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Put your hands up if you know what Internet marketing has to do with finding jobs.

Right, as I expected, you haven’t any idea. So read on and find out, it may be of great benefit to you.

Internet Marketing Lesson 402: All of the so-called Internet Gurus claim that the way to make money online involves identifying and leveraging a niche market. A niche market is a market involving a narrow range of articles for which there isn’t a lot of competition. Here’s a non-example of a niche market … beer! Beer is ubiquitous, you can buy it almost anywhere, in special liquor outlets, hotels, restaurants, take-away groceries and so on. However, if Smart Freddie designed a beer that would help you lose weight and you could only buy it from one shop in Sydney, it would be a niche market.

Nursing is a niche market for which there is a huge demand and undersupply of labour. However, there are also small businesses in niche markets that require staff too. Find a niche market, get skills in working in that market and all of a sudden you become part of an elite group that increases your chances of employment.

What do you think about that?

Robin

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What advice have you been given about job hunting that has proven to be bad advice? Maybe you never became aware that the advice was bad. That’s always the risk. Who to believe and who not to believe … following advice that is inherently bad and not knowing.

The Monster Blog lists five of the worst job advice tips ever. Have a read of this short article and tell me whether you agree or disagree. Then think about how you can avoid bad advice.

Here some suggestions: always compare advice from several different sources … choose the advice that makes sense to you, you’ll probably be right. Listen to advice from people who know what they are talking about eg, columnists at the large employment agencies like Seek and CareerOne and of course me . Always bear in mind that unlike mathematics, employment isn’t a black and white science … there are always exceptions to every rule. Sometimes creativity wins out.

Robin

Over the years I have been involved in Internet marketing and online businesses generally I’ve read about some remarkable ways in which people have made money.

There was the story of the three university students who started a gift card site and made $US 500,000 the first year; the guy who started selling light bulbs and made a mint; affiliates like Rosalind Gardner who makes nearly half a million annually … and many more.

Last week I read about a nine year old girl who has become an Internet site design star in India. According to an article in Bigpond’s News,

Her newest creation, The Kerala Bar Council site, aims to update people on legal matters and offer free legal aid through the website.

The question you have to ask is, “If a nine year old can do it … why can’t you?” (Your older than nine right?)

What other remarkable ideas have you heard about that have made their owners successful online? Is it something that could be right for you?

Robin

Hello dear readers. Did you miss me?

I’m sorry to leave you unannounced, but unfortunately, I tried to upgrade this blog using the you-beaut, automatic, two-click version updater and guess what? Yes, you guessed it … the program went amuck.

I’ve been very busy with my other commitments, but managed to find a great programmer called John Mee who had it up and running again in a couple of hours. So I’m back and tomorrow will post an article about a very, very young girl who has set up her own Internet business.

If she can do it so can you.

See you tomorrow.

Robin

Like trying to walk along an Omani falaj (water duct), finding a job is getting harder and harder according to the May job statistics released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Read the ABS report here, complete with graphs and charts. It’s an eye-opener. You can’t afford to miss it.

Robin