Finding Successful Business Ideas From Ray Whittaker http://www.raywhittaker.com/blog/

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http://www.raywhittaker.com/successful-business-ideas/ - Successful business ideas don't have to be difficult to find, you just have to understand the markets. Here are five tips to help.

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Five Strategies for Finding Successful Business Ideas

From Ray Whittaker http://www.raywhittaker.com/blog/

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What Makes a Business Successful?

Every successful business does one of two things

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What Makes a Business Successful?

Every successful business does one of two things

1. It sells something to people who have a burning desire for it

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What Makes a Business Successful?

Every successful business does one of two things

1. It sells something to people who have a burning desire for it

2. Creates a burning desire for something the business can sell

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Everybody Is Selling Something

All businesses involve selling something!

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Everybody Is Selling Something

All businesses involve selling something!

It may be time, products or resources

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Everybody Is Selling Something

All businesses involve selling something!

It may be time, products or resources

Even employees, who are not actually in business for themselves, sell their time to their employers

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What Should You Sell?

Small businesses cannot easily create a new market for something they have

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What Should You Sell?

Small businesses cannot easily create a new market for something they have

So the easiest solution is to find a hungry market then supply what they want

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What Should You Sell?

Small businesses cannot easily create a new market for something they have

So the easiest solution is to find a hungry market then supply what they want

Let’s look at some ideas to help in finding a hungry market

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1 - Look At Magazine Readership

Just about every market or subject has a magazine dedicated to it

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1 - Look At Magazine Readership

Just about every market or subject has a magazine dedicated to it

Find out which magazines are selling the most

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1 - Look At Magazine Readership

Just about every market or subject has a magazine dedicated to it

Find out which magazines are selling the most

You can check it out online or go down to your local newsagent or bookstore

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2 – Check Amazon Bestsellers

Look at the bestsellers lists on Amazon

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2 – Check Amazon Bestsellers

Look at the bestsellers lists on Amazon

Check out the non-fiction bestsellers to see if there is a potential market. You might need to get creative and do some lateral thinking

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2 – Check Amazon Bestsellers

Look at the bestsellers lists on Amazon

Check out the non-fiction bestsellers to see if there is a potential market. You might need to get creative and do some lateral thinking

You can also check on which are the top magazine subscriptions on Amazon

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3 – Find the Top Dummies Books

You’ve seen the books in bookshops with ‘for dummies’ in the titles, right?

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3 – Find the Top Dummies Books

You’ve seen the books in bookshops with ‘for dummies’ in the titles, right?

That company puts a lot of research into producing those titles. So you can bet if there is a book for it, there’s a market for it

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3 – Find the Top Dummies Books

You’ve seen the books in bookshops with ‘for dummies’ in the titles, right?

That company puts a lot of research into producing those titles. So you can bet if there is a book for it, there’s a market for it

Head over to the dummies.com website and see what they are doing there

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4 – Check Out Ebay Pulse

EBay provides information on the most popular eBay searches

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4 – Check Out Ebay Pulse

EBay provides information on the most popular eBay searches

You can find the information at pulse.ebay.com

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4 – Check Out Ebay Pulse

EBay provides information on the most popular eBay searches

You can find the information at pulse.ebay.com

People searching on eBay are already looking to buy (mostly), so there should be relevant information on current hot markets

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5 – Find What’s Hot on Google

Google also publishes information about the top searches on their search engine

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5 – Find What’s Hot on Google

Google also publishes information about the top searches on their search engine

You’ll find their information at google.com/trends

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5 – Find What’s Hot on Google

Google also publishes information about the top searches on their search engine

You’ll find their information at google.com/trends

People search Google for solutions to problems. If you can solve people’s problems, you can make money

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That’s all for now. Thanks for watching

From Ray Whittaker http://www.raywhittaker.com/blog/