So you want to sell stuff over the internet and you have a great idea for a book. You just want to rush out and write the book, or maybe get someone to write it for you, so you can start selling and make money!   WAIT A MOMENT !  I have learn’t you can have a great product but not sell anything if no one wants what you are selling.

What you need to do is find what people want first, then make or find the product to satisfy their need.A great website to go to where you can see how many times a topic was searched the previous month, is overture’s keyword tool. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/rc/srch/

If a word or phrase has been searched say 60,000-100,000 times per month, it might be worth your while doing some more research.

Overture, now owned by Yahoo also allows you to find out an approx cost for the term for pay per click advertising