Idea No. 1 - Yahoo Answers
In case you don’t know what Yahoo Answers is - it’s an “Ask a Question - Get an Answer” website run by Yahoo - which, IMO, was a copy of Google Answers’ service (which, sadly, is now discontinued.)
Anyway - you can find Yahoo Answers here: http://answers.yahoo.com
I suggest in the research section to use places like Yahoo Answers to help you with digging for both a niche idea and product idea to fill that niche.
But that is not what this is really about…So here is the idea:
Use Yahoo Answers to get traffic. Not earth-shattering news, I know…but stay with me.
Most, if not all of the responses to people’s questions come in the form of the answer (when you get one) written in the reply itself or by a person posting a link to a reference site.
SO…why not try this: Post a reply - saying something like: “Hey questiongirl101! I was just looking for that information myself the other day - found some interesting things!! Take a look here - I have your answer in a video I made for you!”
Post the link to a video YOU CREATED about whatever the problem and solution is.
Now, either inside the video or on the page that has the video embedded … you can post a link to a clickbank item you found that may help the person, OR post a link to a product you created based on your research of their problem.
Be very careful though about how you go about getting the person from the Yahoo Answers site to your site. The users there are very quick to point out spam. And even if you had the perfect solution to their problem (even as a freebie) - you get flagged for spam…your post (and your account) is gone!!
Ok .. for that matter, you can try this with the various other Q-n-A sites out there!
Here is a list:
Lycos iQ - http://iq.lycos.co.uk
The Answer Bank - http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk
Questionville - http://questionville.com
AllExperts - http://www.allexperts.com
Askeet - http://www.askeet.com
Wondir - http://www.wondir.com
Just Answer - http://www.justanswer.com
Ask a Question - http://askaquestion.ab.ca
Ask the IPL - http://www.ipl.org/div/askus/
Answer Bag - http://www.answerbag.com
Questionize - http://www.questionize.com
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