Recommended Tools

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The following tools are those that I use every day, and that actually does something worthwhile. 

Market Samurai

Price: $ 149 (one time payment)

The best research tool I own. Firstly, it is an excellent keyword tool that finds relevant search terms directly from Google. You can get all kinds of information about these keywords: Search Engine statistics, Adwords Cost Per Click, Commercial Intent (How likely that those searching for that keywords is out to spend money) and much more. Secondly, it maps out your search engine competition. Thirdly, Market Samurai finds content from various sources that are relevant to the niche you are exploring. Finally, the software comes with its own promotion feature, where it finds places where you can promote this niche (forums, Yahoo Answers, Squidoo, and so on.) Check out market samurai here. This is probably the only tool you need.